[Milsurplus] Naval Communications Instructions manual on line

[Nick England]

DNC-5(B) US Naval Communications Instructions, 1958 version with 1959
& 1961 change sheets
Downloadable pdf at
http://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/dnc5b.htm

If anyone has the original 1944 version of DNC-5, please let me know
if I can borrow it for scanning.

cheers,
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

COVER, TABLE OF CONTENTS, ETC. -  download 0.6 MB pdf

   1. MISSION, POLICY AND DOCTRINE - download 0.6 MB pdf
         1. Naval Communications
         2. Relationship to Command
         3. Policy
         4. Basic Organizations of Naval Communications
   2. ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNICATIONS - download 3.3 MB pdf
         1. Director, Naval Communications
         2. The Naval Communication System
         3. Communications Ashore
         4. Communications Afloat
   3. COMMUNICATION RECORDS - download 1.0 MB pdf
         1. Communication Files
         2. Communication Logs
         3. Records Disposal
   4. COMMUNICATION PERSONNEL - download 4.5 MB pdf
         1. Communication Officers
         2. District Communication Officers and Commanding Officers of
Naval Communication Stations and Facilities
         3. Staff Communication Officers
         4. Ship's Communications Officers
         5. Radio and Signal Officers
         6. Assistant Communication Officers
         7. Operating Personnel
         8. Radiomen
         9. Signalmen
        10. Marine Corps Communication Personnel
   5. COMMUNICATION SECURITY - download 3.3 MB pdf
         1. Protection of Communications
         2. Classification of Matter
         3. Dissemination of Classified Matter
         4. Physical Security
         5. Publication Security and Accountability
         6. Destruction of Classified Matter
         7. Cryptosecurity
         8. Transmission Security
         9. Defensive Measures
        10. Protection of Means of Transmission
        11. Authentications
        12. Censorship
   6. MEANS AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATION - download 4.8 MB pdf
         1. Types of Naval Communication
         2. Physical Delivery
         3. Telecommunications
         4. Sound
         5. Visual
         6. Electrical
         7. Radio
         8. Radio Nets
         9. Ship-to-Shore Circuits
        10. Point-to-Point Circuits
        11. Amateur Radio
        12. Calibration of Equipment
        13. Wire
        14. Methods of Radio Transmission
        15. Fleet Broadcasts
        16. General Broadcasts
        17. Emergency, Distress, and Safety Traffic
        18. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Stations
   7. PREPARATION OF MESSAGES - download 4.0 MB pdf
         1. Naval Messages
         2. Classes of Messages
         3. General Messages
         4. Special Categories of Messages
         5. The US Navy BASEGRAM System
         6. Originators of Messages
         7. Address of Messages
         8. Text of Messages
         9. Internal Routing of Messages
   8. STATION AND ADDRESS DESIGNATORS - download 3.5 MB pdf
         1. General
         2. Composition and Assignment
         3. Employment of  Station and Address Designators
         4. Plain Language Address Designators
         5. Use of Station and Address Designators on Local Harbor Nets
         6. Embarked Flag
         7. Address Indicating Groups (AIGs)
         8. Security of Address
   9. GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES - download 6.4 MB pdf
         1. Forms of Messages
         2. Supervisory Wires, Procedure Messages, and Service Messages
         3. Components of Messages
         4. Procedure and Preamble Components of Messages
         5. Prefix, Text, and Ending
         6. Long Messages
         7. Duplicate Messages
         8. Common Procedures
         9. Operating Signals and Prosigns
        10. Description and Use of Prosigns
        11. Message Address
        12. Acknowledgments
        13. Cancellations, Corrections, and Retransmissions
        14. Message Refile
        15. Operating Techniques
        16. Executive Method
  10. RADIOTELEGRAPH PROCEDURE - download 0.7 MB pdf
         1. General
         2. Broadcast and Intercept Methods
         3. Air-Ground Communications
         4. Specialized Functional Procedure
  11. RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURE - download 3.5 MB pdf
         1. General
         2. >Voice Procedure
         3. Operating Rules
         4. Executive Method
  12. VISUAL PROCEDURE - download 2.9 MB pdf
         1. Flashing Light
         2. Semaphore
         3. Flaghoist
         4. Infra-Red
  13. TELETYPEWRITER AND TAPE RELAY PROCEDURE - download 8.2 MB pdf
         1. Teletypewriter Procedure
         2. Transmission of Messages
         3. Broadcast Method
         4. Manual Switching Systems
         5. Teletypewriter Conferences
         6. Tape Relay Procedure
         7. Routing of Message Tapes
         8. Routing Doctrine
         9. Messages
        10. Discrepancies in Transmissions
        11. Correction of Errors
        12. Unattended and Secured Service
  14. FACSIMILE PROCEDURE - download 0.6 MB pdf
         1. Standard Procedure
  15. APPENDIXES - download 2.3 MB pdf
         1. Annex Alfa . NAVY TWX DIRECTORY
         2. Annex Bravo. COMMERCIAL MESSAGE FORMS
         3. Annex Charlie . USE OF ABBREVIATIONS
         4. Annex Delta . PRINCIPLES FOR JOINT COMMUNICATIONS
  16. INDEX - download 3.0 MB pdf

CHANGE 1, OCTOBER 1959 - download 16.9 MB pdf

CHANGE 2, JUNE 1961 - download 26.8 MB pdf