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That is storage for the co-driver in a truck with a radio mount. They remove the box (like behind the driver's seat) and install the radio racks. Now the co-driver needs a place for his stuff so they have the hanging box. You can try having both but it makes opening the metal box kind of tough.Oh wow, I've never seen one of those before. At a glance I can't tell if it was intended for storage or electronics. Very interesting! Is there a NSN on it?
Except he still has the box on the pax side. You can see it in his pictures.That is storage for the co-driver in a truck with a radio mount. They remove the box (like behind the driver's seat) and install the radio racks. Now the co-driver needs a place for his stuff so they have the hanging box. You can try having both but it makes opening the metal box kind of tough.
Could be for the 3rd seat soldier.Except he still has the box on the pax side. You can see it in his pictures.
I'd love the platform and radio rack but think shipping to TX would be cost prohibitive.if anyone on here needs any of these parts,.....i need a center seat and will make a fair deal
Except his third seat was removed for the radios, as is typical. And the two original boxes hold NBC for all 3.Could be for the 3rd seat soldier.
It's not just for NBC gear it's also for the soldier's personal stuff. It could have been a platoon leader's vehicle and he wanted extra space for his delicates or who knows what. Since they didn't put the radio's behind the passenger seat then they didn't need the hanging bag. Unit level modifications are common in the military and every thing they do doesn't necessarily have to make sense.Except his third seat was removed for the radios, as is typical. And the two original boxes hold NBC for all 3.
Our comtacs all have PTT boxes to U-229, so they just hook right up. I make U-229 and Ampheno/etc milspec cables anyways. In the process of making the highway cables. Thanks though!
I do like the comtac 3s but some people tell me that is just because I have not tried the 4s yet, with the in-ears. The biggest gripe I have about the 3s is probably that if I wear them with sunglasses the frames need to be close to my skull or things go wrong, and wearing them all day in the heat gets kind of terrible. I shoot OK with them so there's that.
I have some old VIC-1 headsets I was just thinking about re-writing to work with the ViC-3 (from 2 plugs to 1). Because they are cheap, and I have them, and I could hand them out to guests.
Thanks for the review! I certainly won't buy a pair until I have an opportunity to try them out first-hand.Had the Comtac 4. Was not impressed and sold it. Amplification was mediocre as well as noise suppression. It was fairly comfortable though. In short, I dont feel it is worth the cost.
I wonder if I was that member. I used to use a sigtronics transcom system, the portable one. I have it still sitting here actually, I haven't used it in years. Used it with Jeeps, that kind of thing. I have an analyzer and the SWR on the Harris pretty much comes out to what they claimed in the specs, it's about 3.5 or better across the entire range. I work 100 miles on 2 meters without a tuner, 75 watts.I am slowly working on something similar, but using civilian stuff. In another thread a member said that he is using a Sigtronics intercom system and that is what I am going to put together. The Transcomm II is portable so I can use it when I ride in someone else's MV or whatever. I have a similar broadband antenna by Harris on the truck now. One of the local ham's has a very nice antenna analyzer I would like to hook up and see what the SWR looks like on the common frequencies. What radio will you be running? I would like one that is waterproof or water resistant at least...my thought being it would be less susceptible to corrosion from salty sea air at the beach.