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GENERAL

The SINCGARS radio employs keys and variables to provide secure,

CONTROL

frequency hopping communications. The big advantage is that the

enemy cannot read your traffic, cannot locate your position through

direction finding, and has great difficulty in trying to jam your

communications, Control is the price to be paid for these advantages.

Each radio in a net must have the same COMSEC keys, FH data, and

sync time in order to communicate. It is the Net Control Station that

provides the required degree of control.

NCS tasks are divided into two groups: primary and special. Primary

TASK DIVISION

tasks are those that NCS personnel may be called upon to perform at

any time. The second category, special, includes tasks that may or

may not be performed depending upon command policy, tactical

situation, and state of training.

As with the job of the SINCGARS operator, the job of the NCS has also

TRAINING MATERIALS

been simplified by the statement of task procedures in clear, easy to

follow, steps. And, like the operator, the NCS is provided a small pocket

guide containing abbreviated task procedures for all operator

requirements, plus primary NCS tasks. This pocket guide serves as a

memory jogger for the trained NCS operator, precluding any need to

memorize any aspect of SINCGARS radio operation.

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