Last update 31 JAN 2012
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Last update 31 JAN 2012 |
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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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Mark your calendar: MRCA Spring Meet, 28 - 29 APR 2012 Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta New Jersey In conjunction with The Military Transport Association Meet See: http://mtaswapmeet.us/ | |
| MRCA Fall Meet, 21 - 22 SEP 2012 (tentative) West End Fairgrounds, Gilbert, Pa. In conjunction with The Red Ball Transport Meet | |
| RADIO NETS | The Old Military Radio Net - Saturdays: 05:00 Eastern - 3885 KHz AM - Sundays: 21:00 Eastern - 3570 KHz CW |
| The Moose and Squirrel C-LRRP Net - Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday - 12:00 Eastern 5371.5 KHz USB | |
THE Antique Wireless Association RTO Net - Thursdays: 19:30 (Eastern) 3832 USB +/- QRM | |
| 40-Meter USB Group - Central USA - Daily: 02:00 Z - 7232 KHz USB - then QSY 3996 KHz USB | |
| MRCG - Western USA - Saturdays: 09:00 (Pacific) - 3985 KHz AM - Wednesdays: 20:00 (Pacific) - 3996 KHz USB |
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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