[Milsurplus] MAK Project

[Ray Fantini]

I gave away last year an MAK, power supply, and remote control to a fellow Oregon ham. The lack of continuous tuning and CW capability dissuaded me from pursuing the project.

-Hue



The MAK has what some may consider the issues of fixed frequency and low power along with being AM only, and perhaps that's what saved this radio for well over seventy years from being modified or otherwise Ham Hacked?

I have been doing increasing amounts of shows and events where I drag out the M151/GRC-106 and operate things like the MRCA and MMRCG nets but also find that more and more I am also netting with locals at the shows running things like BC-611, pogo sticks and DAV/MAB sets and a broad band fix channel set like the MAK may be the best solution to netting with these radios.

The little MAK is smaller then things like the TCS or TBX for that matter, and being only a fraction of the size of what's involved with the BC-669 going to be a lot easier to deal with.

The WW2 reenactor community is a growing thing and some are licensed Hams and want to have the experience of using the radios. I have also been looking into establishing a HF AM two way channel between one of the Fire Control Towers located over in Cape May NJ with the FDC Plotting room at Fort Miles in Delaware as part of their annual event. Been thinking of something like the BC-669 at Fort Miles but the little MAK may be just the thing for a Fire Control Tower.

At this point in time am thinking of building up solid state switching supply for running the MAK from twelve volts that can be hidden behind or somewhere out of sight for the radio and maybe a T-17 for the microphone, LS-6 for a speaker and AB-15 mount and antenna.

Yes, the MAK is hardly suited for today's world of Ham communications being fixed channel, low power and AM only but I think it may be just the thing for working WW2 events.



Ray F/KA3EKH
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