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

[Nick England]

Collins definitely made the receivers. Hallicrafters had two contracts to
supply them along with the CY-1260/G cabinets. This cabinet worked with
R-388’s that had little roller wheels at the rear corners. Hallicrafters
made the cabinets. I don’t know whether the roller wheels were added by
Collins or Hallicrafters.
Photos and contract numbers are at
https://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/r388.htm

Additions and corrections welcomed.
Nick K4NYW

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 11:56 AM Dave Merrill <r390a.urr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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