[Milsurplus] RBO-2 cover, another possibility

[Nick England]

Yep - I had the wrong date - I just found some 1968 photos of AE-24's
update which show pretty much the same equipment as AE-22 in 1966 - R-1051,
WRR-3, R-390A
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:20 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree about grounding. And there must have been better receivers
> somewhere (probably SRR-11, SRR-13). I can't recall where I got that photo,
> perhaps off the National Archives. I had it dated as 1972 but clearly this
> space hadn't been changed since her 1959 commissioning. She had a major
> update in 1963 so maybe this photo date is wrong.
>
> Here are some photos of sister ship AE-22 USS Mauna Kea when she was
> updated in 1966
> http://www.navy-radio.com/ship.htm#ae22
> R-1051, WRR-3, R-390A, and a couple of URR-22 morale rcvrs.
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:57 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Not to mention that the cover has possible imperfect grounding to the
>> chassis, not being
>>
>> secured by a chain or wire lead.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW, there is more to the picture, yes? I can't imagine RBOs being used
>> for TTY reception.
>>
>> -Hue Miller
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