[MRCA] Fw: [Milsurplus] PRC-6 Battery Box

[W2HX]

Thanks Gene! Yes, these pencil toobs are quite interesting. Are these tubes
available if they go bad in the PRC-6?

73 Eugene W2HX


-----Original Message-----
From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of B Smith
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:32 PM
To: MRCA
Subject: [MRCA] Fw: [Milsurplus] PRC-6 Battery Box




From: Gene Smar 
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 3:34 PM
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] PRC-6 Battery Box



Eugene:

     I followed Breck's idea for arranging the stacks of batteries in my own
PRC-6's with one exception.  Instead of forming a lot of aluminum, I simply
used masking tape to hold the ten 9-Volt batteries together in one bunch and
the C-batt holders in another bunch.  The 7-pin connector is attached
loosely at the ends of the batt wires (don't' forget to use heat-shrink
tubing around each socket pin).  This collection rattles around a bit
inside, but you're not really using them in combat.  

     When I install the batteries for this set, I lay them out with the
C-cells (in holders) and AAA-cells (in one three-batt holder) on the bottom
of the case and the 9-Volt batts on top of these, just as Breck shows on his
web pages.  When the batts discharge, I simply replace the C-cells in their
holders and tape up a new set of 9 Volt batts.  

     As someone else here said earlier, the engineering and manufacturing
that went into these early HTs, including the BC-611, is worth having and
getting to understand.  It always amazes me how clever our grandfathers and
fathers were in their use of bearskins-and-stone-knives technolgies.  


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
P.S.  For another enlightening look at pencil tubes (used in the -6) check
out the VT Fuze project from WWII.  You might want to google VT, Deke
Parsons and Applied Physics Lab.  


Oct 28, 2010 02:49:14 PM, smithab11 at comcast.net wrote:

  I prefer usually for the "smaller" field set to 
  use home brew battery boxes. Battery power is very 
  quite and very reliable. Dollar store batteries 
  are my favorite but be sure and test them under at 
  least a 25 ma load for a short(2 or 3 seconds) 
  period.
  PRC-6 and BC-611 see my web pages at:
  http://k4che.com/PRC-6%20Battery%20Box.htm

  73

  breck k4che



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