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Keeping in mind OPSEC considerations...are you saying that WE deployed GPS jammers in theater? Wow. I'm usually fairly hooked up with who did what to whom and where...but...this is news. The **** scary part is so many people out there calling in CAS etc. *were* using civvy kit in spite of...

So...chances are pretty good that a couple of Ebay auctions got squashed because of this conversation, so I won't be mentioning Ebay sales again on Steelsoldiers. I'm sure they get paid enough to do their *own* homework anyway. I probably should've taken the hint when one of the earliest...

If SA is a factor or wide-field L1 jamming is a factor - PLGR or DAGR are your only options. The argument seems to be that the risk of jamming given current foes isn't worth the pain in the ass of carting around anything heavier or less colorul than the Garmin 60CSX. Plus too many people don't...

It really makes me mad that these people can wave the flag with one hand while trampling on citizens with both jackboots simultaneously. **** that. You make a mistake - you deal with it. Don't make it everyone else's problem.

So, turns out DIA is having some communication issues with DRMS and GL over some Ebay items. In summation: 1) DIA's position is that every PLGR is stolen because they were never supposed to be released. The End. 2) Through scrap sales and lot sales DRMS and GL released over a thousand. Over...

Shells show up on Ebay from time to time - though having said that I've not seen one for about two years. They're just about always missing their top covers for some reason. Look very carefully at the pics when they come up, too, as the last couple I can remember look as though they'd spent...

Maddawg: Agreed wholeheartedly. Dealt with Mike for years and he's first-rate. You're also dead-right about the "someone else will" as he regularly sells out of the high-priced stuff in a blink (reference those SINCGARS RT-1523B units he's now sold out of at $2195 eaches.) I've had my eyes...

To join a net you'd need the unique NET ID, usually be within a second of their fill time, have the same hopset etc. -- not something anyone would be able to guess randomly. A spectrum analyzer could tell you which frequencies have hop activity on them but still wouldn't tell you which...

No OPSEC issues. Info is all over the net - lots on Wikipedia - and even the NSA site had a bunch of info too at one point. Early SINCGARS like the ones Mike has (RT-1439 model) used the same external KY-57 VINSON units that the VRC-12 family used. KY-57s and their associated cabling have...

They'd only really be operable on the 6 meter ham band (50-54 Mhz) by a licensed amateur radio operator, legally speaking, as the equipment would never meet FCC type approval even if you were licensed to operate on a commercial frequency. Having said that...I've been on more than one...

Can't answer for Richard, but before the DRMOs got all uptight you could walk over to the scrap side from the GL side and talk to the guys with the scrap contract and make a deal or two. The way it generally worked was that whomever had the scrap contract had to keep the stuff piled in their...

Mike Murphy has 1st generation SINCGARS radios for sale described as 'very used' but in good working condition for $779 bucks. These appear to be the RT-1439 variants according to the photo (i.e. non-ICOM), but I doubt you'll ever beat the price if you want to take a step up from the VRC-12...

Also, a bunch were modified for ArmyMARS operation that came up surplus years back. I believe I have one such receiver buried in the warehouse somewhere.

They had something called the AN/VRC-19 back then - pictures here: http://www.icdc.com/~oldradio/web/vehicle/vrc19.jpg I seem to recall they were made by Motorola, and Fair Radio Sales in Lima, OH used to sell them quite reasonably. Despite being military they operated in VHF high band (i.e...

Ahh...the bidder on the Canadian one reneged which is why it's up again.

That particular one comes with a set of legs etc., correct? I think I have one somewhere. That's would be set up in a CP or out in the field either strung into the wired communication system (i.e. field wire) or maybe used as a remote from a RATT/CRTTZ radio-teletype shelter. So as part of a CP...

PVS PLGR PEQ MILITARY GPS NAVIGATION SATELLITE SIGNALS - eBay (item 110505839767 end time Mar-21-10 16:43:24 PDT) The Canadian ebay seller has either another one, or the first guy reneged. I see he's from Quebec too where at least one large rebuild depot and several large storage depots are...

And another one - this time in Hong Kong: AN/PSN-11(V)1 Military PLGR GPS Satellite Navigation - eBay (item 110503802442 end time Mar-14-10 11:27:39 PDT) Probably spurred on by the price fetched by the Canadian one.

One on Epay right now: Military Antenna AS-1729/VRC Full Kit In original Box - eBay (item 350325938665 end time Mar-09-10 06:13:04 PST) At 51 bucks or so. Will probably get bid up in the usual $150-ish range closer to the auction closing time, but you never know. Just keep an eye on it and bid...

I think the AS-3900(*) had a VSWR of something like 2.3 or worse across the band. The RT-246/524s will supposedly handle a continuous VSWR of 4.0, though I wouldn't like to put it to the test. Probably the best match on the AS-3900s is the center of the bandspread which would be around amateur...