to Sandbox article for Two-Way Radio Procedures
ABC=Accuracy Brevity Clarity; think question speak
Two-Way Radio Procedures encompasses international regulations, official procedures, technical standards, and commonly understood conventions intended to ensure efficient, reliable, and inter-operable communications via all modes of radio communications.
Drills and Exercises are different. Drills are for routine training practice; exercises are formal simulations of actual events.
What to say: Voice Procedure
How to say it: Voice technique
Tactical call sign vs. functional designator? Functional Designator is part of ICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299TLCmymys
Zero-beating
In EIA RS-220 (year) there are 38 sub-audio tones.
In TIA-603C (year)
http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/ctcss/ctcss-overview.html
http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/ctcss/ctcss-chart.html
http://forums.radioreference.com/1795487-post15.html
http://pmrconversion.info/manuals/pye/CTCSS.pdf
Group A | Group B | Group C |
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77.0 | 71.9 | 67.0 |
88.5 | 82.5 | 74.4 |
100.0 | 94.8 | 79.7 |
107.2 | 103.5 | 85.4 |
114.8 | 110.9 | 91.5 |
123.0 | 118.8 | 97.4 |
131.8 | 127.3 | |
141.1 | 136.5 | |
151.4 | 146.2 | |
162.2 | 156.7 | |
173.8 | 167.9 | |
186.2 | 179.9 | |
203.5 | 192.8 | |
218.1 | 210.7 | |
233.6 | 225.7 | |
150.3 | 241.8 |
User
Order |
Group B Tones (Hz) | |
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AM | FM | |
1 | 118.8 | 118.8 |
2 | 127.3 | 110.9 |
3 | 136.5 | 103.5 |
4 | 146.2 | 94.8 |
5 | 156.7 | 82.5 |
6 | 167.8 | 71.9 |
7 | 179.9 | 127.3 |
8 | 192.8 | 136.5 |
9 | 210.7 | 146.2 |
10 | 110.9 | 156.7 |
11 | 103.5 | 167.9 |
12 | 94.8 | 179.9 |
13 | 82.5 | 192.8 |
14 | 71.9 | 210.7 |
15 | 225.7 | 225.7 |
16 | 241.8 | 241.8 |
Year Introduced | Method | Manual | Speed | Advantages | Disadvantages | Picture | |
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1797 | Semaphore Flags (double flag code?) | ACP-130 | 15 | Works without electricity | Slow and doesn't work at night or in fog. Requires telescopes and unobstructed terrain for longer distances. Requires highly trained operators at both ends. | ||
1835 | Manual telegraph (single line) | 28-36 | Messages per hour | Works over long distances with very simple equipment. | Requires highly trained operators and there are no telegraph lines still in service. | ||
1851 | Telegram | Can be much faster than postal mail. | Western Union hasn't sent a Telegram since 1999? | ||||
1860 | Myer Code (flag signals) | Slow and doesn't work at night. | |||||
1864 | Wig-Wag Flag (single flag code) | ACP-130 | 10 | Slow and doesn't work at night. | |||
1867 & 1875 | Signal Lamp | ACP-130 | 10 | Requires highly trained operators at both ends. | |||
1869 | Manual telegraph (duplex) | 50-70 | Works over long distances with mostly simple equipment. | Requires highly trained operators and there are no telegraph lines still in service. | |||
1876 | Telephone | 10-15 | Ubiquitous. | Cuts out half of the human voice frequencies, reducing intelligibility drastically as compared with face-to-face communications. Very fragile in disaster situations. | |||
1899 | Radiotelegraph | 15-25 | Can work over long distances with equipment that is readily available, though expensive. | Requires highly trained operators who are expert in both Morse Code and the complexities of HF radio propagation and antenna efficiency. | |||
1908 | Teletypewriter (single line) | 80-100 | |||||
1915 [1] | Radiotelephone | 10-15 | Can work over long distances with equipment that is readily available, though expensive. | Can be crystal clear or extremely noisy compared with telephones. Cuts out half of the human voice frequencies, reducing intelligibility drastically as compared with face-to-face communications. Very fragile in disaster situations. Newer analog and digital radio systems make human voice even harder to understand than a telephone. | |||
Teletypewriter (duplex) | 150-190 | ||||||
c. 1940 | Ground Signal Codes/Signaling Panel | ACP-136(A) | 30 | Groups per hour | Can be done with bedsheets if needed. | Very slow, only intended for use by military ground forces directing military aircraft. | |
Messenger, dismounted | 3-5 | Miles per hour | Great for delivering paper messages around a large command post or operation site. | Only as fast as a person can walk or run, and messengers will have difficulty traversing some disaster situations, such as road blocks, fires, and dangerous areas. | |||
1274 | Messenger, mounted | 6-8 | Can travel through severe traffic and rough terrain easily. | Horses are messy. | |||
1870s | Messenger, bicycle | 6-10 | Can be faster than car messengers in dense cities with traffic. | Not appropriate for speedy delivery over long distances or in bad weather. | |||
1911 | Messenger, airplane | 80-200 | Can transport messages very quickly with high security, and can transport cargo. | Limited availability and very expensive. Limited pick-up and delivery sites, generally requiring an airport near each location. | |||
1914 | Messenger, motor | 25-40 |
Notes.
To force on1 apmere through a resistance of 1 ohm requires a pressure of 1 volt.
Add antenna wavelength formulas in metric. Define energy and power.
Safety and electricity.
Notes
Type | Full Name | License Required | Frequencies | Bandwidth | Voice Qualtiy |
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CB | Citizen's Band Radio | no | moderate | ||
FRS | Family Radio Service | no | horrible | ||
MURS | Multiple Use Radio Service | ? | |||
GMRS | General Mobile Radio Service | yes | mostly horrible | ||
Amateur radio | yes | 24 different bands | varies widely | ||
Analog 800 MHz
Public Safety |
yes | 1 band; x channels | 25 kHz | ||
P25 | yes |
Speed; mary had a little lamb, < 100 wpm, etc.
Need to cover distortion with graphics and audio samples of clipping etc.
Do I need to cover harmonics? Need to cover hz range of voice, telephones, and radio systems; language differences; plosives.
Inflection.
Because two-way radio works very differently than telephones.
Need to cover:
http://www.eham.net/articles/8069 It's not your microphone it's you.
https://newhams.info/2016/03/13/microphone-technique/
Emergency communication system
https://simplex-fire.com/en/us/DocumentsandMedia/579-769.PDF
https://www.montcopa.org/DocumentCenter/View/8475
According to TM 11-678, the human voice produces about 1,000 microwatts when talking as loudly as possible, and an average power when talking (not whispering) as quietly as possible of 1/1,000 microwatt. In ordinary speech, vowels contribute the greatest power, reaching a maximum of about 2,000 microwatts. Double-check values for consistency.
Threshold of audibility varies by frequency. As does threshold of feeling Use figure 9 or a better one.
Telephone systems distort sound, generate noise mechanically and electrically, pick up noise from external sources, cutt off low and high frequency components, sometimes attenuate the sound on long distance circuits. All of these reduce the intelligibility of the words, the naturalness of the tone, and quality of the sound. 200 to 2700 cycles Also add in digital conversion distortion.
Quality/timbre is the characteristics that makes it recognizable as a certain kind of sound.
The voice calling procedure is derived from the radiotelegraph calling procedure, which in the U.S. is the structure defined in FCC regulations Part 80.97 (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, Section 80.97):
(c) The call consists of: (1) The call sign of the station called, not more than twice; the word ‘‘DE’’ and the call sign of the calling station, not more than twice; if useful, the frequency on which the called station should reply; and the letter ‘‘K’’. (2) If the call is transmitted twice at an interval of not less than one minute, it must not be repeated until after an interval of three minutes. (d) The reply to calls consists of: The call sign of the calling station, not more than twice; the word ‘‘DE’’; and the call sign of the station called, once only.
The origin of the format for making a call is referenced in the March, 1940 issue of The APCO Bulletin:
"In the beginning of radio communication it was found that a certain method of calling brought better results and the rule was formulated that in calling a station the letters KA (sent as one letter) followed by the call letters of the station being called sent three times separated by the letters DE from the call letters of the station calling sent three times, should constitue a call. Under the conditions and in the class of service where this method is used it has been proved to be the best. However, this method is usd in mobile service covering thousands of miles, in un-mapped territory as far as transmission characteristics are concerned and the same station is seldom worked twice as an average rule in the course of a day." [2]
ITU Phonetic Spelling Alphabet
Letter | Code word | ICAO
[7] and ITU
Roman standard [8] |
Consolidated transcription |
---|---|---|---|
A | Alfa
ATIS: Alpha |
AL FAH | /ˈælfɑː/ AL-fah |
B | Bravo | BRAH VOH
(1955: BRAH VOH) |
/ˌbrɑːˈvoʊ/ BRAH-VOH |
C | Charlie | CHAR LEE | /ˈtʃɑːrliː/ CHAR-lee or |
D | Delta | DELL TAH | /ˈdɛltɑː/ DEL-tah |
E | Echo | ECK OH | /ˈɛkoʊ/ |
F | Foxtrot | FOKS TROT | /ˈfɒkstrɒt/ FOKS-trot |
G | Golf | GOLF | /ˈɡɒlf/ GOLF |
H | Hotel | HOH TELL | /hoʊˈtɛl/ hoh-TEL |
I | India | IN DEE AH | /ˈɪndiːɑː/ IN-dee-ah |
J | Juliett | JEW LEE ETT | /ˈdʒuːliːɛt/ JEW-lee-et or |
K | Kilo | KEY LOH | /ˈkiːloʊ/ KEE-loh |
L | Lima | LEE MAH | /ˈliːmɑː/ LEE-mah |
M | Mike | MIKE | /ˈmaɪk/ MYK |
N | November | NO VEM BER | /noʊˈvɛmbər/ noh-VEM-bər [9] |
O | Oscar | OSS CAH | /ˈɒskɑː/ OS-kah |
P | Papa | PAH PAH | /pɑːˈpɑː/ pah-PAH |
Q | Quebec | KEH BECK | /kɛˈbɛk/ ke-BEK |
R | Romeo | ROW ME OH | /ˈroʊmiːoʊ/ ROH-mee-oh |
S | Sierra | SEE AIR RAH | /siːˈɛrɑː/ see-ERR-ah |
T | Tango | TANG GO | /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/ TANG-goh |
U | Uniform | YOU NEE FORM or
OO NEE FORM |
/ˈjuːniːfɔːrm/ EW-nee-form or |
V | Victor | VIK TAH | /ˈvɪktɑː/ VIK-tah |
W | Whiskey | WISS KEY | /ˈwɪskiː/ WIS-kee |
X | X-ray
or Xray |
ECKS RAY | /ˈɛksreɪ/ EKS-ray or |
Y | Yankee | YANG KEY | /ˈjæŋkiː/ YANG-kee |
Z | Zulu | ZOO LOO | /ˈzuːluː/ ZOO-loo |
- (hyphen) | Dash | /ˈdæʃ/ DASH |
Digit | Code word | Pronunciation | Wikipedia transcription |
---|---|---|---|
0 | Zero | ZE-RO | /ˈziːroʊ/ ZEE-roh |
1 | One | WUN | /ˈwʌn/ WUN |
2 | Two | TOO | /ˈtuː/ TOO |
3 | Three | TREE | /ˈtriː/ TREE |
4 | Four | FOW-ER | /ˈfoʊ.ər/ FOH-ər |
5 | Five | FIFE | /ˈfaɪf/ FYF [10] |
6 | Six | SIX | /ˈsɪks/ SIKS |
7 | Seven | SEV-EN | /ˈsɛvɛn/ SEV-en |
8 | Eight | AIT | /ˈeɪt/ AYT |
9 | Nine | NIN-ER | /ˈnaɪnər/ NY-nər [11] |
100 | Hundred | HUN-dred | /ˈhʌndrɛd/ HUN-dred |
1000 | Thousand | TOU-SAND | /ˌtaʊˈsænd/ TOW-ZEND [12] |
. (decimal point) | Decimal | DAY-SEE-MAL | /ˌdeɪˌsiːˈmæl/ DAY-SEE-MAL |
. (full stop) | Stop | STOP | /ˈstɒp/ STOP |
Add punctuation pronounciation
4 golden rules
Other rules
~Handy Mnemonics~ mne-mon-ic \ ni-’mahn-ik\ adj 1: assisting or intended to assist memory. 2: of or relating to memory An Alphabet Soup - the “Nuts & Bolts” KHT = Key, Hesitate, Talk Using this technique will avoid “front end clipping” of your transmission. What is usually clipped or lost at the beginning of radio transmissions is WHO is being called or the radio identifier of the person CALLING, or sometimes the REASON for the transmission. Simply depress the microphone key, hesitate to the count of “one thousand one” and then talk. SHR = Stop, Hesitate, Release Well, there’s “rear end clipping” too, ya know. This technique will prevent that annoying loss of often vital information at the end of your transmissions. ABC - Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity
RSVP: [13]
R: Rhythm: Use short sentences divided into sensible phrases (vs. pauses after each and every word) that maintain a natural rhythm. When pausing, release the pressel to minimize transmission time and to permit stations to break in as necessary.
S: Speed: Speak slightly slower than for normal conversation. Slow down by increasing the length of pauses between phrases, especially if a message is to be written down by the recipients or if conditions are difficult. (Altering the gaps between words will create an unnatural, halted rhythm that is difficult to understand.) Never speak faster than the station experiencing the worst reception conditions can be expected to receive.
V: Volume: Speak at a volume as for normal conversation. Shouting causes distortion.
