[Milsurplus] SC-901X questions

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

This looks very much like a T-827 exciter for the WRC-1 family of radios.

What are the differences between the SC-901X and the T-827??
Are the modules the same?

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

On 3/27/2018 1:34 AM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> This doesn't address why a SSB exciter was built into its own package, when the power output
> from it would not suffice for communication on its own. I didn't bring mine back with me from the
> trip, but I don't recall rackmount ears on it either.  Maybe next time. I'm sure it will be super
> interesting to pull the cover and see the insides.
>
> Diving under a desk wouldn't protect you from a nuclear blast unless you were far enough that
> the pressure wave was lessened at your location. Then it might help you ward off some flying
> glass and other junk. But even if you were closer, too close to survive the initial effects, very few
> people would just give up, say why even bother. That's not human nature.
> -Hue
>
>> CD was Civil Defense. Back when
> the Nuclear Holocaust was just
> around the corner.
>
> Tons of that stuff sort of went away
> and never heard from again.
>
> As for the SC-901X, it was designed
> to survive a Nuclear blast. People
> really got paid big bucks back then
> to think up these requirements.
>
> I remember when schoolkids had to
> crawl under their desks in the event
> of a Nuclear attack. Like that would
> help you survive a 20 Megaton blast.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
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