[Milsurplus] USN civilian rec's for aircraft watch

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Also, SX-28-A is AKA AN/GRR-2 (covered by TM 11-874).  But I had always 
thought that they and the S-27/S-36 were bought for intercept work.

In a message dated 6/27/2009 3:24:16 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> A friend was telling me about how he read
> that SX-28 receivers were used in aircraft
> net monitoring on aircraft carriers, and
> wondering why this receiver was chosen.
> I do not know the answer to that, but I 
> found this interesting mention in Navships
> 900,000.1 SERVICE NOTES: 

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