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Note: This page focusing on using Amateur Radio to communicate between teams. There are also situations where FRS or GMRS Radios might be a good choice. See [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1b1x0JTvbzP5nHxUaM-Fy2Yar4hmjg9jKIkPNJLn4BYI/edit?slide=id.p2#slide=id.p2 Communicating Between Teams] | |||
* To prepare to make a direct contact with another team, | * To prepare to make a direct contact with another team, | ||
*# Use your team’s FRS/GMRS standard channel number to look up the new Portland NET simplex UHF frequency in the Amateur Radio 70 cm band for your team in the table below. If you’re not sure which FRS/GMRS channel your team uses, [https://pbem.link/net-team-map this map]. | *# Use your team’s FRS/GMRS standard channel number to look up the new Portland NET simplex UHF frequency in the Amateur Radio 70 cm band for your team in the table below. If you’re not sure which FRS/GMRS channel your team uses, [https://pbem.link/net-team-map this map]. | ||
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*# SNC: <Other tactical call sign> Are you prepared to move to the proposed frequency and make contact with <Your call sign> | *# SNC: <Other tactical call sign> Are you prepared to move to the proposed frequency and make contact with <Your call sign> | ||
*# Other station: Affirmative Net Control. I understand that I should go to <proposed frequency> when you release us. | *# Other station: Affirmative Net Control. I understand that I should go to <proposed frequency> when you release us. | ||
*# SNC: That is correct. <Your call sign> and <Other call sign> please transition to <proposed frequency> and make contact if possible. After successfully or unsuccessfully trying to do so, please return to this frequency and check back in | *# SNC: That is correct. <Your call sign> and <Other call sign> please transition to <proposed frequency> and make contact if possible. After successfully or unsuccessfully trying to do so, please return to this frequency and check back in. | ||
*# You: <our FCC call sign> as <your tactical call sign> clear this frequency. | *# You: <our FCC call sign> as <your tactical call sign> clear this frequency. | ||
*# Other station: <Other station’s FCC call sign> as <their tactical call sign> clear this frequency. | *# Other station: <Other station’s FCC call sign> as <their tactical call sign> clear this frequency. | ||
* Proceed to the UHF frequency you proposed and after a brief pause, hail the other station using their tactical call sign followed by your tactical call sign. Note that UHF propagation can be different from VHF propagation so you may not hear the station as well as you did on your regional VHF frequency. | * Proceed to the UHF frequency you proposed and after a brief pause, hail the other station using their tactical call sign followed by your tactical call sign. Note that UHF propagation can be different from VHF propagation so you may not hear the station as well as you did on your regional VHF frequency. | ||
* If the frequency is already in use, return to your regional VHF frequency, report the problem and request advice on what frequency to use | * If the frequency is already in use, return to your regional VHF frequency, report the problem and request advice on what frequency to use. | ||
* Other teams may want to use the same frequency as you have chosen so keep your transmission power to a minimum. If the other operator reports they can hear you well, reduce your power and ask for another signal report. Help the other operator do the same thing. | |||
* Keep your communication as brief as possible because you are risking missing important information being sent to you from the Portland EOC via your regional subnet. | * Keep your communication as brief as possible because you are risking missing important information being sent to you from the Portland EOC via your regional subnet. | ||
* After successfully or unsuccessfully making contact, give your FCC call sign followed by the proword “clear”, | * After successfully or unsuccessfully making contact, give your FCC call sign followed by the proword “clear”, | ||
* Return to your regional VHF frequency and check back in using your tactical call sign. | * Return to your regional VHF frequency and check back in using your tactical call sign. | ||