P: Pitch: To improve clarity, pitch the voice slightly higher than for normal conversation
Use Plain language radio checks.
Emphasize heavily. ACP-125 Procedure Words
Define a subset of the standard words.
Proword | Explanation | Prosign/ OPSIG |
ACKNOWLEDGE (ACK) | An instruction to the addressee that the message must be acknowledged | ZEV or QSL |
ALL AFTER | The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that follows…………… | AA |
ALL BEFORE | The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that precedes………….. | AB |
ANSWER AFTER | The station called is to answer after call sign……..when answering transmissions. | ZGO |
ASSUME CONTROL | You will assume control of this net until further notice | ZKD |
BREAK | I hereby indicate the separation of the text from other portions of the message | BT |
CALL SIGN | The group that follows is a call sign | |
CLOSE DOWN | Stations are to close down when indicated. Acknowledgments are required | ZKJ |
CORRECT | You are correct, or what you have transmitted is correct. | C |
CORRECTION | An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly transmitted.
An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct version is…… That which follows is a corrected version in answer to your request for verification" |
EEEEEEEE
C C |
DISREGARD THIS TRANSMISSION – OUT | This transmission is in error, disregard it. (This proword shall not be used to cancel any message that has been completely transmitted and receipted. | EEEEEEEE AR |
DO NOT ANSWER | Stations called are not to answer this call, receipt for this message, or otherwise transmit in connection with this transmission. When this proword is employed, the transmission shall be ended with the proword OUT. | F |
EXEMPT | The station(s) immediately following is (are) exempted from the collective call or from collective address | XMT |
FIGURES | Numerals or numbers follow. | |
I AM ASSUMING CONTROL | I am assuming control of this net until further notice | ZKA |
I READ BACK | The following is my response to your instructions to read back | IRB |
I SAY AGAIN | I am repeating transmission or portion indicated. | IMI |
I SPELL | I shall spell the next word phonetically. | |
I VERIFY | That which follows has been verified at your request and is repeated. (To be used only as a reply to VERIFY.) | C |
MESSAGE | A message which requires recording is about to follow. (Transmitted immediately after the call. This proword is not used on nets primarily employed for conveying messages. It is intended for use when messages are passed on tactical or reporting nets.) | ZBO |
MORE TO FOLLOW | Transmitting station has additional traffic for the receiving station. | B |
NEGATIVE (NEGAT) | No. Cancel message(s) sent by the Delayed Executive Method. (NEGAT may be used to cancel a single message or a group of messages awaiting execution.) | ZUG |
NET NOW | All stations are to net their radios on the unmodulated carrier wave which I am about to transmit. | ZRC2 |
NO PLAY
(change to DRILL TRAFFIC?) |
During exercises the words NO PLAY are used to distinguish real activity from messages concerned with exercise play e.g. a real emergency or real casualty. The first words of any message is to contain the words exercise (nickname e.g.Red Flag) NO PLAY | |
NOTHING HEARD | To be used when no reply is received from a call station. | ZGN |
NUMBER | Station serial number. | NR |
OUT | This is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected. | AR |
OVER | This is the end of my transmission to you and a response is necessary. Go ahead, transmit | K |
READ BACK | Repeat this entire transmission back to me exactly as received | G |
RELAY (TO) | Transmit this message to all addressees (or addressees immediately following this proword). The address component is mandatory when this proword is used. | T or ZOF |
RELAY THROUGH | Relay your message through call sign……… | ZOK |
ROGER | This is a method of receipt. I have received your last transmission satisfactorily. | R |
SAY AGAIN | Repeat all of your last transmission. Followed by identification data means “Repeat………… (portion indicated).” | IMI |
SEND YOUR | I am ready to receive your message, report, etc. | K |
(Used only in reply to the offer of a message, etc., on tactical or reporting nets.) | ||
SILENCE (Repeated three or more times) | Cease transmissions on this net immediately. Silence will be maintained until lifted. (Transmissions must be authenticated by use of a self authenticated system, codeword, etc.) | HM HM HM |
SILENCE LIFTED | Silence is lifted. (Transmissions must be authenticated by means of self authentication system, codeword, etc.) | ZUG HM HM HM |
SPEAK SLOWER | Your transmission is too fast. Reduce speed of transmission. | QRS |
THIS IS | This transmission is from the station whose designator immediately follows. | DE |
THIS IS A DIRECTED NET | From now until further notice this net is directed. | ZKB |
THIS IS A FREE NET | From now until further notice this net is free. | ZUG ZKB |
THROUGH ME | Relay your message through me | ZOE |
UNKNOWN STATION | The identity of the station with whom I am attempting to establish communication is unknown. | AA |
USE ABBREVIATED PROCEDURE | As conditions are normal, all stations are to use abbreviated procedure until further notice. | |
WAIT | I must pause for a few seconds | AS |
WAIT – OUT | I must pause for longer than a few seconds. | AS AR |
WILCO | I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR SIGNAL, UNDERSTAND IT, AND WILL COMPLY. To be used only by the addressee. Since the meaning of ROGER is included in that of WILCO, the two prowords are never used together. | |
WORD AFTER | The word of the message to which I have reference is that which follows………….. | WA |
WORD BEFORE | The word of the message to which I have reference is that which precedes………….. | WB |
WORDS TWICE | Communication is difficult. Transmit each phrase (or each code group) twice. (This proword may be used as an order, request, or as information.) | QSZ |
WRONG | Your last transmission was incorrect. The correct version is……. | ZWF |
Should not use any brevity codes, including ACP-131, Q code, RST code, and Ten-Code.
Exceptions:
notes
mayday
Security
Pan Pan
Derived from ACP 135 (F). Pull content from red cross comm guide.
Ground/Air Visual Signals for Use in Emergency by Survivors
Ground/Air Visual Signals for Use in Emergency by Search Parties
Ground/Air Visual Body Signals for Use in Emergency by Survivors
Ground/Air Visual Paulin (or Sail) Signals for Use in Emergency by Survivors
In addition to the International Distress Signal (SOS), many other signals have been devised over the years to indicate distress. The following list describes those signals which are most common, having been accepted by international agreement:
Concept of "Rescue Control Frequency"
Military Block Printing
Types of nets
http://www.k6arp.org/the-proper-use-of-break/
Notes
NIST signals
NTP protocol
Date/Time formats
ITU standards?
Radio Net Procedures [20]
https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-06/ftp/time_sync/index.html
Army Training Extension Course Lessons (TEC), try https://www.atsc.army.mil/tadlp/contact_us.asp#contact list found in Soldier's manual: 11C : indirect fire infantrymen and a few other documents. FA meteorological crewmember; see also CEOI;
Read Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
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TC 11-6 | Grounding Techniques | 1976 | ||
TC 9-64 | Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Wave Propagation, Transmission Lines, and Antennas | 2004 | ||
TEC 201-113-4550-A/E | Calling and Answering Part 1 | |||
TEC 201-113-4551-A/E | Calling and Answering Part 2 | |||
TEC 201-113-4552-A/E | Establishing a Net | |||
TEC 201-113-4553-A/E | Authentication | |||
TEC 201-113-4554-A/E | Opening a Net | |||
TEC 201-113-4555-A/E | Free and Directed Net | |||
TEC 201-113-4556-A/E | Message Format, Part 1 | |||
TEC 201-113-4557-A/E | Message Format, Part 2 | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0108-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 1: Initiating and Responding to Radio Calls. | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0109-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 2: Writing Down Message Received by Radio | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0110-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 3: Responding to Messages | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0111-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 4: Preparing Messages to be Sent | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0112-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 5: Sending and Receiving Messages | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0113-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 6: Entering and Leaving a Radio Net and Authenticating | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0114-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 7: Practice and Self-Evaluation | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0147-F | Visual Hand Signals | |||
TEC 935-071-1026-F | Collecting and Recording Information |
Viewing Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
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TF 1-472 | Radio Receivers--Principles of Radio Receivers | |||
TF 1-474 | Radio Antennas--Creation and Behavior of Radio Waves | |||
TF 1-475 | Radio Antennas--Fundamentals of the Antenna | |||
TF 1-863 | The Air Defense Team—VHF Control Net System | |||
TF 1-3310 | Radio Operator | |||
TF 11-397 | Basic Signal Communication—Field Wire Laying Equipment | |||
TF 1-3677 | The Story of the Helicopter | 1944 | ||
TF D11-671 | Message Center Procedure—Part I—Outgoing Messages | 1942 | ||
TF D11-1064 | Message Center Procedure—Part II—Incoming Messages | 1942 | ||
TF D11-2061 | Use of Voice Radio | |||
TF 11-177 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Splices | |||
TF 11-178 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Ties | |||
TF 11-228 | ||||
TF 11-297 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Line Construction | |||
TF 11-397 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Laying Equipment | |||
TF 11-951 | Pole Line Construction--Part I--Erecting Telephone Poles | |||
TF 11-952 | Pole Line Construction--Part II--Installation of Cross Arms | |||
TF 11-968 | Pole Line Construction--Part III--Installation of Special Cross Arms | |||
TF D11-671 | Message Center Procedure For Division and Higher Headquarters | 1942 | ||
TF D11-1064 | Message Center Procedure--Part II--Incoming Messages | |||
TF D11-2061 | Use of Voice Radio | |||
TF 11-2062 | Theory of Simplex and Phantom Circuits | Part I Balanced Conditions | ||
TF 11-2069 | Basic Principles of Frequency Modulation | |||
TF 11-3116 | Basic Telephony | |||
TF 11-3482 | Frequency Modulation | |||
TF 11-2716 | Pole Line Construction | |||
TF 11-3305 | Radio Set AN/VRC-12 | |||
TF 11-3314 | Radio Teletypewriter Set AN/GRC-46 | |||
TF 11-3897 | International Morse Code | |||
Film Strips | ||||
FS 11-1 | ||||
FS 11-28 | Phonetic Alphabet and Pronunciation of Numerals | |||
FS 11-66 | Message Center Forms, Records, and Equipment | |||
FS 12-5 | The Story of Private Pete | |||
FS 12-3 | Military Discipline and Courtesy | |||
FS 12-6 | Introduction to Numbers | |||
FS 22-1 | Command Voice (sound film strip) | |||
MF=Miscellaneous Films | ||||
MF 11-2487 | Radio Interference—Part I | 1958 | ||
MF 11-2488 | Radio Interference—Part II | 1958 | ||
MF 11-4573 | Radiotelephone Procedures | |||
MF 11-4359 | Single Side Band Radio Communications, Part I: Principles | |||
MF 11-4362 | Single Side Band Radio Communications, Part II: Techniques | |||
TVT=Television Tapes | ||||
TVT 11-109 | Radio Interference - Causes and Sounds | |||
` | TVT 11-110 | Radio Interference: Remedial Action and Reporting | ||
TVT 11-6300 | Net Controller Training, Part I | |||
TVT 11-6301 | Net Controller Training, Part II | |||
PS=? | ||||
PS 6.79 | Purpose and operational principles of the message center | |||
PS 6-80 | Outgoing Messages | |||
PS 6-81 | Incoming messages, how to handle | |||
AFIF | Armed Forces Information Films | |||
AFSM | Armed Forces Screen Magazines | |||
CR | Campaign Reports | |||
CB | Combat Bulletins | |||
AIF | Army Information Films | |||
DD | Department of Defense Films | |||
EF | Educational Films | |||
FB | Film Bulletins | |||
GF | Graphic Films | |||
HR | Historical Reports | |||
JCOC | Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Film | |||
MF | Miscellaneous Films | |||
NRN | No Release Number | |||
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense Film | |||
OC | Officer's Conference Films | |||
OF | Orientation Films | |||
PMF | Professional Medical Films | |||
RD | Army Research and Development | |||
SFR | Staff Film Reports | |||
TF | Training Films | |||
WA | World Affairs Films | |||
FS | Film Strips | |||
SK | Slide Kits | |||
R | Phono-Recordings | |||
https://ia802705.us.archive.org/7/items/janindexofarmymotio1962unitrich/janindexofarmymotio1962unitrich.pdf |
April 1940 numbering: 1--Air Corps. 2--Cavalry. 3--Chemical Warfare Service. 4--Coast Artillery Corps. 5--Corps of Engineers. 6--Field Artillery. 7--Infantry. 8--Medical Department. 9--Ordnance Department. 10--Quartermaster Corps. 11--Signal Corps. 12--Adjutant General's Department. 13--Inspector General's Department. 14--Finance Department. 15--Judge Advocate General's Department. 16--Chaplains. 20 to 30--Basic field manuals. 100--Field service regulations. 101--Staff officers' field manual. 105--Umpire manual. The subnumbers for Field manuals will be from 1 to 199 and for Technical manuals 200, etc. ... Field manuals and Technical manuals will ordinarily be referred to by number only, e.g., FM 6-110 or TM 4-235. -- War Dept. Circular no. 36, April 6, 1940. Issued 19 - July 1947 by the War Dept.
