[Milsurplus] Electric Radio - February 2006

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At 06:50 PM 2/20/06, Mike Morrow wrote:
>7050 kc is not a standard BC-611 frequency, is this a mistake?  What would 
>be the point of requiring these units to operate on
>7050 kc?

Enemy monitors may not have been accustomed to listening there??

>Text on page 44 and a picture of a six foot tall HF transmitter on page 45 
>is labeled as a US Navy "TBY."  I would have expected Electric Radio folks 
>to know that couldn't possibly be correct.

Yep... that one stood out like a "sore thumb!"  Spent many minutes 
examining it to determine if it was a TBK or similar... no conclusions.

>ER hasn't been covering the old military gear the past few years nearly as 
>well or as often as they were doing ten years ago.

Any editorial review??  Seems 73 magazine used to print articles w/o 
checking and always received feedback on bum info contained therein.

RIP....73 mag....

Perry   w8au