PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-589
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 589
DECEMBER 2001
a
new AN/UXC-10 tactical fax, NSN 5815-01-478-7095,
also known as the TS-21 Blackjack, has just arrived in your
unit. Your mission—and you have no choice but to accept it—
is to hook it up and get it running.
But wait! Something is missing. No cables have come with
it. To quote Dragnet's Joe Friday, you got "just the fax.”
The problem is easily solved. Just use the cables from the
old AN/UXC-7. The connections are the same. If you have
already turned in your AN/UXC-7
and
the cables, order new
ones. If you haven't turned in your AN/UXC-7, yet, turn it in
without the cables.
DEC 01
46
Phoenix Beacons…
Friend or Foe?
Friend or Foe?
“Combat is dangerous enough without having to worry about being shot at by
someone on your own side. That’s where combat identification panels (CIPs)
come in.” Page 12, PS 578
You bet
there is.
They’re
called
Phoenix
beacons.
The pocket-sized, user-
programable, infrared
beacon transmitter
emits signals that
can
penetrate
several
layers of clothing…
I think
we’ve
even got
one here
in the
office…
ah…
here
we go!
Is there anything
out there that can
identify them as
friendly forces?
“There are three
beacons available…”
“IR-14 Phoenix
Junior,
NSN 5855-
01-438-4588, is a
low-cost, water-
proof replacement
for the Budd light
IR transmitter. It
has a higher inten-
sity, no exposed
components and is
more durable than
the Budd light.”
“IR-15 Phoenix,
NSN 5855-01-396-
8734, is an upgrad-
ed Phoenix Junior.
It can be encoded
by the user to
continuously send
a message.”
“IR-25 Phoenix 2.5,
NSN 5855-01-451-9877,
is a two-channel
encodable beacon
designed specifical-
ly for night combat
search and rescue
applications.”
AN/UXC-10 Tactical Facsimile…
I got to
wondering
about
individual
soldiers…
say, half-
mast, do you
Remember that
article on
CIPS we ran
last year?
…and be seen only
by US Army night
vision devices from as
far as
9 miles away.
589. 46-47 (C)
10/26/01
9:59 AM
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