[MRCG] Cavalry Radios = The Other Cavalry

[Robert Burmeister]

It was not a repackaged BC-611 but had many common components, especially
the tuning coils and crystals. The two thus interfaced well and did so at a
recent MRCG live demo and short QSO.

Bob B.
AG6QL
Saratoga, CA

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Dennis DuVall <duvallddennis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, that would be the SCR-511 (BC-745).  The shaft fit in the guidon
> socket on cavalry saddle stirrups.  The most portable radio the Army had
> for a while at the beginning of the War and probably used on the ground
> rather than on horseback most of the time.
>
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
>
> > On May 12, 2015, at 4:06 PM, willi6 at starpower.net wrote:
> >
> > Was there another radio, perhaps lovingly referred to as the
> "Horsy-Talky"?
> >
> > I believe it was a small square box (6x6x6") with a repackaged BC-611.
> below the box was a straight shaft that would fit into the stirrup or some
> other part of the horse stuff  <?>.  Above the box was a longish whip.  The
> horse mounted operator had a headset, chest microphone and PTT.
> >
> > 73,  Dave
> >
> > K7HMP/4
>
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