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The basic '''AN/TRC-97''' radio system was developed by the Marine Corps during the early-mid 1960's. The first operational application was in South East Asia in 1966. Since then the AN/TRC-97 has been a primary means for providing inter-unit multichannel trunking for USMC and USAF tactical forces. | The basic '''AN/TRC-97''' radio system was developed by the Marine Corps during the early-mid 1960's. The first operational application was in South East Asia in 1966. Since then the AN/TRC-97 has been a primary means for providing inter-unit multichannel trunking for USMC and USAF tactical forces. | ||
| − | The AN/TRC-97 series radios are all housed in [[S-308]] series shelters (modified [[S-318]] series) and provide a nominal one kilowatt output power with dual space diversity reception for tropostheric forward scatter communication. For line-of-sight operation, the high power amplifier can be bypassed and the one watt output of the intermediate power amplifier (TWT) fed directly to the antenna. 4 Operating frequencies are selected from 1, 200 available ~channe1s~ in the 4. 4 to 5.0 GHz range spaced in 500 kHz increments. | + | The AN/TRC-97 series radios are all housed in [[S-308]] series shelters (modified [[S-318]] series) and provide a nominal one kilowatt output power with dual space diversity reception for tropostheric forward scatter communication. For line-of-sight operation, the high power amplifier can be bypassed and the one watt output of the intermediate power amplifier (TWT) fed directly to the antenna. 4 Operating frequencies are selected from 1, 200 available ~channe1s~ in the 4. 4 to 5.0 GHz range spaced in 500 kHz increments. |
| + | It used analog radio and had a 12-channel capability. | ||
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Revision as of 10:48, 10 March 2018
AN/TRC-97
The basic AN/TRC-97 radio system was developed by the Marine Corps during the early-mid 1960's. The first operational application was in South East Asia in 1966. Since then the AN/TRC-97 has been a primary means for providing inter-unit multichannel trunking for USMC and USAF tactical forces. The AN/TRC-97 series radios are all housed in S-308 series shelters (modified S-318 series) and provide a nominal one kilowatt output power with dual space diversity reception for tropostheric forward scatter communication. For line-of-sight operation, the high power amplifier can be bypassed and the one watt output of the intermediate power amplifier (TWT) fed directly to the antenna. 4 Operating frequencies are selected from 1, 200 available ~channe1s~ in the 4. 4 to 5.0 GHz range spaced in 500 kHz increments. It used analog radio and had a 12-channel capability.
AN/TRC-97A
The AN/TRC-97E consists of the OA-7161C/TRC-97 Radio Set Group and of the OA-8439/TRC-97C Power Accessory Group:
