Communications Radio Guide Book 2009 R2 Version This Guide Book is for the benefit of the Civil Air Patrol. It is to be used for Civil Air Patrol Official Business. Communications Radio Guide Book contains channel assignments for. Also contains procedures for Texas communications and surrounding wings. This book will assist all members in the ability to maintain communications while on various missions and activities when VHF radios are in use. Radio Guide Book Contents Page Subject 1 Introduction/Table of Contents 2 Ground Team Section 3-5 Aircrew Section & Aircraft Call Signs 6 CAP Radio Procedures 7 Helpful Hints (Quick Ref. Guide) 8-15 EFJ 5300 & 5100 Tables 16-17 Repeater Map 18 EFJ 5300 & 5100 Tables 19-27 Aircraft Radio Tables 28-31 HF Radio Tables PLEASE PRACTICE and USE your Radio Gear on a regular basis. The Radios are meant to be used. Use them properly. For additional information regarding Texas Communications, see http://www.txwgcap.org/comm/comm.htm Information contained in this document is for Official Use Only (FOUO) and may not be released to other departments, agencies, or individuals without the prior permission of the originator, Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters. Designed by Communications Staff (2009) & Capt S C Rollins (INWG)
Page 2 Page 31 Ground Team Section GTM Leader Radio Aircraft Radio Mission Base (ICP) HF Radios HF Frequency Table 4 Notes/Remarks Mobile Unit Radio or Radio Repeater Utilizing all possibilities to establish communications is Ground Team goals. Many ways to make this happen. Consider all possible ways to maintain a comm link with mission base. Typical arrangement: Hand Held VHF to Aircraft to Mission Base. Hand Held VHF to Mobile to Mission Base. Hand Held VHF to Repeater to Mission Base. Hand Held VHF to Mobile to Aircraft to Mission Base. Also consider moving to high unobstructed ground to establish a line of sight comm link. A. During All CAP Vehicle Use The CAP Radio Must Be On And Monitored/Used. To Be Monitored CC1 (Zone 1, 1) Simplex. Unless A Repeater Is Required for longer distance communications. B. During all Communications Clear and Calm transmissions are required for other station to understand your message. C. Use of either CAP Vehicle Call Sign or Issued Call Sign is approved for use with CAP Vehicle radios. (Non Mission use) D. During missions all call signs and channels are assigned by the communications officer(cul) or the IC for that mission. E. CAP 76 Form (Radio Authorization Card) Must be on your person during all CAP Radio Operations. Minimum of BCUT ROA card is required to use CAP radios at a mission without supervision. F. All radios must be checked on a regular basis for proper operation. G. Hand Held radio batteries must be kept charged at all times. H. ISR Radios are designed for limited range(distance). Trees and brush, inside buildings will cause additional range loss. I. ISR Radios must have fresh batteries. When ISRs are not in use for a long time make sure the batteries are removed.
Page 30 Page 3 Aircrew Section HF Radios HF Frequency Table 3 Notes/Remarks A. Standard simplex channels are to be used during normal flight operations. No Aircrew is to use the ground based repeaters, unless specifically directed. Consult Aircraft Radio Table for the appropriate channel(s). (The use of WideBand repeater channels may cause multiple repeaters to be activated during flight/missions because the transmissions will reach multiple repeaters at the same time.) B. Aircrews are to monitor Guard 1 (GD1) at all times unless told otherwise. When using Guard 1 the Calling Station must state they are on Guard 1 (GD1). Example: TXCAP 4230 This is Houston Base on Guard 1, OVER. C. During any and all missions and exercises Aircrews responsibilities: 1. A radio check is required. A completed radio check is when a response is received from the other station (Mission Base). 2. Standard checkins are also required. Items to included in the comm checkin are as follows: a. Time Off b. On Station (In the Grid) c. Off Station (Out of Grid) d. Landing Time e. Standard checkins are every 30 Mins (required) D. Aircrews during normal operating procedure are to monitor and have the CAP aircraft radio ON. E. Aircrews must have a minimum of BCUT ROA card in order to operate the CAP Aircraft Radio. F. CAP Aircraft radio should be on ( HI ) 10 watt power setting during all flights and on ( LO ) 5 watt power setting when on the ground. This is to make sure no excess energy is pushed back into the radio causing possible damage to radio during ground operations. G. CAP Aircraft Radio is a required piece of equipment and must be checked and working properly for all missions. This is the Aircrew s responsibility during preflight and post flights. Report all issues through normal aircraft maintenance process. Catching a inop radio will prevent communication issues during actual or practice SAR missions. H. FAA Back up frequencies of 122.9 & 123.1 are used in the event of failed communications with CAP Radio.
