[MRCA] TRC-88 Schematic / Manual?

[Tim]

Hi Mike - I think you are correct, probably not many made.  This one is
Serial # 2, I think it's the one Joe Pinner recently sold on EBay.  It's an
interesting set....

The only references I have found on the TRC-88 was that one was evaluated
in Thailand in 1963 alongside the Hughes HC-162 (to later morph into the
PRC-74), A TRP-4, TRC-77 "modified for AM" and a GRC-9.  The TRC-88 was
judged the best of the lot in jungle propagation experiments (Stanford
Research Institute for ARPA) but apparently the freq agility of the Hughes
set won the day.

They seem to be somewhat rare, any documentation seems to be deeply
buried... The TRC-77 manual is not useful as the transmitter sections are
completely different ..the 88 being significantly more complex as expected.

Thanks,,Tim
N6CC

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've had one I bought at Dayton 20 years ago, just the RT-665/TRC-88.
> I've never found any technical info on it.  It's serial number 9...I
> suspect only a few were made.
>
> Mike / KK5F
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim
> Sent: Sep 7, 2017 2:11 PM
> To: MRCA
> Subject: [MRCA] TRC-88 Schematic / Manual?
>
> Hi to all.  An RT-665( )/TRC-88 transceiver has landed on my workbench.
> The TRC-88 is a close derivative of the basic TRC-77 CW set however the '88
> includes a USB transmit capability as well.  The receivers are similar but
> the transmitters and topology are quite different as expected.  They seem
> to be somewhat rare in captivity.
> Does anyone have a manual or even (especially) just a schematic
> available?  Or even a TM number?  A search has yielded nada...
>
> Apologies for the shotgun transmission across lists..
> 73, Tim
> N6CC
>
>
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