Reporting Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIR)

TM 11-5985-335-15

(Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) direct to:

Commander, US Army Communications-

Electronics Command and Fort Monmouth, ATTN: DRSEL-ME-MP, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703. In either case, a

reply will be furnished direct to you.

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Reporting Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIR)

If your Antenna AS-1425/GRC 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 your equipment. Let us know why you don't like the design. Put it on an SF 368

(Quality Deficiency Report).

Mail it to Commander, US

Army Communications-Electronics Command and Fort

Monmouth, ATTN: DRSEL-ME-MP, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703. We'll send you a reply.

1-3.3.

Administrative Storage

Administrative storage of equipment issued to and used by Army activities will have preventive maintenance performed

in accordance with the PMCS charts before storing. When removing the equipment from administrative storage, the

PMCS should be performed to assure operational readiness. Disassembly and repacking of equipment for shipment or

limited storage are covered in chapter 6.

1-3.4.

Destruction of Army Electronics Materiel

Destruction of Army electronics materiel to prevent enemy use shall be in accordance with TM 750-244-2.

Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA

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Purpose and Use

Antenna AS-1425/GRC provides two-way line-of-sight radio communication in the super high-frequency (SHF) range of

4.4 to 5.0 gigahertz (GHz), and can be used to transmit and receive multichannel data with radio sets using pulse code

modulation or frequency division multiplexing. The AS-1425/GRC is used primarily with Radio Set AN/GRC-147, and is

usually mounted on top of a mast assembly such as Mast Assembly AB-621/G or AB-577/G.

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