[Milsurplus] Opn Arma / mag art'l / RS-6 redux

[Marty Reynolds]

Subject line expanded:  Operation Armageddon / Air Classics article

Hue the SAC alumni RS-6s seem to be in the s.n. 1200 range & "saipan 59
Pete" wonders where the earlier ones were.

Guess is they got taken by CIA.  And since there was tooling @ Motorola
Chicago, gen'l Lemay took the SAC batch.  This is why I called it
a catalog Moto survival radio

There's little imagination req'd to see it's a copy of the bigger post-
ww2 RS-1 & it's WW2 cousin.  Both of which fm a NYC company named RDR

So it's ~1954 & enter Airborn Rangers who (guess) took the rest up thru
maybe s.n. 11000.

Well Rangers got the big batch but in words of my 1 contact (great
stats huh?), CIA treated 'em like servants.  Condescendingly
dictated their orders while wearing any convenient uniform.  So altho
Ranger property, was still for CIA convenience.

Guy said CIA NEVER joined rangers on their 'trips.'

Now comes question how'd all these tough guys learn CW?  After some
conversation with the ranger & recent email with Breck - I don't
think Rangers knew CW.  RR-6 had no spotting ability.  None.

I've run one with a 2nd RX for that.  Breck has his own neat invention.

I think that Ranger T195/R392-central would 'broadcast' on a conspicuous
AM frequency & would send a coded message like "See Spot Run."  Then the
GRC-109 or RS-6 unit in Dien Bien Phu dumpster would trigger their GRA-71
taped code-burst report

OK, who'll be 1st to say "everyone knows that?"

Finally there's the German cache of Ranger RS-6s.  Sent home & MARS
surplussed?  Crushed & buried there?  Sent to Balkans?  Imagined
data & completely ficticious?

No guess.