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

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

A chunk of GD’s HF com manufacturing also didn’t make it very far past 1965. RF Communications 
(part of Harris for quite a while now) in Rochester was the outgrowth of that “transition”. 

Bob

> On Feb 10, 2019, at 2:55 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <http://www.navy-radio.com/journal/comm-trends-6710.pdf>
> 
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com/>
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 4:05 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com <mailto: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 <http://www.navy-radio.com/journal/so_cross-journal-1965.pdf>
> 
> Cheers
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com/>
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