[MRCG] Wanted...VRC-19, R-394

[Mark J. Blair]

On Sep 26, 2014, at 20:10 , Craig VonIlten <Craig.VonIlten at trustautomation.com> wrote:
> The seller I'd purchased from failed to follow up...looks like it may have been health related.  In any case, I am  now looking to acquire one of these mud pies (if you're on the net you'll know what I'm talking about)...if you have any components collecting dust let me know.

I'm not sure whether you're looking for an entire VRC-19 set, or just one of the R-394 receiver units. I recall that we've talked about the mud pies on the net, but I don't remember which pieces you have and which pieces you're looking for. There are a couple of R-394 receivers on eBay at the moment from seller "airbum". I recently bought an AN/FRR-36 and a pile of R-394 plug-in modules from him with no issues.

The AN/FRR-36 is a standalone receiver that houses an R-394 and has a built-in speaker; I bought it on a whim just because it wasn't too expensive and looked kinda neat. I also have an AN/VRC-19 waiting for more of my attention. I don't know yet whether either set will need repairs, but at the very least, I'll need to fabricate a mounting bracket for the VRC-19's control head, build the interconnecting cable for the control head, and have crystals made for the transmitter and two receivers. One of the spare modules I recently got has a crystal in it that I can use to at least try out the receivers, but I'll still need to have some 146.52 MHz crystals made by ICM.

I also have an AN/PRC-21 draggie-talkie project. I've had the crystals made for it already, but I haven't gotten around to trying to build a battery pack for it.

I think that these radios are all neat, and I hope I'll actually play with them someday... :)

Well, maybe we'll talk about mud pies some more on the net this evening? I expect to be on the net tonight if no surprises come up.

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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
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