| What do you do with a radiogram you now hold? Remember: The three “ITS 1. RELAY IT, 2. DELIVER IT, OR 3. SERVICE IT BACK
Name of Addressee _____________________ Address ______________________________________ City, State, Zip Code ____________________________________ Telephone ________________________ ________ _______ ________ _________ _________ ________ _______ ________ _________ _________ ________ _______ ________ _________ _________ ________ _______ ________ _________ _________ ________ _______ _______ – ________ –________ Signature ________________________________________________________ OP Note Received from _________ Date _________ Time ________ Freq ________ Sent to __________ Date ___________ Time _________ Freq __________
Preamble 1. NUMBER – Station of Origin’s message number. Use any number you want and only numbers. This is to identify the message through the NTS System. Never precede the number with a zero. 2. PRECEDENCE: • Emergency [EMERGENCY] Spell out in full (Life or death). Handle as quickly as possible. • Priority [P] – (Urgent). Handle after EMERGENCY traffic. • Welfare [W] – Inquiry or report as to health or welfare of an individual in the disaster area. • Routine [R] – (All other messages). Handle last. 3. HX (Handling Instructions) – OPTIONAL NOT USED VERY MUCH ANY MORE. HXA followed by a number – Collect telephone delivery authorized by addressee within ___ miles. e.g. HXA100 HXB followed by a number – Cancel if not delivered within ___ hours of filing, and advise the originating station. e.g. HXB36 HXC – Report time and date of delivery to originating station. HXD – Report to originating station identity of station from which received plus date and time. Report identity of station to which relayed plus date and time. Report identify of station to which relayed, plus date and time, or if delivered report date, time and method of delivery. HXE – Delivering station to get reply from addressee, and originate message back to station of origin. HXF followed by a number – Hold delivery until ___ (insert date). e.g. HXF/21 HXG – Delivery by mail or toll call not required. If toll or other expense involved, cancel and advise originating station. 4. STATION OF ORIGIN – This is the first station that wrote or helped write the message and bring to a NTS Net for relay. 5. CHECK – This is the number of words or groups in the text message. Helps the receiving station to count the words in the text. They must match the senders amount. If you use a ARRL numbered radiogram them put ARL before the check number in the check box. 6. PLACE OF ORIGIN – This is the actual place where the message started from, not necessarily the location of the Station of Origin. For example, if the station of origin is in Phoenix, creating a message for a person in Tucson, the place of origin would be Tucson in the preamble. It is the City of the 7. TIME FILED – Time the message was written. Not necessary for Routine traffic but should be used for Emergency or Priority traffic. Time should be UTC, not local time. 8. DATE – Date the message was written. Date should be correct for UTC time. ADDRESSEE 9. TO – Get complete information from person for whom you are sending the message. Name, and complete address are necessary to get the message to the right person as quickly as possible. Long zip codes are not necessary. 10. TELEPHONE NUMBER – If possible a number including area code should be included. Text 11. TEXT – The text is what the sender wants to tell the addressee, and should sound like a telegram – clear and concise and written so the meaning cannot be misconstrued. Text should be limited to 25 words and be NON-COMMERCIAL in nature. Phone numbers are broken into area code, exchange and number and are counted as three words. Periods or spaces are noted as X (X-Ray) and there is no X at the end of text. Each separator or X (X-ray) counts as 1 word. Closings such as “Love” and “Best Regards” are counted as words of text. When sending, a “Break” precedes and follows the text. If you have more than 25 words make 2 messages. Signature 12. SIGNATURE – The signature identifies the person sending the message. As an OP Note, Additional identifying information may be added to the signature. Not counted in word count. As an example you could put the address and phone number for a message back to the message originator. ARRL Numbered RadiogramsThe letters ARL are inserted in the preamble in the check and inthe text before spelled out numbers, which represent texts from this list. Note that some ARL texts include insertion of numerals .Example: NR 1 R W1AW ARL 5 NEWINGTON CONN DEC 25 DONALD R. SMITH 164 EAST SIXTH AVE NORTH RIVER CITY MO PHONE 73-3968 ARL FIFTY ARL SIXTY ONE DIANA . For additional information about traffic handling, consult The ARRL Operating Manual, published by ARRL. Group One—For Possible “Relief Emergency” Use
Service Communications Manual or the ARRL Operating Manual, both published by ARRL.
ITU PHONETICS Please use only these on the Radio!! Letter to be transmitted Code word to be used Spoken as * A Alfa AL FAH B Bravo BRAH VOH C Charlie CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE D Delta DELL TAH E Echo ECK OH F Foxtrot FOKS TROT G Golf GOLF H Hotel HOH TELL I India IN DEE AH J Juliett JEW LEE ETT K Kilo KEY LOH L Lima LEE MAH M Mike MIKE N November NO VEM BER O Oscar OSS CAH P Papa PAH PAH Q Quebec KEH BECK R Romeo ROW ME OH S Sierra SEE AIR RAH T Tango TANG GO U Uniform YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM V Victor VIK TAH W Whiskey WISS KEY X X-ray ECKS RAY Y Yankee YANG KEY Z Zulu ZOO LOO HERE IS A LIST OF SOME DON’TS IN SENDING RADIOGRAMS OVER THE AIR. NO INTRO WORDS IN PREAMBLE
NO BREAK BETWEEN PREAMBLE AND ADDRESSEE
NO PUNCTUATION
NO Q-SIGNALS EXCEPT ALLOWED IN THE TEXT
NO EXTRANEOUS WORDS
NO COMMON SPELLING
NO SOUND’S LIKE
NO LIKE
NO AS IN
NO ENCRYPTION/CIPHER’S
NO REPEAT
NO CORRECTION
NO ABBREVIATION
NO PLURAL
NO ONE WORD, TWO WORD, THREE WORD…ETC
NO GOING TO
NO SIGNATURE IS
NO TEXT FOLLOWS
NO ADDRESS IS
NO PHONE NUMBER IS
NO STREET NUMBERS ARE
NO STREET NAME IS
NO CITY IS
NO STATE IS, OR INITIAL’S (AZ)
NO COMMON PARTS
NO COMMON TEXT
NO THAT’S
NO CUSTOM PHONETICS
NO LAW ENFORCEMENT PHONETICS
NO MIXED LETTER GROUP
NO CHECK OF
NO TODAY’S DATE
NO PROFANITY
NO WAIT, I NEED TO FIND A PEN, PAPER, ETC
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