SABOT Standardized Auxiliary Boat Operations Training Ninth District - Eastern Region COMO. Lew Wargo, Sr. CQEC-9ER 01 APR 2015 RADIOTELEHONE

SABOT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

REFERENCES Boat Crew Seamanship Manual, COMDTINST M (series), chapter 11 RADIOTELEPHONE HANDBOOK Boat Forces Command (FORCECOM) CGTTP 6-01, 1A January 2013

USING THE RADIOTELEPHONE Some basics on using the VHF-FM Radio Telephone: 1.Know the radio set and how it works 2.Be alert 3.Speak in a confident tone (Speak SLOWLY, A deep voice is easier to understand.) 4.Keep the mic out of the wind when talking.

USING THE RADIOTELEPHONE 5.Key the mic before starting to talk 6.Release the mic after you finish talking 7.Release the “Push-to-Talk button after each phrase or two to allow another station to break- in if necessary. 8.Ensure receiver volume is turned up enough to detect signals, but not so loud as to damage your hearing.

PROHIBITED PRACTICES 1.Violating radio silence 2.Unofficial conversations between operators 3.Transmitting on a directed net without permission. 4.Excessive tuning or testing for more than 10 seconds. 5.Failure to listen before transmitting.

PROHIBITED PRACTICES 6. Using other than authorized procedure words. 7. Unauthorized use of plain language in place of procedure words. 8. Any other unauthorized use of plain language. 9. Profane language or loss of temper.

PHONETIC ALPHABET AALPHAAL-FAH BBRAVOBRAH-VOH CCHARLIECHAR-LEE DDELTADELL-TAH EECHOECK-OH FFOXTROTFOKS-TROT GGOLFGOLF HHOTELHOH-TEL IINDIAIN-DEE-AH

PHONETIC ALPHABET JJULIETTJEW-LEE-ETT KKILOKEY-LOH LLIMALEE-MAH MMIKEMIKE NNOVEMBERNO-VEM-BER OOSCAROSS-CAH PPAPAPAH-PAH QQUEBECKEH-BECK RROMEOROW-ME-OH

PHONETIC ALPHABET SSIERRASEE-AIR-AH TTANGOTANG-OH UUNIFORMYOU-NEE-FORM VVICTORVIK-TAH WWHISKEYWISS-KEY XX-RAYECKS-RAY YYANKEEYANG-KEY ZZULUZOO-LOO

PHONETIC FIGURES 0ZE-ROH 1WUN 2TOO 3TREE 4FOW-ER 5FIFE 6SIX 7SEV-UN 8AIT 9NINE-ER

FIGURES NUMBERSPOKEN 44FOW-ER, FOW-ER 500FIFE, ZE-ROH, ZE-ROH 7000SEV-UN, ZE-ROH, ZE-ROH, ZE-ROH 16,000WUN, SIX, ZE-ROH, ZE-ROH, ZE-ROH 14,899WUN, FOW-ER, AIT, NINE-ER, NINE-ER

FIGURES For a Decimal Point Say: – DAY-SEE- MAL To say: speak: WUN, TOO, TREE DAY-SEE-MAL, SIX

MIX of LETTERS & NUMBERS To spell say: “I Spell” To give a string of numbers, say: “Figures” To give a mix of letters & numbers say: – For: NY1234 say: “ I SPELL NO-VEMB-ER, YANG- KEE, WUN, TOO, TREE, FOW-ER” – For 129B say: “FIGURES, WUN, TOO, NINE-ER, BRAH-VOH

DATES DATES: Speak dates digit-by-digit using month’s full name. For 20 August say: – “ Too, Ze-Roh, August”

INITIALS INITIALS:. For W. E. Lewis, say: “INITIALS, WISS-KEY, ECK-OH, LEWIS “ Speak the phonetic alphabet for personal

ROMAN NO. ROMAN NUMBERS: Precede roman numerals by the Phrase “ROMAN NUMERALS”, then transmit the Arabic numbers

PUNCTUATION Punctuation MarkSpoken As: Colon (:)COLON Comma (,)COMMA Decimal Point (.)DAY-SEE-MAL Hyphen (-)HYPHEN Oblique stroke (/)SLANT

PUNCTUATION Punctuation MarkSpoken As: Parenthesis (( ))BRACKET ON/BRACKET OFF Period (.)PERIOD or FULL STOP Question mark (?)QUESTION MARK Semicolon (;)SEMI-COLON

RADIO USE To call or reply: 1.Check that you are on the proper channel 2.Listen to be sure there is no traffic on the channel 3.Speak clearly and slowly in a normal voice holding the mic about 2” from your mouth and out of the wind. 4.Avoid excessive calling and unofficial traffic. NOTE: (Transmit call sign only once if conditions are favorable.)

