[Milsurplus] Interesting SCR-284-T4 Prototype At Auction

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Hue,

I don't have anything on the SCR-583 except all of the component numbers.  
Never had any of the hardware.  But the short answer is that the Signal Corps 
blocked out SCR- number ranges for certain functions of radio sets (and then 
didn't always follow them so don't bother with quoting exceptions).  But the 
SCR-number was reserved or assigned when the RFQ's went out.  So there are lots of 
gaps.  Equipment ordered or considered but never built.  The BC- and other 
component numbers weren't assigned until at or near production startup.  Or at 
least until one contractor won the contract.  The BC- and other component 
numbers seem to have been assigned at least mostly as the next number up (not 
blocked).  There are far fewer missing numbers in the BC than in the SCR sequence 
list.

They did somewhat the same sort of thing with TM numbers.  Function was 
blocked more or less by hundreds (beginning with 200).  And assignment of a number 
within each hundreds group looks almost random if you plot first pub date 
against number.

In a message dated 12/14/2007 11:44:10 PM Central Standard Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> The Crosley SCR-284 would appear right from the start
> to have an advantage in that the receiver PS is built right
> into the rig. Also it looks like the Philco T4 requires a look
> up table for the frequency.
> 
> One thing i wonder about is why the earlier BC-1209 /
> SCR-583 - the rig sold by G&G for a few years, around
> 1961, i think - how this rig got such a high  BC and SCR
> number.
> That rig was rather like a forerunner of the SCR-284, or
> maybe an also ran that didn't work out. As i recall, it covers
> 2.2 - 4.4 MHz and is larger than the SCR-284.
> 
> I was told by "someone", don't recall who, that most of the
> 583 sets went to the Mexican army, altho i don't know if that
> story is hokem. 
> I was told someone in NY state had 2 of them complete, but
> was not interested in selling any. -Hue Miller 

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