[Milsurplus] Refurbed (?) U.S. Navy RAS Receiver

[Nick England]

The Navy had a post-war program refurbishing gear at the shipyards, but
I’ve never seen paper labels from there. I dunno. Another boatanchor
mystery!!


On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 9:06 AM Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Just a guess …. while the labels seem to be nicely done, I don’t think
> they are “Navy issue”.  They didn’t hold up very well on the shelf. In any
> real use situation they would not have lasted very long at all.
>
> Bob
>
> > On Oct 14, 2023, at 1:17 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> > Recently acquired this complete RAS receiver rack.
> > I've seen and have WWII-era U.S. Navy receivers
> > which were originally black wrinkle with the old
> > paint stripped, repainted with gray-to-blue-gray
> > untextured paint and with (if they are in
> > good condition) their nomenclature plates remounted.
> > This one has been stripped and professionally repainted,
> > but all the tags have been replaced with laminated paper.
> > Photos:
> >
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/EaaKdEHbp8TjbB6q6
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/FqvN2dHAGfp3RtUG6
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/tVGmeKfBXzo7v8Nc8
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/LQnWky5njWgtvKtE7
> >
> > Anyone seen this before?  What do you think?
> >
> > TNX OM ES 73 DE Dave AB5S
> >
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