SCR-108
{{Short description|US Army radio truck}}
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|origin= United States
|type= Radio truck
|service= 1920-?
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|wars=World War I ?
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|design_date= 1919
|manufacturer=White Motor Company
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|length= 120 inches
|width= 64 inches
|height=64 inches
|weight=1 1/2 ton
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The SCR-108 Radio Truck was a Signal Corps Radio vehicle used by the United States Army during and after World War I for short range air-to-ground communications,
Use
This truck was assigned to squadron headquarters in order to communicate with the SCR-68 airplane radio as well as the others in its class. eventually replaced by the SCR-197 mobile radio station. The van is described as having room for 3 operators and one squadron radio officer. One bench supports the SCR-67, SCR-54, and one amplifier with storage batteries held by clamps underneath the bench. on another bench is the SCR-79. a desk for the officer is installed with batteries underneath. a six volt circuit is provided for two lamps connected to storage batteries, and a 110 volt circuit with two lamps is provided if there is an external power source available.
Components
(Note- all sets seem to have been upgraded to an A model)
File:Signal Corps SCR-54A crystal radio.jpg
- SCR-54 Receiver- (BC-14), Crystal detector; inductively coupled; tuned primary and secondary; 150 foot inverted L antenna; wavelength range, 200 to 600 meters (500 kHz - 1500 kHz)
- SCR-67 Radiotelegraph- (BC-13), transmitting and receiving; for ground stations; has 1 oscillator, 1 modulator, 1 detector, and 2 amplifier vacuum tubes; wavelength range transmitting 250 to 450 meters (600 kHz - 1200 kHz), and receiving 200 to 600 meters (500 kHz - 1500 kHz).
- SCR-79 Radiotelegraph- (BC-25), transmitting and receiving; consists of an electrostatically coupled vacuum tube oscillator circuit for transmitting, and a vacuum tube detector and 2 stage amplifier for receiving; requires a low resistance antenna. wavelength is 500 to 1.100 meters (250 kHz - 600 kHz)
- SCR-121 Amplifier- (BC-44), 2 stage vacuum tube audio amplifier using iron core transformers
Variants
The SCR-124 was evidently housed in a similar truck, and was assigned to division and Corps level headquarters. it carried the following components-
- SCR-99 Radiotelegraph
- SCR-121
- SCR-54
- SCR-82 battery charger (replaced by SCR-110)
- SCR-79.
- SCR-97 Radiotelephone
See also
References
- Signal Corps Storage Catalog [https://books.google.com/books?id=WgKAfBPtDL8C&dq=scr+54+radio&pg=PA33]
- Radio Communication Pamphlet No. 3 (SCR-54) [https://books.google.com/books?id=LSxJAQAAIAAJ&dq=scr+54+radio&pg=RA1-PA29]
- Radio Communications Pamphlet No. 17 (SCR-79)[https://books.google.com/books?id=LSxJAQAAIAAJ&dq=scr+54+radio&pg=RA1-PA29]
- Radio Communications Pamphlet No. 22 (SCR-67)
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100413132056/http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/museum/equipment.asp scr and bc lists
- Annual report [https://books.google.com/books?id=VBE_AAAAYAAJ&dq=scr-108+radio&pg=PA259]
- 1922 Congressional hearing [https://books.google.com/books?id=IA49AAAAYAAJ&dq=scr-124+truck&pg=PA210]
Category:Amateur radio transmitters
Category:Military radio systems of the United States