AN/GRC-50 Radio question ?

[Eric's hifim37]

Hello All,

I have a complete AN/GRC-50 setup I was wondering if it would be worth hooking it up or just set it up for eye candy ? Also was this radio in a shelter or just a shack ?

I was just trying to get some info on what it was used for and what. This set up is massive and the weight ! many componets,

Looks cool though

Let me know if you want pictures.

Later, Eric..

 

[uscgmatt]

I cant help you with prices, but as for the pics.

 

[ONTOS66]

I don't have any "hands on" experience with this equipment, but a quick google provides a lot of info.

Try this link to see the AN/GRC-50 in a shelter as part of a system: http://www.cleocat.org/tour/

Drawing of the equipment and possible configurations attached from a correspondence course.

Hope that gets you on the right track.

 

[Trailltrader]

I loved my AN GRC-50's. They were very easy to work on, had a HUGE frequency response (220Mhz to 999.99Mhz), could be encrypted with the KG27 computer system, had 200 phone channels and 10 engineering channels. They were heavy- mostly steel- and to use them today you would need a 10KW electrical source, another set to talk to/with, line of sight operations only, and a ham radio license and you would be restricted to those frequencies. To make a long story short? Eye candy or boat anchor- there's not even that much copper in them to make them worth scrapping out.