[Milsurplus] 1952 Navy Receiver ID?
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Mon Sep 28 12:10:54 EDT 2009
I can say one rare variant that they are not. They aren't R-270/FRR (P/O
AN/FRR-12). They do not have the MC-531 Improvement Kit installed (crystal
control for the HFO).
In a message dated 9/28/2009 10:49:41 AM Central Daylight Time,
ka1kaq at gmail.com writes:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >The year is 1952 - Navy Comm Facility in Morocco
> >http://www.portlyautey.com/crowde%7E1.jpg
> >
> >What receivers these guys are using? Looks like Hammarlund HQ-129?
> >
>
> Definitely Super Pros. Overall size as well as knob and meter spacing are
> the give away. Also, directly beneath the large bandswitch knob (where the
> antenna coupling knob is on the 120/RBG) there is a single nomenclature
> tag
> vs the two tags under both dial windows on the RBG.
>
> Now, which military version of the Super Pro is a bit more difficult to
> tell..... (o:
>
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