[Milsurplus] See photos. Were modified SCR 269 ADFs used on USCG boats to DF sigs in 2-3 MHz marine band?

[David Stinson]

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> Recently I  came across some photos (circa 1961) showing
>USCG boats with LP 21 football loops. Could they have been using
>WW 2 SCR 269 Radio Compass sets modified to take bearing
>on the 2-3 MHz marine band? Might these have been made under a govt 
>contract?

"Never say never."  Some years ago, we found documentation that "rescue 
launches"
used to go after ditching crews were outfitted with SCR-288 and SCR-274N.
So stranger things have happened on the waves.  ;-)

73 DE Dave AB5S