From: Jumpmaster (the_real_jumpmaster@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 22:43:02 PDT
--- Liberty Krueger <libertyk@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> I was trained on these in the army. They are crap.
> You can setup the radio and amp but without the
> correct antenna or dummy load to simulate the
> antenna you'll blow the amp. If you over heat the
> amp you'll kill it.
Gee, I'll have to tell all my buddies that use the
GRC-106 that they're doing it all wrong since they
haven't managed to blow theirs up yet after hours and
hours of use. :-)
> Even if you setup everything right and get it to
> work, it's illegal to transmit on military
> frequencies without a special license.
The AN/GRC-106 is perfectly legal to use on ham
frequencies in the U.S. if you hold a valid amateur
radio license. I talk to folks using them on an
almost daily basis on a certain net I check into on
40m...
> (If you don't work for the government, don't count
> on getting one.) You could use them as movie
> props or door stops but not much else.
They work just fine on amateur HF frequencies. :-)
> Just don't touch the antenna out, antenna cables, or
> the antenna while your keying the mic.
> Trust me, don't do it.
> It's a lot of voltage. We were told that if we had
> to adjust the antenna, to disconnect the mic and
> take it with us, just to be safe.
Fortunately, this is one of the first things hams
learn.
> I knew a guy who made this mistake and survived. He
> was never quite right after that.
I bet not with 200w CW pumped through him...one heck
of an RF burn, eh?
By the way, if you have any of this crappy equipment
your talking about around there, I'll be happy to pick
up shipping to take it off your hands. <grin>
T. Bloxom
1985 M1009 CUCV w/VRC-64
...and have had a ham license or two...:-)
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax
http://taxes.yahoo.com/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sun Apr 07 2002 - 23:57:20 PDT