[Milsurplus] SC-901X questions

[Francesco Ledda]

During the Vietnam War, the USAF developed aircraft jammers such as the QRC-160. QRC stands for Quick Reaction Capability and relates to development and deployment of weapon systems ahead of the standard AN/xxx process.  The QRC-160 was developed by the USAF and deployed with the Navy as well.  It later became the ALQ-71.

 

 

 

 

From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nick England
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 6:52 AM
To: Francesco Ledda
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SC-901X questions

 

Hue has the SC transceiver so the military “equivalent” is the RT-618/UR info found in the URC-35 manual. 

 

Speaking of which, if this thing was designed for the USAF, why the goofy commercial model number and not an AN/xxx compliant designation????

 

Has anyone got a dated component or inspection stamp to help figure out the chicken-egg history? I bet there is a good story here but I don’t know what it is. 

 

Yes sometimes the Navy will pay R&D costs on a project that has spinoffs or versions for other services. USAF used a number of Navy-developed equipments but I haven’t come across USAF to USN transfers. Army-Navy sharing was not common (R-390A being a notable exception) And of course USMC used lots of Army gear. 

 

I sure wish someone had written a history of all this procurement. 

 

Nick, puzzled as usual. 

 

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:12 AM Francesco Ledda <frledda at att.net> wrote:

Probably, the manual of a plain 1051 will work.

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Nick England K4NYW

www.navy-radio.com

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