[Milsurplus] CW-184/CRT-3 Antenna Question

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Kees,

CW is the nomenclature for covers, bags and rolls.  Some are metal 
(CW-109/GRC-9 is front cover panel for RT-77(*)/GRC-9), some are canvas (CW-187/GR is 
the canvas antenna roll supplied with MX-898/GR), some might be wood, although I 
can't recall an example right off.  What you found inside of the bag may (and 
in this case probably) have nothing to do with the set that the bag was 
originally made for.

The latest manual I have on AN/CRT-3 is dated 1951 and there is no 
CW-184/CRT-3 shown in it.  However, I suspect that the bag you have may be for the kite 
and for the balloon inflation tube, although the '51 manual says it is 24" 
long and only gives a Sig Stk Nr. but no nomenclature.

It is possible that the military itself reused the bag for another 
application.  An excellent example is the reuse of CW-50/TRC-7 to hold Ground Plane 
Antenna RC-292.  Or somone not military may have bought the bag from Academy and 
put that antenna in it.  The antenna itself does not sound like military gear.  
A black anodized pole would show up like gangbusters both at visible and 
infrared wavelengths.

But in any case, the nomenclature you have is for the bag, not the antenna.

In a message dated 9/25/2006 8:38:27 PM Central Daylight Time, win
dy10605 at juno.com writes: 
> I'm still trying to identify this antenna and so far what the experts
> have told me is that a CRT-3 is a Gibson Girl. 
> 
> This is clearly a land use antenna. Comes in a very well padded OD canvas
> bag about 30" long. Inside is a telescoping, thin wall tubing, black
> anodized, antenna pole. There are 12 sections which are all about 29
> inches in length and the effective length of each section is about 24
> inches when telescoped, making the pole about 24 feet tall. There are
> three round guy stakes, stranded stainless guy wire, and a large antenna
> insulator 
> (Lexan ?). A black plug attaches the antenna insulator and guy wires to
> the top of the pole. Another pocket on the bag contains a wooden spool of
> copper clad stranded antenna wire.....about 30-40 feet in length.
> 
> Components look too modern to be associated with the Gibson Girl.
> 

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