Thanks, that’s great stuff. I like that comms have to be established- it’s a 10 level common task, but Murphy can always intervene.
Expanding on the operator tasks idea, I’d offer at a few additions:
Trouble shooting: anything from splicing a break in wire to field repair of an antenna. EASY for something like tracing commo wire or finding a loose ground strap; AVG for a splice or retiming a net with a freq hop master; DIFFICULT for a field expedient repair to a vehicle or man pack antenna or diagnosing a bad power amp; IMPOSSIBLE for diagnosing circuit issues without test set, etc
Communications field craft(?): antenna savvy, radio positioning, battery conservation, etc. EASY for preserving batteries in extreme cold/hot/wet environments (one time role), avoid EMP effects; AVG for constructing field expedient antennas (jungle 292 type) or for customizing radio equipment (Wire antenna woven through molle links instead of using a whip to keep a low profile; tie 550 cord to OE254 head and throw over tree rather than use poles, etc), cut antenna for AM radio; establish a retrans network; DIFFICULT construct a directional FEA (vertical half rhomboid), site antenna to to minimize intercept/DF probability; IMPOSSIBLE cannibalize components for field expedient repair of internals, etc.
Just a few thoughts.
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