[MRCG] what's it?

[tom horsfall]

The Submarine USS Pampanito had two of them in case one failed.   They were removed after the war, we had to look for years to find two ABK-7 and the elusive control boxes.   They were top secret in WWII and the red box was the manual destruct button.   The Signal Corps version is SCR-595 I think, they are more common and they had an impact destruction switch in case the plane crashed.    BIG NOTICE in the manual ... before landing turn off destruct switch in case of a rough landing.   The destruct charge goes in the hole on the right side with the "L" shaped keeper.     I have read that their were some friendly fire incidences in the Pacific due to malfunctioning transponders.    


> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:04:06 +0000
> From: jackrookaird at comcast.net
> To: mrcg at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [MRCG] what's it?
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> Wasn't in the electronics end of aircraft maint., but remember you did not fly in Europe with out operable IFF & TACAN, 55 years ago. Could have caused an international incident or started shooting war. 
> Jack KC7YE 
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> From: boatanchor at martasystems.com 
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> Of course, you will need one of these if you buy that IFF set: 
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> http://www.apexelectronic.com/SW36-W 
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> John WB6AZP 
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> From: amillertkx--- via MRCG 
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 19:34 
> To: Jay Coward ; West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group 
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> That's an odd one. Never seen one of those. 
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> Sent from my 1944 Westinghouse TBK 
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> > On Jan 16, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Jay Coward via MRCG <mrcg at mailman.qth.net> 
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> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-AIRCRAFT-RADIO-RECEIVER-FOR-NAVY-DEPARTMENT-BUREAU-OF-SHIPS-/201265278523?ssPageName=ADME:SS:SS:US:1120 
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