AN/PRC-343
The AN/PRC 343 Personal Role Radio (PRR) is a compact and lightweight short-range communication transceiver set. This radio set utilizes advanced wireless LAN technology, incorporating spread spectrum techniques at 2.4 GHz, ensuring that the system has a low probability of interception and detection and is designed to perform in dense electromagnetic environment. The radio transmissions utilize a proprietary form of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum which, to an eavesdropper, will appear like noise.
The AN/PRC 343 is the most simplest to use among the radios in ACRE 2, as its only user-controllable functions are the 16 channel settings and the 10 volume levels to choose from. Both the channel knob on the left and the volume knob on the right are switched with the two mouse buttons. The radio is issued by ACRE 2 in replacement of the vanilla radio, and is currently the most minimal radio communications equipment available. It's limited range of under one kilometer makes it unsuitable for usage above the Platoon Level. The AN/PRC 343 uses its own frequency band and is not able to communicate with the other UHF/VHF radios available in ACRE 2.
Specifications
| Frequency Range | 2400 - 2499 MHz (16 pre-programmed, fixed channels) |
| Output Power | 50 mW (max. fixed) |
| Antenna | 2.5 inch UHF |
| Default Frequency | 2401 MHz (Ch 1) |
| Frequency Spacing: | 0.025 |
| Sinad Rating | -116 |
| Range | 500 meters (Rural Terrain) transmission through up to three floors (Urban Terrain) |
