SINCGARS frequency hopping multiplexer

In October of 1989, the US Army Communications and Electronics Command of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, awarded a full-scale-development contract to Xetron Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, to design, develop, build and qualify twenty SINCGARS radio-compatible antenna multiplexer (multicoupler) units. The desired multicoupler is intended to replace the TD-1288/VRC and TD-1289/VRC multicouplers currently used with the single channel RT-524 and RT-246 radios of the VRC-12 family. These radios are being replaced by SINCGARS vehicular variants in the VRC-89, VRC-90, and VRC-91 configurations. It is concluded that the Xetron frequency hopping multiplexer is an essential accessory to the command and control radio user, performing the vital functions of antenna signature reduction and cosite performance improvement while maximizing the effectiveness of the tactical radio in a cosite environment. As of April 1992, Xetron has completed the assembly and test of unit number one.<
>