NTP 8(D) - Navy-Marine Corps MARS

NTP 8(D)U.S. NAVY-MARINE CORPS MILITARY AFFILIATE RADIO SYSTEM (MARS)COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTIONSTABLE OF CONTENTSParagraph Subject PageCHAPTER 1MISSION AND POLICY NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS101. DEFINITION 1-1102. ARMY AND AIR FORCE MARS 1-1103. NAVY'S EARLY ASSOCIATIONS 1-1104. NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS AUTHORIZED 1-2105. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT 1-2106. MISSION AND FUNCTIONS 1-2107. MARS POLICY 1-3108. PRIMARY CONCEPT 1-4CHAPTER 2ORGANIZATION200. COMMAND AUTHORITY 2-1201. CHIEF, NAVMARCORMARS RESPONSIBILITIES 2-2202. TYPES OF MARS MEMBER STATIONS 2-3210. HEADQUARTERS, NAVMARCORMARS RADIO STATION (NAV) 2-3211. MARS COGNIZANT OFFICER 2-3212. COMMAND/ACTIVITY MARS OFFICER 2-3213. MILITARY AUSPICES STATION MARS CHIEF OPERATOR 2-3214. MILITARY AUSPICES STATION CUSTODIAN 2-3220. MARS AREA DIRECTOR 2-4221. AREA DIRECTOR CRITERIA 2-4222. AREA DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES 2-4223. AREA DIRECTOR STAFF ASSISTANT APPOINTMENTS 2-5224. AREA STAFF ASSISTANT DUTIES 2-6230. ASSISTANT AREA DIRECTOR 2-10231. ASSISTANT AREA DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS 2-10232. ASSISTANT AREA DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES 2-11233. ASSISTANT AREA DIRECTOR DUTIES 2-11240. MARS REGION DIRECTOR 2-11241. REGION DIRECTOR CRITERIA 2-12242. REGION DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES 2-12243. REGION DIRECTOR STAFF ASSISTANT APPOINTMENTS 2-13244. REGION STAFF ASSISTANT DUTIES 2-13250. VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION 2-14260. SPECIAL ASSISTANTS TO CHIEF, NAVMARCORMARS 2-15270. SPECIALTY NETWORK COORDINATORS 2-15ix

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________Page364. AREA DIRECTOR FREQUENCY USAGE REPORT 3-12365. AREA DIRECTOR QUARTERLY ACTIVITY SUMMARY REPORT 3-13370. CORRESPONDENCE 3-13371. DIRECTION 3-13372. COMMUNICATION CONTENT 3-13380. NEWS MEDIA 3-13390. EQUIPMENT AND FUNDING 3-14391. EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY 3-14392. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES PROCUREMENT 3-14393. SUPPORT 3-14CHAPTER 4TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS400. TRAINING PROGRAM OVERVIEW 4-1401. TRAINING PROGRAM SUMMARY 4-1402. MANAGEMENT TEAM TRAINING PHILOSOPHY 4-3403. RESPONSIBILITY 4-3404. FULFILLING TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES 4-4405. DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE TRAINING PROGRAM 4-4410. NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMO) 4-5411. THIRD CLASS NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMO3) 4-6412. SECOND CLASS NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMO2) 4-6413. FIRST CLASS NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMO1) 4-7414. CHIEF NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMOC) 4-7415. SENIOR CHIEF NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMOSC) 4-8416. MASTER CHIEF NAVMARCORMARS OPERATOR (NMOMC) 4-8CHAPTER 5OPERATIONAL CONCEPT500. NETWORK ESTABLISHMENT 5-1501. TYPES OF NETWORKS 5-1502. NETWORK OPERATIONAL CONTROLS 5-2503. NETWORK OPERATIONS 5-2504. MARS VHF FM REPEATER SYSTEMS (MARSREPSYS) 5-3505. JOINT SERVICE MARS INTEROPERABILITY 5-3506. AMATEUR REFILE