Deck 7 Flashcards
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1201.Phase II of the U.S. Navy?s SHF fielding plan, which commenced in FY 94, will replace what terminals on aircraft carriers with an AN/WSC-6(V)4 terminal?
QUICKSAT.
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1202.What does the system configuration that supports Navy SHF SATCOM consist of?
An SHF RF terminal and supporting baseband equipment.
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1203.What type ships use the AN/WSC-6(V)1, with the MD-1030A(V) modem?
SURTASS ships equipped with a single antenna.
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1204.What unit commands the antenna to search for tracking (beacon) signals from the satellite?
An antenna control unit.
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1205.What are the two types of communications satellites?
Active and passive.
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1206.What does an active satellite act as?
A repeater.
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1207.What does a typical operational link involve?
An active satellite and two Earth terminals.
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1208.What does the basic design of a satellite communications system depend a great deal on?
The parameters of the satellite orbit.
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1209.An orbit is generally either’ elliptical or circular, what is its inclination referred to as?
Included, polar, or equatorial.
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1210.How many basic components make up a satellite communications system?
Two.
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1211.What determines the complexity of the components and the manner in which the system operates?
The design of the overall system.
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1212.What is a particularly valuable technique for lessening the effects of enemy jamming?
Spread spectrum modulation.
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1213.What does a narrow uplink transmission beam width provide?
A low probability of intercept (LPI) capability.
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1214.What is a characteristic of SHF, favorable to flagships?
The ability to communicate critical C41 for the user information in the presence of enemy jamming and with due regard for enemy detection capabilities.
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1215.What does the radio group consist of?
A high power amplifier (I-IPA) or medium power amplifier (MPA), low noise amplifier (LNA), up-converter, down-converter, and frequency standard.
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1216.What does the SATCOM equipment that the Navy uses for the fleet broadcast include?
The SATCOM broadcast receiver (AN/SSR-1), the FLTSATCOM SHF broadcast transmitter (AN/FSC-79), the standard shipboard transceiver (AN/WSC-3), the shore station transceiver (AN/WSC-5), and the basic airborne transceiver (AN/ARC-143B).
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1217.What is the Navy?s standard SATCOM broadcast receiver system?
The AN/SSR-l.
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1218.What terminal interfaces the communications subsystems and the satellite and provides the SHF uplink for the FLTSATCOM system?
The AN/FSC-79 Fleet Broadcast Terminal.
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1219.What is the bandwidth of the AN/FSC-79?
7- to 8-GHz.
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1220.What is the standard UHF SATCOM transceiver for both submarine and surface ships?
The AN/WSC-3 Transceiver.
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1221.What mode of operation is the AN/WSC-3 in when it uplinks in the 292.2- to 311.6-MHz bandwidth and downlinks in the 248.5- to 270.1-MHz band?
SATCOM mode.
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1222.What is the common UHF RF satellite terminal installed at NAVCOM’I`ELSTAs for the GAPFILLER subsystem?
The AN/WSC-5 UHF Transceiver.
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1223.What transceiver is used for ASWIXS communications and is installed at VP Antisubmarine Warfare Operation Centers and aboard P-3C aircraft?
The AN/ARC-143 UHF Transceiver.
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1224.What are the two parts of the AN/ARC-143 UHF Transceiver?
A transceiver and a radio set control.
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1225.What system provides communications links, via satellite, between shore commands and mobile units?
The Fleet Satellite Communications (FLTSATCOM) system and subsystems.
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1226.What subsystem is an expansion of fleet broadcast transmissions that historically have been the central communications medium for operating naval units?
The Fleet Sate1lite Broadcast (FSB) subsystem.
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1227.What serves as an automated shipboard terminal for interfacing with CUDIXS (shore-based) and the Fleet Broadcast System?
NAVMACS.
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1228.The SSIXS provides a communications system to exchange message traffic between what two users?
SSBN and SSN submarines and shore stations.
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1229.What subsystem is designed as a communications link for antisubmarine warfare (ASW) operations between shore stations and aircraft?
Antisubmarine Warfare Information Exchange Subsystem (ASWIXS).
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1230.What subsystem is a direct communications link between command centers ashore and afloat and provides one-way transmission of data link communications?
Tactical Data Information Exchange Subsystem (TADIXS).
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1231.What subsystem allows connection with wide-area voice networks ashore?
Secure voice subsystem.
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1232.What subsystem is specifically designed for special intelligence communications?
Tactical Intelligence (TACINTEL) Subsystem.
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1233.What subsystem is a communications network that facilitates status reporting and management of FLTSAT COM system assets?
The Control Subsystem.
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1234.What subsystem is designed as a communications link for battle group tactical operations?
Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange Subsystem (OTCIXS).
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1235.What subsystem is an expansion of the existing teleprinter transmission network?
Teleprinter Subsystem (ORESTES).
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1236.What subsystem is a joint operation between the U.S. Navy and contractors for controlling LEASATS?
