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   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/777fb6d8b Jun 13 2023 MSC 1929   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 master/777fb6d8b Jun 13 2023 MSC 1929   
   BBSID: TBOLT   
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                    VERBALLY PASSING TRAFFIC ON A NET   
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   When net control gives permission for you to pass your traffic to another   
   station, the receiving station of your message contacts you and says   
   "ready to copy".   
      
   Your message would go like this, just read it exactly like this, and fill   
   in the blanks with your info. Remember when reading the message that   
   someone is writing it on the other end, so read at writing speed.   
      
   "Please copy my number: 1, Routine, HX Golf, (your call sign), 25,   
   (your location), (time if applicable),December two zero."   
      
   "Going to (your addressee) and (amateur call sign if any),   
   figures 1234 Brushy Creek Drive, Bandera TX, zip figures 99877,   
   phone figures 919 555 1234, break for text."   
      
   * Now WAIT for the receiving station to say "go with text"; plus, this   
   allows them any fills they might need of the preamble information, or any   
   needed fills of information of the addressee.   
      
   When they say, "go with text," read your message, word for word, at   
   writing speed. For any tough words, use phonetics. The number of words   
   should match the (check) in the preamble. ARL Message codes (at the top   
   of this bulletin) are always phonetically spelled out. One number character   
   per box.   
      
   Example: ARL Fifty Six would be 3 words.   
      
   When done delivering your text to receiving station say, "Break for   
   Signature".   
      
   * Wait for receiving station to ask for fills, or say, "Go With Signature".   
      
   Give signature of message sender, amateur call sign if applicable, and   
   say "End Message Number One, how copy?".   
      
   The receiving station will acknowledge your message number one, and say   
   "Thanks for the traffic", ending with their call sign.   
      
   You can reply by saying "Thank you for taking it", and end with your   
   call sign, so net control knows the message has been passed, and you both   
   are finished.   
      
   That's all there is to passing a message. Pretty easy, isn't it??   
   Not much to it, this is how we do it on the DFW Traffic Net; some nets   
   are different, you just have to listen to see what their format is like.   
      
   Delivering a radiogram is even easier. Call the person with the phone   
   number provided, read the text part of the message, explain ARL message   
   codes if there are any, and they don't know what they mean, and tell them   
   who it is from. That's it.   
      
   Just a brief mention of how I present myself when calling someone.   
      
   When someone answers I say "Hi, my name is Bob, and I am a ham radio   
   operator with the DFW traffic net". Usually this gets their attention,   
   so they don't think I am a "telemarketer".   
      
   I have found the use of the word "ham" to be better than "amateur". You   
   just have to find what works for you.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32   
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