[NJARC] For those who like their radios heavy.....
Robert G. Flory
[email protected]
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:36:27 -0400
>From "Evolution of Naval Radio-Electronics and Contributions of the Naval=
Research Laboratory":
.....the model RAB, 1000 to 30,000 kHz (1935) provided performance which =
in
most respects was not exceeded through the war period. However, its size=
and weight limited its installation to the larger ships and shore station=
s.
Of the more compact and lighter models which followed, the model RAL of
the tuned-radio-frequency type, and the models RAO, RBB, RBC, and RBS of
the superheterodyne type were procured in large numbers....
Gee, I have been laboring under the illusion that the RBB and RBC were th=
e
heavyweights. =
73, Rob Flory