[Milsurplus] MF on Navy ships 1960-1980

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Valley Forge (CVS-45/LPH-8) had two AN/WRT-1 aboard.  They used coax fed 
remote tuners connected, as best I can recall, to single end-fed wires.  I never 
worked with them but AN/SRT-14 and AN/SRT-15 had two remote units, one called a 
coupler and one a tuner.  The tuner was 50" long and the coupler 34".

In a message dated 3/9/2008 8:43:16 AM Central Standard Time, 
robandpj at earthlink.net writes: 
> I am trying figure out what if any antenna was used at 500kc on the NEW 
> JERSEY in its later configuration.  There is a fan dipole that tunes down to 2Mc 
> but which I think would be inefficient at 500kc.  
> 
> Do later transmitters like SRT-15 use a matched output to a 50-ohm line, or 
> do they tune a reactive load like the older TAJ/TBL etc.?  If a 50-ohm 
> coaxial, maybe I would be looking for a coaxial feedline to a tuner abovedecks.  
> 
> I have a feeling that older antenna trunks of WWII vintage may have been 
> used to run the coaxial feedlines installed later.
> 
> The project at hand is a preliminary investigation into the feasibility of 
> setting up a TAJ on board.

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