Page 4 Page 29 Tail Number Aircrew Section, cont. Texas CAP Wing Aircraft Call-Signs Table 1 Type CAP Flight # Remarks/Notes HF Radios HF Frequency Table 2 Notes/Remarks N1472N C-172N CPF 4212 NAT Radio N18NJ C-182RG CPF 4218 N165CP C-182T CPF 4216 N984CP C-172R CPF 4221 NAT Radio N224JA C-172P CPF 4222 N9510L C-172P CPF 4224 N225TX C-182Q CPF 4225 N8410E C-172N CPF 4227 N985CP C-172R CPF 4228 NAT Radio N96821 C-182Q CPF 4229 N230TX C-172P CPF 4230 N979CP C-172R CPF 4231 N98913 C-172P CPF 4233 N6567N C-182R CPF 4234 N66059 C-172P CPF 4237 N4736N C-182Q CPF 4238 N239TX C-172P CPF 4239 N9879E C-182R CPF 4240 N99938 C-172P CPF 4241
Page 28 Page 5 HF Radios HF Frequency Table 1 Notes/Remarks Tail Number Aircrew Section, cont. Texas CAP Wing Aircraft Call-Signs Table 2 Type CAP Flight # Remarks/Notes N982CP C-172R CPF 4242 N98463 C-172P CPF 4243 N97596 C-182Q CPF 4244 N9813L C-172P CPF 4245 N9846L C-172P CPF 4246 NAT Radio N247TX C-182Q CPF 4247 N111ZY C-172P CPF 4251 N637CP C-182T CPF 4263 N9864L C-172P CPF 4264 N54872 C-172P CPF 4272 N735CR C-182Q CPF 4273 N778CP C-182T CPF 4278 N614CP GA-8 CPF 9914 * Check on a regular basis to catch any issues prior to activation for a mission. * Aircrews are required to check CAP Radio operation prior to any and all mission types. Check for proper frequency of choice. Check Volume and Audio panel button selection(s) * Aircraft changes occur often and this table may be out of date.
Page 6 Page 27 Radio Communication Format CAP Radio Procedures Method of Speech VHF Frequency Table 9 If Station Is Not Heard Call station not heard Your station call signʼ ʻSTATION NOT HEARDʼ THIS IS TEXAS CAP 114 OUT Rhythm - Use short sentences, divided up in useable lengths Speed - Speak slower when delivering messages/traffic Remarks/Use TDFM NAT 153 90 R 53 Formal Messages Call station called call sign your message ʻyour station call signʼ out TEXAS CAP 114 MESSAGE TEXAS CAP 101 OVER Volume - Normal levels (No Shouting) Pitch - Slightly higher than normal conversations Aids to Accuracy 154 91 R 54 155 92 R 55 156 93 R 56 157 94 R 57 Prowords (Common Ones) Roger = Instructions Received Over = I am finished talking. Out = Communication is complete frequency is free and open for next station use. This Is = Before call sign Wait = I must pause for a few seconds do not transmit Pronunciation of Letters Rules of Figures (Numbers) Rules of Mixed Groups Corrections Over The Air Donʼts Identify Operator by Name Radio Frequencies (numbers) Profane or Inappropriate Language 158 95 R 58 159 96 R 59 160 97 R 60 161 98 R 61 162 99 R 62 163 R 63 164 R 64 GD1 Guard V1 GD1 Say Again = Repeat your transmission(message) Affirmative = YES Negative = NO Transmission of Nicknames or False Call Signs Do Not Argue or Identify Search Subjects GD2 Guard V4 GD2 GD1 Guard 1 (NarrowBand) GD1 GD2 TAC 1 (NarrowBand) GD2 CAP procedures require normal plain english, no 10 codes or Q codes are to be used. Under the new ICS/FEMA structure all information is to be passed in plain english no special use language.
Page 26 Page 7 TDFM NAT VHF Frequency Table 8 Remarks/Use 134 71 R 34 135 72 R 35 136 73 R 36 137 74 R 37 138 75 R 38 139 76 R 39 140 77 R 40 141 78 R 41 142 79 R 42 143 80 R 43 144 81 R 44 145 82 R 45 146 83 R 46 147 84 R 47 148 85 R 48 149 86 R 49 150 87 R 50 151 88 R 51 152 89 R 52 Radio Quick Reference (Helpful Hints) Reference Material - CAPR 100-1 and 100-3 Reference Material - CAPR 60-3 PHONETIC ALPHABET ALPHA JULIET SIERRA BRAVO KILO TANGO CHARLIE LIMA UNIFORM DELTA MIKE VICTOR ECHO NOVEMBER WHISKEY FOXTROT OSCAR XRAY GOLF PAPA YANKEE HOTEL QUEBEC ZULU INDIA Flash(Z) (Rarely Used) Messages for extreme urgency ROMEO Immediate(O) (Rarely Used) Messages for that effect the security of the nation PHONETIC NUMBERS 1 - ONE 6 - SIX 2 - TWO 7 - SEVEN 3 - TREE 8 - EIGHT 4 - FOUR 9 - NINER 5 - FIFA (FIVE) 10 - TEN URGENCY SIGNALS MAYDAY PAN PAN SECURITEʼ ( Used for urgent warnings or navigational concerns ) Priority(P) (Common Use) Messages requiring action. Above Routine(R) messages. Routine(R) (Common Use) Messages requiring normal action times * Use Minimum Transmission Power To Satisfactorily Complete Communication * VHF is Line Of Sight Transmissions. * HF transmissions Are Used For Long Distance Communications. * Use Simplex Frequencies First Then Use Repeaters If Needed. ( The use of repeaters extends range of communications ) * Operations of CAP Frequencies In Canada and Mexico Is Prohibited. * Use CAPF 105 Form For Formal Message Logging * List of Communications Forms ICS 309, ICS 205, ICS 216, ICS 217, CAPF 110, CAPF 105 * For additional communication information and regulatory information reference CAPR 100-1 and 100-2 and 100-3 * All Communications is to be done in plain english. This follows the ICS rules.
