[Milsurplus] Re: RS-6

[Hue Miller]

I recently recovered this letter which i received from R W Koch of California,
in 1979, after i bought an RS-6 from him. Excerpts:

"Along with this letter we have enclosed an article  [  precursor to his  later
'Air Classics' magazine article, 'Operation Armageddong' ] concerning but 
one of the uses  of the RS-6 radio, though it had many and was used by the 
CIA and US Army. In fact, it was a standard clandestine issue radio station
for any activity that called for a small, compact, long range station.

"They are quite rare today and in years to come will undoubtedly be worth 
quite a bit due to their background. The sets were built by Motorola and 
their US Govt plant in Tucson has in its library a highly detailed 
maintenance catalog. [ What's that? - H M ]   If you can contact them they
might xerox copies for you.

"The combat ready radios for Curtis LeMay's [ A ham radio enthusiast too!
Did that factor into the inception of the RS-6 ? -H M ]  SAC had small nicad
batteries as part of the rig but later they opted for the hand-cranked 
generator. Fortunately the  RS-6 didn't have to be utilized as envisaged
by SAC......."  [ =Operation Armageddon, WWIII ]."

Just thought some of ye might be interested....
-Hue Miller