DUTY ORDER for the Call Out Exercise 1st October 2022
The East Suffolk Group Standing Operational Orders Issue 1.3 Draft F apply to this duty.
ORGANISER: East Suffolk RAYNET
USER SERVICE: Training Event
TYPE OF EVENT: Call Out Exercise
CONTROL LOCATION: To be advised by Control via GB3PO
DATE and START TIME: Saturday 1st October 09:00-12:30.
CALL OUT FREQUENCY: GB3PO or if not available GB3IH
PRIMARY FREQUENCY: 145.225 MHz
SECONDARY FREQUECY: 144.775 MHz
DMR CHANNEL: GB7MK Talk Group 9 Slot 2
PLEASE PREFIX ALL EXERCISE TRAFFIC WITH THE WORD “EXERCISE”
CONTACT NUMBER: 07885 637829
Hi-
vis must be worn at all times if out of the car, especial as most points are in
areas where vehicles will be moving. Please remember the message priorities:
IMMEDIATE Message
regarding risk to life (interrupts and to be sent
before all other traffic)
PRIORITY Any other urgent message (to be sent before any pending ROUTINE traffic)
ROUTINE Any other message (to be sent in the order that they are given to you)
The purpose of this exercise is to simulate a live callout and test communications paths and message handling that may be relevant to a future user service exercise. Please assume that you have previously been placed on standby and monitor GB3PO for further instructions at 09:00 BST on Saturday morning (or GB3IH if it is not available by 09:05). Once we know who is available Control will issue individual operators with locations to go to and operators should be able to reach them within 30 minutes after that.
Individual operators will be assigned frequencies according to a communications plan held by control. Please monitor GB3PO (or IH as backup) en route to your point and call on your assigned channel when you get there, or via PO if simplex contact with control is not possible.
Exercise Messages for all points to transmit will be sent by e-mail on Friday morning. Please check your RAYNET inbox and print a copy or save them on a portable device. You will only need to send those relevant to your assigned point. Please use the NATO alphabet and formal message procedure as described on the following pages.
Finally, please do not stand down until advised to do so by RAYNET control. Please enjoy your day and many thanks for your support.
Iain G. Moffat G0OZS
27/09/2022
THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET
Say “I SPELL” before sending a phonetic spelling.
Say “STOP” for a full stop and “DECIMAL” for a decimal point.
COMMON PROWORDS USED BY RAYNET
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INSTRUCTIONS FROM CONTROL |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CORRECTIONS |
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PROWORD |
MEANING |
PROWORD |
MEANING |
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PASS YOUR MESSAGE |
Transmit Your Information |
YES-YES |
(also AFFIRM) means yes |
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SEND |
Short form of “PASS YOUR MESSAGE” |
ROGER |
I have received and understood |
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WAIT (time) |
WAIT until called or for (time) |
ROGER SO FAR ? |
Have you received my message so far? |
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CLOSE DOWN |
Cease Operating |
SO FAR |
I have received and understood so far |
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SITREP |
Provide situation report |
WILCO |
I have received and will follow the instruction |
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REQUEST |
Asking you to do or get something |
READ BACK |
Request to read back the message received |
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STAND BY |
Wait until I call you |
CONFIRM (text) ? |
Answer is CORRECT or MISTAKE |
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MESSAGES AND HANDOVERS |
ACKNOWLEDGE ? |
Request to acknowledge previous message |
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PROWORD |
MEANING |
CORRECTION |
Sent followed by your corrected message |
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OVER |
End – I expect a response |
MISTAKE |
Tells other station they sent a mistake |
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OUT |
End – I do not expect a response |
CANCEL |
Sent to cancel a previous instruction |
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IMMEDIATE |
Message regarding risk to life |
DISREGARD |
Previous message should be ignored |
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PRIORITY |
Any other urgent message |
NEGATIVE |
“No” or “I cannot do it” or “do not do it” |
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ROUTINE |
Any other message |
APPROVED |
Premission for proposed action is granted |
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MESSAGE (BEGINS) |
Information Follows |
I SAY AGAIN |
Follow by repeated message |
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BREAK |
Pause without handing over |
SEND AGAIN |
Request to send message again |
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MESSAGE ENDS |
End of Message |
… ALL AFTER X |
All of message after word X |
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FORMAL MESSAGE |
Formal Message follows |
… ALL BEFORE X |
All of message before word X |
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OTHER REQUESTS |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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PROWORD |
MEANING |
PROWORD |
MEANING |
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OVER |
End of Over – I expect a response |
RELEVANT |
Used to interrupt with relevant information |
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OUT |
End of QSO - No response expected |
STOP |
Represents a full stop in written message |
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MESSAGE (BEGINS) |
Information Follows |
DECIMAL |
Represents a decimal point as written |
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BREAK |
Pause without handing over |
I SPELL |
Followed by NATO Phonetic Spelling |
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MESSAGE ENDS |
End of Message |
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MESSAGE PROCEDURE
To send a Formal Message: Transmit Headers as one sentence then message body with “ROGER SO FAR” and wait for Control to say “SO FAR” after each sentence or header. Formal Message Headers are:
· SERIAL No.
· PRECEDENCE
· YOUR CALLSIGN
· WORD COUNT (of message body only, not headers, FROM: or TO:, and ignoring punctuation )
· YOUR LOCATION
· TIME & DATE
Followed by the message proper comprising
· (user service) addressee,
· message body one sentence at a time
· and on whose behalf it was sent e.g.
“CONTROL POINT1 PRIORITY OVER” (wait for “SEND” from Control who will tell stations with routine traffic to “STAND BY”) “FORMAL MESSAGE BEGINS BREAK (short pause) 002 PRIORITY M0JSA 18 FELIXSTOWE 17:31 NOVEMBER 23 ROGER SO FAR?” (wait for “SO FAR”) “TO: GOLD CONTROL ROGER SO FAR?” (wait for “SO FAR”) “(message sentence 1) ROGER SO FAR?” (wait for “SO FAR”) “(message sentence 2) ROGER SO FAR?” (wait for “SO FAR”) “FROM: SILVER CONTROL ROGER SO FAR?)” (wait for “SO FAR”) “MESSAGE ENDS OUT”.
Remember to wait for a response from Control after sending each “ROGER SO FAR” !
