[Milsurplus] IFF unit? - Mixed Nomenclature Systems

[Moe Fretz]

Thanks Mike for clearing that up.
I also found that the RC-127
Also has all the components in it.

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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >Thanks for all the replies and also for all the links to follow up on.
> >Still trying to determine it's exact SCR number, but in time we will
> figure
> >that out.
>
> How about right now.
>
> It doesn't have an SCR number.  As I posted earlier, the BC-1293 is part
> of a system with the JAN nomenclature of AN/CPX-1.
>
> Apparently it started out life as a part of the Signal Corps RC-348 system,
> whose nomenclature got changed to the JAN system AN/CPX-1.
>
> Mixed nomenclature systems occurred frequently.  Just a few of many
> examples:
>
> 1.  The SCR-595-A IFF used mostly USN ABK-* components.
> 2.  The AN/VRC-3 used the BC-1000-A.
> 3.  The AN/VRC-5 used the BC-603 and BC-604.
> 4.  The AN/ARN-11 is the MN-26LB.
> 5.  The AN/ARR-11 is the BC-348-*.
> 6.  The AN/CRR-1 is the Setchell-Carlson Model 591.
> 7.  Most versions of the AN/GRC-26 used the BC-610-* transmitter.
>
> In a slightly different case, the common BC-1206-* beacon band receivers
> had
> neither Signal Corps nor JAN system nomenclature assigned.
>
> So, that Signal Corps nomenclature of BC-1293 does not imply that it is
> part of a system with an SCR designation.  The closest it came was the
> fleeting RC-384 designation.  The JAN AN/CPX-1 will have to suffice.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>