[Milsurplus] Re:Sub radio gear

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

The buoy has an endless loop tape recorder in it. The tape looks like an 
old radio station cart that has been made a lot smaller. There is a 
controller inside that is set to cause scuttle ports to activate after a 
specified period of time. The battery is salt water activated. These were 
in use with SSBN subs to send a recorded message to aircraft and then have 
the buoy sink.

I had a number of these at one time.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 06:01 AM 04/03/05, BOEING377 at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/28/2005 8:19:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>milsurplus-request at mailman.qth.net writes:
>
> > .  If you come across something with a
> > >nomenclature beginning with "AN/BR..." you've likely got some submarine
> > >radio gear.
> >
>
>Picked up an AN BRT 1 radio buoy at a swap meet. I've been told it is for
>prerecorded audio messages to be broadcast on UHF AM when the BRT 1 surfaces.
>Ever use one?
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