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NTS Training
I am working on putting together an computer (online, downloadable,etc.)
based training package for learning to properly handle National Traffic System (NTS) messages. First, is there already something out there? I don't want to re-invent any wheels here. Second, if not, does anybody have audio recordings of an NTS traffic net (voice, not CW) that we could use both as an example, and ideally for actual practice. Or, does anybody here know if there are any NTS traffic nets that I can hear and record myself in the PDX area? There was a weekly practice sked many months (years?) ago, I remember coming across them every so often. But now when I went out to look, I can't find anything. Please reply here in this newsgroup. Thanks Richard KE7GKP |
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NTS Training
Richard Crowley wrote:
I am working on putting together an computer (online, downloadable,etc.) based training package for learning to properly handle National Traffic System (NTS) messages. First, is there already something out there? I don't want to re-invent any wheels here. Second, if not, does anybody have audio recordings of an NTS traffic net (voice, not CW) that we could use both as an example, and ideally for actual practice. Or, does anybody here know if there are any NTS traffic nets that I can hear and record myself in the PDX area? There was a weekly practice sked many months (years?) ago, I remember coming across them every so often. But now when I went out to look, I can't find anything. There is quite a bit of information available on the ARRL web site. As for finding an actual net, check the net directory at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/net...netsearch.html Might I suggest that if you're planning to create audio examples it makes more sense to record them using people who are reading from scripts. I say this because you'll get better quality audio, have control of what you're recording, and because most of the voice NTS nets that I've heard in the past decade or so are not the kind of operation that I'd want to use as an example of how to do it right. You might consider teaching the basic skills rather than focusing on a specific protocol for formal traffic. Knowing how to send and receive traffic is a much different, basic, and useful skill than knowing how to put it in the NTS format. People who haven't done it equate this with "talk" and "write", but there's a lot more to it than that. When your students can relay a list of ten items like "fifteen packages of twenty infant size diapers" from point A to point B _with zero errors_, then it is time to think about specific traffic protocol wrappers. 73, Steve KB9X |
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