[Milsurplus] 1965 USN HF receiver - remotely tuned, automatically controlled

[Nick England]

Well, it appears that Project Southern Cross had a short life -
Here's a 1967 article talking about some portions of the cancelled Southern
Cross project -
http://www.navy-radio.com/journal/comm-trends-6710.pdf

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 4:05 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found a 1965 General Dynamics recruiting ad touting this project -
> "And a remotely tuned, automatically controlled HF communications
> receiving set for the Navy's most far-reaching project, Southern Cross;"
>
> Anyone know more about this receiver? Was the R-1051 an outgrowth? But it
> wasn't ever remotely tuned.....was it?
>
> Project Southern Cross - I am looking for info on this USN project for
> advanced communications circa 1965 - Here's all I have found so far -
> A very general description from the Jan 1965 Bureau of Ships Journal -
> http://www.navy-radio.com/journal/so_cross-journal-1965.pdf
>
> Cheers
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
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