[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] Unid radio in Vietnam photo

[B. Smith]

Both antennas can be connected but that was not the intent of the 
design. BTW there is no "secret" or hidden internal plunger or 
micro-switch to be activated when an antenna is inserted. I've discussed 
the antenna system in Part 1 of my PRC-10 series.  As "Scrathi" would 
say there is no "switchi".

On 6/28/2024 10:59 AM, Al Klase wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Perhaps they were observing More's Law:  If one antenna is good two 
> antennas have to be better.
> After looking at the schematic for a while, I suspect both antennas 
> would be connected, and you might not notice the difference, at least 
> at close range.
>
> Further, it looks like most of these guys had their radios strapped to 
> WWII style UM-368 pack boards.  They are likely more comfortable than 
> the harnesses provided with the PCR's.
>
>
>
>
>
> AL
>
> On 6/27/2024 1:27 PM, Tom B wrote:
>>
>> Hi Al,
>>
>> The horse is not quite dead yet, I think it wants to go for a walk.
>>
>> What reason would there be to install both antennas on a PRC-10?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 6/27/2024 12:57 PM, Al Klase wrote:
>>> As long as we're still beating a dead horse....
>>>
>>> I'm with Tom B.
>>>
>>> The radio's are too tall to be PRC-25's.  Plus the 25 has only one 
>>> antenna mount, so you can't install both antennas at once.  There 
>>> are separate mounts on the PRC-8/9/10 for the long and short 
>>> antenna.  Various load-carrying gear got used, so counting the 
>>> straps means very little.
>>>
>>> Then there the radio with the fat antenna.   PRC-41 makes sense.  
>>> It's a UHF air-band forward-air-controller (FAC) radio.ase help 
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