[Milsurplus] TRC-1

[C.Whitaker]

The transmitter input was a 4-wire "Spiral Four" cable that
connected to a CF-1 bay which did frequency multiplex to
4 telephone channels.  Copied from the AT&T Bell System
73  Clete
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On 3/26/2012 10:49 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
>
> Hue -I will have to dig ours out  putting   the   peripherals  along  with
> it in a display like a tty  and    field  phones   would  make it
> interesting... any good material online  detailing  all of   this!? We have had
> this   since the 80's     Ed#
>
> In a message dated 3/26/2012 5:27:56 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> kargo_cult at msn.com writes:
>
>
>
> From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012  10:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] TRC-1
>
> Hue - yes...   the  fellow I  got  ours  from  was pondering using  it  for
> a
> bootleg  FM...
> are  you saying the kids  got  busted!?!
> Ed#P
>
> -What happens in these cases is the  bootlegger enjoys too much success and
> word
> gets around and finally  gets to the FCC. Yes, they were warned to shut
> down.
> I think
> in those  days, fines or confiscations were hardly ever applied. Possibly
> because  the
> warning and order to desist always worked.
> There were some young  fellows who bought the former Pacific N'West Bell
> marine
> telephone AM  transmitter, Seattle 2522 kc/s,  when AM went away at the end
> of  1976.
> They modified it to 880 kc/s and to work thru the power lines -  "carrier
> current" - and
> modified it also for carrier control so they  could do the output
> measurements with
> no modulation and the numbers  would be very small. I heard them every day
> at
> about
> 3 miles. Their  downfall came when they began soliciting local businesses
> to
> buy
> advertising on the station and word got back to FCC.    -Hue
>
>
>
>
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