[MRCA] MRCA Digest, Vol 145, Issue 18

Tom Chirhart k4ncgva at gmail.com
Wed May 25 11:11:08 EDT 2016


Rick,
Was the TCS in a vertical rack with quad shock mounts or side-by-side on that old diesel boat? I have a vertical rack with matching SN's for my TCS-14/King Air
RMC (SW) yeah yeah yeah, the only things are subs and targets...
Thanks
Tom K4NCG

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> On May 25, 2016, at 11:04 AM, N5912J <n5912j at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Re: TCZ
> We had a TCZ aboard the Diesel sub Tench (SS-417) out of New London Squadron 2 in 1963 along with a TCS set and main transmitter TBL for HF. Rick K8PJQ RM1 SS
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>>  1. Re: Dayton 3885 Net (w8au at sssnet.com)
>>  2. Re: [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net (Mike Morrow)
>>  3. Re: Dayton 3885 Net (grasshopper)
>>  4. Re: [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net (WA5CAB at cs.com)
>>  5. Re: [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net (WA5CAB at cs.com)
>>  6. Re: [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net (WA5CAB at cs.com)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 14:31:23 -0400
>> From: w8au at sssnet.com
>> To: "mrca at mailman.qth.net" <mrca at mailman.qth.net>,    Military Surplus
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>> At 10:29 AM 5/24/2016, Ray Fantini wrote:
>>> A couple of pictures of the 3885 AM Net at Dayton including the Net 
>>> Control radios and the group picture right after the net. If anyone 
>>> wants higher resolution or additional images contact me off list.
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>>  3. Re: Dayton 3885 Net (grasshopper)
>>  4. Re: [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net (WA5CAB at cs.com)
>>  5. Re: [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net (WA5CAB at cs.com)
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>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 14:31:23 -0400
>> From: w8au at sssnet.com
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>> At 10:29 AM 5/24/2016, Ray Fantini wrote:
>>> A couple of pictures of the 3885 AM Net at Dayton including the Net 
>>> Control radios and the group picture right after the net. If anyone 
>>> wants higher resolution or additional images contact me off list.
>> 
>> Tnx for the pix!
>> 
>> Do you see the ghost image of the person not there? ;-)  Checked in 
>> with my BC-611 but
>> due to having to watch my "store" in the flea market could not make 
>> it for the pix.
>> 
>> Nice to see the NCS setup.  Who would imagine an ART-13 as a field 
>> portable? :-[
>> 
>> 73,
>> Perry   w8au
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 15:51:15 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>> From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
>> To: "mrca at mailman.qth.net" <mrca at mailman.qth.net>,    Military Surplus
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>> Subject: Re: [MRCA] [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net
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>> Perry wrote:
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>>> Who would imagine an ART-13 as a field portable?
>> 
>> Yes, along with the R-105*/ARR-15 to make most of an AN/ARC-25.  (Plus, an R-23A/ARC-5 should be incuded as well, since the R-105* does NOT cover anything below 1.5 MHz.)
>> 
>> The R-105/ARR-15 was missing its MT-461/ARR-15 mount and C-733A/ARR-15A control panel.  Both of those have always been very hard to find.  I've owed a receiver since 1968, but in the 48 years since, I have only managed to get one mount and control panel...about 15 years ago.
>> 
>> Mike / KK5F
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 18:23:42 -0400
>> From: "grasshopper" <grasshopper at epix.net>
>> To: <w8au at sssnet.com>, <mrca at mailman.qth.net>,    "'Military Surplus Mail
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>> Wasn't it always portable?? Aeronautic and Shipboard!! 
>> 
>> Kd3ht
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>> From: MRCA [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
>> w8au at sssnet.com
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>> Subject: Re: [MRCA] Dayton 3885 Net
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>> At 10:29 AM 5/24/2016, Ray Fantini wrote:
>>> A couple of pictures of the 3885 AM Net at Dayton including the Net 
>>> Control radios and the group picture right after the net. If anyone 
>>> wants higher resolution or additional images contact me off list.
>> 
>> Tnx for the pix!
>> 
>> Do you see the ghost image of the person not there? ;-)  Checked in 
>> with my BC-611 but
>> due to having to watch my "store" in the flea market could not make 
>> it for the pix.
>> 
>> Nice to see the NCS setup.  Who would imagine an ART-13 as a field 
>> portable? :-[
>> 
>> 73,
>> Perry   w8au
>> 
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>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 18:53:17 -0400
