EMC180 Net Control Training 
To:   Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
To:   Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
By:   Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the
      California Governor's Office of Emergency Services  

EMC180   Net Control Training    For release 4/19/1999

Certified Net Control Training is a vital part of the training
program for the Huntington Beach RACES unit. It's May, l998 News
letter put it this way: "The Net Control Training Team has worked
hard to determine what information to teach and how each
individual could best demonstrate their ability to run the
Huntington Beach RACES Net in an emergency. The Team has
succeeded in developing a simple classroom training program
followed by individual drills for RACES personnel. The class is
divided into three parts;

Part I, Classroom Training - The classroom training is open to
ALL RACES personnel and all are encouraged to attend.

Part II, Tactical Command Trailer - Training on how to operate
in the Tactical Command Trailer will be done at Field Day. RACES
Field Day and Camp CERT will be held in xx and all are invited to
spend the weekend. The Tactical Command Trailer training will be
held from 1-4 PM on Saturday. A certificate is part of the Net
Control Credential program.

Part III, EOC Drill - The EOC Drill consists of message handling
from the RACES Radio Room in the EOC. You will operate at Net
Control while other RACES personnel send field messages. The
Team has scheduled the following dates xxxxxx in the EOC. You
will need to sign up for one of them and can attend only one.
You can observe prior to going through the drill. If you have
difficulty demonstrating the capability to run the Net the first
time you try, may may come back and try again at one of the later
dates." (end of quote.) ______

One method of training HF net control operators was described
some years ago by Stan Harter, KH6GBX (deceased) because
he felt HF net control required skills often not learned on
vhf/uhf nets. Here is a general description of his idea:

Set up an audio amplifier system with speakers and mikes in a
building. Put the class of net control operators in one room,
the trainers in another, and provide the trainers with the
ability to introduce HF background 'noise', "qrm", "static" and
"real time interference" into the "net" that is conducted on the
audio system. In other words, for HF Net Control operators,
provide them with exactly the same conditions they can face
on-the-air, but do so in an in-house audio setup that emulates
the real net.
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