This document is intended as a training aid for assigned instructors. Passing

the training message ON THE AIR is the method of use.

The first FIVE TO TEN messages delivered to students should contain all of the

message elements, including a complete address and telephone number. It is

suggested that old QSL cards be used for "addressees" to provide some variety

and authenticity.

This basic training package assumes NO NTS experience, but would be a good

review for experienced message handlers.

[For the sake of simplicity, only the message number and check have been included

in the preamble. The words of the text are grouped in sets of five for easy counting.]

NR 1 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS AFTER EACH

MESSAGE IF YOU DO NOT

UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL IN THE

TEXT X YOU CAN HELP

US IMPROVE THIS NEW COURSE BREAK

NR 2 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK ARRL OFFERS OPERATING AIDS FOR

TRAFFIC HANDLERS X PINK FORM

FSD218 AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE

COMMUNICATIONS MANUAL MAY BE USEFUL

WORKING TOOLS DURING THIS COURSE BREAK

NR 3 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK NET STATIONS FOLLOW DIRECTIONS OF

THE NET CONTROL STATION X

CASUAL COMMENTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED

BECAUSE THEY ARE DISRUPTIVE TO

THE FLOW OF THE NET BREAK

NR 4 ROUTINE [your call] 30 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE RECEIVING STATION CALLS THE

SENDING STATION ON A FREQUENCY

ASSIGNED BY NET CONTROL X

IF THAT FREQUENCY IS BUSY

LOOK FOR A CLEAR FREQUENCY

NEARBY OR RETURN TO NET BREAK

NR 5 ROUTINE [your call] 35 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK STATIONS ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN TO

THE NET WITH THEIR CALLSIGN

SUFFIX X IF YOU WERE

UNSUCCESSFUL WITH YOUR CONTACT YOU

COULD ALSO SAY NO JOY

X EXAMPLES ARE DQI BACK

OR DQI BACK NO JOY BREAK

NR 6 ROUTINE [your call] 26 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE LETTER X IS USED

IN THE TEXT AS A

PERIOD TO SEPARATE DISTINCT THOUGHTS

X IT IS NEVER USED

AT THE END OF A

MESSAGE BREAK

NR 7 ROUTINE [your call] 19 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK WHEN PUNCTUATION IS DEEMED NECESSARY

IN THE TEXT IT IS

SPELLED OUT X EXAMPLES INCLUDE

COMMA QUERY AND DASH BREAK

NR 8 ROUTINE [your call] 26 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK A GROUP IS A STRING

OF NUMBERS OR LETTERS OR

BOTH X IT MAY CONTAIN

THE SLANT BAR X IT

BEGINS AND ENDS WITH A

SPACE BREAK

NR 9 ROUTINE [your call] 16 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK TWENTY FIVE GROUPS IS A

PRACTICAL MAXIMUM LIMIT FOR MESSAGE

SIZE X SOME MESSAGES ARE

LONGER BREAK

NR 10 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK IF YOU ARE NOT SURE

OF ANY WORD OR GROUP

IN A MESSAGE YOU SHOULD

ASK FOR A FILL OR

CONFIRMATION FROM THE SENDING STATION BREAK

NR 11 ROUTINE [your call] 30 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK WORD BEFORE BIRTHDAY WORD AFTER

HOLIDAY WORDS BETWEEN FLIGHT AND

LANDING X THESE ARE EXAMPLES

OF QUERIES THE RECEIVING STATION

MIGHT USE TO INSURE THE

CORRECT RECEPTION OF THE MESSAGE BREAK

NR 12 ROUTINE [your call] 28 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK IF YOU CANNOT DELIVER A

MESSAGE YOU SHOULD CONSTRUCT A

SERVICE MESSAGE TO THE STATION

OF ORIGIN WITH A SHORT

EXPLANATION X ALWAYS INCLUDE THE

ORIGINATORS MESSAGE NUMBER BREAK

NR 13 ROUTINE [your call] 18 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK AN ARRL MESSAGE HAS FOUR

