[NJARC] RME and the US Navy during WW2

[Al Klase]

Joe et al,

 From Communications Receivers by Raymond S. Moore:

"RME was a small company, employing no more than  120 people even during 
its peak while manufacturing instruments during World War II.  It was a 
sharply focused company."

So they never had the capacity to handle a major comm. receiver 
contract, e.g., Belmont and the BC-348's, let alone one of their own 
designs.  The DB-20, on the other hand, was a fairly unique product that 
had been around since about 1936, and had obvious applications.

Regards,
Al

JOE CRO wrote:
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> Hello John,
>                 I too, have seen military variants of the DB20 
> preselector, but never an RME rx with a military ID plate. To my 
> knowledge, the DB-20 was used to "brighten up" certain receivers used 
> by the military. As an owner of a RME-69/DB-20 I can tell you that 
> they do make a big difference. The RME-69/DB20 combo together make a 
> hotter performer than say the RME model 99 introduced in 1940. One 
> would think that the model 99, and later model 45, would have been 
> used for military consumption. I have a RME publication made sometime 
> during the later part of WWII that lists the model 45 receiver, but 
> doesn't show anything in military clothes, so to speak.
>
> I too, would like to find out more about this topic.
>
>

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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Flemington, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/