USE CLUB CALLSIGN WAØRES
Calling
the Arapahoe County District 22 Amateur Radio Emergency Service Severe Weather
Net.
Calling the Arapahoe County District 22 A. R. E. S. Severe Weather Net.
This is WAØRES, Net Control
Station with (Your Call) at the
mic; and I will be the net control operator for this net.
1.
I am located in ____ . My name is ,
2.
This is a directed Net conducted by the Arapahoe County
District 22 Amateur Radio Emergency Service for the purpose of report severe
weather. Severe Weather is defined as
local flooding, hail ¾ inch or greater; and any other hazard to life or property. This Net is conduct at the request of
District 22’s served agencies. This
frequency will be our primary frequency with as a backup frequency.
3.
This net is conducted in plain English. Please, no “Q” signals
and use standard ITU phonetics.
4.
Any station with PRIORITY or EMERGENCY traffic, please call
now. (Pause for any emergency
check-ins.)
5.
If there is an emergency during this net, use the word
“BREAK”. Emergency traffic will take
priority and will be handled under the direction of Net Control.
6.
All stations checking in are requested to remain on frequency
until dismissed by Net Control. Please
use the following format when reporting severe weather: your call sign, location, and type of severe
weather or hazard reporting.
7.
Are there any stations wishing to file a report, call Net
Control WAØRES.
8.
Thank you for these reports.
Local time is now: _____________________.
______________________________________________________________________________________
A.
(Log each report on Severe Weather log sheet.)
a. Email log sheet to EC or
their designee on the hour.
B.
Refer all emergencies to Arapahoe Co Sheriff’s EOC if manned.
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Remember
that you must use your FCC call sign every 10 minutes and NCS is governed by
his/her license class. Recommended
statement “This is WAØRES w/ Your Callsign at the mic.
Repeat item
#2 every 10 minutes or 30 minutes if the net has low activity followed by the
local time.
Once
initiated, the severe weather net can only be closed down by the agency that
requested its activation with permission from the EC or their designee.