[Milsurplus] wanted: AN/GRR-5 and accessories for same

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 10/31/07, Unserviceable but Repairable <cosmoline at aa4rm.ba-watch.org> wrote:
> > the GRR-5
>
> An ER art'l sed Emerson got contract to build replacement for ww2 BC-728
> gas (mustard / fosgene) rx.
>
> Completely unneeded in Korea days, an Eisenhower admin pork barrel...
> or lost gold bet @ Augusta Nat'l tree.
>
> Notice the GRR-5 never had an assigned purpose.  Art'l written by head of
> labs @ Ft. Monmouth

Saw that article, that was the first time someone really explained the
set well. Didn't appear anywhere else, no matching transmitter, so it
was a bit of an oddity. That's some damned good pork, though. Retired
Nat'l Guard pal tells me they used them in the field as entertainment
receivers. He also told me about burying cases of ammo that hadn't
been used for training because turning it back in required reams of
paperwork and hours of time.

> Hey and DAMN, why hasn't the KWM-1 entered the ham-rigs for peace fray?
> They were used in the first few dozen U2s behind the pilot's head.  (retuned
> w. a mirror????).  Have one ALONG w. a 28vdc chopper supply

Mentioned that in another post, Marty. Pre- FRC-93, too. Strange how
that cheap civvy gear kept sneaking into gov't use. No doubt it
contributed to the Kennedy assassination.

Cool photo of it in the Collins Amateur Gear book, installed in the U2.

~ Todd