Regarding the KWM-2; back in the late 1980's and early 90's, we were forced
to turn in the KWM-2, 30L-1, 312b, etc which almost every Field Artillery
Battery, Air Defense Artillery Battery, and other Army units (usually a
Battalion Headquarters or higher) held. All these radios went to the
warehouses. The problem was the replacement equipment really did not work
in some the critical applications like receiving WWV , necessary to
precisely locate a FA battery battery center by simultaneous observation.
GPS and GPS survey now fills that role.
Back to the warehouses; in almost every state there is a USP&FO controlled
warehouse; some may still have some Collins equipment but most have cleared
the shelves of old junk, selling it by the pound after it was rendered
unusable by crushing it in some manner.
Best regards,
CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Allen
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 11:54 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] How much for an Orion III?
You mean, maybe there are warehouses full of KWM2s somewhere, like the old
ARC-5's?
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Dave Edwards <kd2e@comcast.net> wrote:
Also interesting (to think about)...
I wonder what percentage of them still exist today?
How many does the government still own?
How many remain on dusty shelves somewhere....unopened???
....Dave
On 4/14/14, 9:56 AM, Rsoifer@aol.com wrote:
I asked Rod, K0DAS (retired from Rockwell Collins), how many KWM-2s were
bought by hams rather than Uncle Sam. He said that nobody really knows,
but
his best guess is that the U.S. armed forces bought between 1/4 and 1/3
of
them. Some went to other government agencies as well as foreign
governments. That still leaves quite a few that were bought by hams
like me.
73 Ray W2RS
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