Howdy,

My question is for all you military radio buffs. I'm going to restore an Ex
USMC Humvee and I need to know something about the radios
that are used currently. At this point I know nothing about them. Since I'm
also a Ham I'd like any radio I put in to work on the Ham bands
and not just look cool, although cool is important too. :')


Thanks for the pointers folks,


Matthew D.

Depends on wether you want a "command vehicle" or "close-air-support" or ??? I
would find a picture of one in the news or from a military site and go from
there. Besides, then you will need the appropiate mike, speaker, power supply,
tuner and finally antenna. And then you will need three of everything cause
they are allways failing. Now that I think of it you probably cannot buy a
SINGARS radio either.

I spent a few years in the Army. But the last thing I would want in my vehicle
is one of those worthless RT-524 VHF radios. Too heavy to just haul around
cause it looks good!

"Matthew D." wrote:

Howdy,

My question is for all you military radio buffs. I'm going to restore an Ex
USMC Humvee and I need to know something about the radios
that are used currently. At this point I know nothing about them. Since I'm
also a Ham I'd like any radio I put in to work on the Ham bands
and not just look cool, although cool is important too. :')

Thanks for the pointers folks,

Matthew D.

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Thanks for the reply Mike. I had a low band rig in mind. You say they're
unreliable? I thought being a military radio they'd be, forgive the pun,
bulletproof. Otherwise I'd just go get an 706MII and a remote head kit. If I
read you right these radios come as separate Rx and Tx units? There goes the
budget!

I saw an as-new SINCGARS radio on ebay last month. Went for over $1500
without the "boards" needed to work. Looked very cool.

Thanks again for the advice,

Matthew



"Mike" wrote in message
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Depends on wether you want a "command vehicle" or "close-air-support" or
??? I
would find a picture of one in the news or from a military site and go
from
there. Besides, then you will need the appropiate mike, speaker, power
supply,
tuner and finally antenna. And then you will need three of everything
cause
they are allways failing. Now that I think of it you probably cannot buy
a
SINGARS radio either.

I spent a few years in the Army. But the last thing I would want in my
vehicle
is one of those worthless RT-524 VHF radios. Too heavy to just haul
around
cause it looks good!

"Matthew D." wrote:

Howdy,

My question is for all you military radio buffs. I'm going to restore an
Ex
USMC Humvee and I need to know something about the radios
that are used currently. At this point I know nothing about them. Since
I'm
also a Ham I'd like any radio I put in to work on the Ham bands
and not just look cool, although cool is important too. :')

Thanks for the pointers folks,

Matthew D.

--
Mike
KD4LLA
reply: m3425man at bevcomm.net

Powered by Mandrake Linux, no reboots since 5 February, 2003

A Star Tribune letter writer expressed frustration that Tim Pawlenty and
the House aren't listening to her desire to pay more taxes. She need not
feel so frustrated. She is perfectly free to send any amount of her
income to the government or the nonprofit of her choice. The unstated
reason for the frustration is that she wants the House to raise everyone
else's taxes to pay for the social programs she desires.

Matthew:

There is no "humvee radio" as such. The radios installed in any military
vehicle depend on the radios used by the unit. Whatever radios are in the
unit's inventory are mounted in the humvee, duece, 5 ton, etc. Most units
don't have HF capability ( I used to be in a reserve unit that tried to
demonstrate the advantages of HF) so you mostly find VHF-FM radios of all
types and vintages from PRC-77& RT-524 to SINCGARS. Units install what they
have.

On the "worthless" RT-524...I once visited a 'retrans' site (
"retransmit"...Army equivalent to a repeater site) that was based on two
RT-524's, connected with a retrans cable, and two separate antennas about 50
feet apart. They had six RT-524's on site, to improve the odds of having
two that worked. The ones that were in service were shaded with tarps to
keep the sun off them and covered with wet towels to keep them cool.

Roger K6XQ

I had a Humvee.. Here is the problem with any other type of radio or any
other electronics is...

1. MOISTURE!! You can not completely keep moisture out of the cab..
2. 24 volt system.. ACTUALLY mine ran at about 27v - 28 v This plays hell
with a 24v - 12v converter..
3. ROUGH RIDING TRUCK.. Most radios and electronics will NOT hold up..

I sold mine.. It was a GREAT BIG TOY.. and bought a regulay Hummer...

Good luck

Steve

"Matthew D." wrote in message
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Howdy,

My question is for all you military radio buffs. I'm going to restore an
Ex
USMC Humvee and I need to know something about the radios
that are used currently. At this point I know nothing about them. Since
I'm
also a Ham I'd like any radio I put in to work on the Ham bands
and not just look cool, although cool is important too. :')


Thanks for the pointers folks,


Matthew D.