[Milsurplus] MIL HF portable list

John Kolb [email protected]
Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:57:19 -0700 (PDT)


On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Alan Tasker wrote:

> Any comments, corrections?
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>
> Military/Paramilitary HF portable Radios,
>
> Solid State or Mostly so
>
> Southcom SC-120 Patrolfone (~1972) 23 ch, 2-10 MHz, clarifier, USB and/or
> LSB depending on model ordered/CW/AME, 10/20W, 12 V
>
23 channels, 1 crystal per channel. Lots of these went to Iran
and Saudi Arabia.

> Southcom SC-130 Patrolfone (~1978) Syn, 2-12 MHz @ 1 kHz, clarifier,
> LSB/USB/AME/CW, 5/20W, 12 V
>

The date on the SC-130 should be ~1974 as I recall - I was the
production engineer at Southcom at the time. It was certainly
in production by 1975 when I quit.

> Kachina MP-25 (~1980) syn, 2-15 MHz @ 100 Hz, USB/LSB/AME/CW, 6/25 W, LED
> display,
>
Kachina founded by Les Erhshaw, the founder of Southcom.

John  [email protected]