[Milsurplus] GP-x Transmitter, RAX Rcvr? + TU Wanted

[Thekan, Paul]

Thanks Don for at least verifying what I saw was a GP xmtr. I'm
anxiously awaiting what you report after you look at that scene again.

Tnx
Paul

-----Original Message-----
Don Merz [mailto:n3rht at yahoo.com] wrote:

It's definitely a GP transmitter. I dunno about the
RAX though. The picture is pretty dark. I'll go back
and look at it.


--- "Thekan, Paul" <Paul.Thekan at cpii.com> wrote:

> For what it's worth..(probably not much)
> 
> 
>  In the TV series  "Victory at Sea"  there is one
> episode or a segment
> of one that focused on military operations in South
> America. It showed
> for what maybe lasted all of 2 seconds the interior
> of a gondola of a
> Navy patrol blimp. In it , and I've only seen this
> clip twice, I could
> have sworn I'd seen a GP xmtr and a couple of RAX
> receivers. I could
> really be all wet on this but that's what I thought
> I saw. Maybe if
> someone has this Victory at Sea episode on VHS or
> DVD they could do a
> freeze frame on this scene and verify just what
> exactly is the radio
> gear shown. 
> 
>  Maybe others here in the group have seen this scene
> too and have a
> better take on what was shown in the gondola.
> 
> Paul
> N6FEG
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of David Stinson
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:31 AM
> To: Milsurplus Radios; ARC5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Milsurplus] GP-x Transmitter, RAX Rcvr? +
> TU Wanted
> 
> Is there any documentation- or even a credible
> story-
> of an "official" installation of the 
> GP-x series transmitters with the RAX receivers?
> I have no doubt that it was done at some time;
> the boys used whatever they could get and
> cobbled-together
> all kinds of interesting "sets-" but is there a
> credible case for this
> set?
> I'm a "completeist" collector: one who seeks to  
> find every piece for a particular installation.
> After I get my shop built, I'm be forced to make
> some 
> decisions about what sets to build and what to
> sacrifice to 
> space and time considerations.  
> I'd like to use the RAXs and the GP-7.  If there's
> an "honest"
> configuration, I could build one set instead of two.
> Don't want to duplicate the GP/RU because the RU is
> already part
> of the GF/RU set.  The RAXs are "kosher" with the
> ART-13,
> but I've already got an ATC in my AN/ARC-8.
> 
> I'm seeking a "D" range tuning unit for the GP-x
> transmitters.
> I'd even settle for a TDE version for now.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>
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