Last update 28 OCT 2011

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 that meets every Saturday at 05:00AM (prevailing Eastern time) on 3885KHz in the 75-meter amateur band.

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Moose and Squirrel Net Birthday Party Noon EST, Saturday, 12 November 2011 The Moose and Squirrel Cold-War Clandestine and Long-Range-Reconnaissance -Patrol Net is now more than a year old.  The initial activation of the net was 14 October 2010, and one of the early landmarks was the Verteran's Day operation on 11 November 2010.  So we're going to count Veteran's Day as the nets official birthday. Let's celebrate by getting as many stations deployed as possible.  NCS anticipates operating from The Evans Signal Laboratory.  Perhaps some of the forts and historic ships can be activated as well.

Suggested Frequencies:

75 Meters:  3885 KHz - Primary AM frequency for short, medium, and log range at MRCA and other events.

6 Meters:  51.0 MHz - Primary FM frequency.

COMMENTS:  Military sets operate "wide-band" FM.  There is a dicotomy between the early sets that used noise squelch and more modern radios that use 150 Hz tone squelch.  I.e., if you call on a PRC-10, a PRC-77 user won't hear you unless his squelch is disabled.

6-meter FM "ham" sets can interoperate with the militaqry rigs, but transmit audio will seem weak due to the lower deviation, and receive audio is likely to be distorted do to the higher deviation from the mil sets.  Many ham radios support 151.4 Hz tone squelch, however the frequency tolerance of the tone transmitted on the military sets might not be close enough, and the transmitted 151.4 is likely to be too low in deviation to "break squelch" on the military sets.

2 Meters AM - We have not settled on a single frequency:

144.25 MHz (Several MRCA folks have URC-4 pilot's survivals set crystaled here.)

144.36 MHz (Used by WWII aitcarft.  There are crystals floating around.)

144.45 MHz 

H.F. Packset Freq's:  

1996 KHz, 3996 KHz, 5403.5 KHz, 7296 KHz, 14.342.5 KHZ, 18.157.5  ALL USB

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MRCA, InfoAge, and Moose & Squirrel
at the NJ History Fair

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MRCA Spring Meet, Sussex County, NJ  
16-17 APR 2011



Left to Right:  Dean KK1K, Eugene W2HX, Dale KW1I, Walt KB3SBC, Al N3FRQ, Don K3OP, Alex K2AJR, ??, Pat KC2RNN

We even got the Moose and Squirrel Net in before it rained.  See K2AJR's Photobucket for more pictures.

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K4CHE's Photo Coverage of the 2010 Gilbert Meet

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K2WI's Videos from the 2009 Mini-Meet at the Evans Signal Laboratory

The 2009 Annual Fall Meet, 18-19 September, was an Unqualified Success!     

"Distributed" Photo Coverage of Gilbert 2009:

KA3EKH's Pix

Collected Photos

Let us know if you have more pictures.