MILITARY COLLECTOR GROUP POST, JUNE 1/98 Index: SCR-522 QUESTIONS FOR HMCS HAIDA; from Jerry Proc MEMBERS WRITE; Dallas Ham Com, USS Missouri, NEW MEMBERS; Richard Brunner, AA1P John Bowers, K9UTK. HUMOR; *********************************************** SCR-522 QUESTIONS FOR HMCS HAIDA;from Jerry Proc Dear Miltary Radio Collectors, Another SCR522 has been resurrected and now lives to see another day aboard HMCS HAIDA. Even though it was an aircraft radio, the RCN folks adopted a piece of gear from another service for their own needs. Some questions have arisen: 1) There is mention of sending a tone on Channel D. The training manual refers to it as 'pip-squeak operation'. Obviously, if you were around at the time and maintaining these units, then that phrase would have some meaning. The main manual does a poor job of explaining the function. What is the tone supposed to do? Is the tone supposed to be received or sent? 2) The Channel Release function is not explained in the manual except for constant references to 'hit the channel release switch' during control adjustments. When I do that, it just makes all of the tuning controls go limp and it would be impossible to adjust anything in this condition. As best as I can see, pressing the Channel Release switch disengages the mechanical tuning between the receiver and transmitter so the two units can be disengaged from the common 'control' chassis. Is this correct? 3) The SCR522 is in pristine condition and was reconditioned by CAE Electronics in the 1960's, yet the gain control in the transmitter section is missing. Was there any sort of modification issued that would have eliminated the gain control and replaced it with fixed resistances? I haven't gone for a 'visual' in the transmitter, since the instructions for detaching the transmitter from the control chassis are not clear enough. 4) When the unit is in the case, and the top covers are open, I cannot touch the chassis for more than a few seconds before I have to pull my finger away. Its unbelievable that a collection of electronic components could take that much abuse from heat and still keep working. There are no louvers, cooling fans or holes for heat to escape. I can only suspect that since the primary application of the radio was for fighter aircraft, having the SCR522 fitted in an unpressurized, unheated space within the fuselage meant that the electronics would be cooled by the cold, ambient air. In a land based installation, I suppose the unit had to fry. Now I'm afraid to run the SCR522 for long periods of time for feat of a component failure as a result of the high internal temperature. Does anyone know if these were reliable units while they were in service or am I just being too conservative in my thinking? As a closing comment, I can see that poor clarity in manuals is a syndrome that has been with us for quite a long time. Regards, Jerry Proc VE3FAB jproc@idirect.com Web: www3.sympatico.ca/hrc/haida HMCS HAIDA Naval Museum, Toronto Ontario ed) the SCR-522 was not just used in aircraft, or aboard ships, it was also mounted in Tanks, and Jeeps as the SCR-524 and used for closed ground support coordination. It is unknown whether these ground versions had a different cabinet that would have allowed heat dissipation, but it's doubtful. In your shipboard application, the radio would have most likely used the RA-62 110vac power supply, and it was well ventilated. *********************************************** MEMBERS WRITE; Dallas Ham Com, There will be a boatanchor and military radio collectors forum at the Dallas area ham convention, Ham Com, next weekend. It will be moderated by Tom Aschenbrenner; Terry Muncey the guy who puts Riders, QST, R-390 manuals, etc. on CDs; and yours truly. It will be in the 10 - 11 AM time slot Saturday morning. At noon, we will have our second annual boatanchor and military radio collector's "picnic" so called because we all grab a lunch and gather under a tree outside the back door of the indoor flea market area for fellowship, lies, etc. This will be immediately following Chuck Penson's Heathkit forum and, boatanchor wise, is in an empty time slot. Everyone who is interested in these subjects is invited to participate. Lenox Carruth, Jr. carruth@swbell.net Dallas, Texas Collector of WW-II Communications Equipment and Memorabilia ed) as we have several members that attend this event each year, this may be a good chance for you to get together and bad mouth me while my back's turned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USS Missouri, Took the boys to see the U.S.S. Missouri today. About a 2 hour drive to Astoria where she is berthed cleaning the hull with Columbia river water. Was worth every minute of the drive. The only disappointment is that the ship is all sealed, and they have removed nearly all the small stuff from the decks and superstructure. No antennas, small craft, ropes, stays, etc. I surely wish they could have kept this most proud of warships running. Obsolete by modern warfare standards maybe, but a clear testament to the highest quality of engineering, design and implimentation. Later, =Randy= R. Zelick Department of Organismal Biology Portland State University email: h2rz@odin.cc.pdx.edu ed) a Memorial Day special was aired on TV(I think 20-20) that detailed the life of the Missouri, it was most interesting. I remember when she was re-commissioned back in 81, there was a blanket request published by the Navy in various veteran's publications trying to entice retired battleship vets to either re-enlist or agree to come back and train new crewman. This because battleships had been out of service long enough that there was no one left in the Navy that knew how to operate them. The most critical rate being the fire control and gunners for her 16" guns. I myself received a special invitation to re-enlist having been a radioman/facilities control operator aboard an aircraft carrier. She is now on her way to Hawaii where she will take her place on Battle Ship Row as a museum. It doesn't make much sence to me that she'd be stripped before taking on this last mission, her new crew now faced with replaceing that equipment robbed from her. *********************************************** NEW MEMBERS; Dennis, OM: 1. I accept the conditions of membership. 2. Description: I am 63 years old, licensed for 45 years, and deeply interested in vacuum tube technology, with a special interest in military equipment. I am also a student of German. 73 Richard Brunner, AA1P rbrunner@gis.