Vehicle Mounted PRC-77 Sets

[alleramilitaria]

not down here in the lower 48.
the only time they were in a bag is when they were new, and they came in a throw away cardboard tube. but the plt sgt ot lt always had a stand alone antenna that always had extra sections in it that we would borrow the sections to replace damaged ones.

[Eric B]

Hello

Yes there were Canvas covers for the 524 vehicle mounted radio and the 25 and 77 set mounted in the amplifier\ power units. These are hard to come by and i have seen them on e-bay for over $90.00 US.
They exist as i have one for my radio out of CDN DND stock.
There was a canvas bag for the fiberglass antennae's as well.

The C42 also has a canvas cover for both the radio unit and the tuning unit. These were a basic square bag with a drawstring on the bottom. I had some copied at one time from originals but have sold them off to others who needed them more than me. The antennae stuck through a grommet hole in the top of the tuning unit.

I moved away from the C42 to the 524 for my M38A1 as it is a bit lighter in weight.

Thanks
Eric

[malcolm erik bogaert]

for what its worth when I operated the C-42/C-45/C-11 and the C-13 I never ever had any canvas covers issued 213 Sig-Sqn (Airportable)...never seen any in the stores either!antennas where kept in fibre glass containers.I can only speak for R/Sigs British Army regards Malcolm

[BSHEVLIN]

i have a loud speaker for vehicle mounting which i am willing to sell brand new and works i tested it on my 77 set . make an offer !

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by malcolm erik bogaert

for what its worth when I operated the C-42/C-45/C-11 and the C-13 I never ever had any canvas covers issued 213 Sig-Sqn (Airportable)...never seen any in the stores either!antennas where kept in fibre glass containers.I can only speak for R/Sigs British Army regards Malcolm

There was/is a canvas cover for the RT-524A. I have one in my VHF rack.

Never seen/heard of canvas covers for RS C42 and family.

FWIW.

Regards, all.

[Eric B]

Maybe the radio covers were just a CDN Mod. To keep the snow out?

There are some photos in books of regular force vehicles with these covers on the C-42. Most photos i have seen did not have these covers so it was not necessarily wide spread. Maybe locally made. They were designed similar to the small generater set canvas covers.

Yes my C-42 antenna sections were in a plastic tube, the #19 set and earlier C-42 were in a cardboard type tube.

At one point i also had a large canvas bag that the collapsable mast could fit in and a smaller bag for the antenna sections. Most likely #19 set.

I have discovered that over the years that with Military vehicles,
1. just because it exists does not mean everybody used it
2. Even though a mod was not approved by DND it still might have been possible, especially with war time or overseas vehicles.

Thanks
Eric

[Douglas Greville]

If anyone is interested I have an RT-524 with mount, antenna base (auto
tune type) cables, and mic.

No antenna elements.

Radio appears to work.

More details here:

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/lsm/dhmg/forsale6.html

[phoenix]

Bugger, outside my savings at the moment, but the 524 is exactly what I need. Why is it finances never allow when one comes up locally!!