A long time ago on a frequency far, far away, a PTTN exchange went something like what you see below. Books usually are limited to black text, so reading exchanges requires preceding each transmission with the operator's call like reading a play. For instance,
OP1: tnx fb qso 73 him de me
OP2: 73 om me de him
But that gets more than a little confusing when reading the concise exchanges between cw net ops. So let's use color coding. The Net Control Station is the boss man so we'll color him red and then randomly assign two other ops blue and green.
Please let me know if you find this helpful or if you can think of ways to improve it. After all it's supposed to help new comers, and if it isn't doing that it needs fixing. 73 and hope to see you on PTTN!
W3ZQN is NCS
N3SW who is the EPA rep and will also pass a
message to
AB3AP, another PTTN checker in.
| Exchange | Translation |
| PTTN PTTN PTTN de W3ZQN PTTN PTTN PTTN de W3ZQN PTTN is the Pennsylvania Traffic Training Net x All are welcome |
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| PTTN PSE QNZ VVV VVV | Zero beat to NCS's signal |
| QND | Net is directed |
| QNN W3ZQN/Bob | Name of NCS |
| QNA EPA Rep k | Asking EPA rep to check in |
| de N3SW/EPA QTC AB3AP 1 k | EPA rep checks in, 1 message for AB3AP |
| N3SW GE Scott AS | NCS acknowledges |
| PTTN QNI k | Asks for general checkins |
| P | AB3AP ready to check in (sends last letter in call) |
| P | NCS acknowledges |
| de AB3AP GE Bob QRU k | AB3AP check in, no traffic |
| AB3AP TU Mike AS | Tells AB3AP to standby for traffic |
| PTTN QNI k | Asks for more checkins |
| PTTN QNI k | |
| PTTN QNI k | |
| AB3AP | Calls AB3AP |
| T | AB3AP acknowledges |
| N3SW | Calls N3SW |
| T | N3SW acknowledges |
| N3SW es AB3AP DWN 3 DWN 3 k | Move down 3 kHz to pass traffic |
| G | Going off frequency |
| G | Going off frequency |
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An example of that is below.] | |
| AP | Call suffix means returning from traffic passing |
| AP | NCS acknowledges |
| SW | Returning |
| SW | NCS acknowledges |
| AB3AP | Calls AB3AP |
| T | AB3AP acknowledges |
| Tnx Mike es 73 QNX k | NCS excuses AB3AP |
| GE Bob 73 de AB3AP [dit dit] | AB3AP says his 73 |
| N3SW | Calls N3SW |
| T | N3SW acknowledges |
| Tnx Scott es 73 QNX k | NCS excuses N3SW |
| GE all 73 de N3SW [dit dit] | Returning |
| PTTN de W3ZQN QNF GE | Net is over |