CQ CQ CQ, Calling the Pickens
This is CALLSIGN. My name is NAME and I am
your Net Control Station for this evening.
Is there any EMERGENCY or PRIORITY traffic
at this time?
The Pickens County Amateur Radio Emergency
Service, or ARES, is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. The purpose of ARES is to furnish Emergency
Communications when regular communications fail or become inadequate during
natural or man-made disasters.
When ARES is activated, it operates under
the Pickens County ARES Emergency Communication Plan, coordinated by the ARRL
appointed Emergency Coordinator.
This net is scheduled each Monday evening
at
The purpose of this net is to provide the
opportunity for members to receive information and training that will help them
better respond when needed.
This IS a directed net. When checking into the net, please give your
call sign S-L-O-W-L-Y in phonetics, followed by your name, location, and
indicate whether you have comments for the net. Please remain on frequency
until after the formal part of the net. If you must secure early, please ask
permission from the Net Control Station.
After all business has been conducted, the
net will be declared informal.
Stations with Traffic or Announcements
ONLY, please call CALLSIGN:
(acknowledge
stations; copy traffic if any or ask if they would like to make their
announcement now or after the roll call)
We will now call amateur stations by
suffix; Stations wishing to check into the Pickens County ARES Net with the
suffix A through Q, Alpha through
Net Control has the following stations
listed as checked in:
Have I missed anyone Alpha through
Net Control acknowledges the following
stations:
Stations with the suffix R through Z, Romeo
through Zulu who would like to check into the Pickens County ARES Net, please
call CALLSIGN:
Net Control would like to acknowledge the
following stations:
Have I missed anyone Romeo through Zulu,
please call now:
Net Control acknowledges the following
stations:
We will now accept check-ins from all
stations Alpha through Zulu. If you would like to check into the Pickens County
ARES Net, please call CALLSIGN.
Net control would like to recognize the
following stations:
Are there any other check-ins at this time?
--
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS GO HERE --
(Make your announcements / call those who
stated they had announcements if any…
Ask if anyone has any questions or needs any fills afterwards. Call for
additional check ins every couple minutes. )
I would like to thank you for checking in
this evening and hope to hear from you again next week. This concludes the
formal portion of the Pickens County ARES Net. All stations wishing to secure
may do so at this time.
We will now have informal comments (or
close if no comments)
XXXXXX, please go
with your comment to the net. CALLSIGN.
(Use callsigns from suffix list above).
After the informal comments ask if there are
any further comments, questions or check ins, if not, close the net.
Stations with
additional comments or questions for the net, call CALLSIGN.
CLOSING:
Having no further
comments or traffic, we will now close the Pickens County ARES Net at ________PM
and return this repeater to normal amateur use.
Thank you for
checking in, please be sure to check in again next
week at
SAMPLE LOG FORMAT:
PICKENS COUNTY ARES
NET Jan 19, 2004, 8pm, W5UGD/NCS
CALLSIGN |
NAME |
LOCATION |
ANN/BUL/TRAF/TABLE |
W5UGD/NCS |
John |
Easley |
2 Announcements |
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