Ham Radio Operators / Steel Soldiers

[hunderliggur]

They are recovered military seats. The radio controls are real convenient there and the radio is super easy to remove or relocate.

 

[hunderliggur]

Dual band J-Pole is painted and installed.

 

[tennmogger]

Dual band J-Pole is painted and installed.

That is a nice job!

 

[DieselBob]

That antenna looks great like that. Much nicer than a stock civvy unit would have looked.

 

[hunderliggur]

Stencils - FCC & SKYWARN

 

[Cav Trooper]

Another ham here, also

I just got my Tech license in November. I have a PRC77 mounted in my M37. I ran into another ham who transmitted a test at about 30 ft away and I could receiver but, when he tested on transmit on my rig, nothing. I am looking for someone, hopefully in the Cincy Dayton area who can help with testing etc. I know I won't be using it much a all but would like to have the rig up and functional.

 

[hunderliggur]

Next month is Hamvention in Dayton. If you don't get help before then you can surely get it there. Hamvention is the Mecca of Amateur Radio. Sorry, Zi don't know about PRC-77s.

 

[Monkey Man]

Vk7YBG reporting for ummmm, Duty??

Regards - MM

 

[TheRainbowBoxer]

Did any of you guys participate in field day this past weekend? I worked 40 meters with my dad and we made 802 contacts, which is the most we have done since I started working with him. We used a regular civvy radio, which overheated with about 2 hours left. Curious: Anyone using green radios for this?

 

[tennmogger]

Did any of you guys participate in field day this past weekend? I worked 40 meters with my dad and we made 802 contacts, which is the most we have done since I started working with him. We used a regular civvy radio, which overheated with about 2 hours left. Curious: Anyone using green radios for this?

I played around with a PRC-320 Clansman HF transceiver, but didn't really participate this year. I feel like I wasted the weekend! (did go visit a couple of Field Day sites though.)

Bob WB4ETT

 

[srodocker]

I saw the local club set up with all their ham equipment this past weekend was pretty awesome to see some HUGE antennas

 

[antennaclimber]

Operated Field Day from W3YA.
We made almost 3,000 contacts.

Will post some pictures when I get my camera back.
Karl

 

[blybrook]

I operated the local club station with the g/f and a good handful of the club members. We were on 20m most of the time; but band conditions were horrible. My g/f made the only 3 HF voice contacts on Saturday.

I think our total count was 15 contacts; including digital, satellite and voice.

 

[Catfuel]

Here's pics from the Central Vermont Amateur Radio club Field Day. My restored MSC-37 shelter is in the back of the M-37. There are 2 AB-155's in the field behind the truck with a 75 meter antenna between them. I was on the air with the whip antenna 5 minutes after pulling into the field! The dipole took a bit longer to set up. I worked mostly west coast stations on 20 and New Zealand on 17! Not bad for the first official deployment of the shelter.

 

[Storm 51]

What is a MSC-37 shelter? Is it similar to a S-89? What radios were in the MSC-37 shelter?

Do you have any interior photos or and closer photos of the shelter?

Storm 51

 

[Catfuel]

It's my ironic recreation of a military radio shelter. I started with a MTC-7 telephone shelter and wanted to use an HF radio in it instead so I removed the SB-86 switchboard and made mounting brackets for the GRC-106A to go in it's place. They're about the same weight. I also scrounged all the other bits that went in the original shelter. Axe, field phone, clock first aid kit etc. I added a 24 volt DC bus for the radio, a PP-4763 power supply, an SB-22 switchboard , and an AB-243 antenna bracket on the front for the 15' whip. I fed that with coax from the ME-165 SWR meter. Here's the irony of the project. I knew that a MSC-7 was from the very early 50's and wanted to come up with a model number that was closer to the era of the shelters mfg date of 1962. I guessed MSC-37. Well I recently found pictures on the internet of a MSC-37 made by Motorola in 1963! It too has HF capability and 12 lines phone capacity. It was part of a USC-3 communications system. The exterior pictures look just like my M-37 and shelter. The interior is far different. I have a desk for sending CW and writing in logs etc. The table is also good for working on equipment out of the weather in good lighting. It worked great for Field Day. Attached pics are 1 shelter w/ switchboard, 2 GRC-106 mounted, 3 Antenna bracket. I'll have to get some updated pics taken.

 

[Bulldog 4]

I edited my sig to add ham info to it. I use a Yaesu VX-7 HT and a field portable Yaesu FT-897D with side mounted auto-tuner into a Hustler mobile vertical NVIS capable. I am a former instructor/field engineer with the TTC/TYC-39 program and also worked quite a bit with the SB-3614. I would sure like to get my hands on one of those if anybody knows a source.

 

[groundhog43]

I am not sure how current this thread is. I just ran across the post. I am also a HAM - AE5PT - I am an extra class HAM. For those who asked, the Code (CW) test is no longer required in HAM radio. At home I use 160 - 6M, 2M, 1.25M, 70CM. In my vehicle I use 2M & 70CM. I plan to add HF to my vehicle soon.

 

[oifvet]

I am not sure how current this thread is. I just ran across the post.

It's on-going!

Welcome to the site.

There seems to be a good connection between the two hobbies. There are quite a few members here that enjoy both.

 

[elkhunter]

I have montana karl here tonite. showing him the website. His call letters are n7tcl. He has helped with Ham radio comunications last Friday when a large wind event took place knocking out the power for Ferry county. He is from Curlew, Washington.