[Milsurplus] Merrill's Marauders comms

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I also lean toward the SCR-284, and always have.  It was available (barely) 
for the landings in North Africa in late 1942.  So should have been 
available for other operations in 1943.

In a message dated 02/23/2013 18:34:49 PM Central Standard Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> 
> >The PRC-1 of course did not have legs; nor was
> >it really rugged enough to survive jungle use. The TRC-10 packaging of
> >essentially the same radio WAS rugged enough, but there is no "shelf
> >for the telegraph key".....a book I cited previously
> >has the author complaining that the handcrank had to be cranked at
> >a steady speed on both transmit AND receive: you only need to do
> >that where the receiver is powered by the handcrank, ...
> >I am not convinced that the Marauders used anything other than the
> >good old BC-654 - or should I say, "284 Set". It seems to me, so-called
> >memories are partially mistaken, here.
> 
> I agree, Hue; very unlikely it was PRC-1.
> I don't think I've ever seen a PRC-1 with fungicide.  
> The suitcase would have lasted about a week in the jungle.... 
> Maybe.
> 
> There is one other set that fits all this, is more the size he speaks of,
> is documented as having been supplied in limitied numbers to the P.I. 
> and was available before the SCR-284 and certainly before the TRC-10:
> The SCR-288.    Could it be his memories "meld" both the earlier sets,
> then become confused when presented with photos of the late TRC-10?

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