[Milsurplus] KWM-2A or AN/FRC-93 or AN/FRC-153

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One section that got me was the time frame of 1969-1970:
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1969-1970: ANGRY-26’s, which lied dormant, are retired. Most went to the 
salvage yard at Fort Tilden with some transferred to the Civil Air 
Patrol Eastern Regional Headquarters located in Bellmore Long Island.
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Terrible.  Interesting though.  Need to look around the net and see if i 
can find any of older outfits i was associated with from the late 50's 
thru the late 60's.

Larry
W0OGH





Mike Morrow wrote:

> Mac wrote:
> 
> 
>>No, they certainly didn't compare with the monstrously costly 
>>and complicated fixed HF gear at fixed transmitter and receiver 
>>sites, but like the proverbial Timex watches, they took a licking 
>>and kept on ticking.
> 
> 
> It just bothered me that a high-dollar set like the KWM-2A used RCA phono plugs for RF connections, doubtless to mate automatically with the 351D-2 mobile mount.  But still, it seems cheap.
> 
> The bare-bones, no accessories, KWM-2A in 1961 cost $1250.  That's equivalent to $8700 today!
> 
> Just what is the differnce between the AN/FRC-93 and the AN/FRC-153?  They both used the RT-718/FRC-93 (KWM-2A), I think.  Does anyone on the list have units of this system with JAN nomenclature tags present?  I seem to recall that the tags weren't affixed very permanently, and thus often were missing.
> 
> There's an interesting document describing the equipment used in a cold war era USAF communcations squadron at:
> 
> http://www.radomes.org/museum/documents/Roslyn_AFS_274_Communications_Squadron_final.pdf
> 
> Mike / KK5F
> 
> 
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