Coastal River Division 21 Comm Center
CRD21 Comm Center: Well, lets start here because this is one place the boats communicated with (and this site is about Combat Comms!). We built a shore Comm Center in ...
Military Tactical Radios
AN/GRC-109 “Special Forces” Radio Set
Probably my favorite radio set. The “COOL METER” is Pegged on this one! Used extensively from the early 1960′s through the 1970′s and beyond by US military Special Forces worldwide, ...
SCR-284 Radio Set
The SCR-284 was used extensively during WWII. Designed as a portable field radio, the complete field set could be carried by 3 men or it could be mounted in vehicles. ...
AN/GRC-9 Radio Set
Updated: US Marines of a Tactical Air Control Party with the First Marine Division in combat at the Chosin Reservoir operating a GRC-9 transmitter-receiver. Note the weapon cleaning rod likely ...
The RS-6 Radio Set
UPDATED. Another favorite field radio is the RS-6 set. Many other sites go into the technical details of this set but I will mainly focus on general description, observations and ...
The PRC-47 HF SSB/CW/RATT Transceiver
The beginning of some notes regarding the Collins PRC-47. I will focus on actual field use in the Navy and later on in use as a Ham radio transceiver. We ...
Radio News
What’s happening at N6CC, both at the home QTH as well as tactical ops out in the boonies. Type 12 / MAW Hearability Tests: In October 2010 we ran some ...
MVCC Battalion Communications Center
Battalion Communications Center – Military Vehicle Collectors of California Rally’s: A periodic display of Military Communications Equipment at the MVCC events. Some interesting “Joint Operations” were held at the MVCC’s ...
GRC-9 / GRC-109 Receiver Battery Power Supply
Both the GRC-9 and GRC-109 used the BA-48 battery to power their respective receivers as an option. When operated from the various dynamotor, vibrator or AC supplies, the receivers were ...
The venerable Command Set
Most seasoned Hams grew up with these radios: transmitters, receivers or both. Designed for high frequency AM Voice (mostly) or CW aircraft-to-aircraft communications during WWII, they performed the function of ...