[Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

[J Forster]

The ad says WW 2 Radio and USS Hope:

"WW2 HUGE MILITARY RADIO

I am trying to help out a friend with getting someone to buy and remove this large
radio/transmitter/ telegraph. I is giant approx 7 ft tall ,approx. 6 or 7 ft wide and

maybe 4 ft deep.It is still in a crate but its really old and probably does not work
but make an offer.You must have a truck to pick it up.We will help you load it .I
think this radio is from the U.S.S. Hope but have better things to do then research
an old radio. "

-John



Bob Camp wrote:

> 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