Military Radios @ ARRL Field Day 2024
ARRL Field Day 2024: In an effort to encourage more off-grid, portable field radio operation and exercises the following After Action Report is posted: I used some of my usual […]
Military Tactical Radios
MIL COMMO FTX: Field Day 2023
UPDATE 7/9/2024 In an effort to encourage more field operations by Hams, especially with military field radio gear, the following After Action Report is posted. This was my Military Communications […]
PRC-174 HF Manpack Radio Set
UPDATE: 11/30/2024 I recently obtained a veteran RT-936/PRC-174 HF manpack radio from a fellow Ham (Thanks!). These were made by Tadiran from a design clearly originating from Hughes Aircraft, makers […]
Mil Radio Ops at FOB COVID 2020
July 2020: The following is a brief After Action Report on Military Radio training operations at Forward Operating Base COVID, July 2020. Scheduling difficulties required delaying from the June 2020 […]
TRC-77A HF CW Transceiver
UPDATED 10/14/2024 A friend recently gave me an RT-654A/TRC-77. Also known as the TRC-77A. The RT-654(*) is the basic component of the “AN/TRC-77” set. A Deep Dive – probably more […]
The PRC-47 HF SSB/CW/RATT Transceiver
Updated 6/12/2024 Some notes regarding the AN/PRC-47. This radio was designed by Collins and 1423 sets were produced by them (Contract NOm-72362, 15 December 1961). The Department of the Navy […]
AN/GRC-109 “Special Forces” Radio Set
UPDATED 9/23/2024: My favorite “Black Radio”. The AN/GRC-109, AKA the “GRC-109” and “ANGRY 109”. Probably the ultimate “SHTF Radio” for trained (or trainable) personnel.Some research, observations and adventures below; probably […]
The RS-6 Radio Set
UPDATED 10/29/2024 Another favorite Black Radio is the RS-6 set. (RS-6 = Radio Station number 6 per Central Intelligence Agency nomenclature.) “This radio set (below) and battery was hidden in […]
PRC-25 Radio Set
UPDATED 1/10/2024 The AN/PRC-25 (AKA “Prick-25”) had a relatively short but very successful history before it was soon replaced by the incrementally-improved but nearly identical AN/PRC-77. In 1967 General Creighton […]
A.R.C. Type 12 VHF AM Aircraft System
UPDATED 3/28/2024 (Aircraft installations, nomenclature clarifications) The A.R.C. Type 12 components and systems were developed and marketed in the post-war period largely for the growing civilian aviation industry. They were […]