[Milsurplus] Merrill's Marauders unique HF radio

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Mike, et-al,

Now, that's one interesting little radio!  A shame they were never  
(apparently) produced in quantity.  Certainly would have provided the  
Marauders with a communications capability close to that claimed for  
the   elusive "AN/PRC-1 but doesn't fit the physical description as  
remembered by the surviving participants.  Remember seeing the PE-214- 
B gasoline generator pictured in the manual somewhere but that AC unit  
could have been used with other equipment as well.  Many thanks for  
the link.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Feb 21, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:

> There is another possibility...the AN/TRC-10.  The main unit of this
> set is the RT-46/TRC-10.  It's a 2 to 12 MHz 20 to 30 watt output
> set whose transmitter is A1 only.  It may be supplied by the
> G-4/TRC-10 hand-crank generator.  The RT-46 lives in the same type of
> water-resistant case as the SCR-288/BC-474, only a little larger.
>
> The two heaviest components in a hand-crank installation are the
> RT-46/TRC-10 (15 lbm) and the G-4/TRC-10 (26 lbm).
>
> This set has no "rounded corners" (except the G-4), nor "multiple  
> units"
> (except the RT-46 and G-4).  It does support the use of four support
> legs.
>
> There's a copy of the manual where all this may be seen at:
>
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/103343927/TM11-636-Radio-Set-AN-TRC-10-1945
>
> Although the manual available here is classified RESTRICTED, I have
> an earlier version of the manual that is classified SECRET.  I believe
> that's the only WWII-era communications set manual that I've ever seen
> with so high a classification...equivalent to TOP SECRET today.  There
> seems to be no good reason for that.
>
> Anything related to the AN/TRC-10 is very rare.  It seems like a very
> light system, for one generating up to 30 watts output in 1944.
>
> Mike / KK5F