Following on from Part 1 of Larkspur to Clansman, we continue with an overview of the manpack sets and antenna systems used for vehicle installations. The Manpack sets There are principally three manpack sets in the Clansman series that are useful to the radio amateur; these are the RT320 (PRC320) HF Transmitter-Receiver, RT351 (PRC351) and …
Andy M6GND has summed up this communications exercise very well. I will however add some detail to explain my reason for going to Dartmoor on this particular occasion and the local conditions. I have made many backpacking trips exploring Dartmoor, some of these with the added weight of a Clansman RT351 or RT320. Although there are …
BHRS – As Barry G8DXU was spending the weekend on Dartmoor we planned to attempt Clansman to Clansman contact between Dartmoor and Beachy Head, a distance of around 200 miles (320km), for this we decided to enlist the services of the PRC320 using the AM mode. I had earlier had grandiose plans of deploying the …
This article aims to give an introduction to the British Armies Clansman radio system deployed between 1978-2005 with details of the principle sets of interest to the radio amateur. In order to give a better understanding of the improvements and facilities offered by Clansman some historical background is included. The replacement for the famous Wireless …