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k6jca
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« 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/

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« Reply #1 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
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« Reply #2 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.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2011, 05:32:42 PM »
...might be a SPILLBURY, made in Vancouver, B.C.


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« Reply #4 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.
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« Reply #5 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.
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73,  Mitch

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« Reply #6 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
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73,  Mitch

Since 1958. There still is nothing like tubes to keep your coffee warm in the shack.

Vulcan Theory of Troubleshooting:  Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
k6jca
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« Reply #7 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.

Thanks again, and very best regards!

- Jeff, k6jca
http://k6jca.blogspot.com/
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