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A. This is <your FCC call sign, first name> Subnet Control for the <your region name> region. | A. This is <your FCC call sign, first name> Subnet Control for the <your region name> region. | ||
When I call for check-ins, please give your tactical call sign. When I recognize you, please give your first name, your full team name slowly and then your FCC call sign slowly using ITU phonetics. Your team name should only be the name of the team or neighborhood hosting the deployment and should include the names of other teams that may be participating at that location. Please come now. Please come now with your tactical call | When I call for check-ins, please give your tactical call sign. When I recognize you, please give your first name, your full team name slowly and then your FCC call sign slowly using ITU phonetics. Your team name should only be the name of the team or neighborhood hosting the deployment and should include the names of other teams that may be participating at that location. Please come now. Please come now with your tactical call sign. | ||
[Check in stations. Using the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M3TuoKgcmAiWSjhj5dgOAZCkpmaA2fIUSbXxQPXPYf8/edit?tab=t.0 Stations Participating Log], record each tactical call sign and then ask for the name of the team that is providing the staging area and record that name. You can also recording the operator name and FCC call sign but that is optional.] | [Check in stations. Using the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M3TuoKgcmAiWSjhj5dgOAZCkpmaA2fIUSbXxQPXPYf8/edit?tab=t.0 Stations Participating Log], record each tactical call sign and then ask for the name of the team that is providing the staging area and record that name. You can also recording the operator name and FCC call sign but that is optional.] | ||
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J. [If time permits you can allow stations that are checked in to ask questions. Don’t forget to return to the main sequence – Step 7 – to do things like contacting Tactical Net to report your roster.] | J. [If time permits you can allow stations that are checked in to ask questions. Don’t forget to return to the main sequence – Step 7 – to do things like contacting Tactical Net to report your roster.] | ||
What To Do If Stations Attempt to Check-In That Are Not Part of the Exercise | ====== What To Do If Stations Attempt to Check-In That Are Not Part of the Exercise ====== | ||
Most amateur radio nets attempt to be very open to guests. During exercises and deployments, however, it is usually inappropriate for guests to check in. If a station attempts to check in that is not part of the exercise or deployment you should politely explain that the circumstances do not allow the extra time that would be required to communicate with guests. | Most amateur radio nets attempt to be very open to guests. During exercises and deployments, however, it is usually inappropriate for guests to check in. If a station attempts to check in that is not part of the exercise or deployment you should politely explain that the circumstances do not allow the extra time that would be required to communicate with guests. | ||
What To Do If More Than One Operator from the Same Team Tries to Check In | ====== What To Do If More Than One Operator from the Same Team Tries to Check In ====== | ||
A slightly different circumstance occurs when more than one operator from a particular team attempts to check in. If this happens you should explain that only one operator should represent a particular team at a time. You can also mention that they should use the same tactical call sign if they decide to change the operator representing their team during the exercise. | A slightly different circumstance occurs when more than one operator from a particular team attempts to check in. If this happens you should explain that only one operator should represent a particular team at a time. You can also mention that they should use the same tactical call sign if they decide to change the operator representing their team during the exercise. | ||
=== Calling for Relays === | === Calling for Relays === | ||
The strength of communication will vary from exercise to exercise and operator to operator based on factors like location, elevation, available transmission power and sensitivity and selectivity of receivers. Note that there are many combinations of these factors in a region including a subnet controller who may be in a different location and team AROs in varying locations depending on who is available and the nature of the exercise or deployment. This unpredictability of simplex communication means that you and the other operators must be ready to ask for and provide relays. There are at least two cases to consider. | The strength of communication will vary from exercise to exercise and operator to operator based on factors like location, elevation, available transmission power and sensitivity and selectivity of receivers. Note that there are many combinations of these factors in a region including a subnet controller who may be in a different location and team AROs in varying locations depending on who is available and the nature of the exercise or deployment. This unpredictability of simplex communication means that you and the other operators must be ready to ask for and provide relays. There are at least two cases to consider -- stations you cannot hear and stations that cannot hear you. | ||
==== [[Procedure for When Some Operators Cannot Hear Net Control Operator]] ==== | |||
==== [[Procedure for When Net Control Operator Cannot Hear Some Operators]] ==== | |||
=== Appointing a Temporary Subnet Controller === | === Appointing a Temporary Subnet Controller === | ||
