I got it going today. Here is what happened. I thought the plugs were idiot proof
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This was my first attempt too connect a military radio up. I looked at the plug and saw the prongs were all the same size. If I had examined the power cable plug closer I would have seen an "A", "B", "C", and "D" molded in the plastic next to each prong. I also would have seen the same thing on the tray plug. Now that I turned the plug to mate up "A" to "A" and so forth it plugs in without sparks and presto
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The radio works or least the lights come on and I have speaker static. Now to get the correct antenna wires
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My antenna mounts are at the rear of my 1984 CUCV so I need a 10 ft. or so cable. I see some have two cables one smaller than the other?? Do I need the CX-4722/VRC cable for the antenna wire? What do I need for the smaller wire that goes to the antenna mast?
So in this case an idiot can mess up
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Is there any chance of running the battery down leaving the radio turned off, but with the power supply connected??
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I went ahead and pulled the radio out of the tray plug just in case.
Thanks for all of the good help. Sorry I took so long about getting back to post.