[Milsurplus] AN/PRC-59 OTA

[Bob Camp]

Hi

My first “hand held” was a forest service version of that same radio. It was
not quite as pretty. I was amazed when I found that Motorola still stocked the
pencil tubes at a amazingly low price. This was back in the 70’s so that’s not
quite true today.

Bob

> On Feb 6, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Just wanted to report that an AN/PRC-59 made it
> back on the air today.
> 
> This is basically one of the old hybrid Motorola
> Handie Talkies( AKA Hernia Talkies) that came
> out around 1960. The civvy nomenclature would be
> something like H23BAC-1000. This particular one has
> a Coast Guard nameplate and is painted grey
> with a Coast Guard emblem on the side.
> 
> I picked it up at MRCG at SLO last year, and it finally
> made it to the top of the project pile. No real
> issues in firing it up, I was worried that some
> of the electrolytics may be dried up, but the
> ones I checked were OK.
> 
> Now to look for an AN/PRC-91, which is the Navy
> version of the later Motorola HT-200 Handie Talkie.
> 
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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