Communications/Electronics
Section VI
A. General
1. Considering the non-availability of spare parts, the equipment is in reasonably good condition. The Battalion received eight (8) AN/PRC-6’s and twelve (12) AN/PRC-10’s under the FY66 R&E Program. Proper first and second echelon maintenance is constantly being performed and a keen awareness of the value of the equipment, both operationally and monetarily, exists.
B. Deadline Equipment
1. Third echelon by type
a. AN/PRC-10 – 8
b. AN/PRC-6 – 5
c. TA-1 – 6
d. TPS-21 – 1
e. BB-451 (cases) – 4
f. AN/URM-48 – 1
g. AN/URR-23A – 1
h. AN/USM-24C – 1
2. Second echelon by type
a. AN/PRC-6 – 10
b. AN/PRC-10 (also 10 PRC-10’s for ant) – 3
c. X-150A – 6
C. Security Violations
1. none
D. Message Traffic
1. radio – incoming-904 outgoing – 223
2. message center
a. classified – incoming-247 outgoing-0
b. unclassified – incoming-204 outgoing-152
E. Personnel Status
1. MOS
a. 2511 – over-1, short-0
b. 2531 – over-0, short-3
c. 2533 – over-1, short-0
d. 2541 – over-1, short-0
e. 2543 – over-0, short-1
f. 2822 – over-1, short-0
g. 2841 – over-1, short-0
F. Operational Training
1. Message Center
a. offline crypto – 160 hours
b. logging and filing – 20 hours
c. typing – 40 hours
d. teletype operation –12 hours
e. message format – 6 hours
f. security – 2 hours
2. Radio
a. AN/PRC-6 (operation and maintenance) – 16 hours
b. AN/PRC-10 (operation and maintenance) – 16 hours
c. voice procedure – 20 hours
d. care & maintenance of radio equipment – 30 hours
e. AN/PRC-25 (operation) – 6 hours
3. Wire
a. care and cleaning of wire equipment – 10 hours
b. re-servicing of field wire WD1/TT – 24 hours
c. installation, operation and maintenance of the SB-86 switching central – 40 hours
d. installation of the cross connect terminal – 16 hours
G. Operations
1. The Battalion participated in one Battalion (-) operation in which the radio set AN/PRC-25 was used. Operating at extended ranges and using both AN/PRC-25’s and AN/PRC-10’s on the same nets, communications were constant and reliable. The problem of periodically retuning the AN/PRC-10 to the AN/PRC-25 was virtually nonexistent due in part to critical shop alignment of the AN/PRC-10’s prior to the operation.
2. A communications system to support the coordination of the mutual defensive effort of the tenant units on the Ky Ha Peninsula was installed. Peninsula Defense Coordination Bunker. The system consists of hot lines from the bunker to each of the tenant units and trunk lines to the Battalion and Regimental switchboards. The wire system is backed up by a VHF radio net.
This page last corrected 18 September 2011