[Milsurplus] Re: [ARC5] SCR-183/283 junction boxes

[William Donzelli]

> The Navy got to improve their set, because
> they had sterner requirements and because
> they got the lion's share of the money until October of 1940;
> the Army had to get by on the crumbs until then.

They also probably spent all their aircraft radio developement money
on the SCR-240/261. Those radios were supposed to be the Command Set
of 1940.

> If it hadn't been for McAurther threatening to quit as
> Roosevelt's early Chief of Staff, I'd bet the Air Corps
> would have gone up to Pearl Harbor with the SCR-134!

I certainly hope those were all out of service by the mid 1930s.

--
Will