"George R. Gonzalez" wrote in
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More info on Pic 19 (http://users.erols.com/eengineer/096f_17.jpg):
the three identical items stacked together on the left
side appear to be KG-14 cryptodevices, from the picture of a KG-14 at
http://webhome.idirect.com/~jproc/crypto/kg14.html.

The arrangement of the thumbscrews that hold the box in its case
is pretty distinctive, and the fuseholders just below that box
sticking out of the front panel do, I think, pretty much cinch the
identification.

--
Mike Andrews

Tired old sysadmin



The crypto gear still has the key modules in place? Weird.

Maybe the crew had time to dump them; if so, the Koreans bought spares on
eBay.

Ed

"Ed Price" ) writes:
"George R. Gonzalez" wrote in
message news:xVRXb.40407$yE5.149775@attbi_s54...

More info on Pic 19 (http://users.erols.com/eengineer/096f_17.jpg):
the three identical items stacked together on the left
side appear to be KG-14 cryptodevices, from the picture of a KG-14 at
http://webhome.idirect.com/~jproc/crypto/kg14.html.

The arrangement of the thumbscrews that hold the box in its case
is pretty distinctive, and the fuseholders just below that box
sticking out of the front panel do, I think, pretty much cinch the
identification.

--
Mike Andrews

Tired old sysadmin



The crypto gear still has the key modules in place? Weird.

Maybe the crew had time to dump them; if so, the Koreans bought spares on
eBay.

Ed

But when was the picture taken?

There was an article in QST in the early seventies by a crew member of
the Pueblo, who happened to be a ham. He mentioned taking a fire axe
the the R-390s. Someone with a better organized collection could look
up the article (it must have in the first few months of 1971 or earlier,
since I did not read the article when it first came out, and I
started reading QST in April of 1971). So I thought the equipment
was indeed damaged, though maybe they did not have enough time to
do enough damage.

Michael VE2BVW

The article appeared in the February 1971 issue of QST and was written by
Ralph McClintock, then K1SCQ - now W1ZK.

The reference to actually destroying gear:

"I didn't realize it then, but in about one hour I could be taking a sledge
hammer and fire axe to those R-390As along with all the other juicy
receiving equipment on board Pueblo (about five million dollars worth)."

I had clipped and saved his article...glad I did now.

73 -- Dino KLØS/4

It was the February, 1971 issue.

Jim

Michael Black wrote:

"Ed Price" ) writes:

"George R. Gonzalez" wrote in
message news:xVRXb.40407$yE5.149775@attbi_s54...

More info on Pic 19 (http://users.erols.com/eengineer/096f_17.jpg):
the three identical items stacked together on the left
side appear to be KG-14 cryptodevices, from the picture of a KG-14 at
http://webhome.idirect.com/~jproc/crypto/kg14.html.

The arrangement of the thumbscrews that hold the box in its case
is pretty distinctive, and the fuseholders just below that box
sticking out of the front panel do, I think, pretty much cinch the
identification.

--
Mike Andrews

Tired old sysadmin



The crypto gear still has the key modules in place? Weird.

Maybe the crew had time to dump them; if so, the Koreans bought spares on
eBay.

Ed


But when was the picture taken?

There was an article in QST in the early seventies by a crew member of
the Pueblo, who happened to be a ham. He mentioned taking a fire axe
the the R-390s. Someone with a better organized collection could look
up the article (it must have in the first few months of 1971 or earlier,
since I did not read the article when it first came out, and I
started reading QST in April of 1971). So I thought the equipment
was indeed damaged, though maybe they did not have enough time to
do enough damage.

Michael VE2BVW