AN/PRC-152

The AN/PRC-152 Multiband Handheld Radio, is a portable, compact, tactical software-defined combat-net radio manufactured by Harris Corporation.[1] It is compliant without waivers to the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Software Communications Architecture (SCA).[2][3] It has received NSA certification for the transmission of Top Secret data.

AN/PRC-152

The designation AN/PRC signifies Army/Navy Portable Radio used for two way Communications and is based on the Joint Electronics Type Designation System guidelines.

Users
Front and side profile of radio

The AN/PRC-152 radio is currently in use with the US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams in their MRAP JERRV vehicles.[4] As of 2005, 1,300 radios have also been fielded in vehicles by the US Army.[5] and more than 8,600 have been fielded by the U.S. Marines.[6] An undetermined number are in use by the US Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan.[7] More recently the radio was photographed with Prince Harry, then a 23-year-old second lieutenant in the Household Cavalry of the British Army. He was responsible for providing cover for troops on the frontline as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) employing the AN/PRC-152 Multiband Handheld and other systems.[8]

Specifications

General
  • Frequency Range: 30 to 511.99 MHz[9]
  • Presets: 99
  • Transmission Modes: FM, AM, PSK, CPM
  • Tuning Resolution: 10 Hz

Transmitter
  • Output Power: 250 mW to 5 W / VSAT 10 W
  • Harmonic Suppression: –47 dBc
  • Frequency Stability: +/- 2.5 ppm

Receiver
  • FM Sensitivity -116 dBm (12 dB SINAD)
  • Adjacent Channel Greater than 55 dB Rejection

Interoperability

Interfaces

Physical Dimensions
  • 64(68.6 GPS) x 234 x 43 mm 2.5(2.7 GPS) W x 9.2 H x 1.7 D inches (with battery)
  • Weight: 1.22 kg 2.7 lb (with battery and GPS)

Environmental

Key Features
  • SCA v2.2
  • Sierra II Programmable Crypto
  • Built-in Speaker/Mic
  • Full Numeric Keypad
  • NVG Compatible Display
  • Embedded GPS (optional)
  • MELP

Waveforms

See also

References
  1. Defense Tech: SOCOM's New Radio Archived May 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Press Releases - Harris". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. "Press Releases - Harris". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. "Press Releases - Harris". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. "Press Releases - Harris". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. AN/PRC-152 Archived September 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Press Releases - Harris". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. "Prince Harry determined to return to front line". The Telegraph. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016. (Picture shows Prince Harry with PRC-152 radio)
  9. "HARRIS FALCON III® AN/PRC-152A Datasheet" (PDF). L3Harris Technologies. July 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. "SNC - Sierra Nevada Corporation | Tacticomp™ 1.5". www.sncorp.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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