US Navy Receivers - 1950's & 1960's

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WWII receivers - I will add a page for them some day

Receiving Antenna Coupler & Multicoupler Page

1950's & 1960's tube-type receivers

model type primary use freq features manuf links

HF/MF Receivers
AN/FRR-22 frr22-23-01.JPG (41108 bytes) MF shore
version of SRR-12		 0.25-8 mc 29 tubes RCA
AN/FRR-23 frr22-23-01.JPG (41108 bytes) HF shore
version of SRR-13		 2-32 mc 29 tubes RCA
AN/FRR-59
AN/FRR-59A
AN/FRR-59B		 AN/FRR-59 (17910 bytes)
left - CV-920 converter - RF tuner
right - AM-2477 amplifier - detector		 HF shore
version of  WRR-2()		 2-32 mc 1.0 kc tuning (59)
0.5 kc tuning (59A,B)
Wadley loop
65 tubes		 National (59, 59A)
Arvin (59B)
AN/SRR-12 srr12-01.jpg (47093 bytes) MF shipboard
version of FRR-22		 0.25-8 mc 29 tubes RCA
AN/SRR-13
AN/SRR-13A		 srr12-13-01.JPG (109229 bytes) HF shipboard
version of FRR-23		 2-32 mc 29 tubes RCA
AN/WRR-2
AN/WRR-2A
AN/WRR-2B		 wrr2-01.jpg (109305 bytes)
upper - AM-2477 amplifier - detector
lower - CV-920 converter - RF tuner		 HF shipboard
version of FRR-59()		 2-32 mc 1.0 kc tuning (2)
0.5 kc tuning (2A,B)
Wadley loop
65 tubes		 National (2, 2A)
Arvin (2B)

 

AN/URR-39
(R-651/URR-39, LS-228/U, MT-1529/U)		 urr39-02.jpg (25278 bytes) National NC-183MR + speaker & rack mount VLF + 540kc-31mc
 standard 47-55mc band replaced with VLF band and bandspread replaced with 0-200 logging scale National - modified NC-183D
AN/URR-36 need photo National HRO-50 50-430 kc & .05-35 mc     NAVSHIPS 91648
R-274B/FRR
(Hammarlund SP-600-JX-6 or SP-600-J-11 or SP-600-JX-35)		 sp600-01.jpg (55764 bytes) Hammarlund SP-600-JX-6 or SP-600-J-11 or SP-600-JX-35 540kc-54mc   Hammarlund
R-274B/FRR "special"
(Hammarlund SP-600-JL-24) 		 need photo Hammarlund SP-600-JL-24 100-400kc and 1.35-29.7mc   Hammarlund
  • manual NAVSHIPS 91661

 

             
R-388/URR  r388-urr.jpg (163364 bytes)
photo thanks to Don Smith		 Collins 51J-3 need info link   Collins  
R-388A/URR need photo Collins 51J-4     Collins NAVSHIPS 91324
R-390/URR  need photo  need info link     Collins  
R-390A/URR r390a-02.jpg (27500 bytes)  info from CT manual     Collins, others  
URR-22
(R-302/URR-22)		 3-25.jpg (21983 bytes)
need photo		 ship/shore
entertainment rcvr
replaces RBO

similar to URR-44

 0.54-18.6 mc AM/CW   National  
URR-44
(R-892/URR-44)		  r892-02.jpg (24135 bytes) ship/shore
entertainment rcvr
replaces RBO

 info & photo

similar to URR-22

 0.54-18.6 mc AM/CW   General Instruments NAVSHIPS 93316

LF Receivers
AN/BRR-3 brr3-01.JPG (29374 bytes) LF-VLF sub 14-600 kc ??      
AN/FRR-21 frr21-01.jpg (41571 bytes) LF-VLF shore
version of SRR-11		 14-600 kc 28 tubes RCA
AN/SRR-11 srr11-01.jpg (119932 bytes) LF-VLF shipboard
version of FRR-21		 14-600 kc 28 tubes RCA
AN/SRR-19 srr19-01.jpg (83282 bytes)
thanks to this site		 LF-VLF 30-300 kc 30 nuvistors National More photos
AN/WRR-3
(R-1134/WRR-3)		 wrr3b-01.jpg (55019 bytes) LF-VLF ship/sub 14-600 kc   Bendix  
             

HF Diversity Receivers
AN/FRR-10 frr-10-sys-02.JPG (95001 bytes) HF shore SSB
variant of FRR-24		 2-32 mc dual diversity

253 tubes

 National
AN/FRR-24 frr24-sys-01.JPG (138002 bytes) HF shore RTTY & CW 2-32 mc triple diversity

420 tubes

 National
AN/FRR-28 frr28-01.jpg (84329 bytes) HF shore
RTTY dual diversity		 0.54-54 mc uses two SP-600-MX
(R-450/FRR-28)

R-450/FRR-28 photo

 Hammarlund +
Northern Radio
AN/FRR-32 need photo dual diversity
with two R-618/FRR-32 rcvrs		 2-32mc   RCA  
AN/FRR-37 frr37-sys-01.JPG (155346 bytes) HF shore RTTY & CW
dual-diversity version of FRR-24		 2-32 mc dual diversity
approx 250 tubes 		National
AN/FRR-60  frr60-02.jpg (240718 bytes)
photo from TMC vintage radio web site		  HF shore
diversity system		 info needed  info needed TMC
DDR-5		 DDR-5 spec sheet

Fixed Freq. Receivers
AN/FRR-18 similar to FRR-21 LF-VLF shore
similar to FRR-21		 14-600 kc xtal control
28 tubes		 RCA
AN/FRR-19 similar to FRR-23 HF shore
similar to FRR-23		 2-32 mc xtal control
29 tubes		 RCA
AN/FRR-26
(R-517/FRR-26)		 frr-26-01.jpg (12157 bytes)

a better photo

 HF shore 2-8 mc xtal control Kaar
AN/FRR-27
(R-518/FRR-27		 similar to FRR-26 VHF shore
(similar to FRR-26)		 100-156 mc xtal control    
AN/FRR-30
(R-519/FRR-30)		 similar to FRR-26 LF shore
(similar to FRR-26)		 200-500 kc xtal control    
AN/FRR-31
(R-777/FRR-31)		 frr31-01.jpg (22434 bytes) HF shore
(similar to FRR-26)		 8-32 mc xtal control
15 tubes		 Communications
Co. Inc.		  
AN/FRR-49(V)
( TMC FFR)		 frr49-01.jpg (39716 bytes)
upper - module storage
lower - receiver		 frr49-02.jpg (250724 bytes)
photo from TMC vintage radio web site

HF shore

 50 kc - 32 mc
(depends on plugin)

tunable or
xtal control

   TMC 
model FFR
AN/FRR-502
( TMC FFR)
- Canadian designation since this is a 500 series ??		 frr49-01.jpg (39716 bytes) HF shore
 2-16 mc
(includes 3 plugins)		 tunable or
xtal control

remote control via AN/FRA-501

 TMC 
model FFR

VHF/UHF
AN/URR-35A need photo UHF need info   National NAVSHIPS 92022

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Last updated 05/06/2008