Navy Communication Station Equipment - 1950's-60's

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• Manual Wanted - NAVSHIPS 92228 AN/FRQ-3 Transmitter Control-Monitor Group
• Manual Wanted - NAVSHIPS    ??    AN/FRQ-9 Receiver Monitor Set
• Manual Wanted - NAVSHIPS 91047 Receiver AF/RF Signal Distribution Unit
• Manual Wanted - NAVSHIPS 91500 AN/FRA-3 RF switching group
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COMMSTA Building Plans and Equipment Layout 

    - from 1956-60 NAVSHIPS 92675 "Handbook of Naval Shore Station Electronics Criteria"

COMMSTA signal flow diagram

Message Center (Torn Tape Relay) Systems & Equipment

Receiver Site Equipment

GENERAL INFO

• 1974 List of equipment used at Receiver sites
• See Navy HF Receiver Page & Navy HF Diversity Receiver Page
• Also see Main Vintage Navy Radio Page for info on RATT (RTTY), Teletype Equipment, Etc.

Receiver Site AF/RF Signal Distribution Units - Photos and Info

Receiver Site RF Distribution Diagram

WWII - (need to add info) Guam 1944 - RAO rcvrs - take a look at the follow-on pages Skaggs Island CA 1945	Skaggs Island, 1945
1940's - RBP and RCP	RBP at Skaggs Island
1950's - AN/FRR-24 and AN/FRR-28 and AN/FRR-49	Triple diversity AN/FRR-24	1959 - AN/FRR-28 systems at Kodiak	AN/FRR-49 at Wahiawa
1960's - AN/FRR-59 and R-390()/URR	Salinas 1968 - AN/FRR-38 and AN/FRR-41 - AN/FRR-38 and AN/FRR-41 are R-390()-based diversity systems	Guam 1968 - R-390A receivers and  AN/URA-8A RTTY converters	Guantanamo 1968 - AN/FRR-59 and R-390()  with AN/URA-8A RTTY converters - also AN/FRR-60 behind RM
1970's - AN/FRR-60 & R-1051	AN/FRR-60 at Guam	R-1051/URR at Guam	1974 List of equipment used at Receiver sites The primary HF rcvrs were the AN/FRR-60 and R-1051/URR (with a few older R-390 and FRR-59 rcvrs still around) A few WRR-3 and BRR-3 LF/VLF rcvrs were in use The URA-17 was the main RTTY converter

Transmitter Site Equipment

GENERAL INFO

• 1974 List of Equipment used at Transmitter  sites
• See Navy HF Transmitter Page
• See Navy LF & VLF Transmitter Page
• Also see Main Vintage Navy Radio Page for info on 
  RATT, Teletype Equipment, Etc.

WWII - (need info)	-	-
1940's - TAW, TBA, TBC, TCK, TDE, TDH  (need info)	Guam - lots of photos	-
1950's - TAW, TBA, TBC, TCK, TDE, TDH, AN/FRT-5, AN/FRT-6	AN/FRT-6	Guam - lots of photos
1960's - AN/FRT-39, & AN/FRT-40 Click here for excellent photos of NAVRADSTA(T) Bouknadel 1970 (thanks to Darian Paganelli)	AN/FRT-39 at Annapolis (photo from TMC vintage radio web site)	AN/FRT-40 at Guam
1970's - AN/FRT-39/40 & FRT-83/84/85/86	AN/FRT-85 at Guam	1974 List of Equipment used at Transmitter  sites Primary HF transmitters were AN/FRT-39 and AN/FRT-40 with some AN/FRT-83, AN/FRT-84

Other COMMSTA Equipment

Radio Teletype (RATT or RTTY) Equipment  - Click Here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teletype Equipment - Click Here

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Message processing - Guam

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