An edition of Radio Beacon Equipment RC-163
(1944)
Radio Beacon Equipment RC-163
by United States War Department
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TM 11-2609 Radio Beacon Equipment RC-163, 1944-05-29
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
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SECTION I. Description.
General 1 1
Power source 2 3
Power consumed 3 3
Frequency range 4 3
Range 5 3
List of components 6 4-5
Antenna Mount MP-67 7 6
Antenna system 8 7
Tuning Indicator 1-234 9 12
Compass and tripod 10 14
Cables 11 15
Control Panel PN-26 12 17
Oscillator BC-1304 13 19
Resonance Tuner BC-1305 14 19
Motor 15 20
Clutch 16 21
Automatic code keyer 17 21
Code disc 18 23
Emergency keyer 19 23
Mounting FT-492 20 25
II. Installation and Operation.
General 21 26
Initial procedure 22 27
Installation 23 29
Cable connections 24 29
Assembly of antenna array 25 31
Tuning the transmitter 26 34
Antenna pattern tuning 27 37
Orientation and alignment of beacon to compass 28 39
Receiver operation 29 44
Homing operation 30 46
Directive transmission and reception 31 47
Standby operation 32 47
Direction finding 33 47
Directing a friendly station 34 47
Navigating with the beacon 35 47
Use of antenna array to overcome enemy jamming 36 48
Emergency keying 37 48
III. Functioning of Parts.
General 38 49
Resonance Tuner BC-1305 39 51
Oscillator BC-1304 40 52
Automatic code keyer 41 52
Clutch assembly 42 52
Tuning Indicator 1-234 43 54
IV. Maintenance.
Cleanliness 44 56
Lubrication 45 56
Gear adjustment 46 57
Variable capacitor tuning knobs 47 57
Mast sight care 48 57
Rotating link coupling-adjustment 49 57
Tuning Indicator 1-234 50 58
Emergency replacement of Mast Sections MS-120 and MS-121 51 58
Bent mast sections 52 58
Code-keyer contact 53 58
Variable capacitor care 54 59
Tube replacement 55 59
Fuse replacement 56 59
Motor brush replacement 57 59
Pilot light replacement 58 59
Compass care 59 60
Battery replacement 60 60
Removing r-f cable from Mast MS-119 61 60
Replacing r-f cable in Crossarms M-407 and M-408 62 61
Replacing r-f line in mast stub 63 62
Motor 64 62
Pattern maintenance: testing 65 63
Trouble chart 66 64
Moistureproofing and fungiproofing 67 66
V. Supplementary Data.
Maintenance parts list for Radio Beacon Equipment RC-163 68 68
List of Illustrations
Fig. No. Title Page
1 . Radio Beacon Equipment RC- 163 2
2. Antenna Mount MP-67 6
3- Antenna array, assembled 8
4. Phase-load box, side view 9
3. Phase-load box, bottom view 10
6. Crossarms M-407 and M-408 11
7. Mast sight 12
8. Tuning Indicator 1-234 8
9. Compass MC-323 14
10. Compass and tripod 15
11. Cords CD-1151, CD-1155, and CD-1156 16
12. Control Panel PN-26 17
13. Oscillator BC-1304 18
14. Resonance Tuner BC-1305 19
15. Motor 20
16. Clutch, exploded view 21
17. Code-keyer well 22
18. Code disc 23
19. Mounting FT-492 24
20. Bolting mounting plate to floor of vehicle 26
21. Beacon mounted in various vehicles 27
22. Cording diagram 28
23. Transmitter base, ground connection 30
24. R-F cable connection to transmitter 31
25. Placing crossarms in mast 32
26. Placing mast sections in crossarms 33
27. Placing assembled antenna array on antenna mount 34
28. Adjustment tank circuit trimmer capacitor of transmitter 35
29. Adjusting antenna tuning capacitor of transmitter 36
30. Beacon clearance 38
31. Orienting the beacon 40
32. Azimuth correction for beacon 41
33. Table of code discs 42
34. Homing disc 45
35. Schematic diagram of antenna array 50
36. Schematic diagram of oscillator 53
37. Schematic diagram of tuning indicator 54
38. Removing connector from crossarm 61
39. Antenna pattern 63
40. Components of Antenna Mount MP-67 94
41. Control panel and resonance tuner 95
42. Clutch 9 6
43. Oscillator 97
44. Tuning indicator 98
43. Phase-load box 99
46. Tool kit 100
47. Mast sections 101
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