[Milsurplus] R-388/51J use

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

But there was no official replacement available during the 30's  Not until 
the SCR-284 began to arrive just in time for the landings in North Africa in 
late 1942.  The SCR-288 was used briefly in 1941 and 42 as a stop gap 
measure but wasn't available in sufficient quantities for requirements and AFAIK 
had only been built as a pack set (no vehicular variant).  Even if you 
ignore inter-service issues and production capabilities, the same is true of the 
TBO/TBX, which is the only other relative equivalent.  

Robert.

In a message dated 05/28/2012 00:48:26 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
> Ah so...I didn't think about that.  It's just so hard to imagine the 
> SCR-178 being used for any purpose by the time the US got involved in WWII. Or 
> for that matter after about 1933.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
> >> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: WA5CAB at cs.com 
>> Sent: May 27, 2012 8:07 PM 
>> To: kk5f at arrl.net 
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] R-388/51J use 
>> 
>> No, someone was still using them for training.  To replace them would 
>> have required pulling SCR-284's away from active forces about to deploy.  To 
>> do that would have required replacing the SCR-284's with SCR-694's.  And 
>> they weren't available yet and in any case were all earmarked for Overlord.
>> 
>> In a message dated 05/27/2012 18:44:49 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>> kk5f at earthlink.net writes: 
>> >>> But Robert...I'd have to agree with anyone asserting that buying 
>>> battery boxes for the SCR-178 in 1944**was** a bad idea! :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mike / KK5F
>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- 
>>>> From: WA5CAB at cs.com 
>>>> Sent: May 27, 2012 4:44 PM 
>>>> To: kk5f at arrl.net 
>>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] R-388/51J use 
>>>> 
>>>> Or battery boxes for SCR-178's ordered in 1944.  Military procurement 
>>>> always gets a bad rap from uneducated civilians
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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