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The documents the work is actually measured against. Military handbooks, standard practices and procedures, kept here so the ones worth having on the bench stay in one place and stay reachable. These are U.S. Government engineering references, approved for public release, mirrored whole and unaltered.
Reference publications
Handbooks and manuals
Reference, not requirement
Theory and field practice
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PDF812 pages9.5 MB
MIL-HDBK-419A: Grounding, Bonding, and Shielding
The Department of Defense handbook on grounding, bonding and shielding for electronic equipment and facilities, both volumes in one file. Volume 1 lays out the basic theory: earth electrode systems, signal grounding, electromagnetic shielding, and fault, lightning and EMP protection. Volume 2 turns it into practice, down to RED/BLACK layout and installation. It backs the requirements of MIL-STD-188-124A. Dense, but the standard bench reference on the subject.
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PDF193 pages2.3 MB
MCRP 3-40.3C: Antenna Handbook
The U.S. Marine Corps field handbook on antennas, formerly MCRP 6-22D. Field-expedient and standard antennas across HF, VHF and UHF, how to build, tune and site them, feedlines and grounds, propagation, and repair in the field. Written for the radio operator who has to make one work with what is on hand, which is what makes it one of the more useful antenna references going.
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MIL-STD
Standards and practices
Standard practice
How it is meant to be done
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PDF50 pages1.0 MB
MIL-STD-889D: Galvanic Compatibility of Conductive Materials
The DoD standard practice for putting two dissimilar metals in contact without one of them corroding away. The galvanic series, anode-to-cathode area ratio, coatings and joining methods, and the newer method of judging a couple by its corrosion rate rather than its voltage difference. What to reach for any time two different metals meet in weather. Current revision, dated 21 July 2021.
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Marine Corps Institute
Courses
Self-study course
Instruction, not doctrine
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PDF112 pages7.4 MB
MCI 25.62: The MARS Operator
The Marine Corps Institute course on the Military Affiliate Radio System. The MARS mission and organization, membership and administration, and the operating procedures for radiotelegraph, radiotelephone and radioteletype, through to emergency communications. Written for military, individual and club-station operators. Published 1987.
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These are U.S. Government publications, approved for public release with unlimited distribution, mirrored here whole and unaltered. A standard or handbook is periodically revised or superseded, so the copy here is the edition on file at the date shown on its cover. Before anything rides on it, confirm you are holding the current revision at the source (ASSIST for military standards).