[Milsurplus] Equipment ID? Navy, pre-war?

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 2 Oct 2017 at 17:21, Nick England wrote:

> 
> Yep, the RAB receiver is a beast. The IF/Audio section and controls are hidden behind the 
> Radioman and the p/s is separate. Photos at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/rcvr-ww2.htm
> 
> I´ll ask the Collins gang about. The xmtr/xcvr/mystery. My first thinking was Hallicrafters like the 
> BC-669...but that´s not it. 

I had thought much the same too, but it isn't a BC-669, although it does look an awful lot like 
one.

It DOES look like it contains a receiver, though, since it has a speaker mounted on the lower 
front panel.

IMHO, louvres don't mean, necessarily, that it is a transmitter. Could be both. BC-779s had 
louvres too.

It is in a small rack, in two sections. The bottom section looks like it is a receiver, while the 
top section looks "transmitter-ish" to me.

There is something plugged into a key or phone jack on the left of the bottom section. Can't 
tell if it is a set of headphones or a key, though.

There is a standard nomenclature plate in the center-top of the top section, but the 
resolution of the photo is too low for me to blow it up far enough to read it.

If the bottom section IS a receiver, it must be crystal-controlled as there is no tuning dial.

I am about convinced it is a low-VHF set.

Ken W7EKB

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