MHillyard Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sorry i couldn't find a better photo, will try and get a better few tomorrow. Any ideas? Folds into a 58patt pouch not sure if the pouch is for it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Station, Radio A43R (or A43M) from the 1970s. Ground to air 240 -350 MHz AM manpack set. A43R was built by Redifon, A43M by Murphy, to the same outline specification. The A43R was the one that made it into service, I think, judging by the numbers seen. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) a few more pics (sorry for quality) Bag is dated 1966 not really sure if correct for it Edited March 18, 2012 by MHillyard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Stop me if I have told this one before. I did my RAC Control Signaller AFV Class 1 course at the Radio Wing, Bovington in the summer of 1978 (it was the last Larkspur Con Sig Course). Since Bovvy is the home of the Royal Armoured Corps, there was an antenna farm on the roof of the Radio Wing that allowed Bovvy to talk to units all around the world. Early in the course our instructor (a sergeant in the Royal Hussars) told us the following story. There had recently been an RAC Signals Instructor course run there. One candidate was tasked to prepare and deliver a lesson on the A43 ground to air man pack radio. He went through all the blurb and as he came to the end of his demonstration, he pointed out the BEACON setting. "Switch the set to this mode and the set will act as a beacon to guide aircraft to you." He continued with the lesson. Five minutes later there was a roar as a fast jet passed over the Radio Wing at zero feet. The candidate, barely pausing, went on, "... and that's how the BEACON works." Followed a second later by a crash as the antenna farm, displaced by the backdraught, came down on the Radio Wing roof. It turned out that this instructor candidate had a mukker flying Phantoms out of Yeovilton. He had airtime to fill so he agreed to a mock attack on the Radio Wing. The candidate got a bollocking but passed his Instruction Practical module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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