[Premium-Rx] Re: LTV G-166, G-175 Rec.

[Kmec at aol.com]

Hi Art, et. al.

The G-166 was a  version of the Communications Electronics Inc. (CEI- later 
part of WJ, the MD  facility) 775 UHF receiver, repackaged for LTV during the 
Vietnam war.  It  has an aircraft front panel with red lighted front panel, 
etc.  Also made  for LTV was a version of the venerable 906 VHF receiver, called 
the G-175.   A Collins HF rec. was also repackaged, I think was a 51S1, called 
a G-133 (may  be wrong, its been a while).

I believe these were used in a recon  aircraft, maybe EB-47 or RB-66??  Any 
Old Crows out there with this  info?  Manuals for the 702/775 will be close 
enough to figure out what's  up.

I have one each of the CEI versions plus a lot of the other LTV stuff  in the 
collection (still have about 600 pcs of CEI/WJ in the garage!).   Nice 
receivers when up to spec.  Also there is  a version of the VHF  with a panadapter 
built in.

73,
Jeff Kruth
WA3ZKR  




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