POINTS/STATIONS 5-3507. QUALITY ASSURANCE 5-3508. MARS CALL SIGNS 5-5510. FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT 5-5520. MESSAGE HANDLING 5-6521. SAFEGUARDING COMMUNICATIONS 5-6530. MESSAGE CRITERIA 5-7540. MESSAGE SOLICITATION 5-9550. INTERFACING MARS WITH THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE 5-10xiORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________Page560. MESSAGE AND STATION RECORDS 5-10561. RECORDS DISPOSAL 5-11570. MINIMIZE 5-12580. COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY/INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION 5-13581. PREVENTING AND REPORTING LOSS OR UNAUTHORIZED 5-13DISCLOSURECHAPTER 6GENERAL COMMUNICATION OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS600. MESSAGE DEFINITION 6-1601. MESSAGES: BASIC FORMS 6-1602. MESSAGE SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM 6-2603. DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC MESSAGE ELEMENTS 6-3604. MESSAGE TEXT FORMAT 6-8610. BASIC MESSAGE TYPES 6-9611. SERVICE MESSAGES 6-9612. MESSAGE READDRESSAL 6-10613. SINGLE ADDRESS MESSAGES 6-12614. MULTIPLE ADDRESS MESSAGES 6-12615. BOOK MESSAGES 6-12616. GENERAL MESSAGES 6-13620. MISSING AND DELAYED MESSAGES 6-14621. TRACER MESSAGES 6-14622. DELAYED MESSAGES 6-14623. LOST MESSAGES 6-15624. UNDELIVERABLE MESSAGES 6-16630. MESSAGE PRECEDENCE 6-17631. PRECEDENCE ASSIGNMENT 6-17632. SPEED OF SERVICE OBJECTIVES 6-18640. MESSAGE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES 6-18641. PUNCTUATION 6-18642. PHONETIC ALPHABET 6-19643. NUMBERS 6-20644. MONTH ABBREVIATIONS 6-21645. STATE ABBREVIATIONS 6-21646. FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS 6-22650. REFILING MESSAGES 6-22651. MESSAGE REFILE BASIC PROCEDURES 6-22652. AMATEUR RADIO TO MARS REFILE 6-22653. MARS TO AMATEUR RADIO REFILE 6-23654. NAVMARCORMARS REFILE TO OR FROM ARMY OR 6-24AIR FORCE MARS REFILE660. CONTROL OF NETWORKS 6-24xiiORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageCHAPTER 7RADIOTELEPHONE PROCEDURE700. GENERAL INFORMATION 7-11. TERMS AND SUBSTITUTIONS 7-12. GENERAL PROCEDURES 7-13. OPENING A NET 7-24. FREE AND DIRECTED NETS 7-55. ABBREVIATED CALL SIGNS 7-66. CHANGING NET CONTROL STATIONS 7-67. PASSING TRAFFIC 7-88. CLOSING DOWN 7-10CHAPTER 8DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES800. INTRODUCTION 8-1801. DEFINITIONS 8-1810. DIGITAL VOICE AND ALE 8-2820. WINLINK 2000 (WL2K) 8-2830. LIAISON OUTSIDE MARS 8-2840. CONTENT PROTOCOL 8-2850. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT 8-3860. ACCEPTABLE MODES 8-3861. OPERATING PRECAUTIONS 8-7862. MODE SETTINGS 8-8863. MESSAGE ALIGNMENT 8-9870. PROSIGNS AND OPERATING SIGNALS 8-10871. PROSIGN - MEANINGS AND EXPLANATIONS 8-10872. OPERATING SIGNALS (OPSIGs) 8-11880. CORRECTION, VERIFICATION, CANCELLATION 8-12881. OBTAINING CORRECTIONS AND REPETITIONS 8-12882. MESSAGES FORWARDED SUBJECT TO CORRECTION 8-13883. VERIFICATIONS 8-14884. CANCELLATION OF MESSAGES 8-14885. CANCELLATION OF A TRANSMISSION 8-14890. TRACER ACTION 8-15891. DEFINITION 8-15892. TRACER ACTION 8-15CHAPTER 9DIGITAL MODES900. INTRODUCTION 9-1910. BASIC DIGITAL MODES CONCEPT 9-1920. RADIOTELETYPE (RTTY) 9-1xiiiORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________Page921. RTTY BACKGROUND 9-1922. RTTY CONCEPTS 9-1923. RTTY ERROR CHECKING 9-2924. RTTY MODE CHARACTERISTICS 