[Milsurplus] Format of Military Nomenclature (JAN)

[Nick England]

Now you've opened up another can o' worms! :-) :-)

CRV-12345 looks to me like a Navy Type Number from before the JAN system
This component would generically be referred to as NT-12345.
CRV-12345 would be an NT-12345 gadget manufactured by RCA (CRV)
whereas CNA-12345 would be an identical unit manufactured by National
(CNA).

NT-12345 might be a component of Navy BBW-1 equipment (which would be
an IFF system bearing no relationship to an AN/BBW-1 underwater
remote-controlled pigeon).

So don't let your data-base engine get confused over the earlier
Signal Corps BC/SCR numbers and earlier Navy NT system

 Cheers & good Luck!
Nick
www.navy-radio.com

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Chris Story <chris at codematic.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Thank you very much for the exceptional response!
>
> I am currently creating a database that is highly cross referenced with the previously mentioned "Chesson" text data.  The goal is to allow open text searches with a *single* text box... Entry of something like CRV-12345 would return every system that contained that component. This is an ongoing project for my website, Radionerds.com
>
> Chris Story
> K6RWJ
> chris at codematic.com
>