[Milsurplus] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: [armyradios] More of WA6UBE's equipment]]

[J. Forster]

Hi,

This is from the ArmyRadios Group on Yahoo. Two of the tems (the Gensets)
are pretty rare, IMO, and deserve a wider exposure.

If you are interested, please contact Carla directly.

Best,

-John

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: [armyradios] More of WA6UBE's equipment]
From:    "Carla" <carla.satra at earthlink.net>
Date:    Mon, July 11, 2011 5:19 pm
To:      jfor at quik.com
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Hi, John,

I should have done a better description of that Kohler genset........its
rated for 800 Watts power output, (and, allegedly, its a nominal 1KW
unit which was de-rated for some specific continuous-duty
operation.......I say 'allegedly' as there was a 'thread' about these in
the old engine collectors internet site, some time ago, and someone said
that was info from an old manual), but it runs at the common 60 cycles AC.

I've seen some 400Hz AC gensets, but never any for 800Hz.........fact
is, I didn't know that any 800Hz gensets were ever built.......what sort
of equipment would use 800 cycle power?

Yes, if  you'd like to pass my info along to that board, thank
you..............as I said, this gear really needs to find good
homes........ : )

...

cheers

Carla



On 7/11/2011 5:01 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Hi Carla,
>
> Those Gensets are rare, especally with the accessories! .....
>
> A better place to post them would be MilSurplus. I can forward your post,
> if you like.
>
> I'd love the 800 Hz one, but cannot handle it.
>
> Best,
>
> -John
>
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>
>
>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> Subject: [armyradios] More of WA6UBE's equipment
> From:    "Carla"<carla.satra at earthlink.net>
> Date:    Mon, July 11, 2011 4:40 pm
> To:      armyradios at yahoogroups.com
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>
> Hello, armyradios,
>
> I'm getting back to trying to find good homes for more of Tricia's gear.
>
> Can anyone here use her Harris RF301A?
>
> This is the one which can be seen on the upper left of the equipment
> rack, in the earlier photos of our comms shelter.
>
> Tricia got it in 1990 or '91. We got it for $500 then, what would be a
> fair price to ask for it today?
>
> It was then, and appears to still be, in really clean, excellent, well
> maintained, etc., etc. condition. Tricia went through the unit, checked
> it out and set up the alignments. It was in good working order when she
> took it out of the shelter to fit a 6mtr rig in its place. It has one
> minor modification, which, if I remember correctly, is a switch for 'key
> down', but attenuated to some low-power wattage, xmit out for ant tuning.
>
> The unit is on its original vehicular shock mount. We have the
> alternative original shock mount, with provision to fit the RF302 ant
> coupler alongside the xcvr, for it also.
>
> I hope to be getting some more of the equipment, manuals, and parts out
> of storage, photographed, and offered here in the coming month or so.
>
> Might anyone have any interest in either of the little gasoline gensets
> I have here?
>
> One is a mid/late 1930's, or possibly WW2 vintage, 110VAC 800W
> crank-start  Kohler, on a cast iron base, quite large and heavy for its
> rating. Its grey, could be ex-Navy, but doesn't have the anchor stamp on
> the data plate. It ran well, and put out power, when I checked it, a few
> years ago.
>
> The other is a 1947 small rope-start 12VDC genset which was part of a
> MAR 'landing party' comms setup. That one was 'new old stock' when we
> got it, but we've run it maybe 10 or 12 hours on display at events. Its
> still pretty much 'as new' and is in its sealed aluminum carry case, and
> in the original large trunk type casing with spare parts, fuel and oil
> tins, line-cords, etc.
>
> (If someone already has one of these MAR gensets, and would like to have
> the cases, parts, etc, for 'original display/collectibility', or
> whatever, I could be interested in turning loose of those parts, and
> keeping the little genset by itself as reserve for power outages
> here........its set up with a choice of 12V output for running comms
> gear, or 14V for charging batteries........so that unit, with a battery
> and inverter, would be a good light-duty power source, as its fairly
> quiet and doesn't burn much fuel/hour.)
>
> I'm still finding boxes of crystals, for example, and any number of
> little 'odds and ends' parts.....I'll try to get them sorted and
> photographed fairly soon.......this stuff really needs to find good homes.
>
> cheers
>
> Carla
>
> Here, if the 'link' works, is a photo of the Harris xcvr
>
> <img src=http://www.tactical-link.com/ebay/rf301a.jpg>
>
>
>
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