TRC-1 Carriers
My radio equipment is mostly setup for portable operation, but it was pretty messy to move things around. My Yaesu FT-817 was vulnerable to damage when being shifted and things were a rats nest. Secondly, the FT-8800 dualband mobile wasn’t getting very much use since I don’t spend much time in the car, so I wanted some way of using that from home.
The TRC-1 tactical radio carriers from Tac-Comm are advertised in QST, and I thought that this would be a nice way of organising the rigs. I bought four of these aluminium carriers and one of the steel lids (to act as a magmount base) direct from Tac-Comm. Quite impressively put together!
Dummy’s Note: the mic hanger screw holes are countersunk on the inside of the carrier, so put the nylock nuts on the outside. The slider will move up and down then.
I did find that some extra holes had to be drilled to mount the Yaesu FT-8800 because the Yaesu bracket has longways slots instead of side to side. The FT-817 and Z11pro tuner were mounted using webbing straps, but to make the mount more secure I put some thin foam sheeting between the two so there was something to compress down.
My power supply from GME fits nicely into the carrier too and I bolted the Rigrunner 4005 to the back of the carrier and this gives me quite a lot of flexibility for DC distribution on the shack bench. In the field I can swap the PSU carrier for a gell cell battery, or if there is AC available take the PSU along as well (one of the benefits of a switching power supply is the light weight).
I only know one other person that uses these carriers in Australia, but after I take them out and about a few more people might be interested.
