[Milsurplus] MN handsets

[Hubert Miller]

Thanks for the tidbit, Jack. I never would have expected to see a 'conversion article' in that publication!
I think when I bought the radios, 2 for $15, I was thinking maybe 10 FM. Naïve. 
I have kind of changed my mind about surplus VHF gear tho. If I lived anywhere where there was 2M AM 
activity, I think it would be great fun to run an ARC-4 or ARC-1.  I regret now selling off the really nice 
Lafayette 2M AM rig I had. $35 I got was not memorable money. 
-H 

On 11/22/2017 8:56 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:

> to match. One of the radios had a tag indicating it had been used for 
> remote broadcast link for KWAX, a classical music station
> 
> in Eugene, OR. I thought that was a pretty unique use for mil � surplus.


If I recall correctly, the MN was a 30-40Mc FM radio. There were(maybe still are) some frequencies assigned to broadcast station remote pickup usage around 26Mc.

There was a conversion article in one of the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Engineering handbooks in the 1950s about converting
BC-603 and BC-683 equipment to RPU usage. The last step was to paint the cases in some other color.

Jack Antonio
WA7DIA