FREQUENCY HOPPING VHF/UHF

FM/AM MANPACK TRANSCEIVER

WITH INTEGRATED COMSEC

AN/PRC-117D(C) MANPACK

OPERATOR GUIDE
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.
 AN/PRC-117D SERIES

FREQUENCY HOPPING VHF/UHF

FM/AM MANPACK TRANSCEIVER
WITH INTEGRATED COMSEC

AN/PRC-117D(C) MANPACK
OPERATOR GUIDE
CONTENTS

S
E
T
U
P
SETUP/ASSEMBLY 1
R
A
D
I BASIC RADIO 13
O

C
O
M
S
E
COMSEC 25
C

D
A
T
A
OPERATIONAL DATA 32
 MANPACK PARTS

BATTERY PACK 44 BLADE 10 WHIP

MANPACK ANTENNA
ANTENNA S
E S
T E
U T
P U
13 VHF-HI/UHF P
HANDSET
ANTENNA

RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER
ASSEMBLY WHIP ADAPTER
1
ATTACH BATTERY CASE

S RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER
E ASSEMBLY
T
U
P

2 PRONGS
(RECESSED)

SOCKETS BATTERY PACK

2
 CONNECT HANDSET AND ANTENNA

AUDIO/DATA
CONNECTOR S
E
WITH T
RECESSED . U
TOP VIEW P
DOT
1 2

HANDSET
CABLE

ANTENNA
CONNECTIONS
AUDIO DISPLAY DIM XMT POWER
/DATA
HIGH
LOW
WSPR RADIO
C OFF
TD LD MHZ KHZ
DISPLAY
UP UP
P RV
ANT
Z ALL Z 1-5 DOWN DOWN REXMT OFF SQCH
M NOIS
7 1
PRGRM E
TONE
6 2
FILL
VOLUME 5
4
3 TEST/LOAD
SCAN
RMT
REXMT
3
CONTROLS, INDICATORS, CONNECTORS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

AUDIO DISPLAY DIM XMT POWER

/DATA
HIGH
LOW
WSPR RADIO
C OFF
TD LD MHZ KHZ
DISPLAY
UP UP
P RV
ANT
Z ALL Z 1-5 DOWN DOWN REXMT SQCH
OFF
M NOISE
7 1
PRGRM TONE
6 2
FILL SCAN REXMT
VOLUME 5 3 TEST/LOAD RMT
4

14 13 12 11 10 9
4
NO. CONTROLS/INDICATORS/ NO. CONROLS/INDICATORS/
CONNECTORS CONNECTORS
S
1 AUDIO/DATA Connector 8 ANT Connector (Whip) E
T
2 DISPLAY DIM/WSPR 9 ANT BNC Connector (50W) U
3 COMSEC Mode Control 10 RADIO Mode Control P

Z ALL (Zeroize All) SQUELCH OFF

P (Plain) NOISE SQUELCH
TD (Time Delay) TONE SQUELCH
C (Cipher) REXMT
LD (Load) RMT
RV (RCV VAR) SCAN
Z 15 (Zeroize 1-5) PRGRM
4 LED Display 11 TEST/LOAD
5 Toggle Switches/DISPLAY 12 Channel Selector
pushbutton 13 VOLUME
6 XMT POWER 14 FILL Connector
7 REXMT Connector

5
 COMSEC INITIALIZATION
C XMT POWER
TD LD
HIGH
1 P RV
LOW
S Z ALL Z 1-5
RADIO
NOTES
E OFF
T
U FOR COMSEC OPERATION, THE RADIO
P MUST BE INITIALIZED EACH TIME IT IS
TURNED ON.

FOR COMSEC OPERATION IN VHF-HI OR

UHF, THE INTERNAL MODEM MUST BE
2 KEY TWICE TURNED OFF (SEE PAGE 34).

BEEPING STOPS IF VALID

CRYPTO VARIABLE USED

6
 SELF IDENTITY

PUSH AND HOLD

1
SS
TEST/LOAD EE
TT
UU
PP

XMT POWER
HIGH
2 LOW
RADIO
OFF

RELEASE
3
TEST/LOAD
7
 SELF TEST

XMT POWER
HIGH
S 1
LOW
E
T RADIO
U OFF
P

AFTER DISPLAY
BLANKS

TEST/LOAD
OR

8
 SQUELCH
FM OR AM FM

AT WITH SS
SINAD 150HZ NOTES EE
SQUELCHED UNSQUELCHED AT FREQ LEVEL TONE TT
UU
OFF IN VHF-HI AND UHF, PP
NOISE SQUELCH IS USED
REGARDLESS OF NOISE OR
TONE SETTING.

NOISE IN ECCM, ALL RADIOS

SHOULD HAVE SAME
SQUELCH SETTING.

IN ECCM, NOISE AND TONE

TONE SET SYNCHRONIZATION
PATTERNS.
(SEE NOTES) (SEE INSTRUCTION MANUAL)
APPLIES TO NON-ECCM OPERATION ONLY

9
 FREQUENCIES, BANDS, MODES, INCREMENTSCONTENTS
FREQUENCY BANDS MODES INCREMENTS ECCM
EXCLUSIONS
VHF-LO
S 30.00089.975 WB ONLY FM ONLY 25 KHZ NONE
E
T
U VHF-HI 116.000 TO 119.995
P
116.000173.995 WB ONLY AM OR FM 5 OR 6.251 KHZ 170.000 TO 173.995
R
A
D UHF
I 225.000419.995 WB OR NB2 AM3 OR FM 5 KHZ 240.000 TO 269.995
O

NOTES:
1. 6.25 is the default, but may be changed from the CH SETUP menu.
2. Narrowband is automaticaly selected when the frequency is in the 243.9 to 244.21 MHz portion of
the SATCOM region.
F 3. AM only, when wideband is selected.
H

10
 C XMT POWER SQCH
OFF
TD LD MHZ
NOISE
HIGH UP
P RV
1 LOW
PRGRM TONE
4
Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT OR
RADIO
RMT DOWN
OFF SS
EE
TT
OR UU
P
2 AFTER P
DISPLAY KHZ
BLANKS UP

PUSH AND HOLD 5 6

DOWN TEST/LOAD

TEST/LOAD FOR RADIO ZEROIZE ONLY:

7
DISPLAY

3 PUSH AND HOLD

TEST/LOAD

11
 CH SETUP MENUS
C XMT POWER SQCH
OFF
TD LD NOISE
HIGH
P RV
1 LOW
PRGRM TONE

Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT

RADIO
S OFF
RMT
E OR
MHZ
T
UP
U
P
4
OR
DOWN
2 AFTER
DISPLAY
BLANKS
OR
PUSH AND HOLD

TEST/LOAD

KHZ
DISPLAY UP

3 5 6
TEST/LOAD
DOWN

12
 SETTING FREQUENCY MANUAL CHANNEL

C XMT POWER SQCH

TD LD M OFF
7 1
HIGH NOISE
P RV
6 2 SS
1 LOW
PRGRM TONE
EE
5 3
Z ALL Z 1-5
4
RADIO
SCAN REXMT TT
OFF
RMT UU
PP
R
DISPLAY A
D
2 I
O

MHZ KHZ
UP UP
F
3 H
DOWN DOWN

13
 SETTING FREQUENCY MANUAL CHANNEL (Cont)
FOR HALFDUPLEX ONLY

KEY MHZ KHZ

4 AND
UP UP

HOLD 6
R DOWN DOWN
A
D
I
O

DISPLAY

5
7 UNKEY
FOR TRANSMIT

14
 BANDWIDTH, MODE, POWER MANUAL CHANNEL
C XMT POWER SQCH
TD LD M OFF
7 1
HIGH NOISE
P RV
6 2
1 LOW
PRGRM TONE

Z ALL Z 1-5 5 3
4 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF

DISPLAY (VHF-HI AND UHF ONLY)

