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Date: 22-23 September 2007 OL:
Gilbert, PA ( Mission: Displays, Field Exercises, Night Lantern Activity, Presentations, MVPA Flea Market,MRCA Flea Market, Military Vehicle Show, Evening Morale Meetings. WX: CAVOK Staff: OIC: Steve,
N3NNG "The Military Radio Collectors Association, organized in 2000, is intended to bring together people with a genuine interest in the subject. It is an outgrowth of the Old Military Radio Net AKA East Coast Military Radio Net that meets every Saturday at 05:00AM ( Eastern time) on 3885Kcs in the 75-meter amateur band." In addition a CW net is held at 2100 (Eastern) on 3570 each Sunday evening. |
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Next Event Info: The next MRCA Rally will be held on 18-20 September of 2008. "The event will, once again, be held in conjunction with the Red Ball Military Transport Annual Rally" Intel can be found at : http://www.mrca.ar88.n |
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. Note: 5373 (dial frequency 5371.5) is rapidly becoming the unoffical SSB calling channel for MRCA members.
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There are a lot of pages of photos,videos, and remarks. But if you want to skip around here are the links: |
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"It's a Collins 628K1. It was intended as a PRC-77 replacement: 30-88Mhz, 25Khz channel spacing, 9 memories, plus frequency-hopping capability. Collins didn't get the contract, and sold the design to Datron. It lives on, in modified form, in the international market as the PRC-1088." |
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![]() Brown arrives sporting a new comm truck. |
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Equipment line up: GRC-9 / DY-88 GRC-106, Mackay MSR-8000 PRC-77 / AM-2060, sleeping accomdations. |
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Al begins a emergency battery pack project. |
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![]() John, K1KHP sets up his antenna . |
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![]() John wastes no time getting on the air. |
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