[Milsurplus] US Navy MAR manual on line

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Nick,

They must have been around but I am not sure what they would have talked to 
in the aircraft.  During the first year of the Korean War it appears Navy 
and Marine aircraft were still carrying VHF sets.  A book I read two or three 
years ago says that during the withdrawal from Choisen, 1st MARDIV was 
still carrying MAW's (VHF) to talk to the supporting Corsairs.

The RDR was primarily an auxiliary receiver, used alongside the MAR.  Like 
the R-108/9/10 with the RT-66/7/8 or the R-442 with the RT-524.  One of the 
Ad Hoc Jeep sets assembled circa 1949+ is AN/MRC-12 (MAR plus RDR).  
However, there was a small DC generator built to charge batteries for the RDR.  I 
have one somewhere around here.  So there must have been some cases of the 
RDR being used by itself.  Or maybe it was used as a low power consumption 
monitor so that the RDR could be left off until the transmitter was needed.

AFAIK there was no TDR or equivalent.

In a message dated 11/20/2010 4:51:45 PM Central Standard Time, 
navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
> I have just posted pdf downloads for the manual on the Navy UHF
> transmitter-receiver model MAR
> http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/mar-1944.htm
> 
> More info and photos would be appreciated.
> The contract is dated May 1944 - were these in use during WW2?
> What is the relationship between MAR and RDR?
> Was there a transmitter only version (TDR?) ?
> Etc.
> cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
> 

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