The entire system consisting of bag, radio, spare battery box, and helmet antenna.
The
single channel, crystal controlled radio is very compact and has a standard
Handappaarat connector, I used a H33 handapparat. The two knobs control
transmitt power-squelch and lautstarke. The left power control has settings
for 10 Mw(10 milliawatts)with squelch, 50 Mw with squelch and 50 Mw with
an "open" unsquelched receiver. There are no new squelch (PL)
provisions available. The radio can be powered by internal batteries or
external 24 volts.
Tune up and battery pack instructions
are on a separate page on this site. The addition of a tone board to generate
the new squelch of 150 cycles(*) is also described.
*See notes at the end
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The mode/power switch on the left is divided into two halves, the left
side is for EB or battery, the right side is for external 24 volts.There
are no provisions for night illumination of the controls making it hard
to use during night ops.
Top view of the radio, everything is shinny and meticulous, looks like space shuttle equipment.
Rear view of the radio showing extra channels and the main crystal in use.
The helmet antenna designed to be mounted on the helmet. I have added
a ground radial to the base so that the antenna can be used with out the
helmet via a short BNC jumper and still provide a reasonable match to
the radio.
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secured with a set screw that bites into the metal.
The
plastic thingamajig that was attached to the elastic holds the antenna horizontal
to make a low profile for brush, trees,low flying birds and enemy radar.Interior of the antenna housing. The two round port covers on the left of the housing can be unscrewed to tune the antenna and to monitor the RF level via a sampling network. I have not used the sampling port but tuned the antenna system for maximum field strength after adding a radial to improve the RF ground.
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The antenna loading coil is the long rod shaped object.The BNC connector
on the right goes to the radio.
Side
view with the two small covers removed. The left hole is for access to the
tuning coil, the right hole is the connector for the RF sampling network.
Ready
for operations the radio is slung on the jeep seat and is perfect for
short range convey or squad operations leaving other vehicle equipment
open for long range use.
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Battery Pack/Tune Up