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Help for antennas cables position on M1117
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Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016 - 10:53 PM UTC
Hello,

I wonder where the cable of the blue force tracker antenna goes.

Same question with Duke antenna cable ?

I hope you will can answer.

What I'm talking about

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/m1117.htm

Blue force tracker antenna is in the square protection


Duke antenna with the cable who is going on the roof, but I don't know where.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 04:17 AM UTC
I ran into the same problem. Best picture I found was the one below. Looks like the DUKE cable is laying on the rear roof and over near the rear hatch
Removed by original poster on 08/17/16 - 15:33:02 (GMT).
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Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 08:54 PM UTC
Don't know if this is accurate or not for the BFT (from Model Military International magazine #57) :



Looks like some wires are missing though...

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Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 11:45 PM UTC
It appears that the wiring for the BFT antenna is OK...Just check out this video (at 1:51 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUGoxEcjZHg

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Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 08:28 AM UTC
if you closely at the picture I posted, it also looks like the Duke antenna wire goes into the other side of that rectangular shaped guard
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Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 08:54 PM UTC
Tank you french and Jason.

For the Duke antenna cable, I have just found a pic who shows a different position on the roof of the cable.

http://libellule.heavy.jp/site/vehicules/x-M1117Guardian.html

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Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 11:27 PM UTC
looks like there is some variation on the length of the Duke antenna cable. They both seem to end at the same point, but one is longer.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 11:46 PM UTC
Indeed.

Just found this another one pic. More clear !



http://www.warwheels.net/M1117GuardianLawler.html
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Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 02:06 AM UTC
Nice find Alex I should have checked out Warwheels.net in the first place...
Just came across a better view of the wire channel (without wire ) :


Full size

From this walkaround

H.P.
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Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 - 09:18 PM UTC
Ah yes, thanks for your help.
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