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20th Jun 2017, 12:19 pm | #1 |
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1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
I hve here a friend's ex Falklands conflict UHF VHF air/ ground transceiver but we dont know what it is. Anyone shed light? It was American made sold to Argentina.
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20th Jun 2017, 1:36 pm | #2 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
I like the look of that, what ranges does it cover?
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20th Jun 2017, 2:10 pm | #3 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
Gordon,
It is as far as my friend knows 118 - 136 and 400 - 460. It seems to be exclusively airband. I haven't had a close look D |
20th Jun 2017, 2:16 pm | #4 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
Strange that it wasn't re signwritten in Spanish.
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20th Jun 2017, 3:03 pm | #5 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
Yes, and it beats no identification at all.
But its provenance is not in doubt: my friend is the chap who liberated it from Goose Green D |
20th Jun 2017, 3:13 pm | #6 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
Argentina bought a lot of ex US gear, so this probably started off in US service. It may have arrived along with the Skyhawks.
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20th Jun 2017, 3:15 pm | #7 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
URC-101 by Motorola.
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20th Jun 2017, 3:19 pm | #8 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
Thanks. Yes we knew it was once American but not type...now we seem to.
Interestingly it covers 2m amd 70cm...but hardly QRO. Still, fun to try I guess Many thanks D |
21st Jun 2017, 4:59 pm | #9 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
Not 2m, surely?
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21st Jun 2017, 6:57 pm | #10 |
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Re: 1982 American / Argentine VHF UHF ident required
My mistake...NOT 70cms
The receiver/transmitter used in models AN/URC-100, AN/URC-101 and AN/UBC-104 is a solid-state voice line-of-sight radio set normally used to receive and transmit plain text voice messages. They can also be used with external COMSEC equipment to transmit and receive cipher text (encrypted or scrambled) messages. The AN/URC-100 and AN/URC-101 operate in the 116 to 150 MHz VHF band and in the 225 to 400 MHz UHF band The AN/URC-104 radio operates in the 30 to 88 MHz VHF band and in the 225 to 400 MHz UHF band. The three models are tunable across their frequency ranges in 25 kHz steps. |