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

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

I had a RT-68 with p.s.,aux Rx ,mount, ant. etc. I used to drag out and 
set up in the back of my pickup and drive up to Castle Rock,above 
Silicon Valley, and try to check in to the Armyradios net.I did this 
exercise numerous times and never made contact with anyone.Everything 
was working,even had a watt meter and a separate monitor rx so I know I 
was getting out.Heard plenty of CA Highway Patrol and Taxi service and 
a few others but no hams.Sold it all for a song at Foothill flea market 
and have not regretted it for one minute...My back is doing much better 
now....These radios were built like tanks, for tanks.No doubt they were 
state of the art.Even had cloth schematics stuffed in a tube for 
emergency repair,although I'd hate to be the techie in the field trying 
to fix any part of this set.These are depot repair unless its a 
vibrator or tube failure.
 Jay KE6PPF


-----Original Message-----
From: John Vendely <jvendely at cfl.rr.com>
To: David Ross <ross at hypertools.com>; milsurplus 
<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 5:34 pm
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Who was the original designer of the "Old 
Family" FMradios?


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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