Posted: 4/23/2009 6:59:48 PM EDT
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Hey guys. I've never been exposed to the HAM world very much, but it sure is something I'm trying to look into as much as I can. I'm very limited on funds but will acquire what I need given time and patience. BTW. Ya'll have done an outstanding job in this forum putting the information out there for consumption. Thank you very much for sharing your wealth of information.
Now. I've gotten some great pointers on what to do just by reading what's on here. I'm going to try to get into it as much as time and money allow. My question is: I have an old RT-524 military radio that was given to me a few years ago and it supposedly works great. I've never hooked the thing up, but now that I have a CUCV(military blazer) with the radio rack in it and 24 volt supply run straight to it; I'm considering throwing the thing in an hooking up a standard military antenna just for the heck of it. Am I just wasting time trying to make anything happen with this set-up? It says it broadcasts from 8-30 watts, but apparently in bands that nobody fools with. I was just wondering if it's worth it for me to fool with. Any input appreciated. |
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It's not really going to be very functional for communications. Looks like it does 30-76MHz - low band VHF, the 6 meter amateur band, and what is called mid band VHF... but the punch line is that it uses a much wider FM deviation than standard amateur or commercial FM communications. Other similar military rigs is really all you would be able to communicate with. With wide FM you could listen to television audio but the analog stations are going dark in June so even that is a moot point.
Far, far better choices if you're looking for actual communications capability, unless you happen to have some other folks to talk to on 6m wide FM. |
| I have used military radios from 1950s-1970s vintage and have talked just fine with other hams using amateur radios. Using the RT-524 for ham is not out of the question. Find another local ham who has a six meter radio, set up a time and frequency and see what happens. True, the only ham band it covers is 6 meters (you can get it down to 29.6 MHz for 10meter FM), but you may find some locals on 6 or be lucky to work some other stations during a band opening. |
I'm trying to find one for a restoration project on my Deuce and a half