Search And Rescue Radios ( Sorted Chronologically )
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      R-855 U
 AN/PRC-49
      RT-278/URC-10

 

 

 

 

 


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-49 (1962)

is an American SAR -Radio, used by the Navy.

Frequency:
243 MHz.

 

Technische Daten:
Channel:
1, crystal controlled.
HF output:
100 mW.
Sensitivity:
15 uV.
Modulation:
AM, mcw.
Runs on:
Mini tubes.
Year of issue:
1962.
Replaces:
PRC-32
Replaced by:
PRC-63