[Milsurplus] Trucks with SCR-268, 584

[W7QHO at aol.com]

Good possibility.   SCR-543 sets were used at Stateside coastal artillery 
installations.   Could also have been an SCR-245.   These were on the TD for 
Stateside railroad gun installations (at least a those at San Pedro, CA).   The 
1942 special Signal Corps issue shows a 245 setup in a wooden chest mounted in a 
1/2 ton command car, but don't remember if the handles were visible in that 
installation.

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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Original message dated 12/31/06 3:31:55 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com writes:

> Maybe early SCR-543-A.  Later models had steel handles and the antenna, 
> when mounted to the operating chest, was on the left.  But the set would make 
> sense for a gun battery as it had its own generator, could be crystal 
> controlled, was Voice only, had a remote control generic to it, could be set up to 
> support its own antenna, could be moved in most anything, and didn't tie up a 
> vehicle when set up.  And possibly the memory of the antenna on the right was 
> incorrect.
> 
> In a message dated 12/31/2006 6:22:06 AM Central Standard Time, 
> arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Trucks with SCR-268, 584
> 
> >...Our radios were in a wooden chest with hemp handles
> >on the sides and a whip antenna off to the right side.
> 
> Any of you ground-pounder types care to guess?
> 
> 






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