[Milsurplus] FS: FRR-33 Component Units

[Michael, W1RC]

Good Morning All:

As some of you may know I am in the process of moving my family from 
Vermont to Massachusetts amd I have decided to part with some of the 
wonderful stuff it has been my privilege to have in my possession for 
several years.  I have decided that I am never going to do anything 
with them and rather than have them languish here any longer it is 
better to pass them on to someone who will use and enjoy them.  These 
three pieces are very hard to find in one place.  I would like to 
offer them to the list members of this mail reflectors before 
offering them to the general community.

This offering consists of three pieces, all manufactured by Collins Radio:

CU-286/FRR33 Coupler
KY-82/FRR Keyer
C-1012/FRR Coupler-Monitor

Sorry, I will not split them up and sell the pieces separately unless 
three people want the individual pieces at one time.


I do not have the interconnecting cables but the connectors are 
commonly used and easily found.  The units seem complete with all 
covers, meters and tubes (except the 26Z5W rectifiers used in the 
KY-82 that have been "borrowed".


I would very much prefer not to have to ship these units.  They are 
on the heavy side ( CU-286 37 pounds, KY-82 42 pounds and C-1012 22 
pounds unpacked).  I can deliver them to NEAR-Fest XIII at Deerfield 
NH on May 3rd &  4th 2013.  I will ship provided the buyer pays ALL 
attendant shipping costs which should be around $100-$150 which is 
dependent upon distance.

Here are some photos of the various pieces.

http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/c-1012-1.jpg  http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/c-1012-2.jpg

http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/c-u-286-1.jpg http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/c-u-286-2.jpg

http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/c-u-286-3.jpg http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/ky-82-1.jpg

http://w1rc.net/w1rc/ebay/ky-82-2.jpg

I am asking $750.00 plus shipping for lot of three items.

So what is this stuff anyways?  The FRR-33 was designed for the R-391 
"Autotune" receiver but works manually with the R-390 and R-390A 
receivers.  This equipment, along with two (or three) receivers will 
provide for a dual diversity receiving system using two antennas, one 
vertically polarized and the other horizontally polarized.  The 
system selects the receiver having the strongest signal.

I do not have any documentation or cables for the system but I am 
certain that something will be found here online.

This is a worthy Cold War radio restoration project for someone with 
the time and interest to do it.

73,

Michael, W1RC
802 296-5050

PS: Here are the descriptions as found by running a GOOGLE search:


AN/FRR-33

Radio Receiving set, HF, 0.5-32 MHz in 32 bands. An autotune 
mechanism provides 8 preset channels which can be selected by local 
or remote control, using a telephone dialing system, Used for point 
to point RTTY comm, Provides dual-diversity reception, Requires 
rhombic or other suitable HF antennas positioned for space diversity, 
115/230 vac 48-60 Hz, 1475 watts, Major components: 2 ea R-391, Gross 
weight: 1146 lbs, vol 53 cu ft. TO: 31R2-2FRR33, 31R-1-8.

CU-286/FRR-33
The  CU-286/FRR-33 antenna coupler is used in the 
AN/FRR-33  communications system.  It covers 500kHz-32MHz in 6 
bands.  It contains two identical gang tuned amplified pre-selectors 
that are similar to the R-390(*)/URR RF deck.  The front panel has 
one knob for tuning and one knob for band selection.  It has four 
inputs for antennas and two outputs for receivers.  The unit does not 
support remote operation.  The unit has twin-axial antenna connectors.