SERVICE TEST OF AN/URC-10 PERSONAL RESCUE RADIO

Efforts were made to determine the suitability of the AN/URC-10 Personal Rescue Radio for Army use under arctic winter conditions. The AN/URC-10 personal rescue radio is a subminiaturized, completely transistorized UHF radio set. It consists of a crystal-controlled receiver-transmitter, a 16-v dry b...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: ARMY ARCTIC TEST CENTER FORT GREELY ALASKA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
*DISTRESS SIGNALS
*COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
*SUBMINIATURE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
*TRANSMITTER RECEIVERS
*VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
MAINTENANCE
MILITARY PERSONNEL
POLAR REGIONS
RADIO EQUIPMENT
RADIO RANGES
RELIABILITY
TEST METHODS
VERTIGO
AN/URC-11
AN/URC-10
Arctic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0257193
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0257193
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Summary:Efforts were made to determine the suitability of the AN/URC-10 Personal Rescue Radio for Army use under arctic winter conditions. The AN/URC-10 personal rescue radio is a subminiaturized, completely transistorized UHF radio set. It consists of a crystal-controlled receiver-transmitter, a 16-v dry battery, and a power cable assembly. The unit operates in the 240-260 mc frequency band. Line of sight tone transmission and voice communication ranges for this equipment are approximately 30 naut mi. After review of test results, it was concluded that the AN/URC-10 is suitable for Army use under arctic winter conditions. (Author)

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