[MRCA] RF-420S gandset

[Tim]

Hi Tom -
I'm pretty sure the URC-58's were used on some versions of the PCF's (Swift
Boats) in Vietnam but they were not used on the PTF's.  The PTF's had the
ARC-94 HF set (Collins 618T) and the very early PTF's even had TCS sets
prior to 1964 or thereabouts.  Some 1974 photo's of post-war PTF's here
with a photo of the radio room of PTF-17.  This was the same configuration
as used in Vietnam for those boats...The PTF's also carried the GRC-109 for
HF CW.
http://www.n6cc.com/trumpy_ptf17
The handset in the photo's was not used on PTF's.  We had H-169/U handsets
and a C-1138 remote patched in.

73, Tim
N6CC



On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Thomas Chirhart <k4ncgva at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hope the photos go through otherwise email me and I will send them to you.
> Still looking to ID the set. Perhaps the RF-302 2-15 MHz transceivers the
> Navy used on the PT-F's in Vietnam? 3X 6146W's and a 12BY7 driver, lousy
> tuners and often the BM's cooked the finals trying to tune the radio... I
> was too late for VN (1973) but many RM's I served with knew the URC 58's
> and were there.
> May have been on Swift boats too in the Mekong Delta? Any old Navy Sparks
> out there remember? 73 Tom RMC ret.. K4NCG
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