2
R
KHZ
DISPLAY UP
A
D
(UHF ONLY) 4 OR I
O
DOWN

DISPLAY
KHZ
UP
(4W TO 20W IN SATCOM)
3 OR
KHZ
DISPLAY
DOWN UP
5
TO
DOWN

15
 PROGRAMMING FREQUENCY CHANNELS 17
C XMT POWER SQCH
TD LD M OFF
7 1
HIGH NOISE
P RV
1 6 2
LOW
PRGRM TONE

Z ALL Z 1-5 5 3
4 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF

DISPLAY
R MHZ KHZ
A 2 UP UP
D
I 3
O OR
DOWN DOWN

4
TEST/LOAD

16
 PROGRAMMING FREQUENCY CHANNELS 17 (Cont)
FOR HALFDUPLEX ONLY

5 KEY
AND
HOLD

R
A
D
DISPLAY I
O
6 8
TEST/LOAD
FOR TRANSMIT

F
MHZ KHZ H
UP UP
9 UNKEY
7
DOWN DOWN

17
 BANDWIDTH, MODE, POWER CHANNELS 17 CONTENTS
C XMT POWER SQCH
TD LD M OFF
7 1
HIGH NOISE
1 P RV
6 2
PRGRM TONE
LOW
Z ALL Z 1-5 5 3
4 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF
SET FOR SNGL
(CH SET UP MENU)
R
A
D DISPLAY
I
O 2

OR

18
 BANDWIDTH, MODE, POWER CHANNELS 17 (Cont)

KHZ (UHF ONLY)

DISPLAY UP

3 4
DOWN TEST/LOAD R
(VHF-HI, UHF) A
D
I
O

OR

19
 PROGRAMMING ECCM CHANNELS (NARROW-BAND)
C XMT POWER SQCH
TD LD M OFF
7 1
HIGH NOISE
P RV
6 2
1 LOW
PRGRM TONE

Z ALL Z 1-5 5 3
4 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF

R 2 SELECT 117B FROM CH SETUP

A
D MENU (SEE PAGE 12)
I
O
DISPLAY
OR
3

MHZ KHZ
UP UP

4 5
DOWN DOWN TEST/LOAD

20
 ECCM CHANNELS (NARROW-BAND) (Cont)
OPTIONAL 12 DIGIT ECCM HOPPING CODE

6 KEY 9
TEST/LOAD
R
A
D
I
O
DISPLAY

7 OR 10 UNKEY

MHZ KHZ
UP UP

8
DOWN DOWN

21
 PROGRAMMING ECCM CHANNELS (WIDE-BAND)
C XMT POWER SQCH
TD LD M OFF
7 1
HIGH NOISE
P RV
1 6 2
LOW
PRGRM TONE

Z ALL Z 1-5 5 3
4 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF

2 SELECT 117B FROM CH SETUP

5
MENU (SEE PAGE 12)
TEST/LOAD
R
DISPLAY
A 3
D DISPLAY DISPLAY
I
O 6
OR

MHZ KHZ
UP UP

7
DOWN DOWN
MHZ KHZ
UP UP

4
DOWN DOWN 8 TEST/LOAD

22
 ECCM CHANNELS (WIDE-BAND) (Cont)
OPTIONAL 12 DIGIT ECCM HOPPING CODE

9 KEY 12
TEST/LOAD

R
A
D
I
O
DISPLAY

10 OR 13 UNKEY

MHZ KHZ
UP UP

11
DOWN DOWN

23
 CLEAR NET ENTRY
CLEAR
ECCM CHANNEL
CHANNEL MONITORED
CLEAR CHANNEL
1 5 DETECTED

2 6
R
A 3 7
D
I
O 4 M
AUDIO DISPLAY DIM XMT POWER
/DATA
HIGH
5 1 WSPR
LOW
RADIO
C OFF
TD LD MHZ KHZ
DISPLAY
UP UP

6 2
P RV
ANT
Z ALL Z 1-5 DOWN DOWN REXMT OFF SQCH
M NOIS
7 1
PRGRM TONE
E
7 3 FILL
VOLUME
6
5
2
3 TEST/LOAD
SCAN
RMT
REXMT
4

24
SELECTING CRYPTO VARIABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS

C XMT POWER SQCH

TD LD OFF
HIGH NOISE
1 P RV
PRGRM TONE
LOW
Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF

