[Milsurplus] Clandestine RBO receivers?

[W2HX]

SRT-14?

From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net <milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Nick England
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2021 5:54 PM
To: Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Clandestine RBO receivers?

Aha - the early configuration of AE-24 showing the R-390A receivers for RATT.
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/6927797/content/arcmedia/stillpix/019-nn/Batch-1533-1535/rg19nn-b1534-006-008_ac.jpg

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com<http://www.navy-radio.com>


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:51 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com<mailto:navy.radio at gmail.com>> wrote:
Just to throw in more confusion, I found 1968 photos of the same ship and it still has the RBO receivers, albeit refinished by the yard (gray panel) and lacking the dial covers, but you can see the attachment for the covers... Heck I dunno!
http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/ae22/ae24-radio-1968-01.jpg

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com<http://www.navy-radio.com>


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 4:14 PM Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com<mailto:kgordon2006 at frontier.com>> wrote:
On 10 Jun 2021 at 18:33, howard holden wrote:

>     The RBO aboard the USS Ling SS-297 also has those holes on bottom and the latch on top. No
>     idea of why, no cover associated with them . Maybe to keep the dial from upsetting night
>     vision?

That's the reason **I** had thought of...

I had thought of, and immediately dismissed, the "radiation" angle.

The receivers of the period weren't sensitive enough to detect that miniscule amount of
radiation. Besides, Scott had determined that the radiation levels were well under spec.

Ken W7EKB
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