PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-693
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 693
AUGUST 2010
42
PS 693
AUG 10
43
PS 693
AUG 10
Dear Editor,
On Pages 46 and 47 of PS 685 the
December 2009 issue, you wrote about
the PRM-34B as a replacement radio test
set for the obsolete AN/PRM-34. I would
like to give you a bit more info on that
subject.
First, the PRM-34B is a commercial
off-the-shelf item. There is
no
TMDE
calibration, maintenance or repair support
within the Army TMDE network for it.
Second, in the future there will be a new
military system supplied that is fully TMDE-
supported called the AN/PRM-36, which
will take the place of the AN/PRM-34.
George J. Mitchell
Product Director, TMDE
Redstone Arsenal, AL
Editor’s note:
Thanks, Mr.
Mitchell, for the update.
Users, the acquisition process
is in its early stages for the
replacement. When it is in
the Army supply system,
users with an authorized
requirement will receive the
replacement. Until then, the
PRM-34B is one of the options
you have. There are others in
the commercial market, too. If
you use the PRM-34B or one
of the other options, keep in
mind that you’re on-your-own
for support.
Dear Half-Mast,
Our unit’s requisition for the AN/PYQ-10(C) cryptographic key transfer
unit simple key loader (SKL), NSN 5810-01-517-3587, keeps getting
rejected. What’s up with that?
Pvt H.E.P
Dear Private H.E.P.,
What’s up with that is you’re making the requisition through the wrong supply
system. Regular automated supply system channels won’t do the job with a
controlled asset like the COMSEC SKL. You must submit a requisition through the
Information Systems Security Program (ISSP):
Not sure how to do that submission? Call or email the ISSP help desk: DSN
879-1829, (520) 538-1829, or
csla.issp@ us.army.mil
.
The help desk can determine whether someone in your command has user
access to the ISSP website and, if not, help you get access.
Some of you flyboys are asking, “What about us Air Force types?” Well, you
have to request an SKL through your base COMSEC of±ce. You can’t get it
through normal supply channels, either!
Swabs and grunts should call their EKMS technical support
center at 1-877-NAVEKMS (628-3567) to ±nd out how they can
get the SKL.
Simple Key Loader
Supply Process
AN/PYQ-10(C)…
Simple Key Loader
Supply Process
doc, did you
know that the
prm-34b has no
tmde support
for it!?
yes, I do! I also know
that in the
future
there
is a military system
called an/prm-36 that
is
TMDE-supported!
what’s
wrong?
units keep requisitioning
me but constantly get
rejected.
it could be
because you’re
a
controlled
asset!
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