[Milsurplus] ChiCom 139A Companion Transmitter

[Michael Bittner]

Thanks to all who answered regarding Chinese 139, 139A and 139B, and 
connectors for Chinese eqpt.

Mike, W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce MacMillan" <radio at telus.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ChiCom 139A Companion Transmitter


>  The 139 is a tube receiver. The little solid state rcvr is the 139B.
> According to Bill Howard's site the 139A is also a solid state rcvr. It
> looks similar to the 81C xmtr/rcvr pair.
> http://www.armyradio.com/arsc/customer/pages.php?pageurl=/publish/Articles/William_Howard/North_Vietnamese_Army_Comms.htm
>
> Ben Nock has some photos on his site.
> http://www.qsl.net/g4bxd/foreign.htm
>
> Bruce   ve7mt
>
> On 8/11/2010 11:06 AM, Tom B wrote:
>> I believe the 139 uses tubes and the 139A is solid state.  Correct?
>> 102E uses the tube receiver.
>>
>> Tom Bryan
>> N3AJA
>>
>>
>>> I have the 102E receiver and transmitter.  I am wondering where the
>>> designation 139A comes from for the receiver and if there is a similar
>>> designation for the transmitter.  The name plate on my receiver has the
>>> letters 139 followed by some Chinese characters, but the name plate on 
>>> the
>>> transmitter has only Chinese characters.
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