[MRCA] Re: MRCA Digest, Vol 24, Issue 1
Jerry Hansz
jhansz at adelphia.net
Thu Apr 6 13:23:32 EDT 2006
Hi guys,
Wish I could mirror your love of the GRCs! Maybe because I had 150 of them
to maintain in Fort Hood Texas in 1959!
Good luck.
Jerry
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> 1. RT-70 antenna base and batt case? (ersmar at comcast.net)
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> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:46:11 +0000
> From: ersmar at comcast.net
> Subject: [MRCA] RT-70 antenna base and batt case?
> To: mrca at mailman.qth.net;, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> (2nd attempt)
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> Gents:
>
> I know this is a longshot but here it is. Has anyone for sale a
> MT-652/GR antenna base, CY-590/GRC battery case and/or a power cable
> assembly CX-1209/U for the RT-70 milradio? If not, can you point me to a
> source for any/all?
>
> I just got one of my two RT-70/AM-65/GRC combos working today and
> would like to start adding some genuine mil components to it. I tried
> Fair Radio Sales but no luck there. Otherwise I'll just homebrew a GP
> antenna and use my not-old-looking-enough RS batt box to power the thing.
>
> BTW: I bought my battery from RS last week for $20. Must be a
> clearance sale. These things (model 274130) include a 12V, 12 A-H
> gellcell battery, 120VAC charger, charge indicator LEDs, cigarette lighter
> receptacle and DC circuit-breaker, HD automotive battery clamps, all in a
> plastic case with handle. The entire thing weighs 12 pounds. I shooda
> bought one or two more.
>
> Thanks for any leads.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:09:15 +0000
> From: ersmar at comcast.net
> Subject: [MRCA] Re: [Milsurplus] RT-70 antenna base and batt case?
> To: Mike Morrow <kk5f at arrl.net>, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
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> Mike:
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> My comments embedded below. Thanks.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
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> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net>
>> >Has anyone for sale a MT-652/GR antenna base, CY-590/GRC battery
>> >case and/or a power cable assembly CX-1209/U for the RT-70 milradio?
>>
>> Those items are genuinely hard to get. I've only been able to find one
>> MT-652
>> ever. I don't think much of it, though. Add the equally rare mounting
>> for the
>> CY-590 (MT-673/UR) to create the configuration known as the AN/PRC-16.
>> The
>> AM-65 is not used.
>
> I know about dropping the amp/PS off the configuration to make up the
> PRC-16. That's what I'd like to be able to do - run the RT-70 off a batt
> pack and use a small whip antenna for demos at the Gilbert, PA Mil Rad and
> MV show in September. But If I can't find a decent CY-something, I'll
> have to cart along the AM-65 to run the RT off 12 VDC. I'm not big on
> building something to house ten 9-Volt batts and a six Volt gell cell.
>
>
>>
>> >I just got one of my two RT-70/AM-65/GRC combos working today
>> >and would like to start adding some genuine mil components to it.
>>
>> You'd find it much easier to accumulate the components which make up the
>> AN/VRC-7. That requires the RT-70, AM-65 with PP-281 (for 12 vdc),
>> CX-1213
>> dogbone, and the vehicle mounting MT-300/GR.
>
> I already have the AM-65, PP-281 and CX-1213. Used these today. I might
> or might not want to get the mount. Depends on whether I want to run
> remote, I suppose.
>
>
> Only the mounting is moderately
>> hard to find. Fair Radio had the MT-300 in recent years for $85, and
>> maybe
>> still does.
>
> I think they still have 'em.
>
>
>>
>> The AN/VRC-7 is popular with some military vehicle types, who want an
>> authentic
>> radio installation, but don't want anything too elaborate.
>
> My goal exactly.
>
>
>>
>> CAUTION!!! If you are like me, these early 1950s US tactical FM radios
>> can
>> become addictive.
>
> Too late. I've got the two RT-70's and amps plus several (4 or 5)
> CPRC-26's, four PRC-10's plus amps and a whole bunch of PRC-6's. Most of
> them work. Wish I had someone to talk to on 51 MHz.
>
>
> They were the world's best and most advanced in their day (I
>> hate the vibrator power supplies, though). You'll soon want the premier
>> and
>> most elaborate combo of the series, the AN/GRC-7. That will consist of
>> an R-110
>> with PP-281, RT-68, PP-109, RT-70, AM-65 with PP-281, C-435, MT-297,
>> C-375, and
>> C-433/434 remote wire control units. Both RT units can operate on six
>> meters,
>> and the set can re-transmit signals on one RT through the other RT. It's
>> beautiful, all 250 pounds of it!
>
> Not enough room in the garage for the GRC/7 AND me! I hesitate to buy
> just the RT-68 'cuz I'm sure I won't be able to stop at that single item.
>
>
>
>>
>> But...most mil radio collectors don't give a damn about these sets.
>> They're not
>> WWII, you know!
>
> Yeah, too bad.
>
>
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike / KK5F
>
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