[MRCA] RS-6

Sat Apr 7 21:28:08 EDT 2012

Nice!  I especially like the red Self Destruct toggle switch guard on
it....A GE mobile PS should have lots of excess power capacity - good
idea...

I built a transistorized 12 V PS for the GRC-109 receiver and the GRC-9
receiver.  Works for both since they both use the same 4-pin connector.
Photo in here:  http://www.n6cc.com/angrc-109-special-forces-radio-set.  I
need to repackage it so it fits inside a BA-48 battery box along with a 12
V gel cell.  A little 7AH gel cell will power the receivers for a long
weekend of camping....An el-cheapo solar panel makes it work indefinitely...
The next project is to build a matching PS for the Transmitters.
Tim

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM, B Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I swiped the power supply from a GE II  two way radio and made up a 12
> volt inverter supply
> for the GRC-9 and RS-6, thus two different cables.
>
> Z
>
> .  Unless some other
> document surfaces, it looks like this is a "locally fabricated" cable.
> Now
> that's the kind of Rear Area support we all need!
>
> I have not jury-rigged my set to try the GN-58 so I don't know how it
> would
> perform.  Probably fine, like the GRC-109.
> 73, Tim
> N6CC
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
>
> > **
> > While we're at it.  What goes between the GN-58 and the RS-6?  Is
> > there an
> > equivalent to REGULATOR, VOLTAGE CN-690/GRC-109, a cable with a box
> > on the
> > end with appropriate connectors for the RS-1/GRC-109?
> >
> >
> > On 4/7/2012 5:10 PM, Tim wrote:
> >
> > Hi Al -
> > Interesting history.  Brave guys.
> > Probably safe to assume that these type of aircraft on these types
> > of
> > missions carried the usual SAR equipment including an RS-6, Gibson
> > Girl and
> > URC-4.  (We had a Gibson Girl - AN/CRT-3 version - aboard our ship
> > as
> > recently as 1986) However an RS-6 would have been much more useful
> > in a
> > crash landing on the ground or ice than a Gibson Girl.  GN-58 /RS-6
> > would
> > not have worked in a life raft at sea for obvious reasons.  Would
> > have been
> > very handy on the ground / ice however.  The photo's of the "RS-6
> > bag" on
> > the Web do not show the comparative size but it is documented
> > (Breck's
> > site) to have contained the GN-58 and seat assembly.  A grab-N-Go
> > bag for a
> > crash landing.  I think the "ejection seat" story regarding the RS-6
> > is
> > bogus...Comments?
> >
> > I wonder if the RS-1 was ever used as an aircraft emergency HF
> > radio.  The
> > RS-6 would have been a better choice just due to size and weight
> > considerations.  They are more or less contemporaries.
> >
> > I find the RS-6 to be a very interesting radio and its early history
> > and
> > deployments are not documented well for a lot of reasons.  Lets add
> > what we
> > can about it!
> >
> > There was an interesting 1950's movie "Island in the Sky" about a
> > C-47
> > crew that made a forced landing up on the Yukon.  Pretty good
> > depiction of
> > the use of a Gibson Girl on the ground.  The Cavalry eventually
> > homed in on
> > it, beers for everyone.....
> >
> > Tim
> > N6CC
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Gang,
> >>
> >> Found an interesting list of recon aircraft that didn't come home:
> >> http://www.kamchatkapeninsula.com/shotdown.html.
> >>
> >> There are two RB-47's on the list, one in '55 the other in '56.
> >> Also,
> >> RB-29's and an RB-50.  Never heard of the latter, but wonder is
> >> RS-6 was
> >> carried on other planes beside the B-47.
> >>
> >> The number of spy flights seems to have been fairly large.  A short
> >> wave
> >> station to allow you to phone home might have been a welcome
> >> precaution.
> >>
> >> Al
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/7/2012 2:11 PM, Tim wrote:
> >> > Hi Breck -
> >> > That is a very interesting photo.  The "tripod" antenna looks to
> >> > be an
