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M1025 Dumvee - BFT,GPS,SINCGARS - questions
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Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 10:16 PM UTC
I've got a problem with electronic systems in my Dumvee model. I've bought Legend Production's Humvee Interior Set:

I want to mount SINCGARS radios and speakers, as shown at the picture above. Also I think about mounting a Blue Force Tracker system. I found one and only picture with BFT on Dumvee:


And my questions:
- what are the parts of BFT system? Antenna, monitor, keyboard - am I right? Something else?

- an antenna at the rear, at left side of the same Dumvee on pictures below - is this the BFT antenna?



- what is this antenna, mounted at the rear of this Dumvee:


- this mobile telephone shaped thing next to the box with radios on the picture below - is this a GPS controller? And where is a GPS antenna? Is this a cross shaped antenna on the picture above?


- would it be right, Iif I put all those mentioned items (SINCGARS, GPS, BFT) in one model?
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Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 10:50 PM UTC
Yes, all the systems you mentioned can be on the same HMMWV. The BFT antenna is the sand colored box about halfway back on the left side. The X-shaped antenna off the rear is for a satellite radio, probably a Harris radio. The piece you ID as the GPS receiver is one and is called a PLGGR (plugger). No idea where the external GPS antenna is, I can't see it, but it is usually a small disk about the size of a hockey puck. The dark-colored stick part on the PLGGR is its connected antenna.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 11:08 PM UTC
Thanks Gino Harris radio? What is this? Is this one of two (or both) devices at the top of radio box at the picture of Dumvee model (the last one I've posted above)?
And some questions left unanswered:
- what are the parts of BFT system? Antenna, monitor, keyboard - am I right? Something else?
- what is this short antenna at this picture:


And another one - what is this device placed at the left side of radio box at the picture of Dumvee model (in sand colour, next to the steering wheel)?
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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 01:50 AM UTC
The Legends BFT kit is missing two key components, the CPU and the DAGGER/PLUGER. ProArt has the keyboard, CPU and antenna you need for the BFT.





Here is D-Toys version. It has the wrong antenna, but has the correct stand and key board, and CPU. It is still missing the DAGGER/PLUGER.



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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 05:30 AM UTC
The legends interior has the keyboard, but the instructions and photos make no mention of it for some reason.
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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 06:06 AM UTC
Holy crap, who are "D-Toys" and who sells tham?!
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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 06:08 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Holy crap, who are "D-Toys" and who sells tham?!



Lucky Model

HTH

Frenchy
HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 06:25 AM UTC
Harris Radio is a long range HF or SATCOM radio that SF use. It is probably the one on top of teh radio mount in your pics. It pretty much looks the same as a standard SINCGARS radio.
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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 07:12 AM UTC
Thanks a lot all of You Now I think I know how to deal with my Dumvee interior
kubisz
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Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 06:51 PM UTC
Getting back to topic... I've got still two things to ask:
- what is this short antenna at the rear of Dumvee at the fifth photo in my first post?
- what are these devices in red ellipses at this picture:
?
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 11:53 PM UTC
Can somebody answer my last two questions, please? I' m going to start building electronics in my Dumvee and it would be great to know what are these devices - it could help me to do wires and cables
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 02:54 AM UTC
The circled boxes look like circuit breakers and power conditioners (transformers) or the likes for the radios. They are not usually on a standard HMMWV w/ SINCGARS radios or BFT. They may be special for the Harris radios or something else the SF guys are using. The short antenna is usually an EPLRS antenna (another tracking system similar to BFT), but both systems would not usually be on the same HMMWV. It could also be a digital antenna for some other type of radio or digital device.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 05:21 AM UTC
Interesting title for the above image.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:36 AM UTC
Here's one I was working on some time ago

If you search for Afghanistan Hummers you'll find some other talk about these radio combos and another view of the picture you posted.
http://armorama.com/forums/102493&page=2
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:38 AM UTC
Here's one I was working on some time ago

If you search for Afghanistan Hummers you'll find some other talk about these radio combos and another view of the picture you posted.
http://armorama.com/forums/102493&page=2
Regards
Bill
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:40 AM UTC
Here's one I was working on some time ago

If you search for Afghanistan Hummers you'll find some other talk about these radio combos and another view of the picture you posted.

http://armorama.com/forums/102493&page=2
Regards
Bill
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 06:21 PM UTC
Gino, William - thanks a lot!
Robert -
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