seen on Ebay - relisted

[Magellan]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VIETNAM-WAR-RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER-COMPLET-SET-COME-WITH-WOODEN-CASE-RARE-FIND-/262321856621


would this have been fitted to an FFR or is it portable?

Daryl

[aussiegregmac]

Meant to be carried in the side pouches with his faithfull buddy helping out with all the rest.
One unit was transmitter and one was receiver.   Not fitted in a vehicle normally.
The box was meant for transport and storage.
Not a very efficient system, around up until the early sixties.  Vietnam use ? Maybe, maybe not.
Greg Mac.

[Magellan]

Meant to be carried in the side pouches with his faithfull buddy helping out with all the rest.
One unit was transmitter and one was receiver.   Not fitted in a vehicle normally.
The box was meant for transport and storage.
Greg Mac.

Ah I see    Nice though

[kman]

Great HF radios designed and built in Australia by AWA. They were introduced mid 50s and remained in service during the early part of the VN war. They were used there by the SAS until the PRC64 became available.

All the kit was carried by the sig and the one on sale looks fairly complete although the sig's headset/mike is missing.

They use valves, have a tuneable receiver and a crystal controlled transmitter. The frequency range is 2 to 10 MHz AM and four crystals can be fitted so frequency can be changed by switching. Crystals can be manufactured and a third party power supply can be bought that generates the required 7.5 and 90 volts from a 12 volt gel cell. You also need a 1.5 volt battery.

The odds are it won't work as some of the condensers will need replacing - job I have to do on mine. So they are of limited use but recognised as a fine set for it's time. Their main use was for infantry patrols and were certainly effective during the CT crisis in Malaya.

The price is very top for one of these. Sadly many of them were available brand new from a disposal store in Melbourne around the mid 70s - sadly because I could not justify buying one at the time!

Howard

[juddy]

So Greg says there not very good Howard says different.

[D mac]

Yes.
The radio set was known as an A 510. and was as stated made by AWA.
Specifically designed to be a Tropical set close quarters and jungle.
Mostly short range when used with the whip antenna. It also came with weighted spools to erect a dipole antenna and groung plane earth wires. This increased the range significantly.

One side had a 1.5 volt battery this was to power the heaters in the valves. The other side had a 90 volt battery for the grid voltage and a 7.5 volt for grid bias in the transmitter valves.
I played with this set as a Cadet at school long time back

Cheers

Deefer

[DennisM]

I also have a A510 only missing the crystals, I also have the hand generator to power it up, I don't know whether it works or not, but it sure looks the goods alongside my other radios (PRC10, 3 x 77sets) cheers Dennis