[Milsurplus] Wanted RT-159B/ URC-4 information, parts etc.

[Ray, W2EC]

Yeah! George is right!

I'm a CAP SAR mission pilot and get called out at all hours of the night
(typically) chasing these errant ELT signals when the AFRCC gets a
SARSAT hit on one of those frequencies. I locate the site from the air
with onboard DF gear then call in the ground troops to physically locate
it. If it is not an actual emergency, they will show up at your door
with a local LEO to make sure it is shut down. Then the Air Force
decides what the cost was for the SAR mission and how much they are
going to bill you for all the resources that were expended to locate
you. Just think 600 dollar toilet seats and you can imagine what kind of
bill you'll get.

Please don't bring these things up on the 121.5/243 freq, even to test
on a dummy load to see if they are working. You'd be surprised how
sensitive this tracking equipment is. Change to a freq in the ham band
first before testing.

73, Ray  W2EC

aGEnuine ham wrote:
> 
> Vaclav:
> 
> I can't count the number of those I converted to 2 meters back in the
> 50s, before solid state was usable above 10 MHz.  The purists on here
> would like to kill me now.  While the transmitter is crystal controlled,
> the receiver is superregenerative, and a real howler.  I never had a
> battery pack, so (horrors) I drilled out the connectors and brought a 4
> wire cable through the hole.
> 
> Now, my advice: restore it, don't ruin it, as there are cheap solid state
> radios which are a lot better for 2 meters.  Of course, you need to move
> it off the aircraft frequencies if you want to play with it.  Remember
> that those frequencies are monitored by satellite now, in addition to
> other platforms, so there is nowhere you can hide and not be heard except
> a 100 dB shielded room.  Battery boxes are still around, as are some
> other parts, even the tubes.
> 
> Did you get a yellow one or a army green one?  I've seen both.
> 
> 73, George W5VPQ
> 
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