TRAIN RADIO 751. Train Radio is used for the transmission of information pertinent to railroad operation. Radios may be located at fixed points, known as base stations, on moving railroad equipment, or may be portable units carried by railroad employes. 752. Radios are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The company and its employes are governed by the rules of the FCC and any violation is a Federal offense. Employes shall permit inspection of the radio equipment in their charge and all FCC documents pertaining thereto, by a representative of the FCC, showing proper credentials, at any reasonable time. 753. Only FCC licensed employes are permitted to make any technical adjustments to a railroad radio. Failures and other difficulties of radio equipment must be reported to the train dispatcher as soon as practicable. 754. When attended, radio equipment must be ON at all times with volume adjusted to a clearly audible level. Radio equipment provided with channels of foreign railroads must be tuned to these channels when operating over such foreign railroads or as directed by Time Table instructions. 755. Radio Base Stations and radio channels will be designated in the Time Table. Before transmitting, employes shall listen a sufficient interval to be certain that the channel is not in use. Communications must be as brief as possible. 756. Employes will conduct a test with the nearest Base Station when assuming charge of radio equipment. Base Stations will acknowledge by noting quality of reception followed by the time of day. Example: "CNJ engine 3674 calling Boyd for radio check. Over." "Boyd to CNJ engine 3674. I read you loud and clear. 0736 Hours. Over." "CNJ engine 3674 to Boyd. Roger and out." Similar test must be made between base stations and between engine and caboose when caboose is equipped with radio. If radio does not operate properly, the train dispatcher will be advised as soon as practicable. 757. Radio will be used whenever practicable to expedite the movement of trains. In case of radio failure, other means will be used immediately, to avoid delay. 758. All verbal or written instructions affecting the movement of trains, track cars, or involving equipment or track conditions, must be repeated back by employe receiving them. Trains or track cars must be stopped before receiving train orders, Form 116 or track car orders by radio. 759. A distress call will be preceded by the word 'emergency' repeated three times. Such calls will be used only to cover initial reports of derailments, storms, washouts, fires, obstructions to tracks, or other matters which would cause serious delays to traffic, damage to property, injury to employes or the traveling public, and shall contain as complete information thereon as possible. Employes shall give absolute priority to communications from another station in distress, and except in answering or aiding a station in distress shall refrain from sending any communications until there is assurance that no interference will result to station in distress. 760. No employee shall knowingly transmit any false distress communication, or any unnecessary, irrelevant or unidentified communication, nor utter any obscene, indecent or profane language. 761. The indications of fixed signals may NOT be transmitted to trains approaching said signals by employes on other trains, Base Stations, etc. 762. Radio Procedure: Employes using radios will identify themselves as illustrated in the following examples: NOTE: All initial calls proceeded by identification "CNJ". From: Base Station: Call--"CNJ Eport calling engine 1524. Over." Reply--"Engine 1524 to Eport. Over." Regular Train: CalI--"CNJ Train 5410 calling Boyd. Over." Reply--"Boyd to Train 5410. Over." Extra Train: CalI--"CNJ engine 1530 calling Excee. Over." P, eply--"F-xcee to engine 1530. Over." Caboose to Engine: Call--"CNJ caboose calling engine 2501. Over." Reply--"Engine 2501 to caboose. Over." Officer: Call "CNJ Trainmaster Korpita calling engine 3061. Over." Reply--"Engine 3061 to Korpita. Over." The word 'over' to be used when finished talking to indicate that employe being called or conversing with may now transmit. The word 'roger' will be used during conversations to indicate "I understand you". The word 'out' must be used to terminate all conversations as this indicates the transmission is complete and the channel is now clear for use by other employes. 763. When radio is used in making movements such as switching, doubling, picking up, setting out, etc., employe directing movement must repeat instructions to move at intervals of no more than five seconds, stating distance to be moved if practicable. When movement is being made In this manner, engineman will stop immediately if radio communication is lost for a period exceeding five seconds unless hand signal can be seen. Such movement will remain stopped until either radio or hand signal communication has been re-established. 764. The word 'MAYDAY' is an internationally recognized distress call. Railroad employes may hear such messages sent by aircraft, or in coastal areas, by boats. Employes hearing such messages must report them immediately to the Operations Center in addition to taking such appropriate action to relieve the distress as may be possible.