[Milsurplus] Re: Milsurplus Digest, Vol 27, Issue 51

Miles Anderson k2cby at optonline.net
Mon Jul 31 07:33:28 EDT 2006


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>    1. RE: SCR-399 (Ed Zeranski)
>    2. SCR-197 -> SCR-299 (Marty Reynolds)
>    3. AN/PSM 37 parts (Robert Flory)
>    4. Re: SCR-399 (C Whitaker)
>    5. Receivers (Rick Brashear)
>    6. signal meter  (jedifox)
>    7. Re: SCR-197 -> SCR-299 (William Donzelli)
>    8. Re: AN/PSM 37 parts (William Donzelli)
>    9. Re: SCR-197 -> SCR-299 (Mike Morrow)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:23:32 -0700
> From: "Ed Zeranski" <ezeran at ezeran.cnc.net>
> Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] SCR-399
> To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>, <W7QHO at aol.com>, <kk5f at earthlink.net>,
> <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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>   The SCR-399 was a mobile set that could be operated dismounted, not a
> portable set that could be operated in
> a vehicle (like the SCR-300 or later AN/PRC-10 or AN/PRC-25).
>
> Friend Cecil Royce, age 86, was an Army radio op in North Africa during
> WWII.  Cecil said the BC-610 he operated was mounted in a B24. They
provided
> advanced base comm to Bomber Command in England or the US. He said they
> would land, deploy the generator through the bomb bay, then set up
antennas.
> The aircraft/BC-610 set up was used across Africa and into Italy but put
out
> of service as not needed when the troops reached Rome. I took Cecil to one
> of the West Coast MRCG meets in San Luis Obispo which he enjoyed but now
he
> doesn't like to travel too much. Anyone else heard of this use of the
> BC-610??
> EdZ
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:39:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Marty Reynolds" <cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] SCR-197 -> SCR-299
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> Very, very few ever saw a SCR-197.  According to good source*, six were
> built.  Easily found data sez 3 BC-342s, a Halli S-20R, and a BC-325 tx.
> 100W to 300W.
>
> RXs & TXs fitted in streamline trailer WITH the motor generator.
Deafening
> headphones-only cw environment.
>
> Tractor had sloping grille like a '36 Plymouth & whole rig looked like
> one of Howard Hughes' mobile movie star dressing rooms.
>
> One appeared at big LA-TX three div'n equipment tests of 6/41 & was the
> Signal Corps laughingstock.  Always mired to axles in muck & because
> of LA-TX heat, only useable just before dawn.
>
> Somehow one survived thru war & was still parked in '46 outside DC at
> some army sig. corps site.
>
> Idea was since SCR-187 (bc-191, '342, RA-42, PE-75) took so long
> to install, this mobile thing wud. prevail.
>
> An evident flop but it quickly begot the SCR-299 & a new reqm't.
> "100 miles in motion."  IE, talk 100 miles while truck on road.  '299
> of course BC-610 (HT-4) & '342s & trailed PE-95 & '939 tuna & mongo whip.
>
> The 4wd chebbie panel truck in civvy life was a bread truck & name
> stuck thru Anzio... where '187 group user* sed got it's 1st & this
> guy sed everyone used name.
>
> BTW... only use for these '187s & 299s was on AAF airbases & they
> had skeds to say little more than "I'm OK, R U OK?"
>
> I'm sure there's bolloxed detail here but in overview it's OK.
>
> End of essay
>
>    'rm
>
>
> *Some data here is via memory from "Green Book - the emergency," other
>  is oral tradition - like from the '197 & '187 sources.
>
>  Have copied my '197 source & will report any mistakes
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:02:40 -0400
> From: "Robert Flory" <robandpj at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] AN/PSM 37 parts
> To: "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> Hi,
> I have one without the meter, function and range knobs.  Want to use the
> case for something else.  If you want the rest of the guts, will send for
> shipping and a buck.
>
>
> Rob Flory
> robandpj at earthlink.net
> www.home.earthlink.net/~navyradio  WWII Navy Radio
> www.home.earthlink.net/~robandpj    Les Flory Television and Electronics
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:10:50 -0400
> From: C Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SCR-399
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> de WB2CPN
>
> I've used the BC-610 in many applications.  First for
> ham radio in Berlin 1946.  It was really about the only
> thing the Air Force had like that.   All our other stuff
> was fixed, such as T-4/FRC and 96C's.The hut ended
> up being used for something else.  So did the engine.
> I used a BC-610 as an aeronautical homing beacon on
> 1630 KHz or so on Kume Shima, and one at Tageu
> Korea during that war. And once I put one on the
> broadcast band for Alert Recall on Okinawa 1962.
> And, they were the best of training material what with
> the very good circuit descriptions in the manual.
> I think that airplane with the BC-610 was the old ACS.
> I do know they did that with C-47's when we first set
> foot on Japan, (near Tokyo), at the end of WWII.
> (The BC-610 would go on 10-mtrs by doubling in the
> final, but the coil gets a little hot.  Hi!)  I have a few
> pictures of all this.
>
> 73  Clete
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:03:24 -0500
> From: Rick Brashear <rickbras at airmail.net>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Receivers
> To: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> Good morning...
>
> I am looking for a R-390 receiver in decent, but not pristine shape.  It
> needs to be unmodified with no extra holes and in good working
> condition.  I'd love to have a pristine unit, but doubt I could afford
> one.  I am also interested in a R-388 or 51J-4.  If anyone has one of
> these (especially the R-309 - non "A") and is willing to part with it
> for less than a king's ransom, please, contact me off list.
>
> Thanks,
> Rick/K5IZ
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:19:58 +1000
> From: jedifox <jedifox at optusnet.com.au>
> Subject: [Milsurplus] signal meter
> To: Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> hi group,
>           does anybody know the micro/milli-amp rating of the signal
> meter in the C149A/ARN-6 at all? just wish to hookup one to my arn-6
> which is using the C-1513/A [ the ARA-19 uses this box]control box that
> doesn't have the meter fitted. thanks in advance for any kind assistance
> that you can provide.
>
> my highest regards to the group
> leigh
>
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:08:13 -0400
> From: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SCR-197 -> SCR-299
> To: cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> > Very, very few ever saw a SCR-197.  According to good source*, six were
> > built.  Easily found data sez 3 BC-342s, a Halli S-20R, and a BC-325 tx.
> > 100W to 300W.
>
> Way more than six were produced, but probably less than a thousand. I
> know of four BC-325s myself. There was a SCR-197-T1 - a completely
> different animal, using a BC-AA-191 to feed an amplifier - I suspect
> that it where the six figure came from.
>
> --
> Will
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:13:23 -0400
> From: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] AN/PSM 37 parts
> To: robandpj at earthlink.net
> Cc: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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> > I have one without the meter, function and range knobs.  Want to use the
> > case for something else.  If you want the rest of the guts, will send
for
>
> I have a original booklet of Test Data for Navy TCK transmitter serial
> #14 that I will sell for postage plus $8,347.23.
>
> --
> Will
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:38:58 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SCR-197 -> SCR-299
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> >> Very, very few ever saw a SCR-197.  According to good source*, six were
> >> built.  Easily found data sez 3 BC-342s, a Halli S-20R, and a BC-325
tx.
> >> 100W to 300W.
> >
> >Way more than six were produced, but probably less than a thousand...
>
> There's been an original, unmodified BC-325 on display for at least the
last 25 years in Huntsville, Alabama, in the showroom at Mock Electronics on
Memorial Parkway.
>
> It's been years since I've dropped by there.  I don't know what its serial
number is.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
>
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