I now have a pair and set -to -set range, at best, is about three miles in open country. The unit above is german surplus, although they also used their own, very similar, licence-built 6 channel sets (PRC6/6).
Greece too made extensive use of them (PRC6-E) and one of those is currently receiving in the shack.
@XtalQRP yes you are right , in open field you should get about 3 miles range ; but under " military " conditions the range was greatly reduced , to about a mile , the other trouble with that radio is the battery going dead very fast ! I remember also a lot of failure with the tube filaments .
YES I REMEMBER USING THAT RADIOP IN GERMANY IN 1969 !!! NOT A VERY GOOD RADIO BY THE WAY !
md10591 1 year ago
@md10591
I now have a pair and set -to -set range, at best, is about three miles in open country. The unit above is german surplus, although they also used their own, very similar, licence-built 6 channel sets (PRC6/6).
Greece too made extensive use of them (PRC6-E) and one of those is currently receiving in the shack.
regards,
Robs
XtalQRP 1 year ago
@XtalQRP yes you are right , in open field you should get about 3 miles range ; but under " military " conditions the range was greatly reduced , to about a mile , the other trouble with that radio is the battery going dead very fast ! I remember also a lot of failure with the tube filaments .
regards and 73 . mike.
md10591 1 year ago
@md10591
Funnily enough, this set had was dead when it arrived. The culprit? O/C heater filaments in one of the subminiature valves...
Using alkaline cells I get around 14 hours use at a 1:6 tx/rx ratio.
73's de M6GLD
XtalQRP 1 year ago