[Milsurplus] PRC-16

[W7QHO at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/05 9:50:15 PM, jwatkins at omantel.net.om writes:


> I memory is correct (always a problem) there is a section in the RT-70 TM
> that tells about the battery and antenna to convert the RT-70 into the
> PRC-16 (not sure this is the number, but think it's correct). All That was
> needed was the battery box and antenna.  I have never actually laid eyes on
> these 2 items, but that was all that it took.  I believe that Fair Radio
> actually had some of this stuff back a few years (more than I care to think
> about).
> 
Yes, the PRC-16 is described in TM 11-290, February 1957. An interconnecting 
cable would be required as well, of course.

>   The RT-68 was not ever considered for a PRC role.  Can't imagine
> packing that on my back, might as well pack a GRC-19.
> 
No PRC designation apparently ever applied to the RT-68, but a non-vehicular 
field setup using that radio along with a battery box and a vertical antenna 
attached directly to the set is described in the publication "INFANTRY CO
MMUNICATIONS DATA" published by the United States Army Infantry School, Fort 
Benning, Georgia (January 1966).   Interesting to note that the RT-66/7/8 and RT-70 
all include a socket on the front panel to mate with the  MT-652/GR antenna 
mount.   Only a couple of antenna sections required to operate in the frequency 
range of the RT-68 and 70 (47 - 58.4 MHz), but the antenna length would become 
increasingly unwieldy with the lower frequency sets, especially the RT-66 (20 
- 27.9 MHz).


Dennis D. W7QHO
Glendale, CA