[Milsurplus] What was TRC-1 used for?

[J. Forster]

The Allies planned for continuing logistal support of the invasion forces
after D-Day. They wanted to rely as little on ships as possible, so went
to things like PLUTO (Pipe Line Under The Ocean) instead of barges or
ships.

This was along this philosophy, I think.

-John

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> Hi Bob,
>
> TRC-1 was the first of the "Antrac" radio relay sets.  Some of the later
> sets moved up to microwaves.
>
> Interesting bit starting on p93 here regarding AN/TRC-1's during the
> Normandy invasion:
> http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/Normandy/TS/SC/SC3.htm
>
> It was a duplex system, but I don't have any details.
>
> Al
>
> On 3/23/2012 9:06 PM, Robert Nickels wrote:
>> Somewhere along the line I picked up this cool yagi in a knock-down
>> transit case called AS-20F, which according to the label is for the
>> TRC-1.   I'm curious what the TRC-1 was used for, the one French website
>> that I found seems to lump it in with microwave relay systems, but the
>> TRC-1 (which consists of the R-19 receiver made by Hallicrafters and the
>> T-14 transmitter) operated on a single frequency in the 70-100 mc
>> range.    There is a chart showing how to adjust the length of the yagi
>> elements over this range.   I don't have any docs or cables but there
>> are two type N connectors for feedlines, so maybe it ran duplex?
>>
>> I figure someone here can enlighten me a bit!
>>
>> 73, Bob W9RAN
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