[Milsurplus] Who was the original designer of the "Old Family" FMradios?

Jim Whartenby antqradio at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jun 1 23:58:56 EDT 2008


If you know an IEEE member or live near a College Library then check
out:

Vehicular Communications, Transactions of the IRE Professional Group on
Volume 1, Issue 1, Feb 1952 Page(s): 117 - 121

I just Googled "GRC-3 radio" it was the 43rd hit.
Jim


--- John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Relatively little information still exists about the origins of these
> 
> remarkable radio sets.  However, some research I did years ago
> indicated 
> these radios were designed by Crosley, incorporating a number of
> circuit 
> techniques that came out of research conducted at Bell Laboratories. 
>  I 
> think I may still have one or two technical papers published on the
> subject 
> back in the early 1950s.  These fabulous and historic sets were truly
> state 
> of the art, and have been unfortunately neglected by the "collecting"
> 
> community...
> 
> 73,
> 
> John K9WT
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Ross" <ross at hypertools.com>
> To: "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Who was the original designer of the "Old
> Family" 
> FMradios?
> 
> 
> >I mean the RT-66, RT-67, RT-68, RT-70, R-108, R-109, R-110, and all
> the 
> >attendant power supplies & racks.
> >
> > It is nice old stuff, and the whole bunch has a 'family
> resemblance'. 
> > What company was responsible for the original design?
> >
> > Love that OD wrinkle-finish paint.
> >
> > Oh yeah, and who has a PRC-16 that they want to get rid of?
> >
> > Dave Ross    N7EPI
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