[MRCA] PSC-3 Battery Box?

[W2HX]

Hello all,

I recently acquired a nice PSC-3 Satcom transceiver.  It was built by Cincinnati electronics, same company that built the PRC-70 and the two radios seem to share some similarities.  The PSC-3 uses two kinds of batteries. First type is BB-542/U and uses a "small" battery box. This uses the same connector as the PRC-70.  The radio can also use a pair of 590/390/2590 style batteries. But it needs a "taller" battery box.    Pictures here:

http://www.w2hx.com/x/PSC-3/

Does anyone know where such a taller battery box might be located? Initially I thought this could use the same battery box as the PRC-104 (CY-7875) but I then realized that in the PSC-3, the two x90 batteries are offset, not centered in the radio like the CY-7875.  You can see this in one of the pictures where I stuck two BB-590 batteries on the rear of the radio.

I do wonder if there is a battery box for the PRC-70 that might have taken x90 style batteries? If so, I wonder if this could be what I am looking for.

Anyone know?
thanks


73 Eugene W2HX

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