The M37 isn’t done, but its been awhile since I have gone on a Parks on the Air trip so I loaded my pickup and the M101 and headed to Perry State Park, KS. In keeping with the Korean War era schtick, I brought a Remington typewriter and logged contracts with it. Not really efficient compared with using HAMRS or some logging program, but it worked and it was fun to do. In thinking about how my setup is coming together, it occurred to me that it is similar a RATT Rig (Radio Automatic Tele Type) in purpose, be
I used the TA-312 a lot while on active duty, really quite a whole lot. At the time I really didn’t appreciate just how useful and rugged these phones are.
The US Army recently removed these from inventory (last decade or so), which I think was a mistake given what they can do. They provide reliable communications for an area and do not give an interceptable signal like radios do. They are compact, can take a beating, and are quite simple to understand. I found a pair of these recently and decided to pick them up. One of them had a ringer that wouldn’t ring, so I did have to do some repair.