Comms Availability

[Sean McKee]

There’s some great advice on the forum outlining the various comms config options for M38A1, M151A2, and Iltis. VERY helpful.

My M151 has the IKEE tray for the 524 set, but precious little else. Can anyone provide a line on who might actually HAVE the radios and other connectivity cabling, etc. for sale? (“For you NATO soldier... I have special price!”)

Specifically, i need the following (not all at once if I plan staying married to a very accommodating wife...):

- connector cables from 524 tray to VX6070 tunable antenna base;
- AN/VRC-524 (can be n/s);
- AM-2060 amplifier and tray for 77 set (and associated cabling - incl. CX-4655 jumper);
- AN/PRC-77 (can be n/s); and
- C-2299/VRC retrans control box.

I’m not a Jimmy, so feel free to set me straight. Infantry guys are used to it...

[Eric B]

Hello Sean

You will need the CDN fender tray.
Frank Von Rosensteil has those for sale. The Power tray mounted to it.

We did not use the US mounting trays.

I have posted the radio installation CFTO's for the M38A1 on theirs and the Canadian M151a2 FB pages,it is also the same for the M151a2. Lengths, locations, bolts etc.

Finding radios in Canada is getting harder. Once the borders and US events open up you might have better luck going to one of the big shows there. E-BAy has stupid prices.

Not many vehicles had 2 radios installed and even then the retrans was not always mounted. I have 2 vehicles which i know had 3 radios installed. Both signal squadron vehicles, and neither had the retrans box or speakers.

Thanks
Eric