AN/PRC117F

Question 0

117 provides comms for?

Answer 0

Secure and non secure
Gnd to Air
Gnd to gnd
Gnd satcom

Question 1

What does sincgars stand for?

Answer 1

Single channel ground to air radio system

Question 2

How many Vinson Tek stores?

Answer 2

25

Question 3

What 2 KV’s does HPW use?

Answer 3

TSK & TEK

Question 4

Data rates up to ?

Answer 4

56 Kbps

Question 5

What is have quick 1 & 2?

Answer 5

UHF freq hopping system

Question 6

Name the frequency band for VHF low?

Answer 6

30 MHz - 89.9999 MHz

Question 7

What is the freq band for VHF high?

Answer 7

90 MHz to 224.999 MHz

Question 8

What is the freq band for UHF?

Answer 8

400 MHz to 511.999 MHz

Question 9

What don’t you have to set up with the latest generation software?

Answer 9

RSSI ping channel

Question 10

What does RSSI stand for?

Answer 10

Receive signal strength indicator

Question 11

Name four parts of the 117 CES?

Answer 11

Broadband ant
VHF blade
Goose neck handset
KDU (key display unit) remote control cable
Ni-cad or lithium battery
Battery box

Question 12

What is the J1 port for?

Answer 12

Audio/data/fill

Question 13

What do you connect to the J5 port?

Answer 13

VHF blade

Question 14

What do you connect to the J8 port?

Answer 14

Broadband or UHF antenna (dmc etc)

Question 15

What is the J2 port for?

Answer 15

GPs

Question 16

What is the J3 port used for?

Answer 16

Data / retransmit

Question 17

What is incl in the KDU?

Answer 17

CIK

Question 18

What does the following stand for?
PT
CT
TD
RV

Answer 18

Plain text
Cipher text
Time delay
Receiver delay

Question 19

What data is cleared when you zeroise all?

Answer 19

Red data

Question 20

How do you zeroise both red and black data?

Answer 20

Clear

Question 21

What port do you use for cloning ?

Answer 21

J6 or J9

Question 22

What are the freq ranges for satcom incl HPW?

Answer 22

Downlink - 243 to 270 MHz

Uplink - 292 to 318 MHz

Question 23

What does DAMA stand for?

Answer 23

Demand assigned multiple access

Question 24

What does STC stand for?

Answer 24

Satellite TDMA capability

Question 25

How many channels can you program into the 117?

Answer 25

100 nets

Question 26

What consecutive keys are used?

Answer 26

Tek - traffic encryption keys KEK - key encryption key Trkek - transfer kek Tsk - transmission security key

Question 27

Two most used fills and short titles?

Answer 27

Vinson any talk net - BWO 256 | KG-84 data, HPW - BWO 1656

Question 28

What does ANDVT stand for?

Answer 28

Advanced narrow band digital voice terminal

Question 29

What does UFO stand for?

Answer 29

UHF follow on

Question 30

Name four additional CES?

Answer 30

``` PS3 Loudspeaker Cloning lead - blue dot Dse - 77 Mini dmc X wing pop up Trivek x wing (vech fit) Tricot 100w AMP ```

Question 31

What does POST mean?

Answer 31

Power on self test

Question 32

What does BIT stand for?

Answer 32

Built in self test

Question 33

What is the max power output through the J8 port and which antenna would you use on it?

Answer 33

20 watts, Broadband Ae / DMC

Question 34

What is the max power output of the J5 port?

Answer 34

10 Watts

Question 35

When using 5khz voice channels, which crypto mode do we use?

Answer 35

ANDVT

Question 36

Explain hang time in relation to scan plans?

Answer 36

Hang time is how long the radio dwells on the channel after the transmission has finished

Question 37

What does STC stand for?

Answer 37

Satellite Time Division Multiple Access Capability

Question 38

What coverage does the DMC 120 ae provide with no elements? What are the benefits of adding elements?

Answer 38

89 degrees, adding elements reduces this to 17 degrees, and gives us a gain of d/b’s.