01-04-2026, 11:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2026, 11:15 PM by Mike Watterson.)
I'd suspect FM or CW only.
There are three main Clansman families.
1 to 40 MHz (HF) Some are 2 MHz to 30 MHz. Most CW/AM/SSB
35 to 75 MHz (VHF, likely FM only). Some far more limited frequency. I'd have thought up to 85 MHz as I have a NATO aerial that used to be 85 MHz.
Air control, so AM only, but about 200 to 400 MHz (not Civilian airband?).
This stuff is quite old now. I had 200W Grinel (SA Racal) and transportable 20W syncal Racal (both military SSB / CW HF) that's a similar era to early Clansman. Noisy and prone to blowing finals. I think maybe 24V? I got rid of it all. Too inflexible. The FT101ZD Mk2 and Mk3 I had were far better. I also had a FT817ND with homebrew 80W HF amp and band filters automatically switched, A pair of 20W amps for 2m & 70cm. I gave the HF amp to an owner of a 5W SDR set when I got a cheap S/H FT857D (with the DSP factory built).
I did have some old Motorola rigs I was going to mod for 70 MHz, but they needed crystals and only 6 channels. I started off with an R1155 for receive and later got a 19 set but the military had ripped out the TX section tuning vanes.
There are three main Clansman families.
1 to 40 MHz (HF) Some are 2 MHz to 30 MHz. Most CW/AM/SSB
35 to 75 MHz (VHF, likely FM only). Some far more limited frequency. I'd have thought up to 85 MHz as I have a NATO aerial that used to be 85 MHz.
Air control, so AM only, but about 200 to 400 MHz (not Civilian airband?).
This stuff is quite old now. I had 200W Grinel (SA Racal) and transportable 20W syncal Racal (both military SSB / CW HF) that's a similar era to early Clansman. Noisy and prone to blowing finals. I think maybe 24V? I got rid of it all. Too inflexible. The FT101ZD Mk2 and Mk3 I had were far better. I also had a FT817ND with homebrew 80W HF amp and band filters automatically switched, A pair of 20W amps for 2m & 70cm. I gave the HF amp to an owner of a 5W SDR set when I got a cheap S/H FT857D (with the DSP factory built).
I did have some old Motorola rigs I was going to mod for 70 MHz, but they needed crystals and only 6 channels. I started off with an R1155 for receive and later got a 19 set but the military had ripped out the TX section tuning vanes.
