[MRCA] Usefulness of a PRC-113?

[MilComm Guy]

I have used mine on the MRCA 144.25 at the shows, monitor aircraft at the
local airport.  I am unaware of any PRC-113 that can do FM.

K1HF

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 5:12 PM Ken Krausgill via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> 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.
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> It may be fairly useless but I still love it.
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> I have no idea how common the FM variants are, I have never seen one.
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> Ken
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> KD2GFM
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> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> *On Behalf Of *Scott Johnson
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 15, 2020 2:50 PM
> *To:* 'Scott Pastor' <scottpastor at gmail.com>; 'Mrca Mailing List' <
> MRCA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] Usefulness of a PRC-113?
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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.
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> I also like monitoring the UHF air band.
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> Overkill?  Sure, but what a beautiful radio.
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> Scott V. Johnson W7SVJ
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> 5111 E. Sharon Dr.
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> scott.johnson at ieee.org
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> *From:* mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
> Behalf Of *Scott Pastor
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 15, 2020 11:50 AM
> *To:* Mrca Mailing List <MRCA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* [MRCA] Usefulness of a PRC-113?
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> Gentlemen, I’m going to expose some ignorance and ask a (probably) dumb
> question:
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> 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?
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> I never thought twice about these rigs, but they occasionally pop up in
> photos of green radio shacks, etc.
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> Thanks for any help and 73
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> Scott, kc8kbk
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> South Florida
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