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

Click here for info on Navy Comm Station Site s
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For Shipboard Equipment Info see my Main Vintage Navy Radio Page
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

COMMSTA signal flow diagram

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

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

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.

AN/FRQ-3 Transmitter Site Control-Monitor Group
- info and photo

Monitor group at Barrigada, Guam

WWII - (need info)	Guam - lots of photos	-
1940's - TAW, TBA, TBC, TCK, TDH (need info)	TBC - 40-50 kw, water-cooled	Guam - lots of photos
1950's - TEB, TEC, TEF, AN/FRT-5, AN/FRT-6	TEC	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 - 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