[Milsurplus] Scrounging, Military, for Parts, Spare*

[J. Forster]

There are a few who are interested in WW II RADAR. Is "Electron" available
somewhere?

-John

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>> From: <boeing377 at aol.com>
>> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:25 PM
>> Subject: [Milsurplus] military scrounging for military spares in
>> civiliansupply channels.
>>
>>> As a kid scrounging surplus radio stuff from stores on SF's famous
>>> Radio
>>> Row in the mid 1960s, several times I saw Navy guys form Treasure
>>> Island
>>> and Alameda NAS coming in to Standard Surplus to buy modules for radios
>>> currently in use but without any spares available in military channels.
>>> Go figure. >> 73, >> Mark  >> AF6IM
>
> I was just the other nite looking at some "Electron" magazines of the US
> Navy,
> this magazine is the successor to "Radio and Sound Bulletin", and I saw a
> couple
> items about scrounging. One I recall was an article on keeping old sets
> around
> to cannibalize for parts. The other was a notice that SF was sending out
> EIGHT ARC-1 radios in partial condition to 8 Navy activities for spare
> parts.
> This was 1951.
>
> Electron pretty interesting altho mostly Radar and next, Sonar. Hardly
> anything on radio. Did have a nice photo of the Haiku TH Alexanderson
> Alternator VLF transmitter ca. WW2, also an article on Bainbridge Island
> near Seattle Navy radio station - I had thought it was only an intercept
> point for Pacific traffic, but it was the full deal, even a 58 kc/s LF
> transmitter
> to serve the North Pacific. Someday "we" ought to maybe scan in
> R&SB and Electron. I don't know when R&SB started. I could figure
> out when Electron started and ended as I have the full run. Ended
> about '53, if I recall.   -Hue Miller
> *A Precise Title
>
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