[Milsurplus] New York Times mentions SCR 584

[C.Whitaker]

On 10/1/2011 6:14 PM, Clare Owens wrote:
> Speaking of the Green Books, I just received a copy of "The Signal Corps The
> Test" and inside the cover is the inscription:
>
> To Donna&  Ken with compliments of the author
>         Dixie R, Harris
>
> Cool.  I love it when an old book has something of a personal nature inside,
> even though it wasn't meant for me.
>
> Clare
>
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 4:36 PM,<WA5CAB at cs.com>  wrote:
>
>> The Green Books, written Post War, mention only Set, Complete, Radio.
>>
>> In a message dated 10/01/2011 15:34:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
>> mstangelo at comcast.net writes:
>>> Apparently both designations were used for SCR, Set, Complete Radio and
>>> Signal Corps Radio
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Corps_Radio
>>>
>>> Mike N2MS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: mstangelo at comcast.net
>>> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>>> Sent: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:50:57 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] New York Times mentions SCR 584
>>>
>>> The author probably got his information abbout the SCR designation from
>>> Wikipedia:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-584_radar
>>>
>>> Mike N2MS
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: J. Forster
>>> To: boeing377 at aol.com
>>> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>>> Sent: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:40:32 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] New York Times mentions SCR 584
>>>
>>> The Times is not what it used to be.
>>>
>>> -John
>>>
>>> ===============
>>>
>>>
>>>> Obituary of Lee Davenport in Sat Oct 1 issue. Mentions his key role in
>>>> developing the SCR 584 anti aircraft (gun laying?) radar.
>>>>
>>>> As I recall SCR stands for Set Complete Radio. The usually careful NYT
>>>> writes "SCR 584 (for Signal Corps Radio)". Who is right?
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>> Mark
>>>> AF6IM
>>>>
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de WB2CPN
When I got into the Army AF, (and then later the USAF), in 1946, SCR was 
just an
acronym, and didn't mean anything.   Historically it would be Sig Corps 
Radio.
We had SCS-51 ILS, so what do you suppose that was?   I suspect that
the acronyms were assigned first, then later on people started hanging names
on them.   Where did the Navy ever get BB for battleships?  (Big Boat ?)
The whole JAN system as we know it came about long after SCR's etc.
73  Clete