[Milsurplus] Re:VRC-19

[Joseph Pinner]

On Jun 20, 2004, at 11:11 AM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> Hue & Alan,
>
> As Alan said, the AN/VRC-6 (lo-band) and AN/VRC-19, AN/FRC-27 and 
> AN/PRC-21
> (hi-band) were procurred for "security forces" in the early 50's.  If 
> there
> were lo-band FRC's or PRC's built, I don't have the numbers.  Briefly 
> sorta
> popular in the late 60's and early 70's.  Once in a great while 
> someone, usually an
> MV collector with an odd vehicle, will ask about parts for one of them.
> Beyond that, they're about like the MAR/RDR that I commented on 
> yesterday.  Very
> little demand and not much real salvage value either.  I have the 
> operating
> console (Control, Radio) C-845 around here somewhere, along with a 
> fair stack
> (pun intended) of the VRC-6 & 19 components.

There was also an FRR- version (cannot remember the number. Had one at 
one time. It was a big long case for the R-394 and its AC supply.

I would love to have another one - just because . . . .



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