REV "B" 8-97

CALLING ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS:

THIS IS_______________________. MY NAME IS ______________________AND I AM LOCATED IN________________________. I AM NET CONTROL STATION FOR THIS THE THURSDAY, ____________________________19_____, SESSION OF THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN TRAINING NET.

THIS NET MEETS WEEKLY ON THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK AT 8:00 P.M., LOCAL TIME, AND INVOLVES THE LOCAL AREA LINK FREQUENCY, WHICH LINKS THE 147.240 REPEATER IN HUNSTVILLE, ALABAMA , THE 147.36 REPEATER IN SECTION, ALABAMA, THE 146.960 REPEATER IN MOULTON, ALABAMA AND THE 442.075 REPEATER IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS NET IS TO PRACTICE NET OPERATIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT WOULD BE USED DURING EMERGENCY ACTIVATION. WHEN EMERGENCY ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED, BASED ON NOTIFICATION BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALABASTER, THIS NET WOULD ACTIVATE AS THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET. THE PURPOSE OF THE EMERGENCY NET IS TO SPOT AND TRACK DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES AND TO PROVIDE A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK THAT LINKS THE NORTH ALABAMA COUNTIES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALABSTER, ALABAMA. THIS LINKED COMMUNICATION NETWORK WOULD HOPEFULLY PROVIDE THE CITIZENS OF NORTH ALABAMA WITH THE EARILIEST POSSIBLE FOREWARNING OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT WOULD AFFECT NORTH ALABAMA. ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK INTO THIS NET AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE NET AS OUTLINED IN THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN STANDARD OPERATING PROCEEDURES. THIS NET WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ALABAMA EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ALERT), WHO MANS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALABASTER, ALABAMA, DURING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.

IF ANY STATION NEEDS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NET OR NEEDS A COPY OF THE SOP, PLEASE CONTACT THIS STATION AFTER THE NET.

THIS IS_____________________, ARE THERE ANY STATIONS WITH EMERGENCY TRAFFIC FOR THIS NET. THIS IS A DIRECTED NET AND STATIONS MAY NOT CALL OTHER STATIONS WITHOUT THE CONSENT AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS STATION.

AT THIS TIME I WILL PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL OF COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA, IN ALAPHABETICAL ORDER. AT THE END OF THIS ROLL CALL, I WILL RESERVE SOME TIME FOR CHECKINS FROM OTHER COUNTIES IN ALABAMA, NOT CALLED, OTHER STATES, AND LATE CHECKINS. WHEN YOU CHECK IN, I ASK THAT YOU CHECK IN SLOWLY AND CLEARLY, GIVING YOUR CALL SIGN PHONETICALLY, YOUR NAME, YOUR LOCATION, THAT IS YOUR CITY, TOWN, OR COMMUNITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY TRAFFIC FOR THIS NET.

THIS IS____________________, WITH THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN TRAINING NET CALLING:

COUNTY #CHECKINS

COLBERT COUNTY                                                         ___________

DEKALB COUNTY                                                         ___________

FRANKLIN COUNTY                                                         ___________

JACKSON COUNTY                                                         ___________

LAUDERDALE COUNTY                                                 ___________

LAWRENCE COUNTY                                                         ___________

LIMESTONE COUNTY                                                         ___________

MADISON COUNTY                                                         ___________

MARSHALL COUNTY                                                         ___________

MORGAN COUNTY                                                         ___________

TOTAL CHECKINS NORTH ALABAMA COUNTIES ___________

THIS CONCLUDES THE ROLL CALL OF COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA, ARE THERE ANY STATIONS IN COUNTIES THAT I DID NOT CALL THAT WISH TO CHECK INTO THIS NET IF SO PLEASE CHECK IN NOW, GIVING YOUR CALL SIGN, NAME, COUNTY AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY TRAFFIC FOR THIS NET:

# OUT OF AREA CHECKINS___________________

THIS IS___________________NET CONTROL FOR THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN TRAINING NET, ARE THERE ANY STATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, OR GEORGIA, THAT WISH TO CHECK INTO THIS NET, IF SO CHECK IN NOW:

# OUT OF STATE CHECKINS___________________

ARE THERE ANY STATIONS WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS NET, IF SO, PLEASE CALL NOW. (LIST ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ALLOW STATIONS TO PASS THEM, NOW)

THIS IS _________________NET CONTROL FOR THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN TRAINING NET, THIS CONCLUDES THE ROLL CALL FOR THIS NET, IS THERE ANYTHING THIS NET CAN DO FOR ANYONE BEFORE WE CLOSE AND ARE THERE ANY LATE CHECKINS? IF SO CALL NOW:

# LATE CHECKINS ________________

# INITIAL CHECKINS ________________

# OUT OF STATE ________________

TOTAL CHECKINS ________________

THIS IS_________________, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS NET TONIGHT AND I ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THIS NET. TONIGHT WE HAD (TOTAL CHECKINS)___________________. THIS IS__________________NOW CLOSING THIS SESSION OF THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN TRANING NET AND I WILL SHORTLY BE RETURNING THE LINKED REPEATERS, TO THEIR NORMAL USE, 73’S AND GOOD EVENING TO THE NET.