[Milsurplus] Collins 32RA
ed sharpe
esharpe at uswest.net
Mon Sep 6 22:56:18 EDT 2004
Clete, did they add mil tags or just sent them on to the location stock?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cletus W Whitaker" <whitaker at pa.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Collins 32RA
> de WB2CPN 2004.09.05
>
> Interesting, but the name 32RA was the name
> Collins put on it when it was introduced to
> the ham radio market prior to WWII. There
> was other equipment like that, the Wilcox
> 96C transmitter for one, that went straight
> off the shelf. The manuals for the 32RA and
> the 96C were civilian, as well as other
> civilian equipment such as the Signal Shifter,
> not a TM something or other. That came later
> if ever. (Using numbers followed by one or more
> letters appears to have been invented by the
> early telegraphers, and AT&T in particular.)
>
> Now, some trivia coming from an old AACS
> man. Following Pearl Harbor and the shut down
> of ham radio, the Signal COrps asked for
> donations of radio equipment that could be
> used by the military, and used almost exclusively
> by the people who operated the long-haul CW and
> RTTY nets. There were many Super Pro's and
> SX-28's, and other equipment, that went straight
> into service. The Signal Corps Plant Engineering
> Agency (PEA) that went into North Africa with
> the invasion looked more like a civilian outfit
> than it did military. There's documented stories
> of some ex-ham finding his own equipment in Africa.
> We were a close knit bunch. Still are.
>
> 73 Clete
>
> Bill, the 32RA is where I learned about the care
> and feeding of the common Pi network.
>
>
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