[Milsurplus] Fw: PRC-660T

[Al Klase]

John,

Everything I find says it's a 24-volt radio:

http://www.kpjung.de/htm2/e_prc660.htm
http://www.zuritc.com/uhf/prc-660t.html

Al

On 4/21/2011 2:24 PM, John Watkins wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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,
>>>
>>> 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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