[MRCA] Usefulness of a PRC-113?

[Ken Krausgill]

I agree with Scott, I put one together about two years ago mostly because I think it looks great and I wanted a way to be able to monitor aircraft from my truck.

 

It may be fairly useless but I still love it.

 

I have no idea how common the FM variants are, I have never seen one.

 

Ken

KD2GFM

 

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As a pilot, I love having it in my hangar, plus I can get into the weekly 2M AM net here in Phoenix.

I also like monitoring the UHF air band.

Overkill?  Sure, but what a beautiful radio.

 

Scott V. Johnson W7SVJ

5111 E. Sharon Dr.

Scottsdale, AZ 85254-3636

H (602) 953-5779

C (480) 550-2358

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scott.johnson at ieee.org <mailto:scott.johnson at ieee.org> 

 

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Subject: [MRCA] Usefulness of a PRC-113?

 

Gentlemen, I’m going to expose some ignorance and ask a (probably) dumb question:

 

Is there any useful amateur application for PRC-113, beyond LOS on 2-meters? Can it do repeater splits, and how common are the models that can do FM? 

 

I never thought twice about these rigs, but they occasionally pop up in photos of green radio shacks, etc.  

 

Thanks for any help and 73

Scott, kc8kbk

South Florida

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