Read Order | Short Title | Title | First Version | Date | Notes |
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Army Regulations | |||||
AR 25-11 | Record Communications and the Privacy Communications System [21] |
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AR 25-11 | Record Communications and the Privacy Communications System [22] |
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AR 105-3 | Reporting Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming, and Interference of Electromagnetic Systems | ||||
AR 105-10 | Communications Economy and Discipline | ||||
AR 105-15 | signal communications command | ||||
AR 105-22 | Telecommunications Requirements Planning, Developing, and Processing | ||||
AR 105-31 | Message Preparation | ||||
AR 105-34 | Reduction and Control of Telecommunications Traffic in an Emergency (MINIMIZE) | ||||
AR 105-64 | U.S. Army Communications Electronics Operation Instructions (CEOI) Program | ||||
AR 105-75 | Military Auxiliary Radio System (replaced by AR 25-6) | ||||
AR 310-50 | Authorized Abbreviations and Brevity Codes | 1985 | |||
AR 340-18-1 | The Army Functional Files System: General Provisions | ||||
Field Manual Parts 1: Air Corps | |||||
FM 1-02 | Operational Terms and Graphics | ||||
Field Manuals Parts 5: Corps of Engineers | |||||
no docs yet | |||||
Field Manuals Parts 6: Field Artillery | |||||
FM 6-02.53 | Tactical Radio Communications | 2009 | use above? | ||
FM 6-02.74 | Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the High Frequency--Automatic Link Establishment (HF-ALE Radios | 2003 | |||
Field Manuals Parts 7: Infantry | |||||
FM 7-7 | The Mechanized Infrantry Platoon and Squad | ||||
FM 7-24 | Communications in the Infantry Division | ||||
Field Manual Parts 11: Signal Corps | |||||
FM 11-1 | Talk II SINCGARS Multiservice Communications Procedures for the Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System | 1996 | |||
FM 11-5 [23] | Tactical Signal Communication Systems, Army, Corps, and Division | orders records and reports | |||
FM 11-05B | Soldier's Manual: Radio Operator Skill Levels 1 and 2 | Hand signals for traffic control, etc. Read Page 430 training courses on page 467 | |||
FM 11-8 | Field Radio Relay Techniques | ||||
FM 11-9 | Signal Radio Relay Company | ||||
FM 11-10 [24] | The Signal Battalion Infantry Division | ||||
FM 11-14 | Army Signal Supply and Maintenance Batalion | ||||
FM 11-15 | Signal Cable Construction Battalion | ||||
FM 11-16 | Signal Orders, Records, and Reports | ||||
FM 11-20 | Signal Operations, Theater of Operations. | ||||
FM 11-21 | Tactical Signal Communication Systems, Army, Corps, and Division [25] | ||||
FM 11-22 | Signal Operations in the Corp and Army [26] | ||||
FM 11-25 | Signal Troposcatter Company (Light and Heavy) | ||||
FM 11-30 | MSE Communications in the Corps/Division | 1991 | |||
FM 11-32 | Combat Net Radio Operations, [27] 15 October 1990. (Will be revised as FM 6-02.53) | 1990 | |||
FM 11-40 | Signal Corps Pictorial Operations. | ||||
FM 11-43 | The Signal Leaders Guide | 1995 | |||
FM 11-45 | Signal Support to Theater Operations, [28] 30 June 1999. (Will be revised as FM 6-02.01) | ||||
FM 11-50 | Combat Communications Within the Division (Heavy and Light) | ||||
FM 11-55 | Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) | 1999 | |||
FM 11-57 | Signal Battalion, Airborne Division | ||||
FM 11-64 | Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Transmission Lines, Wave Propagation and Antennas | ||||
FM 11-72E | Soldier's Manual MOS 72E, Combat Telecommunications Center Operator | ||||
FM 11-75 | Battlefield Information Services (BIS) | 1994 | |||
FM 11-84 | Signal Radio Operations Company | ||||
FM 11-86 | Combat Area Signal Battalion, Army | ||||
FM 11-92 | Corps Signal Battalion, November 1959 [29] (corps station nets) | ||||
FM 11-92 |
Corps Signal Battalion and Airborne Corps Signal Battalion [30], February 1968 |
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FM 11-95 | Army Command Signal Operations Battalion [31] (details on the composition of field army radio nets and their use) | ||||
FM 11-117 | Signal Support Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-120 | Signal Medium Headquarters Operations Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-137 | Signal Communications Center Operations Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-147 | Signal Small Headquarters, Operations Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-490-7 | Military Affiliate Radio System | ||||
Field Manuals Part 12 | |||||
FM 12-6 | Personal Doctrine | 1989 | |||
Field Manual Parts 20–30: Basic Field Manuals | |||||
FM 21-6 | Techniques of Military Instruction | List of publications for Training | |||
FM 21-7 | List of War Department Films, Film Strips, and Recognition Film Slides | 1946 | |||
FM 21-10 | Personal Hygiene | ||||
FM 21-25 | Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading | ||||
FM 21-30 | Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations, | ||||
FM 21-50 | Military Courtesy | ||||
FM 21-60 | Visual Signals | 1974 | |||
FM 21-75 | The Warrior Ethos and Soldier Combat Skills | 1956? [32] | 2001 | ||
FM 21-305 | Manual for the Wheeled Vehicle Driver | ||||
FM 24-1 | Combat Communications (How to Fight) | ||||
FM 24-1 | Signal Support in the AirLand Battle | ||||
FM 24-1 | Tactical Communications Doctrine | ||||
FM 24-1 | Field Radio Relay Techniques. | ||||
FM 24-2 | Radio Frequency management | ||||
FM 24-5 | Basic Field Manual, Signal Communications | 1942 | Covers lots of stuff, including message handling. | ||
FM 24-6 | Radio Operator's Manual | Radiotelegraph only; Supplements FM 24-10 and TM 11-454. | |||
FM 24-8 | Combined Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Procedure | ||||
FM 24-9 | Combined United States-British Radiotelephone (R/T) Procedure | Concerns radiotelephone procedure used in combined operations of United States and British forces. Not quite the same content as CCBP 3-2 | |||
FM 24-10 | Combined Radiotelegraph (W/T) Procedure | Concerns radiotelegraph procedure used in combined operations of United States and British forces. | |||
FM 24-11 | Combined Operating Signals (CCBP 2-2) | ||||
FM 24-11 | Tactical Satellite Communications | 1990 | Too high-end. | ||
FM 24-12 | Army Extract of Combined Operating Signals | (From FM 24-11) | |||
FM 24-13 | Air Extract of Combined Operating Signals | (From FM 24-11) | |||
FM 24-16 | Communications-Electronics Operations, Orders, Records, and Reports | ||||
FM 24-17 | Tactical Communications Center Operation | ||||
FM 24-18 | Field Radio Techniques | Supersedes Chapter 5, FM 24-5 | |||
FM 24-18 | Tactical Single Channgel Radio Communications Techniques | ||||
FM 24-18 | Radio Communication | http://www.90thidpg.us/Research/Original/TableauNr2/Resources/FM_24-18_Radio_Communication.pdf | |||
FM 24-19 | Radio Operator's Handbook | 1994 | |||
FM 24-20 | Field Wire and Field Cable Techniques | ||||
FM 24-22 | COM-E Management System | 1977 | Too high-end. | ||
FM 24-24 | Signal Data References: Signal Equipment | 1994 | Very geeky military radio gear document. Describes AB-903/G Mast. | ||
FM 24-33 | Communications Techniques: Electronic Counter-Countermeasures | ||||
FM 24-35 | Signal Operations Instructions "The SOI" | ||||
FM 24-56 | operating regulations | ||||
FM 25-10 | Basic Field Manual Motor Transport | 1942 | Needed for chauffeurs | ||
FM 32-5 | Communications Security | ||||
Field Manuals Parts 50=??? | |||||
FM 55-30 | |||||
Field Manuals Parts 100: Field Service Regulations | |||||
FM 100-5 | Field Service Regulations; Operations | ||||
FM 100-10 | Field Service Regulations; Administration | ||||
FM 100-11 | Signal Communications Doctrine | ||||
FM 101-5 | Staff Officers' Field Manual; Staff Organization and Procedures. | ||||
FM 101-5-1 | Operational Terms and Graphics | 1997 | |||
FM 101-5-2 | U.S. Army Report and Message Formats | ||||
FM 101-10 | Staff Officers' Field Manual: Organization, Technical and Logistical Data | ||||
Army Training Manuals | |||||
TM 1-460 [33] | Radiotelephone Procedure, Air Corps | 1941 | |||
TM 5-690 [34] | Grounding and Bonding in Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Facilities | 2002 | |||
TM 5-811-3 | Electrical Design, Lighting and Static Electricity Protection [35] | 1985 | |||
TM 11-227 | Signal Communication Equipment Directory Radio Communication Equipment | 1944 | |||
TM 11-314 | Antennas and Antenna Systems | 1943 | Therory about NVIS, etc. | ||
TM 11-450 [36] | Training of Signal Communication Personnel | 1942 | |||
TM 11-454 | The Radio Operator | Mostly radiotelegraph. | |||
TM 11-455 | Radio Fundamentals | 1944 | Good background but dated. | ||
TM 459 | International Morse Code (Instructions) | 1969 | |||
TM 11-462 | Signal Corps Tactical Communication Reference Data 1943, 106 pp | (illustrates radio nets) | |||
TM 11-483 | Suppression of Radio Noises | 1944 | Grounding, Bonding, etc. | ||
TM 11-460 | Division Field Code, Training Edition No. 2 | ||||
TM 11-486-1 | Planning Considerations | ||||
TM 11-486-2 | Traffic | ||||
TM 11-486-3 | Transmission and Circuit Layout | ||||
TM 11-486-4 | Inside Plant | ||||
TM 11-486-5 | Outside Plant, Wire | ||||
TM 11-486-6 | Radio | ||||
TM 11-486-7 | Power | ||||
TM 11-486-8 | Special Purpose Systems | ||||
TM 11-486-9 | ARMY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION PROGRAM (ATCAP) | ||||
TM 11-486-10 | Handbook | ||||
TM 11-486-11 | Definitions and Abbreviations | ||||
TM 11-490-1 | Army Communications Facilities: Autodin Station and Teletypewriter Station Operating Procedures | ||||
TM 11-490-2 [37] | Army Communications Facilities: Telecommunications Center Operating Procedures | ||||
TM 11-499 | Radio Propagation | ||||
TM 11-655 | Fundamentals of telegraphy (teletypewriter) | ||||
TM 11-666 | Antennas and Radio Propagation | 1953 | |||
TM 11-669 | Transients and Waveforms | 1951 | |||
TM 11-675 | RF transmission lines | ||||
TM 11-676 | Grounding Procedure and Protective Devices. Dept. of the Army and the Air Force. Aug. 1948. 46 p. | 1948 | |||
TM 11-678 | Fundamentals of Telephony | 1953 | |||
TM 11-679 | Fundamentals of Carrier and Repeater. Dept. of the Army. Dec. 1953. 252 p. | 1953 | |||
TM 11-681 | Electrical Fundamentals (alternating current) | 1951 | |||
TM 11-685 | Fundamentals of Single-Sideband Communications | 1961 | |||
TM 11-757 | Principles of line fault location | ||||
TM 11-2237 | The planning of large comcenters | ||||
Joint Army, Navy, Air Force Publications | |||||
JANAP-141 | US Joint Military Radio Frequency Allocation Plan | ||||
JANAP-144 | Joint Amphibious Communications | ||||
Combined Communications Board Publications | |||||
CCBP-01 | Jun. 43. Combined Amphibious Communications Instructions | ||||
CCBP-1 | 20 Jan. 43. Combined Radiotelegraph (W/T) Procedure (FM 24-10), C 1, 2, 3. | ||||
CCBP2-2 | Combined Operating Signals | ||||
CCBP3-2 | Combined Radiotelephone (R/T) Procedure | ||||
CCBP-4 | 17 Mar. 43. Combined Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) (Procedure. C 1, 2. | ||||
CCBP-5 | 12 May 43. Combined Visual Signaling (V/S) Procedure. C 1. | ||||
CCBP-6 | Combined visual signaling (V/S) procedure. Abridged version for Radiotelephone (W/T) operation. FM 24-3. 12 May 1943 | ||||
CCBP-7 | Combined Communication Instructions | ||||
CCBP-8 | Aug. 43. Cobbined Panel System. C 1, 2, 3. | ||||
CCBP-9 | |||||
CCBP-10 | 13 Sep 44. Combined Air Warning Code. C 1. | ||||
CCBP-11 | Fighter Director Vocabulary | ||||
Allied Communications Publications | |||||
ACP 100 | Allied Callsign and Address Group System | 1972 | 1984 | ||
ACP 110 SUPP-1 | U.S. Naval Tactical Call Sign Book for Aircraft | 1960 | 1972 | ||
ACP 112 | Task Organization Call Sign Book | ||||
ACP 113 | Call Sign Book for Ships [38] | 1971 | |||
ACP 117 | Allied Routing Indicator Book | ||||
ACP 117 CAN-US SUPP-1 | Allied Routing Indicator Book, Canada-United States Supplement No. 1 | ||||
ACP 118 | Visual Call Sign Book | 1954 | |||
ACP 119 | SEAT0 Voice Call Sips for Tactical Aircraft | 1969 | |||
ACP 121(I) | Communications Instructions - General [39] [40] | 1958 | 2004 | ||
ACP 121(G) | Communications Instructions - General | 2004 | Background, Punctuation abbreviations; phonetic spelling; MINIMIZE in emergencies; lettered time zones; | ||
ACP 122 | Information Assurance for Allied Communications and Information Systems [41] | Security instructions | |||
ACP 123(B) | Common Message Strategy and Procedures [42] | 2009 | X.400 messages/MMHS | ||
ACP 124(D) | Communication Instructions Radiotelegraph Procedure [43] | 1957 | covers radio nets | ||
ACP 125(F) | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone ... procedures | 2000 | |||
ACP 125(G) | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone ... procedures | 2016 | Main English-language document for radio voice communications procedures. Accuracy methods; definition of prowords; plain language radio check; Discipline; Messages; Operating Rules; Misc methods (sync time; grid references) | ||
ACP 125 US SUPP-1 | Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures for Use by United States Ground Forces | 1985 | Message handling | ||
ACP 125 SUPP-2 (A) | Radotelephone Procedures for the Conduct of Artillery and Naval Gunfire | 1984 | See also ATP 4 Allied Spotting Procedure for Naval Gunfire Support. | ||
ACP 126(C) | Communications Instructions - Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Instructions. – (Frozen) [44] | 1989 | |||
ACP 127(G) | Communications Instructions - Tape Relay Procedures. – (Frozen). [45] | 1988 | |||
