[Milsurplus] FWIW - Navy contracts with Collins 1956-62

[Dave Merrill]

I have an "INSTRUCTION BOOK FOR RADIO RECEIVER R-388/URR" dated 5 September
1951 which states "Manufactured by The Hallicrafters Company Chicago,
Illinois Order Number 3357-Phila-52"

This looks just like the Collins version of the manual, enameled paper,
same typeface, manila covers, etc.

So do you suppose this was one of those deals where a second source was
required and Collins either shipped complete or incomplete units at
wholesale to Hallicrafters for final assembly and delivery? I'm sure
Hallicrafters was more than capable to make them from scratch but setting
up the tooling, procurement, assembly line, quality control plus everything
else would have been expensive.

Apparently they exist because one is on Etsy.

Dave N9ZC

On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 4:24 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reading a congressional hearing on sole source procurement (yet another
> internet time sink), I came across this summary of Collins contracts for
> the US Navy. Shows quantities for some of our old friends like URC-32,
> R-388, ARR-41, ARC-38, PRC-47, TRC-75, and KWM-2
> (and what are 522-1298-00 transceivers?)
> https://www.navy-radio.com/misc/collins-navy-1956.pdf
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
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