- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- MILITARY U.S. (different makers for same model)
- Year
- 1965
- Category
- Military Transceiver (TRX)
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 247420
- Number of Tubes
- 2
- Number of Transistors
- Semiconductors present.
- Semiconductors
- Main principle
- Transceiver
- Wave bands
- VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
- Power type and voltage
- Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 24 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- - For headphones or amp.
- Material
- Metal case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: AN/VRC-12 - MILITARY U.S. different makers
- Shape
- Boatanchor (heavy military or commercial set >20 kg).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 280 x 160 x 330 mm / 11 x 6.3 x 13 inch
- Notes
-
AN/VRC-12 Mobile radio: Military transceiver covering 30-52,95 MHz (Band A) / 53-75,95 MHz (Band B), 920 channels with 50 kHz channel spacing, FM (F3), output power 1 - 3 (low power) or 35 W (high power), standard and subaudio tone (150 Hz) operated squelch. 10 Channel presets.
The AN/VRC-12 system consists of RT-246A/VRC transceiver, R-442 auxiliary receiver (to monitor a second channel while operating on another frequency), the Mounting MT-1029 for RT-246 and the Mounting MT-1898 for the auxiliary receiver. Standard vehicle antenna is the AT-912 whip antenna with the antenna tuning unit MX-2799
The system was produced by several U.S. manufacturers and also by Tadiran, Israel.
The set was used by U.S. Army in Vietnam and several other armed forces, in Switzerland it carried the designation SE-412.
It was the successor of the AN/GRC-3 - AN/GRC-8.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 26.4 kg / 58 lb 2.4 oz (58.15 lb)
- Mentioned in
- -- Original-techn. papers.
- Author
- Model page created by Martin Bösch. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
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Here you find 398 models, 350 with images and 210 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from MILITARY U.S. (different makers for same model)
Forum contributions about this model: MILITARY U.S.: AN/VRC-12
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Das militärische Funksystem AN/VRC-12 wurde in verschiedenen Konstellationen vorwiegend in Fahrzeugen eingesetzt.
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RT-246A/VRC |
RT-524A/VRC speaker |
R-442A/VRC auxiliary receiver |
|
| AN/VRC-12 | 1 | 1 | |
| AN/VRC-43 | 1 | ||
| AN/VRC-44 | 1 | 2 | |
| AN/VRC-45 | 2 | ||
| AN/VRC-46 | 1 | ||
| AN/VRC-47 | 1 | 2 | |
| AN/VRC-48 | 1 | 2 | |
| AN/VRC-49 | 2 |
Zu den System gehören jeweils als Zubehör Bordverständigungsanlagen und verschiedene Kontrollgeräte.
Im TM 11-5820 werden die Gerätesätze in allen Einzelheiten beschrieben.
Lieber Gruss Martin Bösch
Martin Bösch, 21.Jan.14