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AN/PRC-77 Portable Transceiver. AN/PRC 77 radio and handset. Soldier using a PRC-77 (top) with the KY-38 "Manpack," part of the NESTOR voice encryption system that was used during the Vietnam War. U.S. Marine carrying a PRC-77 during a training exercise in 1989. AN/PRC 77 Radio Set is a manpack, portable VHF FM combat-net radio transceiver ...
AN/PRC-10. The AN/PRC-10 is an American VHF portable radio transceiver, introduced in 1951 [1] as a replacement for the wartime SCR-300 set. The AN/PRC-8 and AN/PRC-9 sets are basically the same but cover lower frequency bands. It remained in service with the American military until the mid 1960s when it was replaced by the transistorized AN ...
Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation was an American radio and electronics manufacturer and retailer from approximately 1931 to 1981, headquartered in Syosset, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City. The company sold radio sets, Amateur radio (Ham) equipment, citizens band (CB) radios and related communications equipment, electronic ...
AN/PRC-152. The AN/PRC-152 Multiband Handheld Radio, is a portable, compact, tactical software-defined combat-net radio manufactured by Harris Corporation. [1] It is compliant without waivers to the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Software Communications Architecture (SCA). [2] [3] It has received NSA certification for the transmission of ...
AN/PRC-113. AN/PRC 113 radio using the RT-1319 transceiver with the H-250 Handmic in a UCP MOLLE II assault pack and radio pouch. AN/PRC 113 Radio Set is a manpack, portable VHF and UHF AM combat radio transceiver manufactured by Magnavox America. [1] In the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), AN/PRC translates to "Army/Navy ...
A classic Emerson transistor radio, circa 1958. A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry.Following the invention of the transistor in 1947—which revolutionized the field of consumer electronics by introducing small but powerful, convenient hand-held devices—the Regency TR-1 was released in 1954 becoming the first commercial transistor radio.
The AN/PRC-150(C) Falcon II Manpack Radio, is a tactical HF-SSB/ VHF-FM manpack radio manufactured by Harris Corporation. It holds an NSA certification for Type 1 encryption . [2] The PRC-150 is the manpack HF radio for the Harris Falcon II family of radios, introduced in the early 2000's.
Manpack and Portable Stations. Re-chargeable batteries were supplied for all of the portable range of radios. The PRC 344, PRC 351, 351/2 and PRC 320 all shared the same common battery – the 24 Volt 3.3 ampere hour Nickel Cadmium type later upgraded to 4 ampere hour (or Ah), and ultimately 5 Ah due to advances in battery manufacture.
Radar beacon. Racon signal as seen on a radar screen. This beacon receives using sidelobe suppression and transmits the letter "Q" in Morse code near Boston Harbor (Nahant) 17 January 1985. Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1 ...
History of radio. The early history of radio is the history of technology that produces and uses radio instruments that use radio waves. Within the timeline of radio, many people contributed theory and inventions in what became radio. Radio development began as "wireless telegraphy".