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What does IPADS stand for?
Improved Position and Azimuth Determining System
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What are the limitations of IPADS?
- 75km Radius
- 221km total travel within the radius
- Stop every 10mins for 5th order
- Stop every 5 mins for 4th order
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What 4 types of met can the profiler produce?
- Computer Met (most detail)
- Target Area
- Target Acquisition
- Basic Wind Report
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What items are on a Computer Met?
- Humidity
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Wind Speed
- Wind Direction
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Besides Computer Met, what other Met data does the profiler provide?
- Cloud Height
- Precipitation Type
- Precipitation Rate
- Visibility
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What Air Force Weather System is not allowed?
IGRADS
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What distance is authorized for Profiler Met and what is its max distance?
60km and 500km
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What is the most important met for the trajectory of a artillery round?
Apogee
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Why is the survey MOS still important?
To Achieve Common Grid and Direction for all weapon types.
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How long to Initialize the IPADS?
10-20mins
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How often can the profiler recycle to achieve a new MET?
30mins
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What does IPADS stand for?
Improved Position and Azimuth Determining System
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What are the limitations of IPADS?
- 75km Radius
- 221km total travel within the radius
- Stop every 10mins for 5th order
- Stop every 5 mins for 4th order
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What 4 types of met can the profiler produce?
- Computer Met (most detail)
- Target Area
- Target Acquisition
- Basic Wind Report
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What items are on a Computer Met?
- Humidity
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Wind Speed
- Wind Direction
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Besides Computer Met data, what other Met data does the profiler provide?
- Cloud Height
- Precipitation Type
- Precipitation Rate
- Visibility
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What Air Force Weather System is not allowed?
IGRADS
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What distance is authorized for Profiler Met and what is its max distance?
60km and 500km
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What is the most important met for the trajectory of a artillery round?
Apogee
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Why is the survey MOS still important?
To Achieve Common Grid and Direction for all weapon types.
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How long to Initialize the IPADS?
10-20mins
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How often can the profile recycle to achieve a new MET?
30mins
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Survey or MET's mission is to provide fire systems with what?
Accurate and timely weather data, upper air and surface, up to 60 km out.
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What is the profiler?
- MUAMDCPADS
- Mobile upper air MET data collection,processing and dissemination system
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What is FA's survey primary means of establishing SCP's and directional control?
IPADS
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FA is __ order accuracy and must start at __order control point
5th, 4th
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What does the FA surveyor establish?
4th or 5th order SCP's; directional control for emplacement of firing elements; target acquisition elements
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What does CPNU stand for?
Compact Position Navigation Unit
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How many gyroscopes sensors does the IPADS CPNU have?
Three
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How many accelerometer sensors does the IPADS CPNU have?
Three
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4th order:CEP? Altitude Error? Azimuth error?
4 meters 2 meters .4 mils
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5th order:CEP? Altitude Error? Azimuth error?
7 meters 3 meters .4 mils
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What are some weaknesses of the UTAMS?
Microphones are sensitive; system accuracy is highly dependent on installation; false hits/acqu; diff to align arrays; must have commercial power; no dedicated operators
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What are UTAMS ranges for rockets (107mm,132mm Katyusha Rockets)?
10 km
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What are UTAMS ranges for mortars (60mm,82mm 122mm)?
6 km
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What does UTAMS stand for?
Unattended Transient Acoustic Masint Sensor
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What is the LCMR frequency Range?
- LCMR (V1) 1250 MHz- 1350 MHz
- LCMR (V2) 1215 MHz -1390 MHz
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Which Microphone is used to aligned the UTAMS?
#2
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What is the Max distance for an LCMR?
10km
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3 Modes of operation for UTAMS:
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Time to emplace the LCMR with and without the LM-270?
35mins and 20mins
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What is the minimum search fence for an LCMR?
1600mils
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Minimum distances between UTAMS?
500m
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Minimum distances between LCMRs?
1000m
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The LCMR can track how many aquisitions?
20
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The report manager can report how many aquisitions?
5
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