Comms Org Flashcards
What are 4 types of broadcast
Sub area
Area
Special
Local
Cop drill
Carried out between nato ships and maritime patrol air craft
Offchance
Carried out between ships and raf fighter air craft
What are the actions to be taken on receipt for a distress message
Read it
Log it
Report it
What are the three types of circuits in the rfa
Tactical
Strategic
Distress
Who controls strategic circuits in behalf of the fleet commander
DESISS GOSCC
Define tactical communications
Comms that’s are self contained within a force or command and used for certain purposes terminated outside the radio room
What are the two tactical Comms categories
Internship maritime air
Define distress communications
Comms are those circuits used to convey messages between merchant /commercial units and hm ships and rfas during times of difficulties
Ale
Automatic link establishment
ARQ
Automatic repeat request
TCL
BCA
BCS
Traffic checklist
Broadcast control authority
Broadcast control station
Inmarsat
International commercial satellite system
What services are available via Inmarsat
Telex
Telephony
Fax data
Who is responsible for producing complains onboard ship
Leading hands
Once complied what is the typical protective marking of a complan
Secret /nato confidential depending on what publication it has come from
What is the title given to the communications centre who is responsible for the day to day running of the broad cast
Broadcast control station
Which complains are the following complan designators be found
Y
Mb
Pt
Y-rncp 1 ch11
Mb -marcum complan (b)
Pt-rncp lol
3 types of complans
Serialised
Standard
Anti jamming
What does carb stand for
Channel availability receipt broadcast
What is a ship obliged to do if it acknowledges a distress signal
Render assistance
What are the 4 categories of strategic Comms
MRL
broadcast
Satcom
Shipshore
What is the difference between online and offline
Online-encrypted by a bid in the circuit
Offline -bedrol encrypted before you transmit
What is the RN military satellite system called ?
Skynet-4/5
3 advantages of a broadcast
-passive curcuit
-ships do not need to receipt for signals received via the broadcast and therefore can maintain radio silence
-the same signal can be sent to a large number of ships simultaneously in one transmission
Actions to be taken for missing numbers
Consult the tcl
Ask ships in company
Obtain a re-run from the bcs
Safety circuits
VHF imm 16
VHF imm ch 70
What series of publications are used within rn/rfa for communications procedures
Rncp
How many standing complans can be in force at one time
1
Vhf channels
Rncp1 1109
Search and rescue complan
Rncp1 1229
X-ray complan
Rncp 1 1105 (d)
