US Navy Fixed Frequency Receivers

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My main interest is in HF communications in the 1950's and early 1960's but this is a work in progress
Please send me e-mail with additions, corrections, links, photos, etc. - thanks, Nick K4NYW
Many of these photos are of equipment that was for sale on eBay.
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Fixed Frequency Receivers
model	type	primary use	freq	Manuf & Info
AN/FRR-18	similar to FRR-21	LF shore (tunable or xtal control) similar to FRR-21	14-600 kc tunable or 4 channel xtal control 28 tubes	RCA info
AN/FRR-19	similar to FRR-23	HF shore (tunable or xtal control) similar to FRR-23	2-32 mc tunable or 4 channel xtal control 29 tubes	RCA info
AN/FRR-26 (R-517/FRR-26)		MF shore	2-8 mc xtal control	Kaar Navships 92557 info/photos
AN/FRR-27 (R-518/FRR-27		VHF shore (similar to FRR-26)	100-156 mc xtal control	Communications Co. Inc.
AN/FRR-30 (R-519/FRR-30)	similar to FRR-26	LF shore (similar to FRR-26)	200-500 kc xtal control	Communications Co. Inc.1956 NAVSHIPS 92679
AN/FRR-31 (R-777/FRR-31)		HF shore (similar to FRR-26)	8-32 mc xtal control 15 tubes	Communications Co. Inc.
AN/FRR-49(V) ( TMC FFR )	upper - module storage lower - receiver	LF-HF shore (tunable or xtal control) FRR-49's at Wahiawa photo - TMC vintage radio web site	50 kc - 32 mc (depends on plugin) FRR-49's at NAVCOMMSTA Kodiak 1959	TMC model FFR NAVSHIPS 92786 info TMC manual photos and manual
AN/FRR-502 ( TMC FFR)		HF shore (tunable or xtal control) same as FRR-49 but comes with 3 plug-ins	2-16 mc (includes 3 plugins) tunable or xtal control remote control via AN/FRA-501	TMC model FFR info manual photos and manual
AN/FRA-501 AN/FRA-19(V) ( TMC RCR )		Remote control for FRR-49 and FRR-502 - allows control of HF osc, BFO, RF gain, BFO on-off, AGC on-off	More info & list of components	TMC model RCR TMC spec pages NAVSHIPS 92600 manual available from Vintage Manuals