1What are the major components of the E-3 ESMS
Antennas
Forward and aft Electronic Racks
E77 Cabinet
Circuit breakers
Software
2What is the frequency range of ESMS
500-18000 Mhz
3What is the purpose of the IF Processor
It determines the signal strength, frequency, and phase of each signal received
4How many frequency synthesizers does the ESMS have
Two
5How many direction finding channels does each antenna have
Three
6Who initially brings up the system and clears members to turn on workstations and log into Windows
ADST
7What is the definition of Electronic Warefare
Action taken in support of military operations against the enemy's EM capabilities
8What are the three basic divisions of Electronic Warfare
Electronic Attack, Protection and Support
9What division of EW involving actions tasked by, or under direct control of an operational commander to search for, intercept and locate sources of intentional and unintentional radiated EM energy for the purposes of immediate threat recognition ____________
Electronic warfare support
10Actions taken to prevent or reduce the enemy's effective use of the EM spectrum, primarily through jamming and deception is ____________
Electronic Attack
11Actions taken to attempt to retain use of its EM equipment, despite the attacking force's use of EW the definition of ____________
Electronic Protection
12The two types of data collection in SIGINT are ____________ and ____________
COMINT and ELINT
13The collection of technical and intelligence information from foreign communications by other than the intended recipient is ____________
COMINT
14The gathering of information from foreign, non-communication types of EM radiation is ____________
ELINT
15____________ is the unit of frequency measurement
Hertz
16What does the Scan Control Table (SCT) establish?
The search strategies
17The hierarchies are divided into what two major elements?
Platforms and Emitters
18Of the ELF, PLF, and SLIK which can be updated during mission planning?
ELF and PLF
19Of the ELF, PLF, and SLIK which can be updated while in the air?
ELF and PLF
20Establishes how often this part of the spectrum will be searched within a single pass of the SCT
Revisit
21The time needed to get a single pulse. If not long enough it may cause the emitter to be missed
Initial Dwell Time
22The rate of motion for EM energy
Speed
23The axis of movement perpendicular to the direction of both the electrical and magnetic fields
Direction
24The orientation of a wave's electrical field
Polarization
25The number of cycles or repetitions of a sine wave that occur per second
Frequency
26The time it takes for EM energy to complete one cycle
Period
27Point of the waveform through which the wave is passing
Phase
28The distance between points having a corresponding phase in two consecutive cycles of a sine wave
Wavelength
29Which parameter is changed to affect the pitch of a carrier wave
Frequency
30Which parameter is changed to affect the tone of a carrier wave
Amplitude
31Allowing the insantaneous carrier amplitude to be controlled by the characteristics of the modulating signal is ____________
Amplitude Modulation
32when the modulation signal is applied in the amplitude modulation process what are the new frequencies generated called?
Sidebands
33What is the definition of Pulse Modulation
PM involves turning an RF transmitter on for a short period of time and of for a long period of time
34Descricbe FMOP (Frequency modulation on Pulse)
the frequency is made to increase or decrease along the length of the transmitted pulse
35Describe PMOP (Phase modulation on Pulse)
The phase of the frequency is made to very along the length of the pulse
36What is the time that the radar set is transmitting RF energy?
Pulse Duration
37What is the number of pulses per second that the radar transmits defined as?
Pulse Repetition Frequency
38Signal or echo that is received when a pulse is reflected from a target
Signal Strength
39The distance that a radar pulse travels in 12.4 micro seconds
Radar Mile
40What is the distance in degrees between the half power points of a beam
Beam width
41The method of pulse coding that increases range resolution while keeping a long range detection capability
Chirping
42The ability of a radar to separate two targets close in azimuth at approximately the same range
Azimuth resolution
43What parameters affect the range resolution of a radar
Pulse duration
44What parameters affect maximum and minimum theoretical range
Pulse Reptation Interval and Pulse Repetition Frequency
45What parameter affects azimuth resolution
Beam width
46What type of sector would you use to reduce AEF overloads?
A Pulse rejection Sector
47The PDS average scan cycle time exceeds a defined threshold. Remove auto processing, no-scan, or change direct scan.
PDS Scan Overload
48What is the function of the LRUD
Provides the most comprehensive fault detection and isolation to identify faulty SRUs.
49How are early warning radars best described?
They provide all azimuth, all altitude coverage at ranges up to 200 nm
50What kind of scan, pulse width and beam width do early warning radars normally use
Long pulse widths and narrow beams
51What are the usual power and PRF characteristics of acquisition radars
Low to medium power and medium PRF
52what type of beam does a V-Beam radar at a GCI site have
a Vertical and Slant beam
53GCI radars provide what type of information
azimuth, range and altitude information
54TT Radars, in general, use what type of PW and Beam Width
short pulse width and small beam width
55What type of information is normally provided by TI radars
Continuous illumination of a target
56MG radars normally use what kind of scan
Steady Scan
57Using each echo pulse from the target to determine a new azimuth and elevation correction signal is the definition of ____________
Monopulse
58Using two narrow pencil beams, each pointed slightly off antenna boresight, is ____________
Sequential Lobing
59Continuously rotating an offset antenna beam is ____________
Conical scan
60If a lobe on receive only mode of operation is used with a conscan radar, the radar is called ____________
Conical Scan Receive only
61The mode of transmitting on one antenna that does not scan and receiving on another antenna that does scan is called ____________
Lobe on receive only
62If a lobe on receive only mode of operation is used with a track while scan radar, the radar is called ____________
Track while scan receive only
63A radar that uses calculations based on the frequency difference between the transmitted pulse and the received pulse is ____________
Pulse Doppler
64Using two separate beams and two separate antennas on two different frequencies with one scanning in elevation and the other scanning in the horizontal is the definition of ____________
Track while scan
65Radar that Sweeps around a full circle with a steady elevation
Circular
66Radar that sweeps back and forth across a sector
Bidirectional
67Radar that Sweeps through a sector in one direction
Unidirectional
68Scan type that is produced by rotating a feed horn around the center of a stationary disc
Conical
69Scan type that is a thin beam used to cover a rectangular area by horizontally sweeping the area
Raster
70A scan that has no motion but the antenna may move to follow a target
Steady
71A scan that is a thin beam scanned conically to cover a larger circular area
spriral
72The conical scan combined or superimposed on another type of scan
Palmer
73Capable of producing and switching between various types of scan patterns
Agile
74Increasing revisits in Scan Requirements will have what effect on scan times
Increase them
75what things tend to have an effect on triangulation capability
Range, RF, Aircraft bank angle, and orbit
76What call is used to request ambiguity resolution from the SIA
COLOR
77What document dictates the EEP requirements before offboard reporting can occur
SPINS
78What are the three types of special tunes
Long Scan analysis (Bad), Long PRI analysis, and Constant Wave analysis
79What special tune is always automatic and cannot be turned off
LPRIA
80What special tune provides the analysis is commonly used first to eliminate ambiguous emitters?
LPRIA
81____________ has the largest impact on overall system scan times
LSA
82Aircraft is gathering EOB on a designated emitter; generally followed by signal type, bearing, and range if able
Working
83What is the call made when a known identification to a specified system at the stated location
TAG
84No emitters of interest detected
Empty
85Tactical report used to provide perishable information of tactical significance for the immediate attention of tactical commanders
TACREP (A, E, G)