[Milsurplus] Unid radio in Vietnam photo

[Tom B]

The one with the thick antenna is a PRC-41.  The other one looks to me 
like two PRC-8/9/10 radios strapped together.   You can see that there 
are two antennas on the guy's back.

PRC-8 (20 .. 27.9 MHz) was meant for Armour,
PRC-9 (27 .. 38.9 MHz) was meant for Artillery and
PRC-10 (38 .. 54.9 MHz) for Infantry.

Tom
N3AJA




On 6/24/2024 8:09 PM, Al Klase wrote:
> Hugh,
>
> The most used squad radios in Vietnam before 1968 were members of the 
> PRC-8/9/10 family.  This is consistent with the long aspect radio seen 
> in the sets in the picture.  I don't know about the fat antenna.  MAY 
> would have been pretty obsolete by this time.
>
> AL
>
>
>
> On 6/24/2024 6:16 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
>>
>> I am posting a photo from an article in ‘Vietnam’ magazine, Summer 
>> 2023, p54. The radio just to left of the chopper nose, what is it?
>> The antenna is “fatter” than a PRC-25 antenna, isn’t it? Couldn’t be 
>> something like an MAY, could it?
>>
>> Also: Cessna O-2 Skymaster has a wire antenna from ( looks like ) 
>> cockpit to left side tail. What radio would that be for, an HF radio ?
>>
>> and: The crew on something like Ontos M50, which i think was a more 
>> specialized job, were those crew also draftees or enlisted?
>>
>> ( I don’t know how quickly you could train people to operate such 
>> armored vehicle. )
>>
>> thanks-
>>
>> Hue Miller
>>
>>
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