BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Specifications General Specifications Equipment BARRETT 980 GMDSS transceiver. BARRETT 950 transceiver local and remote control models BARRETT transceiver local and remote control models BARRETT 950M transceiver module BARRETT 950MR receiver module (disregard references to transmit specifications and descriptions)
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Weight 930, 950 and 980 3.6 Kg. 950MR1 3.2Kg. portable transceiver 3.9 Kg. 13 Ah NiMH battery pack 2.7 Kg Optional 940 automatic antenna tuner 1.8 Kg. Dimensions 930 - 950 - 980 250 mm x 75 mm x 300 mm...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Transmitter Specifications RF Output Power 930 - 950 100 W PEP two tone ± 1 dB 125 W PEP voice ± 1 dB 10 W PEP two tone ± 1 dB 12 W PEP voice ± 1 dB 100 W PEP two tone ±1.5 dB...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Introduction This technical manual covers the Barrett 950 local and remote control transceiver, the Barrett 980 GMDSS transceiver, the Barrett 940 man-pack transceiver, the Barrett 930 local and remote control transceiver, the Barrett 950M transceiver module and the 950MR receivers. They have largely identical hardware and only vary by key function and operational software and in the case of the 940 the mounting hardware and enclosure.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 25-1-99 900B64A3.PCB SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET DJS (PE) 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 PAGE 10...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Overview All 900 series transceivers and receivers are made up of several common building blocks. Apart from the 940 man-pack transceiver they are all constructed with a common chassis. This manual deals with each module and has a separate section describing sections of transceivers and receivers that are unique to that transceiver or receiver.
940 front panel The 940 front panel is a Barrett 900 series remote head fitted into an "O" ringed aluminium front panel. The front half of the remote head plastic front panel is retained the rear half is removed. A special loom is fitted to the remote head PCB to connect to the RF/Audio PCB.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Technical description Microprocessor PCB The Microprocessor PCB incorporates the microprocessor unit which controls the transceiver system, the synthesiser, which provides three stable local oscillator sources, the selcall encoder/decoder which generates and demodulates selcall signals, and the audio syllabic mute and transmitter power control.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 900B61A2.PCB 5-8-98 SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 MICRO BOARD MICROCONTROLLER PAGE 14...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS The microprocessor has four sets of ports of its own used as follows:- AN0 to AN7 . These analogue input ports monitor transmit VSWR using voltages SWR+ and SWR-, receive signal strength using voltage AGC, synthesiser lock state using voltage VCO Lock and battery voltage utilising a voltage derived from a voltage divider consisting of R2 and R35.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 900B58A2.PCB 6-8-98 SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 950 MICRO BOARD DDFS PAGE 16...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 4.1.7 Selcall (if enabled) The selective system utilises Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) as the modulation technique. The design of the encoder/decoder allows individual channels to be set for operation on either the Australian Standard Selcall format(Codan comaptible, based on CCIR 493-4) or the true CCIR493-4 format and its associated tones.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Mute attack timing is controlled by C191 and R121. Release timing is set by C191 and R122 and microprocessor introduced delays. 4.1.9 PA ALC control voltage PWR ADJ The signal PWR ADJ from the DAC U38 via buffer U10B is the calibrating voltage for the selcall phase lock in receive but changes to the PA ALC power adjustment control in transmit.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS RF / Audio PCB 4.2.1 RF section The RF section of the RF / Audio PCB provides the complete exciter and receiver for the transceiver. It includes:- First mixer Roofing filter at 45 MHz 45 MHz IF amplifier with AGC...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 25-1-99 900B62A4.PCB SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 RF AUDIO BOARD RF SECTION PAGE 20...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 4.2.1.2 Second mixer and bandpass crystal filter. The 45 MHz signal from the IF is converted to 455 kHz by the second mixer U13 which is a double balanced ring mixer, and is fed with a +7 dBm oscillator signal at 45.455 MHz from the master oscillator on the microprocessor PCB.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 4.2.2.1 Audio path receive the demodulated Rx audio signal at a level of 50 mV P-P is fed into amplifier U22:B which raises this level by 5dB. This signal is then split and fed to the main signal path and to the microprocessor PCB via U22:A, where it is used in the mute and selcall system.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER ECN REFERENCE DATE 900B63A4.PCB 16-2-99 SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 RF AUDIO BOARD AUDIO SECTION PAGE 23...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS PA PCB The Power Amplifier raises the power from the exciter to specified output power. It also provides harmonic filtering for the transmitter, and band filtering and a 8 dB RF pre-amp for the receiver. 4.3.1 Gain control amp The signal from the exciter at a level of approx.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER ECN REFERENCE DATE 900B57A3.PCB 16-2-99 SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO 9603 DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PAGE 25...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Front panel The Front Panel PCB allows user control of the transceiver. An integral rubber keypad provides functional control. The LCD display presents channel, frequency and status information and the five status LED's indicate mode and Tx / Rx state. Backlighting for the LCD and keys is provided and a volume control varies the audio level from the loudspeaker.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 900B59A1.PCB 24-12-97 SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 FRONT PANEL PAGE 27...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Remote control head The on/off switch on the volume control potentiometer completes the circuit to ground and activates the power relay on the PA in the transceiver's main body through the remote control cable via line RH PWR SW.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 900B60A1.PCB 24-12-97 SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE BARRETT 900 REMOTE HEAD PAGE 29...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Maintenance Introduction This section provides maintenance and fault finding procedures that can be carried out on Barrett 900 series transceivers. Printed Circuit Board (PCB) maintenance Barrett 900 series transceivers use four layer PCB's for the microprocessor and RF/Audio sections and two layer PCB's, for the PA , front panel and remote head.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS CMOS devices A number of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) devices are used in the transceiver and most of them have built-in protection. However, their extremely high open-circuit impedance makes them susceptible to damage from static charges. Care must be used when handling these devices during servicing.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 5.7.2 Transceiver will not power up Plug the transceiver into a 13.8 VDC power supply, switch the transceiver on, if the transceiver is totally inactive:- Check voltage on the input power cable on the PA PCB is between 11.8 VDC and 14.5 VDC.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Voltage table Location Drawing No. Supply Test Voltage Voltage Source PCB rail point Receive Transmit name regulator or transistor 900S18##.PCB +13.8 V +13.8 V external nominal nominal source 900S18##.PCB +10V +/- +10V +/- PA - U5 0.2V...
