TM 11-5985-362-13
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Purpose, Capabilities, and Features ..................... 1-3
Hand Receipt ....................................................... 1-3
Reporting Equipment Improvement
Location and Description of Major Components .... 1-3
Recommendations (ElR's) .................................... 1-1
Maintenance Forms, Records and Reports ........... 1-1
Scope ................................................................. 1-1
Nomenclature Cross-Reference
Warranty Information ........................................... 1-1
Abbreviations and Acronyms List ......................... 1-2
Weights and Dimensions ...................................... 1-17
Performance Data ................................................ 1-17
Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1-1. SCOPE
a. This manual covers the procedures for site selection and preparation and the installation, rotation and removal of
Antenna Group OE-317/TSC-99 by a crew of six. Both preventive and corrective maintenance to be performed
by the operator with or without crew support is also covered.
b. The Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) assigned to the operator and crew are extremely
important to the overall life of the antenna group and its performance in the operational environment. Repair of
the antenna group will be performed by direct support maintenance units.
1-2. MAINTENANCE FORMS AND RECORDS
Department of the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed by DA
Pam 738-750 as contained in Maintenance Management Update.
1-3. REPORTING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (EIR's)
If your antenna needs improvement, let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell
us what you don't like about the antenna. Let us know why you don't like the design. Put it on an SF 368 (Quality
Deficiency Report). Mail directly to Commander, US Army Communications-Electronics Command and Fort Monmouth,
ATTN: DRSEL-ME-MP, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5007. We'll send you a reply.
1-4. WARRANTY INFORMATION
The Antenna Group OE-317/TSC-99is warranted by Technology for Communications International for ninety (90)
days from date of delivery to the Government. It starts on the date, found in block 23, DA Form 2408-9, in the logbook.
Report all defects in material or workmanship to your supervisor, who will take appropriate action through your
organizational maintenance shop.
This warranty does not apply to the antenna group or any of its components if: (a) the item has been repaired,
worked upon, disassembled or altered by persons not authorized by the Army in such a manner as to injure the stability
or reliability of the item, (b) the item has been subjected to misuse, negligence or accident, (c) the item has not been
connected, installed, used or adjusted in accordance with the procedures of this manual, (d) the serial number of the item
has been altered, defaced or removed, or (e) problem is caused by normal wear and tear from usage.
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