[Milsurplus] [MRCA] SCR-288 - MI-8751 - BC-474

[Al Klase]

Make that Americal Division, a.k.a 23rd Infantry - Al

On 10/1/2017 10:26 PM, Al Klase wrote:
> Gang,
>
> Another MI-8751 "Swedish Set" recently surfaced in South Jersey.
>
> (Picture deleted)
>
> The owner states that his father brought it back from the South 
> Pacific (WWII), and that he was in the "American Division" (?) The set 
> has since been pick up by another collector.
>
> Anyway, these are among my favorite radios, and I've been obsessing.
>
> I started a new webpage: http://skywaves.ar88.net/mil/SCR-288/SCR-288.html
>
> There's some material there that few have seen.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
>  1. How many MI-8751's were built?
>  2. How may MI-8751's are in captivity?  Please report serial number
>     and contract.
>  3. There are both MI-8751's and BC-474's with the same order number
>     NO. 3022-NY-41.  Can someone explain the in's and out's of these
>     numbers?
>  4. How many BC-474's were built?
>  5. Were all BC-474's built on ORDER NO. 3022-NY-41
>  6. I have a document titled "Preliminary Instructions for Portable
>     Radio Equipment SCR-288" "Order No. 2586 Plila-42 Dated December
>     13941"
>      1. Was this order likely just for for the manual?
>      2. Is the number Phila-42 because Dec 1951 was in FY 1942
>
> Regards,
> Al
> -- 
> Al Klase – N3FRQ
> Jersey City, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
>
>
>
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Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

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