1-3. Equipment Description
1-3.1 Functional Description
The micomTrooper is an advanced and flexible backpack-portable HF-SSB transceiver that provides a complete solution to the communication requirements in the crowded HF band. micomTrooper has an automatic antenna tuner, which supports a wide range of antennas, including a light-weight foldable whip for portable (backpack) operation; dipole, long wire, and many other types of antennas can be used for static operation.
The micomTrooper provides voice, data, and telegraphy (CW) communication. Communication reliability and quality is improved by means of automatic frequency management and automatic link establishment (ALE). In addition, the ALE function also provides Automatic Message Display (AMD), that enables operators to exchange preprogrammed messages while establishing a link.
The transmit output power is operator-selectable (5, 10 or 20 W). When used in a backpack configuration, the operator can reduce the transmit power and thus increase battery life when the communication conditions do not require the maximum transmit power (20 W).
Under bad propagation conditions or in an emergency, the operator can rapidly switch to static operation by simply placing the self-supporting micomTrooper harness on ground, and increase the transmit power to 50 W. Under static operating conditions, the operator can easily connecting a dipole or another long wire antenna instead of the whip, further increasing communication efficiency. Using a dipole or long wire antenna also extends the lower operating frequency from 3.0 to 1.6 MHz.
micomTrooper is powered by a 16V, 12Ah rechargeable Lithium ion battery, type ML1416-L. Spare batteries can be carried in the backpack harness.
1-3.2 Main Operational Features
This section presents a concise list of the main operational features of the micomTrooper transceiver.
For a description of the additional capabilities and features of MICOM transceivers, see the "MICOM-2E/2R ALE HF-SSB Transceiver Owner’s Guide", Publication 68P02952C60-A, and the "MICOM-2ES/2RS/2TS ALE HF-SSB Transceiver” Supplement 68MB000010 to the Owner’s Guide 68P02952C60-A.
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