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FREQUENCY HOPPING VHF/UHF FM/AM MANPACK TRANSCEIVER WITH INTEGRATED COMSEC AN/PRC-117D(C) MANPACK OPERATOR GUIDE...
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WARNINGS ..Potentially harmful voltages are present on antenna during transmission. Avoid contact. Batteries are potentially hazardous when misused. Follow safety precautions found in section 6 of the instruction manual.
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AN/PRC-117D SERIES FREQUENCY HOPPING VHF/UHF FM/AM MANPACK TRANSCEIVER WITH INTEGRATED COMSEC AN/PRC-117D(C) MANPACK OPERATOR GUIDE...
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CONTENTS SETUP/ASSEMBLY BASIC RADIO COMSEC OPERATIONAL DATA...
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CONNECT HANDSET AND ANTENNA AUDIO/DATA CONNECTOR WITH RECESSED TOP VIEW HANDSET CABLE ANTENNA CONNECTIONS AUDIO DISPLAY DIM XMT POWER /DATA HIGH WSPR RADIO DISPLAY Z ALL Z 1-5 REXMT DOWN DOWN SQCH NOIS TONE PRGRM SCAN REXMT FILL TEST/LOAD VOLUME...
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CONTROLS, INDICATORS, CONNECTORS AUDIO DISPLAY DIM XMT POWER /DATA HIGH WSPR RADIO DISPLAY REXMT Z ALL Z 1-5 DOWN DOWN SQCH NOISE PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT FILL VOLUME TEST/LOAD...
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CONTROLS/INDICATORS/ CONROLS/INDICATORS/ CONNECTORS CONNECTORS AUDIO/DATA Connector ANT Connector (Whip) DISPLAY DIM/WSPR ANT BNC Connector (50W) COMSEC Mode Control RADIO Mode Control Z ALL (Zeroize All) SQUELCH OFF P (Plain) NOISE SQUELCH TD (Time Delay) TONE SQUELCH C (Cipher) REXMT LD (Load) RV (RCV VAR) SCAN Z 1–5 (Zeroize 1-5)
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COMSEC INITIALIZATION XMT POWER HIGH NOTES Z ALL Z 1-5 RADIO FOR COMSEC OPERATION, THE RADIO MUST BE INITIALIZED EACH TIME IT IS TURNED ON. FOR COMSEC OPERATION IN VHF-HI OR UHF, THE INTERNAL MODEM MUST BE TURNED OFF (SEE PAGE 34). KEY TWICE BEEPING STOPS IF VALID CRYPTO VARIABLE USED...
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SELF IDENTITY PUSH AND HOLD TEST/LOAD XMT POWER HIGH RADIO RELEASE TEST/LOAD...
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SELF TEST XMT POWER HIGH RADIO AFTER DISPLAY BLANKS TEST/LOAD...
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SQUELCH FM OR AM WITH NOTES SINAD 150HZ SQUELCHED UNSQUELCHED AT FREQ LEVEL TONE IN VHF-HI AND UHF, NOISE SQUELCH IS USED REGARDLESS OF NOISE OR TONE SETTING. IN ECCM, ALL RADIOS NOISE SHOULD HAVE SAME SQUELCH SETTING. IN ECCM, NOISE AND TONE SET SYNCHRONIZATION TONE PATTERNS.
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FREQUENCIES, BANDS, MODES, INCREMENTS CONTENTS FREQUENCY BANDS MODES INCREMENTS ECCM EXCLUSIONS VHF-LO 30.000–89.975 WB ONLY FM ONLY 25 KHZ NONE VHF-HI 116.000 TO 119.995 116.000–173.995 WB ONLY AM OR FM 5 OR 6.25 170.000 TO 173.995 225.000–419.995 WB OR NB OR FM 5 KHZ 240.000 TO 269.995...
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SQCH XMT POWER NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT Z ALL Z 1-5 RADIO DOWN AFTER DISPLAY BLANKS PUSH AND HOLD TEST/LOAD DOWN TEST/LOAD FOR RADIO ZEROIZE ONLY: DISPLAY PUSH AND HOLD TEST/LOAD...
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CH SETUP MENUS SQCH XMT POWER NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT Z ALL Z 1-5 RADIO DOWN AFTER DISPLAY BLANKS PUSH AND HOLD TEST/LOAD DISPLAY TEST/LOAD DOWN...
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SETTING FREQUENCY – MANUAL CHANNEL XMT POWER SQCH NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO DISPLAY DOWN DOWN...
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SETTING FREQUENCY – MANUAL CHANNEL (Cont) FOR HALF–DUPLEX ONLY HOLD DOWN DOWN DISPLAY UNKEY FOR TRANSMIT...
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BANDWIDTH, MODE, POWER – MANUAL CHANNEL XMT POWER SQCH NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO (VHF-HI AND UHF ONLY) DISPLAY DISPLAY (UHF ONLY) DOWN (4W TO 20W IN SATCOM) DISPLAY DISPLAY DOWN DOWN...
