[Milsurplus] CEMB

[Nick England]

The CEMB is NAVSHIPS 900,020
Thanks to Dave Ross N7EPI, I'll be posting the complete 1952 version
soon - stay tuned.

Here's a quick summary of Navy equipment catalogs that I know of - I
would love to have more info and/or scans to add to the
www.navy-radio.com web site.

NAVSHIPS 242A is the 1945 "List of Naval Radio, Radar, and Sonar
Equipment" with model, contractor, year, freq range, etc - no
description or photos. 152 pages - printed copy available from Robert
at www.wa5cab.com

NAVSHIPS  275 is 1944 "Catalogue of Naval Radio Equipment" with 2-4
page descriptions and photos of equipment. 244 pages - printed copy
available from Robert at www.wa5cab.com

NAVSHIPS 900,116 is the 1946-52 "Catalogue of Naval Radio Equipment"
with 2-4 page descriptions and photos of equipment. 1448 pages -
printed copy available from Robert at www.wa5cab.com - on line version
thanks to HNSA at
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/ecat/index.htm

JANAP 161 is the 1953 "Directory of Communications-Electronic
Equipment" merging Navy, Army, & Air Force docs with 2 page
descriptions. 1150 pages. - on line version thanks to John K4OZY at
http://jptronics.org/radios/Military/JANAP161/index.html

MIL-HDBK-161 (TM-11-487A) is the 1958 "Military Handbook - Electronic
Communication Equipment" update of JANAP 161 covering Navy, Army, &
Air Force equipment. 2300 pages. Available on DVD from Andy at
www.jamminpower.com

TM-11-487A-1, TM-11-487A-2, TM-11-487A-3 are the 1964 increments to
the 1958 "Military Handbook - Electronic Communication Equipment"
covering Navy, Army, & Air Force equipment.

NAVSHIPS 94200.1 (NAVSHIPS 0967-420-0010) is the 1963 Navy Electronics
Supply Office "Directory of Communication Equipment" with 2-4 page
descriptions and photos. 10 sections, approx. 5000 pages total.

NAVSHIPS 94200.1-3 (NAVSHIPS 0967-420-0013) is the 1968 supplement to
the 1963 "Directory of Communication Equipment". 3 sections approx.
1400 pages. There are probably other supplements too?

More info on these and other publications at
http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals.htm

cheers,
Nick K4NYW

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:17 AM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Bob - does this book have a Navy number?
> I have a later book, i think it's NAVSHIPS 900,107 but that's from
> memory. It's not organized in that way but rather straight by
> equipment nomenclature. That's where my post on hum in RAK/
> RAL from certain manufacturer's tubes, came from. It has
> such items as modification of the TBX frequency range upward
> and radar info and all kinda maintenance points.
> I have a multi volume Navy catalog but I don't remember the
> number for it and also not accessible for a good while due to
> pressing issues.
>
> Many years ago in a surplus store I found a few pages only,
> listing models of transmitter-receivers and the differences
> between the suffixes and date of introduction. Believe me,
> I REALLY looked high and low for more of that book - that
> was definitely primo information. -Hue Miller