Antenna base for AN-1729 mobile vehicle antenna, component of VRC-12 series – family of vehicular VHF radio communication equipment, used by all tactical echelons.
Antenna base includes antenna tuner, controlled from the transmitter/receiver using appropriate control cable.
Used by the US military from 1963 until early 1990s, designated MX-6707 (part of AS-1729/VRC).
Used by the IDF during the War of Attrition (1967-1970), the Yom Kippur War (1973), the Peace for Galilee War (1982), the Security Zone Conflict (1982-2000) and the Second Lebanon War (2006).
AN-1729 antenna is two-piece center-fed dipole antenna (lower element HAN-1730 and upper element HAN 1095); frequency range:30.00 to 75.95 MHz; connected to the transmitter-receiver by two cables: RF coaxial cable and control cable.
Manufactured by several manufacturers, including Tadiran Israel, under license of Magnavox, USA.
