Annex B12 Automatic Link Establishment

Question 0

Link Quality Analysis

Answer 0

Real time channel evaluation in which radios measure and store values indicating the relative quality of radio links at different assigned frequencies

Question 1

Automatic Link Establishment (ALE)

Answer 1

Comm system that permits HF radio systems to call and link on the best HF channel automatically without operator assistance

ALE is not frequency hopping, the entire conversation takes place on the same frequency

Question 2

Optimal number of channels to plan for an ALE network

Answer 2

10-12 frequencies spread across the frequency range

Will never get this many from your freq manager, choose high and low, fight for what you need

Question 3

Server that provides timing to an ALE network

Answer 3

Time of Day Server (TOD)