The LEASAT Telemetry Tracking and Command Subsystem.
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1237.What would a typical configuration on a large ship include?
Fleet broadcast, CUDIXS/NAVMACS, secure voice, OTCIXS, TADDCS, teleprinter, and TACINTEL equipment. .
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1238.What is the purpose of Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)?
To multiplex several subsystems or users on one satellite channel.
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1239.What is a method of increasing the number of transmissions taking place in the radio spectrum per unit of time?
Multiplexing.
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1240.What does multiplexing involve?
The simultaneous transmission of a number of intelligible signals using only a single transmitting
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1241.The Navy uses how many multiplexing methods?
Two.
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1242.What can the baseband equipment input or output data rate with DAMA equipment be?
75, 300, 600, 1,200, 2,400, 4,800, or 16,000 bits per second (bps).
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1243.What can the DAMA transmission rate on the satellite link be?
2,400, 9,600, 19,200, or 32,000 symbols per second.
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- What is circuit restoral dependent upon?
Timely action, quick decisions, and the ability of personnel to use any means available to restore communications in the shortest possible time.
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- What are the radio frequencies (RFs) that are prohibited from use when HERO conditions and EMCON restrictions are set?
Below 30 MHz.
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- What was developed to provide an uninterrupted flow of essential communications without violating HERO and EMCON restrictions?
AUTOCAT, SATCAT, and MIDDLEMAN.
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- What participants is the Fleet Flash Net (FFN) composed of?
Senior operational staffs and designated subscribers.
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- What is the purpose of the FFN?
To distribute high-precedence or highly sensitive traffic among subscribers.
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- What publication can you find information on the FFN?
Mission Communications, NTP ll.
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- What person can mean the difference between efficient and inefficient communications?
The operator.
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- What is the ability of an antenna to both transmit and receive electromagnetic energy known as?
Reciprocity.
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- What is the point on an antenna where the RF cable is attached?
The feed point.
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- What is the antenna said to be if the RF transmission line is attached to the base?
End-fed.
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- What is the antenna said to be if the RF transmission line is connected at the center?
Mid-fed or center-fed.
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- What does the directivity of an antenna refer to?
The width of the radiation beam pattern.
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- What are the three terms used to describe the type of directional qualities associated with an antenna?
Omni directional, bidirectional, and unidirectional.
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- What type of antenna radiates and receives equally well in all directions, except off the ends?
Omni directional.
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- What type of antenna radiates or receives efficiently in only one direction?
Unidirectional.
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- What type of antenna is mostly used in naval communications?
Omni directional or unidirectional.
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- What is an example of a unidirectional antenna?
Parabolic, or dish, antenna.
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- What antenna is commonly used at shore installations?
Directional.
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- What is a major consideration in the efficient transmission and reception of radio signals?
Polarization of a radio wave.
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- What is the reason a vertical antenna is used to receive vertically polarized waves, and a horizontal antenna is used to receive horizontally polarized waves?
If a single-wire antenna is used to extract energy from a passing radio wave, maximum signal pickup results when the antenna is placed physically in the same direction as the electric field component.
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- When antennas are close to the ground, do vertically polarized radio waves yield a stronger signal close to the Earth than those that are horizontally polarized?
Yes.
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- What type of polarization are most shipboard communications antennas?
Vertically polarized.
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- What type of polarization do the VHF and UHF antennas used for ship-to-aircraft communications use?
Vertical and circular.
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1267.Why do circularly polarized shipboard antennas frequently offer considerable signal improvements over vertically polarized antennas?
Because aircraft maneuvers cause cross-polarization effects.
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1268.What is a term used in antenna tuning?
Standing wave ratio (SWR), also called voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR).
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1269.What is the perfect standing wave ratio (SWR) that can be achieved?
One-to-one.
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1270.Why will there always be some power loss between the transmitter and the antenna?
Because of natural impedances that exist between the two.
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1271.What is the energy reflected back to the feed point called?
Reflected waves.
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1272.How can the condition of most antennas be determined?
By measuring the power being supplied to the antenna (forward power) and the power being reflected back to the source (reflected power); these two measurements determine the voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR), which indicates antenna performance.
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1273.When are the reflected waves and the incident waves in phase along the length of the antenna and tend to reinforce each other?
If an antenna is resonant to the frequency supplied by the transmitter.
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1274.What can be used to tune a transmitter without causing unwanted radiation?
A dummy load, also called dummy antenna.
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1275.What rate do electromagnetic waves travel through free space?
186,000 miles per second.
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1276.What is a wavelength?
The distance traveled by a radio wave in one cycle.
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1277.What does the term ?wavelength? also refer to?
The length of an antenna.
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1278.What are antennas often referred to as?
Half wave, quarter wave, or full wave.
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1279.What publication should be consulted for information on how to compute wavelengths for different frequencies?
NEETS, Module 12, Modulation Principles.
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1280.All antennas are derived from how many basic types?
Two.