[Milsurplus] Merrill's Generator

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Dennis,

This is just a guess but with the tube transmitters of the time, I don't 
think much more than what the BC-474, BC-654 or BC-1306 output would have been 
realistically practical.  i.e., not 50 watts.  Total power out of the 
common generators that I have the nameplate ratings on, including HV and LV, is 
as follows:

GN-37         74W
GN-45         78W
GN-58-A      68.615W

Given the amount of grumbling that has been mentioned about cranking the 
generators, and the overall efficiency of the radios, more must not have been 
considered practical, at least not hand cranked.  With a leg cranked unit, I 
could see a little more, maybe 100W total out.

Robert D.

In a message dated 02/25/2013 01:44:19 AM Central Standard Time, 
w7qho at aol.com writes: 
> Robert,
> 
> OK, got it.  And no, can't imagine the SCR-178 being used at that time in 
> that place.
> 
> 
> As an aside, how powerful a set do you think could be hand cranked?  Note 
> that the TM calls for the SCR-284 to be switched to the low power mode (one 
> 307A lit up, average 11.1 watts out CW) when running off the GN-45.  
> Could, say, a 50 watt out rig be hand cranked or maybe leg powered like some of 
> the Europeans came up with?  What do you think?
> 
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
> 
> 
> 
> ******************** 
> 
> On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:46 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> 
> >> No.  I had already previously written that it almost certainly IS a 
>> GN-44.  Then someone came along and wrote that it was a GN-45, which it 
>> clearly isn't because of type of connector.  Because of type of connector, it 
>> also isn't GN-53 or GN-57 (the last cast-case generator built).  GN-53 uses 
>> an AN (later MS and MIL-C 5015) and the GN-57 uses the same PL-294 used 
>> on GN-58 and later.  Just based on connector, it COULD be a GN-37 (SCR-178) 
>> but in 1943 I would consider that highly unlikely.  
>> 
> 
> 
> 

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