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*# You: I would like to make direct contact with <tactical call sign for another station that has checked in> | *# You: I would like to make direct contact with <tactical call sign for another station that has checked in> | ||
*# SNC: Roger <Your tactical call sign>. What frequency do you propose to use to make that contact? | *# SNC: Roger <Your tactical call sign>. What frequency do you propose to use to make that contact? | ||
*# You: I propose to use <UHF | *# You: I propose to use <Frequency from the [[Frequency Tables#UHF Frequency Table - Frequencies in the 70 cm Amateur Radio Band|UHF Frequency Table]]> which is known as PNTMxx in the 2023 MCARES templates. [PNTM is an abbreviation for Portland Net TeaM. xx is a reference to the two digits in a particular channel alias.] | ||
*# SNC: Roger <Your tactical call sign> | *# SNC: Roger <Your tactical call sign> | ||
*# SNC: <Other 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: < | *# You: <our FCC call sign> as <your tactical call sign> clear this frequency. | ||
*# Other station: <Other station’s FCC call sign> as < | *# 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. | ||
* Keep your communication as brief as possible because you are risking missing important information being sent to you from the | * 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”, return to your regional VHF frequency and check back in using your tactical call sign. | * 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. | ||
