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HF Radio Set MQ-106

Vehicular HF SSB Transmitter-receiver, with manual antenna tuner. Consists of MH-832 transceiver, MH-3349 power amplifier and MU-3160 mounting.
Used by the US military from early 1960s until mid 1980s, designated AN/GRC-106.
Used by the IDF during the War of Attrition (1967-1970), the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the Peace for Galilee War (1982).
Frequency range: 2 to 30 MHz; output power: 400 Watts PEP; power: 24 Volts DC.
Vehicle operation with five section whip using antenna base BA-652; fixed operation with low dipole antenna AN-212.
Transistorized, vacuum tubes power amplifier.
Manufactured by Tadiran, Israel, under license of General Dynamics, USA.