[MRCA] USAF Office Of Information

[Tim]

Hi Mike - I agree..The AN/URC-64 is a good radio and much better than the
earlier URC-4... A friend of mine flew EB-66's out of Thailand at the time
- he said the URC-4's usually didn't work.  Nice....
Everything I have learned about the URC-64 as I explored mine...
https://www.n6cc.com/urc-64-and-urc-4-aircrew-rescue-radio/

Happy 2022 all...
Tim
N6CC

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 10:47 AM Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Under JAN nomenclature, the E6B became the CPU-26A/P.
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> Other than the mis-located speaker/mic, the radio appears to represent the
> USAF's excellent AN/URC-64, called by LCOL Hambleton of BAT21B fame the
> best thing that USAF money ever bought.  Its BA-1113/URC-64 battery is a
> small cylinder five inches long and one inch in diameter.
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> Mike / KK5F
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeep Platt <jeepcomms at outlook.com>
> Sent: Dec 28, 2021 7:48 AM
> To: B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net>, Military Radio Collectors
> Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [MRCA] USAF Office Of Information
>
>
> E-6B stashed by his left hand. He must be a trash-hauler, though. Spoon is
> a giveaway....hi!!!! Best to you all there, Breck. Better days coming.....
> Jeep K3HVG
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> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 24, 2021 7:36:09 PM
> *To:* Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [MRCA] USAF Office Of Information
>
> Got the photo faxed from DOD USAF OOI. Photo taken before first OPS on the
> WWM (World Wide Misson).
> Some of the equipment can be very uncomfortable particular the Survival
> Vest if he packed an extra battery for the radio.  I don't see the baby
> bottles of water or the emergency candy bar which we usually put in the
> pants pocket of the G suit. You ex flyers can look carefully and see if you
> can spot the E6B. Extra points if you can identify the "Shroud Line"
> device.
> Z
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