[Milsurplus] Aircraft VHF

[J. Forster]

I thought the Rx and Tx were the bread in the sandwich and the selector
rack was the filling in between:

http://www.maritime.org/radio-scr624.htm

??

-John




> I can't speak to what might have been done in some specific case but in
> the
> standard SCR-624 and in the DF version, no.  When you separate the
> transmitter
> and/or the receiver from the selector rack and cabinet you lose channel
> selection and mounting capabilities.  Plus you would have to custom make
> the
> necessary cables as none were made for operating the BC-624 or BC-625
> separate from
> the FT-244 (except no doubt a few for Depot use).
>
> The only place I ever recall seeing loose receivers or transmitters is in
> some conversion articles from the late 40's where the transmitter at least
> was
> mounted behind a standard 19" rack panel with knobs or maybe it was
> vernier
> drives on the tuning controls.
>
> In a message dated 4/7/2009 1:57:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jfor at quik.com
> writes:
>> I'm no guru on the VHF stuff, but, from pictures, it looks like they
>> separated the Tx and Rx portions of the set, and mounted each on a
>> separate base. Is that so?
>>
>> Best,
>> -John
>>
>> =============
>>
>> >No, it's an SCR-624.  Uses the same radio as the SCR-522 and SCR-542
>> but
>> >different power supply and control box.  And several accessories are
>> >either
>> >different or added.
>> >
>> >In a message dated 4/7/2009 3:25:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
>> >robandpj at earthlink.net writes:
>> >>LIONFISH  bears an SCR-522 for talking to flyboys.
>>
>
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