TM 11-5895-1412-12&PSection IV COSITE PLANA cosite plan provides frequency separation from 0.5 to 5 MHz between nets. Acosite plan is used when operating more than one net within a communicationsvan or close proximity to other nets or when mutual frequency interference mayresult between radios.A cosite plan allows these nets to communicatesimultaneously without mutual interference.A cosite plan provides separation for up to 50 cosite groups. Each gruop cancontain up to 12 nets (1 base net and 11 others). One-frequency valueseparation is selected for all 50 cosite groups.The following items should be considered before constructing a cosite1.Determine whether enough frequencies are available for uticosite plan.2.Determine whether cositing3.Determine whether the netsare also in a reuse plan.ofplan:lizing aprovides adequate frequency separation.being considered for the cosite plan4.Determine whether the cosite problem can be resolved by othermeans such as terrain masking, antenna remoting or use of lowpower.If FM transmitters operating on different frequencies are situated in the samelocale, it is not unusual for mutual interference problems to result. Toeffectively reduce these interference problems, the BECS software adheres tothe following basic assignment standards:1.Frequencies with an exact separation factor of 5.75 or 23.00 MHzto cosited nets.2Cosited nets are not assigned frequencies which are on the orderof the second harmonic.For example, the frequency setting of30.00, 32.65 and 35.00 will possibly interfere with a radio using60.00, 65.30 and 70.00 MHz respectively.To construct a cosite group, execute the following steps:1.Identify the nets to be entered in the cosite group (12 max).2.Identify the first base net and list the other nets.3.Identify the second base net and list the other nets.4.Continue the process until you reach one base net and oneremaining net.The cosite nets are entered into a triangular table as shown in Table G-3.G-29
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