[Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Different USS Hope

http://www.mysanantonio.com/columnists/stories/MYSA062004.1H.burkett.eb6adf5.html

Decommissioned in 1973.

Bob


On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Meir-WF2U wrote:

> 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-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [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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