[Milsurplus] 500 Kc XMTR

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Hue> Ah... does  not have to be  rare  to be   cool!
I imagine around  port towns they are more of them than in the desert  of 
Arizona!
This is the only  one I had a chance  to get?  Had it   for years...

Trying to use it must have indeed  been a challenge. Initially   I  grabbed 
it as it was another  crystal set to go with my earlier  ones. Never  did  
try it. Now  I may have to  just  to  see how horrible the setup is.   Years 
 back i did   play  with the IP-500  with a triple   detector.
 
I DO NEED A BUZZER COVER  FOR   OUR  IP-500!  Help?


Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/16/2017 6:54:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
Kargo_cult at msn.com writes:

 
Do you mean the Mackay 123 ? If so – that is not  particularly rare. They 
maybe were easy to grab out of the console when the  rest went to scrap or 
whatever. 
They don't date back to the heyday, altho the IP-501 was  certainly still 
in service when the 123 appeared. I think by the schematics I  have seen, the 
123 dates 
to 1937, IIRC.  There is a suffix on the 123 like 123B  or 123BX and I 
don't know what the X means and the manuals don't say either,  unless maybe it's 
some kind 
of date code for the set being installed in an updated  console? 
You have to wonder how the crystal set could be used. Your  ship's power is 
out, so your console is down, and the battery powered  2nd receiver, the 
emergency 
LF receiver, is also not working? So you get on your  crystal radio, making 
sure the catwhisker is on a hot spot, and tune it up? So  the urgent 
message you pick up 
says, "Hey, you better get your ass off that tub and  now!"  ??? 
-Hue  
 
 
>From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com  [mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2017 6:09  PM
To: Kargo_cult at msn.com;  Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] 500 Kc  XMTR

 
I have  the Mckay  500 khz  Shipboard   backup secondary crystal  set!   
weird   panel mounted thing....  in eons   before this  thing I guess you used 
a  IP-500 and a  triple  detector or?    -    Ed#   _www.smecc.org_ 
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