[Milsurplus] BC-342 question answered - correction

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

In my earlier post listing the components of FT-178 I think I either said 
or implied that the receiver-end bracket was the same as the one in FT-172 
for the transmitter.  It is actually much narrower, as evidenced by the 
four-hole patterns on the top of so many BC-312 and BC-342 cabinets.  My mental 
picture was skewed by having recently looked at the FT-172 bracket.

In a message dated 4/15/2011 8:55:10 AM Central Daylight Time, 
elden_meyer at yahoo.com writes: 
> Thanks to all who replied. Sometimes many heads are better than one.
> 
> In summary, the BC-312 family receivers were all issued with the standard 
> FT-162 shock mount upon which the receiver sat.
> 
> For mobile installations additional FT-178 “snubber” (i.e. anti-sway) 
> brackets were used. These are part of the installation, not the radio proper. 
> For example:
> 
> The SCR-193, consisting of BC-191 transmitter and BC-312 receiver, when 
> fitted into a 4x4, used a single FT-178 located approximately in the middle 
> of the receiver.
> 
> The SCR-399 and -499, consisting of BC-312 and BC-342 receivers and BC-610
> transmitter, use two FT-178 to mount each receiver into wooden chests 
> CH-121 and CH-120 respectively.
> 

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