ACP 127 Supp-1(K) | Communications Instructions – Procedures for Allied Fleet RATT Operations. [46] | ||||
ACP 128(A) | Allied Telecommunications Record System (ALTERS) Operating Procedures [47] | ||||
ACP 129 NS-1 | Communication Instructions Visual Signaling Procedures [48] | 1965 | |||
ACP 130(A) | Communications Instructions Signalling Procedures in the Visual Medium. [49] | 2005 | For emergency communications. Semaphore; Flaghoist; Sound; Infrared Comms; Panel signalling; Marking of drop zones; emergency signals; pyrotechnics; Combines ACP-129 and ACP-169 | ||
ACP 131(B) | Communications Instructions - Operating Signals. [50] | Morse Code Q-Codes, etc. 1964 version has 3x9 radio check | |||
ACP 131(F) | Communications Instructions - Operating Signals. [51] | ||||
ACP 134 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure | ||||
ACP 134 NS-1 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure | ||||
ACP 134(A) | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedures | ||||
ACP 135(F) | Communications Instructions - Distress and Rescue Procedures. [52] | ||||
ACP 136 | Communications Instructions, Panel Signaling | ||||
ACP 142 | A Protocol for Reliable Multicast Messaging in Bandwith Constrained and Delayed Acknowledgement (EMCON) Environments. | ||||
ACP 145 | Gateway-to-Gateway Messaging Protocols. – Draft. | ||||
ACP 147 | Call Sign Book for Merchant Ships in Time of War | 1966 | |||
ACP 148 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Visual Signaling and Tactics) | 1959 | |||
ACP 149 NATO SUPP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio) NATO MERCAST System | 1958 | |||
ACP 150 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Air, Land and Sea Forces. | ||||
ACP 151(A) | Recognition and Identification Instructions | ||||
ACP 160 | IFF/SIF Operating Procedures | ||||
ACP 165 | Operational Brevity Codes. | ||||
ACP 167(H) | Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms. [53] | ||||
ACP 167(I) | Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms. [54] | ||||
ACP 168(A) | Communications Instructions, Pyrotechnic Signals | Combined into ACP 130 | |||
ACP 176 | Allied Naval and Maritime Air Communications Instructions. | Updated version? [55] | |||
ACP 177 | Land Forces Electronic Warfare Instructions. - Frozen | ||||
ACP 178 | Maritime Electronic Warfare Instructions. - Frozen | ||||
ACP 179 | Electronic Warfare Instructions for Air Forces. – Frozen | ||||
ACP 180 | Electronic Warfare. - Draft | ||||
ACP 190 | Guide to Spectrum Management in Military Operations. | Frequency Planning | |||
ACP 191 | Ionospheric Sounder Operations. | ||||
ACP 193(A) | A Ground Routing Protocol (GRP) for use with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) Capable HF Radios. [56] | ||||
ACP 194 | Policy for the Coordination of Radio Frequency Allocations and Assignments between Cooperating Nations. – Draft. | ||||
ACP 198 | Instructions for the preparation of Allied Communications Publications. | ||||
ACP 200 | Allied Maritime Tactical Wide Area Networking | ||||
ACP 220 | Multi National Videoconferencing Services | ||||
Standardization Agreement | |||||
STANAG-2020 | Operational Situation Reports | ||||
STANAG-2028 | System for Field Wire Labeling | ||||
STANAG-2043 | Principles and Procedures for Establishing Communications | ||||
STANAG-2109 | Telecommunications Symbols | ||||
Misc | |||||
ATP 6-02.53 | Techniques for Tactical Radio Operations | Supersedes FM 6-02.53 |
Training Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
DA PAM 310-1 | Consolidated Index of Army Publications and Blank Forms | https://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/DAForm.aspx | ||
DA Form 1392 | Data Message Form | |||
DA Form 2404 | Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet | |||
DA Form 2655 | Message Action Request | |||
DA Form 2028 | Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms | |||
DA Form 2028-2 | Recommended Changes to Equipment Technical Publications | |||
DA FORM 2-1 | Personnel Qualification Record | |||
DA FORM 6 | Duty Roster | 07/01/1974 | ||
DA FORM 71 | Oath of Office - Military Personnel | 07/01/1999 | ||
DA FORM 87 | Certificate of Training | 10/01/1978 | ||
DA FORM 455 | Mail and Document Register | 07/01/1962 | ||
DA FORM 647 | Personnel Register | 06/01/2010 | ||
DA FORM 647-1 | Personnel Register | 04/01/2010 | ||
DA FORM 669 | Army Continuing Education System (ACES) | 05/01/1986 | ||
DA FORM 1112 | Building Preventive Maintenance Record | 03/01/1954 | ||
DA FORM 1222 | Routing Slip | 05/01/2013 | ||
DA FORM 1259-R | Teletypewriter Conference Record (LRA) | 06/01/1973 | ||
DA Form 2150-R | Communications Status Log (LRA) | 05/01/1987 | ||
DA FORM 2408-23 | SURVIVAL RADIO/EMERGENCY LOCATION TRANSMITTER INSPECTION RECORD | 12/01/1991 | ||
DA Form 3921 | Communications Center Service Message | |||
DA FORM 3918-R | Facsimile Transmittal Header Sheet. | |||
DA Form 3940 | Unit Assignment (all personnel shift assignments | |||
DA Form 4004 | Message Book [57] | derived from M-210 Message Book | ||
DA Form 4010 | Message Distribution Register | |||
DA Form 4011 | ||||
DA Form 4012 | Terminating Message Number Sheet | |||
DA Form 4016 | Telecommunications Center Originating Message Register (replaces form 11-189?) | |||
DA Form 4158 | Circuit Log and Operator's Number Sheet | |||
DA Form 4180 | Message Number Sheet (for logging incoming? outgoing? messages) | |||
DA Form 4215 | Duty Officer's Record of Communication Center Operations | Make a record of all unusual conditions (i.e.e circuit/equipment problems, backlogs, personnel shortages, etc.) | ||
M-40 [58] | Message Envelope | |||
DD Form 173/4 | Joint Message Form | |||
159 | Signal Corps Number Sheet [59] [60] | |||
Message Center Log [61] | ||||
Operator's Number Sheet [62] | ||||
DA FORM 7452-1-R | GROUND FAULT PROTECTION SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-2-R | LIGHTING PROTECTION GROUNDING SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITEIS (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-3-R | SIGNAL GROUND REFERENCE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-4-R | EARTH ELECTRODE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-5-R | GROUNDING AND BONDING CONNECTION CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-6-R | LIGHTNING PROTECTION GROUNDING SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-7-R | GROUND FAULT PROTECTION SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-8-R | SIGNAL GROUND REFERENCE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-9-R | SHIELDING SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-R | EARTH GROUND ELECTRODE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 |
Read Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pub 102 | International Code of Signals | 2003 | For Visual, Sound, and Radio Communications. | |
019 A | A Guide to Radio Communications Standards for Emergency Responders | A UN document | ||
NIFOG 1.4 | National Interoperability Field Operations Guide | |||
USAFI MA 885 or CA 885 | Fundamentals of Radio | |||
USAFI MA 887 or CA 887 | Intermediate Radio | |||
USAFI MA 331 or CB 331 | Typewriting I | |||
NAVPERS 10228-B | Navy Training Course Radioman 3 & 2 | 1957 | Includes lots of good stuff, including one of only a few descriptions of the radio message box file I've seen. Radiotelephone procedure starts in Chapter 11, page 345. Chapter 13 covers safety page 398 | |
DNC 5 (A) | U.S. Naval Communication Instructions | 1954 | also read D version | |
NAVPERS 10228-B | US Navy Radioman 3&2 Training Manual | 1957 | 2nd edition. | |
The Bluejacket's Manual, United States Navy 24th Edition | ||||
Handbook for Marine Radio Communication [63] | ||||
NFPA 1802 | Standard on Personal Portable (Hand-Held) Two-Way Radio Communications Devices for Use by Emergency Services Personnel in the Hazard Zone | |||
CAPR 100-3 | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone Operations [64] | General stuff repeating from ACP 125. Block lettering diagram; formal message handling flow chart; zulu time conversion chart. |
These documents codify substantially all of the long-time standard radio procedures developed during the 1900s to the 1940s, and should be considered the gold reference for two-way radio communications procedures. Other sources for valid procedures include the ITU, and global discipline-specific organizations, such as ICAO for aircraft, and the IMO for sea-going vessels. See also. [65]
Also: http://www.virhistory.com/navy/manuals.htm
http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/
JANAP= Joint Army, Navy, Air Force Publications
DNC= U.S. Navy Communications Service
Important government groups
US Library of Congress Army Manual Directory: https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/technicalmanuals3.html
http://radionerds.com/index.php/Field_Manuals
http://www.jfbouch.fr/crypto/m209/handling/drafting.html
Short Title | Long Title | First Version | Current Version | Notes |
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MCRP 6-22D | U.S. Marine Corps Field Antenna Handbook | 1999 | ||
MCRP 3-40.3B | U.S. Marine Corps Radio Operator's Handbook | 1999 | ||
Training Circulars | ||||
TC 11-6 | Grounding Techniques | 1976 | ||
TC 9-64 | Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Wave Propagation, Transmission Lines, and Antennas | 2004 | ||
TC 24-3 | Radio Wire Integration Installation and Operation Tips User Guide | 1976 | ||
Army Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOE) | ||||
TOE 11-122 | Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Signal Group. | |||
TOE 11-127 | Signal Operations Company, Medium Headquarters. | |||
TOE 11-137 | Signal Communication Center Operation Company. | |||
TOE 11-147 | Signal Small Headquarters Operations Company | |||
TOE 11-303 | Signal Radio Operations Company | |||
TOE 11-327 | Signal Operations Company, Large Headquarters | |||
TOE 11-345 | Signal Operations Battalion | |||
TOE 11-327 | Signal Long Lines Company | |||
TOE 11-357 | Signal Truck Switching Company | |||
TOE 11-358 | Signal Messenger Company. | |||
TOE 11-367 | Signal Company, Tropospheric, Light | |||
TOE 11-368 | Signal Company, Tropospheric, Heavy | |||
TOE 11-317 | Signal Radio Relay Company |
Text.
Method | Definition | Earliest Usage | Procedures Defined By |
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Electrical/Electronic | |||
Telephony | The transmission and reception of speech. | ||
Radiotelephony | The transmission and reception of speech using radio signals. | 1908 | |
Telegraphy | U.S. Navy adopts the Army system of signals in 1862. | 1862? | |
Wireless Telegraphy | The transmission and reception of messages using the International Morse Code. Marconi in 1899, first USN ship installation 1901; USS Chicago relays signals during 1906 SF earthquake disaster. | 1899 | |
Facsimile | The transmission of information, such as, pictures, maps, messages and other similar material. | ||
Television | The transmission and reception of images in either fixed or moving form. | ||
Data Communications | The transmission and reception of digital information using computer based systems | ||
Visual | |||
Flashing Light | The term applied to the transmission of signals by light. USN experiments with flashing lights. | 1875 | |
Infrared | The transmission of information by light, which is outside of the visible spectrum. Special equipment is required. | ||
Semaphore Flags | Transmission of signals by means of one or two flags held in the operator's hands. The position or movement of the flags represents letters and numerals. First American signal book published by Captain Thomas Truxtun for the USN. Formally replaced by 1847 Rageus and Black Semaphore Dictionary. | 1797 | |
Morse Flags | |||
Pyrotechnics | This method involves the use of flares, rockets and smoke
for pre-arranged signals or for recognition purposes. Defines ORANGE smoke as a daytime distress signal, at sea or on land. White smoke from a shore station=you are seen; assistance will come as soon as possible. |
ACP 130(A), Chapter 11 | |
Rocket/Shell | Throwing red stars, fired one at a time at short intervals=distress. | ACP 135(F) | |
Panels | This means involves the use of specially shaped 1.8 m x 0.68 m (light on one side; dark on the other; roll up and are secured by elastic cords) and/or coloured cloth or other material displayed in accordance with the pre-arranged code to convey messages. They are used between ground and air units. | ACP 130(A), Chapter 10. | |
Flaghoist | The use of flags and pennants displayed from halyards. Although this is a rapid and accurate method of transmission it is limited to daylight use and to comparatively short distances | ACP 130(A), Chapter 1 | |
Colored Lights | Coloured lights may be displayed in accordance with a
pre-arranged code to convey information. |
ACP 130(A) | |
Sound/Acoustic | |||
Whistles | |||
Sirens | Continuous sounding with any fox-signaling device=distress. | ACP 135(F) | |
Bells | |||
Gun/Explosive | Fired at intervals of about a minute=distress. | ACP 135(F) | |
Underwater Acoustic | |||
Other | |||
Postal Mail | |||
Messenger |
to Sandbox article for Two-Way Radio Procedures
ABC=Accuracy Brevity Clarity; think question speak
Two-Way Radio Procedures encompasses international regulations, official procedures, technical standards, and commonly understood conventions intended to ensure efficient, reliable, and inter-operable communications via all modes of radio communications.
