1. Purpose This manual is a guide for personnel who install and maintain field wire communication systems. 2. Scope a. This manual contains general information on field wire, field cable, splicing field wire, tying field wire, installing and recovering field wire lines, troubleshooting on field wire lines, construction records, and the general characteristics of communication equipment used with field wire communication systems. b. This manual contains three appendixes: Appendix I, list of publications and training films covering the subjects within the scope of this manual; appendix II, information for switchboard operators; and appendix III, symbols used in wire diagrams and maps. c. The information presented is applicable without modification to both nuclear and nonnuclear warfare. 3.
DesignationFM 24-20
EditionMay 1960
StatusSuperseded
Pages288
FunctionComms Signal
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)