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AN/ARC-164 HAVE QUICK II

The AN/ARC-164 HAVE QUICK II radios are used for air-to-air, air-to-ground and ground-to-air communications deployed on all Army rotary wing aircraft. These radios provide anti-jam, secure communications links for joint task forces and Army aviation missions. The Army operational forces utilizing these radios are Aviation Units, Air Traffic Services, and Ranger Units. It also provides the Army the ability to communicate with USAF, USN, and NATO units in the UHF-AM mode that is the communications band for tactical air operations.

In the joint operations environment, the AN/ARC-164 will provide voice communications with the E-3A Sentry/AWACS and both voice and data communications with AEGIS ships during littoral operations. This radio is limited to LOS operations and has HAVE QUICK anti-jam characteristics. One model of the AN/ARC-164 can be configured to operate in the very high frequency (VHF) FM frequency band that makes it Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) compatible.

There are three major aircraft configurations of AN/ARC-164 radio and one ground configuration, AN/VRC-83. The AN/ARC-164 receiver/transmitter (RT) configurations include a panel mount (RT-1518C), remote control (RT-1504) and a remote mounted, data bus compatible (RT-1614). Common components of the radio are the RT, control head and antenna. This UHF-AM radio operates as a single channel or a frequency hopping radio. The aircraft radio transmits with a power output of 10 watts and can receive voice or data modulated signals with the VINSON or VANDAL communications security devices. It has an embedded "ECCM" anti-jam capability. The guard channel of 243.000 MHz can be monitored. It operates in either an analog or digital mode. The latest ARC-164 radios feature Military Standard MIL-STD-1553B interfaces.

The set is being manufactured by Raytheon for the following platforms: A-10A/OA-10A, AC-130H, AC-130U, B-1B, B-52H, C-130E/H/J, C-141B/C, C-17A, C-20B, C-20H, C-21A, C-5A/B, C/KC-135, CV-22, E-8C, EC-130E, EC-130H, F-117A, F-16A/B, F-16C/D, F-16CG/DG, F-16CJ/DJ, HC-130N/P, HH-60G, KC-10A, MC-130E, MC-130H, MC-130P, MH-53J/G, MH-60G, MH-60K, MH-60L, RC-135V/W, U-2, VC-25A, WC-135W.