This is a great coverage of the old radios and military surplus rigs. Thanks

As a 75-year-old former Navy electronics technician, I'm realy enjoying the equipment and your banter.73's🎙KD9OAM🎧

THANK YOU for the boat anchor tour! They are my favorite part of hamfests. It's so frustrating to see other hamfest videos and the guy walks right past anything that's not an HT.

Great job - thanks for keeping us boat anchor lovers in mind - 73 KB3H

Howard, WB2UZE, and Mike, N1CC did a wonderful job. So fun to watch and listen to the commentary from Jeff, WA8SAJ, and Tommy, SA2CLC 😆 too.

I like the military surplus radios . There are surplus radios I’m not familiar with , but if we had the manuals then you know just about everything .

Thank you ! Nice report ! 73 CT1BRM

Just like the hit-and-miss engines at the county fair. :D

Hi Mike , Hi Howard many thanks for the video! 73

Boy, this turned out great Howard! 73 - Dino KLØS

Great presentation, Howard. Tnx for the effort. Bob KD2NFS

Oh , those military radios were really cool , because they didn’t require a lot of maintenance . But once a month , it was recommended that you turn all the dials and switches through all of the settings . Because if the radio sat too long not being operated , the contacts would get dirty . Those controls are self cleaning . I’m a radio machanic .

Hope to make it there. Maybe next year.

51:57 , the matching unit . Yes , that to match your antenna to your frequency band that you’re operating on . SWRs can be all over the place , so you need to adjust for those variables so you don’t damage your final stage amplifier .

Thank you for bringing us along Howard! 73, Patrick KF4LMZ

Heath kit radios were actual kit assembly sets you built yourself . Those kits were used for learning electronics .

The PRC 10 is the predisessor to the PRC 25 and PRC 77 . It doesn’t matter from what time period , these are from except if you really want to get technical . But in operations , the 25 and 77 , the only difference was the squelch . These two radios have a set squelch sensitivity , for FM only . The 25 was lacking , in that it received any signal at all , so the US military units would receive all kinds of irrelevant traffic from our adversaries , WHICH we’re trying to avoid . So the when the 77 came out , the manufacturer added a 150htz tone to disable the squelch of another receiver . And just in case you don’t know , there is a side tone in the hand set so you can tell if you’re transmitting . But in the military , your ears are your best asset when troubleshooting . So even if they don’t work very well , WARE THOSE EAR PLUGS ! And pay very close attention to what you hear ! It could save your life .

54:11 , now I’m starting to see people who know that those manuals are important . Because no one know everything those things can do . There other equipment that can be incorporated into the system , that the manuals will tell you about but have manuals as well for those peices . Everything is inter connected in one way or another it’s just that to really get into it , knowing the supply Sargent who knows the fileing system can get for you if your in the military . Ya , I’m a vet .

Thanks fellas . Good to see you .

What I’m not seeing in this video are technical manuals for these types of radios . Come up with those and you will make back every cent you originally spent for them .

I really enjoyed your video!

The PRC10 is a ww2 radio . The 25 and 77 are Vietnam .

The one thing we radio operators had to have ( because we were changing frequencies a lot ) was a cheet sheet to help remember where we were . Civians don’t have that problem because you don’t have anyone hunting for you . But when your a radio operator in the military , their ability to servive depends on how savvy you are as to tactics the opposition will use to track you down and distroy you . ITS NOT A GAME , WHEN THE APONENT IS TRYING TO TAKE YOUR LIFE .

You’ll notice , those civian radios have everything nice and shiny . Pretty ! 🤩 right ? But the military radios are all subdued for tactical use . No shiny stuff at all anywhere . Um , the military radios did however have a slight draw back , there was white or luminous paint to do things at night . Light disaplin was strictly followed if the INFANTRY MAN was paying attention to protocol .

The wide band vs narrow band , yah , a trick a military unit would do to really confuse things was do two things on the same frequency . You needed the vfo to separate them since there was no comsec equipment available , yet . The Chinese couldn’t figure out what they were listening to .

Oh , I neerly forgot , the PRC RADIOS have a TWO SEGMEN BATTERY , that powers them . IF YOU DONT KNOW THAT , THOSE RADIOS ARE DEFINITELY BOAT ANKERS . I forget the Nomanclature , and the national stock numbers to order them , but good luck anyway .

The reciever you call a 392 , is teletype reciever ! So that is not the whole set up .

Motorola radios were commercial . Type for fire and police , many years ago . From what I can gather , the FCC rearranged the entire spectrum , so I don’t know anymore what’s what .

The video quality gave me a headache