Rensselaer County

RACES

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service

Jim Noble - Chief Radio Officer

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR A RACES TRAINING NET

Prologue for opening a Net:

CQ CQ CQ. This is (your call sign), net control for the Rensselaer County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services Net.  This net operates on the amateur radio repeater frequency pair of 145.17/444.225 Mhz as permitted by the Federal Communications Commission.  The purpose of this net is to provide information and training to the RACES and ARES members.  Third party traffic will be passed upon request.  All stations wishing to participate in this net should call net control at this time, OVER.

Order of Net Business:

1. Take check-ins.

2. Appoint Assistant NCS.

3. List current check-ins for Assistant NCS.

4. Route/Pass listed traffic.

5. Ask for/pass RACES Training message.

Reports from:

• Radio Officer, K2ZP
• Assistant Radio Officer, N2FPJ, N2LOD
• EC from Rensselaer County, W2XBS
• Other Officers on frequency: N2LUD, KB2HPW, WB2LXC
• Special events reports (if any)
• Informals
• Call for late/additional check-ins at the proper intervals.

Epilogue for closing the Net:

This is (your call sign), Net Control for the Rensselaer County RACES Net.  This net meets each Wednesday evening, except for the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM local time.  I wish to thank TARA for the use of their repeater systems.  This net is secure at ---- minutes past the hour.  (Your Call Sign) is now clear and returns the repeaters to general amateur use.  OUT.

Stations serving as net control will submit a report to the Net Manager, KC2FCR

This report will contain:

1. Date and time of the net.

2. Call sign of Net Control.

3. Call signs of all stations checking in.

4. Number of pieces of third party traffic passed.

5. Any other information relating to this particular net which should be kept for the record.

Revised 07/24/2000

Jim Knoble, K2ZP

Cheif Radio Officer, RC RACES

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