ARES NCS Roster and Preamble

 

QST,          QST,          QST,                                       [Date: _________         Check-Ins ________]

 

This is  (Call Sign) , my name is (Name), Net Control for the Stevens County ARES 2 meter net.

 

This Net meets every Sunday at 7:30pm on the 146.62 repeater and when linked the 147.06 repeater, which has a PL tone of 77. We also meet quarterly in January, April, July and October in Colville on the 3rd Wednesday at 6:00pm at the Sheriff’s Ambulance Bldg. Other training dates may be added as needed.

 

Participation in this net is open to all amateur radio operators. Visiting stations will be invited to check in at the conclusion of the roll call.

 

The purpose of this net is to provide training and coordination concerning the Stevens County’s ARES organization. This is a directed Net. Please transmit only when directed by Net Control. If there is an emergency, interrupt and Net Control will yield the frequency and provide assistance.

 

Now calling for any stations with bulletins or announcements.

 

Now calling for ARES/RACES Officials from surrounding counties: ________________

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This is (Call-Sign) now calling for ARES members in alphabetical order by call sign suffix:

 

A-F   G-L   M-Q  R-T   U-Z

 

KG7 CPK Rolly__                W7 JWT  Jim ___                             KE7 TEG  Tom  ___

KI7 FDU Baron ___             KF7 NTC Ken ___                           N7 YRT  Guy ____                          

KD7 FIZ Bob ___                 KF7 SYS  Michael  __                      WB7 WUQ Malcolm ___                             

KC7 H  Bruce ___                 KE7 TDY  Jason ___                        KK4 UZB Tony ___

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                               

 

Now calling for any late or missed member stations.  *Assign Alternate NCS*

 

Now calling for any visiting stations. Please identify with your call-sign, name and location.

_Richard_KI7EPL_[_]_______________________________________________________________

 

The training topic for this evening will be: ________________________________________:

 

Updated: May 1, 2019

Text Box: Once the NCS delivers the topic and provides the training information the NCS will then poll those stations that checked in(in the order they checked in) for their questions, suggestions or comments to the topic. Once all stations have had an opportunity to provide feed-back NCS will then close the Net. The Net must be closed prior to 8:00pm so not to interfere with the PARC group Net. See suggested topics below.

I would like to thank everyone for checking in this evening. I hope you have a safe and productive week ahead.  This is Net Control closing the S.C. ARES Net, (Call Sign) CLEAR!

 

 

Suggested Training Topics

 

Since we are an ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) function it would be appropriate to provide training that covers emergency responses to events in various ways. The following are some ideas that may be beneficial. NCS should spend no more than 10 minutes presenting the information in order to give time for each station to add their feed-back.

 

1.                 Type of equipment we should have ready in case of a deployment?

2.                 Types of events we could be deployed to? Use some examples.

3.                 What to expect once onsite of an event? Use some examples.

4.                 What type of communications to expect to see/use at some event?

5.                 How to handle the stress while deployed?

6.                 Having a family plan in case of emergency that includes some type of deployment?

7.                 Different programs for Digital Comms?

8.                 What antennas are good for mobile / tactical events?

9.                 What type of radio protocols can we expect to encounter? It will vary depending on who we are working with, i.e. FEMA, DOD, etc.

 

The topic pool for this type of training is probably endless.  We need to focus on what to expect in our AO (Area of Operations) and what difficulties we can expect to encounter during any event. What procedures will we implement in case of poor propagation – learning what relay stations are available to us. 

 

Please address all questions to Michael KF7SYS (509) 684-7632 Stevens County EC