Introduction:

• Richard, KB5JBV, discusses some training he prepared for emergency communications. But first, he raises the possibility of resurrecting Resonant Frequency, The Amateur Radio Podcast, with your financial support.

Topics:

• Making yourself clear and understood on an emergency communications net.
• Some tips:
  • Send your callsigns slowly and clearly.
  • Use the ITU phonetic alphabet.
  • Don’t yell or whisper into the microphone. Most local emergency communications use the FM mode, and too much or too little audio will cause distortion or no intelligible information.
  • Hold the microphone an inch or two away from your mouth, and a bit to one side. Again, “eating” the microphone will only cause distortion.
  • Keep Q-signals, codes and jargon to a minimum. Many of the served agencies do not use the same jargon as amateur radio operators. Q-signals are meant for CW (Morse code), not voice modes.
  • There are proper uses for “over”, “out” and “roger”. Learn the correct usages.
  • Monitor a traffic net to hear the proper techniques in use.

Contact Info:

• Contact Richard at kb5jbv@gmail.com

Music:

• “Let Me Love You” by Magic Slim and the Teardrops

This time on RRA I did a piece of training on the local ARES net and I figured I would share it with you. It is a basic introduction on making yourself clear and understood on an emcomm net. Pretty simple stuff but you would be surprised how many folks forget the simple stuff. It is formated so that you can use the segment on your ARES or RACES net if you would like. Drink and Enjoy.

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