PARTS X THEY ARE THE

PREAMBLE COMMA ADDRESS COMMA TEXT

COMMA AND SIGNATURE BREAK

NR 14 ROUTINE [your call] 13 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE PREAMBLE CONTAINS EIGHT FIELDS

X SIX ARE MANDATORY AND

TWO ARE OPTIONAL BREAK

NR 15 ROUTINE [your call] 31 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE MANDATORY PARTS OF THE

PREAMBLE ARE MESSAGE NUMBER COMMA

PRECEDENCE COMMA STATION OF ORIGIN

COMMA GROUP COUNT COMMA PLACE

OF ORIGIN COMMA DATE X

THEY MUST BE IN THAT

ORDER BREAK

NR 16 ROUTINE [your call] 20 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK OPTIONAL PARTS OF THE PREAMBLE

ARE HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS WHICH FOLLOW

THE PRECEDENCE AND FILING TIME

WHICH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDES THE DATE BREAK

NR 17 ROUTINE [your call] 26 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK WHEN TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE INTRODUCTORY

WORDS SUCH AS STATION OF

ORIGIN COMMA CHECK COMMA DATE

COMMA ARE NOT VOICED IN

THE PREAMBLE X THEY ARE

UNDERSTOOD BREAK

NR 18 ROUTINE [your call] 29 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE MESSAGE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED

BY THE ORIGINATOR AND SHOULD

NEVER BE CHANGED BY SUBSEQUENT

TRAFFIC HANDLERS X ALL CORRESPONDENCE

ABOUT THAT MESSAGE SHOULD REFERENCE

THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE NUMBER BREAK

NR 19 ROUTINE [your call] 19 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK ALL MESSAGE NUMBERS SHOULD BE

UNIQUE X MOST TRAFFIC HANDLERS

START THEIR SEQUENCE WITH NUMBER

ONE EVERY JANUARY FIRST BREAK

NR 20 ROUTINE [your call] 27 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE PRECEDENCE OF MOST AMATEUR

TRAFFIC IS ROUTINE X THESE

SHOULD BE DELIVERED WITHIN 48

HOURS X OTHERWISE THE ORIGINATING

STATION SHOULD BE ADVISED OF

A PROBLEM BREAK

NR 21 ROUTINE [your call] 21 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS ARE OPTIONAL X

THEY ARE THREE LETTER GROUPS

AND ARE A REQUEST BY

THE ORIGINATING STATION FOR SPECIAL

ATTENTION BREAK

NR 22 ROUTINE [your call] 20 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE STATION OF ORIGIN IS

THE CALLSIGN OF THE STATION

WHICH FORMULATED THE TRAFFIC AND

INTRODUCED IT INTO THE NTS BREAK

NR 23 ROUTINE [your call] 24 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE GROUP COUNT ALSO CALLED

THE CHECK IS THE NUMBER

OF GROUPS IN THE TEXT

X THE SIGNATURE IS NOT

COUNTED IN THIS NUMBER BREAK

NR 24 ROUTINE [your call] 24/30 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THIS MESSAGE HAD A BAD

CHECK X IT WAS AMENDED

TO 30 AND THE ORIGINAL

COUNT WAS RETAINED TO POINT

OUT THAT THERE MAY BE

A PROBLEM WITH THE TEXT BREAK

NR 25 ROUTINE [your call] 17 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK IF AN ARRL NUMBERED RADIOGRAM

IS INCLUDED IN THE TEXT

THEN THE LETTERS ARL PRECEDE

THE CHECK BREAK

NR 26 ROUTINE [your call] 18 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE PLACE OF ORIGIN IS

THE CITY AND STATE WHERE

THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE

MESSAGE SIGNED IT BREAK

NR 27 ROUTINE [your call] 29 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK FILING TIME IS AN OPTIONAL

