{"id":33006,"date":"2018-06-28T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33006"},"modified":"2018-06-28T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T12:30:11","slug":"discovering-the-apollo-survival-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/discovering-the-apollo-survival-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering the Apollo Survival Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a previous post<\/a>, I mentioned that I visited the US Space and Rocket Center<\/a> in Huntsville Alabama last week (a museum I highly recommend to anyone interest in spaceflight<\/em>).<\/p>\n

While perusing numerous displays in the\u00a0Saturn V Hall at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, I noted this little radio in a case devoted to Apollo survival gear:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>I found no detailed information about this survival radio at the display (not surprising), so I snapped a few photos and researched it when I got back to the hotel room that evening.<\/p>\n

The Smithsonian Air And Space Museum<\/a> was one of the few sources I found with a description of this radio:<\/p>\n

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Survival gear was provided to Apollo astronauts in the case they returned to Earth and there was a substantial delay in rescue and recovery operations. One item in the survival kit was a hand-held UHF radio. Beginning with the Apollo 12 survival kit the radio beacon was manufactured by the Cubic Corporation. It could operate either as a “beacon” or for two-way voice communications. Permanently set to operate at 243 MHz, the transceiver and its cylindrical battery pack were water-tight. It could operate in beacon mode for up to 24 hours. An extendable antenna, a second battery pack, and a spacecraft connector cable were also provided.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love finding purpose-designed radios like the Apollo Survival Radio.<\/p>\n

Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Have you ever stumbled upon similar survival or purpose-built radios? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a previous post, I mentioned that I visited the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama last week (a museum I highly recommend to anyone interest in spaceflight). While perusing numerous displays in the\u00a0Saturn V Hall at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, I noted this little radio in a case devoted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288,26],"tags":[7136,7133,3372,7135,7134],"class_list":["post-33006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radios","tag-apollo-radio","tag-apollo-survival-radio","tag-survival-kit","tag-survival-radios","tag-us-space-and-rocket-center"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Am","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38588,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/apollo-11-ham-radio-special-event-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":33006,"position":0},"title":"Apollo 11 ham radio special event stations","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Randy (KS4L), who writes: Don't know if you're aware, but there are a number of Special Event Stations on the air this weekend commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. 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