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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
- RACESBUL.193 DATE: Oct. 28, 1991
- SUBJECT: Operations - Techniques - Part 1
- EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RADIO OPERATING PROCEDURES by Bill
- Ozment, WA6LSW, CA State Auxiliary Radio Service. CALLING AND
- COMMUNICATING TECHNIQUES:
- The secret to working quickly and efficiently in an emergency
- net is to use standard procedures. The techniques presented
- herein are the most common. It doesn't take much analysis to
- see that standards and guidelines must e established and then
- utilized.
- Before you key your mike, gather your thoughts about what you
- are going to say. Many hams have a tendency to talk and/or
- repeat too much. Say what you need to say without unnecessary
- repeats. Keep in mind that you must strive to get your message
- through the first time.
- In general, there are five parts to Calling/Communications.
- The more serious or complex the situation, the more important
- these procedures become. The information printed herein MUST be
- practiced until it is second nature.
- FIRST, you MUST give the tactical call of the station you are
- calling. This alerts that station that they are being called and
- that they should listen to determine who is calling.
- SECOND, say "THIS IS". The called station knows your tactical
- call follows. This is extremely important in cases where there
- is a lot of confusion or poor signal conditions.
- THIRD, give your tactical callsign. Noalls and not ham radio
- calls. Tactical callsigns are important and ham calls are not,
- egos notwithstanding.
- FOURTH, give your message. Speak clearly. Don't speak too
- fast especially if the message needs to be written down. Pause
- after logical phrases. Do not use the word "break" when you
- pause. It is confusing, wastes time and has another connotation
- in formal message handling. Merely unkey and pause. If the
- other station has questions, they should key up and make their
- request known. This also permits other stations to break in if
- they have emergency traffic.
- FIFTH, end your message with OVER or OUT.
- (Continued in part 2)
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