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FM 11-23<br />
of the communications facilities operated by the (2) Supervise the installation, operation,<br />
light tropo company. The PATCENT permits in- and maintenance of the tropo system.<br />
terconnection of the light tropo facilities with (3) Reroute circuits as required or as dimultichannel<br />
radio, heavy tropo, and wire facili- rected by the higher echelon systems control eleties.<br />
The section is assigned an SSB radio and ment that controls the company's operational<br />
communicates with the distant tropo sites by mission.<br />
means of the company command and control net<br />
and the platoon command and control nets (fig. (4) Coordinate with supported units regard-<br />
13-5). In addition, the technical channel of the ing locations, service required, and planned distropo<br />
equipment may be available for passing placements.<br />
technical instructions and information to the (5) Prepare company signal operation inother<br />
PATCENTS of the system (one PATCENT structions, standing signal instructions, and<br />
at each tropo terminal) although this channel is standing operating procedures.<br />
normally terminated at the tropo equipment and (6) Plan and prepare company training<br />
is not extended to the PATCENTS. Note that directives and supervise training.<br />
figure 13-5 shows a type net and does not preclude<br />
variations to suit other deployment require- ment of company communication d in eeploy-<br />
ments.<br />
ment of company communications capabilities.<br />
(8) Maintain information on the current<br />
13-19. Operations Central status of company communications capabilities,<br />
The primary functions and the personnel of the including map profiles of systems.<br />
operations central are listed in a and b below.<br />
b. Operations Central Personnel.<br />
a. Operations Central Functions. (1) A technical control officer.<br />
(1) Prepare system plans, diagrams, and (2) A fixed station chief technical controlcircuit<br />
orders.<br />
ler.<br />
LEGEND:<br />
d- AN/GRC-106 SSB COMPANY COMMAND NOTES:<br />
&CONTROL NET<br />
I-PLATOON AN/GRC-106<br />
Z AN/PRC-47 SSB PLATOON COMMAND RADIOS OPERATE IN COMPANY<br />
8 CONTROL NET OR PLATOON NET AS REQUIRED.<br />
· COMPANY COMMANDER AN/GRC-106 2-AN/PRC-47 P/OAN/TRC-129.<br />
o TECHCONCEN AN/GRC-106 3-TROPO LINKS NOT SHOWN.<br />
V PLATOON LEADER AN/GRC-106<br />
V TROPO TEAM AN/PRC-47<br />
* TECHCONCEN<br />
o PATCENT<br />
13-6<br />
Figure 13-5. Light tropo company type command and<br />
control nets.<br />
FM 11-367-5-4
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