Photos How many old Secret Squirrels remember this ?

[Parallax]

Every A-Team had one...very rare today, especially working. Developed in the late 1940's/early 50's by the CIA as the electrically identical RS-1 spy-set, this is an improved version (c1964) US Army GRC-109A station... made to be buried, submerged and take a lick'n and keep on tick'n. Housed in gasketed heavy cast aluminum cases. Playing on 7 MHz in the lower amateur band with this today...

 

[ArmaHeavy]

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Thank you very much for sharing this.

VERY cool.

What is your range with it?

 

[Parallax]

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Depending on propagation.... world wide. I had a nice chat with another amateur in Bulgaria last week (how ironic for this old Cold Warrior). Normally using NVIS (low,short wires or other homebrew inventions such as wire wrapped around a broomstick, not the later purpose built NVIS antennas) antennas as used in Vietnam in most stations 75 miles anytime. The transmitter is CW (morse code) only, 10-15 watts... either by built in hand key, external key or AN\GRA-71 Coder-Burst Transmission Group that would send encrypted code bursts at 300 wpm.

Note the headphones... they are Chinese. Many SF radio operators "liberated" a set of these from "Uncle Charles" asap 'cause they were far more comfortable and worked better then the H-65 phones the US issued with the set.

These were set to be replaced in Vietnam A-Team use by the PRC-70 but many team radio operators kept these because their reliability was legendary and the initial PRC-70's were pretty "buggy". Some were still in use in mid and late 1970's.

 

[JoeSmith]

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That. Is ultra neato.

 

[ArmaHeavy]

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I met an American ham radio operator in Germany, and he wasn't happy at all. LOL. He said he was limited by the German government in the frequencies he could operate on.

You've got a very nice piece of history there.

Congrats.

 

[Sumpter Steve]

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Very cool.

 

[TripDuce_the_GOAT]

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Nice as a signal corps soldier I love old radio tech

 

[KTDLS7]

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Very cool. I love old HF.

I can only go back to a KWM-2 and KWM-2A.

73's
Kevin

 

[mexicanmatch]

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Something i have never seen before, very interesting reading. Thank's for sharing 73's. MM

 

[kytrapper]

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Thanks for the share....Secret Squirrel

 

[Dogtown]

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Nice. What's next on your list? SADM?

 

[andersonman22]

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dude. AWSOME.

 

[k5cqb]

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FB on ur rig there OM.
73

 

[VJJPunisher]

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my PRC 77 is awsomer

 

[shooter2360]

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That is a cool peace of history it is even cooler that it still works.

 

[didithurt]

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That my friend is TOTALLY BITCHEN !!!

 

[[email protected]]

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I don't think anyone thought it was awsome when they had to hump it in their ruck...

 

[Parallax]

Re: How many old Secret Squirrels remember this ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rino251</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't think anyone thought it was awsome when they had to hump it in their ruck... </div></div>

Right-O... but it was far nicer then the two man carry the PRC-47 was