Drills and Exercises are different. Drills are for routine training practice; exercises are formal simulations of actual events.
What to say: Voice Procedure
How to say it: Voice technique
Tactical call sign vs. functional designator? Functional Designator is part of ICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=299TLCmymys
Zero-beating
In EIA RS-220 (year) there are 38 sub-audio tones.
In TIA-603C (year)
http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/ctcss/ctcss-overview.html
http://www.repeater-builder.com/tech-info/ctcss/ctcss-chart.html
http://forums.radioreference.com/1795487-post15.html
http://pmrconversion.info/manuals/pye/CTCSS.pdf
Group A | Group B | Group C |
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77.0 | 71.9 | 67.0 |
88.5 | 82.5 | 74.4 |
100.0 | 94.8 | 79.7 |
107.2 | 103.5 | 85.4 |
114.8 | 110.9 | 91.5 |
123.0 | 118.8 | 97.4 |
131.8 | 127.3 | |
141.1 | 136.5 | |
151.4 | 146.2 | |
162.2 | 156.7 | |
173.8 | 167.9 | |
186.2 | 179.9 | |
203.5 | 192.8 | |
218.1 | 210.7 | |
233.6 | 225.7 | |
150.3 | 241.8 |
User
Order |
Group B Tones (Hz) | |
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AM | FM | |
1 | 118.8 | 118.8 |
2 | 127.3 | 110.9 |
3 | 136.5 | 103.5 |
4 | 146.2 | 94.8 |
5 | 156.7 | 82.5 |
6 | 167.8 | 71.9 |
7 | 179.9 | 127.3 |
8 | 192.8 | 136.5 |
9 | 210.7 | 146.2 |
10 | 110.9 | 156.7 |
11 | 103.5 | 167.9 |
12 | 94.8 | 179.9 |
13 | 82.5 | 192.8 |
14 | 71.9 | 210.7 |
15 | 225.7 | 225.7 |
16 | 241.8 | 241.8 |
Year Introduced | Method | Manual | Speed | Advantages | Disadvantages | Picture | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1797 | Semaphore Flags (double flag code?) | ACP-130 | 15 | Works without electricity | Slow and doesn't work at night or in fog. Requires telescopes and unobstructed terrain for longer distances. Requires highly trained operators at both ends. | ||
1835 | Manual telegraph (single line) | 28-36 | Messages per hour | Works over long distances with very simple equipment. | Requires highly trained operators and there are no telegraph lines still in service. | ||
1851 | Telegram | Can be much faster than postal mail. | Western Union hasn't sent a Telegram since 1999? | ||||
1860 | Myer Code (flag signals) | Slow and doesn't work at night. | |||||
1864 | Wig-Wag Flag (single flag code) | ACP-130 | 10 | Slow and doesn't work at night. | |||
1867 & 1875 | Signal Lamp | ACP-130 | 10 | Requires highly trained operators at both ends. | |||
1869 | Manual telegraph (duplex) | 50-70 | Works over long distances with mostly simple equipment. | Requires highly trained operators and there are no telegraph lines still in service. | |||
1876 | Telephone | 10-15 | Ubiquitous. | Cuts out half of the human voice frequencies, reducing intelligibility drastically as compared with face-to-face communications. Very fragile in disaster situations. | |||
1899 | Radiotelegraph | 15-25 | Can work over long distances with equipment that is readily available, though expensive. | Requires highly trained operators who are expert in both Morse Code and the complexities of HF radio propagation and antenna efficiency. | |||
1908 | Teletypewriter (single line) | 80-100 | |||||
1915 [1] | Radiotelephone | 10-15 | Can work over long distances with equipment that is readily available, though expensive. | Can be crystal clear or extremely noisy compared with telephones. Cuts out half of the human voice frequencies, reducing intelligibility drastically as compared with face-to-face communications. Very fragile in disaster situations. Newer analog and digital radio systems make human voice even harder to understand than a telephone. | |||
Teletypewriter (duplex) | 150-190 | ||||||
c. 1940 | Ground Signal Codes/Signaling Panel | ACP-136(A) | 30 | Groups per hour | Can be done with bedsheets if needed. | Very slow, only intended for use by military ground forces directing military aircraft. | |
Messenger, dismounted | 3-5 | Miles per hour | Great for delivering paper messages around a large command post or operation site. | Only as fast as a person can walk or run, and messengers will have difficulty traversing some disaster situations, such as road blocks, fires, and dangerous areas. | |||
1274 | Messenger, mounted | 6-8 | Can travel through severe traffic and rough terrain easily. | Horses are messy. | |||
1870s | Messenger, bicycle | 6-10 | Can be faster than car messengers in dense cities with traffic. | Not appropriate for speedy delivery over long distances or in bad weather. | |||
1911 | Messenger, airplane | 80-200 | Can transport messages very quickly with high security, and can transport cargo. | Limited availability and very expensive. Limited pick-up and delivery sites, generally requiring an airport near each location. | |||
1914 | Messenger, motor | 25-40 |
Notes.
To force on1 apmere through a resistance of 1 ohm requires a pressure of 1 volt.
Add antenna wavelength formulas in metric. Define energy and power.
Safety and electricity.
Notes
Type | Full Name | License Required | Frequencies | Bandwidth | Voice Qualtiy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CB | Citizen's Band Radio | no | moderate | ||
FRS | Family Radio Service | no | horrible | ||
MURS | Multiple Use Radio Service | ? | |||
GMRS | General Mobile Radio Service | yes | mostly horrible | ||
Amateur radio | yes | 24 different bands | varies widely | ||
Analog 800 MHz
Public Safety |
yes | 1 band; x channels | 25 kHz | ||
P25 | yes |
Speed; mary had a little lamb, < 100 wpm, etc.
Need to cover distortion with graphics and audio samples of clipping etc.
Do I need to cover harmonics? Need to cover hz range of voice, telephones, and radio systems; language differences; plosives.
Inflection.
Because two-way radio works very differently than telephones.
Need to cover:
http://www.eham.net/articles/8069 It's not your microphone it's you.
https://newhams.info/2016/03/13/microphone-technique/
Emergency communication system
https://simplex-fire.com/en/us/DocumentsandMedia/579-769.PDF
https://www.montcopa.org/DocumentCenter/View/8475
According to TM 11-678, the human voice produces about 1,000 microwatts when talking as loudly as possible, and an average power when talking (not whispering) as quietly as possible of 1/1,000 microwatt. In ordinary speech, vowels contribute the greatest power, reaching a maximum of about 2,000 microwatts. Double-check values for consistency.
Threshold of audibility varies by frequency. As does threshold of feeling Use figure 9 or a better one.
Telephone systems distort sound, generate noise mechanically and electrically, pick up noise from external sources, cutt off low and high frequency components, sometimes attenuate the sound on long distance circuits. All of these reduce the intelligibility of the words, the naturalness of the tone, and quality of the sound. 200 to 2700 cycles Also add in digital conversion distortion.
Quality/timbre is the characteristics that makes it recognizable as a certain kind of sound.
The voice calling procedure is derived from the radiotelegraph calling procedure, which in the U.S. is the structure defined in FCC regulations Part 80.97 (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, Section 80.97):
(c) The call consists of: (1) The call sign of the station called, not more than twice; the word ‘‘DE’’ and the call sign of the calling station, not more than twice; if useful, the frequency on which the called station should reply; and the letter ‘‘K’’. (2) If the call is transmitted twice at an interval of not less than one minute, it must not be repeated until after an interval of three minutes. (d) The reply to calls consists of: The call sign of the calling station, not more than twice; the word ‘‘DE’’; and the call sign of the station called, once only.
The origin of the format for making a call is referenced in the March, 1940 issue of The APCO Bulletin:
"In the beginning of radio communication it was found that a certain method of calling brought better results and the rule was formulated that in calling a station the letters KA (sent as one letter) followed by the call letters of the station being called sent three times separated by the letters DE from the call letters of the station calling sent three times, should constitue a call. Under the conditions and in the class of service where this method is used it has been proved to be the best. However, this method is usd in mobile service covering thousands of miles, in un-mapped territory as far as transmission characteristics are concerned and the same station is seldom worked twice as an average rule in the course of a day." [2]
ITU Phonetic Spelling Alphabet
Letter | Code word | ICAO
[7] and ITU
Roman standard [8] |
Consolidated transcription |
---|---|---|---|
A | Alfa
ATIS: Alpha |
AL FAH | /ˈælfɑː/ AL-fah |
B | Bravo | BRAH VOH
(1955: BRAH VOH) |
/ˌbrɑːˈvoʊ/ BRAH-VOH |
C | Charlie | CHAR LEE | /ˈtʃɑːrliː/ CHAR-lee or |
D | Delta | DELL TAH | /ˈdɛltɑː/ DEL-tah |
E | Echo | ECK OH | /ˈɛkoʊ/ |
F | Foxtrot | FOKS TROT | /ˈfɒkstrɒt/ FOKS-trot |
G | Golf | GOLF | /ˈɡɒlf/ GOLF |
H | Hotel | HOH TELL | /hoʊˈtɛl/ hoh-TEL |
I | India | IN DEE AH | /ˈɪndiːɑː/ IN-dee-ah |
J | Juliett | JEW LEE ETT | /ˈdʒuːliːɛt/ JEW-lee-et or |
K | Kilo | KEY LOH | /ˈkiːloʊ/ KEE-loh |
L | Lima | LEE MAH | /ˈliːmɑː/ LEE-mah |
M | Mike | MIKE | /ˈmaɪk/ MYK |
N | November | NO VEM BER | /noʊˈvɛmbər/ noh-VEM-bər [9] |
O | Oscar | OSS CAH | /ˈɒskɑː/ OS-kah |
P | Papa | PAH PAH | /pɑːˈpɑː/ pah-PAH |
Q | Quebec | KEH BECK | /kɛˈbɛk/ ke-BEK |
R | Romeo | ROW ME OH | /ˈroʊmiːoʊ/ ROH-mee-oh |
S | Sierra | SEE AIR RAH | /siːˈɛrɑː/ see-ERR-ah |
T | Tango | TANG GO | /ˈtæŋɡoʊ/ TANG-goh |
U | Uniform | YOU NEE FORM or
OO NEE FORM |
/ˈjuːniːfɔːrm/ EW-nee-form or |
V | Victor | VIK TAH | /ˈvɪktɑː/ VIK-tah |
W | Whiskey | WISS KEY | /ˈwɪskiː/ WIS-kee |
X | X-ray
or Xray |
ECKS RAY | /ˈɛksreɪ/ EKS-ray or |
Y | Yankee | YANG KEY | /ˈjæŋkiː/ YANG-kee |
Z | Zulu | ZOO LOO | /ˈzuːluː/ ZOO-loo |
- (hyphen) | Dash | /ˈdæʃ/ DASH |
Digit | Code word | Pronunciation | Wikipedia transcription |
---|---|---|---|
0 | Zero | ZE-RO | /ˈziːroʊ/ ZEE-roh |
1 | One | WUN | /ˈwʌn/ WUN |
2 | Two | TOO | /ˈtuː/ TOO |
3 | Three | TREE | /ˈtriː/ TREE |
4 | Four | FOW-ER | /ˈfoʊ.ər/ FOH-ər |
5 | Five | FIFE | /ˈfaɪf/ FYF [10] |
6 | Six | SIX | /ˈsɪks/ SIKS |
7 | Seven | SEV-EN | /ˈsɛvɛn/ SEV-en |
8 | Eight | AIT | /ˈeɪt/ AYT |
9 | Nine | NIN-ER | /ˈnaɪnər/ NY-nər [11] |
100 | Hundred | HUN-dred | /ˈhʌndrɛd/ HUN-dred |
1000 | Thousand | TOU-SAND | /ˌtaʊˈsænd/ TOW-ZEND [12] |
. (decimal point) | Decimal | DAY-SEE-MAL | /ˌdeɪˌsiːˈmæl/ DAY-SEE-MAL |
. (full stop) | Stop | STOP | /ˈstɒp/ STOP |
Add punctuation pronounciation
4 golden rules
Other rules
~Handy Mnemonics~ mne-mon-ic \ ni-’mahn-ik\ adj 1: assisting or intended to assist memory. 2: of or relating to memory An Alphabet Soup - the “Nuts & Bolts” KHT = Key, Hesitate, Talk Using this technique will avoid “front end clipping” of your transmission. What is usually clipped or lost at the beginning of radio transmissions is WHO is being called or the radio identifier of the person CALLING, or sometimes the REASON for the transmission. Simply depress the microphone key, hesitate to the count of “one thousand one” and then talk. SHR = Stop, Hesitate, Release Well, there’s “rear end clipping” too, ya know. This technique will prevent that annoying loss of often vital information at the end of your transmissions. ABC - Accuracy, Brevity, Clarity
RSVP: [13]
R: Rhythm: Use short sentences divided into sensible phrases (vs. pauses after each and every word) that maintain a natural rhythm. When pausing, release the pressel to minimize transmission time and to permit stations to break in as necessary.
S: Speed: Speak slightly slower than for normal conversation. Slow down by increasing the length of pauses between phrases, especially if a message is to be written down by the recipients or if conditions are difficult. (Altering the gaps between words will create an unnatural, halted rhythm that is difficult to understand.) Never speak faster than the station experiencing the worst reception conditions can be expected to receive.
V: Volume: Speak at a volume as for normal conversation. Shouting causes distortion.
P: Pitch: To improve clarity, pitch the voice slightly higher than for normal conversation
Use Plain language radio checks.
Emphasize heavily. ACP-125 Procedure Words
Define a subset of the standard words.
