(3) Tagging of field wire lines is essential to enable wire
personnel to distinguish one line from another.
Tagging makes line
tracing easier and simplifies maintenance.
c. Multichannel radio communications and MSE are not organic to
divisional MI battalions. The division signal battalion provides the
equipment and means to access the division area common user system.
The
MI
battalion's
signal
officer
must
know
the
equipment
capabilities to provide adequate support.
Table 3-3 lists
multichannel
planning
considerations.
Some
key
planning
considerations are discussed below and additional information is in
Chapter 4 of FM 24-16, Communications-Electronics Operations, Order,
Records and Reports, and Chapters 2, 4, and 5 of TC 24-21, Tactical
Multichannel Radio Communications Techniques.
Table 3-3.
Multichannel Planning Considerations
(1) Multichannel radio communications and MSE systems are
generally LOS.
The location of the unit's HQ location must be
established to permit the division signal battalion to easily support
the MI battalion. Jump locations should be reported to the assistant
division signal officer (ADSO) as soon as they are known to ensure
that communications can be reestablished quickly should the battalion
be required to move.
(2) The specific siting of radio equipment, generators, and
switchboards from the division signal battalion to terminate the
multichannel communications system at the MI TOC must be coordinated
among the ADSO, the division signal battalion, and the MI battalion's
signal officer.
This ensures conflicts will not occur between the
supporting and supported
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