"Jack Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, I don't know, I could have copied the numbers wrong, but I don't think he was trying to pull anyones leg. I just overheard the QSO, and he did seem to be looking for the answer to the question, not bragging that he had something that was unique. He also said that the newspaper which was stuffed into the boxes was dated 1983. Anyone else out there have an idea, even if the number I wrote down is not correct? Jack -----Original Message----- From: WF2U [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:05 PM To: Jack Wilson; Drakelist Subject: RE: [drakelist] TR5 AN-RT-88-GRC? This is not even correct as military nomenclature. Something could be AN/GRC-XX or AN/GRC-XXX (x for the equipment number), which is a group of equipment. A component of the AN/GRC-XXX could be an RT-XX, RT-XXX or RT-XXXX, where RT stands for "receiver/transmitter" or transceiver. When referring to such a component, it'd be : RT-XXX/GRC or RT-XXX/GRC-XXX, designation the equipment group the component is a part of. And finally, there is no such animal as an RT-88 in the GRC or any other series group. The closest to that number is the RT-77/GRC-9, part of the AN/GRC-9 equipment group, and it's a completely unrelated to anything by Drake, besides, it was manufactured from 1945 to the mid '50's... (it happens to be a nice 15W tube transmitter-receiver combo, covering 80, 40 and 30 M, CW and AM...) I have the feeling that the person you heard was either pulling someone's leg, fibbing or simply had no idea what he's getting... 73, Meir WF2U Landrum, SC Drake and military radio user/collector > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Wilson > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:54 PM > To: Drakelist > Subject: [drakelist] TR5 > > > > "Jack Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi, > > > > Heard a QSO tonight where someone was talking about picking up five > of the military versions of the TR5. The guy said that the number on > the rigs was AN-RT-88-GRC and that they all came with the power supply > which was like the PS7. Color was military green. > > He said that he could not find anything on the web or anyplace else about > the history was on these things. > > Does anyone know? > > Thanks, > > Jack > K1HW > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe > drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
