SYMPTOM
POSSIBILITIES
Your net is not in a Your RT is out of
silence
directive
FH sync time.
and you havent
heard traffic for a
period of time.
A C T I ON
Attempt to contact
NCS or another
member 2 or 3
times. If unsucces-
sful, perform pas-
sive late net entry.
If late net entry is
unsuccessful, per-
form CUE and ERF
procedure. Follow
NCS direction.
SIG marker steadi-
Iy flickers. You can
communicate, but
there
is
back-
ground popping or
static when you are
receiving. You no-
tice your RT com-
munication range is
reduced.
Co-site
interfer-
If possible, ask the
ence from another
interfering radio
radio.
operator to stand
by or to reduce RF
power. Attempt to
move your RT or
antenna 50 meters
or more. Contact
NCS.
Note: When a station operating in plain text calls one opera-
ting in cipher text, the receiving operator can hear the mes-
sage and the beeping in the background. This tells the re-
ceiving operator that the sender is broadcasting in plain
text.
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