Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Government Involvement

• Radio Licensing

• Purpose of License

• License Fee

• Privacy of Radio Conversations

• The CRMF Network

• Regular Services of CRMF

• Radio Terminology

• Special Vocabulary

• International Alphabet

• Radio Stations

• PBT Fixed Stations

• Non-PBT Stations

• Mobile Licenses

• PBT Sked Times

• Times

• Use of PBT Sked Times

• General Skeds

• Weekday 11:45 Skeds

• Designated Skeds

• Individual Skeds

• Required Sked Attendance

• Promptness at Skeds

• General Radio Procedures

• Calling Another Station

• Responding to a Call From Another Station

• Traffic Priority Designations

• Breaking for Aircraft and Medical Traffic

• Radio Orders

• Maintaining a Sked Book

• Passing Messages

• Listening

• Length of Transmissions

• Interference

• Participating in a Radio Sked

• Opening

• Emergency Traffic

• Call-up of All Stations

• Proceeding With Sked

• Closing Sked

• Controlling Station

• Designation of Controlling Station

• Responsibilities of the Controlling Station

• Madang Radio Operator

• Readiness for Sked

• Following Up Sked Messages

• Writing Up Sked Messages

• Delivering Time Urgent Messages

• Administration

• Messages for Transmission

• Replying to Messages Received

• Radio Room Courtesy

• Other Uses of the Radio

• Commercial Traffic

• Emergency Services of CRMF

• Utilizing Another Mission’s Sked Time

• Radio Operators

• Restrictions on Radio Use

• Radio Decorum