1. Disaster Communications
Southwestern Alabama
ARES Group
Disaster Communications
Message Handing
By: KD4NGA

2. COURSE OUTLINE Why message handling and how it works
How the National Traffic System (NTS) works
Using the NTS Radiogram
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) message form works
Using the ISC-213
Sending Messages

3. Why message handling and how it works
A standard method to communicate nation-wide
Everyone knows what format to expect
There is a method for routing and confirmation
A standard means fast and more accurate message handling
A standard becomes (in some cases) legal documents

4. How the National Traffic System (NTS) works

5. How the National Traffic System (NTS) works

6. How the National Traffic System (NTS) works

7. How the local Area Works

8. How the local Area Works

9. Using the NTS Radiogram

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Logging Messages

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Receive messages
ARRL
ICS213

33. American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
For information about the “Big” picture please take training at:

34. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

35. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

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46. Class Exercise Divide into teams of two.
Take your assignment and separate into separate locations and develop a message on a form and then pass it via assigned frequency.
Come back into the classroom.

47. Class Exercise

48. Class Exercise
Any Questions?