Proword | Explanation | Prosign/ OPSIG |
ACKNOWLEDGE (ACK) | An instruction to the addressee that the message must be acknowledged | ZEV or QSL |
ALL AFTER | The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that follows…………… | AA |
ALL BEFORE | The portion of the message to which I have reference is all that precedes………….. | AB |
ANSWER AFTER | The station called is to answer after call sign……..when answering transmissions. | ZGO |
ASSUME CONTROL | You will assume control of this net until further notice | ZKD |
BREAK | I hereby indicate the separation of the text from other portions of the message | BT |
CALL SIGN | The group that follows is a call sign | |
CLOSE DOWN | Stations are to close down when indicated. Acknowledgments are required | ZKJ |
CORRECT | You are correct, or what you have transmitted is correct. | C |
CORRECTION | An error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly transmitted.
An error has been made in this transmission (or message indicated). The correct version is…… That which follows is a corrected version in answer to your request for verification" |
EEEEEEEE
C C |
DISREGARD THIS TRANSMISSION – OUT | This transmission is in error, disregard it. (This proword shall not be used to cancel any message that has been completely transmitted and receipted. | EEEEEEEE AR |
DO NOT ANSWER | Stations called are not to answer this call, receipt for this message, or otherwise transmit in connection with this transmission. When this proword is employed, the transmission shall be ended with the proword OUT. | F |
EXEMPT | The station(s) immediately following is (are) exempted from the collective call or from collective address | XMT |
FIGURES | Numerals or numbers follow. | |
I AM ASSUMING CONTROL | I am assuming control of this net until further notice | ZKA |
I READ BACK | The following is my response to your instructions to read back | IRB |
I SAY AGAIN | I am repeating transmission or portion indicated. | IMI |
I SPELL | I shall spell the next word phonetically. | |
I VERIFY | That which follows has been verified at your request and is repeated. (To be used only as a reply to VERIFY.) | C |
MESSAGE | A message which requires recording is about to follow. (Transmitted immediately after the call. This proword is not used on nets primarily employed for conveying messages. It is intended for use when messages are passed on tactical or reporting nets.) | ZBO |
MORE TO FOLLOW | Transmitting station has additional traffic for the receiving station. | B |
NEGATIVE (NEGAT) | No. Cancel message(s) sent by the Delayed Executive Method. (NEGAT may be used to cancel a single message or a group of messages awaiting execution.) | ZUG |
NET NOW | All stations are to net their radios on the unmodulated carrier wave which I am about to transmit. | ZRC2 |
NO PLAY
(change to DRILL TRAFFIC?) |
During exercises the words NO PLAY are used to distinguish real activity from messages concerned with exercise play e.g. a real emergency or real casualty. The first words of any message is to contain the words exercise (nickname e.g.Red Flag) NO PLAY | |
NOTHING HEARD | To be used when no reply is received from a call station. | ZGN |
NUMBER | Station serial number. | NR |
OUT | This is the end of my transmission to you and no answer is required or expected. | AR |
OVER | This is the end of my transmission to you and a response is necessary. Go ahead, transmit | K |
READ BACK | Repeat this entire transmission back to me exactly as received | G |
RELAY (TO) | Transmit this message to all addressees (or addressees immediately following this proword). The address component is mandatory when this proword is used. | T or ZOF |
RELAY THROUGH | Relay your message through call sign……… | ZOK |
ROGER | This is a method of receipt. I have received your last transmission satisfactorily. | R |
SAY AGAIN | Repeat all of your last transmission. Followed by identification data means “Repeat………… (portion indicated).” | IMI |
SEND YOUR | I am ready to receive your message, report, etc. | K |
(Used only in reply to the offer of a message, etc., on tactical or reporting nets.) | ||
SILENCE (Repeated three or more times) | Cease transmissions on this net immediately. Silence will be maintained until lifted. (Transmissions must be authenticated by use of a self authenticated system, codeword, etc.) | HM HM HM |
SILENCE LIFTED | Silence is lifted. (Transmissions must be authenticated by means of self authentication system, codeword, etc.) | ZUG HM HM HM |
SPEAK SLOWER | Your transmission is too fast. Reduce speed of transmission. | QRS |
THIS IS | This transmission is from the station whose designator immediately follows. | DE |
THIS IS A DIRECTED NET | From now until further notice this net is directed. | ZKB |
THIS IS A FREE NET | From now until further notice this net is free. | ZUG ZKB |
THROUGH ME | Relay your message through me | ZOE |
UNKNOWN STATION | The identity of the station with whom I am attempting to establish communication is unknown. | AA |
USE ABBREVIATED PROCEDURE | As conditions are normal, all stations are to use abbreviated procedure until further notice. | |
WAIT | I must pause for a few seconds | AS |
WAIT – OUT | I must pause for longer than a few seconds. | AS AR |
WILCO | I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR SIGNAL, UNDERSTAND IT, AND WILL COMPLY. To be used only by the addressee. Since the meaning of ROGER is included in that of WILCO, the two prowords are never used together. | |
WORD AFTER | The word of the message to which I have reference is that which follows………….. | WA |
WORD BEFORE | The word of the message to which I have reference is that which precedes………….. | WB |
WORDS TWICE | Communication is difficult. Transmit each phrase (or each code group) twice. (This proword may be used as an order, request, or as information.) | QSZ |
WRONG | Your last transmission was incorrect. The correct version is……. | ZWF |
Should not use any brevity codes, including ACP-131, Q code, RST code, and Ten-Code.
Exceptions:
notes
mayday
Security
Pan Pan
Derived from ACP 135 (F). Pull content from red cross comm guide.
Ground/Air Visual Signals for Use in Emergency by Survivors
Ground/Air Visual Signals for Use in Emergency by Search Parties
Ground/Air Visual Body Signals for Use in Emergency by Survivors
Ground/Air Visual Paulin (or Sail) Signals for Use in Emergency by Survivors
In addition to the International Distress Signal (SOS), many other signals have been devised over the years to indicate distress. The following list describes those signals which are most common, having been accepted by international agreement:
Concept of "Rescue Control Frequency"
Military Block Printing
Types of nets
http://www.k6arp.org/the-proper-use-of-break/
Notes
NIST signals
NTP protocol
Date/Time formats
ITU standards?
Radio Net Procedures [20]
https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-06/ftp/time_sync/index.html
Army Training Extension Course Lessons (TEC), try https://www.atsc.army.mil/tadlp/contact_us.asp#contact list found in Soldier's manual: 11C : indirect fire infantrymen and a few other documents. FA meteorological crewmember; see also CEOI;
Read Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
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TC 11-6 | Grounding Techniques | 1976 | ||
TC 9-64 | Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Wave Propagation, Transmission Lines, and Antennas | 2004 | ||
TEC 201-113-4550-A/E | Calling and Answering Part 1 | |||
TEC 201-113-4551-A/E | Calling and Answering Part 2 | |||
TEC 201-113-4552-A/E | Establishing a Net | |||
TEC 201-113-4553-A/E | Authentication | |||
TEC 201-113-4554-A/E | Opening a Net | |||
TEC 201-113-4555-A/E | Free and Directed Net | |||
TEC 201-113-4556-A/E | Message Format, Part 1 | |||
TEC 201-113-4557-A/E | Message Format, Part 2 | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0108-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 1: Initiating and Responding to Radio Calls. | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0109-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 2: Writing Down Message Received by Radio | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0110-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 3: Responding to Messages | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0111-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 4: Preparing Messages to be Sent | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0112-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 5: Sending and Receiving Messages | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0113-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 6: Entering and Leaving a Radio Net and Authenticating | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0114-F | Radiotelephone Procedures, Part 7: Practice and Self-Evaluation | |||
TEC 936-061-1-0147-F | Visual Hand Signals | |||
TEC 935-071-1026-F | Collecting and Recording Information |
Viewing Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
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TF 1-472 | Radio Receivers--Principles of Radio Receivers | |||
TF 1-474 | Radio Antennas--Creation and Behavior of Radio Waves | |||
TF 1-475 | Radio Antennas--Fundamentals of the Antenna | |||
TF 1-863 | The Air Defense Team—VHF Control Net System | |||
TF 1-3310 | Radio Operator | |||
TF 11-397 | Basic Signal Communication—Field Wire Laying Equipment | |||
TF 1-3677 | The Story of the Helicopter | 1944 | ||
TF D11-671 | Message Center Procedure—Part I—Outgoing Messages | 1942 | ||
TF D11-1064 | Message Center Procedure—Part II—Incoming Messages | 1942 | ||
TF D11-2061 | Use of Voice Radio | |||
TF 11-177 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Splices | |||
TF 11-178 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Ties | |||
TF 11-228 | ||||
TF 11-297 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Line Construction | |||
TF 11-397 | Basic Signal Communication--Field Wire Laying Equipment | |||
TF 11-951 | Pole Line Construction--Part I--Erecting Telephone Poles | |||
TF 11-952 | Pole Line Construction--Part II--Installation of Cross Arms | |||
TF 11-968 | Pole Line Construction--Part III--Installation of Special Cross Arms | |||
TF D11-671 | Message Center Procedure For Division and Higher Headquarters | 1942 | ||
TF D11-1064 | Message Center Procedure--Part II--Incoming Messages | |||
TF D11-2061 | Use of Voice Radio | |||
TF 11-2062 | Theory of Simplex and Phantom Circuits | Part I Balanced Conditions | ||
TF 11-2069 | Basic Principles of Frequency Modulation | |||
TF 11-3116 | Basic Telephony | |||
TF 11-3482 | Frequency Modulation | |||
TF 11-2716 | Pole Line Construction | |||
TF 11-3305 | Radio Set AN/VRC-12 | |||
TF 11-3314 | Radio Teletypewriter Set AN/GRC-46 | |||
TF 11-3897 | International Morse Code | |||
Film Strips | ||||
FS 11-1 | ||||
FS 11-28 | Phonetic Alphabet and Pronunciation of Numerals | |||
FS 11-66 | Message Center Forms, Records, and Equipment | |||
FS 12-5 | The Story of Private Pete | |||
FS 12-3 | Military Discipline and Courtesy | |||
FS 12-6 | Introduction to Numbers | |||
FS 22-1 | Command Voice (sound film strip) | |||
MF=Miscellaneous Films | ||||
MF 11-2487 | Radio Interference—Part I | 1958 | ||
MF 11-2488 | Radio Interference—Part II | 1958 | ||
MF 11-4573 | Radiotelephone Procedures | |||
MF 11-4359 | Single Side Band Radio Communications, Part I: Principles | |||
MF 11-4362 | Single Side Band Radio Communications, Part II: Techniques | |||
TVT=Television Tapes | ||||
TVT 11-109 | Radio Interference - Causes and Sounds | |||
` | TVT 11-110 | Radio Interference: Remedial Action and Reporting | ||
TVT 11-6300 | Net Controller Training, Part I | |||
TVT 11-6301 | Net Controller Training, Part II | |||
PS=? | ||||
PS 6.79 | Purpose and operational principles of the message center | |||
PS 6-80 | Outgoing Messages | |||
PS 6-81 | Incoming messages, how to handle | |||
AFIF | Armed Forces Information Films | |||
AFSM | Armed Forces Screen Magazines | |||
CR | Campaign Reports | |||
CB | Combat Bulletins | |||
AIF | Army Information Films | |||
DD | Department of Defense Films | |||
EF | Educational Films | |||
FB | Film Bulletins | |||
GF | Graphic Films | |||
HR | Historical Reports | |||
JCOC | Joint Civilian Orientation Conference Film | |||
MF | Miscellaneous Films | |||
NRN | No Release Number | |||
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense Film | |||
OC | Officer's Conference Films | |||
OF | Orientation Films | |||
PMF | Professional Medical Films | |||
RD | Army Research and Development | |||
SFR | Staff Film Reports | |||
TF | Training Films | |||
WA | World Affairs Films | |||
FS | Film Strips | |||
SK | Slide Kits | |||
R | Phono-Recordings | |||
https://ia802705.us.archive.org/7/items/janindexofarmymotio1962unitrich/janindexofarmymotio1962unitrich.pdf |
April 1940 numbering: 1--Air Corps. 2--Cavalry. 3--Chemical Warfare Service. 4--Coast Artillery Corps. 5--Corps of Engineers. 6--Field Artillery. 7--Infantry. 8--Medical Department. 9--Ordnance Department. 10--Quartermaster Corps. 11--Signal Corps. 12--Adjutant General's Department. 13--Inspector General's Department. 14--Finance Department. 15--Judge Advocate General's Department. 16--Chaplains. 20 to 30--Basic field manuals. 100--Field service regulations. 101--Staff officers' field manual. 105--Umpire manual. The subnumbers for Field manuals will be from 1 to 199 and for Technical manuals 200, etc. ... Field manuals and Technical manuals will ordinarily be referred to by number only, e.g., FM 6-110 or TM 4-235. -- War Dept. Circular no. 36, April 6, 1940. Issued 19 - July 1947 by the War Dept.
