[Milsurplus] Chicken or Egg Question

[J. Forster]

Oooops.  :)

-John

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> My BC-906 plate says ESPY MFG. CO. INC.  Mike, W6MAB
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: J. Forster
>   To: WA5CAB at cs.com
>   Cc: arc-5 at mailman.qth.net ; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>   Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 8:42 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Chicken or Egg Question
>
>
>   I have the feelingt (unproven as yet) that some companies specialized in
>   certain systems.  For example, the Rebecca stuff (AN/APN-2) and test
> sets
>   BC-906,...) were all made by Philco. I trhink they made IFF gear also.
>
>   FWIW,
>
>   -John
>
>   ==============
>
>
>
>   > I agree with John, except to say that the companies which built the
>   > SCR-211
>   > weren't small unknown companies by the standards of the day.  All were
>   > well
>   > established pre-war and had histories of dealing with the Army and
> Navy.
>   > While favoritism may (I've no evidence that it did) determine which
> one
>   > got
>   > which contracts, none particularly needed any help getting business
> after
>   > 69
>   > years ago yesterday.
>   >
>   > I found my list of contractors:
>   >
>   > CBK Cardwell built one model (-B)
>   > CIY Rauland built 4
>   > CPR Philco built 8
>   > CRR Bendix built 4
>   > CZR Zenith built 9
>   >
>   > In a message dated 12/8/2010 10:11:49 PM Central Standard Time,
>   > jfor at quik.com writes:
>   >> Perhaps, but I'm not entirely convinced:
>   >>
>   >> Because of the huge amount of war production, things were farmed out
> to
>   >> companies that had available production capacity.
>   >>
>   >> During the 30s, radio receivers were a hot commodity and many small
>   >> companies sprung up to assemble them. Building a BC-221 is not so
>   >> different than a 30s vintage high end broadcast receiver. These
> smaller
>   >> companies were a logical fit for smaller production runs, like the
>   >> BC-221.
>   >> Bigger outfits would build ARC-5s and even bigger outfits complete
>   >> airplanes.
>   >>
>   >> Bottom line is, altrhough politics is awlays an issue with government
>   >> projects, I'm unconvinced the contractors were politically chosen.
>   >>
>   >> FWIW,
>   >>
>   >> -John
>   >>
>   >> ==============
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   >> >There were so many models of the BC-221 because there were
>   >> >a lot of congressmen who wanted jobs in their districts.
>   >> >
>   >> >As it was in WWII, so it is today:  it's not totally about who
>   >> >can build what to specification.  It's also about which congressman
>   >> >gets how much pork to take home to the folks.
>   >>
>   >
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>   >
>
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