On power on the front panel LCD display or remote head LCD display will initially show a banner "Barrett 900 Transceiver" and the RX and AM LEDs will be lit. This is generated, as a power on message, by the front panel and remote head micro, before the main microprocessor in the transceiver starts communicating with it.
CHECK EPROM Barrett P/N BCS90100 which has been programmed entirely with OOH data at each address. With such an EPROM fitted the microprocessor will...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 5.7.6 VCO faults If the transceiver beeps satisfactorily, the status LED's are correct and receiver noise is present but the display indicates HARDWARE FAILURE VCO LOCK LOST, then there is a problem with the frequency synthesiser. The red LED on the microprocessor should be illuminated under these circumstances.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 5.7.8 Replacement of PA output and driver transistors Under normal operating conditions PA and Driver transistors will last indefinitely. The ALC circuit will fully protect these transistors from incorrect antenna loads. In data mode, if the cooling fan fails for any reason, a high temperature power reducing circuit will protect these devices from overheating.
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Place solder tags and spring washers back in position and fit all four screws in place. Go around all four screws in turn, gradually increasing torque until the transistors are firmly seated. Solder the BD139 leads.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Adjustments Following PCB repair, it may be necessary to realign or recheck adjustable components on the relevant PCBs. This section describes the methods employed to ensure that the reinstated PCB's conform to the original specification. 5.8.1 Front panel There are no adjustments on the front panel.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 5.8.2.6 DAC Low pass filter If a spectrum analyzer with tracking generator is available, this filter can easily be adjusted by adjusting the two notch frequencies of 12MHz and 18MHz. The transceiver should be turned off while performing this adjustment.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 5.8.3.3 IF Inductors Inductors L5 and L9 can be peaked on a weak signal. As there is a very slight interaction they should be re- peaked after initial setting. Leave L1 alone as this is part of the matching network from the crystal filter to the 45 MHz IF amplifier.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 5.8.4.3 Power level adjustment The high power adjust set pot, RV4 sets the power level at 100 W. In the case of the 940 only low power is used and it is set between 10 W and 35 W. This should not be adjusted without access to a two-tone test source and a peak reading watt meter.
Selcall with external alarm 930 transceivers can be programmed using the internal programmer within the transceiver, by using the Barrett 900 Series programming software or by cloning using cloning cable Barrett P/N BCA90024 from other 930 transceivers. Barrett 940 transceivers Pack 1 ------------ All 940 features.
Internal jumper settings Standard jumpers locations (no options fitted) The 900 series transceivers have only one jumper fitted in the standard configuration, this being jumper JP1 on the RF/Audio PCB. This jumper must be fitted if scrambler option is fitted. (If this Jumper is removed no Rx audio will be heard in the receiver and there will be no RF output as the audio path is truncated).
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Internal options Internal scrambler option P/N BCA90031 - available for 940 and 950 transceivers After removing the jumper JP1 on the RF/Audio PCB, solder the supplied PCB pins into test points TP9,12,15, and TP24 on the RF/Audio PCB. The optional scrambler PCB is then fitted, the connector on the scrambler PCB mating with the accessory connector P4 and the PCB pins fitted above mating with the marked holes.
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS Internal GPS receiver option P/N BCA90030 available for 950 and 980 transceivers The GPS receiver is mounted on the ALE/GPS mother board which in turn is mounted on the microprocessor PCB, using the screws and stand-offs supplied, and plugged into the 14 way connector GPS1.
It is supplied standard with GAL Level 3 which enables RS-232 control and is fitted with a high stability TCXO/DCXO. The Barrett 950M is primarily for use with the Barrett 960 telephone interconnect but can be used in a variety of remote control applications where a basic HF transceiver module is required.