Read Order | Short Title | Title | First Version | Date | Notes |
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Army Regulations | |||||
AR 25-11 | Record Communications and the Privacy Communications System [21] |
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AR 25-11 | Record Communications and the Privacy Communications System [22] |
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AR 105-3 | Reporting Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming, and Interference of Electromagnetic Systems | ||||
AR 105-10 | Communications Economy and Discipline | ||||
AR 105-15 | signal communications command | ||||
AR 105-22 | Telecommunications Requirements Planning, Developing, and Processing | ||||
AR 105-31 | Message Preparation | ||||
AR 105-34 | Reduction and Control of Telecommunications Traffic in an Emergency (MINIMIZE) | ||||
AR 105-64 | U.S. Army Communications Electronics Operation Instructions (CEOI) Program | ||||
AR 105-75 | Military Auxiliary Radio System (replaced by AR 25-6) | ||||
AR 310-50 | Authorized Abbreviations and Brevity Codes | 1985 | |||
AR 340-18-1 | The Army Functional Files System: General Provisions | ||||
Field Manual Parts 1: Air Corps | |||||
FM 1-02 | Operational Terms and Graphics | ||||
Field Manuals Parts 5: Corps of Engineers | |||||
no docs yet | |||||
Field Manuals Parts 6: Field Artillery | |||||
FM 6-02.53 | Tactical Radio Communications | 2009 | use above? | ||
FM 6-02.74 | Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the High Frequency--Automatic Link Establishment (HF-ALE Radios | 2003 | |||
Field Manuals Parts 7: Infantry | |||||
FM 7-7 | The Mechanized Infrantry Platoon and Squad | ||||
FM 7-24 | Communications in the Infantry Division | ||||
Field Manual Parts 11: Signal Corps | |||||
FM 11-1 | Talk II SINCGARS Multiservice Communications Procedures for the Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System | 1996 | |||
FM 11-5 [23] | Tactical Signal Communication Systems, Army, Corps, and Division | orders records and reports | |||
FM 11-05B | Soldier's Manual: Radio Operator Skill Levels 1 and 2 | Hand signals for traffic control, etc. Read Page 430 training courses on page 467 | |||
FM 11-8 | Field Radio Relay Techniques | ||||
FM 11-9 | Signal Radio Relay Company | ||||
FM 11-10 [24] | The Signal Battalion Infantry Division | ||||
FM 11-14 | Army Signal Supply and Maintenance Batalion | ||||
FM 11-15 | Signal Cable Construction Battalion | ||||
FM 11-16 | Signal Orders, Records, and Reports | ||||
FM 11-20 | Signal Operations, Theater of Operations. | ||||
FM 11-21 | Tactical Signal Communication Systems, Army, Corps, and Division [25] | ||||
FM 11-22 | Signal Operations in the Corp and Army [26] | ||||
FM 11-25 | Signal Troposcatter Company (Light and Heavy) | ||||
FM 11-30 | MSE Communications in the Corps/Division | 1991 | |||
FM 11-32 | Combat Net Radio Operations, [27] 15 October 1990. (Will be revised as FM 6-02.53) | 1990 | |||
FM 11-40 | Signal Corps Pictorial Operations. | ||||
FM 11-43 | The Signal Leaders Guide | 1995 | |||
FM 11-45 | Signal Support to Theater Operations, [28] 30 June 1999. (Will be revised as FM 6-02.01) | ||||
FM 11-50 | Combat Communications Within the Division (Heavy and Light) | ||||
FM 11-55 | Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) | 1999 | |||
FM 11-57 | Signal Battalion, Airborne Division | ||||
FM 11-64 | Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Transmission Lines, Wave Propagation and Antennas | ||||
FM 11-72E | Soldier's Manual MOS 72E, Combat Telecommunications Center Operator | ||||
FM 11-75 | Battlefield Information Services (BIS) | 1994 | |||
FM 11-84 | Signal Radio Operations Company | ||||
FM 11-86 | Combat Area Signal Battalion, Army | ||||
FM 11-92 | Corps Signal Battalion, November 1959 [29] (corps station nets) | ||||
FM 11-92 |
Corps Signal Battalion and Airborne Corps Signal Battalion [30], February 1968 |
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FM 11-95 | Army Command Signal Operations Battalion [31] (details on the composition of field army radio nets and their use) | ||||
FM 11-117 | Signal Support Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-120 | Signal Medium Headquarters Operations Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-137 | Signal Communications Center Operations Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-147 | Signal Small Headquarters, Operations Company | TOE? | |||
FM 11-490-7 | Military Affiliate Radio System | ||||
Field Manuals Part 12 | |||||
FM 12-6 | Personal Doctrine | 1989 | |||
Field Manual Parts 20–30: Basic Field Manuals | |||||
FM 21-6 | Techniques of Military Instruction | List of publications for Training | |||
FM 21-7 | List of War Department Films, Film Strips, and Recognition Film Slides | 1946 | |||
FM 21-10 | Personal Hygiene | ||||
FM 21-25 | Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading | ||||
FM 21-30 | Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations, | ||||
FM 21-50 | Military Courtesy | ||||
FM 21-60 | Visual Signals | 1974 | |||
FM 21-75 | The Warrior Ethos and Soldier Combat Skills | 1956? [32] | 2001 | ||
FM 21-305 | Manual for the Wheeled Vehicle Driver | ||||
FM 24-1 | Combat Communications (How to Fight) | ||||
FM 24-1 | Signal Support in the AirLand Battle | ||||
FM 24-1 | Tactical Communications Doctrine | ||||
FM 24-1 | Field Radio Relay Techniques. | ||||
FM 24-2 | Radio Frequency management | ||||
FM 24-5 | Basic Field Manual, Signal Communications | 1942 | Covers lots of stuff, including message handling. | ||
FM 24-6 | Radio Operator's Manual | Radiotelegraph only; Supplements FM 24-10 and TM 11-454. | |||
FM 24-8 | Combined Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Procedure | ||||
FM 24-9 | Combined United States-British Radiotelephone (R/T) Procedure | Concerns radiotelephone procedure used in combined operations of United States and British forces. Not quite the same content as CCBP 3-2 | |||
FM 24-10 | Combined Radiotelegraph (W/T) Procedure | Concerns radiotelegraph procedure used in combined operations of United States and British forces. | |||
FM 24-11 | Combined Operating Signals (CCBP 2-2) | ||||
FM 24-11 | Tactical Satellite Communications | 1990 | Too high-end. | ||
FM 24-12 | Army Extract of Combined Operating Signals | (From FM 24-11) | |||
FM 24-13 | Air Extract of Combined Operating Signals | (From FM 24-11) | |||
FM 24-16 | Communications-Electronics Operations, Orders, Records, and Reports | ||||
FM 24-17 | Tactical Communications Center Operation | ||||
FM 24-18 | Field Radio Techniques | Supersedes Chapter 5, FM 24-5 | |||
FM 24-18 | Tactical Single Channgel Radio Communications Techniques | ||||
FM 24-18 | Radio Communication | http://www.90thidpg.us/Research/Original/TableauNr2/Resources/FM_24-18_Radio_Communication.pdf | |||
FM 24-19 | Radio Operator's Handbook | 1994 | |||
FM 24-20 | Field Wire and Field Cable Techniques | ||||
FM 24-22 | COM-E Management System | 1977 | Too high-end. | ||
FM 24-24 | Signal Data References: Signal Equipment | 1994 | Very geeky military radio gear document. Describes AB-903/G Mast. | ||
FM 24-33 | Communications Techniques: Electronic Counter-Countermeasures | ||||
FM 24-35 | Signal Operations Instructions "The SOI" | ||||
FM 24-56 | operating regulations | ||||
FM 25-10 | Basic Field Manual Motor Transport | 1942 | Needed for chauffeurs | ||
FM 32-5 | Communications Security | ||||
Field Manuals Parts 50=??? | |||||
FM 55-30 | |||||
Field Manuals Parts 100: Field Service Regulations | |||||
FM 100-5 | Field Service Regulations; Operations | ||||
FM 100-10 | Field Service Regulations; Administration | ||||
FM 100-11 | Signal Communications Doctrine | ||||
FM 101-5 | Staff Officers' Field Manual; Staff Organization and Procedures. | ||||
FM 101-5-1 | Operational Terms and Graphics | 1997 | |||
FM 101-5-2 | U.S. Army Report and Message Formats | ||||
FM 101-10 | Staff Officers' Field Manual: Organization, Technical and Logistical Data | ||||
Army Training Manuals | |||||
TM 1-460 [33] | Radiotelephone Procedure, Air Corps | 1941 | |||
TM 5-690 [34] | Grounding and Bonding in Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Facilities | 2002 | |||
TM 5-811-3 | Electrical Design, Lighting and Static Electricity Protection [35] | 1985 | |||
TM 11-227 | Signal Communication Equipment Directory Radio Communication Equipment | 1944 | |||
TM 11-314 | Antennas and Antenna Systems | 1943 | Therory about NVIS, etc. | ||
TM 11-450 [36] | Training of Signal Communication Personnel | 1942 | |||
TM 11-454 | The Radio Operator | Mostly radiotelegraph. | |||
TM 11-455 | Radio Fundamentals | 1944 | Good background but dated. | ||
TM 459 | International Morse Code (Instructions) | 1969 | |||
TM 11-462 | Signal Corps Tactical Communication Reference Data 1943, 106 pp | (illustrates radio nets) | |||
TM 11-483 | Suppression of Radio Noises | 1944 | Grounding, Bonding, etc. | ||
TM 11-460 | Division Field Code, Training Edition No. 2 | ||||
TM 11-486-1 | Planning Considerations | ||||
TM 11-486-2 | Traffic | ||||
TM 11-486-3 | Transmission and Circuit Layout | ||||
TM 11-486-4 | Inside Plant | ||||
TM 11-486-5 | Outside Plant, Wire | ||||
TM 11-486-6 | Radio | ||||
TM 11-486-7 | Power | ||||
TM 11-486-8 | Special Purpose Systems | ||||
TM 11-486-9 | ARMY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION PROGRAM (ATCAP) | ||||
TM 11-486-10 | Handbook | ||||
TM 11-486-11 | Definitions and Abbreviations | ||||
TM 11-490-1 | Army Communications Facilities: Autodin Station and Teletypewriter Station Operating Procedures | ||||
TM 11-490-2 [37] | Army Communications Facilities: Telecommunications Center Operating Procedures | ||||
TM 11-499 | Radio Propagation | ||||
TM 11-655 | Fundamentals of telegraphy (teletypewriter) | ||||
TM 11-666 | Antennas and Radio Propagation | 1953 | |||
TM 11-669 | Transients and Waveforms | 1951 | |||
TM 11-675 | RF transmission lines | ||||
TM 11-676 | Grounding Procedure and Protective Devices. Dept. of the Army and the Air Force. Aug. 1948. 46 p. | 1948 | |||
TM 11-678 | Fundamentals of Telephony | 1953 | |||
TM 11-679 | Fundamentals of Carrier and Repeater. Dept. of the Army. Dec. 1953. 252 p. | 1953 | |||
TM 11-681 | Electrical Fundamentals (alternating current) | 1951 | |||
TM 11-685 | Fundamentals of Single-Sideband Communications | 1961 | |||
TM 11-757 | Principles of line fault location | ||||
TM 11-2237 | The planning of large comcenters | ||||
Joint Army, Navy, Air Force Publications | |||||
JANAP-141 | US Joint Military Radio Frequency Allocation Plan | ||||
JANAP-144 | Joint Amphibious Communications | ||||
Combined Communications Board Publications | |||||
CCBP-01 | Jun. 43. Combined Amphibious Communications Instructions | ||||
CCBP-1 | 20 Jan. 43. Combined Radiotelegraph (W/T) Procedure (FM 24-10), C 1, 2, 3. | ||||
CCBP2-2 | Combined Operating Signals | ||||
CCBP3-2 | Combined Radiotelephone (R/T) Procedure | ||||
CCBP-4 | 17 Mar. 43. Combined Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) (Procedure. C 1, 2. | ||||
CCBP-5 | 12 May 43. Combined Visual Signaling (V/S) Procedure. C 1. | ||||
CCBP-6 | Combined visual signaling (V/S) procedure. Abridged version for Radiotelephone (W/T) operation. FM 24-3. 12 May 1943 | ||||
CCBP-7 | Combined Communication Instructions | ||||
CCBP-8 | Aug. 43. Cobbined Panel System. C 1, 2, 3. | ||||
CCBP-9 | |||||
CCBP-10 | 13 Sep 44. Combined Air Warning Code. C 1. | ||||
CCBP-11 | Fighter Director Vocabulary | ||||
Allied Communications Publications | |||||
ACP 100 | Allied Callsign and Address Group System | 1972 | 1984 | ||
ACP 110 SUPP-1 | U.S. Naval Tactical Call Sign Book for Aircraft | 1960 | 1972 | ||
ACP 112 | Task Organization Call Sign Book | ||||
ACP 113 | Call Sign Book for Ships [38] | 1971 | |||
ACP 117 | Allied Routing Indicator Book | ||||
ACP 117 CAN-US SUPP-1 | Allied Routing Indicator Book, Canada-United States Supplement No. 1 | ||||
ACP 118 | Visual Call Sign Book | 1954 | |||
ACP 119 | SEAT0 Voice Call Sips for Tactical Aircraft | 1969 | |||
ACP 121(I) | Communications Instructions - General [39] [40] | 1958 | 2004 | ||
ACP 121(G) | Communications Instructions - General | 2004 | Background, Punctuation abbreviations; phonetic spelling; MINIMIZE in emergencies; lettered time zones; | ||
ACP 122 | Information Assurance for Allied Communications and Information Systems [41] | Security instructions | |||
ACP 123(B) | Common Message Strategy and Procedures [42] | 2009 | X.400 messages/MMHS | ||
ACP 124(D) | Communication Instructions Radiotelegraph Procedure [43] | 1957 | covers radio nets | ||
ACP 125(F) | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone ... procedures | 2000 | |||
ACP 125(G) | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone ... procedures | 2016 | Main English-language document for radio voice communications procedures. Accuracy methods; definition of prowords; plain language radio check; Discipline; Messages; Operating Rules; Misc methods (sync time; grid references) | ||
ACP 125 US SUPP-1 | Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures for Use by United States Ground Forces | 1985 | Message handling | ||
ACP 125 SUPP-2 (A) | Radotelephone Procedures for the Conduct of Artillery and Naval Gunfire | 1984 | See also ATP 4 Allied Spotting Procedure for Naval Gunfire Support. | ||
ACP 126(C) | Communications Instructions - Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Instructions. – (Frozen) [44] | 1989 | |||
