ACP 190 US SUPP-1 (D) Guide To Frequency Planning Flashcards
What is the frequency range managed by a ACP 190 US SUPP-1?
9 kHz to 275 GHz
Which year was the role of the International Telegraph Union expanded to include access to the radio spectrum ?
1903
Which year did the ITU become a specialist agency of United Nations?
1947
Which agency regulates the global use of the radio spectrum?
ITU
Which article of the ITU Constitution states that ITU members retain freedom with regard to military radio installations?
Article 48
What is performed to meet the needs of radio services within a geographic area and is based on the allocation tables in radio regulations?
Frequency planning
What is it known as in military operations when the same frequency is used on a predetermined schedule?
Timesharing
Which type of calculations are necessary to guide the choice of the most suitable communication techniques to be used as well as where to place radio repeaters, surveillance and weapons sites?
Propagation
To perform propagation calculations it is essential to have knowledge of the effects of atmospheric absorption and climactic conditions for frequencies above which frequency?
10GHz
What is the authorization given by an appropriate authority for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions?
Assignment
Where does the ITU coordinate and register frequency of assignments if protection beyond national borders is appropriate?
IFL
What is defined as one or more frequencies or blocks of frequencies within a band, given to subordinate authority charged with the responsibility of providing frequency assignments?
Allotment
Which organization plans the civil aviation communications band and the frequency bands for aero nautical navigation systems?
ICAO
Which type of radio interference is defined as that which endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or other safety service or seriously degrades, obstructs, or repeatedly interrupts a radio communications service operating in accordance with the radio regulations?
Harmful
What does military spectrum management aim to control the use of?
Electromagnetic Environment
What is the application of spectrum management control concepts to hostilities referred to as?
BSM
Which type of operations are authorized that will not cause harmful interference to host nation radio services or those in surrounding countries?
NIB
The BSM process and plan are achieved with the involvement of three branches to include Intelligence (C2), Operations (C3), and what else?
Communications (C6)
Which branch is the CSMC usually established in by the CTFC?
C6
How many phases is the spectrum management process for a military operation?
4
What has the overall responsibility to coordinate the spectrum requirements for the force?
CSMC
What is the overall spectrum requirement for the force expressed as?
Electronic Order of Battle (EOB)
Who is responsible for forwarding all requests for frequencies to the CSMC?
National Spectrum Manager
Who is responsible for resolving spectrum conflicts between the components?
CSMC
What is the aim of the planning phase of the spectrum management process?
BSM Plan
What must be established by the spectrum manager in the initial stages with in the planning phase?
Overall frequency requirements
What should be used to identify the location and responsibilities of managers within the spectrum management process?
Spectrum management structure
Which type of data is required to predict the propagation of radio equipment to be established in order to identify where re-use of frequencies is possible?
Topographical
Who is responsible for assembling an electronic order of battle (EOB) for the force?
CSMC
Who is responsible for assigning frequencies in civil and military bands to non-governmental organizations (NGO)?
CSMC
What is defined as any emission that degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts military operational systems to the extent that operational effectiveness is impaired?
Harmful interference
What should give a specific guidance on the extent, purpose, format and distribution of the interference reporting required?
BSM Plan
What are essential in effecting rapid data exchange between nations?
Standard data exchange formats
Who determines the data format and data fields required for requesting spectrum support?
CSMC
What can be set up at distant ends of an HF circuit to provide a measurement of operating parameters such as received power, propagation modes and signal strength?
Chirp sounders
What is the sweep duration of the TCI/BR transmitter employed by CCEB nations?
280 seconds
What affords communication staffs the ability to identify in “real time” the optimum frequencies from those assigned for use over a given circuit path?
Ionospheric sounder
Sounder transmitters shall be classified as either common-user or what else?
Special-purpose
Each transmitter in the Common-User Sounder Network shall be required to provide start-sweeping timing accurate to 1 microsecond, preferred, but at least to how many milliseconds?
100
Sweep intervals of less than how many minutes should be avoided when special-purpose sounder transmitters are operated?
15
What is the maximum number of special-purpose sounder transmitters that may be operating at any time per area unless dictated by special circumstances?
4
The CTFC along with what else has the authority to assign/allot frequencies to operational forces?
Combined Spectrum Management Cell (CSMC)
