Equipment Description; 1-3.1 Functional Description; 1-3.2 Main Operational Features - Motorola HF-SSB Owner's Manual

1-3. Equipment Description

1-3.1 Functional Description
The micomTrooper is an advanced and flexible backpack-portable HF-SSB
transceiver that provides a complete solution to the communication requirements
in the crowded HF band. micomTrooper has an automatic antenna tuner, which
supports a wide range of antennas, including a light-weight foldable whip for
portable (backpack) operation; dipole, long wire, and many other types of
antennas can be used for static operation.
The micomTrooper provides voice, data, and telegraphy (CW) communication.
Communication reliability and quality is improved by means of automatic
frequency management and automatic link establishment (ALE). In addition, the
ALE function also provides Automatic Message Display (AMD), that enables
operators to exchange preprogrammed messages while establishing a link.
The transmit output power is operator-selectable (5, 10 or 20 W). When used in
a backpack configuration, the operator can reduce the transmit power and thus
increase battery life when the communication conditions do not require the
maximum transmit power (20 W).
Under bad propagation conditions or in an emergency, the operator can rapidly
switch to static operation by simply placing the self-supporting micomTrooper
harness on ground, and increase the transmit power to 50 W. Under static
operating conditions, the operator can easily connecting a dipole or another long
wire antenna instead of the whip, further increasing communication efficiency.
Using a dipole or long wire antenna also extends the lower operating frequency
from 3.0 to 1.6 MHz.
micomTrooper is powered by a 16V, 12Ah rechargeable Lithium ion battery, type
ML1416-L. Spare batteries can be carried in the backpack harness.
1-3.2 Main Operational Features
This section presents a concise list of the main operational features of the
micomTrooper transceiver.
For a description of the additional capabilities and features of MICOM
transceivers, see the "MICOM-2E/2R ALE HF-SSB Transceiver Owner's Guide",
Publication 68P02952C60-A, and the "MICOM-2ES/2RS/2TS ALE HF-SSB
Transceiver" Supplement 68MB000010 to the Owner's Guide 68P02952C60-A.
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