[MRCA] SCR-610 frequency discussion - and other things

[mkdorney at aol.com]

Sure would be nice if some of the other vehicle owners in the MVPA wrote about the radios common to the era when their vehicles were on active duty.  When I was in, we had AN/VRC-46 and AN/VRC-47 radios, PRC 77 and even a few PRC-25 radios,  KY 57 VINSON, Light TACFIRE and that stuff. Everything was digitally tuned and aligned for TACFIRE.  Overseas, because one of the units I served in was and FA Special Weapons Detachment, we had an GRC-106  AM set in the M151 Jeep ( we called it a Jeep, or a "quarter ton", not a MUTT), and towed a 1/4 ton generator trailer with two small generators to power the radio.  An article about  a deuce equipped with a working RATT rig or a 5 ton with working SATCOM stuff would be pretty interesting if they could be written about without worries about security ( some of the higher end stuff may still be in use for all I know.  Very doubtful, but still......). 
 
 I was an officer, so my time in service involved more of the overall running of things rather than coms specific stuff.  But the subject of common radios from other era's would make for interesting reading ( and we might get a few more members in the Ham radio community and the MRCA as an added bonus).
 
Mark 
WW2RDO
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/28/2017 5:27:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrca at mailman.qth.net writes:

 
Here's a topic for discussion......  When setting up an SCR-610 radio net, what would be the two frequencies best used in the 2 trick pony to create an operational net.  The SCR-610 operates between 27 to 38.9 MHz FM, fone only ( 10 meter FM band ).  One frequency would obviously be 29.6 MHz FM, the Simplex frequency for 10 meter voice communications.  What about the other frequency?  In New York State, we use 29.1 MHz FM, but I understand out west, 29.4 MHz FM works better.  We're in the beginning stages of trying to set some sort of national standard here for radio operators/vehicle owners to use with this particular WW2 military radio so everybody is on the same page and can talk to one another should they choose/want to.  All comments are welcome.


 
Mark
WW2RDO
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