[Milsurplus] You Rich Boys Better Jump On It....

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Mike -   we have  a spare SCR-65 -      we also  have one that  is a  conn 
tel  and  tell   but non military. but looks   same
 
for the  right trade......  one  could be  yours.  tag me offlist if 
interested.
 
I like taking the  field  crystal set and one of the  spark  transmitters  
to show off and explain  how they were  used    when I go out  for a 
presentation.
 
what I am   trying to  find are  some really  good  photos of the  damn 
thing installed in a plane  to put next to the one  is the  museum   display.
 
Ed#
 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2013 5:59:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
kk5f at earthlink.net writes:

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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/171028364143

One with a  miniature tube added.  What could the fellow who
modified this thing  been thinking?  This unit would have been
rare even before the first  miniature tube was ever made.

As far as WWI electronics, I'll have to  be satisfied with my
1918 SCR-54-A (BC-14-A) crystal set.

I doubt  that any -A models made it to the AEF before the Armistice,
but I've read  that the earlier SCR-54 did see WWI field use with
artillery regiments for  one-way communications from spotter aircraft
that used the SCR-65 (BC-15)  miniature quenched-gap spark transmitter.
This has been claimed as the  first ever use of aircraft radio
transmission.  It almost certainly  is, at least for military aircraft.

I've often wondered if my  grandfather's unit, the 3rd Division,
18th Field Artillery, used the  SCR-54.

Maybe some day I'll get the matching SCR-65  transmitter.

Mike /  KK5F