[Milsurplus] Telefunken GRC-9

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Shortly after the War, as I guess part of the Marshall Plan, Telefunken and 
a French company whose name escapes me both got NATO contracts to build 
radio set components.  I know that the French built parts (components, like 
microphones, guys, etc.) for the SCR-694.  That soon changed to AN/GRC-9.  The 
legends were originally all in English and the nomenclatures all got a 
suffix of either -Gy or -Fr.  The transmitter section in the eBay photos 
obviously went through a German depot probably in the 1970's and got completely 
refinished, with German legends.  The receiver is still original.  I have a TM 
11-263-Gy, and a TM 11-263-Fr, both in English.  The latter manual includes 
coverage of the AM-66A RF Amplifier and AA-18B Dynamotor.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 12/08/2013 15:51:13 PM Central Standard Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> John, AA7W, sent me this item about a Telefunken GRC-9.
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRC-9-TELEFUNKEN-T-17-microphone-GRC9-Korea-war-tra
> nsceiver-W-O-R-K-I-N-G-/161166456323
> 
> Item number:    161166456323
> 
> Items that I find interesting:
> 
> “BAND” instead of “BEREICH” for the waveband switch.
> Also, receiver label reads “RECEIVER PART OF GRC-9”, which I find a 
> little odd for an otherwise German labeled equipment.
> I wasn’t able to see the year.
> Also, the microphone jack is fully spelled out instead of the oddly 
> colloquial “MIKE” on the US equipment. 
> 
> Interesting and astonishing to me, industry ignorant, how modern 
> manufacturing processes enable a manufacturer in another
> country, accustomed to different component configurations ( and I’m 
> thinking now of the large power connectors) to produce
> a completely identical equipment.
> 
> I was still trying to decide whether to dispose of my GRC-9 and took one 
> to work to set on a desk where I could contemplate 
> it. I have to admit, they have their attractions, and the package size and 
> format is about perfect. This one has a characteristic
> MFP odor that you can detect when walking by it. 
> -Hue Miller