Field Manual / Acronyms / NCS
NCS
ACRONYMNet Control Station
Net Control Station: the station that controls traffic on the net.
On air
“NCS, this is Bravo Two-One, request permission to enter the net. Over.”
“All stations, this is NCS. Report in order. Over.”
“NCS, this is Charlie Three. Leaving the net for one hour. Over.”
In conversation
The NCS decides who talks first on a busy net.
At company level the NCS is usually the command post.