[Milsurplus] W-E Marine transmitter/receiver

[Hubert Miller]

No, i’m pretty sure it’s not the TRC-175. I think that one is later, late 1940s to 50s.
The set Ken W2EWL is thinking about, i don’t recall the name, but i have one, somewhere,
and i had been thinking about selling it to a Coast Guard equipment collector, years ago.
No progress on that. I may recall the equipment name later. It is vibe powered from battery,
has single 6L6 crystal osc as the transmit section. Tunable receiver. I bought this in Seattle
about 25 years ago. Not done anything with it and maybe it’s time now to. I need to find it
first. I think Dave Stinson has the same radio, because i seem to recall maybe me mailing
him a manual copy. I didn’t recall til exactly now that i might have the manual. I also recall
the WSNo.19 group from U.K. some years ago, one member mentioned he had a Spanish
rebuilt edition of this set, aimed for the fishboat users. I don’t recall what the rebuild involved,
but i maybe still have some emails. I posted on the group, asking for more info about the
Spanish company’s rebuild, but no more was forthcoming.
The TRC-175 was larger, had a “spray shield” overall type of large housing ( how’s that for
vague ? ).  It was xtal only on rec and trans. I saw one live in a surplus store in Seattle, this
maybe around 1980, then another around 2005 on Epay; nothing since. I always kind of
regreted not getting the one in the surplus store at $35, but i have to admit, the xtal control
receive is not really to my liking. Finding tech docs for some USCG equipment is not so easy.
I never found anything on the TRC-175. The other set you describe is a W. E. product orginally
aimed for the civilian market. Hmmm….i seem to recall it being shown in Radio News magazine.
Or is that a non-AI hallucination ?
-Hue Miller
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