**P A R T I**

**L I S T O F N E W , R E V I S E D , A N D R E S C I N D E D R E A I S
S U A N C E S**

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**Informational**

**[Bulletins:]{.underline}** **[Replaces:]{.underline}** **[Publications
(IP)]{.underline}**: **[Replaces:]{.underline}**

1751H-403 TECM 950, 951 100-1 Bul. 300-1:1-3

1751H-405 TECM 956 100-7 IP 100-2 & 100-5

1751H-501 TECM 760 300-5 NEW\
1751H-601 TECM 961, 970, 974, 976 300-4 Bul. 300-4\
1751H-701 TECM 930, 931, 932 400-1 New\
1751H-703 TECM 948, 949 500-1 New

1751H-705 New 500-10 New

1751I-100 Bul. 344-2

**[TECM]{.underline}**

961 New

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**BULLETINS**

345-150 345-152 345-154

345-151 345-153 345-165

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**BULLETINS**

300-2 340-3 345-23 345-60 381-1 387-1

300-4 340-4 345-24 345-61 381-2 387-2

302-1 341-1 345-25 345-64 381-4 387-3

303-1 341-3 345-26 345-70 381-7 387-5

304-1 342-1 345-27 345-73 381-8 400-1\
306-1 343-1 345-28 345-74 381-9 404-1

310-1 344-1 345-30 345-77 381-10 409-2

320-1 344-2 345-31 345-79 381-11 409-3

320-4 345-2 345-34 345-80 381-13 440-1

320-14 345-4 345-35 345-81 382-2 441-2

320-23 345-7 345-38 345-82 382-3 447-3

322-1 345-8 345-42 345-84 383-1 467-1

323-1 345-10 345-44 345-85 384-1 462-1

324-1 345-14 345-46 345-99 384-2 463-1

325-1 345-16 345-47 345-166 384-3

326-1 345-18 345-51 345-167 384-4

327-1 345-19 345-53 345-169 385-2

340-1 345-20 345-58 361-8 385-3

340-2 345-21 345-59 380-3 385-4

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**TE&CM**

**Sections**

101 325 515 645 936 951

102 327 516 646 940 970

105 470 520 690 943 971

141 510 610 760 948 974

157 511 617 925 949 976

304 512 636 934 950

**TOM**

**Sections**

1031 1208.1 1286 1357 1490 1855

1032 1208.4 1356 1358 1530 1970

1036 1238 1356.4 1358.1 1605 1971

1092 1266 1356.6 1359.1 1630 1990

1099 1276 1356.10 1370 1720

**PART II**

**Numerical Listing of Current REA Issuances**

**Section A**

**TELEPHONE BULLETINS**

**Number Issued Subject**

50-18\* 01/82 REA Specification for Wood Poles, Stubs and Anchor Logs
(DT-5C)\
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50-24\* 06/87 REA Specification for Quality Control and Inspection of
Timber Products (DT-19)\
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100-1: 04/60 Selection of an Attorney by an REA Borrower\
400-2 Supplement\
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300-5 08/69 General Funds\
10/87 File With\
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301-1: 08/69 Guiding Statement of REA Policy Concerning its Relationship
with Borrowers\
2-1\
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305-1: 03/54 Joint Use of Facilities for Telephone and Electric Service\
5-1 06/59 Supplement\
06/61 Supplement\
02/72 Supplement\
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320-2: 05/72 Extensions of Payments of Principal and Interest\
20-5\
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320-5 05/72 Headquarters Facilities for Telephone Borrowers\
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320-9 03/65 Organization and Capital Structure of Telephone Borrowers\
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320-12: 09/82 Loan Payments and Statements\
20-9 09/88 Supplement\
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320-15: 07/70 Equal Employment Opportunity in Construction Financed with
REA Loans\
20-15 07/72 Supplement\
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320-19: 07/78 Nondiscrimination Among Beneficiaries of REA Programs\
20-19\
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320-22 02/75 Guarantee of Loans for Telephone Facilities\
09/75 Supplement\
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321-2 09/75 Loan Security Requirements for Telephone\
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322-2 04/67 Rural Area Coverage - Telephone Loans\
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344‑3: 07/55 \"Buy American\" Requirement\
43-9\
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345-3 10/81 Acceptance of Standards, Specifications, Equipment Contract
Forms, Manual\
Sections, Drawings, Materials and Equipment for the Telephone Program\
\
\* Bulletin incorporated by reference in the [Code of Federal
Regulations]{.underline}. \# Available through the Government Printing
Office

**Number Issued Subject**

345-6\* 01/78 REA Standards for Splicing Plastic Insulated Cables
(PC-2)\
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345-13\* 01/83 REA Specification for Aerial and Underground Cable
(PE-22)\
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345-22\* 01/89 REA Specification for Voice Frequency Loading Coils
(PE-26)\
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345-29\* 02/82 REA Specification for Self-Supporting Cable (PE-38)\
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345-36 01/83 REA Specification for Parallel Conductor Drop Wire (PE-7)\
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345-39\* 08/85 REA Specification for Telephone Station Protectors
(PE-42)\
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345-50\* 09/79 REA Specification for Trunk Carrier Systems (PE-60)\
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345-52\* 01/80 REA Standard for Service Entrance and Station Protector
Installation (PC-5A)\
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345-54\* 12/71 REA Specification for Telephone Cable Splicing Connectors
(PE-52)\
08/72 Revised Pages\
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345-55\* 12/73 REA Specification for Central Office Loop Extenders &
Loop Extenders Voice\
Frequency Repeater Combinations (PE-61)\
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345-57 05/82 REA Specification for Microwave Radio Equipment (PE-63)\
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345-63\* 05/76 REA Standard for Acceptance Tests and Measurements of
Telephone Plant (PC-4)\
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345-65\* 03/85 REA Specification for Shield Bonding Connectors (PE-33)\
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345-66\* 09/79 REA Specification for Subscriber Carrier Systems (PE-64)\
08/80 Pen and Ink Revision\
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345-67\* 01/87 REA Specification for Filled Telephone Cables (PE-39)\
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345-69\* 01/78 REA Specification for Two-Wire Voice Frequency Repeater
Equipment (PE-29)\
10/82 Addendum No. 1\
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345-72\* 10/85 REA Specification for Filled Splice Closures (PE-74)\
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345-75\* 01/77 REA Specification for Electronic Trunk Circuits (PE-65)\
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345-76 05/77 REA Specification for Spring Action Bonding Connectors
Within Buried Plant\
Housings (PE-57)\
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345-78\* 02/80 REA Specification for Carbon Arrestor Assemblies for Use
in Protectors (PE-78)\
07/80 Supplement\
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345-83 07/79 REA Specification for Gas Tube Surge Arresters (PE-80)\
10/82 Supplement\
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345-86\* 10/82 REA Specification for Filled Buried Service Wire (PE-86)\
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345-87\* 12/83 REA Specification for Terminating (TIP) Cable (PE-87)

**Number Issued Subject**

345-89\* 10/85 REA Specification for Filled Telephone Cable with
Expanded Insulation (PE-89)\
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345-90\* 05/86 Totally Filled Fiber Optic Cable (PE-90)\
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345-150\*# 07/89 Specifications and Drawings for Construction of Direct
Buried Plant (Form 515a)\
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345-151\* 07/89 Specifications and Drawings for Conduit and Manhole
Construction (Form 515c)\
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345-152\* 07/89 Specifications and Drawings for Underground Cable
Installation (Form 515d)\
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345-153\* 07/89 Specifications and Drawings for Construction of Pole
Lines, Aerial Cables and\
Wires (Form 515f)\
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345-154\* 07/89 Specifications and Drawings for Service Entrance and
Station Protector Installation\
(Form 515g)\
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345-165\* 02/89 REA General Specification for Digital, Stored Program
Controlled Central Office\
Equipment (Form 522)\
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345-168\* 10/77 REA Specification for Equipment for Direct Distance
Dialing (Form 538)\
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345-180\* 01/63 Specifications for Voice Frequency Repeaters and Voice
Frequency Repeated\
Trunks (Form 397a)\
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345-181 10/80 Design Specifications for Trunk Carrier System (Form
397b)\
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345-182 10/80 Design Specifications for Subscriber Carrier Systems (Form
397c)\
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345-183\* 06/70 Design Specification for Point-to-Point Microwave Radio
Systems (Form 397d)\
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345-184\* 05/71 Mobile and Fixed Dial Radio Telephone Specification
(Form 397e)\
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345-185\* 07/85 REA Performance Specification for Line Concentrators
(Form 397g)\
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380-1 07/56 Right-of-Way and Title Procedures - Telephone\
04/66 Supplement 1 to Appendix A\
01/77 Supplement\
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385-1 12/62 Preloan Procedures and Requirements for Two-Way
Radiotelephone Service\
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385-5 04/66 Loans to Finance Radio Equipment for Subscriber Service\
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385-6 12/75 Preloan Procedures and Requirements for Radio Paging
Service\
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387-4: 09/81 Presentation of Building Plans and Specifications\
86-4\
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400-4: 12/65 Payment of Legal Fees From Loan and Equity Funds\
100-1 05/74 Pen and Ink Change\
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400-3: 06/62 Agreements for the Operation and Management of Borrowers\'
Systems\
100-5

**Number Issued Subject**

400-5 01/64 Operating Conditions Endangering Loan Security\
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401-2 06/54 Responsibilities of a Telephone Co-op Director\
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401-3: 11/75 Annual Meeting Guide for Rural Electric and Telephone
Cooperatives\
101-4\
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402-1 12/62 Mortgage Restrictions on Dividends and Other Distributions -
Telephone Borrowers\
02/72 Supplement\
10/75 Supplement\
02/78 Supplement\
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402-2 11/60 Partial Waiver of Security Instrument Provisions Relating to
Distribution of Capital\
by Cooperatives\
10/77 Supplement\
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402-3: 03/64 Capital Credits - Consumer Benefits\
102-1 12/73 Supplement\
08/74 Appendix B\
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403-3 10/59 Minutes of Meetings of Directors, Stockholders, or Members
Telephone\
09/77 Supplement\
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403-4: 10/77 5 Percent Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness - REA
Series and 2 Percent\
103-9 Treasury Bonds - REA Series\
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405-1 07/62 Financial Planning by Telephone Borrowers\
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407-1: 02/79 Data Processing Systems\
107-1\
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409-1 05/72 Selection of a Manager by Telephone Borrowers\
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409-7: 06/86 Expanding Manpower Resources Through Cooperative Education\
109-7\
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411-1 06/61 Extended Area Service\
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415-1 08/60 Sale of Property by Telephone Borrowers\
06/66 Supplement\
10/77 Supplement\
07/79 Supplement\
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460-2: 04/71 Selection of Depositories for Funds of REA Borrowers\
180-6\
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460-3 12/71 ABC\'s of Accounting and Interpretation of Financial
Statements\
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464-1 02/59 Accounting for Damages Resulting from Delayed Completion of
Construction

**Number Issued Subject**

464-2 06/65 Accounting and Reporting Procedures Covering Large
Investments in Special\
Communications Facilities\
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1751H-403 07/91 Digital Transmission Fundamentals\
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1751H-405 10/92 Digital Span Lines\
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1751H-501 04/91 Fundamentals of ISDN\
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1751H-601 05/91 Lightwave Fundamentals, Systems, and Applications\
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1751H-701 03/92 Radio Sytem Fundamentals and Point-to-Point Digital
Radio Systems\
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1751H-703 12/91 BETRS Radio Systems\
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1751H-705 09/91 Fundamentals of Cellular Radio Service\
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1755I-100# 01/91 List of Material Acceptable for Use on Telephone
Systems of REA Borrowers

**SECTION B**

**TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANUAL (TE&CM)**

**Section Number Issued Subject**

116 01 12/65 Plant Engineering and Record Systems\
03/66 Addendum No. 1\
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118 01 05/78 Plant Records System Serving Area Value Engineering for
Rural Systems\
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128 01 05/55 Cutsheet\
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201 05 11/83 Introduction to Objectives to Rural Telephone System
Designs\
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203 01 04/71 Existing Plant Considerations for a Telephone System
Design\
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204 01 05/71 Telephone System Design\
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205 05 04/71 Assembly and Arrangement of an Area Coverage Design\
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207 01 07/74 Design Criteria for Plant Reinforcement Upgrading from
Four-Party to All

One-Party\
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210 08 07/74 Telephone System Design - Sizing Criteria\
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218 04 02/87 Plant Annual Cost Data for Design Purposes\
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219 01 01/78 Present Worth of Annual Charge Studies for System Design\
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230 02 02/86 General Principles of Feeder-Distribution Cable Engineering
(SAVE)\
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231 02 02/86 Design Techniques of Feeder-Distribution Cable Engineering
(SAVE)\
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232 02 02/86 Transmission Design and Costs Considerations of Feeder -
Distribution Cable\
Engineering (SAVE)\
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301 03 12/76 Central Office Buildings\
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302 06 04/89 Power Requirements for Community Dial Central Office
Equipment\
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306 01 09/85 Earthquake Bracing for Central Office Equipment\
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319 04 10/78 Interoffice Trunking and Signaling\
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320 04 04/76 Emergency Generating and Charging Equipment\
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322 03 02/90 Application for the Preparation of Detailed Digital Central
Office Equipment\
Requirements (Part III of REA Form 522)\
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323 01 09/79 Fundamentals of Digital Techniques and Switching\
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324 01 04/80 Digital Terminology\
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332 01 08/69 Guide for Utilization of Central Office Loop Extenders

**Section Number Issued Subject**

340 02 01/79 Subscriber Line Concentrators\
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341 02 10/84 Application Guide for the Preparation of Detailed Line
Concentrator\
Requirements\
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401 01 12/80 Subscriber Loop Electronic System\
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406 03 08/77 Transmission Facility Data\
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407 01 03/59 How to Make Insertion Loss Measurements\
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415 04 06/90 Transmission Objectives\
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424 04 07/88 Design Guidelines for Telecommunications Subscriber Loop
Plant\
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426 02 12/77 Subscriber Loop Computations Design-By-Loss Method\
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427 03 03/82 Application of Voice Frequency Repeaters for Subscriber
Loops and Two-Wire\
Trunk Circuits\
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428 01 10/65 Applications and Use of Bridge Tap Isolators (BTI) for
Subscriber Loops\
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429 01 01/79 Automatic Gain Control Repeaters and Their Application to
Common Mode\
Operation\
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431 02 10/62 Voice Frequency Loading for Trunk Cables\
04/75 Addendum No. 1\
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432 01 02/68 Acceptance Tests for Loaded Subscriber Loop \"One-Man\"
Structural Plant -\
Return Loss Method from the Central Office\
435 01 01/79 Cable Capacitance Measurements\
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445 02 01/65 How to Make Structural Return Loss Measurements\
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451 02 09/79 Telephone Noise Measurement and Mitigation\
09/81 Addendum No. 1\
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451.1 01 09/79 Noise Isolation\
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451.2 02 04/84 Shield Continuity\
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451.3 01 09/79 Cable Balance\
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451.4 01 09/79 Longitudinal Chokes\
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451.5 01 09/79 Neutralizing Transformers\
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451.6 01 09/79 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)\
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451.7 01 02/81 Grounding for Reduction of Power Influence\
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451.8 01 02/81 Improved Cable Pair Balance by Conductor Reversal

**Section Number Issued Subject**

452 01 12/80 Specialized Telephone Noise Measurements and Investigation\
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452.1 01 12/80 Telephone Cable Pair Harmonic Analysis\
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452.2 01 12/80 Exploring Coil Measurements\
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452.3 01 12/80 Probe Wire Measurements\
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602 04 05/62 Clearance\
09/63 Addendum No. 1\
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605 04 01/79 Right-of-Way Clearing and Trimming Assembly Units - Aerial
Plant\
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611 03 03/60 Design of Pole Lines\
10/66 Addendum No. 3\
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626 02 06/62 Staking of Aerial Plant\
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628 02 01/68 Plastic-Insulated Cable Plant Layout\
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629 03 01/77 Cable Plant Layout - Serving Area Value Engineering for
Rural Systems\
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630 03 03/62 Design of Aerial Cable Plant\
10/66 Addendum No. 2\
01/79 Addendum No. 3\
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635 03 02/62 Construction of Aerial Cable Plant\
10/66 Addendum No. 2\
03/79 Addendum No. 3\
08/79 Addendum No. 4\
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640 04 05/73 Design of Buried Plant Physical Considerations\
06/67 Memo Supplement - Design and Construction of Joint Buried Plant\
01/79 Addendum No. 1\
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641 04 04/73 Construction of Buried Plant\
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642 01 12/67 Staking of Buried Plant\
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643 02 09/69 Underground Conduit and Manhole Design and Construction
(Physical Plant)\
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644 03 04/83 Design and Construction of Underground Cable\
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648 01 01/77 Serving Area Value Engineering (Physical Plant)\
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650 04 02/60 Guys and Anchors on Wire and Cable Lines\
10/66 Addendum No. 1\
04/62 Addendum No. 2\
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670 02 01/82 Corrosion Consideration in Telecommunications Outside
Plant\
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801 04 09/84 Electrical Protection Fundamentals

**Section Number Issued Subject**

802 02 09/84 Electrical Protection Grounding Fundamentals\
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805 08 08/80 Electrical Protection at Subscriber Stations\
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810 06 09/83 Electrical Protection\
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815 04 04/69 Electrical Protection of Aerial Cable\
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816 03 07/69 Electrical Protection of Buried Plant\
01/71 Addendum No. 1\
12/72 Addendum No. 2\
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817 01 03/80 Electrical Protection by Effective Grounding of Cable
Shields\
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822 05 09/81 Electrical Protection of Carrier Equipment\
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823 03 08/80 Electrical Protection by Use of Gas Tube Arresters\
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825 03 09/73 Situations Requiring Special Protection\
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830 05 04/71 Electrical Protection Assembly Units\
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901 03 09/83 Fundamentals of Carrier Transmissions\
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903 03 01/81 Applications Guide for Subscriber Carrier Specifications,
(REA Form 397c)\
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904 03 01/81 Application Guide for Trunk Carrier Specifications (REA
Form 397b)\
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905 01 10/63 Cable Carrier Systems and Carrier Frequency Transmission
Through Cables\
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909 01 12/67 Impedance Matching for Carrier Multiplex Systems\
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911 02 09/71 Station Carrier Equipment\
05/80 Addendum No. 1\
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912 01 04/71 Station Carrier Equipment\
05/80 Addendum No. 1\
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921 11/76 Testing Cables for Carrier Application\
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933 02 04/70 Application Guide for Point-to-Point Microwave Radio
Systems Specification,\
(REA Form 397e)\
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945 01 07/66 ITMS - Improved Mobile Telephone System\
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954 01 12/82 Digital Terminals & Multiplexers\
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958 01 09/88 Digital Cross-Connect & Drop & Interest System\
\
961 01 06/90 Application Guide for Digital Lightwave Transmission System
Specification,\
(REA Form 397e)

**SECTION C**

**TELEPHONE OPERATIONS MANUAL (TOM)**

**Section Number Issued Subject**

**GENERAL\
**1001 02 05/65 Scope and Use of the Telephone Operations\
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1002 22 11/81 Numerical Index\
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1050 01 07/60 Restoration of Service in Case of Disaster\
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1070 05 12/75 Short-Range Planning\
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1071 02 12/60 What Your Financial Reports Tell You\
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1081 01 12/76 Long-Range System and Financial Planning\
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1089.1 01 10/75 Quality of Service Evaluation Guide for an Appraisal\
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1090 02 07/70 Improving Management of Telephone Systems\
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1101 01 06/68 Model Bylaws for Telephone Cooperatives\
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**COMMERCIAL**\
1440 02 01/66 Service Order Procedure\
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1510 02 01/80 Telephone Tariff\
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**ACCOUNTING**\
1800 01 12/88 Instructions for Preparation of Financial and Statistical
Reports for Telephone\
Systems Financed by the REA\
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1860 02 03/68 Suggested Work Order Procedure\
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1870 01 12/54 Continuing Property Records\
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1870.1 01 12/60 Guide for Establishing Continuing Property Records\
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1870.2 01 06/70 A Suggested List of Property Record Units for Telephone
Borrowers\
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1951 02 07/64 Procedures for Computing and Recording Capital Credits

**SECTION D**

**INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS (IP)**

**Number Issued Subject**

100-1 02/92 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 with Amendments through
December, 1991\
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100-7 03/92 A Brief History of the Rural Electric and Telephone Programs
and Report\
of the Administrator Fiscal Year 1991\
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300-4# 08/91 1990 Statistical Report, Rural Telephone Borrowers\
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300-5 09/91 Fiscal Year Summary Rural Telephone Program\
\
400-1 08/90 Bylaws of Rural Telephone Bank\
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400-2 06/91 19th Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Rural
Telephone Bank, FY 1990\
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500-1 01/92 REA Telephone Directory\
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500-10 05/91 Directory of Telephone Borrowers\
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\* Bulletin incorporated by reference in the [Federal Code of
Regulations]{.underline}. \# Available through the Government Printing
Office.