[R-390] R-390 Digest, Vol 59, Issue 1

[Dana Cobb]

Welcome back, Patrick.
By the way, my wife and I were visiting another couple this weekend, and
this guy showed me a picture taken of him in 1952 with an AN/GRC-26.  On the
photo he had marked that the system he was working with cost $65,000.  The
photographer didn't have a wide angle lens, but you can clearly see the
R-388 receivers he was using, a teletype machine, and the outlines of a
transmitter.  He believes it was a BC-610, but he doesn't remember for sure.
There is also an outside photo of the "shack" (or whatever they call the
outside structure of the radio room) on what he believes is a deuce and a
half truck.  Two whip antenna's are clearly visible as is a 50 caliber 
machine gun on the rear.
73's,

I was in an Air Guard, mobile communications squadron in 1965. We had a 
similar set up, except there were two R 390 receivers for diversity RTTY 
reception, rack mounted in the hut on the back of the deuce and a half 
truck. (2 1/2 ton capacity truck) Also called a six bye. It had a BC 610 
transmitter also. Had the whip antennas, but also had three 40 foot rope 
guyed pipe masts we could  install a dipole that was built like a tape 
measure. Flat steel about a half inch wide that could be adjusted to any 
length you wanted from 3 to 30 Mhz. The trucks were Korean war vintage, made 
by Dodge, Reo and Studerbaker Co.
We towed a 10 kw gas operated four cylinder generator around on a trailer 
for power. They didn't let us mount firearms to it though...darn...
Dana - K1RQ  Bradenton, Florida