[Milsurplus] ABK IFF Puzzle

[Bruce MacMillan]

This topic was discussed recently on the arc5 mailing list John. I 
believe it was purposely marked as a receiver only to mislead the other 
side.

"The SCR-595-A IFF was simply a US Navy ABK Mark III IFF, without any
Army nomenclature applied to the RT unit.  The SCR-695-A Mark III/G IFF
unit was the BC-966-A.  The nameplates of all of these units bore the
description of "RADIO RECEIVER" to mislead the other side.  But the USN
ABK units also bear USN component numbers starting with "43" which is
the component code for a "receiver-transmitter."  Not too consistent
or deceptive!"

Bruce   ve7mt


J Forster wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>This item for sale by August Link just closed on eBay:
>
>    MILITARY AIRCRAFT RADIO IFF NAVY RECEIVER ABK WWII  Item number: 380039243576
>
>Sadly, it might have gone to a tube amp guy.  :=(((
>
>What puzzles me is the pics of the guts of the thing. It surely looks like a Tx to
>me, but the data plate says Rx. Can anyone shed some light on this puzzle?
>
>Thanks,
>-John
>