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

Thu Oct 28 19:23:36 EDT 2010

I went the battery adapter route because for what batteries cost I felt it was cheaper to get the adapter and a rechargeable lantern battery. I've been looking to combine the whole setup into a single package that looks just like the original battery but haven't had the time. I got the adapter with the intention of reverse engineering it but the guy that makes them encases them in a solid material that makes it impossible to disassemble :(

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

There is also a guy on ebay that sells the tubes pretty cheap. Out of all that I've bought though not one has had a bad tube.

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

Eugene:

     Yes, they are available - from another PRC-6!  I think I have six -6's 
and a couple of chassis so I can canibalize a few to get one or two good 
ones.  Probably not a bad idea for most milrads - get a spare for parts, 
especially the tubes.

     As Mike wrote, you can align these things pretty easily with a VOM and 
screwdriver.  You'll need the manual for the process.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

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Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MRCA] Fw: [Milsurplus] PRC-6 Battery Box

> Thanks Gene! Yes, these pencil toobs are quite interesting. Are these 
> tubes
> available if they go bad in the PRC-6?
>
> 73 Eugene W2HX
>
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> On
> Behalf Of B Smith
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:32 PM
> To: MRCA
> Subject: [MRCA] Fw: [Milsurplus] PRC-6 Battery Box
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>
>
>
> From: Gene Smar
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 3:34 PM
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] PRC-6 Battery Box
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>
>
> 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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