[MRCA] HF & FAC's other Korean War radios

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I had a PP-112 with Signal Corps Order Number 9651-PH-49.  Sold years ago.  
But the "49" means that the production order was placed prior to 01 July 
1949.  I have also seen a number of units, including AM-65 and RT-70, in 
Signal Corps green wrinkle.  Use of which stopped in 1950.  I also once knew a 
salesman/drinking buddy who said his FAC unit started the Korean War using 
AN/VRC-1.  And began to receive the new FM sets in 1951.  But I don't recall 
what he said replaced the VRC-1 (not the FM sets, though).  The only "Korean 
War" sets that I'm pretty certain didn't see service prior to the cease fire 
are AN/GRC-14 and  AN/GRC-19.

In a message dated 04/12/2012 10:15:13 AM Central Daylight Time, 
spike.dennis at yahoo.com writes: 
> The PRC-6 did indeed precede it's sister radio systems of the same 
> generation into production, &the field. As noted I have seen 
> several instruction manuals ca approx 1949 that featured finished 
> product PRC-6's, while at the same time no such examples of the 
> PRC-10/RT-68 family yet existed, so wood mock ups were use. I have in fact 
> heard from Signalman who were trained with these wood mockups rather than 
> the real thing because there were none. Additionally, I have seen 
> actual examples of early PRC-6's dated 1950 &1951. I still own a 
> 1949 dated preliminary manual for the PRC-6. Not to say that the PRC-6 
> saw much service during the Korean War, as we already know, there 
> wouldn't have been anything for them to talk to(but that didn't slow 
> down the BC-1000). But if any of the VHF/FM radios of this generation 
> did see service, it was the PRC-6. One last note, the PRC-6 saw 
> development hysteria not experienced with the other sets for various 
> reasons I'll not elaborate on here.
> 

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