{"id":8073,"date":"2024-02-24T06:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T06:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/catalog\/vhf-radio-sets-mq-508-mq-608\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:48:30","slug":"vhf-radio-sets-mq-508-mq-608","status":"publish","type":"catalog","link":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/catalog\/vhf-radio-sets-mq-508-mq-608\/","title":{"rendered":"VHF Radio Sets MQ-508\/MQ-608 (SCR-508\/SCR-608)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Family of vehicular VHF radio communication equipment, used by all tactical echelons.<br \/>Used by the US military during WW2, designated SCR-508\/SCR-608.<br \/>Used by the IDF during the War of Independence (1948) and the Sinai Campaign (1956).<br \/>Frequency ranges: MQ-508 \u2013 20 to 27.9 MHz, MQ-608 \u2013 27 to 38.9 MHz; PM (Phase Modulation); 80 or 120 channels in 100 kHz steps, with ten channels overlapping between bands; output power: MQ-508 \u2013 30 Watts, MQ-608 \u2013 20 Watts; powered by 12 or 24 Volts DC; range: 20 km, depends on terrain and cover.<br \/>Vacuum tube technology and quartz crystals frequency control.<br \/>Main configurations: MQ-508, MQ-608.<br \/>Main components: transmitters: MH-604, MH-684; receivers: MH-603, MH-683.<br \/>Main accessories: mounting MU-237; antenna base BA-48; antenna elements: HAN-51, HAN-52, HAN-53; microphone MIC-17.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1308,"template":"","catalog_cat":[36],"period":[39,93],"class_list":["post-8073","catalog","type-catalog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","catalog_cat-tactical-radio","period-war-of-independence","period-sinai-campaign"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/catalog\/8073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/catalog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/catalog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"catalog_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/catalog_cat?post=8073"},{"taxonomy":"period","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumkesher.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/period?post=8073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}