From a few conversations with a few fellows, older than me, the US NAVY in
its infinite wisdom decided that all radio equipment should have grey front
panels in the late 50's early 60's, hence, all radios that went to (if
memory is correct, shop 39) at the various Navy shipyards, for
"repair/rework/refurbishment" the radios and associated equipment was
refinished to grey.  There has been some conjecture about an Admiral's wife
who didn't like black front  radios...
Most of the equipment I have or have seen that has grey panels, or has been
reworked will have the shipyard ID plate and shop number affixed to the
equipment indicating work was done, and normally those tags are brass or
metal etched aluminum.  A specific notation is on the SRA-22 antenna
couplers that were used primarily with the URC-32 (Navy KWT-6) noting that
only emergency repairs were permitted and in case of failure the coupler was
to be returned without opening to the designated shipyard for repair.  That
due to the beryllium oxide coil form inside them.  Of course the units were
kept under dry nitrogen pressure, something that the local radiomen who
maintained the gear were mostly capable of recharging.
R

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From: milsurplus-bounces@mailman.qth.net
<milsurplus-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of David Stinson
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2023 4:01 PM
To: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI@salisbury.edu>; MMRCG <MMRCG@groups.io>;
milsurplus@mailman <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>; Nick England
<navy.radio@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [MMRCG] Navy RAS Receiver - Better Audio Fidelity?

Thanks for the reply, Ray.
Nick has, in his RAS database, photos of a set with the same colour repaint
as this one, which is why I think it's possible for it to be a depot refurb:

https://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/ww2/ras/ras5-301.JPG
https://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/ww2/ras/ras5-314.jpg

Also- the original RAS speaker has a round-magnet, while those that appear
to have been refurbed have the square-box magnet.

In any event- I'll be hunting original tags.
The paper ones are pretty, but I like the "real" ones.

73 DE Dave AB5S





On 10/14/2023 2:47 PM, Ray Fantini wrote:
> Looked at the pictures and have to say that I think the paint job and
> the labels are all Ham stuff.

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