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ters (two platoon headquarters under some cir- b. Technical Control Functions. The company
cumstances) are also located at the site. In the commander, the technical control officer, and a
figure 13-12 deployment, the tropo company com- 16-man technical control section establish a
mander commands the site but under other cir- TECHCONCEN consisting of an operations
cumstances he and his personnel could be tenants central and a PATCENT to provide technical
in an area controlled by another communications control of the communications facilities of the
activity. The rectangular insert on figure 13-12 company. (Technical control of the link consistshows
the considerable number of major items ing of sites G and H, however, is exercised by the
of equipment at the site including the follow- technical control element of the command to
ing: three tropo terminals with their power units, which the site G and H tropo teams are at-
TECHCONCEN (including a PATCENT with tached.) The operations central is used as a comits
power units and an operations central with pany planning and technical record keeping facilits
power units), and a mobile electronic shop ity; the PATCENT is used to control all incomwith
its power units. In addition, the company ing and outgoing circuits. These circuits are inheadquarters
SSB radio and the 2d platoon head- terconnected in accordance with the applicable
quarters SSB radio may be located at or near portion of the higher signal echelon standing sigthe
site. This concentration of equipment makes nal instructions and standing operating procepreplanning
of the site layout (including routing dures of the system control plan. The SSI and
of power cables, communications cables, and field SOP assist technical control section personnel to
wire) imperative.
solve emergency communications problems by de-
13-12