[MRCA] BC-611 Operational Question

[Tim]

Hi Mark - You might consider this photo of an SCR-274N being used on the
ground for your setup.  Most likely at an airstrip in Iran, WWII.  Betcha
they were also in comms with some BC-611's in the local area...The Cryllic
says "Americanski".   Lots of USA Lend Lease equipment to the Russians
flowed through Iran at the time...
There is another similar photo of another Command Set mounted in an M-38,
possibly at the same location, I need to go find that one...Improvising,
Adapting, Overcoming.

Never say never!  HiHi
Ground mobile Command Set
<http://www.n6cc.com/wp-content/uploads/Command-Car-Command-Set.jpg>

Or my own "Ground Ops" Command Set kludge...(which works great!)  LOL
"No inspection-ready unit ever passed combat.  No combat-ready unit ever
passed inspection".  Murphy's Laws of Combat.
N6CC Command Set ground ops
<http://www.n6cc.com/wp-content/uploads/Vintage-Field-Day-Jun06-002.jpg>

Tim
N6CC

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 10:56 AM Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks
>
> I'm interested in hearing about actual confirmed uses of the BC-611
> communicating with USAAF aircraft during WW II.
>
> I'm not interested in a general discussion of the pros and cons of the
> 611,  but rather actual instances of using them to talk to aircraft.
>
> I've seen one drawing in a TM of a group of GI's on a hillside using the
> 611 to talk to a flight of B-24 Liberators,   but I've always viewed that
> as wishful thinking.
>
> Reason for asking.  I've been invited to participate with a group of
> regional USAAF WWI re-enactors.   I'll be redoing my SCR-274N system over
> the winter to make it transportable for field operations.   I have a pair
> of 611s that work (well, one has a broken earpiece....) and I was thinking
> that if the 611 was used in any capacity to talk with USAAF personnel it
> would make an interesting demo to have people at the event (youth
> particularly)  talk  to each other with the 274N and a 611.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
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