152

Question 1

152: Freq Range?

Answer 1

30-512MHz

*High Band: 762-870MHz

Question 2

152: No. of Presets

Answer 2

99 / Mission Plan

*Approx 20 Mission Plans

Question 3

152: Modes?

Answer 3

AM - FM - PSK - FSK - CPM

Question 4

152: Power Output Settings?

Answer 4

Low: 250mW / 1W (AM)
Med: 2W
High: 5W
VSAT: 10W
*Very Small Aperture Terminal

Question 5

152: Weight?

Answer 5

1. 22Kg

* w/ Battery & GPS

Question 6

152: AE Connection Type?

Answer 6

TNC

*Threaded Neill-Concelmen

Question 7

152: Battery Type / Life?

Answer 7

Lithion Ion
8/9 Hrs
*80% idle, 10% tx&rx

Question 8

512: HUB Battery Info?

Answer 8

6 Month Life

*Retains Red & Black Data

Question 9

152: Immersion Info?

Answer 9

2m for 20min

*O-ring secure / No power to side port

Question 10

152: Crypto Storage Positions?

Answer 10

25 Slots / Key-type / Waveform

Question 11

152: Key Types?

Answer 11

TEK / KEK / TrKEK / TSK

Question 12

152: TEK?

Answer 12

Traffic Encryption Key

*Encrypts the packets being tx’d

Question 13

152: KEK?

Answer 13

Key Encryption Key

*Encrypts the TEK during OTAR AK

Question 14

152: TrKEK?

Answer 14

Transfer Key Encryption Key

*Unwraps encrypted KEYMAT while loading

Question 15

152: TSK?

Answer 15

Transmission Security Key

• Acts as time sync
• Acts as p-random no generator

Question 16

152: VINSON?

Answer 16

Encryption algorithm which supports 16 kbit/s CVSD

• Spts VHF/UHF LOS
• Spts UHF SATCOM
• Spts Tac Phone Systems

Question 17

152: ANDVT?

Answer 17

Adv Narrow Band Dig Terminal

• Encryption algorithm which spts 56kbit/s MELP
• Suitable for low-bandwidth comms
• Spts DAMA

Question 18

152: KG-84?

Answer 18

Used for the secure tx of digital data

Question 19

152: VULOS?

Answer 19

VHF/UHF Line of Sight

• AM/FM
• Likes VINSON Crypto

Question 20

152: SINCGARS?

Answer 20

Single Chan G>A Radio System

• SC/FH (111 hops/sec)
• 25kHz steps from 30-87.975MHz (VHF FM Band)

Question 21

152: DAMA?

Answer 21

Demand Assigned Multiple Access

• Efficient use of SATCOM channel via time share
• Uses 182A-5kHz / 182B-25kHz

Question 22

152: HPW?

Answer 22

High Performance Waveform

• UHF/VHF Secure Data
• Via Microsoft Outlook Client

Question 23

152: P-25?

Answer 23

Suite of standards used by Civ. Emergency Services

Question 24

152: HAVEQUICK II?

Answer 24

Anit-Jam UHF FH System

• TOD
• WOD as key
• Net No.

Question 25

152: IW?

Answer 25

Integrated Waveform | *More efficient than DAMA

Question 26

152: MELP?

Answer 26

Mixed Excitation Linear Prediction | *Compresses packets to a smaller payload size

Question 27

152: CVSD?

Answer 27

Continuously Variable Slope Delta | *Encodes at 1 bit per Hz (16Hz@16kbit/s)

Question 28

152: LPC-10?

Answer 28

Linear Predictive Coding | *Less effective than MELP

Question 29

152: Tone Squelch?

Answer 29

Req's preamble tone to unsquelch

Question 30

152: Noise Squelch?

Answer 30

Req's certain voltage to unsquelch

Question 31

152: CTCSS?

Answer 31

Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System | *Spts interoperability with Civ. Radio's

Question 32

152: CDCSS?

Answer 32

Continuous Digital Coded Squelch System * Superimposes a repeating data stream * Spts interoperability with Civ. Radio's

Question 33

152: Default Squelch Tone?

Answer 33

150Hz in FM

Question 34

152: Scan Mode?

Answer 34

Scans up to 10 fixed freq / SATCOM Ch's * Only VINSON modes are scannable * Digital Squelch Ch's cannot be scanned * Can set Priority & Hang/Hold

Question 35

152: Beacon Mode?

Answer 35

Sets Radio to tx a Beacon signal | *Operates from 30-512MHz

Question 36

152: Beacon Mode Key Freq's?

Answer 36

* 121.5MHz * 243MHz * 406MHz

Question 37

152: VULOS?

Answer 37

VHF / UHF, LOS and Dedicated UHF SATCOM Ch's * VHF Low: 30-89.9999MHz * VHF High: 90-224.9999MHz * UHF: 225-511.9999MHz

Question 38

152: SATCOM 181A?

Answer 38

5kHz Narrow-Band Ch * ANDVT / MELP * Opt: 010 2400 baud * Opt: 080 1200 baud

Question 39

152: SATCOM 181B?

Answer 39

25kHz Wide-Band Ch * VINSON / CVSD * Opt: 132 9600 baud

Question 40

152: SATCOM FREQ'S?

Answer 40

Uplink higher than Downlink | *33.6MHz Spacing

Question 41

152: DAMA REQ's?

Answer 41

``` CAR: Comms Access Req TCI: Tech Comms Instruction TSK: Orderwire Key TEK: User Comms Key Dama Network Address ```

Question 42

152: DAMA NCS?

Answer 42

Harmon & Stirling * 7 Channels * Full Time Backup & Management

Question 43

152: DAMA PGM SEQ?

Answer 43

1. COMSEC 2. TCI Parameters 3. Point at Sat 4. Change to DAMA Preset 5. Make Call 6. TX

Question 44

152: SINCGARS REQ's?

Answer 44

1. Loadset * Hopset - TSK - Net ID - Keys 2. GTOD 3. CMPT No. 4. Net ID

Question 45

152: SINCGARS NET ID?

Answer 45

Determines Hop Start Point | *999 Net ID's

Question 46

152: SINCGARS COLD TSK?

Answer 46

Passive Dig Auth for ERF | *Stored in CPMT 19

Question 47

152: SINCGARS LNE?

Answer 47

4-60 Sec IOT sync w/ Master

Question 48

152: REASONS FOR OTAR?

Answer 48

1. Establish new Net 2. Ext of KEYMAT 3. Ext of Op 4. Emergency Zero 5. Orders

Question 49

152: OTAR MK?

Answer 49

TX / RX * Load into TEK 10 * Load into VOLATILE

Question 50

152: OTAR AK?

Answer 50

RX only | *Req KEK to protect rekey

Question 51

152: REASON FOR RTX?

Answer 51

1. Range Extension 2. Overcome terrain difficulties 3. Bridge different crypto types / waveforms

Question 52

152: RTX TYPES?

Answer 52

1. Analog * Black PT / Red CT 2. Digital * Black Dig / Red Dig 3. SATCOM * PT / CT

Question 53

152: ADVANTAGES OF DIG RTX?

Answer 53

1. Higher Fidelity 2. Less Signal Degradation 3. Voice / Data 4. Allows for different COMSEC & waveforms to talk

Question 54

152: RTX PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS?

Answer 54

1. Freq Separation * 20% / non-harmonics 2. Falsing * RTX unsquelching 3. Phys separation & height offset 4. Cables cross at 90*