[R-390] Matching transmitter?

[rbethman]

Cecil,

IIRC, these were RBS, (Radar Bombing Sites), old SAC times.

The USAF even had RBS trains.

They also worked with the Army Nike Hercules sites.

Bob - N0DGN

On 1/1/2013 12:14 PM, Cecil wrote:
> This brings up another subject that I have often wondered about....
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> What might anyone know about radio sites that were scattered around the country in places like farmers fields where the farmer was paid for the use of his land.  A small shelter was built and radio gear installed.  Used for a number of years and then abandoned.  The checks quit coming to the farmer who never knew what the facility was being used for and never really notified of the site being returned to him for his farming use.  The sites fall into disrepair and at some point a look inside reveals a couple pairs of R-390a's and a couple of T-368s.  I knew of the existence of one of these sites in the SE US and would be interested in knowing what the were used for and potentially how many of them existed and where.  The equipment appears to have been abandoned in place.
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> Cecil
> K5DL
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