[Milsurplus] 'SCR' support req'mts

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Marty,

I think guessing that the Radio Set that the two units were a part of was the 
SCR-188 solely from the photo and text is jumping to a conclusion from 
insufficient data.  The photo is too small to determine whether the receiver is a 
BC-312 or a BC-342.  And the batteries and battery charging generator are not 
mentioned in the text.  Given the text, it isn't an SCR-193 as that was a 
vehicular set and only required an operator, not an eleven-man crew.  But not 
knowing about the batteries would result is in it's being either an SCR-177-B or an 
SCR-188-A but not SCR-177-A or SCR-188 (both of which used BC-AA-191 and 
BC-189).  Knowing about the batteries makes the set an SCR-177-B.

In a message dated 10/31/2004 9:32:33 AM Central Standard Time, 
cosmoline at ba-watch.org writes: 
> 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.
> 

Robert Downs - Houston
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