[MRCA] What is Dis?

[chancewolf at me.com]

Panel guard mod for an RT-524 transceiver.   Basically early days it was discovered the hard way that the existing panel guards were being used as handles and/ or taking the brunt of a lot of impact to the point they’d break right out of the front panel – and take some chunks of the panel with them.    The fix was to get these things made up – one per side – which picked up the mounting screws top and bottom and installed over the existing panel guards – the idea being that any impact trauma etc. would be transferred to the more solid mounting and/or the new guard,  preserving the factory guards and saving an awful lot of panel replacements (which I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy…even in a depot environment.)  

Some people take them off and just go with the factory look (at their own peril) – and apparently later runs of the RT-524 had strengthened panel guards, though I’ve yet to come across one.  

 

From: mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mrca-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of B. Smith via MRCA
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 6:05 PM
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Subject: [MRCA] What is Dis?

 

Was doing an inventory of my M151A1 spares box and found this bracket/mount?
What is it?
Z


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