[Milsurplus] boatanchor restoration (USS Manley accident)

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In regard to getting Radio 5 back on line (first page of the  
referenced report), the SRT-16 configuration is made up of  a pair of  
SRT-14 transmitters and a "Booster" unit containing a high voltage  
power supply and a high power AM modulator which  allows one or the  
other SRT-14 to operate at the 500 watt level.  These three cabinets  
may be arranged in several ways, one of which is with one of the  
SRT-14s on top of the booster unit in which case a single fan/heater  
module under the booster provides temperature control for both  
units.   I had an SRT-14 and can't imagine getting one of these  
transmitters operating after immersion in salt water without a major  
overhaul so this must have been the configuration on the Manley.  The  
booster and fan unit got flooded but the high mounted SRT-14 was  
spared a soaking.  So, they didn't really get the "SRT-16" back in  
operation, they got one of the SRT-14s back on line at it's 100 watt  
stand-alone level.  Lucky break in any case.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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