15 Apr
2005
15 Apr
'05
10:24 a.m.
At 11:59 AM 4/15/05 -0400, Paul wrote:
My understanding is that if the government pays for them then they
become public property. Accordingly you USED to be able to buy just about
any non-secret military manual from the Government Printing office in
Boulder, Colorado. I expect these fall into the same catagory. My father
ordered tons of radio manuals from the GPO when I was a kid. The hard part
was that you had to have the exact name and publication number. I don't
know if you still order them from the GPO or not.
Joe
>>>> "Mike" == Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>
writes:
Mike> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, CRC wrote:
> If you wander over to
<https://www.logsa.army.mil/pubs.htm> and
> click on "Electronic Technical Manuals (ETMs) Online" (acceptance
> of the loss of your first-born is required) you will find a wealth
> of manuals for older test gear. The 465 service and calibration
> manuals are there in PDF (with hyperlinks!).
Mike> The bit about authorized Defense Department use was enough to
Mike> scare me off.
Just read the description of what they mean by that. Large quantities
of DoD materials are available to the public, so you're authorized to
use it.