[Milsurplus] BC-659 vs BC-1335

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Alan,

According to references in the Green Books, it wasn't reliability of the 
SCR-508/509/510/608/609/610 that prompted designing four new sets, it was the 
crystal shortage.  In the event, by the time the SCR-619 (which in keeping with 
the original numbering scheme should have been called SCR-809/810) and SCR-808 
entered service, the crystal shortage had been solved.  No one that I know of 
has ever mentioned seeing any pieces or paper on the SCR-708/709/710 other than 
the mention and listing in the Green books.

The SCR-619 of course was an improvement in other ways over the SCR-609/610 
and stayed in service into the Korean War.  As far as I've heard, the SCR-808 
was only or at least mainly used by Security Forces (MP's, etc).

In a message dated 5/6/2004 8:28:16 AM Central Daylight Time, 
atasker@ix.netcom.com writes: 
> Does anyone know what in particular was so unreliable about the BC-659 that 
> 
> caused the Army to have to spend the time and money to develop the BC-1335?
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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