-=> Ed Vance wrote to Gamgee <=-
> I think you were a generation or so ahead of me. The HF transmitters I
> worked on were called URT-23's, with R-1051 HF receivers. UHF
> transceivers were called WSC-3's with some older SRC-9's. I forget the
> names of the various patch panels and antenna couplers.
> Nice. The names of the Comm spaces varied by what class of ship you
> were in. The stuff you mention sounds like Carrier stuff.... :-)
EV> Yes, I served aboard Carriers, 4 of them.
EV> I was in ComCarDiv-3 .
I did one carrier, the Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). Plankowner of that
fine vessel.
EV> All the gear I wrote about is Old Tech to you I suppose.
Yes indeed.
EV> Never heard of the gear that you were familiar with
EV> The R-390 was the newest RX in use when I left the service in 1962.
I actually worked on an R-390 a few times in the mid-80's. It was a
dinosaur then and we only had one of them. I remember it having a
ridicously complicated tuning mechanism, lots of gears and shafts, and
very difficult to get tuned up well.
I think much of the comm gear of today is digitally tuned with some
mouse clicks on a screen.
Times, they are a-changing. ;-)
... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
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