[Milsurplus] SRR-13 question - LF Receiver Sets

[Nick England]

The SRR-19 was used for fleet multichannel broadcast reception -
hooked up to a UCC-1 frequency-division RTTY mux for 4 channel tone
pack. Not sure the BRR-3 or WRR-3 was used for tone pack and were only
used for single channel RTTY?
Some photos of SRR-19 on board CVS-12 and DD-782 are on my web site at -
http://www.navy-radio.com/ship.htm
The FRT-72 transmitter (100kw, 30-150kc) was commonly used at shore
stations for fleet multichannel broadcast.

I have an SRR-19 (with AM, USB, and LSB modules) and WRR-3 in my
"Basement COMMSTA" but would like to find a BRR-3 some day -
Nice photo of a BRR-3 (with R-389 and R-390) in use on SSBN-601 at-
http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/robertelee-01.jpg

cheers,
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Robert wrote:
>
>> AN/SRR-19's replaced RBA's.
>
> I never saw an AN/SRR-19 when I was in the USN.  I'm not sure of
> its intended role.  With a frequency coverage of 30 to 300 kHz,
> it covered none of the maritime Morse band above 410 kHz, nor any
> of the frequencies used by coast stations in the 15 kHz region.
> The panel controls seem to indicate USB and AM operating modes,
> which is strange for the frequency range.
>
> The most important communications receiver used by the submarine
> force 30 years ago was the AN/BRR-3, which covered only 14 to
> 30 kHz.  I've never heard of one of these receivers in private
> hands, though there'd be no real reason for there not to be with
> all the US submarines that have been decommissioned in the past
> 25 years.  The limited frequency range would reduce interest
> (overall I'd prefer the AN/WRR-3), but it would make a nice cold
> war relic.
>
> We also had a AN/WRR-3, covering 14 to 600 kHz.  This receiver
> was common on many USN vessels.  I recall one being used on
> the USS Intrepid (CVS-11) for the watch on 500 kHz.  Submarines
> were not required to watch 500 kHz.  I like my AN/WRR-3B better
> than any other surplus VLF/LF/MF receiver I've ever come across.
>
> My submarine had an HF burst transmitter, several combos of R-1051,
> T-827, and AM-3007 sets with "AN/BRC-" system designations, plus
> an AN/URC-9 for UHF comms.  We did more transmitting with the VHF-FM
> handheld bridge-to-bridge radios while entering and leaving Holy Loch
> Scotland than we ever did with any of the transmitters in the radio
> room.  Ballistic missile submarines emitted RF signals only on the
> rarest and most urgent of times.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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