Re: [MV] WW II Tank radio question

From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 18:15:29 PDT


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> Picture 2:
> Here is a photo of the turret installation of the BC 604 transmitter and a
> BC 603 receiver (at right) combination that made up a SCR 528 set. The
> transmitter utilized a built-in interphone for internal communications and
> is characterized by the large plain box with a row of push buttons along
the
> right side under a meter dial. The BC-603 receiver worked from 20 to
28mHz,
> utilized a continuous thumb wheel tuning system plus 10 presets
> push-buttons, included squelch and a built-in speaker. Radio connection
> wiring attached to the back of the units and in this case the antenna lead
> snakes up the right turret wall (at left) and up to the roof where the
> antenna would be mounted. The shelf mount is the common FT-237; the SCR
528
> set was typically used by platoon leaders early in the war and became the
> typical radio set for all tanks by mid-war.
>



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