Popular with the paintball, Airsoft and military re-enactment groups, this radio is styled on the military issue comms systems popular with armed forces world wide featuring  conventional comms, digital encryption and satellite capable operation - costing amazingly high amounts of money, but being resistant to water ingress, physical damage, and operation with tough accessories. This radio is styled on the original but features a standard dual band FM transceiver, with no digital operation and no network capability. It fits the usual ex-military webbing, pouches and other accessories to mimic the appearance and basic functionality of this kind of equipment. Enthusiasts can look the part and have communications without the huge and pointless expense of the originals they are modelled on. Battery packs are similar and feature the bayonet locate and twist system. They can have a number of alternate antennas, headset and remote telephone handsets fitted if required.

 

 

The unit can be programmed from the front panel, using the now familiar menu system. It has speech readout of your keypad entries, handy for low light conditions.

 

GPS is fitted and provides Lat/Lon readout and satellite count via menus

 

Relay mode is fitted - for example, 145.2MHz can be entered as receive frequency, and it will relay any activity out to the other band - I tested on 435.5MHz

 

POWER OUTPUT

I am seeing some wild claims - so tested one unit in the office here and an accurate meter

 

FREQ(MHz)     WATTS

136 9

145 10

156 10

159 9

165 9

174 9

435 8

446 10

450 10

461 11

465 11

469 12

475 12

This matches the capabilities of the supplied battery pack.

 

It comes in a Peli-style tough case with decent seals. It has the main body, the battery, the battery charger unit, a multi voltage charger - and we will include the 2pin to 13A adaptor required. The antenna is in two parts. The  adapter unit which has a TNC base to connect  to the radio, and the top has a screw-in receiver for the flexible, military flat type antenna that can be folded if you need to shorten it - this obviously reduces range, but for local operation is still a good performer.

 

Dual band with all the usual features. It does NOT have networking and of course is NOT digital - but it is authentic in appearance.

 

There are a few of these on ebay as direct sales from China with long lead times - this is in stock here and with the free UPS tracked and insured shipping can be delivered very quickly - and you get the usual 14 day return period, so you can buy safely. If you buy from China direct, you will get the 20% VAT added by the supplier, or worse, DHL or Royal Mail when it is delivered , plus their handling fee - FEDEX currently charge £12.75 - so a radio for £290 could cost you over £360 delivered. This one is £335, delivered - no hidden charges.

 

FREE UPS TRACKED DELIVERY INCLUDED

PLEASE NOTE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT YET READY IN ENGLISH - I WILL FORWARD INSTRUCTIONS AS SOON AS THE FACTORY PROVIDE THEM - I HAD NO ISSUES WORKING THROUGH THE MENUS TO TEST THE UNIT - QUITE SIMPLE

 

It's a very neat piece of kit, well built and in a proper protective box. You can even buy second hand accessories for them. If you're into this kind of thing, you already know these radios.

 

NEW SPECIFICATIONS

 

Place of Origin: Fujian, China

 

Brand Name: Chierda-TCA

 

Model Number: PRC-152A gps

 

Type: Handheld

 

Dimensions: 116*61*35mm(without antenna)

 

Frequency Range: VHF136-174MHz/UHF400-470mhz Air 118-136 AM RX Only

 

Storage Channel: 128

 

Talk Range: 5-8km

 

Battery capacity: 2500mAh x 4 (3.6V)

 

Output Power: 1W

 

Channel Band: 25KHz(Wide Band)/ 12.5KHz(Narrow Band)

 

CTCSS/DCS(QT/DQT:

 

Colour: Green

 

Antenna Impedance: 50 Ohm