HMEE-1: SINCGARS Mount?
By | March 9, 2023
If you’re thinking of putting a SINCGARS radio mount kit in your HMEE, installing it isn’t approved. Read on to learn more…...
Communications: JBC-P Fuse Proves Elusive
By | Feb. 23, 2023
A reader is looking for the NSN for the 8-amp, 250V glass fuse for the Joint Battle Command-Platform. Half-Mast helps them out. Read on for that NSN…...
PS Magazine Year-In-Review: Top 10 Website Downloads
By | Jan. 13, 2023
The PS Magazine website features helpful documents, posters and charts that were downloaded over 80,000 times. You might be interested to learn what the most downloaded items were. Read on to find out...
KG-175D: Battle Blackout! Mind TACLANE Checks
By | Jan. 5, 2023
This article initially appeared in PS 800, p.45 (Jul 19). It's important to know about the KG-175D inline encryptor's clock drift and battery life. Find out why...
Publications: ACES TM Updated
By | June 3, 2022
A newly updated TM covers the general Automated Communications Engineering Software (ACES) computer set. Learn more...
Communications: M20 Antenna Info
By | March 7, 2022
In support of maintenance information message (MIM) CECOM-MI-22-01003, CECOM is reaching out to units regarding M20 antennas. Read more to discover what additional information is available...
Set Up a Virtual TDY with PS Magazine
By | March 3, 2022
PS Magazine was created in 1951 to help Soldiers with maintenance and logistics issues. We’re still here to help after 70 years and we’d like to invite combat, combat support and combat service support units across the Army...
Commo/Electronics and Soldier Support: 2021 Year-in-Review
By | Jan. 20, 2022
If there’s one thing 2021 taught us, it’s to expect the unexpected. Some things stay the same, though...like the need for preventive maintenance, and solving perplexing problems, especially when it comes to commo and...
JCR/JBC-P: Might Not Be NMC
By | Sept. 14, 2021
Dark screens don’t always mean your Joint Capabilities Release (JCR) and Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P) tactical analog systems display unit or tablet is NMC. Read on to find out why...
Training: LandWarNet Offers Many Options
By | Aug. 10, 2021
Have you heard of LandWarNet (LWN) eUniversity? It’s the Army’s one-stop training resource for all things cyber, signal, mission command and information technology...
DCGS-A: Two New Pubs Launched
By | Aug. 3, 2021
There are two (2) new TMs that cover operator and field maintenance, including RSPTL, for the DCGS-A portable, multi-function workstation (P-MFWS). Click MORE>> to learn what they are...
Aviation: Replace Rather than Repair CSEL Radios
By | July 8, 2021
Would you like to get your unit’s CSEL radios repaired? Here’s the scoop on that. The Army CSEL program doesn’t have a radio repair contract or program anymore. Instead, units must now turn in and exchange their CSEL...
Communications: Get CAISI 2.0 Parts, Support
By | July 1, 2021
The Combat Service Support (CSS) Automated Information Systems Interface (CAISI) 2.0, LINs A40443 and P99881, has transitioned from Product Director, Defense-Wide Transmission Systems (PD DWTS) to the...
Communications: Equipment Codes Decoded
By | June 2, 2021
This article initially appeared in PS 775 (Jun 17), pp. 49-53. DOD communications nomenclature is a special kind of language. It identifies equipment at the system, subsystem, set, group or unit level. It tells you what kind...
CECOM: Where to Send Equipment Returns
By | Feb. 11, 2021
This article originally appeared in PS 788 (Jul 18), pp. 60-61. Most CECOM-managed items can be returned to either of the Defense Logistic Agency’s (DLA) warehouses in Tobyhanna, PA, or New Cumberland, PA. Get the addresses...
Communications: No Cables, No Go! Protect Them!
By | Dec. 10, 2020
This article initially appeared in PS 779, pp. 46-47 (Oct 17). Dear Editor, When units set up in the field, there are cables everywhere: power cables, antenna cables, commo cables--the list goes on. Cables are critical. Just...
Communications: GB-GRAM Software Update Available
By | Dec. 3, 2020
A Resiliency and Software Assurance Measures (RSAM) software update is available for the Ground-Based GPS Receiver Applications Module (GB-GRAM) Type I and Type II. The update is found on the new Project Manager (PM)...
Communications: Submitting PQDRs to CECOM
By | Oct. 2, 2020
Dear Editor, it happens sometimes. We work hard at CECOM to make sure it doesn’t but sometimes, we send out equipment that just doesn’t work as it should. If your readers have ever received such equipment, they may already be...
PDISE: M46 Electrical Utility Assembly Changes
By | July 28, 2020
Hardware changes have taken place with the Power Distribution Illumination Systems Electrical (PDISE) M46 Electrical Utility Assembly, LIN: U89185. These changes apply to the info in TM 9-6150-226-13 (Sep 17)...
AN/TIC-43: Training Now Online
By | June 5, 2020
PM Close Combat Systems is currently fielding the AN/TIC-43 Acoustic Hailing Device (AHD) to military police and transportation units across the Army...
DAGR: RSAM Software on Horizon
By | May 26, 2020
A Resiliency and Software Assurance Measures (RSAM) software update will be available for the Defense Advanced GPS Receivers (DAGRs) in September 2020. Learn more here...
SATCOM: Go Green with Guidance
By | May 18, 2020
This article originally appeared in PS 789 (Aug 18), Page 47. Dear Half-Mast, Our unit’s equipment is supposed to be painted green here in Europe. Do we need special paint for the satellite terminal reflectors?...
SINCGARS RT-1523G: How to Fix HUB Expiration Date
By | March 30, 2020
This article originally appeared in PS 774, P. 47. The RT-1523G has a hold up battery (HUB) circuit card assembly (CCA) that needs to be replaced, unlike an E or F model SINCGARS that has a built-in HUB. One issue is that the...
NVG: Cheap Pouch Prevents Expensive Damage!
By | Feb. 6, 2020
This article initially appeared in PS 772, p.49. Your night vision goggles (NVG) weren’t meant to be stuck in a pocket or backpack when you’re not wearing them. One misstep could send you tumbling against something like a...
eMCSUs: I’ll Take Hardware for 20,000
By | Jan. 24, 2020
Enhanced Micro Central Switching Units (eMCSUs) are found in both the Command Post Platform (CPP) and Command Post Communication System (CPCS). Both 8-channel and 16-channel versions convert radio signals to digital signals,...
Nett Warrior: Phaseout of C8 Cable
By | Dec. 9, 2019
Here’s notice to users of Nett Warrior (NW) System A3/S3, NSNs 5895-01-654-8576 and 5895-01-654-8585. The NW C8 direct interface cable, NSN 5995-01-652-5151, is no longer available. The NW C7 direct interface cable, NSN...