On-Air Training Net

Intended Audience

Anyone involved in ARES/RACES, since these are all skills we’ll need in an emergency activation.

References

Appropriate references will vary, depending on the particular skill to be practiced each month.

Message Passing and ProWords Practice

Mike-Mike Reports

Scheduling Info

Message passing practice will usually occur on the third Tuesday of the first month each quarter, during the Tuesday night training net time.

Start time: 20:30 hours
Run time: approximately 45 minutes, depending on message complexity and operator skill

Frequencies

Any of the three linked Resource Net repeaters:

• AA6BT: 146.115 MHz (+) 100.0 Hz
• W6ASH: 145.270 MHz (-) 100.0 Hz
• K6SNY: 443.275 MHz (+) 107.2 Hz

Suggestions for Message Passing

Suggestion for getting the most out of the training session when message passing is the topic. Based on your experience and familiarity of message passing procedures and prowords, use one of the three options below:

Good: Applicable to someone who’s new to message passing in SCCo and who may not have attended any training classes, yet. Follow along with the message as it’s being passed. Listen to the process that’s used, and the prowords that are exchanged.

Better: Applicable to someone who’s attended training classes, but who is not yet comfortable with our proword vocabulary or processes. Review the message ahead of time, and identify what prowords should be used where, referring to classroom materials if necessary (see links above). If you’re sending the message, have your notes available. If you’re receiving the message, put your notes and your advance copy of the message source away while you copy.

Best: Applicable to someone who has attended training classes, and who believes they know our processes and procedures. Don’t look at the message ahead of time, regardless of whether you’re sending or receiving. Practice like this is “real life”, and don’t refer to notes or “cheat sheets”.

Questions

If you have questions or feedback about this or other training activities, you can join our Training email discussion group and ask your question there. For more information about all of our email discussion groups, visit our Email Discussion Groups page.

Practice Materials

15-April-2025

• 2 blank copies of SCCo ICS-213 Message Form
• 1 blank copy of SCCo OA Jurisdiction Status Form
• Practice messages: MPP-159, MPP-160, MPP-161

21-January-2025

• 2 blank copies of SCCo ICS-213 Message Form
• 1 blank copy of SCCo Resource Request Form
• 1 blank copy of RACES Radio Routing Slip
• Practice messages: MPP-156, MPP-157, MPP-158
• A completed Radio Routing Slip is available, however we recommend that the message sender creates their own. Filled out Radio Routing Slip

15-October-2024

• 2 blank copies of SCCo ICS-213 Message Form
• 1 blank copy of SCCo Allied Health Facility Status (DEOC 9)
• 1 blank copy of RACES Radio Routing Slip
• Practice messages: MPP-153, MPP-154, MPP-155
• A completed Radio Routing Slip is available, however we recommend that the message sender creates their own. Filled out Radio Routing Slip

16-July-2024

• 2 blank copies of SCCo ICS-213 Message Form
• 1 blank copy of SCCo OA Jurisdiction Status Form
• Practice messages: MPP-150, MPP-151, MPP-152

16-April-2024

• 2 blank copies of SCCo ICS-213 Message Form
• 1 blank copy of SCCo OA Shelter Status Form
• Practice messages: MPP-147, MPP-148, MPP-149

16-January-2024

• 2 blank copies of SCCo ICS-213 Message Form
• 1 blank copy of SCCo Resource Request Form
• 1 blank copy of RACES Radio Routing Slip
• Practice messages: MPP-144, MPP-145, MPP-146

Prior Year Practice Material