Net
Control Station Guide
Here
is a recommended procedure for conducting our Saturday morning net. It
is based on past decades of our net operation during which we had a
volunteer for each month to serve as the Net Control Station.
- Get the frequency before net time
- Open the net on schedule with the
preamble (first paragraph at this page)
- Establish relay stations, if
needed, depending on propagation
- Make brief announcements of general
interest to the net members
- Call for short-timer check-ins
(those who have only a few minutes to participate)
- Call for regular check-ins by
member number and call sign. Use a subset of member numbers (e.g. 1
thru 100, 1 thru 200, etc.)
- Acknowledge each check-in by member
number and call sign
- Ask relay station(s) to report
additional members heard
- Announce rotation sequence of
check-ins, giving member numbers and call signs.
- Moderate the rotation, with help
from relay station(s)
- Call for late check-ins and guests
- Moderate the rotation, with help
from relay station(s)
- Close the net
Helpful
Resources
The
following lists will be helpful for conducting the net:
- Short Check-in List
- Call Sign Suffix List
They
are available here.
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Updated
08/31/2015