>> From: WA5CAB at cs.com
>> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net, mrca at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [MRCA] [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net
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>> I would vote no for both it and the earlier AN/MRC-20.  Although you might 
>> be able to hump a T-47 on a pack board, one of the antennas is probably not 
>> doable.
>> 
>> In a message dated 05/24/2016 16:00:06 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>> navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
>>> Does the AN/MRC-35A count? BC-348 + ART-13 in a (non-airborne) M38A1 
>>> jeep...
>>> http://www.virhistory.com/navy/manuals/mc/mrc35a-man-5702.pdf
>>> 
>>> Nick England K4NYW
>>> 
>>> www.navy-radio.com
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>> Perry wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Who would imagine an ART-13 as a field portable?
>> 
>> Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
>> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
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>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 20:01:22 -0400
>> From: WA5CAB at cs.com
>> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net, mrca at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [MRCA] [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net
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>> I've not seen anything indicating that they ever were.  The TCZ was used on 
>> large vessels and the Navy used the AN/ARC-4 in vehicles and small craft 
>> (like PT boats).  I haven't seen any indication of any usage of other aircraft 
>> or vehicular sets used shipboard until the RT-68 with PP-1175/SR followed 
>> by the RT-524 (specifically AN/VRC-46) with some batch of shop-built 24 volt 
>> supplies).  These latter two were only used by the Amphibs (LPH, LPD, etc.)
>> 
>> Robert Downs - Houston
>> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
>> MVPA 9480
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>> In a message dated 05/24/2016 18:41:46 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>> navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
>>> Fair enough. And it would take more than 1 Marine to carry the entire 
>>> M38A1....
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Relating to another commenter - how often and for what reason was the 
>>> BC-348 found shipboard?
>>> 
>>> Nick
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:53 PM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus <
>>> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>>>> I would vote no for both it and the earlier AN/MRC-20.  Although you
>>>> might be able to hump a T-47 on a pack board, one of the antennas is 
>>>> probably not doable.
>> 
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>> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 02:27:16 -0400
>> From: WA5CAB at cs.com
>> To: mrca at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [MRCA] [Milsurplus]  Dayton 3885 Net
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>> OK.  I sit corrected.  With four RAO-7's and a RAK-6 on board, wonder what 
>> they needed the BC-348 for?  What Class ship was it?
>> 
>> Robert Downs - Houston
>> 
>> In a message dated 05/24/2016 19:29:08 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>> navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
>>> I have a Radio Equipment Log (NS 900,039) from an unknown ship -
>>> 
>>> Only a few weekly reports are filled in mostly for Oct-Nov 1951, but there 
>>> are some entries for March 1954
>>> 
>>> Receivers listed for Radio Central are:
>>> RAO-7 #1
>>> RAO-7 #2
>>> RAO-7 #3
>>> RAO-7 #4
>>> 
>>> BC-348-J (serial no 925)
>>> 
>>> RAK-6
>>> RBH-1
>>> RBK-15
>>> Transmitters listed for Transmitter Room are
>>> TBM-10
>>> TDE-2
>>> TDE-3
>>> TAJ-19
>>> 
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 8:01 PM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus <
>>> milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>>>> I've not seen anything indicating that they ever were.  The TCZ was
>>>> used on large vessels and the Navy used the AN/ARC-4 in vehicles and small 
>>>> craft (like PT boats).  I haven't seen any indication of any usage of other 
>>>> aircraft or vehicular sets used shipboard until the RT-68 with PP-1175/SR 
>>>> followed by the RT-524 (specifically AN/VRC-46) with some batch of 
>>>> shop-built 24 volt supplies).  These latter two were only used by the Amphibs 
>>>> (LPH, LPD, etc.)
>>>> 
>>>> Robert Downs - Houston
>>>> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
>>>> MVPA 9480
>>>> 
>>>> In a message dated 05/24/2016 18:41:46 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>>>> navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
>>>>>>> Relating to another commenter - how often and for what reason was the
>>>>> BC-348 found shipboard?
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