9-2925. RTTY THROUGHPUT 9-2930. AMTOR 9-2931. BACKGROUND 9-2932. AMTOR CONCEPTS 9-2933. AMTOR ERROR CHECKING 9-3934. AMTOR MODE CHARACTERISTICS 9-3935. AMTOR THROUGHPUT 9-4940. FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION (FEC) 9-4941. FEC BACKGROUND 9-4942. FEC CONCEPTS 9-5943. FEC ERROR CHECKING 9-5944. FEC CHARACTERISTICS 9-5950. PACKET RADIO 9-5951. PACKET RADIO BACKGROUND 9-5952. PACKET RADIO CONCEPTS 9-6953. PACKET RADIO ERROR CHECKING 9-6954. PACKET RADIO MODE CHARACTERISTICS 9-6955. PACKET RADIO THROUGHPUT 9-7960. PACTOR 9-8961. PACTOR BACKGROUND 9-8962. PACTOR CONCEPTS 9-8963. PACTOR ERROR CHECKING 9-8964. PACTOR MODE CHARACTERISTICS 9-8965. PACTOR MODE THROUGHPUT 9-9970. CLOVER II 9-9971. CLOVER II BACKGROUND 9-9972. CLOVER II CONCEPTS 9-10973. CLOVER II ERROR CORRECTION 9-10974. CLOVER II MODE CHARACTERISTICS 9-10975. CLOVER THROUGHPUT 9-12980. SOUND CARD MODES 9-12981. OPERATION WITH SOUND CARD MODES 9-13ANNEX ANET ORGANIZATIONA100. NETWORKS A-1A101. ADMINISTRATIVE NET A-1A102. TRAFFIC NET A-1A103. TRAINING NET A-1A104. COMMAND NET A-1A105. TACTICAL NET A-1xivORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageA106. SPECIALTY NET A-1A107. EMERGENCY NET A-2A200. AREA AND REGION DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITY: A-2NETWORK MANAGEMENTA300. STATE DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITY: NETWORK MANAGEMENT A-2A400. NETWORK ESTABLISHMENT A-2A410. BASIC CONCEPTS IN ESTABLISHING NETS A-2A420. CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING NETS A-2A500. NET DESIGNATORS A-3A510. BASIC CONCEPT FOR ASSIGNING DESIGNATORS A-3A520. METHOD TO ASSIGN NET DESIGNATORS A-3A521. EXAMPLES OF NET DESIGNATORS A-4ANNEX BPRINCIPLES OF FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENTB100. INTRODUCTION B-1B110. BASIC CONCEPTS B-1B120. NON-MILITARY PROCEDURES ON MARS FREQUENCIES B-1B200. FREQUENCY SHARING B-1B210. FREQUENCY SHARING PLAN B-1B300. FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES AND POLICY B-3B310. AUTHORIZATION OF FREQUENCIES TO MARS B-3B320. ALLOCATION OF FREQUENCIES WITHIN MARS B-3B400. DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES B-4B410. BASIC DEFINITIONS B-4B420. EMISSION DESIGNATIONS USED BY NAVMARCORMARS B-5B421. EXAMPLE B-5B500. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS B-6B510. POWER LIMITS B-6B520. FREQUENCY TOLERANCE B-6B521. FREQUENCY TOLERANCE BELOW 30 MHZ B-6B522. FREQUENCY TOLERANCE ABOVE 30 MHZ B-6B600. FREQUENCY VIOLATION REPORTS B-6B700. FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE B-7B710. UNSATISFACTORY FREQUENCY B-7B720. INTERFERENCE TO OPERATIONAL NAVY COMMUNICATIONS B-7B730. REPORTING OF INTERFERENCE B-7B800. SPURIOUS EMISSIONS B-8ANNEX COPERATING SIGNALS, PROSIGNS AND PROWORDSC100. OPERATING SIGNALS ("Q" AND "Z") C-1C200. PROSIGNS AND PROWORDS C-20C201. DEFINITIONS C-20xvORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageC202. USE OF PROSIGNS AND PROWORDS C-20C203. PROSIGN AND PROWORD LIST C-21C204. DESCRIPTION AND USE OF PROSIGNS C-25ANNEX DEMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS (ECOM) PLANNINGD100. