[Milsurplus] Where was RAL & RAK used?

[Barry Hauser]

Has anyone ever seen a RAK or RAL that appeared to have "seen service" 
shipboard?  All the ones I've seen either look too good or were weather 
beaten in a yard or garage -- no tell-tale of long ocean voyages or having 
been mounted.

If not, I suspect those that were installed went down with their ships, 
whether at sea or in the scrapyard and those that survive now were 
surplussed out of stock supplies.  Same for the power supplies.

Barry




>> They were pretty common sets on WWII surface ships and submarines. All 
>> the
>> WWII Navy course manuals I have list or even feature the RAK/RAL sets.
>
> Most ships had a RAK/RAL somewhere, as they were often put into the role
> of extreme backup. I am not sure how often the old sets were used, when
> the RB* series were available full time - probably not much if at all.
>
> I bet they survived because it was actually more work to take them off
> than to just move them down the bench in Radio 1.
>
> William Donzelli
> aw288 at osfn.org
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