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Subject: USING TACTICAL CALLSIGNS
Amateur Radio stations in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service (RACES) and other Incident Command System (ICS)
communications make maximum use of tactical callsigns and minimum
use of Amateur Radio callsigns. Net Control Station (NCS)
operators shall assure that this practice is followed and correct
non-compliant operators, on the air if necessary, to assure that
this is observed.
A tactical call remains unchanged for the duration of an incident
or a net. Amateur Radio callsigns can change with the operators
and thereby cause confusion in the system.
The Amateur Radio callsign need be given only:
1. At the end of a two-way communication.
2. At the end of an unanswered call by the calling station.
3. In observance of the 10-minute rule.
No callsign is necessary in a two-way conversation once
communication has been established. It is redundant and wasteful
of air time.
Stations answering any net rollcall shall do so by announcing
their tactical call first and the Amateur Radio call second.
Net stations calling net control do so with tactical calls only.
Only the transmitting station need transmit an FCC callsign --
its own.
EXAMPLE:
"Riverside, this is California." (This is Riverside County EOC
being called by State OES Headquarters Sacramento.)
"CALIFORNIA, THIS IS RIVERSIDE."
"We are attempting to contact you on Forty. Do you have a radio
for that?" (Note that there is no further or unnnecessary use of
any callsigns until the very end.)
"YES. WHAT FREQUENCY DO YOU WANT US TO MEET YOU?"
"We are on Seven Two Three Zero, so look for us there."
"COPY."
"California out. [FCC callsign]." (Now, and only now, do both
stations use any callsigns.)
"RIVERSIDE, [FCC callsign] OUT."
This amendment reflects the adoption of the tactical call
"California" for all State OES Headquarters systems. OES Region
tactical calls are their city alone or "State OES (city name)".
Region VI, for example, is "Ontario" or "State OES Ontario".