WSSOC ANNEX B COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When acquiring the satellite with a MCWS-X you conduct ______ tune movements.
- ✔✔Coarse
✔✔Once you have found the SNR, you will conduct _____ tube adjustments to peak the
SNR - ✔✔Fine
✔✔What bands can you conduct a peak and poll with ? - ✔✔All of them except L-band
✔✔In what chassis modem do you conduct software change for waveform change? -
✔✔CBM-400
✔✔What are five different pieces of information that you give the satellite controllers
from your SAA - ✔✔Mission number
Transmit freq
Carrier ID
Terminal ID
✔✔When attempting to set up the SPECTRUM ANALYZER, how do you find the
frequency you need to input in order to find your satellite? - ✔✔Beacon freq -( minus)
LO
✔✔The 303T uses the 48 VDC while the SSPA/ HPA uses the 24 VDC? True or false? -
✔✔False
✔✔MCWS-X six types of modem screen (look at picture) - ✔✔Main menu
Alarm screen
Fine tune point screen
Course tune point screen
, Monitoring screen
Leveling screen
✔✔Signal flow VSAT-S (look at picture) - ✔✔Modem
RMR
ACU
TLNB (left side)
HPA/SSPA (right side)
Feed assembly
✔✔Signal flow of the MCWS-X (look at picture) - ✔✔OMT ( top left)
SENSOR MODULE ( top right)
Transceiver (middle)
Power input adapter module ( far left bottom)
DC supply ( left bottom)
Host processor (right bottom)
L-band moldem (far right bottom)
✔✔ What does IFL stand for ? - ✔✔Inter-Facility Link
✔✔How long is the IFL cable? - ✔✔100 ft
✔✔What are 5 cables in the IFL - ✔✔TX
RX
ETHERNET
24 VDC
48 VDC
✔✔What are the power requirements for the MCWS/VSAT-S? - ✔✔120-240 VAC
✔✔List four requirements of site establishment for MCWS-X/VSAT-S - ✔✔Drainage
Over the head obstruction
Clearance of power lines
Leveled ground
✔✔The VSAT-S must be stowed when winds of ______ MPH are present - ✔✔60
✔✔What wave form can the VSAT-S do ? - ✔✔TDMA
✔✔What bands are included with the VSAT-S? - ✔✔Ka and Ku
✔✔What bands are included with the MCWS-X? - ✔✔Ka / Ku / X
✔✔The VSAT-S has a dish size of ? - ✔✔1.2 M
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔When acquiring the satellite with a MCWS-X you conduct ______ tune movements.
- ✔✔Coarse
✔✔Once you have found the SNR, you will conduct _____ tube adjustments to peak the
SNR - ✔✔Fine
✔✔What bands can you conduct a peak and poll with ? - ✔✔All of them except L-band
✔✔In what chassis modem do you conduct software change for waveform change? -
✔✔CBM-400
✔✔What are five different pieces of information that you give the satellite controllers
from your SAA - ✔✔Mission number
Transmit freq
Carrier ID
Terminal ID
✔✔When attempting to set up the SPECTRUM ANALYZER, how do you find the
frequency you need to input in order to find your satellite? - ✔✔Beacon freq -( minus)
LO
✔✔The 303T uses the 48 VDC while the SSPA/ HPA uses the 24 VDC? True or false? -
✔✔False
✔✔MCWS-X six types of modem screen (look at picture) - ✔✔Main menu
Alarm screen
Fine tune point screen
Course tune point screen
, Monitoring screen
Leveling screen
✔✔Signal flow VSAT-S (look at picture) - ✔✔Modem
RMR
ACU
TLNB (left side)
HPA/SSPA (right side)
Feed assembly
✔✔Signal flow of the MCWS-X (look at picture) - ✔✔OMT ( top left)
SENSOR MODULE ( top right)
Transceiver (middle)
Power input adapter module ( far left bottom)
DC supply ( left bottom)
Host processor (right bottom)
L-band moldem (far right bottom)
✔✔ What does IFL stand for ? - ✔✔Inter-Facility Link
✔✔How long is the IFL cable? - ✔✔100 ft
✔✔What are 5 cables in the IFL - ✔✔TX
RX
ETHERNET
24 VDC
48 VDC
✔✔What are the power requirements for the MCWS/VSAT-S? - ✔✔120-240 VAC
✔✔List four requirements of site establishment for MCWS-X/VSAT-S - ✔✔Drainage
Over the head obstruction
Clearance of power lines
Leveled ground
✔✔The VSAT-S must be stowed when winds of ______ MPH are present - ✔✔60
✔✔What wave form can the VSAT-S do ? - ✔✔TDMA
✔✔What bands are included with the VSAT-S? - ✔✔Ka and Ku
✔✔What bands are included with the MCWS-X? - ✔✔Ka / Ku / X
✔✔The VSAT-S has a dish size of ? - ✔✔1.2 M
