CARG MH & VP Reference

24 – HOUR CLOCK

24 HOUR 12 HOUR 24 HOUR 12 HOUR

0000 MIDNIGHT 1200 NOON

0100 1 AM 1300 1 PM

0200 2 AM 1400 2 PM

0300 3 AM 1500 3 PM

0400 4 AM 1600 4 PM

0500 5 AM 1700 5 PM

0600 6 AM 1800 6 PM

0700 7 AM 1900 7 PM

0800 8 AM 2000 8 PM

0900 9 AM 2100 9 PM

1000 10 AM 2200 10 PM

1100 11 AM 2300 11 PM

PHONETIC ALPHABET

A ALPHA N NOVEMBERQ

B BRAVO O OSCAR

C CHARLIE P PAPA

D DELTA Q QUEBEC

E ECHO R ROMEO

F FOXTROT S SIERRA

G GOLF T TANGA

H HOTEL U UNIFORM

I INDIA V VICTOR

J JULIETTE W WISKEY

K KILO X XRAY

L LIMA Y YANKEE

M MIKE Z ZULU

PUNCTUATION PRECEDENCE

Comma COMMA O – Immediate

Period PERIOD P – Priority

Parenthesis OPEN/CLOSE BRACKETS R – Routine

Oblique Stroke SLANT

Quotation Marks QUOTE / UNQUOTE

Hyphen HYPHEN

Colon COLON

Semicolon SEMICOLON

Dash DASH

COMMUNICATION / FREQUENCY PLAN

NETS MONCTON DIEPPE RIVERVIEW SALISBURY COCAGNE

EOC – Primary - Secondary

146.880 146.550 Sim

146.880 146.550 Sim

146.880 146.550 Sim

146.880 146.550 Sim

146.880 146.550 Sim

Health – Primary SVCS - Secondary

147.090 147.525 Sim

147.090 147.525 Sim

147.090 147.525 Sim

147.090 147.525 Sim

147.090 147.525 Sim

ADMIN – Primary - Secondary

147.345 146.580 Sim

147.345 146.580 Sim

147.345 146.580 Sim

147.345 146.580 Sim

147.345 146.580 Sim

Note: IRG East Zone Link is: 176# (ON) and 199# (OFF)

MESSAGE PASSING SEQUENCE

1. Moncton EOC THIS IS Dieppe EOC MESSAGE OVER

2. Dieppe EOC THIS IS Moncton EOC SEND OVER

3. BREAK (to indicate the end of the HEADING and the text follows)

4. SPECIAL NOTE: If an exercise “EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE” is inserted at the start of text.

5. The text of the message is sent

6. SPECIAL NOTE: If an exercise “EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE” is inserted at the end of text.

7. BREAK (to notify the receiving station that the TEXT is complete)

8. SIGNATURE BLOCK is sent

9. OVER (ask for repeats if required)

10. Dieppe EOC THIS IS Moncton EOC - I ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE MESSAGE

MOST COMMON PROWORDS

ACKNOWLEDGE AFFIRMATIVE ALL AFTER ALL BEFORE

BREAK CORRECT CORRECTION FIGURES

FROM I SAY AGAIN I SPELL NO DUFF *

NOTHING HEARD OUT OVER READ BACK

ROGER SAY AGAIN SILENCE SPEAK SLOWER

TIME VERIFY UNKNOWN STATION WAIT

WORDS TWICE WRONG

THIS IS A DIRECTED NET THIS IS A FREE NET

*NO DUFF – is a VERY IMPORTANT expression. It means that the message following the proword is a

REAL MESSAGE – Not an exercise message.

All operators should learn these most common PROWORDS, understand where they are used and

exercise the use of these words frequently.

JP LeBlanc, VE9BK, CEC

CARG EC

PRIORITY: Immediate Priority Routine MESSAGE #:

Immediate: Highest priority – Impact life or limb seriously affect property.

Priority: Urgently required for decision making – Time critical.

Routine: Least important – normal.

TO: POSITION:

FROM: POSITION:

SUBJECT: DATE: TIME:

SIGNATURE: POSITION: