[Milsurplus] Ft. Gordon Signal Museum, comment

[J. Forster]

My saga was a bit different. I was looking for the -35 manual for the
PPS-5 manpack RADAR.

Problem is, there is a PPS-5; -5A; and -5B. The -B is still deployeed in
the sandbox. My understanding is there is little in common between the -5
and -5B except the case and WG cluster.

The army had combined all three sets into one (classified) book and
destroyed all extant copies of the -5 manual.

Eventually found an original (unclassified) manual for the -5  on eBay.
The set is all discrete transistors, circa 1965.

-John

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> Yeah, the manual issue sounds like the saga several years ago of the
> search
> for a TM on a 400 cps inverter Fair Radio sold a bunch of.  After either
> two or three of us filed FOIA requests we finally tracked down the sole
> surviving copy to (if I recall correctly) Tinker AFB.  They wouldn't copy
> it.  But
> if I could get on the Base (I could have) I could check it out for the
> day.
>  But the copy machines in the PX weren't "cleared" for copying it and I
> wouldn't have access to any machines on the Base that were.  I can't
> recall
> what I finally did with the inverter.
>
> In a message dated 12/25/2010 9:48:36 AM Central Standard Time,
> jfor at quik.com writes:
>> My impression is that the radio historical part is a low-priority,
>> shoestring operation. A museum contributes little to "readyness".
>>
>> Some years ago, they tried to help me with a 'Nam era manual, but didn't
>> have it. It was in the base library, but inaccessible to me.
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> -John
>>
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