Section V. TEST EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS INTERNAL SUBSYSTEMS

TM 11-5895-878-14&P

Figure 2-38. Wide Band Patch Panel, Schematic Diagram.

Section V. TEST EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS INTERNAL SUBSYSTEMS

coordination, coordination with other sites, fault

2-15. Scope

reporting and display, administration, and power

a. Test Equipment.

A major responsibility of

requirements. The various internal, nontraffic handling

Technical Control personnel is that of monitoring and

subsystems include the ac power system, dc power

testing circuits passing through the station to determine

system, station grounding systems, alarm system, and

circuit quality and to determine operating conditions.

interbay trunking system.

The subsystems are

Additionally, they are responsible for the rapid

identification and isolation of faulty equipment in order

achieve

optimum

operating

effectiveness.

Accordingly, assorted test and monitor equipment inputs

2-16. Test Equipment

are strategically located throughout the Technical

a. Attenuator Panel (fig. 1-2). The attenuator

Control facility to provide an efficient means for

panel contains two variable pads. The pad on the left

performing these operations. The functions of the P&T

has a range of 45 dB. The pad on the right has a range

test equipment are given in paragraph 2-16.

of 60 dB.

b. Internal Subsystems. Many items of equipment

b. Digital Multimeter, Model 269.

The 269

are required to perform nontraffic missions within the

multimeter provides a digital readout of measurements

station. Some of these missions include intersite

given below. The accuracy of the multimeter is .02%.

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