[Milsurplus] 'SCR' support req'mts

[Unserviceable but Repairable]

I re-read 

  http://qsl.asti.net/Kasserine-russ

Though over 200 visitors, no-one ventured it was a SCR-188, the Army's
predecessor to the SCR-299, et. al.

But two guys wrote & thanks!

That's not my reason for writing.  Something hit me between the eyes.  
It took 11 guys to support this 100W HF station!  The antenna & 
counterpoise alone must have been a story in itself.  Then the 12V 
batteries & gas-powered battery charger was another one.

Come the SCR-299* 'bread truck,' perhaps the support number dropped to 4 or
so.  Antenna was a 20' whip & man did that end some trouble.

And that brings up more.  The organizational support books for these
'SCRs' have, to me, been a rarity.  Sure, BC-191, BC-610, etc. manuals
turn up a lot.  But the whole SCR magilla book doesn't.

Only one I've seen is for the SCR-268 searchlight radar which took 6 or
so trucks and maybe 30 men per install.  Jaw-dropping efforts were needed
to bring that baby alive.


   M

*wonder if 299 picked for the twin 9s as the 188 had a twin-8 ID.  As
 probable as P&G having demonic symbols in it's Ivory logo

 Most know BC-610 was ruggedized HT-4 & ER-contributor W4MEW worked on 
 the adaptation.  Fewer know it satisfied an army request for '100 
 miles in motion.'  That is ability to talk for 100 miles from 'the 
 system.' while truck under way.