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FM 11-23
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. LIGHT TROPO TERMINAL SITE H
~ HEAVY TROPO TERMINAL
HEAVY
TROPO LINK
FM 11-367-6-3
Figure 13-9. Light tropo company type deployment.
13-25. Light Tropo Team Site at a tropo team site, .arrangements should be
a. General. The tropo team chief at site A (fig. made, if possible, to mess with a larger unit in
13-10, upper left) is the site commander and is the area or to operate a consolidated mess with
responsible for the administration of the site and other small units. However, if the site is comfor
the operation and maintenance of the equip- pletely isolated, appropriate light tropo company
mess personnel will be assigned.
ment. Because site A has only one tropo link (the
link to site C), it has the minimum number of b. Site Configuration. The rectangular insert on
major items of equipment for a complete tropo figure 13-10 shows the 26-pair cable, spiral-four
site. In a tropo site with but one terminal, the site cable, and field wire that carry circuits from suplayout
problem (including power and communica- ported elements (para 13-5b) to the tropo site.
tions cable pattern) is usually not complicated. These circuits terminate in the PATCENT which
However, the relatively few cables and wires of has facilities to patch, reroute, and test all comthe
site do require routing that will avoid damage munications circuits entering or leaving the site.
from personnel and vehicle traffic. The major At the PATCENT, the cable and wire facilities
items of equipment at site A are a patching cen- are interconnected with the tropo facilities in actral
with its power units and a tropo terminal cordance with the SYSCON SOP or in accordance
with its power units. Sites B, D, F, and G have with SYSCON orders received through technical
similar equipment configurations except that site channels. Up to four 26-pair cables may be re-
G would include the SSB radio of the third pla- quired between the PATCENT and the tropo tertoon
headquarters. Site H, however, shows a light minal to carry the incoming and outgoing voice
tropo terminal collocated with a heavy tropo ter- and teletypewriter channels (a maximum of 24
minal. In the type company deployment shown in voice channels or 23 voice channels and 16 telefigure
13-10, the site H light tropo terminal typewriter channels).
would not include a PATCENT that is organic to
the light tropo company, but would use the PAT- 13-26. Light Tropo Platoon Site
CENT facilities of the collocated heavy tropo a. General. The tropo platoon leader at site C
team. Because of the limited number of personnel (fig. 13-11) is the commander of the site and is
13-10