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Title: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: k6jca on January 18, 2011, 03:49:03 PM I just got this AM transceiver from a friend. I'd like to get it on the air. Unfortunately, neither he (nor I) know anything about it. There are no tags or other identifying info on it, and I'm hoping someone might know more about it, such as model number and manufacturer.
All I can tell you is that it appears to be a marine transceiver, it operates AM (using a pair of 807s), it has four crystal positions, and the receiver tunes from around 1700 KC to about 2900 KC. Thanks very much! - Jeff, K6JCA http://k6jca.blogspot.com/ Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: KL7OF on January 18, 2011, 04:08:43 PM Those red colored stamps on the front panel make me think it was used in the military.....I cannot identify it further....great rig , I like the telephone handset.....By the way, it is switched ON
Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: W2PFY on January 18, 2011, 05:14:03 PM If I had to make a guess, I say it was a Federal. They made a lot of ship to shore stuff and they were located in Newark, NJ. Maybe a Google of Federal Radio would find something.
Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: ve6pg on January 18, 2011, 05:32:42 PM ...might be a SPILLBURY, made in Vancouver, B.C.
..sk.. Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: KA8WTK on January 18, 2011, 05:52:10 PM That puts me in mind of a BC-699, but of course, it isn't.
It also puts me in mind of the Halli' HT-8 and HT-12 ship-to-shore radios. Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: K9PNP on January 18, 2011, 08:58:35 PM From the color, I would guess Navy. The manual covering it appears to be TO SIG 11-244-1. I'm still looking for the manual, no luck yet. Also, since the handset holder is partially covering the "TO" in the manual number stamped on the front, it is my guess that it is an add-on; maybe not originally there when manufactured. Still looking for more info.
Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: K9PNP on January 18, 2011, 11:12:02 PM What you have is an SCR-281. AM only. 25 W. TM 11-244 covers it if you can find one.
http://jptronics.org/radios/Military/JANAP161/an.s/an.src-type.scr-281.pdf Title: Re: Help id'ing this AM Transceiver Post by: k6jca on January 19, 2011, 09:04:43 AM Many thanks to everyone for their help and excellent ideas. And an especially large thanks to Mitch, K9PNP, who hit the nail on the head. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
Thanks again, and very best regards! - Jeff, k6jca http://k6jca.blogspot.com/ |