> >> > adjustable frequency ground plane.  That is a URC-4 apparently
> >> > attached
> >> to
> >> > it and since that is a VHF-UHF bail out radio that type of
> >> > antenna makes
> >> > sense. (Never seen one before).  It also sure looks like an RS-6
> >> > set in
> >> the
> >> > foreground.  The vertical dark object on top of the RS-6 is
> >> > likely the
> >> > battery pack attached to the URC-4.  They may have recovered it
> >> > from any
> >> > number of recon aircraft they shot down back then before Powers.
> >> > Also, the Rooskies probably built Chernobyl just to power that TV
> >> camera!
> >> >
> >> > The RS-6 is a fun set to use.  Works great with a little help....
> >> >
> >> > 73, Tim
> >> > N6CC
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 5:42 AM, B Smith<smithab11 at comcast.net>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Mr. Tom Bryan, noted military radio collector and historian has
> >> >> politely mentioned to me that the photo mentioned below was
> >> >> actually
> >> >> published in 1957 which was  several years before Gary Powers
> >> >> was shot
> >> >> down. Tom actually was the first to discover the photo and sent
> >> >> it to
> >> >> me in  May of 2004 when I was doing some research on the RS-6.
> >> >> Tom
> >> >> also provided the photo to Mr. Pete McCollum to use on his
> >> >> website.
> >> >> http://militaryradio.com/spyradio/mystery.html.
> >> >> In the mean time I have found Tim's ,W6CC, info on the RS-6 to
> >> >> be
> >> >> useful. He mentions the spotting function and operation of the
> >> >> set as
> >> >> well as some of the sets problems such as  6X4.  I suspect Tim
> >> >> has
> >> >> spent more time operating the RS-6 then anyone.  "We all have
> >> >> these
> >> >> military sets but most of us just let them sit on the shelf."
> >> >> http://www.n6cc.com/the-rs-6-radio-set.
> >> >>
> >> >> Maybe we will start an RS-6 list on  QSL.net           :-)
> >> >>
> >> >> Z
> >> >>
> >> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> >> From: "B Smith"<smithab11 at comcast.net>
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:45 PM
> >> >> To: "Thomas Cook"<kc7rjt at msn.com>;<mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> >> >> Subject: RS-6
> >> >>
> >> >> The RS-6 does not have a "spotting" function. Here is a easy mod
> >> >> that
> >> >> allows you to
> >> >> do that. Actually there is another way but it takes a good ear
> >> >> and
> >> >> practice but most
> >> >> ops do not like the procedure- - - thus the mod.
> >> >>
> >> >> http://k4che.com/RS-6/RS-6%20Spot.html
> >> >>
> >> >> The RS-6 has a strange history and  here it is mention of it in
> >> >> a SAC
> >> >> publication. During my  brief  assignment in SAC  I never had
> >> >> the
> >> >> opportunity to be trained or briefed on the set. Nor did they
> >> >> ever
> >> >> give me the "big picture" so I left.     :-)    There is an
> >> >> "internet"
> >> >> photo of the equipment used by Gary Powers at:
> >> >> http://k4che.com/RS-6/SAC%20Manual.html
> >> >>
> >> >> I had one on display at Gilbert, the year of the famous moonson.
> >> >> http://k4che.com/MRCA04/Page8.html
> >> >>
> >> >> Z
> >> >>
> >> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> >> From: "Thomas Cook"<kc7rjt at msn.com>
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:17 PM
> >> >> To:<mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> >> >> Subject: [MRCA] Thank you all
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you all for your suggestions on my PRC74 purchase problem.
> >> >> I got with Scotland Yard and sent an email to the real m0cuu.
> >> >>
> >> >> I haven't heard from either, but I felt I should let both know
> >> >> what
> >> >> happened.
> >> >>
> >> >> Meanwhile, I'm saving again for another try at buying a PRC74.
> >> >>
> >> >> In the meantime I'm still using my RS6 on the road.
> >> >>
> >> >> 73 and thanks again de KC7RJT
> >> >>
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