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FM 11-23
Section IV. TECHNICAL CONTROL SECTION OPERATIONS
14-17. Introduction CENTS. Note that figure 14-5 shows a type net
and does not preclude having distant tropo team
The company commander and the technical control
officer provide
Thei-~~~~ aea c pyo t tcilo PATCENT facilities in direct SSB communica-
24-hour officer supervision of
the 16-man technical control section.
tion with
This section,
the company TECHCONCEN.
using a TECHCONCEN consisting of an operations
center (para 14-18) and a patching central
(para 14-19) provides technical control, circuit The primary functions and the personnel of the
patching, limited test facilities and supervision of operations center are listed in a and b below.
the communications facilities operated by the a. Operations Center Functions.
heavy tropo company. The PATCENT permits
interconnection of the heavy tropo facilities with (1) Prepare system plans, diagrams, and
multichannel radio, light tropo, and wire/cable circuit orders.
facilities. The section is assigned an SSB radio (2) Supervise the installation, operation,
and communication with the distant tropo sites is and maintenance of the heavy tropo system.
provided by the company command and control (3) Reroute circuits as required or as dinet
and the platoon command and control nets
(fig. 14-5). In addition, the technical channel of
rected by the higher echelon systems control element
that controls the company's operational
the tropo equipment may be available for passing mission.
technical instructions and information to the
other PATCENT facilities of the system (one (4) Coordinate with supported units regard-
PATCENT at each tropo terminal) although this ing locations, service required, and planned dischannel
is normally terminated at the tropo placements.
equipment and is not extended to the PAT- (5) Prepare company signal operation in-
NOTE 2
NOTE 3
V D o 3 V
14-6
LEGEND:
* COMPANY COMMANDER AN/GRC-106 NOTES:
O COMPANY TECHCONCEN AN/GRC-106 I- I ST PLATOON NET.
2- 2D PLATOON NET.
V PLATOON LEADER AN/GRC-106 2-2
3- COMPANY
D PLATOON
NET.
NET.
V TROPO TEAM AN/GRC-106 4- TROPO SITES ARE SHOWN
0 PATCENT AS LARGE CIRCLES.
FM 11-367-7-5
Figure 14-5. Heavy tropo company type command and
control nets.