ACP 127(G) | Communications Instructions - Tape Relay Procedures. – (Frozen). [45] | 1988 | |||
ACP 127 Supp-1(K) | Communications Instructions – Procedures for Allied Fleet RATT Operations. [46] | ||||
ACP 128(A) | Allied Telecommunications Record System (ALTERS) Operating Procedures [47] | ||||
ACP 129 NS-1 | Communication Instructions Visual Signaling Procedures [48] | 1965 | |||
ACP 130(A) | Communications Instructions Signalling Procedures in the Visual Medium. [49] | 2005 | For emergency communications. Semaphore; Flaghoist; Sound; Infrared Comms; Panel signalling; Marking of drop zones; emergency signals; pyrotechnics; Combines ACP-129 and ACP-169 | ||
ACP 131(B) | Communications Instructions - Operating Signals. [50] | Morse Code Q-Codes, etc. 1964 version has 3x9 radio check | |||
ACP 131(F) | Communications Instructions - Operating Signals. [51] | ||||
ACP 134 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure | ||||
ACP 134 NS-1 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure | ||||
ACP 134(A) | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedures | ||||
ACP 135(F) | Communications Instructions - Distress and Rescue Procedures. [52] | ||||
ACP 136 | Communications Instructions, Panel Signaling | ||||
ACP 142 | A Protocol for Reliable Multicast Messaging in Bandwith Constrained and Delayed Acknowledgement (EMCON) Environments. | ||||
ACP 145 | Gateway-to-Gateway Messaging Protocols. – Draft. | ||||
ACP 147 | Call Sign Book for Merchant Ships in Time of War | 1966 | |||
ACP 148 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Visual Signaling and Tactics) | 1959 | |||
ACP 149 NATO SUPP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio) NATO MERCAST System | 1958 | |||
ACP 150 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Air, Land and Sea Forces. | ||||
ACP 151(A) | Recognition and Identification Instructions | ||||
ACP 160 | IFF/SIF Operating Procedures | ||||
ACP 165 | Operational Brevity Codes. | ||||
ACP 167(H) | Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms. [53] | ||||
ACP 167(I) | Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms. [54] | ||||
ACP 168(A) | Communications Instructions, Pyrotechnic Signals | Combined into ACP 130 | |||
ACP 176 | Allied Naval and Maritime Air Communications Instructions. | Updated version? [55] | |||
ACP 177 | Land Forces Electronic Warfare Instructions. - Frozen | ||||
ACP 178 | Maritime Electronic Warfare Instructions. - Frozen | ||||
ACP 179 | Electronic Warfare Instructions for Air Forces. – Frozen | ||||
ACP 180 | Electronic Warfare. - Draft | ||||
ACP 190 | Guide to Spectrum Management in Military Operations. | Frequency Planning | |||
ACP 191 | Ionospheric Sounder Operations. | ||||
ACP 193(A) | A Ground Routing Protocol (GRP) for use with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) Capable HF Radios. [56] | ||||
ACP 194 | Policy for the Coordination of Radio Frequency Allocations and Assignments between Cooperating Nations. – Draft. | ||||
ACP 198 | Instructions for the preparation of Allied Communications Publications. | ||||
ACP 200 | Allied Maritime Tactical Wide Area Networking | ||||
ACP 220 | Multi National Videoconferencing Services | ||||
Standardization Agreement | |||||
STANAG-2020 | Operational Situation Reports | ||||
STANAG-2028 | System for Field Wire Labeling | ||||
STANAG-2043 | Principles and Procedures for Establishing Communications | ||||
STANAG-2109 | Telecommunications Symbols | ||||
Misc | |||||
ATP 6-02.53 | Techniques for Tactical Radio Operations | Supersedes FM 6-02.53 |
Training Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
DA PAM 310-1 | Consolidated Index of Army Publications and Blank Forms | https://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/DAForm.aspx | ||
DA Form 1392 | Data Message Form | |||
DA Form 2404 | Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet | |||
DA Form 2655 | Message Action Request | |||
DA Form 2028 | Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms | |||
DA Form 2028-2 | Recommended Changes to Equipment Technical Publications | |||
DA FORM 2-1 | Personnel Qualification Record | |||
DA FORM 6 | Duty Roster | 07/01/1974 | ||
DA FORM 71 | Oath of Office - Military Personnel | 07/01/1999 | ||
DA FORM 87 | Certificate of Training | 10/01/1978 | ||
DA FORM 455 | Mail and Document Register | 07/01/1962 | ||
DA FORM 647 | Personnel Register | 06/01/2010 | ||
DA FORM 647-1 | Personnel Register | 04/01/2010 | ||
DA FORM 669 | Army Continuing Education System (ACES) | 05/01/1986 | ||
DA FORM 1112 | Building Preventive Maintenance Record | 03/01/1954 | ||
DA FORM 1222 | Routing Slip | 05/01/2013 | ||
DA FORM 1259-R | Teletypewriter Conference Record (LRA) | 06/01/1973 | ||
DA Form 2150-R | Communications Status Log (LRA) | 05/01/1987 | ||
DA FORM 2408-23 | SURVIVAL RADIO/EMERGENCY LOCATION TRANSMITTER INSPECTION RECORD | 12/01/1991 | ||
DA Form 3921 | Communications Center Service Message | |||
DA FORM 3918-R | Facsimile Transmittal Header Sheet. | |||
DA Form 3940 | Unit Assignment (all personnel shift assignments | |||
DA Form 4004 | Message Book [57] | derived from M-210 Message Book | ||
DA Form 4010 | Message Distribution Register | |||
DA Form 4011 | ||||
DA Form 4012 | Terminating Message Number Sheet | |||
DA Form 4016 | Telecommunications Center Originating Message Register (replaces form 11-189?) | |||
DA Form 4158 | Circuit Log and Operator's Number Sheet | |||
DA Form 4180 | Message Number Sheet (for logging incoming? outgoing? messages) | |||
DA Form 4215 | Duty Officer's Record of Communication Center Operations | Make a record of all unusual conditions (i.e.e circuit/equipment problems, backlogs, personnel shortages, etc.) | ||
M-40 [58] | Message Envelope | |||
DD Form 173/4 | Joint Message Form | |||
159 | Signal Corps Number Sheet [59] [60] | |||
Message Center Log [61] | ||||
Operator's Number Sheet [62] | ||||
DA FORM 7452-1-R | GROUND FAULT PROTECTION SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-2-R | LIGHTING PROTECTION GROUNDING SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITEIS (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-3-R | SIGNAL GROUND REFERENCE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-4-R | EARTH ELECTRODE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-5-R | GROUNDING AND BONDING CONNECTION CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-6-R | LIGHTNING PROTECTION GROUNDING SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-7-R | GROUND FAULT PROTECTION SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-8-R | SIGNAL GROUND REFERENCE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-9-R | SHIELDING SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR EXISTING FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 | ||
DA FORM 7452-R | EARTH GROUND ELECTRODE SUBSYSTEM CHECKLIST FOR NEW FACILITIES (LRA) | 02/01/2002 |
Read Order | Short Title | Title | Date | Notes |
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Pub 102 | International Code of Signals | 2003 | For Visual, Sound, and Radio Communications. | |
019 A | A Guide to Radio Communications Standards for Emergency Responders | A UN document | ||
NIFOG 1.4 | National Interoperability Field Operations Guide | |||
USAFI MA 885 or CA 885 | Fundamentals of Radio | |||
USAFI MA 887 or CA 887 | Intermediate Radio | |||
USAFI MA 331 or CB 331 | Typewriting I | |||
NAVPERS 10228-B | Navy Training Course Radioman 3 & 2 | 1957 | Includes lots of good stuff, including one of only a few descriptions of the radio message box file I've seen. Radiotelephone procedure starts in Chapter 11, page 345. Chapter 13 covers safety page 398 | |
DNC 5 (A) | U.S. Naval Communication Instructions | 1954 | also read D version | |
NAVPERS 10228-B | US Navy Radioman 3&2 Training Manual | 1957 | 2nd edition. | |
The Bluejacket's Manual, United States Navy 24th Edition | ||||
Handbook for Marine Radio Communication [63] | ||||
NFPA 1802 | Standard on Personal Portable (Hand-Held) Two-Way Radio Communications Devices for Use by Emergency Services Personnel in the Hazard Zone | |||
CAPR 100-3 | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone Operations [64] | General stuff repeating from ACP 125. Block lettering diagram; formal message handling flow chart; zulu time conversion chart. |
These documents codify substantially all of the long-time standard radio procedures developed during the 1900s to the 1940s, and should be considered the gold reference for two-way radio communications procedures. Other sources for valid procedures include the ITU, and global discipline-specific organizations, such as ICAO for aircraft, and the IMO for sea-going vessels. See also. [65]
Also: http://www.virhistory.com/navy/manuals.htm
http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/
JANAP= Joint Army, Navy, Air Force Publications
DNC= U.S. Navy Communications Service
Important government groups
US Library of Congress Army Manual Directory: https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/technicalmanuals3.html
http://radionerds.com/index.php/Field_Manuals
http://www.jfbouch.fr/crypto/m209/handling/drafting.html
Short Title | Long Title | First Version | Current Version | Notes |
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MCRP 6-22D | U.S. Marine Corps Field Antenna Handbook | 1999 | ||
MCRP 3-40.3B | U.S. Marine Corps Radio Operator's Handbook | 1999 | ||
Training Circulars | ||||
TC 11-6 | Grounding Techniques | 1976 | ||
TC 9-64 | Communications-Electronics Fundamentals: Wave Propagation, Transmission Lines, and Antennas | 2004 | ||
TC 24-3 | Radio Wire Integration Installation and Operation Tips User Guide | 1976 | ||
Army Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOE) | ||||
TOE 11-122 | Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Signal Group. | |||
TOE 11-127 | Signal Operations Company, Medium Headquarters. | |||
TOE 11-137 | Signal Communication Center Operation Company. | |||
TOE 11-147 | Signal Small Headquarters Operations Company | |||
TOE 11-303 | Signal Radio Operations Company | |||
TOE 11-327 | Signal Operations Company, Large Headquarters | |||
TOE 11-345 | Signal Operations Battalion | |||
TOE 11-327 | Signal Long Lines Company | |||
TOE 11-357 | Signal Truck Switching Company | |||
TOE 11-358 | Signal Messenger Company. | |||
TOE 11-367 | Signal Company, Tropospheric, Light | |||
TOE 11-368 | Signal Company, Tropospheric, Heavy | |||
TOE 11-317 | Signal Radio Relay Company |
Text.
Method | Definition | Earliest Usage | Procedures Defined By |
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Electrical/Electronic | |||
Telephony | The transmission and reception of speech. | ||
Radiotelephony | The transmission and reception of speech using radio signals. | 1908 | |
Telegraphy | U.S. Navy adopts the Army system of signals in 1862. | 1862? | |
Wireless Telegraphy | The transmission and reception of messages using the International Morse Code. Marconi in 1899, first USN ship installation 1901; USS Chicago relays signals during 1906 SF earthquake disaster. | 1899 | |
Facsimile | The transmission of information, such as, pictures, maps, messages and other similar material. | ||
Television | The transmission and reception of images in either fixed or moving form. | ||
Data Communications | The transmission and reception of digital information using computer based systems | ||
Visual | |||
Flashing Light | The term applied to the transmission of signals by light. USN experiments with flashing lights. | 1875 | |
Infrared | The transmission of information by light, which is outside of the visible spectrum. Special equipment is required. | ||
Semaphore Flags | Transmission of signals by means of one or two flags held in the operator's hands. The position or movement of the flags represents letters and numerals. First American signal book published by Captain Thomas Truxtun for the USN. Formally replaced by 1847 Rageus and Black Semaphore Dictionary. | 1797 | |
Morse Flags | |||
Pyrotechnics | This method involves the use of flares, rockets and smoke
for pre-arranged signals or for recognition purposes. Defines ORANGE smoke as a daytime distress signal, at sea or on land. White smoke from a shore station=you are seen; assistance will come as soon as possible. |
ACP 130(A), Chapter 11 | |
Rocket/Shell | Throwing red stars, fired one at a time at short intervals=distress. | ACP 135(F) | |
Panels | This means involves the use of specially shaped 1.8 m x 0.68 m (light on one side; dark on the other; roll up and are secured by elastic cords) and/or coloured cloth or other material displayed in accordance with the pre-arranged code to convey messages. They are used between ground and air units. | ACP 130(A), Chapter 10. | |
Flaghoist | The use of flags and pennants displayed from halyards. Although this is a rapid and accurate method of transmission it is limited to daylight use and to comparatively short distances | ACP 130(A), Chapter 1 | |
Colored Lights | Coloured lights may be displayed in accordance with a
pre-arranged code to convey information. |
ACP 130(A) | |
Sound/Acoustic | |||
Whistles | |||
Sirens | Continuous sounding with any fox-signaling device=distress. | ACP 135(F) | |
Bells | |||
Gun/Explosive | Fired at intervals of about a minute=distress. | ACP 135(F) | |
Underwater Acoustic | |||
Other | |||
Postal Mail | |||
Messenger |