PROTOCOL FOR ACTUAL/DRILL EXERCISES

1  READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS PROTOCOL AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR EXERCISE

2  SELECT QUALIFIED NCS' PRIOR TO DRILL...IDEALLY, FULL DIGITAL QUALIFIED

3  SELECT QUALIFIED ANCS PRIOR TO OR EARLY IN NET...DIGITAL IF NCS NOT

4  CHECK EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE PRIOR TO NET

5  LIMIT INITIAL CHECKIN TO TRAFFIC HOLDING STATIONS..ANCS COPY ALONG

6  SELECT STATION TO FILE ACTIVATION REPORT

7  DESIGNATE STATIONS TO MONITOR OTHER NETS, SHARES, REGION

8  MAINTAIN NET DATA AND PASS ON TO SUBSEQUENT NCS FOR DEACTIVATION REPORT

9  BE KNOWLEDGABLE AS TO WHO IS DIGITALLY QUALIFIED 

10 SORT TRAFFIC BY DIGITAL MODE AND DIRECT BY MODE GROUP

11 DIGITAL TRAFFIC IS HANDLED ON PRIMARY FREQUENCY

12 VOICE TRAFFIC IS HANDLED ON ALTERNATE FREQUENCY

13 DIRECT ONE OR MORE DIGITAL STATIONS TO ALTERNATE TO TAKE VOICE TRAFFIC

14 SPREAD DIGITAL TRAFFIC AROUND TO QUALIFIED STATIONS

15 MAKE CORRECTIONS TO INCORRECT PROCEDURES AND POOR STATION OPERATION

16 USE ANCS INITIALLY FOR RELAYS

17 STUDY AND UNDERSTAND PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING NCS AND NET FREQUENCIES