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Canvas cover for RT 246 RT524
Good point. These radios are going on 50+ years old and the O-rings on the covers have flattened out. That allows air to "breath" in and out as the radios sit on the sun and then cool back down in the evening. If that air is moist it get's into the radios and the moisture stays there. I've...- papakb
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- Forum: Military Radios and Other Electronics
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Canvas cover for RT 246 RT524
The covers for the 246/524 were issued by the Army back in the '60's and then pulled from service because they would cause the radios to overheat. The circuitry in the radio will turn the fan on if it detects too much heat even if the radio is off. This killed batteries in trucks that sat in the...- papakb
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- Forum: Military Radios and Other Electronics
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Canvas cover for RT 246 RT524
That's Fair Radio Sales, Lima, Ohio. Fair Radio Sales Company Inc. Kurt- papakb
- Post #7
- Forum: Military Radios and Other Electronics
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Canvas cover for RT 246 RT524
Radio covers Back around 1981 I was at Fred Swedines surplus yard outside Salt Lake City and there was a mountain of these covers sitting out in the weather. I wish I'd had enough sense to buy a hundred of them and store them away. Those covers have all turned to mush and, other than eBay the...- papakb
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- Forum: Military Radios and Other Electronics