ARES District 10
Net Script

Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Jackson, Larimer , and Weld Counties, Colorado    USA

Apr-7-2002: AEC list and minor tones update thanks to David Russell KA1BXM.

Sep-5-1999: Based on Dec-7-1997 revision by Randy Long, WB6AVV, as supplied by Jeff Ford, KBØOCX. HTML version written, and slightly revised for spelling, by Matt Clauson, NØQXW.

Actual on-air text is written in BOLD. Notes like this are written in italic. Buttons that you press on your radio keypad are denoted in fixed font.

This is ____________(give your call), with tones. 0*

Is there any emergency or priority traffic on frequency?

(pause and handle any responses. Emergency and priority traffic always have priority!)

Welcome to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service District 10 information net. This is ___________(give your call), my name is __________(give your name) and I am located in ______________(give your location). I will be the net control for this session of the net. This net meets each Wednesday evening on the 145.115 repeater, courtesy of the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club. All stations are welcome to check in. Membership or affiliation with any club or organization is not required, merely an interest in emergency communications or activities affecting the amateur community in the local area.

(pause and let the repeater reset)

District 10 includes Jackson, Larimer and Weld Counties. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service, also known as A.R.E.S., is a group of Amateur Radio operators who have registered their radio capabilities to assist the community with communications when disaster strikes and normal communications are disrupted or are inadequate.

(pause and let the repeater reset)

Stations with information relating to local activities, relating to the Amateur Radio community, or clubs with announcements of activities or meetings are welcome. This is a formal net and all traffic should be directed through Net Control.

(pause and let the repeater reset)

Do we have any NTS Liaisons on frequency, wishing to check in at this time?

(pause and acknowledge all respondents)

This is _________(fill in your call) with the ARES District 10 and information net. I will now take checkins. When checking in please give your name, call sign phonetically, your location and whether you have traffic for the net. I will take checkins from those stations using battery or emergency power first. Stations using battery or emergency power please check in now.

(pause and acknowledge all who respond)

I will now take checkins from other stations with the call suffixes Alpha through Mike. Only those stations with call suffixes Alpha through Mike.

(pause and acknowledge all who respond)

I will now take checkins from stations with the call suffixes November through Zulu. Only those stations with call suffixes November through Zulu.

(pause and acknowledge all who respond)

I will now open up checkins for all stations with all suffixes. All call signs may now check in.

(pause and acknowledge all who respond)

Lets go now to our net business.

(take care of any announcements or specially noted traffic; If you have an NTS LIASION, see below, if not continue on to the next Section)

___________ (call sign of the NTS LIASION) may we have your report?

(pause and allow the liasion to give the report and turn the net back to you)

(If there is training scheduled this is where it will happen. You will be notified before the net if there is training to occur. If you were not notified, skip this and go on to the reports)

I will now turn the net over to ___________(the trainers call sign) for this segment of training on__________(topic).

(The training presenter will control the net during training and return the net to you upon completion)

Take any late or missed checkins.

(pause and acknowledge all who respond)

Now lets hear from our Assistant Emergency Coordinators.

(If they have checked in, just go down the list. If some have not then bypass them on the list and continue)

Red Cross              N6VAO   Glenn Sullivan
Loveland EOC           WB7THT  Rick Kile
Estes Park             KB0WEB  Chris Edwards
Larimer County AEC     WA9FBO  Bob Schmid
Weld County AEC        KC0BYY  Peter Lange
Net Manager            KA1BXM  David Russell
Severe Weather         W0AVV   Randy Long
Emergency Coordinator  K0RAW   Richard Walters

Is there any other station with business for the net?

(pause and respond to any responding stations)

With no further business for the net, I would like to thank each station for checking in, and the NCARC for the use of the repeater. Stations are invited to participate in the Statewide HF net on Sunday mornings at 8:00 AM local on a frequency of 3928 kHz. Also on Sunday morning at 8:30 on the Colorado Connection, locally on 145.310 MHz, using a tone of 123 Hz, is the VHF Statewide net. All stations are welcome to check in there also. This net will meet next Wednesday evening at 9:00 PM local. 73 and good night. The repeater is now open for normal use. This is _____________(your call), clear, with tones.      1*