[Milsurplus] TRC-1 and mixed crystals in it

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

I'll have to dig out the manuals to check the details but I'm sure that the 
original antennas were not simple whips.  The first operational AN/TRC-1 
went into service across the English Channel shortly after D-Day.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 09/03/2017 12:31:43 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kb8tq at n1k.org writes: 
> Hi
> 
> Haven’t been to the NJ side for almost two weeks now :)
> 
> 
> Given the elevation and clear path over the water, I doubt that you would 
> need much as far as beams at VHF.
> That *assumes* they would let you put something like a  “gain” vertical 
> up on top of the tower (and that you are 
> running reasonable RF output levels) . From the ground I doubt you could 
> tell a modern gain antenna from a 
> “period correct” whip. 
> 
> 
> I’d route the circuit to a “modern" radio buried somewhere out of sight 
> before I’d go the IP route. That’s just me though.
> The bigger question (to me) would be - what *did* they run at that site 
> (and the rest of the towers) in WWII?  Was 
> there a radio system for tower to / from fort and batteries or was it all 
> wire line based? 
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
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