scope:

This standard establishes methods of measurement for selected electrical parameter requirements that are specified in the military standard (MIL-STD) 188 series of documents.

The methods of measurement in this document shall be the means of ensuring uniform measurement results in all cases where the performance of long-haul and tactical communications systems and subsystems is verified by these methods of measurement.

These methods represent existing techniques selected on the basis of such factors as accuracy and current military and commercial practices and procedures. Emphasis is on the basic principle of measurement to avoid implied restrictions on technological advances and to avoid revisions of the standard as new generations of measuring equipment are developed.

This document shall be applied whenever performance measurements, described by methods in this document, are required on long-haul and tactical communications systems and subsystems. These methods of measurement shall be used to determine compliance with stated parameter values contained in approved and published documents of the MIL-STD-188 series. The methods are intended to be applied, regardless of the type or technology of the measuring equipment used, or the description of the unit under test (UUT).

Each method is presented as a basic principle of measurement, rather than a detailed procedure, for a particular parameter or set of parameters in the existing MIL-STD-188 series documents. Emphasis is on methods that apply to measures of system performance, unless specified otherwise. Operations personnel who use detailed testing procedures and specific test equipment are referred to the appendix for Defense Communications Agency circulars (DCACs), handbooks, or other documents that provide such procedures and test equipment requirements. Detailed procedures and test equipment requirements are also sometimes agency-provided, contractor-provided, or provided in test equipment manuals. The basic measurement methodologies given in this standard generally reflect the currently applied testing procedures found in those circulars, standards, and other documents referenced in the appendix.

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