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                       COMMAND AND CONTROL

    TOPIC:   Low band FM frequencies do not work.

    OBSERVATION:   Except over very short distances, FM
frequencies in the low band do not work.   Tests conducted over
varying distances from 5~ meters to 35 + kilometers have
repeatedly had the same results.  When the test radios were
changed to high band frequencies, transmissions were loud and
clear.   A major problem is that all MUC and division nets, to
include retrans frequencies, are in the low band; high band
frequencies are found below battalion level.   The solution
currently being implemented is to take high band frequencies
fro~n geographically separated subordinate units and use them
for brigade nets.  This solution is troublesome in that units
(or aircarft) entering the brigade area do not know in advance
what frequency to come up on.   One possible solution could be
to use 3~l frequencies as a starting point, and then flip to
the opposite band before using radio.  This could cause
additional frequency conflicts; will not work with squad radios
that cannot flip from one band to another.   No easy solutions
are available, but some standardized solution is required.

    VIEWER NOTES


    TOPIC:   Cornmunications.

    OBSERVATION:   Ensure convoys have a method of reporting
closure and that they are covered with a commo "cap" to assist
them should the convoy encounter difficulty.   The regiment
deployed it's first elements out to the desert with no
accompanying commo.   The initial sights were within the FM
retrans capability of the regiment.

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