[Milsurplus] T-14/R-19 TRC-1 Radio (again)

[C Whitaker]

de WB2CPN                 2005.08.17

I have used those, but in a TRC-1 configuration,
without the amplifier.  There were some radio
relay systems in Europe and Africa during and
after the war, (WWII for yur newbes), but they
were soon replaced by Siemens-Halske equipment
because the damn things weren't reliable.  The
power transformer in the T-14 exploded with tar
all over, and the R-19 had a rectifier choke
that always melted.  The gasoline engine PE-95
was used all over in many applications.  We
had to use some TRC-1 in Korea because we didn't
have anything else.  I have pictures.  The radio
relay book had a nomogram on frequency selection,
and you wouldn't believe how many little crystals
there were in that box.  End of Trivia.

73  Clete