Barrett 940 man-pack - P/N BC94001 The Barrett 940 man-pack is technically identical to the Barrett 950 but has the PA set between 10 and 35 W output. In addition it is fitted with the high stability TCXO/DCXO as standard and has a switch mode regulator fitted to the microprocessor PCB in place of the normal regulators for low power consumption purposes.
Introduction The Barrett 940 MkII Tuner is designed to interface the 940 portable transceiver to either a vertical whip or a long wire antenna. The tuner requires only a power input, a RF feed and a tune line which when pulled to ground will initiate a tune command.
500Hz filter for F1B (AFSK) operation fitted as standard. It can also be supplied with a 300 W switch mode power supply fitted in a standard 900 series enclosure. This switch mode power supply has an input voltage of 24 VDC and provides galvanic isolation of the transceiver from the power as required by GMDSS regulations.
GPS to be connected as well as an external alarm and cross mute connection. The full 25 way accessory connector is duplicated by the connector on the accessory interface to enable data and other ancillary products to be connected using the standard Barrett 25 way cables (P/N BCA90021/22). CW Key...
Note 2:- These outputs provide channel information for use with antenna select units such as the BARRETT 916. The outputs are octal coded 0 to FF representing the least significant digit of the channel number selected. i.e. octal 0 for channel 1, octal 1 for channels 2, octal 3 for channels 2, to...
Note1:- These outputs provide channel information for use with antenna select units such as the BARRETT 916. The outputs are octal coded 0 to FF representing the least significant digit of the channel number selected. i.e. octal 0 for channel 1, octal 1 for channels 2, octal 3 for channels 2, to octal FF for channel 16.
12.0 Circuit diagrams, overlays and parts lists Active component outlines DRAWING NUMBER DATE ECN REFERENCE 3-2-99 900S109A0.PCB SCALE DIMENSIONING BARRETT PART NO DRAWN DESIGNED SHEET DJS(PE) RAG KAE 1 OF 1 DRAWING TITLE DISCRETE SEMICONDUCTORS IN BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS PAGE 57...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 1 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAP SMD 1206 0.1uF 5% 63V...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 2 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAP SMD 1206 0.1uF 5% 63V CP-00916 CAP SMD 1206 0.1uF 5% 63V...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 3 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C112 CAP SMD 1206 0.1uF 5% 63V...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 4 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C171 CAP 15Pf SMD PHILIPS 2238-971-11525...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 5 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C224 CAP 220pF SMD PHILIPS 2238-971-11541 CP-00062...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 6 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COIL 1.94uH 18 TURN 3000B CORE IN-03129 COIL 3.49uH 24 TURN 3000B CORE...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 900 PA BOARD PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCB P/N: PC-900P82A7 Issue A7 Sheet 7 of 8 Assembly P/N: SA-09935 STANDARD 900 PA SA-09936 940 PA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPONENT DESCRIPTION BARRETT COMMENTS DESIGNATOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RES SMD 1206 5% 10R...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 930 LOCAL CONTROL HF TRANSCEIVER FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assembly No: BC93000 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Barrett P/N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LBL Microphone Hand Held 5928 Acc-Cable Power Lead BCA50002 Acc-Microphone hand held...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 930 REMOTE CONTROL HF TRANSCEIVER FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST --------------------------------------------- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assembly No: BC93001 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ---------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Barrett P/N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ------ LBL Microphone Hand Held 5928 ManBill 930 Remote Head Complt A93000.001...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 950 LOCAL CONTROL HF TRANSCEIVER FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Assembly No: BC95000 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- ---------------------------------------- Description Barrett P/N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LBL Microphone Hand Held 5928 Acc-Cable Power Lead...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 950 LOCAL CONTROL HF TRANSCEIVER FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST ------------------------------------------ -------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assembly No: BC95001 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ------ Description Barrett P/N -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- LBL Microphone Hand Held 5928...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 950 REMOTE CONTROL HF TRANSCEIVER FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST --------------------------------------------- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assembly No: BC95002 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ---- ---------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Barrett P/N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ------- Knob R/Head BC Only 4681 LBL Microphone Hand Held...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 950 REMOTE CONTROL HF TRANSCEIVER FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST --------------------------------------------- ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assembly No: BC95003 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Barrett P/N --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- --------- -------- ------ Knob R/Head BC Only 4681 LBL Microphone Hand Held...
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BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS BARRETT 950M HF TRANSCEIVER (HI STAB) FINAL ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST ---------------------------------------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Assembly No: BC95004 Issue1 Sheet 1 of 1 ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Barrett P/N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ------ Acc-Cable Power Lead BCA50002 I/C PALCE 16V8Q-25PC...
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Washer M3 Nylon (S) 4649BS Feet Rubber Push On 20m x 10mm 5955 M/Work Cover Plate RF/Audio 8422 Cover 900 Series Top Only 8390 Cover 900 Series Bottom Only 8390.1 Screw M3x8 Z/P CSK 1A 4602 Screw M3 x 4mm Pan 1A...
BARRETT 900 SERIES TRANSCEIVERS 940 Multiple-Use Distribution Unit Schematic Barrett P/N BCA94010 940 Multiple Use Distribution Unit Cable Assembly PAGE 151...
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