You've taught me some things here that I either had forgotten or never knew - thanks. 0:59 - We used to bend the antenna around our bodies to prevent it getting in the way. Usually, it would be carried in a belt pouch with the antenna fed through a '58/90 yoke loop and tied down. The harness is good but mainly only for sentry duty. 5:17 - We used to use that headset on the 351. If I recall correctly, you should be able to remove (pop out) the earphone on one side so that you can hear what's going on around you with one ear whilst hearing the net in the other ear. 6:38 - The pressel switch would usually be clipped to a pocket flap. 17:02 - if it has "UNLOCK" printed on the circuit board, you don't need the screwdriver. You should be able to turn the plastic pillar around the screw until its "D" shape matches the D shaped cutout of the circuit board. Then it can drop out.
Perfect! I love feedback from people who actually use them in field! For me it's just a collection piece but same time nice to know more story behind it. Thanks
Often advertised as 1 watt but is only 250 mw, Mark ebay seller 2012mdlradios , had some of the metal 349 sectional antennas and some early thin solid wire ones that were used before the flexable one you have on yours, the radio was available in ten mhz blocks , the ones made under licence in spain covered the ham 6 meter band, the british ones can pick up older analogue baby monitors on 40.675 mhz with the squelch off, If you are using ten alkalines put a dummy aa in the pack as 15 v is max for this radio . Mark is great to buy from unbeatable on price for clansman bits , i bought my light weight carrier frames and gsa plus 349 ear piece with throat mics From him contact him on ebay with what your looking for he does not list all his clansman bits on ebay as he does radio rallies Best regards mick
Hello. I am asking for advice: I would like to make an antenna adapter for BNC for this radio. Is it enough to connect the "+" antenna (the central wire) to the socket on the radio, and "-" to the radio housing, or maybe in a different way?
It should be enough just like described but You have to be extra careful if this antenna is actually 50/75Ohm because BNC would imply that - when You get custom connector some times matching is being done inside radio and end result don't need to be 50ohm. Why are You planning add BNC for first place? It's crazy low power radio so even with better antenna range will be still tiny and after You butcher it adding custom connector it will lose collectible value. I'm just trying figure out why - if it's for fun then of course go ahead! If You suffer from this radio not performing well - it won't after upgrade - so I would sell it to collector and pickup something more modern.
Thank you very much for your answer! I have 3 of these radios and I want to play with one of them. I need BNC for 2 reasons. Firstly, I want to make a kind of portable radio station in an airtight case and the regular antenna from the RT-349 is too long and looks bad - I would like to fit another one. Secondly, I have an original power amplifier from South African SO-83 (I saw you also have such a radio) and I want to see if it will be able to amplify the transmit power of the RT-349. This amplifier has a BNC input and output so I want to match.@@ElectronicNoobBlog
Speaking of another antenna, I meant a telescopic one or one folded from several parts to fit in a suitcase (suitcase width 42 cm). I was thinking of adapting a telescopic antenna intended for a handheld CB (and adjusting the length to the appropriate SWR), but for now I need a normal antenna socket on the radio - then I can think about an antenna ...
Update: I did it! The BNC adapter works great. I used the antenna socket from another broken RT-349 radio, which I luckily didn't throw away. I converted this socket to BNC. Just unscrew 4 screws in a working radio and replace the original socket with a BNC (1 minute of work with a screwdriver) and I can go back to the previous one at any time, so the radio has no permanent change. Antenna used for the test: external antenna on the mast tuned to 50 MHz. Radio frequency: 46.975 MHz (max. available). SWR around 1.5. Power: approx. 0.5-0.6W (new batteries in the adapter) - that is correct for RT-349. Then I connected the power amplifier from SO-83 (12V power supply required). Obtained power: 10W, SWR increased to 2.5, but still not bad. I consider the first test successful, I can continue my project. Thank you and greetings to everyone.@@ElectronicNoobBlog
For normal conditions (wood) couple hundreds meter (there were different power output versions so it may vary) - but they are squad radio so in general you see person You talking to.
You've taught me some things here that I either had forgotten or never knew - thanks.
0:59 - We used to bend the antenna around our bodies to prevent it getting in the way. Usually, it would be carried in a belt pouch with the antenna fed through a '58/90 yoke loop and tied down. The harness is good but mainly only for sentry duty.