DISPLAY

C
O
M
MHZ
S
UP
E
3 4 C
TEST/LOAD
DOWN

25
 LOADING CRYPTO VARIABLE FROM FILL DEVICE

C XMT POWER SQCH

OFF
TD LD
NOISE
1 P RV
HIGH
PRGRM TONE
LOW
Z ALL Z 1-5 SCAN REXMT
RADIO
RMT
OFF

DISPLAY MHZ
UP
2
3
C
CO DOWN
OM
MS
SE
EC
CE
4
TEST/LOAD

26
LOADING CRYPTO VARIABLE
117D-243 DI
FROM FILL DEVICE (Cont)

5 ATTACH
DEVICE FOLLOW LOAD PROCEDURE
7
FILL FOR FILL DEVICE

8
AUDIO
/DATA
KEY
AND C
O
6 RELEASE M
S
E
C
ATTACH

27
 REKEY OPERATIONS USING SARK

TRANSMIT RECEIVE
C XMT POWER C XMT POWER
TD LD TD LD
P RV
HIGH P
HIGH
RV
1 LOW
1 LOW
Z ALL Z 1-5 Z ALL Z 1-5
RADIO
RADIO
OFF
SQCH SQCH
OFF
OFF OFF
NOISE NOISE

PRGRM TONE PRGRM TONE

SCAN REXMT SCAN REXMT

RMT RMT
C
O
M DISPLAY
S
E 2 ATTACH 2
C DEVICE
FILL
KHZ
UP
3 SET DEVICE TO TRANSMIT
3 4
TEST/LOAD
DOWN

28
 COMSEC ZEROIZE
XMT POWER

1 HIGH

LOW
RADIO
OFF

2 C
Z 15 Z ALL
TD LD ERASES THE ERASES ALL
P RV
5 TRAFFIC VARIABLES COMSEC VARIABLES
Z ALL Z 1-5
(PULL-TO-TURN CONTROL)
C
O
M
S
E
C
DISPLAY BLANKS
AFTER 4 SECONDS

29
 STAND ALONE COMSEC OPERATION
SQCH
C XMT POWER OFF
TD LD NOISE
HIGH

R
1 P RV
LOW
PRGRM TONE

SCAN REXMT
A Z ALL Z 1-5 RADIO RMT
D OFF
I
O

ATTACH
2
CABLE
REXMT

C
O
M DISPLAY
S
E 3 5 KEY
C

M
7 1

4 6 2

5 3
4
30
 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.
A double beep is heard when the signal is
first received and every 10 seconds while
the signal is being received.

COMSEC Alarm Continuous tone No crypto variable is loaded during

COMSEC initialization. Change to channel
with crypto variable or select a crypto C
variable and key twice. O
OR M
No crypto variable is present when keyed. S
Change to channel with crypto variable or E
select a crypto variable and key once. C

COMSEC Zeroize Continuous beeps COMSEC control is in Z ALL or Z 15.

Loading Variables Single beep Successful load.
Continuous beeps Bad load.

31
 SCAN
XMT POWER SQCH
OFF
M NOISE
7 1 HIGH
PRGRM TONE
6 2 LOW
SCAN REXMT
5 3 RADIO
4 RMT
OFF

KEY ON CHANNEL SELECTED

DURING SCAN

C
PLAIN OR CIPHER TEXT SIGNAL
TD DETECTED

D
A
T
A CIPHER TEXT SIGNAL CANNOT
P BE RECEIVED IF COMSEC
MODE CONTROL IS IN P
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 RETRANSMIT OPERATION

FULL CABLE LENGTH

XMT POWER SQCH

OFF C
HIGH NOISE TD LD

P RV
D
PRGRM TONE
LOW A
RADIO SCAN REXMT T
OFF RMT Z ALL Z 1-5 A

33
 NARROW-BAND INTERNAL MODEM

1 SET CHANNEL FOR: 3 ATTACH SATCOM

UHF ANTENNA
NARROW BANDWIDTH
MODEM ENABLED (SEE
CH SETUP, PAGE 12)
KHZ
UP

DOWN TEST/LOAD

2 ATTACH CABLES
AUDIO
/DATA
D
A
T
A

REXMT

34
 WIDE-BAND DATA INTERFACE

C SQCH
OFF
TD LD NOISE

1 P RV PRGRM TONE GROUND PIN E

Z ALL Z 1-5
SCAN REXMT FOR DATA
RMT
OPERATION
AUDIO
/DATA
AUDIO
/DATA
A
E
2 ATTACH B

DEVICE D C
F

D
A
3 GROUND PIN E FOR GROUND PIN F T
DATA OPERATION FOR ANALOG DATA A

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 PUBLICATION NUMBER: 10369-0012A
FEBRUARY 1994

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