Tom I don't really know.
I know that RACAL was initially a South African company and a RACAL
is a South African Lynx type cat. Due to Sanctions in the 60's and
70's Racal went international to bypass sanctions.
It maybe that "TR48s" was the original SA designation. My set came
from South Africa and was sold to the Portuguese in Mozambique.
TR48s may be their designation. I came by it by capture and it
was "issued" to me.
It has some interesting antenna accessories one of which is a large
bobbin type spool that has a cord wound on it. The cord has a
multiple wire woven into it. You just spool out the cord, throw its
washer type weight over a tree limb and plug the pin on the end of
the spool into the antenna whip hole.
Maybe I have some rare rendition. :-) The serial number under the
plastic front face is 00024 so it appears to be an early issue of
the TR48s designation.
I have a set of manuals on the way from a friend in South Africa.
Jim