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW D-1D110. PURPOSE D-1D120. DEFINITION D-1D130. SCOPE D-1D140. POLICY D-1D150. ORGANIZATION D-2D200. RESPONSIBILITIES D-2D210. AREA DIRECTORS D-2D220. REGION DIRECTORS D-4D230. STATE DIRECTORS D-5D240. EACH MILITARY AUSPICES STATION D-6D250. EACH NAVMARCORMARS MEMBER D-7D300. EXECUTION D-7D400. ALERTING D-8D410. COMMUNICATIONS CONDITION THREE (COMCON III) D-8D420. COMMUNICATIONS CONDITION TWO (COMCON II) D-8D430. COMMUNICATIONS CONDITION ONE (COMCON I) D-8D440. COMMUNICATIONS CONDITION ZERO (COMCON Ø) D-9D500. MINIMIZE D-9D600. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES D-9D610. GENERAL OPERATIONS D-9D620. COMMON FREQUENCIES D-9D630. TACTICAL NET D-10D640. INTER-AREA COMMUNICATIONS D-10D650. INTRA-AREA COMMUNICATIONS D-10D660. SPECIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS D-10D661. AUXILIARY RADIO TEAM (ART) D-11D662. STATION AUGMENTATION TEAM (SAT) D-13D700. REPORTS D-13D710. IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS D-14D720. ART OPERATIONAL READINESS REPORTS D-15D730. REPORTS REQUIRED DURING THE EMERGENCY D-16D740. REPORTS REQUIRED AT TERMINATION OF AN EMERGENCY D-18D800. EXERCISES D-18D810. EXERCISE MESSAGE FORMAT D-19D820. EXERCISE NOTIFICATION D-19D830. JOINT EXERCISES D-20D900. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EEI) MESSAGES D-20D901. EEI MESSAGE FORMAT D-21xviORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageD902. EEI IDENTIFIERS D-23D903. EVENT SUPPORT IDENTIFIERS D-24ANNEX EWINLINK 2000 SYSTEME100. WINLINK 2000 SYSTEM (WL2K) E-1E200. ADDRESSING TRAFFIC IN WL2K E-1E300. OTHER MESSAGE SYSTEMS E-2ANNEX FVHF REPEATER SYSTEM (MARSREPSYS)F100. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW F-1F110. PURPOSE F-1F120. SCOPE F-1F130. CONCEPT F-1F140. ORGANIZATION F-1F200. RESPONSIBILITY F-2F210. CHIEF, NAVMARCORMARS F-2F220. MARS AREA DIRECTOR F-2F230. STATE DIRECTOR F-3F240. STATION ENGINEER F-3F300. VHF REPEATER STATION LOCATION F-4F400. EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS F-4F500. STATION DESIGNATOR F-6F600. LINKS F-7F700. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM OPERATIONS F-8F710. GENERAL OPERATIONS F-8F720. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS F-9F730. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM SIGNALING AND CONTROL F-9F740. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM CHANGES AND EXPANSION F-10F750. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM AUTOPATCH OPERATIONS F-11F800. VHF REPEATER STATION FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS F-11F810. VHF REPEATER MIGRATION TO NARROW BAND OPERATIONS F-11F900. VHF REPEATER EQUIPMENT AND ANTENNAS F-11F910. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS F-11F920. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM ANTENNA REQUIREMENTS F-12F930. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM ANTENNA SPECIFICATIONS F-13F940. VHF REPEATER SYSTEM LINK FREQUENCY ANTENNA F-13ANNEX GSPECIALTY NETWORKSG100. SPECIALTY NETWORKS: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW G-1G110. PURPOSE G-1xviiORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageG120. DEFINITION G-1G200. RESPONSIBILITY G-1G210. CHIEF, NAVMARCORMARS G-1G220. MARS AREA DIRECTORS G-1G230. SPECIALTY NETWORK COORDINATORS G-1G240. SPECIALTY NETWORK STATIONS G-2G300. SPECIALTY NETWORK STATION ASSIGNMENTS G-2G400. NAVMARCORMARS SPECIALTY NETWORKS G-3G410. ANTARCTIC NETWORK G-3G420. AFLOAT AND OVERSEAS OPERATIONS NETWORK G-3G500. SPECIALTY NETWORK STATION RECORDS G-3G600. LANGUAGE RESTRICTION G-4ANNEX HGLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS, SHORT TITLES, AND COMMUNICATION TERMSH100. DEFINITIONS H-1H200. UTILIZATION H-1H300. NAVY POLICY H-2H400. COMMUNICATION TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS H-3ANNEX IEQUIPMENT PROGRAMI100. