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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 sing.
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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I. I will now read the roster of stations again.  This time, when I read your tactical call sign, please respond by saying “I can hear” followed by the tactical calls of the stations that you can hear fairly well including Net Control. Then end by saying “This is” followed by your own tactical call sign, your FCC call sign and the proword “Out”.  I will acknowledge each response. If any station hears a response that I did not acknowledge please give the proword “Relay.”
I. I will now read the roster of stations again.  This time, when I read your tactical call sign, please respond by saying “I can hear” followed by the tactical calls of the stations that you can hear fairly well including Net Control. Then end by saying “This is” followed by your own tactical call sign, your FCC call sign and the proword “Out”.  I will acknowledge each response. If any station hears a response that I did not acknowledge please give the proword “Relay.”


[Read list of tactical call signs, pausing for each station to reply with the list of tactical call signs they can hear followed by their own tactical and FCC call signs. Confirm that you have heard by saying “Thank you <tactical call sign>”.
[Read list of tactical call signs, pausing for each station to reply with the list of tactical call signs they can hear followed by their own tactical and FCC call sign.  Record their report in one or more rows of a copy of [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mNd2me-VK364JbsJBel-n4TWf2RZ30CpkOSQkE5Ixlo/edit?usp=sharing this Station Signal Reports form]. Confirm that you have heard by saying “Thank you <tactical call sign>”].


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 [[Subnet Control Operator Standard Operating Procedure]] and proceed with Step 7.
 
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.


# Stations you may not hear.  To account for this possibility, expect that other stations may offer to provide a relay by using the proword Relay preceded by the precedence of the traffic they wish to relay.  If no precedence is given, you should assume that its precedence is Priority.  If you are not sure that your team AROs are aware of their relay responsibility, you should ask if any station has a relay. When an ARO indicates that they have a relay tell them to go ahead if you are not handling traffic of higher precedence, there is no traffic of higher precedence and there is no traffic of equal precedence ahead of the requested relay. Otherwise, tell the relaying station to stand by after obtaining their tactical call sign.
* [[Procedure for When Some Operators Cannot Hear Net Control Operator]]
# Stations that may not have heard you.  To account for this possibility, choose a station that you believe to be in a different part of your region with equipment sufficient to be heard by other stations and ask them to relay your announcement or request and stand by for them to either say “Nothing heard” or “Relay”.
* [[Procedure for When Net Control Operator Cannot Hear Some Operators]]


=== Appointing a Temporary Subnet Controller ===
=== Appointing a Temporary Subnet Controller ===
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=== Transmitting a Roster to the Portland EOC ===
=== Transmitting a Roster to the Portland EOC ===
There are two procedures for reporting your roster of teams checked into your regional subnet to the EOC. 
# [[Voice Procedures for Subnet Control Operators#Using Voice to Transmit a Roster to the Portland EOC|Reporting by Voice]]
# [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Using the Winlink Check-in Form to Report a Roster to the Portland EOC|Reporting by Winlink]].
Command Net should inform you which of these procedures you should use.
==== Using Voice to Transmit a Roster to the Portland EOC ====
After completing checking stations into your subnet, you need to switch to Tactical Net on MC-8 to give them your check-in roster. You should do this even if you’re not sure that all stations in your region have checked in. Before leaving the frequency ask one of the AROs on frequency to serve as temporary subnet control. Then transition to Tactical Net and give them the tactical call signs of the AROs that checked into your subnet.  Tactical Net may ask you for clarification of what teams are represented by each tactical call sign. When that information is acknowledged, return to your subnet and resume your subnet controller role.
After completing checking stations into your subnet, you need to switch to Tactical Net on MC-8 to give them your check-in roster. You should do this even if you’re not sure that all stations in your region have checked in. Before leaving the frequency ask one of the AROs on frequency to serve as temporary subnet control. Then transition to Tactical Net and give them the tactical call signs of the AROs that checked into your subnet.  Tactical Net may ask you for clarification of what teams are represented by each tactical call sign. When that information is acknowledged, return to your subnet and resume your subnet controller role.


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Traffic from teams may include replies to messages from ECC that you delivered to them earlier.  See [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Handling Replies to Winlink Formal Traffic|Handling Replies to Winlink Formal Traffic]].
Traffic from teams may include replies to messages from ECC that you delivered to them earlier.  See [[Winlink Procedures for Subnet Controllers#Handling Replies to Winlink Formal Traffic|Handling Replies to Winlink Formal Traffic]].
=== Closing your Subnet and Checking Out ===
At the end of an exercise or deployment you should close your subnet. One method for doing so is to call the role of tactical call signs and expect each station to respond with <FCC call sign> operating as <tactical call sign> Clear.  You should then close the net by saying “This is <FCC call sign> closing this <regional name> Region Subnet Clear at <nowiki><time> local time.”</nowiki>
You should then transition to Tactical Net and check out.


=== Transferring Control to a New Subnet Controller ===
=== Transferring Control to a New Subnet Controller ===
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Like all other events, the change of control operator should be logged with the same information as you announced over the air.
Like all other events, the change of control operator should be logged with the same information as you announced over the air.
You should then transition to Command Net and inform them that you have transferred control of your subnet and check out.
=== Closing your Subnet and Checking Out ===
At the end of an exercise or deployment you should close your subnet. One method for doing so is to call the role of tactical call signs and expect each station to respond with <FCC call sign> operating as <tactical call sign> Clear.  You should then close the net by saying “This is <FCC call sign> closing this <regional name> Region Subnet Clear at <nowiki><time> local time.”</nowiki>
You should then transition to Command Net and check out.


=== Facilitating Communication Between Teams ===
=== Facilitating Communication Between Teams ===
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