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US PRC-25 Radio
Graywolf
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Posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - 05:35 PM UTC
Another Vietnam War legendary item from BRAVO-6 ; PRC-25 Radio

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bill_c
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Posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - 08:22 PM UTC
Nice review, Engin. Good, detailed, but one question: no coil cord for the handset?
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Posted: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 - 11:49 PM UTC
Hi Bill,
It can be done using wire as in the last photo but no wire included inside the kit.
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Posted: Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 07:56 AM UTC
A slight correction from an old Telecommunications Artificer. The handsets shown here are actually an H138 and a H189, the 250 is much slimmer and smaller. The RT 505 was not entirely solid state and had a Valve PA which necesitated a 3V supply for the heater cct in the Batteery which wass brilliant when using the battery to power walkmans, stereos etc. Not a bad looking set and can easily be used for the fully solid state successor the RT 841/PRC 77 which is outwardly identical except for the nomenclature plate.
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Posted: Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 07:16 PM UTC

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A slight correction from an old Telecommunications Artificer. The handsets shown here are actually an H138 and a H189, the 250 is much slimmer and smaller. The RT 505 was not entirely solid state and had a Valve PA which necesitated a 3V supply for the heater cct in the Batteery which wass brilliant when using the battery to power walkmans, stereos etc. Not a bad looking set and can easily be used for the fully solid state successor the RT 841/PRC 77 which is outwardly identical except for the nomenclature plate.




Wow Al! I am gonna take a wild guess and say you were/are a commo guy? Heheheh
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Posted: Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 07:59 PM UTC
I thought the handsets looked a little different. Here is a good pic showing the different types discussed above.

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Posted: Thursday, December 03, 2015 - 08:15 PM UTC
That last set looks the most familiar to me.
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