[Milsurplus] parachute mobile

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Would really like to use a mil radio on one of my parachute mobile comm jumps, but my PRC 74 is just too big and heavy. Any suggestions? It is a lot of fun to do QSOs under canopy even if it was likely not done by the military.



I have been reading about SOG (Special Observation Group) HALO jumps made in Viet Nam. The jumpers reported being supplied with a beacon (for the leader) and DFs?(for the rest) ?that looked like converted BC band transistor radios. The gear was used ?to locate each other after landing in the jungle. 



Any ideas on what this gear was?



73,

Mark

AF6IM