>>2949267
Like I said, I was 'helpdesk' level. I never opened them up or soldered on them. If a radio was acting odd and it wasn't just some stupid operator issue then my troubleshooting was limited. We had a power output tester that could confirm it was broadcasting the wattage it was rated for. Other that that, I'd swap parts (antenna, handset), make sure the encryption fill was loaded, and confirmed it was time synced for frequency hopping and that was it. Anything else meant a trip to 30 level support. The RT-1523e was a super solid radio though. In the 4 years I delt with them I can count on one hand the number that they failed do to internal issues. My unit had 150+ of them. Generally it was "vehicle caught fire, radios in a puddle on the floor", "radio damaged by enemy fire, put all the pieces in a bag and sent to depot", or "LT still stepping on radios to climb out of the BFV, antenna connector/display damaged".