[Milsurplus] [RCA] SRR-13 Article

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It might be an example but if so, far from perfect.  For one thing, 
AN/GRC-14 was ordered by USN and AN/GRC-19 was ordered by USA.  For another, 
AN/GRC-14 was ordered first.  Disregard the sequence of component nomenclature.  
Those weren't assigned until after prototype hardware was either built or 
being built.  Consider AN/VRC-12.  Original order was placed around 1948 but a 
set meeting the order requirements wasn't technically feasible that early.  
First near-production hardware with assibned nomenclature appeared in the 
mid 1960's, more than fifteen years later.

Although the transmitter part of AN/GRC-14 is seriously over weight, the 
same isn't true of the receiver.  One R-808 is equivalent to one R-392 plus 
one CV-278/GR.  Since the R-808 is narrower than the R-392 and the CV-278 is 
the same size as the R-392, with converter the receive part of AN/VRC-29 
takes up more than twice the space.  Now that all being said, I won't argue that 
the GRC-14 was the better set performance wise.  But that's a totally 
different subject.

In a message dated 08/05/2016 13:16:44 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dickw1ksz at gmail.com writes: 
> IMHO, the R-808 is a perfect 
> example of waste in Government.
> 
> Why was it created when the 
> R-392 already existed ? Further 
> proof of lunacy comes when one 
> looks at how many were made and 
> how many contracts were let to 
> build them.
> 
> 73, Dick, w1KSZ
> 
> 

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