Subnet Control Operator Standard Operating Procedure: Difference between revisions

# Return to your regional subnet frequency and announce your return.

# Handle message traffic based on [[Message Precedence|precedence]] starting with emergency messages and then priority messages.  Emergency messages addressed to the EOC should be transmitted by voice via the Tactical Net. Priority messages should normally transmitted via Winlink. If you receive a surge of Priority messages use the following sub-precedence.

# Log voice messages you receive on your Form 6. See [[Logging Procedures for Subnet Control Operators#Instructions for Using a NET Form 6 (ICS 309) for Logging NET Form 8s or ICS Form 213s|Instructions for Using a NET Form 6 for Logging NET Form 8s]]. (Winlink will keep track of messages you send and receive using it and allow you to create an ICS 309 traffic report later.)

# If Resource Net or Command Net has given you a time to check into Command Net for an update, ''transition to MC-9 at that time'' and wait for instructions.

# Even if you don’t hear from Command Net you should '''check for Winlink email about every 20 to 30 minutes''' in case there is traffic waiting for you. See the links to procedures in the step above. Use the KI7QIB-12 gateway** at the frequency shown in the Table of Frequencies.

# If you are deployed as part of an exercise and receive a message that does not include words equivalent to “This is an exercise”, add those words before voicing the message to your AROs.

# There is a chance that Command Net will give you a reply to an earlier message. If you receive such a reply, handle it based on its precedence and when you contact the intended team’s ARO, inform the ARO that it is a reply before reading it so the ARO can record the reply in the reply section of the original Form 8.  

# ''Handling Formal Traffic to EOC.'' Ask the stations checked into your subnet if they have any traffic for the EOC or replies to any previous requests from EOC. See [[Voice Procedures for Subnet Control Operators#Handling NET Form 8 Traffic from NET Teams Including Triage|Handling NET Form 8 Traffic from NET Teams Including Triage]]. Consider [[Voice Procedures for Subnet Control Operators#Calling for Relays|calling for relays]].  

#* If a station has a new message, ask for its precedence if you don’t already have it. Ask other stations whether they have any traffic of higher precedence.