RADIO USE 5. After unsuccessful attempts to contact a station, transmit the proword “Nothing Heard” or “Negative Contact”. Attempt again after a reasonable interval. 6. Send a transmission at a speed that allows for accurate message copying by the recipient. Transmit the message phrase-by-phrase, un- keying the microphone at regular intervals.

RADIO USE End every transmission with one of the following prowords: OVERRecipient response required. OUTNo response required. WAITUse for pauses that require more than a few seconds. WAIT OUTUse for pauses that require more than a few seconds. I will call you back.

RADIO CHECKS Conduct radio checks to test equipment or when communication with another unit is doubtful. Make radio checks on a Coast Guard working channel. Radio checks on VHF channel 16 are illegal according to FCC rules.

PRIORITY RADIO USE Distress communications have absolute priority over all other transmissions. At times, a net control station (NCS) might impose or lift radio silence on a directed net. Example: ALL STATIONS (3X) THIS IS _____ SILENCE (3X). I SAY AGAIN (“SILENCE” is pronounced “SEELONCE). ALL STATIONS (3X) THIS IS____ SILENCE LIFTED.(3X) “SILENCE” is pronounced “SEELONCE”.

PRIORITY RADIO USE Distress Call: “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY” The proword “THIS IS (Unit’s name)” Give in order: 1. The distressed unit’s position 2. Nature of distress, 3. Number of POBs, 4. Medical condition (if any), age of POBs if pertinent, 5. Description of vessel, 6. Any other information that may aid in the rescue. The receiving unit should acknowledge receipt of the message (RECEIVED MAYDAY).

PRIORITY RADIO USE Urgent Communications: The urgency signal “PAN-PAN” (pronounced PAHN- PAHN) indicates the calling station has an urgent message to transmit concerning the safety of a ship, an aircraft, other vehicle, or the safety of a person. Message may be addressed to either a specific station or to ALL STATIONS. Urgent communications have priority over all other transmissions except distress. Exercise care not to interfere.

PRIORITY RADIO USE Safety Communications: Safety broadcasts use the same procedures as urgent communications. Use the safety signal proword “Securite” pronounced (Say-Cur-i-Tay) (say 3X). Say “This is ______”, Give brief identifying message, (ex: Safety marine broadcast) – Listen Channel ____, Out”.

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS ACKNOWLEDGEInstructs recipient to acknowledge BREAKIndicates the separation of text from other portions of the message. CALL SIGNThe group that follows is a call sign. CORRECTYou are correct CORRECTIONAn error was made in this transmission, the correction is:

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS DISREGARDThe transmission was in error, disregard the message. EXECUTECarry out the intention of the message or signal, followed by OUT.” EXEMPTThe station immediately following this proword are exempted. FIGURESNumerals or numbers follow.

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS FROMIdentifies the message originator. I READ BACKThe following is my response to your instructions to read back. I SAY AGAINUse to repeat a portion of a transmission. I SPELLPrecedes a word spelled phonetically. MESSAGEThe following message requires recording.

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS NEGATIVENo NO PLAYDuring an exercise, used to distinguish real world activity. NEGATIVE -Used when there is no reply from - CONTACTstation called. OUTNo reply required or expected. OVERA reply is required or expected.

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS READ BACKRepeat back as received ROGERI have satisfactorily received your last transmission. SAY AGAINRepeat all of your message. SEND YOUR --I am ready to receive your message. SILENCERequires radio silence. Send no traffic, Used in conjunction with a MAYDAY case.

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS SILENCE LIFTEDRadio silence is lifted. SPEAK SLOWERYour transmission was too fast. Reduce the speed at which you are speaking. THIS IS ______Identifies the station UNKNOWN -Used when trying to establish -STATIONcommunications with an unknown station

COMMONLY USED PROWORDS WAITI must pause for a few seconds. WAIT-OUTI must pause for more than a few seconds. I will call you back. WILCOI have received your message, understand and will comply. WORDS TWICETransmit each phrase twice. WRONGYour last transmission was incorrect.