[Milsurplus] Fw: PRC-660T

[John Watkins]

Hi All,

This is from John in Greece and is about the proper voltage for the PRC-660T radios.  I have one, but have never put power to it (no time yet).  Everthing that I have seen says 24 Volts, but apparently that is NOT CORRECT.  John says use 18.  As one who has put 24V to his PRC-117, I am now very careful about what I feed my radios.  Don't have much info on the PRC-660T yet.

John  WD5ENU/A45XV 

--- On Thu, 4/21/11, maik <johniggle at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: maik <johniggle at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: PRC-660T
> To: "John Watkins" <jpwatkins9 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 12:28 PM
> Στις 21/4/2011 2:44 μμ, ο/η
> John Watkins έγραψε:
> > John,
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> > I already have a 660T, but have never seen any
> information on the battery hookup.
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> > Can you tell me what pins get the +24 and earth
> (-)?  Would like to try mine out, but haven't hooked up
> the power yst.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John  WD5ENU/A45XV
> John,
> Thanks for giving me the opportunity to tell my story. Here
> in Greece we are practical people and always find solutions
> (except for the economic issues of our country), not
> sticking to the rules and books.Luckily for you and your
> radio you didn't use 24 volts for the test. The radio is
> powered with 18 volts and with 24 volts only when it's
> coupledon the base - amplifier(from the base). The terminals
> are the A for the (-) and the B for the (+) 18 Volts. Please
> use a stabilized power supply (not a switching one) and do
> not touch any other pins. ( i haven't discover yet the use
> of the other pins, because i don't have any manual, so i
> don't have any more information on the battery hookup).
> Please post this message to the group so anyone owns a
> PRC-660 can test it without the base - amplifier.
> John
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