Rowan County ARES

ROWAN COUNTY ARES TRAINING NET Script

[AT 2029 YOU MAY SAY] THIS IS_______. THE ROWAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING NET BEGINS IN ONE MINUTE. ALL STATIONS PLEASE STAND BY.

[AT 2030 BEGIN THE NET]

CQ CQ CQ.  THE TIME IS [2030] _______ HOURS LOCAL TIME AND THIS IS________, NET CONTROL FOR THE ROWAN COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING NET. MY NAME IS________, AND I AM LOCATED IN_________ NORTH CAROLINA.

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

THE ROWAN COUNTY ARES TRAINING NET IS A DIRECTED NET ON THE CHINA GROVE NORTH CAROLINA 145.410 REPEATER WITH A TONE OF 136.5 AND WILL RUN IN ITS TRAINING MODE AT 2030 HOURS LOCAL TIME EACH WEDNESDAY.  FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.ROWANCARES.ORG

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

AS THIS IS A DIRECTED NET, ALL STATIONS ARE ASKED TO FOLLOW THE NET CONTROL’S DIRECTIONS.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS NET IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES, AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF NET OPERATIONS. ALL RADIO AMATEURS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ROWAN ARES TRAINING NET.

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE OF THIS REPEATER, THE NET WILL CONTIUNE ON THE SIMPLEX FREQUENCY OF 145.410 WHICH IS THE OUTPUT OF THE REPEATER.

WHEN CALLING TO CHECK IN, STATIONS ARE ASKED TO CALL NET CONTROL, UNKEY FOR A MOMENT, THEN BEGIN YOUR TRAFFIC.  THIS IS DONE TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE NOT DOUBLING WITH ANOTHER STATION.

AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY STATIONS WITH EMERGENCY OR PRIORITY TRAFFIC FOR THE NET?

[HANDLE THIS TRAFFIC NOW]

ARE THERE ANY STATIONS WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS OR NET BUSINESS FOR THE NET?

[HANDLE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NET BUSINESS NOW]

STATIONS ARE ASKED TO CHECK INTO THE NET ACCORDING TO THE FIRST LETTER OF THE SUFFIX OF YOUR CALL SIGN.  THIS IS THE FIRST LETTER AFTER THE NUMBER IN YOUR CALL SIGN.  PLEASE GIVE YOUR CALL SIGN, YOUR NAME, AND LOCATION.

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

THE NET WILL NOW TAKE CHECKIN’S FROM ANY ARES, SKYWARN, OR NTS NET LIAISON STATIONS, CALL ___________ 

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

THE NET IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE [STATE EACH CALL, NAME, LOCATION]

DO WE HAVE ANY MOBILE OR PORTABLE STATIONS FOR THE ROWAN ARES TRAINING NET?

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

THE NET IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE [STATE EACH CALL, NAME, LOCATION]

[Document each station as they call in, repeat until no station is heard]

[ You can do A through Z if you like… average is 7 to 10 a net]

AT THIS TIME, ALL STATIONS ALPHA-MIKE PLEASE CALL __________, NET CONTROL.

[PAUSE FOR TRAFFIC]

THE NET IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE [STATE EACH CALL, NAME, LOCATION]

[Document each station as they call in, repeat until no station is heard]

AT THIS TIME, ALL STATIONS NOVEMBER-ZULU PLEASE CALL__________ NET CONTROL.

[Document each station as they call in, repeat until no station is heard]

THE NET IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE [STATE EACH CALL, NAME, LOCATION]

DO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CHECKINS FOR THE ROWAN ARES TRAINING NET, ALPHA-ZULU PLEASE CALL ___________NET CONTROL

[REPEAT ADDITIONAL CHECKINS ANNOUNCEMENT ONE MORE TIME]

THIS IS_________CLOSING THE ROWAN COUNTY ARES TRAINING NET.  THE NET WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ROWAN AMATUER RADIO SOCIETY FOR THE USE OF THE N4UH REPEATER AND TO THANK ALL STATIONS FOR CHECKING INTO THE NET, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REGULAR PARTICIPATION EACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 2030 HOURS LOCAL TIME.

WE HAD _____ CHECK-IN’S TONIGHT. WE NOW RETURN THIS REPEATER OVER TO REGULAR AMATEUR USE. PLEASE STAND BY UNTIL YOU HEAR THE ARES TONES CLEAR.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

THIS IS _________CLEAR AT A TIME OF __________ HOURS.