[MRCA] RS-6 (RA-6) Connection to GN-58

[Mike Morrow]

Al asked:

> What goes between the GN-58 and the RS-6?

A recent posting cited a pdf for the RS-6 manual, to be found at:

ftp://server.thestaffychronicles.com/mirrors/nj7p.info/Common/Manuals/PDFs/Military/RS-6%20Manual%20Unk%20NJ7P%20AS.pdf

Also at that server is a pdf for the 10-page addendum from 1953:

ftp://server.thestaffychronicles.com/mirrors/nj7p.info/Common/Manuals/PDFs/Military/RS-6%20Errata%2015%20May%2053%20NJ7P%20AS.pdf

On page two of the addendum, it states:

1 Female socket connector to adapt hand generator to filter
accessory unit.  (Original connector must be unsoldered from
generator cable and new connector substituted.)

On page ten of the addendum, it adds this connector as:

S08   409A122       CONNECTOR, PLUG:  6 female contacts

I've had a very good condition RS-6 for 15 years, complete with rubberized
bags, interconnect cable, antenna insulators, and battery clamps.  As
expected, all the unit serial numbers are different.

I've tried to like the RS-6, but I just can't escape the feeling that this
is a real half-assed jury-rig set that probably should not have seen any
real production.  It seems to lack all qualification as a satisfactory
military-service unit (but then, so did the AN/FRC-93 [KWM-2A]).  I wonder
why most examples look as if they have seen a lot of use.  But surely they
have not seen much or any use...at least as a radio set. :-)

Judging from the transmitter's output network, I suspect that any signal
that the RT-6 emitted could be copied from long distance almost as well
on second and third harmonics.  It would not seem wise to operate the RT-6
today unless it's feeding a resonant antenna (though that won't help third
harmonics) through an antenna tuner, to provide at least some pretense at
spurious emission reduction.

73,
Mike / KK5F