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is John Bowers. Call is K9UTK. My interests include: BC610 TCS-14 et al models R-390 and 390A BC 348 BC342 i am currently working on getting the BC610 and the TCS on the air this summer. regards John *********************************************** HUMOR; Subject: German Traffic Control The German controllers at Frankfurt Airport are infamous for being a short tempered lot. They not only expect you to know your parking location but also how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (United 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and the pilot of a British Airways 747 (callsign Speedbird 206). Speedbird: "Good morning Frankfurt, Speedbird 206, clear of the active." Ground: "Guten morgan, taxi to your gate. " The BA 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops. Ground (brusquely): "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?" Speedbird: "Standby ground, I'm looking up the gate location now." Ground (with typical German impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you never been to Frankfurt before?" Speedbird (coolly): "Yes, several times in 1944, but I didn't stop." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A man goes to the confessional. "Forgive me father, for I have sinned." "What is your sin, my child?" The priest asks back. "Well," the man starts, "I used some horrible language this week and I feel absolutely terrible." "When did you do use this awful language?" said the priest. "I was golfing and hit an incredible drive that looked like it was going to go over 250 yards, but it struck a phone line that was hanging over the fairway and fell straight down to the ground after going only about 100yards." "Is that when you swore?" "No, Father." Said the man. "After that, a squirrel ran out of the bushes and grabbed my ball in his mouth and began to run away." "Is THAT when you swore?" asked the Father again. "Well, no." said the man, "You see, as the squirrel was running, an eagle camedown out of the sky, grabbed the squirrel in his talons and began to fly away!" "Is THAT when you swore?" asked the amazed Priest. "No, not yet." The man replied. "As the eagle carried the squirrel away in his claws, it flew towards the green. And as it passed over a bit of forest near the green, the squirrel dropped my ball." "Did you swear THEN?" asked the now impatient Priest. "No, because as the ball fell it struck a tree, bounced through some bushes, careened off a big rock, and rolled through a sand trap onto the green and stopped within six inches of the hole." "You missed the%#$*@#!putt, didn't you?" sighed the Priest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Painting the Porch Julie the blonde was getting pretty desperate for money. She decided to go to the nicer, richer neighborhoods around town and look for odd jobs as a handywoman. The first house she came to, a man answered the door and told Julie, "Yeah, I have a job for you. How would you like to paint the porch?" "Sure that sounds great!" said Julie. "Well, how much do you want me to pay you?" asked the man. "Is fifty bucks alright?" Julie asked. "Yeah that's great. You'll find the paint and ladders you'll need in the garage." The man went back into his house to his wife who had been listening. "Fifty bucks! Does she know the porch goes all the way around the house?" asked the wife. "Well she must, she was standing right on it!" her husband replied. About 15 minutes later, Julie knocked on the door. "I'm all finished," she told the surprised homeowner. The man was amazed. "You painted the whole porch?" "Yeah," Julie replied, "I even had some paint left, so I put on two coats!" The man reached into his wallet to pay Julie. "Oh, by the way," said Julie, "that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hand Over Hand: The new hooker just finished her first trick. When she came back down to the street, the seasoned veterans all gathered around to hear the details. She said "well, he was a big muscular and handsome marine". "Well, what did he want to do?" they all asked. She said " I told him that a straight lay was $100, but he said he didn't have that much". "So I told him a blow job would be $75, but he didn't have that much either". "Finally I said, well, how much do you have"? The marine said that he only had $25. The new hooker said "well, for $25 all I can give you is a hand job" He agreed and after getting the finances straight, she said " he pulled it out and I put one hand on it, and then the second hand above the first and then the first hand above the second hand....." "Oh my god" they all exclaimed, "it must have been huge"! " then what did you do?" "I loaned him $75!" she said. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freezing Cold Hands: Two young newlyweds go up to the mountains for a romantic weekend. When they get there, the guy goes out to chop some wood. When he gets back, he says, "Honey, my hands are freezing!" She says, "Well just put them here between my thighs and that will warm them up." After lunch, the guy goes out to chop some more wood and comes back saying, "Man, my hands are really freezing!" She says again "Well just put them here between my thighs again and that will warm them up." He does and again it warms his hands up. After dinner, he goes out one more time to chop some wood up to get them through the night. When he returns, he says once more "Honey, my hands are really really freezing!" She looks at him and says, "For crying out loud, don't your ears ever get cold?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Good Time Attorney: For three years, the young attorney had been taking his brief vacations at this country inn. The last time he'd finally managed an affair with the innkeeper's daughter. Looking forward to an exciting few days, he dragged his suitcase up the stairs of the inn, then stopped short. There sat his lover with an infant on her lap! "Helen, why didn't you write when you learned you were pregnant?" he cried. "I would have rushed up here, we could have gotten married, and the baby would have my name!" "Well," she said, "when my folks found out about my condition, we sat up all night talkin' and talkin' and decided it would be better to have a bastard in the family than a lawyer." *********************************************** (The preceding was a product of the"Military Collector Group Post", an international email magazine dedicated to the preservation of history and the equipment that made it. Unlimited circulation of this material is authorized so long as the proper credits to the original authors, and publisher or this group are included. For more information conserning this group contact Dennis Starks at, military-radio-guy@juno.com) *********************************************** --------- End forwarded message ----------