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UK/VRC-353
This mobile and fixed station is part of the Clansman- Radio- Series * of the British Army.
It is a tactical band radio.
It was developed and built in the 70s by "Marconi Space and Defence Systems".
It was the most advanced and versatile radio of this period. It could be used for speech and data transmission,
with additional equipment the transmissions could be encoded.
It was used as well as mobile and as fixed station.
The housing is watertight.
It has a channel spacing of 25 or 50 kHz, and thereby could work together with all FM- radios of
all countries, like for instance PRC-25, PRC-77, SEM-25, SEM-35- to mention only a few.
It is a synthesizer- radio with a mechanical and manually switched frequency control.
A system test is built in, results are shown on a measuring instrument.
The output stage uses tubes, teh ATU is driven by a motor.
The collection has the following accessories for the Clansman- Series:
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The Clansman- series
was used by the British Army from 1976 to 2010.
It should provide communication between
headquarters and fighting forces.
It consists of 9 (or 10) radios and their accessories. (The PRC-350, in some sources. is not mentioned under "Clansman").
The radios are:
HF radios:
UK/PRC 316
UK/PRC 319
UK/PRC 320
UK/VRC 321
UK/VRC 322
Tactical band radios:
UK/PRC 349
UK/PRC 350
UK/PRC 351/352
UK/VRC 353
UHF- radio:
UK/PRC 344
- Frequenzbereich:
- 30 ... 75.975 MHz
Technical Data:
- HF- output:
- 100 mW, 1W, 15W, 50 W , switched from the front plate.
- Channels:
- 1840 @ 25 kHz
- 920 @ 50 kHz
- Frequency step:
- 25 or 50 kHz
- Range:
- more than 50 km
- Squelch:
- fully automatic
- Voltage:
- 21.5 .. 34V DC
- Power consumption:
- receiving: 3 A
- Transmitting: 10 A
- Measurement and weight:
- b 245 x h 220 x d 336 mm; 23 kg
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VRC-321
VRM-5080