[Milsurplus] T 240/SRT 10.....T 83/SR

[Bruce Gentry]

I never had the transmitter, and my receiver was not in a cabinet. There 
were some Marconi and I also believe Radiomarine receivers that could 
operate from 120V.DC  Bruce Gentry

On 3/24/17 11:03 AM, Thekan, Paul wrote:
>
> Bruce
>
> I’d have to look at the manual unless Mark can look at his and tell us 
> if the xmtr supply is also set up for 120v DC. I don’t think it is but 
> have yet to get the xmtr on the air. I don’t recall seeing a separate 
> as outlet on the power supply that the R-96 would plug into.
>
> I use the receiver occasionally and it is very nice.I have a isolation 
> xfmr in the ac line for it.
>
> A friend Gerry W6NIR (SK) had told me his brother who was in the Army 
> was stationed out on the East Coast during the war and was on a ‘Army’ 
> ship anchored off a port on that coast on what I think he said was 
> Harbor control or protection. Not sure which it was or even if it was 
> that. Anyway he had the T83 and R 96 on board ship that he used to 
> communicate with.
>
> My R-96 is the post war version with the much nicer dial ,IMO. I think 
> it has a 1948/49 contract date and was made by Hallicrafters. The case 
> on the R-96 is made to support and nest the T 83 onto the top of the 
> rcvr cabinet
>
> Is yours the T-240??..Maybe the re tagging had something to do with it 
> being used by the Coast Guard. If yours is a T-240 is there a contract 
> date on the nomenclature plate.
>
> Paul
>
> N6FEG
>
> *From:*Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On 
> Behalf Of *Bruce Gentry
> *Sent:* Friday, March 24, 2017 6:58 AM
> *To:* Milsurplus
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] T 240/SRT 10.....T 83/SR
>
> Can the transmitter operate from 120 volts DC? I had the receiver 
> shown in the picture, and it was hot chassis AC/DC. If the transmitter 
> was AC only, was there a transformer to provide isolated power for the 
> receiver? When I bought the receiver, I was told it was used by the 
> Coast Guard.
>
>      Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>
> On 3/24/17 9:02 AM, Thekan, Paul wrote:
>
>        Hi Mark
>
>       I thought it interesting that my T 83/SR WW2 xmtr was re tagged as the T 240.
>
>     I'm sure it's the same radio but wonder why it got a new designation.
>
>     Paul
>
>     N6FEG
>
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