[Milsurplus] Merrill's Marauders unique HF radio

[Tom B]

I believe that the V-100B was also used in Asia. It is similiar to the 
TRC-10
see http://www.rkk-museum.ru/vitr_all/exhibits/216_e.shtml

Tom

On 2/22/2013 12:32 AM, mac wrote:
> 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
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