Search And Rescue Radios ( Sorted Chronologically )
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      RT-159/URC-4
 AN/PRC-17
      RT-285/URC-11

 

 

 

 

 


All American SAR- Radios from their beginning to 1968 are part of the collection. More modern ones are (still) too expensive....
 

BC-778
(1941)

CRC-7
(1942)

PRC-17, A
(1953)

PRC-32
(1958?)

PRC-49 A, B, C
(1962)

PRC-63
(1965)

PRC-96
(1976)

American SAR-Radios

RT-159/ URC-4
(1952)

RT-285/ URC-11
(1954)

RT-278/ URC-10
(1962)

URC-64
(1964)

URC-68
(1965)

PRC-90, -1,-2,-A
(1968ff)

RT-1531, 1535
PRC-112, A
(198?)

You may also read the article by Alan Tasker :
"U.S. Military Portable Radios"

  AN/PRC-17 (1958)

was used by the Navy. It is a two-channel handheld SAR- Transceiver for two-way communication between rafts and ships or aeroplanes. A continuous tone or slow keying can also be sent. The radio with all its components (including battery) is built into a watertight sheet metal housing.
It uses subminiature tubes.
The Navy used the AN/PRC-17, while the Army used the AN/URC-4.
It was also used on some commercial airliners. I know of at least one radio with the "TWA"- tag on it.

Frequencies:
121.5 and 243 MHz.

 

Technical data:
Channels:
2
HF Output:
50 mW.
Modulation:
2A2, 6A3
Battery voltages:
105 V and 1.3 V
Year of issue:
1953
Replaces:
CRC-7
Replaced by:
PRC-32