[Milsurplus] AN/PRC-59 OTA

[Bruce Gentry]

In 1975, I worked on them occasionally at one of the local  the 2 way 
radio shops. The tubes were indeed easy to get and not expensive. 
However, all the ones I serviced then had some sort of power supply and 
nicad batteries retrofitted,   67 1/2 volt "B" batteries were becoming 
quite expensive and had to be special ordered. Most of the customers 
using them were construction companies, they were battered and well 
used, and the fact they worked at all in that environment speaks well 
for the design.

     Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY

On 2/6/16 5:20 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> 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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