FIELD AND IS ONLY USED

IF THIS TIME IS IMPORTANT

TO THE SENDER OR RECEIVER

X GMT SHOULD ALWAYS BE

USED TO AVOID AMBIGUITY BREAK

NR 28 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE LAST BLOCK IN THE

PREAMBLE IS THE GMT DATE

OF THE MESSAGE X IT

IS SENT IN MONTH DAY

FORMAT FOR EXAMPLE FEB 29 BREAK

NR 29 ROUTINE [your call] 21 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE NEXT REQUIRED PART IN

THE MESSAGE IS THE COMPLETE

ADDRESS TO INCLUDE THE ZIP

CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER WHENEVER

POSSIBLE BREAK

NR 30 ROUTINE [your call] 21 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE ADDRESSEE FULL NAME SHOULD

BE USED IN CASE THE

DELIVERING STATION HAS TO REFERENCE

THE TELEPHONE BOOK OR DIRECTORY

ASSISTANCE BREAK

NR 31 ROUTINE [your call] 24 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE SECOND ADDRESS LINE CONTAINS

THE STREET ADDRESS AND APARTMENT

NUMBER IF APPROPRIATE X THE

NEXT LINE CONTAINS CITY AND

STATE AND ZIP CODE BREAK

NR 32 ROUTINE [your call] 18 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE LAST LINE OF THE

ADDRESS SHOULD CONTAIN THE TELEPHONE

NUMBER AND SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE

THE AREA CODE BREAK

NR 33 ROUTINE [your call] 29 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK AN OP NOTE MAY BE

INSERTED AFTER THE ADDRESS X

THIS IS ADVISORY INFORMATION FOR

THE DELIVERING STATION X FOR

EXAMPLE TELEPHONE IS WORK NUMBER

DELIVER DURING DAYTIME ONLY BREAK

NR 34 ROUTINE [your call] 28 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE TEXT IS THE THIRD

PART OF THE MESSAGE X

IT IS PRECEDED AND FOLLOWED

BY THE PROSIGN BREAK X

THESE PROSIGNS ARE NOT COUNTED

IN THE CHECK BREAK

NR 35 ROUTINE [your call] 19 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK ARRL HAS ASSEMBLED A LIST

OF COMMON GREETINGS TO SHORTEN

MESSAGE TEXTS X THE NUMBER

IS ALWAYS SPELLED OUT BREAK

NR 36 ROUTINE [your call] ARL26 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK ARL SIXTY NINE MEPN X

THE GROUP MEPN FILLS IN

THE BLANK IN THE NUMBERED

MESSAGE X THIS IS AN

EXAMPLE OF AN ARRL NUMBERED

RADIOGRAM BREAK

NR 37 ROUTINE [your call] 26 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK WHEN TWO OR MORE GROUPS

ARE SEPARATED BY A SLANT

BAR THE ENTIRE STRING IS

COUNTED AS ONE GROUP X

FOR EXAMPLE K3ORW/JIM/NCS IS ONE

GROUP BREAK

NR 38 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE DECIMAL POINT IS VOICED

AS THE WORD ROMEO X

FOR EXAMPLE THE BTN MEETS

ON THE ONE FOUR SIX

ROMEO SIX SEVEN ZERO REPEATER BREAK

NR 39 ROUTINE [your call] 14 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE USUALLY WRITTEN

AS THREE GROUPS X FOR

EXAMPLE 301 555 1212 BREAK

NR 40 ROUTINE [your call] 27 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK THE FINAL PART OF THE

MESSAGE IS THE SIGNATURE WHICH

MAY CONTAIN MORE THAN A

NAME X IT MAY HAVE

TELEPHONE NUMBERS COMMA ADDRESS AND/OR

GROUP AFFILIATION BREAK

NR 41 ROUTINE [your call] 25 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK AN OP NOTE MAY BE

SENT AFTER THE SIGNATURE WITH

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE RECEIVING

PARTY X AN EXAMPLE WOULD

BE TO REPLY VIA PACKET BREAK

NR 42 ROUTINE [your call] 15 [your qth] [today's date]

BREAK PLEASE CONSTRUCT A MESSAGE TO

THE NET MANAGER INDICATING YOU

HAVE COMPLETED THIS BASIC COURSE BREAK