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does anyone. have a picture of the C-1436?

thanks Jeff

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On Jul 30, 2024, at 9:32 PM, Tim <timsamm@gmail.com> wrote:



Hi Mike - As Paul DM'd to me:

"Tim...you are spot on about the AN/GSS-1 using both the GRC-9 & GRR-5. I have the Control, Interphone C-1436/GSS-1 that has a 4 position switch for both those radios and two Telephone lines as well as a gain ctrl.

Paul"

Also, I had searched on the AN/GSS-1 system and its later morphs awhile back and found some line drawings that included both of those sets.  I think I read that the GRC-9 was a backup to the primary wired telephone system between different Battery's in the area.  Been awhile, I forget but it's online someplace..

Tim

N6CC

On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 5:34 PM <mstangelo@comcast.net> wrote:

How was it used with the NIKE missile system? Is there any information available? Volunteers have restored the NY56 missile battery by me and are always looking for information on the various systems.

Mike N2MS

> On 07/30/2024 7:46 PM EDT Tim <timsamm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 10-4.. Dusters! the 40 mm Bofors is my personal favorite! LOL
> The GRR-5's were also part of the AN/GSS-1 Electronic Search Central used with the HAWK AA system. That system was also used with the NIKE missile systems (that also included GRC-9's)
> Tim
> N6CC
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM <rl.boltz@mhsdesign.com> wrote:
> > My unit was anti-aircraft! Had the M-42 anti-aircraft tracked vehicles with 40mm bofers. I was a forward observer. We radioed aircraft contact with direction and altitude back to the guns.
> >  
> > 213th 3rd AW Battalion, SP
> >  
> > Ron Boltz
> >  
> > From:Tim <timsamm@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 6:43 PM
> > To: Ron Boltz <rl.boltz@mhsdesign.com>
> > Cc: Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI@salisbury.edu>; Oscar Johnson <scottjohnson1@cox.net>; MilComm Guy <m38inmaine@gmail.com>; MRCA <MRCA@mailman.qth.net>; mrcg-west@groups.io
> > Subject: AN/GRR-5 receiver usage (was on restoration)
> >  
> > I've wondered about the employment of this radio as well. Seems it was designed to be a stand-alone radio with its versatile AC/DC power supply to permit wide application. So it was maybe intended to be used for any general purpose, to include monitoring an alert / warning net of some sort - response not required.
> > I've always wondered if the specific "Gas Attack" warning description was one of those "Internet Facts" that can't go away. Seems to be a way-to-narrow application. Anyway,
> > FWIW, the 1952 Manual, TM11-295 for the AN/GRR-5, states the following although it seems this is just a suggested usage (anti aircraft warning net) and otherwise was non-committal on its intended applications. Digging through the various Army TO&E documents would reveal which types of units should have had them - and therefore their intended use in those units. Dunno
> >  
> > Here integrated with the VHF-FM set in a vehicle per the drawing.
> >  
> >
> > Fun musings...
> > Tim
> > N6CC
> >  
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 2:46PM <rl.boltz@mhsdesign.com> wrote:
> > > We had them mounted in M-38’s and M38A1’s in the late 1960’s. Only in the officers jeeps so not sure what they used them for. I was in an M-38 with the AN/GRC-19 at the time so maybe they monitored us forward observers?
> > >
> > > Ron Boltz
> > >
> > > From:mrca-bounces@mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf OfRay Fantini via MRCA
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 1:53 PM
> > > To: scottjohnson1@cox.net; 'MilComm Guy' <m38inmaine@gmail.com>; MRCA@mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: Re: [MRCA] Angry 5 Revival (change of subject, sort of)
> > >
> > > I have always referred to them as “Angry Five” don’t know if that’s correct or not. Much controversy around that radio, have been told they were used as “Gas Net warning “ receivers, as “Operational Net warning “ to broadcast they daily bombing targets and as entertainment receivers? Years ago I had one that I built a battery pack for and ran it for a long time just on D cells and a B battery. Its fun also to have a radio who’s multi voltage power supply is just as big as the radio itself! Think that radio would be a good candidate for solid stating the vibrators and trying it that way.
> > > Think that it goes back to all those radios of the late forties and early fifties and would look good paired with a GRC-19 (T-195/R-392) set up but unlike all that other way obsolete by the seventies RT-67,68 or RT-70 stuff that receiver was still in service and somehow appears in MSC-31/32 communications centers as a axillary receiver along with the VRC-12 stuff.
> > > It would look real good on the back of a M-38
> > >
> > > Ray F/KA3EKH
> > >
> > >
> > > From:mrca-bounces@mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Ofscottjohnson1@cox.net
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 1:00 PM
> > > To: 'MilComm Guy' <m38inmaine@gmail.com>; MRCA@mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: Re: [MRCA] Angry 5 Revival (change of subject, sort of)
> > >
> > >
> > > Not to pick nits but “angry” applied to AN/GRY- accessories, “Jerk” applied to AN/GRC-, and “prick” applied to AN/PRC-.
> > > Of course this was the Army, and I was AF, so I am prepared to take any and all heat for these statements.
> > > -pedantic Scott W7SVJ
> > >
> > >
> > > From:mrca-bounces@mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces@mailman.qth.net> On Behalf OfMilComm Guy
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 9:38 AM
> > > To: MRCA@mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: [MRCA] Angry 5 Revival
> > >
> > > I picked up this receiver at the spring Nearfest meet in NH, I thought it looked nifty and rolled the dice it might actually work. I powered it up with 24v and after a brief pause it came to life, I tuned around and was listening to several stations, my joy was short lived, after 20 minutes of bliss a fuse popped.
> > >
> > > I asked a friend if he was willing to see what happened and the initial failure was a buffer capacitor on the main winding had shorted to ground, he said I was lucky it didn't take out the winding. He ended up changing out multiple if not all capacitors that tested bad, how this even worked at all is amazing, the selenium components were also replaced. After an alignment it now outperforms the stated rx sensitivity and it is working great. The angry 5 now has a permanent home in the shack with the other green monsters, a great big thanks to my friend for all his hard work bringing this back to life.
> > >
> > > Naughty components.
> > >
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Mark
> > > K1HF
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