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While I was in the Air Force, I was in the 3rd Combat Comm group and took my personal radios with me on deployments... I carried a Kenwood TS-440S/AT and a Cushcraft R7 vertical antenna... Operated as KG4HM in 1992 and made over 1250 Q's with that set up running 100W...
The radio is a fixed /...
I haul my m-38CDN and M-100 trailer on a 16 foot utility trailer... what I have done is mount a 2500 lb ATV winch in a box on the tounge of the Utility trailer. Then I placed a piece of steel channel (2" wide by 1/2" deep) up the center of the trailer with the flat down. I load the jeep first...
I had a great time and my little M-38CDN did fine... even came to the rescue once :-D
Lunch afterwards was good too... :beer:
Anyone with photos of my jeep in the river please contact me, I would like a copy please...
Thanks
I am planning on attending, trying to get the M-38 ready to go... got to but new batteries in it... first time this year to be run...
Is there anything we need to bring? Sodas, burgers, or such... I will also bring my M-100 trailer for the jeep...
PM if need be... or email...:beer:
Do you have details... time and such... If I were to attend I would need to leave very early or trilaer my M-38 down...
Doing the Red Balling thru the Ozarks again this year... 100 miles fourth year with my M-38...
If interested contact me...
Friday, April 3, 2009 @ 1645L approx - Driving North on Sunnylane in Del City, OK - Nice looking M-35 with a homemade cammo box in the bed...
I hit the horn and waved, got a response from the passenger...
Wondering who it was... is it a member...
Dave, be sure you hand your applications directly to the guy in charge... Year before last I gave mine to a gent, who said he would pass it on... Guess what he did not... I showed up for the parade and no record of me... so I ended up being tail end charlie...
Just a word for the wise...
If that is a M-38 CDN (Canadian) there will be a CAR number stamped into the frame on the drivers side top rail between the bumper and the radiator like this 52-3XXXX... It may be under the winch mount...
The M-38 CDN was built from Feb 52 to Nov 52 and only 2145 were built... there will be...
The original mounts for the M-1008 - 10028 vehicles used 1/4x20 Rivnuts which are like poprivets and set into the steel with a special tool... if they do not pull out they will need to be cut off with a dremel tool or grinder...
I am trying to locate a 1950's vintage MT-299 mount to install a VRC-10 radio set in my M-38... I have the radios, power supplies and accessories...
I have 2 MT-297 mounts to possibly trade...
Please email me with the details...
Thanks
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