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Introduction to Communications - NAVPERS 10129 (1948)

1. History of communications
2. Early naval signaling
3. Naval Communication Service
4. Communication ratings
5. Communication organization afloat
6. Shipboard organization
7. Visual-messenger-mail
8. Radio and sound
9. Teletype communications
10. NTX
11. General publications
12. Classification
13. Communications in amphib warfare

Introduction to Communications - NAVPERS 10129A (1952)

1. History of communications
   • The hollow log circuit
   • One if by land
   • Up in smoke
   • "Aerial" telegraphy
   • Commerce and conflict
   • Kites and frog legs
   • The wireless
   • The amateurs
2. Early naval signaling
   • Megaphone to Marconi
   • Naval signal book
   • Electrical signaling
   • The birth of NCS
3. Naval Communication Service
   • The rule book
   • Command
   • Administration
   • How NCS works
   • Communications ashore
   • District Comm plan
   • Never out of sight
   • Fleet on the move
   • Fleet Comm plan
   • Other functions of NCS
   • Class E traffic
   • "Voice with a smile"
   • Communication equipment
4. Communication ratings
   • Quartermaster
   • Radioman
   • Teleman
   • Where the TE fits in
   • Navy mail
   • The Mail Service Manual, USN Part II
   • Postal laws and regulations
   • Official postal guide
   • Check yourself on these
5. Communication organization afloat
   • Coming aboard
   • Strikers-eye view
   • From the top down
   • The CWO
   • The Comm office
   • Cryptoboard
   • Cryptocenter
   • The radio division
   • patching
   • Remote control
   • Space as needed
   • The radio gang
   • "One for us"
6. Shipboard organization
   • Visual
   • The bridge
   • Navy equipment is standard
   • Meet the gang
   • Keep a bright lookout
   • For the record
   • The signal log
   • QM notebook
   • A stitch in time
7. Visual-messenger-mail
   • Signals for all occasions
   • Visual
   • The flag bag
   • Reading the hoist
   • Semaphore
   • Flashing light
   • Take aim
   • Searchlights
   • Blinker tube
   • Multipurpose
   • Nancy
   • Message drops
   • Panels
   • Pyrotechnics
   • The messenger
   • Communication by mail
8. Radio and sound
   • Radio waves
   • Frequency
   • Transmitters and receivers
   • Broadcast schedules
   • Intercept or I method
   • Receipt or R method
   • Radiotelephone
   • Sound
   • Definitions
9. Teletype communications
   • Transmission by wire
   • Wire systems
   • Line repeaters
   • Wireless teletype
   • Printing at a distance
   • "Break in"
   • Keyboards
   • Terminal equipment
   • Typing reperforator
   • The relay center
   • Relay equipment
10. NTX
    • How it grew
    • Relay stations
    • routing indicators
    • Boston to Mare Island
    • Commercial tie lines
    • TWX
    • Some advantages
11. General publications
    • In black and white
    • "COMMINST"
    • Basic rapid comm plan
    • Operating signals
    • Call sign books
    • Address group book
    • Allied naval signal book
    • Supplementary signal publications
    • Signal letters of the US Merchant Marine
    • International code of signals
    • Instruction books
    • Other sources
12. Classification
    • Always careful
    • Confidential and restricted matter
    • Allowance
    • The long and the short
    • Registered publications
    • Non-registered publications
    • Three phases
    • Keeping up to date
    • Correction sheet
    • Accounting
    • Destruction bill
13. Communications in amphib warfare - complete pages here

General Communications - NAVPERS 10805 (1955) - 111 pages

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General Communications - NAVPERS 10805-B (1956) - 111 pages

1. Naval communications
   • Introduction
   • Elements of naval communications
   • Joint communications
   • Means of communication
   • reliability. security, speed
2. Communication billets and spaces
   • Billets afloat
   • Shipboard communication spaces
   • Small ship communicator
   • Shore billets
   • NAVCOMMSTA spaces
3. Radio wave propagation
   • The radio wave
   • Wave formation
   • Layers of the ionosphere
   • Frequency blackouts
   • VHF and UHF communication
   • Ducts
   • General use of frequencies
   • Navy frequency band
   • DNC 14 series
   • Frequencies for the navy
4. Introduction to communication equipment
   • Electrical units
   • Transmitters
   • Antennas
   • Receivers
   • Teletypewriter equipmnetRelay equipments
   • Circuits
5. Communications ashore
   • The Naval Communication System
   • Armed forces courier service (ARFCOS)
   • Navy postal service
6. The message
   • Addressees
   • Call signs and address groups
   • time in messages
   • Prosigns
   • Precedence
   • Basic message format
7. Visual signaling
   • Visual communication publications
   • Flaghoist
   • Flashing light
   • Semaphore
   • Panels
   • Pyrotechnics
   • Wigwag
   • Sound communication
8. Facsimile
   • Principles of facsimile
   • Facsimile circuits
   • Preparation of facsimile copy
9. Security
   • Physical security
   • Originating secure messages
   • Message center procedures
   • Transmission security
   • Censorship
   • World War II security lessons

Shipboard Communications - NAVPERS 10806-A (1954)

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Shore Based Communications - NAVPERS 10891 (1954)

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Merchant Ship Communications 
  - A Guide for the Naval Communication Liaison Officer - NAVPERS 10875

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Naval Communications - NAVPERS 10898-A (1964)

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