5:17 - We used to use that headset on the 351. If I recall correctly, you should be able to remove (pop out) the earphone on one side so that you can hear what's going on around you with one ear whilst hearing the net in the other ear.
6:38 - The pressel switch would usually be clipped to a pocket flap.
17:02 - if it has "UNLOCK" printed on the circuit board, you don't need the screwdriver. You should be able to turn the plastic pillar around the screw until its "D" shape matches the D shaped cutout of the circuit board. Then it can drop out.
Perfect! I love feedback from people who actually use them in field!
For me it's just a collection piece but same time nice to know more story behind it. Thanks
That isn't the normal head set we used with the 349. Normally it was one ear piece and a throat mike.
True, believe I got this headset from PRC-320. Also got throat mic.
Often advertised as 1 watt but is only 250 mw,
Mark ebay seller 2012mdlradios , had some of the metal 349 sectional antennas and some early thin solid wire ones that were used before the flexable one you have on yours, the radio was available in ten mhz blocks , the ones made under licence in spain covered the ham 6 meter band,
the british ones can pick up older analogue baby monitors on 40.675 mhz with the squelch off,
If you are using ten alkalines put a dummy aa in the pack as 15 v is max for this radio .
Mark is great to buy from unbeatable on price for clansman bits , i bought my light weight carrier frames and gsa plus 349 ear piece with throat mics
From him contact him on ebay with what your looking for he does not list all his clansman bits on ebay as he does radio rallies
Best regards mick
Thanks for that.
In the technical handbook for this radio the range voltage is from 9.6 to 16 V.
Very nice i like RT 350
Hello. I am asking for advice: I would like to make an antenna adapter for BNC for this radio. Is it enough to connect the "+" antenna (the central wire) to the socket on the radio, and "-" to the radio housing, or maybe in a different way?
It should be enough just like described but You have to be extra careful if this antenna is actually 50/75Ohm because BNC would imply that - when You get custom connector some times matching is being done inside radio and end result don't need to be 50ohm. Why are You planning add BNC for first place? It's crazy low power radio so even with better antenna range will be still tiny and after You butcher it adding custom connector it will lose collectible value. I'm just trying figure out why - if it's for fun then of course go ahead! If You suffer from this radio not performing well - it won't after upgrade - so I would sell it to collector and pickup something more modern.
Thank you very much for your answer! I have 3 of these radios and I want to play with one of them. I need BNC for 2 reasons. Firstly, I want to make a kind of portable radio station in an airtight case and the regular antenna from the RT-349 is too long and looks bad - I would like to fit another one. Secondly, I have an original power amplifier from South African SO-83 (I saw you also have such a radio) and I want to see if it will be able to amplify the transmit power of the RT-349. This amplifier has a BNC input and output so I want to match.@@ElectronicNoobBlog
Speaking of another antenna, I meant a telescopic one or one folded from several parts to fit in a suitcase (suitcase width 42 cm). I was thinking of adapting a telescopic antenna intended for a handheld CB (and adjusting the length to the appropriate SWR), but for now I need a normal antenna socket on the radio - then I can think about an antenna ...
Update: I did it! The BNC adapter works great. I used the antenna socket from another broken RT-349 radio, which I luckily didn't throw away. I converted this socket to BNC. Just unscrew 4 screws in a working radio and replace the original socket with a BNC (1 minute of work with a screwdriver) and I can go back to the previous one at any time, so the radio has no permanent change. Antenna used for the test: external antenna on the mast tuned to 50 MHz. Radio frequency: 46.975 MHz (max. available). SWR around 1.5. Power: approx. 0.5-0.6W (new batteries in the adapter) - that is correct for RT-349. Then I connected the power amplifier from SO-83 (12V power supply required). Obtained power: 10W, SWR increased to 2.5, but still not bad. I consider the first test successful, I can continue my project. Thank you and greetings to everyone.@@ElectronicNoobBlog
@@tomaszjedrkowiak8771 I'm glad it work out for You. Great idea with making it reversible. Thanks for feedback maybe it help someone else in future.
Whats the transmit range on these?
For normal conditions (wood) couple hundreds meter (there were different power output versions so it may vary) - but they are squad radio so in general you see person You talking to.
Are these waterproof/ resistant, just curious as it would be used on rainy patrols in Northern Ireland when it was in service
weather proof for sure - no raining no training