Page 8 Page 25 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 1 VHF Frequency Table 7 Zone Remarks/Use 1 1 Command Control 1 CC 1 TDFM NAT Remarks/Use 1 2 Command Control 2 CC 2 1 3 Air to Air AIR 1 1 4 Air to Air AIR 2 1 5 Back Up Guard GUARD 1 1 6 Tactical Use (Misc use) TAC 1 1 7 R65 CAT 1 8 R66 CAT 1 9 R67 CAT 1 10 R68 1 11 R69 1 12 R70 1 13 R63 1 14 R64 1 15 1 16 2 1 Old Simplex (WideBand) V 1 2 2 Old Simplex (WideBand) V 2 2 3 Old Simplex (WideBand) V 3 2 4 Old Simplex (WideBand) V 4 115 R 15 116 54 R 16 117 55 R 17 118 56 R 18 119 57 R 19 120 58 R 20 121 59 R 21 122 R 22 123 60 R 23 124 61 R 24 125 62 R 25 126 63 R 26 127 64 R 27 128 65 R 28 129 66 R 29 130 67 R 30 131 68 R 31 132 69 R 32 133 70 R 33
Page 24 Page 9 VHF Frequency Table 6 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 2 TDFM NAT Remarks/Use Zone Remarks/Use 2 5 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 23 096 38 United States Coast Guard USCG 82A 097 39 United States Coast Guard USCG 83A 098 099 100 101 40 R 01 102 41 R 02 103 42 R 03 104 43 R 04 105 44 R 05 106 45 R 06 107 46 R 07 108 47 R 08 109 48 R 09 110 49 R 10 111 50 R 11 112 51 R 12 113 52 R 13 114 53 R 14 2 6 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 25 2 7 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 27 2 8 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 29 2 9 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 31 2 10 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 33 2 11 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 35 2 12 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 39 2 13 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 41 2 14 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 43 2 15 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 45 2 16 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 47 3 1 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) PC 3 2 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) PD 3 3 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 55 3 4 Old Airborne Repeater (WideBand) PA 3 5 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) P 56 3 6 Old Airborne Repeater (WideBand) PB 3 7 3 8
Page 10 Page 23 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 3 VHF Frequency Table 5 Zone Remarks/Use 3 9 TDFM NAT Remarks/Use 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 3 16 4 1 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX LAW 1 4 2 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX LAW 2 4 3 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX LAW 3 4 4 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX FIRE 1 4 5 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX FIRE 2 4 6 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX FIRE 3 4 7 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX MED 1 4 8 TX Interoperability (WideBand) TX AIR 2 4 9 TX Interoperability (WideBand) V CALL 10 4 10 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 11 4 11 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 12 4 12 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 13 077 14 OLD Simplex 2 (WideBand) V 2 078 15 OLD Simplex 3 (WideBand) V 3 079 080 17 PA 081 18 PB 082 P 25 083 P 27 084 P 29 085 P 31 086 P 33 087 P 41 088 P 43 089 P 45 090 32 United States Coast Guard USCG 6 091 33 United States Coast Guard USCG 16 092 34 United States Coast Guard USCG 21A 093 35 United States Coast Guard USCG 22A 094 36 United States Coast Guard USCG 23A 095 37 United States Coast Guard USCG 81A
Page 22 Page 11 VHF Frequency Table 4 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 4 TDFM NAT Remarks/Use Zone Remarks/Use 4 13 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 14 058 29 V CALL 10 059 30 V TAC 11 060 31 V FIRE 21 061 V MED 28 062 00 V LAW 31 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 13 OLD Simplex 1 (WideBand) V 1 4 14 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 17 4 15 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 17 D 4 16 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 19 5 1 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V TAC 19 D 5 2 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V FIRE 21 5 3 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V FIRE 22 5 4 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V FIRE 23 5 5 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V FIRE 24 5 6 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V FIRE 25 5 7 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V FIRE 26 5 8 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V MED 28 5 9 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V MED 29 5 10 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V LAW 31 5 11 TX Interoperability (NarrowBand) V LAW 32 5 12 5 13 5 14 5 15 5 16
