[Milsurplus] RAX-1 Contract Information

[Ray Fantini]

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Following the contract info is a 'Note' which contains the following breakdown:

"On contracts NOs-74810, NXs-15298, and NXsa-36561, all three Radio
Receiver Units (Navy Types CG-46115, CG-46116, and CG-46117) are
supplied and dynamotor units are included. On contract NXsa-77864 and
N5sr-11815, only Radio Receiver Unit 2 (Navy Type CG-46116) is
supplied and the dynamotor is included only with a portion of these
contract lots."


Makes you wonder how they powered these single receivers if they
didn't already have a dynamotor on hand. Special outboard supply? Why
only one receiver? Specific use or spare/backup receiver?

Perhaps additional orders were for unit two only because that was all that was used, it's a great assumption but maybe older "high band" radios were striped from inventory and the dynamotors from them were reused in the new unit two radios? May have been more cost effective to replace the unit 2 radio when it failed than try to repair it?
Ray Fantini KA3EKH