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW I-1I110. PURPOSE I-1I120. SCOPE I-1I200. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY I-1I210. CHIEF, NAVMARCORMARS I-1I220. NAVMARCORMARS AREA DIRECTOR I-2I230. STATIONS UNDER MILITARY AUSPICES I-2I240. MARS INDIVIDUAL STATIONS I-2I300. EQUIPMENT SOURCES I-2I310. DOD AND GSA EXCESS PROPERTY I-3I320. NAVY EXCESS PROPERTY I-3I330. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROL I-3I400. ACCOUNTING IDENTIFICATION I-3I500. POLICY AND PROCEDURES I-4I510. POLICY GOVERNING EXCESS PROPERTY REQUESTS I-4I520. POLICY GOVERNING EXCESS PROPERTY ACQUISITION I-4I530. REQUISITIONS I-4I540. COMMODITY GROUPS I-5I550. PICKUP OF EQUIPMENT FROM HOLDING ACTIVITY I-5I560. POLICY GOVERNING EQUIPMENT ISSUE I-6I570. EXCESS PROPERTY ISSUE PROCEDURES I-7I571. RECORDS I-7xviiiORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageI572. EQUIPMENT ISSUE ACKNOWLEDGMENT I-7I573. DISTRIBUTION OF CUSTODY RECEIPT FORMS I-8I574. CUSTODY/RECEIPT FROM NM-2070-4 I-8I600. EQUIPMENT ISSUE LOG I-9ANNEX JJOINT SERVICE MARS INTEROPERABILITYJ100. COORDINATION J-1J110. HISTORY J-1J200. JOINT OPERATIONS J-1J210. MESSAGE FORMAT AND REFILING J-1J300. NET OPERATIONS J-2ANNEX KCALL SIGNS, SPECIAL CALL SIGNS AND COLLECTIVE CALL SIGNSK100. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION K-1K110. PURPOSE K-1K120. SUMMARY: CALLS ASSIGNED TO NAVMARCORMARS K-1K121. SPECIAL CALLS ASSIGNED FOR VHF AND WINLINK USE K-2K130. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS K-3K131. ADDRESS DESIGNATORS K-3K132. CALL SIGNS K-3K133. PLAIN LANGUAGE ADDRESS K-3K134. COLLECTIVE CALL SIGNS K-4K200. GENERAL INFORMATION K-4K300. DESIGNATED CALL SIGNS FOR MARS OFFICES K-5K301. CHIEF, NAVMARCORMARS, ASSISTANTS AND REGION K-5DIRECTORSK302. REGION DIRECTORS CALL SIGNS AND ASSIGNED STATES K-6K310. STATE DIRECTOR CALL SIGNS K-7K320. ASSIGNMENT OF REGIONS TO AREAS K-8K330. SPECIALTY NETWORK COORDINATOR CALL SIGNS K-8K400. NAVMARCORMARS STAFF DESIGNATORS (CALLSIGN SUFFIX K-8EXTENSIONS)K410. GENERAL INFORMATION K-8K420. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS K-8K500. NAVMARCORMARS HEADQUARTERS STATION K-9K600. COLLECTIVE CALL SIGNS K-9K610. AUTHORIZED USERS OF COLLECTIVE CALL SIGNS K-9K611. COLLECTIVE CALL SIGNS WITH VARYING MEMBERSHIP K-9K620. AUTHORIZED COLLECTIVE CALL SIGNS K-9K621. COLLECTIVE CALL SIGN LIMITATIONS AND MODIFIERS K-10K700. RADIO STATION LOCATION IDENTIFIERS K-11K800. PLAIN LANGUAGE ADDRESS DESIGNATOR (PLAD) K-12xixORIGINAL

NTP-8(D)Paragraph_____________Subject__________________________________________________PageANNEX LABBREVIATED TEXTSL100. GENERAL L-1L110. NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS ABBREVIATED TEXTS (NMAT) L-1L120. ARRL NUMBERED RADIOGRAMS L-2ANNEX MTELECOMMUNICATIONSM100. INTRODUCTION M-1M110. TELEPHONE M-1M120. FAX M-1M130. INTERNET M-1M200. E-MAIL M-1M300. WORLD WIDE WEB M-2M301. NATIONAL WEB SITE M-2M302. AREA, REGION AND STATE WEB SITES M-3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSFIGURE 2-1. VOLUNTEER STRUCTURE 2-17xxORIGINAL