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Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Guidebook John a Allocca

Table of ContentsAmateur Radio Emergency Communications in the CommunityAmateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) Principles of Disaster CommunicationWorking with Public Safety Officials and AgenciesNational Traffic System (NTS) Incident Command System (ICS) Message HandlingHurricane Intensity ScaleThe EmergencyRadiogramITU Phonetic AlphabetInternational Q SignalsUS Amateur BandsAmateur Radio Call Sign Numerical PrefixesSignal ReportingCommunications Net ProcedureCTCSS (PL) Tone FrequenciesPacket RadioAPRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) PSK (Phase Shift Keying) RadioWinlink 2000Satellite RadioAntennas and PropagationH. F. Antenna AnalysisEmergency PowerAnderson PowerpolesD-Star ProgrammingEcholink and IRLPPortable Antenna Systems