[Milsurplus] SCR-399

[W7QHO at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/27/06 5:08:38 PM, kk5f at earthlink.net writes:


> > BTW, Rick, the SCR-399 isn't Portable, it's Mobile.
> 
We usually think of the 399 in this way but apparently that was not always 
the case.   TM11-281, March 1945, sez "...USUALLY (emphasis added) installed as 
a mobile station..."   Goes on to say "....is shipped with the operating 
components and the power source installed in Shelter HO-17-A and Trailer K-52-( ) 
respectively."   (No truck)   On the next page,   makes a point of saying that 
"For mobile use" mount the shelter on a 2 1/2 ton, 6 X 6.   Would be 
interesting to know how many were used in the truck vs. non-truck configuration.

The BC-499 (no shelter or trailer) is specifically characterized as NOT 
intended for mobile use.   The TM makes the point that the components of the system 
are small enough for air transportation.


>    WWII  "portable"  gear  includes  such  creampuffs  as the 250 lb. TBW
>    transmitter system and the associated 170 lb. generator, alongside the
>    associated 150  lb. RBM receiver system and auxillaries, and who knows
>    how  much for  the fairly  eleborate antenna system, batteries for the
>    receivers,  and  spares!   All resulting in a 100 watt CW / 25 watt AM
>    station.
> 
> 
Yep, the TBW was a bit of a monster.   Must have taken a duce-and-a-half to 
haul the whole thing so "transportable" would be more descriptive than 
"portable."   (Kinda like the first "portable" PCs.)

Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA