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.cw 10
ARRL RECOMMENDED PRECEDENCES
Please observe the following ARRL provisions for PRECEDENCES in connection
with written message traffic. These provisions are designed to increase
the efficiency of our service both in normal times and emergency.
EMERGENCY Any message having life and death urgency to any person or
group of persons, which is transmitted by Amateur Radio in
the absense of regular commercial facilities. This includes
official messages of welfare agencies during emergencies
requesting supplies, materials or instructions vital to
relief of stricken populace in emergency areas. During
normal times, it will be VERY RARE. On CW/RTTY, the
designation will always be spelled out. When in doubt, do
not use it.
PRIORITY Use abbreviation P on CW/RTTY. This classification is for a)
important messages having a specific time limit b) official
messages not covered in the emergency category c) press
dispatches and emergency-related traffic not of the utmost
urgency d) notice of death or injury is a disaster area,
personal or official.
WELFARE This classification, abbreiviated as W on CW/RTTY, refers to
either an inquiry as to the health and welfare of an
individual in the disaster area or and advisory from the
disaster area that indicates all is well. Welfare traffic is
handled only after all emergency and priority traffic is
cleared. The Red Cross is equivalent to an incoing Welfare
message is DWI (Disaster Welfare Inquiry).
ROUTINE Most traffic in normal times will bear this designation. In
disaster situations, traffic labeled Routine (R on CW/RTTY)
should be handled last, or not at all when circuits are busy
with higher precedence traffic.
Note: The precedence always follows the message number. For example, a
message number may be 207 R on CW and "Two Zero Seven Routine" on phone.
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