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PROGRAMMING FREQUENCY – CHANNELS 1–7 XMT POWER SQCH NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO DISPLAY DOWN DOWN TEST/LOAD...
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PROGRAMMING FREQUENCY – CHANNELS 1–7 (Cont) FOR HALF–DUPLEX ONLY HOLD DISPLAY TEST/LOAD FOR TRANSMIT UNKEY DOWN DOWN...
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BANDWIDTH, MODE, POWER – CHANNELS 1–7 CONTENTS XMT POWER SQCH NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO SET FOR SNGL (CH SET UP MENU) DISPLAY...
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BANDWIDTH, MODE, POWER – CHANNELS 1–7 (Cont) (UHF ONLY) DISPLAY TEST/LOAD DOWN (VHF-HI, UHF)
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PROGRAMMING ECCM CHANNELS (NARROW-BAND) XMT POWER SQCH NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO SELECT 117B FROM CH SETUP MENU (SEE PAGE 12) DISPLAY DOWN DOWN TEST/LOAD...
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PROGRAMMING ECCM CHANNELS (WIDE-BAND) XMT POWER SQCH NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO SELECT 117B FROM CH SETUP MENU (SEE PAGE 12) TEST/LOAD DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN TEST/LOAD...
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CLEAR NET ENTRY CLEAR CHANNEL ECCM MONITORED CHANNEL CLEAR CHANNEL DETECTED AUDIO DISPLAY DIM XMT POWER /DATA HIGH RADIO WSPR DISPLAY Z ALL Z 1-5 REXMT SQCH DOWN DOWN NOIS TONE PRGRM SCAN REXMT FILL VOLUME TEST/LOAD...
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SELECTING CRYPTO VARIABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS XMT POWER SQCH HIGH NOISE PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO DISPLAY TEST/LOAD DOWN...
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LOADING CRYPTO VARIABLE FROM FILL DEVICE SQCH XMT POWER NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT RADIO DISPLAY DOWN TEST/LOAD...
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LOADING CRYPTO VARIABLE FROM FILL DEVICE (Cont) 117D-243 DI ATTACH DEVICE FOLLOW LOAD PROCEDURE FOR FILL DEVICE FILL AUDIO /DATA RELEASE ATTACH...
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REKEY OPERATIONS USING SARK TRANSMIT RECEIVE XMT POWER XMT POWER HIGH HIGH Z ALL Z 1-5 Z ALL Z 1-5 RADIO RADIO SQCH SQCH NOISE NOISE PRGRM TONE PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT SCAN REXMT DISPLAY ATTACH DEVICE FILL SET DEVICE TO TRANSMIT TEST/LOAD DOWN...
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COMSEC ZEROIZE XMT POWER HIGH RADIO Z 1–5 Z ALL ERASES THE ERASES ALL 5 TRAFFIC VARIABLES COMSEC VARIABLES Z ALL Z 1-5 (PULL-TO-TURN CONTROL) DISPLAY BLANKS AFTER 4 SECONDS...
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STAND ALONE COMSEC OPERATION SQCH XMT POWER NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT Z ALL Z 1-5 RADIO ATTACH CABLE REXMT DISPLAY...
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AUDIBLE TONES IN COMSEC MODE CONDITION TONE DESCRIPTION COMSEC Initialization Continuous beeps Key twice with COMSEC control in TD or C. Cipher TX Ready Single beep After keydown in TX mode. Shows that transmit can occur. Receiving Plain Text Double beep A plain-text signal is received in C or TD.
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SCAN SQCH XMT POWER NOISE HIGH PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT RADIO KEY ON CHANNEL SELECTED DURING SCAN PLAIN OR CIPHER TEXT SIGNAL DETECTED CIPHER TEXT SIGNAL CANNOT BE RECEIVED IF COMSEC MODE CONTROL IS IN P...
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RETRANSMIT OPERATION FULL CABLE LENGTH XMT POWER SQCH HIGH NOISE PRGRM TONE SCAN REXMT RADIO Z ALL Z 1-5...
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NARROW-BAND INTERNAL MODEM SET CHANNEL FOR: ATTACH SATCOM ANTENNA NARROW BANDWIDTH MODEM ENABLED (SEE CH SETUP, PAGE 12) TEST/LOAD DOWN ATTACH CABLES AUDIO /DATA REXMT...
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WIDE-BAND DATA INTERFACE SQCH NOISE GROUND PIN E PRGRM TONE FOR DATA SCAN REXMT Z ALL Z 1-5 OPERATION AUDIO /DATA AUDIO /DATA ATTACH DEVICE GROUND PIN F GROUND PIN E FOR FOR ANALOG DATA DATA OPERATION...
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PUBLICATION NUMBER: 10369-0012A FEBRUARY 1994 HARRIS CORPORATION RF COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION 1680 University Avenue Rochester, New York 14610-1887 Tel: 716-244-5830. Fax 716-244-2917, 716-325-1572 TELEX: 240313 RFCOM UR...
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