Page 12 Page 21 CAP Old Analog s and s For use with Radios that are not P25 or Narrow Band Compliant EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 5 Zone Remarks/Use 6 1 Old Direct (WideBand) V 1 6 2 Old Direct (WideBand) V 2 6 3 Old Direct (WideBand) V 3 6 4 Old Direct (WideBand) V 4 6 5 Old Airborne Repeater (WideBand) PA 6 6 Old Airborne Repeater (WideBand) PB 6 7 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) PC 6 8 Old Fixed Repeater (WideBand) PD 6 9 6 10 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 6 15 6 16 TDFM 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 NAT VHF Frequency Table 3 Remarks/Use 050 21 TX LAW 1 051 22 TX LAW 2 052 23 TX LAW 3 053 24 TX FIRE 1 054 25 TX FIRE 2 055 26 TX FIRE 3 056 27 TX MED 1 057 28 TX AIR 2
Page 20 Page 13 VHF Frequency Table 2 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 6 TDFM NAT Remarks Zone Remarks/Use 7 1 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 06 020 R 67 P 021 R 68 P 022 R 69 P 023 R 70 P 024 R 63 P 025 R 64 P 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 7 2 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 16 7 3 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 21A 7 4 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 22A 7 5 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 23A 7 6 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 81A 7 7 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 82A 7 8 Liaison: Coast Guard CG 83A 7 9 Weather 1 WX 1 7 10 Weather 2 WX 2 7 11 Weather 3 WX 3 7 12 Weather 4 WX 4 7 13 Weather 5 WX 5 7 14 Weather 6 WX 6 7 15 Weather 7 WX 7 7 16 8 1 R 01 8 2 R 02 8 3 R 03 8 4 R 04
Page 14 Page 19 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 7 VHF Frequency Table 1 Zone Remarks/Use 8 5 R 05 TDFM NAT Remarks/Use 8 6 R 06 8 7 R 07 8 8 R 08 8 9 R 09 8 10 R 10 8 11 R 11 8 12 R 12 8 13 R 13 8 14 R 14 8 15 R 15 8 16 R 16 9 1 R 17 9 2 R 18 9 3 R 19 9 4 R 20 9 5 R 21 9 6 R 22 9 7 R 23 9 8 R 24 001 01 Command Control 1 CC 1 002 02 Command Control 2 CC 2 003 03 Air to Air AIR 1 004 04 Air to Air AIR 2 005 06 Tactical 1 TAC 1 006 07 R 67 007 08 R 68 008 09 R 69 009 10 R 70 010 11 R 63 011 12 R 64 012 013 014 Command Control 1 Digital CC 1 P 015 Command Control 2 Digital CC 2 P 016 Air to Air AIR 1 P 017 Air to Air AIR 2 P 018 Guard 1 Digital GUARD 1 P 019 Tactical 1 TAC 1 P
Page 18 Page 15 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 9 Zone Remarks/Use 10 13 R 45 10 14 R 46 10 15 R 47 10 16 R 48 11 1 R 49 11 2 R 50 11 3 R 51 11 4 R 52 11 5 R 53 11 6 R 54 11 7 R 55 11 8 R 56 11 9 R 57 11 10 R 58 11 11 R 59 11 12 R 60 11 13 R 61 11 14 R 62 11 15 R 63 11 16 R 64 EFJ 5300 series & 5100 series Radios VHF Frequency Table 8 Zone Remarks/Use 9 9 R 25 9 10 R 26 9 11 R 27 9 12 R 28 9 13 R 29 9 14 R 30 9 15 R 31 9 16 R 32 10 1 R 33 10 2 R 34 10 3 R 35 10 4 R 36 10 5 R 37 10 6 R 38 10 7 R 39 10 8 R 40 10 9 R 41 10 10 R 42 10 11 R 43 10 12 R 44
NarrowBand Repeater Locations El Paso Eagle Peak Amarillo Odessa King MTN. This Map shows the current and future locations and names of Texas Repeater Comm Network. Some of these repeaters may not be up and activated yet, future changes may occur do to unforseen events. Please check the Communication webpage for current and updated repeater locations and information. http://www.txwgcap.org/comm/comm.htm Wichita Falls Sherman Sulpher Springs Fort Worth Dallas Abilene Tyler Granbury Waco San Angelo Dallas South Belton Kerrville North Austin Houston North Beaumont Austin Downtown Columbus San Antonio North Victoria Houston South Houston San Antonio South Corpus Christi Brownsville