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FM 11-23<br />
radio, and wire and cable facilities. The company<br />
commander and the technical control officer coordinate<br />
with commanders, staffs, and technical<br />
control elements of all signal units associated<br />
with the tropo company operations including<br />
communications, mess, and area defense.<br />
Section III.<br />
TROPO PLATOON OPERATIONS<br />
13-15. Introduction (2) Two fixed station multiplex equipment<br />
The tropo platoon installs, operates, and maintains<br />
four multichannel tropo terminals and associated<br />
patching central facilities as directed<br />
(para 13-20a). The platoon includes a headquarters<br />
element and two tropo sections.<br />
13-16. Platoon Headquarters<br />
ment installs, operates, and maintains the equip-<br />
ment used to interconnect, reroute, and test all<br />
communications circuits entering or leaving the<br />
tropo site. To accomplish this, the PATCENT<br />
elementisassignedthefollowingpersonnel:<br />
(1) A fixed station technical control super-<br />
visor.<br />
The platoon headquarters includes a platoon<br />
leader, a platoon sergeant, a light-truck driver,<br />
and a radio operator who operates an SSB radio<br />
mounted in the platoon headquarters truck. The<br />
SSB radio is used in either the company command<br />
and control net or in the platoon command<br />
and control net as required. The platoon headquarters<br />
is located in the vicinity of or is collocated<br />
with one or more of its tropo terminals.<br />
operator/repairmen.<br />
(3) A senior multipurpose power generator<br />
operator/mechanic.<br />
(4) A senior tropo operator.<br />
(5) A multipurpose power generator<br />
operator/mechanic.<br />
(6) Two tropo operators.<br />
(2) Four fixed station technical controllers.<br />
13-17. Tropo Section<br />
(3) Two fixed station electronic equipment<br />
A tropo section includes a section supervisor and repairmen.<br />
25 other personnel. It is organized into two tropo<br />
teams and a PATCENT. The two tropo teams op- (4) A seor multipurpose generator<br />
operator/mechanic.<br />
erate a multichannel communications link, the<br />
terminals of which may be separated by as much (5) A multipurpose power generator<br />
as 160 km. The section PATCENT is collocated operator/mechanic.<br />
with one of these terminals. The other terminal<br />
of the section must be provided with PATCENT<br />
facilities from another communications element,<br />
such as a collocated multichannel radio or a<br />
heavy tropo terminal. Sufficient personnel are assigned<br />
to the section to provide an on-site 24-hour<br />
operational and direct support level electronic<br />
SUPERVISOR<br />
maintenance capability (para 13-21).<br />
a. Tropo Team Personnel. Each of the two<br />
tropo teams of the section installs, operates, and<br />
maintains the tropo and multiplex equipment of LIGHT LIGHT<br />
TROPO TEAM<br />
TROPO TEAM<br />
a tropo terminal. To accomplish this, a light<br />
tropo team is assigned the following personnel: FM 11-367-5-3<br />
(1) A tropo team chief. Figure 13-4. Light tropo section functional organization.<br />
Section IV. TECHNICAL CONTROL SECTION OPERATIONS<br />
13-18. Introduction using a TECHCONCEN consisting of an opera-<br />
The company commander and the technical con- tions central (para 13-19) and a patching central<br />
trol officer provide 24-hour officer supervision of (para 13-20) provides technical control, circuit<br />
the 16-man technical control section. This section, patching, limited test facilities, and supervision<br />
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