Daveyou have hit the nail on the head...
When you talk about radio operating procedures in past years where traffic
nets abounded and circuit discipline was entirely different you are in
another generation. When WWII evolved thousands of amateur radio operators
enlisted and were quickly pounding a key with a minimum of training. This
could never happen today.
Unknown to many of the more recent hams is that the Q signals were used by
net participants to cut down on time expended to send the entire item in
code.
We will probably never see those activities again.the military does not
even bother with CW these days..new radios do not even have a key jack
nor do the present day communicators even know the code. This is the
digital battlefield now...
At least we still have our memories.
73 Norm K1AA
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From: David Yarnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jim Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Radio Procedure-on phone
In the past, using the phrase break, break, break--called a triple
break--was supposed to only occur in an emergency. This comes from net
operating procedures mainly. Otherwise, you would just say break, break
if you wanted to be recognized, but not for emergency purposes.
Nonetheless, a single break is often used to request recognition. The
term break, spoken only once, is also intended to indicated a separation
between parts. For example, when passing a message, there will often be
heard the term break after the address of the person for whom the
message is intended, but prior to the actual text. The military similarly
used the word break as a separator between parts. Another example is
that a net control station might use the term break to clearly indicate
the end of one task or communication, and the beginning of another.
Net operating procedures are not all that familiar to most hams these days
as there are not very many nets left. There was a time when I was very
active in net operations, and there were lots of nets in which to
participate. Most were run under very strict procedures. The ones I hear
today are much less formal for the most part. Perhaps the MARS nets still
in operation are run more formally, but only a handful of others seem to
retain that kind of net discipline. But net operations used to be
primarily for the purpose of passing traffic, whereas now most of them
are just a regularly scheduled event where people show up, and perhaps
take their turn at a short, informal transmission.
So, I don't think the documented procedures have necessarily changed, but
the actual practice of these procedures has moderated substantially.
Dave W7AQK
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jim Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Radio Procedure-on phone
The line Break, Break, Break appears in The New Technician Class FCC
License Preparation, Third Edition, which contained the July 1, 1990 326
Question Pool. Gorden West, WB6NOA is credited, and it was Developed and
Published by Master Publishing, Inc., and distributed by Radio Shack. I
quote from page 41:
3AB-2-1-2 Why should users of a station in repeater operation pause
briefly between transmissions?
A. To check the SWR of the repeater
B. To reach for pencil and paper for third party traffic
C. To listen for any hams wanting to break in
D. To dial up the repeater's autopatch
ANSWER C: A repeater is like a party linethere may be others who may
wish to use the system. In an emergency, stations may break in saying
Break, Break, Break. Give up the channel immediately. Always leave
enough time between picking up the conversation for other stations to
break in. It's a pause that may refresh someone else's day in an
emergency.
I don't necessarily agree with Gordo, but the first time I saw it in
print was in one of his manuals.
vy 73, Mike
Jim Abercrombie wrote:
Also, in what book does it say the term break, referring to a VHF
repeater, mean emergency? All of that is perfect nonsense.
Jim
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