[MRCA] M151A2 Commo #5 FAC Seat

B. Smith smithab11 at comcast.net
Tue Jul 9 14:02:28 EDT 2024


Great job, definitely a 109. I've always enjoyed the "FAC" seat 
especially during events as you can interact easily with other 
participants instead of being buried in the back seat, crawling over the 
seat to get in the rear is a real PITA.
Z

On 7/8/2024 6:34 PM, MilComm Guy wrote:
> Today I finished the installation of the FAC seat brackets, this 
> allows the passenger seat to be installed facing the rear to operate 
> the equipment in the back.  The original seat mounts are un-touched 
> and the seat mounts in either direction, the additional brackets are 
> mounted between the front mounts and on the toolbox cover.  This is an 
> original configuration used with the FAC radio set mounted in the rear 
> of the M151 series of trucks, these would have been part of the radio 
> installation kit.  I found the toolbox mounted bracket from a wanted 
> ad and the front mount was reproduced from pictures and measurements 
> supplied by Breck K4CHE.  Breck introduced the set up to me and 
> suggested I try it as it was a very handy operating position.  First 
> application will be at the Weare NH MV show this month operating the 
> Mite tty from the back on the Saturday RATT net.
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> Mark
> K1HF
>
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