Naval Shore Electronics Criteria: VLF, LF, and MF Communication Systems - NAVELEX 0101,113 - August 1972

      This handbook presents ready-reference criteria for planning, engineering, installation, and checkout of VLF, LF, and MF communication equipment installed on Naval shore stations. The purpose of this handbook is to provide technical guidance to system planners, engineers, and other personnel in reference to VLF, LF, and MF systems.
   Criteria concerning system configuration details, interface between the various system elements, and current NAVELEX policy with respect to the planning, engineering, and installation of the communication systems are also included. Topics pertinent to these systems are treated as comprehensively as possible, by including either established standards or current field proven practices.

Cover, Foreword, Table of Contents, List of Figures - download 1.5 MB pdf

  1. VLF, LF, AND MF COMMUNICATIONS - download 3.4 MB pdf
    1. VLF Communication
    2. LF Communication
    3. MF Communication
  2. VLF, LF, AND MF SIGNAL PROPAGATION - download 14.1 MB pdf
    1. Ground Wave Propagation
    2. Ionospheric Wave Propagation
    3. Attenuation
    4. Distance Versus Effective Radiated Power (ERP)
    5. Noise and Interference
    6. Limiting Noise and Interference
    7. Reliability and Propagation Limitations
    8. Frequency Considerations
    9. Computer Prediction Techniques
    10. Digital Signals
  3. VLF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - download 8.8 MB pdf
    1. VLF Radio Transmitting Station Equipment
    2. OMEGA VLF Radio Transmitting Station Equipment 
    3. VLF Radio Receiving Equipment
    4. OMEGA VLF Radio Receiving Equipment
  4. LF/MF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - download 7.4 MB pdf
    1. General 
    2. Transmitting System 
    3. Transmitting Antennas
    4. Grounding System Considerations
    5. Antenna Protection Circuits
    6. Antenna Matching Components
    7. Receiving Equipment
    8. Receiving Antennas
  5. VLF. LF. AND MF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM SITING - download 1.9 MB pdf
    1. Site Selection Considerations
    2. VLF Site Criteria
    3. LF/MF Site Criteria
    4. VLF Cost - Tradeoff Factors
  6. VLF INSTALLATION - EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE - download 5.0 MB pdf
    1. Station Acceptance Considerations
    2. Equipment Evaluation and Acceptance
    3. System Evaluation and Acceptance
    4. Field Measuring Techniques
  7. LF/MF INSTALLATION - EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE - download 2.9 MB pdf
    1. Antenna Matching
    2. Transmission Line Characteristics
    3. LF Field Intensity Measurements
    4. MF Installation Requirements
  8. APPENDIXES - download 6.2 MB pdf