RT-246 Military VHF Low Band Vehicle Radio, VRC-12 Family

© Brooke Clarke 2009

This is one of the VRC-12 series Military VHF low band vehicle radios.  The others are the RT-524 ( very similar to the RT-246 but w/o the pushbutton tuning and w/speaker) and the R-442 receiver.  It interoperated with the PRC-25, PRC-77, PRC-68, PRC-68A, PRC-68B, PRC-126 and the low band version of the PRC-128.  It also has provision for communications security be adding an external KY-38 or  KY-57.

I got this radio for the GRC-206 system which was designed to allow remote channel selection.  It fits into the lower right corner of the MT-6250 equipment rack.

These parts came from an RT-524 and many of them are common to the RT-246.