[Milsurplus] Fwd: CRC-7 facts, solder sealed

[Alan Tasker]

Long bolt version now on epay., not mine.

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>At 10:29 PM 1/27/2005, you wrote:
>>I have pictures of the insides if you are just curious.  Also, got one 
>>you might want to part with, I need it in my survival radio collection.
>
>Scott et al,
>
>I am pretty sure I have an extra AN/CRC-7. My 6th grade teacher gave me 
>one oh so many years ago, and this is where I started my interest in 
>military portables.
>
>K-P has a more or less complete collection of US rescue portables now, as 
>if any collection is ever complete. See below.
>
>http://www.greenradio.de/e_index.htm
>
>Also, the main article on mil portables (click on the article line at the 
>below URL) has a section on mil rescue sets.
>
>http://www.greenradio.de/e_links.htm
>
>The top section of the CRC-7 is solder sealed. If the case is not dented, 
>you can unsolder the bottom plate (no advantage to un soldering the top 
>plate) where the connections go from the midsection into the top section, 
>and slide the insides out. There is just one electrical connection, and 
>that is to the antenna. It is a mechanical "pressure" connection, so that 
>sliding the insides in and out can happen w/o taking off the top plate. 
>Warning: This ruins the paint.
>
>Also, there are at least three different ways the CRC-7 was made in order 
>to keep the 2 or 3 sections together. It seems the most prevalent (on epay 
>anyway) was two long bolts spanning the mid section. My first had one had 
>two internal screws, and was made by CZE, whoever that was? The third 
>method actually combined the battery box section and the mid, switch 
>section, and had two short external bolts holding the two sections together.
>
>Alan