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The front feet on the mounts are a pretty good match, but that's about the only thing that is. I unbolted the rails from the plate, now I'll make a new plate, new back feet, and then mount the new feet and plate to the rails so I con mount the radio. I get front mounts that look the business...

I ordered a pile of additional Clansman gear, it's a mixed-bag for sure. Ordered a cable tester, received a radio test-set. It's an interesting hulk of a thing. Ordered 10x as-is ANR headsets, got 1 ANR(that doesn't work) and 9 non-ANR (some work, some don't). It would be great to have the...

I know there is a lot of the left ear is for monitor, the right ear is for IC sort of stuff in the Clansman system so making decisions about how to implement some of that might take some head-scratching. I'm also curious about using ANR headsets since those use external power for the...

I wonder if they were busy looking forward to Bowman by then? It does seem like a far better radio that the 353, at least it's solid-state. Don't get me wrong, I love me some tubes and don't plan to change my 10EE over, but in a military vehicle going off-road and subject to impacts...

I found some info on the wiring and use of TUAAM and ARFAT, etc here: https://radionerds.com/images/4/40/UK-PRC320_Infantry_Signal_Training.pdf That's all I've got, sorry I can't be more help. Let me know if you make some progress!

I just bought a pile of 353 bases hoping they might be compatible and if they aren't I'm prepared to make adapter feet so that they are!

I just thought of it as a drop-in replacement for the 353. I do see in it's manual (linked in this thread) Chapter 1, line 8, General introduction, that it will control a bcc543 TUAAM. There are several other references to that tuner in the manual as well, so it's not a one-off. So, without more...

Yes, it would be interesting to play with one. I suspect emailing some of the usual vendors of such things might turn up a couple now that you have a part number and description.

My 5080 arrived, powered with a bench supply as suggested (top pin is ground, bottom positive). Radio seemed to come on and respond to keyboard commands, so hooked up a headset and dummy load, and dug out a scanner, which was able to capture a little spill out of the load and verify basic xmit...

All I know is what's in the description on the website: "Converts 7 pin Clansman audio to US style audio equipment. Has 5 pin US U-229/U style Connector."

I wonder if what you need is one of these: https://armyradio.com/Adapter-Unit.html

Yes, that's the same manual I've got, so a more complete manual would be very welcome. That outfit in Poland seems out of the tested-good radios, but they still have plenty of as-is units. Pity they are so expensive to ship. Having a good manual makes one tempted to bring a pallet over and try...

Longer term, it integrates with my Clansman intercom system, but for now just a basic verification of function is all I'm after.

Well, my 5080 arrived yesterday, now I have to source a power cable. For initial test, it would be great to know if the top or bottom pin was hot. I'll check both pins for continuity to ground, it might be just that easy! I've got the antenna ARFAT and TUUAM coming in a shipment next week, so...

Might be some help for your ARFAT /TUAAM situation here? https://radionerds.com/images/4/40/UK-PRC320_Infantry_Signal_Training.pdf There are several outfits that will just sell you the needed cable(s) SeriesLR has deep stocks and well organized, also prompt shipping, though I admit to not...

Any suggestions for where to find the 5080 on the cheap? Best I've seen is about $500/ea. It's not high, but not quite "cheap!!!" for a band nobody much uses and I'd need to upgrade my lic. anyway. The 5080 does look like a "better" radio than the VRC-353 they basically replaced and those...

I've got one vehicle that was Belgian/British, so has a couple bits of VIC-1 looking gear left and then my Ferret was in service in Canada and I know some of them ran British radio gear and some ran British. So, how is the Clansman stuff? It looks like a pretty decent system and with fewer...