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* 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 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. | |||
