[Milsurplus] SCR-399

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 27 Jul 2006 at 23:35, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> Yeah, the SCR-299 is an exception I forgot.  It appears to have been
> specifically designed around or into the Chevrolet 1-1/2 ton truck.

>From the film, it almost looked like a modified ambulance. How on earth 
they were able to cram all that stuff in there PLUS an operator, I can 
hardly imagine.
   
Personally, I would absolutely LOVE to have either an SCR-299 OR a 
complete SCR-399 with deuce-and-a-half, the trailer, and the 
generator.

What fun!

I once read an account of a radio crew during the Korean fracas who 
absolutely HAD to get a message to either Pearl or to San Francisco (I 
don't remember which), and conditions were terrible. So they fired up 
TWO SCR-399s, set the transmitter frequencies about 500 Hz apart, 
keyed them both with one key, and "made comms", as they say.

It was a small, but thrilling story for me.

Ken W7EKB