JGarcia
08-16-2004, 15:33
Mind if I try and stir up some conversation?
I don't imagine too many of you ever use the AN/PRC126, but its still in use by Light Infantry in the NG. Here are a couple of things I stubled across while using that radio.
If you are carrying the 126 as well as the Plugger on your gear, if the plugger is on continuous, you will get interference from it coming across the speaker on your hand mic.
What I did was to give the Plugger to my B team leader, and have him carry it. Many a squad leader will swear that their 126 is broke 'cause of the constant interference they hear over the mic, and nothing seems to stop it, changing the antenna, battery, and hand mic. So they fill out the 5988 and say adios mutha fokker.
There are also lotsa guys that don' even bother carrying the plugger because they bought the civilian GPS's instead, I don't know if the civilian models will cause the same problem 'cause I used the plugger.
The Plugger is not very user friendly, but once you break out the manual and run through all the practice pages a few times ( read a couple of days training) it works fairly decent.
Any one want to interject anything with regard to the plugger?
I don't imagine too many of you ever use the AN/PRC126, but its still in use by Light Infantry in the NG. Here are a couple of things I stubled across while using that radio.
If you are carrying the 126 as well as the Plugger on your gear, if the plugger is on continuous, you will get interference from it coming across the speaker on your hand mic.
What I did was to give the Plugger to my B team leader, and have him carry it. Many a squad leader will swear that their 126 is broke 'cause of the constant interference they hear over the mic, and nothing seems to stop it, changing the antenna, battery, and hand mic. So they fill out the 5988 and say adios mutha fokker.
There are also lotsa guys that don' even bother carrying the plugger because they bought the civilian GPS's instead, I don't know if the civilian models will cause the same problem 'cause I used the plugger.
The Plugger is not very user friendly, but once you break out the manual and run through all the practice pages a few times ( read a couple of days training) it works fairly decent.
Any one want to interject anything with regard to the plugger?