Charlie & Nick Interesting. I see something else. Everyone sees things differently I guess. On the transmitter (top unit) I see two little arced windows for tuning indicators and they are co-located with the (albeit small) tuning knobs that are below. Those windows - if you look carefully - clearly have little band or scale labels down each side indicating there are multiple scales (maybe bands).
The lower half receiver has one of those windows at the top and similar (maybe) tuning knob at about the same level down as the transmitters. Both units seem to have switches that could be band switches. I think they are tunable. The two units clearly are a pair and it looks like (unlike the front panels) that there is just one big master case and the must be internal wiring between the two because there is a bundle of wires going in the lower unit and none to the top one. Maybe I am imagining things but I think I see a key jack on the right hand side of the lower panel above the other jack. I can see the "Y" in the label that has just three letters. I do not know another likely label that has only three letters. So the lower unit (maybe) is receiver and transmitter control and the upper unit the transmitter (maybe amp). Curious beast. B -----Original Message----- From: Collins [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CL in NC via Collins Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: {Collins} Mystery Navy radio Nick, Went right to the pic and started to do some research, including your site before I realized it was you doing the asking. My first thoughts were perhaps it is airborne gear due to the power connector on the front panel, there is no tuning knob, suggesting channelized operation, it appears to be a RX and TX in one box, it is mounted on shock mounts, but then again, so are the TCS series. The radioman is wearing headphones which look like they are plugged in the front of the lower unit, but I see no jack for a key on the upper. The odd thing to me is the speaker on the front panel, nothing I have except morale radios have a front speaker and have never seen an airborne set with a integral speaker. Noticed on your site and Henry Rodgers site a few with what looks like a front speaker though. Wondering if it is a set on the channelized HF marine band freqs, and for that matter, when were the marine freqs laid out channel style back then? Charlie, W4MEC in NC *** You are subscribed to Collins as [email protected]. If you wish to unsubscribe, or modify your preferences please visit https://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/collins *** _______________________________________________ Boatanchors mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
