[Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

[Meir-WF2U]

My logic says that if USS Hope was decommissioned in 1946, it's highly
unlikely that she was updated with 1950's model radio equipment such as the
Mackay Radio MRU 19/20, even if she was still floating in the 'Ghost Fleet"
until her scrapping in 1978.
Best examples are the Victory and Liberty ships still in the Ghost Fleet,
which are still equipped with the same WW2 vintage radio consoles (Federal
Telegraph and Radio/Mackay and RCA Radiomarine) they carried in WW2.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J Forster
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:04 PM
To: Bob Camp; Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

Interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hope_(AH-7)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/ah7.htm

There are a number more sites.
-John




Bob Camp wrote:

> Hi
>
> The verbiage in the original post mentions it being from the USS Hope.
> That might indicate that it was pulled off the ship when the vessel
> was refurbished or decommissioned.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jan 20, 2008, at 6:51 PM, Hue Miller wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Meir-WF2U" <wf2u at ws19ops.com>
> >
> >> It's the Mackay MRU 19/20, 1950's vintage.
> >>
> >> Here is a good photo with component call-outs:
> >> http://www.jproc.ca/rrp/chimo_mackay_mru19_20_b.jpg
> >
> > Nice work, Meir: you nailed it. I have the 3007 receiver, but
> > didn't see it in the seller's photo. This is basically a wartime
> > Mackay receiver with an added 70 kcs selective IF, but no
> > better bandspread than the original. I am sure the 3001 LF-
> > MF receiver is still just the same as the wartime Mackay
> > regen.
> > One wonders how such an equipment, which at one time must
> > have been very costly, ended up being totally forgotten. Maybe
> > a ship contract was cancelled? Ah - i just recalled in my own
> > industry, how difficult it is to send excess equipment back up
> > the pipeline - there's no provision for that! -Hue Miller

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