Net Control Script

Notes

Callsign:

When you are serving as the net control station at the direction of the Mercury Mount St. Helens net manager, you are authorized to use the callsign W7MSH instead of your own callsign, to aid in identification of the net.

Script:

You don't necessarily have to follow the script word for word.  In fact, you're NC -- the boss -- so you call the shots; do things the way you want. (within reason!)  If you want to try something different -- take roll in a different order, change your spiel a bit, whatever -- knock yourself out!  If it keeps things interesting and can potentially lead to an overall improvement of skill, flow, or anything else, give it a try.  Good luck!

AD7UF, Net Manager

Preparation

(Done 2-8 minutes before the net time)

N7DEM Repeater this is W7MSH preparing to open the Mercury Mt. St. Helens/ERC net at 8:15 PM.

Preamble

Now calling the Mercury Mount Saint Helens Emergency Radio Communications round-table net.

This is a directed net.  If you need to speak out of order, please give your call sign and await permission to transmit further.  In some cases, you may wish to follow your call sign with a word or two to advise of the nature of your request or traffic.

By the way, I'm (Your Name) from (Your Location).  My personal callsign is (your Callsign), but as net control station this evening, I'll operate under the club call: W7MSH.

Please advise net control if you need to leave the net early. If something unexpected happens and you need to leave immediately, break in needed to let us know. If someone announces that they're leaving, and you have traffic for them, please jump in with your callsign and the word "contact".

Mercury Mount Saint Helens and our nets exist to encourage and facilitate:

• Fellowship among amateur radio operators

• Radio-related education for hams and non-hams

• Refinement of communication skills, and

• assistance to organizations involved in humanitarian relief efforts

Each Sunday evening at 8:15 PM we meet on this repeater, located in Longview, WA, which broadcasts on 147.260 MHz with 5 kHz deviation, listens 600 kHz up, and requires a 114.8 Hz tone.

The repeater is managed by the Cowlitz County ACS group, and we thank them for the use of it. Visit their website at n7dem.org.

Many local ham radio activities are organized by the Lower Columbia Amateur Radio Association. Their website is w7dg.com.

Bulletins

Before we start check-ins, are there any bulletins for the net?

    (Pause)

Roll Call

    (ID every 10 minutes!)

This net is open to all licensed hams.  After roll call of our net members, I'll invite new & visiting stations to check in. Frequent visitors may be added to the roll; hams absent for a month may be dropped to keep the roll short.

We try to keep check-ins short, and when possible, save conversations and questions for the round table to follow.

When I call you during roll, please respond with your call sign and first name, and tell us if you can stay for the round table or not.

Also, if you're portable, mobile, or running on backup power, please so indicate.

(Go through the appropriate section of the roll sheet -- top-down on even days, bottom-up on odd days. Try to go quickly.)

Are there any stations from the roll that were missed?

    (Pause)

Are there any visitors wishing to check into the Mercury Mount St. Helens ERC net?

(Pause)

Lesson

(ID every 10 minutes!)

(Introduce the educational topic and presenter -- if any -- listed in parentheses at the top of the roll sheet by the round table topic.)

Round Table

(ID every 10 minutes!)

We will now commence with the round table discussion.

(Introduce tonight's topic -- if any -- listed at the top of the roll sheet.  Either introduce it yourself, or invite the person who raised it to introduce it. If there is none, you may solicit a topic at this point if desired.)

I will call on each person in turn, so that they can share any comments or questions they have. If you have something to add to the current discussion, you don't have to wait for your turn; interrupt with your call sign, and you will be recognized.

(Start calling each person who indicated that they would stay for the round table.  Pause after each to allow comments.)

Are there any further comments or late check ins, from either members or visitors?

    (Pause)

If not, we will [prepare to] close the net.

Supplementary Information

(Include this info occasionally, when you feel it is needed, and time permits.)

During an Emergency, if this repeater is down or in use by others, we may be found elsewhere. For a list of assigned simplex frequencies, please contact your unit's Emergency Communication Specialist. For a list of local repeaters operated by Mercury Mount St. Helens, Cowlitz ACS, and others, see our page at w7msh.org/repeaters. 

This net reports to the Northwest ERC net on 3815 kHz, Saturdays at 0800 Pacific time.

All hams with at least General Class privileges are invited to join the Mercury Northwest round table net on 3815 kHz,
Saturday mornings at 8:15 Pacific time, and Monday evenings at 8 PM.

Also, please be aware of the Cowlitz County ACS net held right here on this repeater, tomorrow night at 8PM. Like this net, it's open to all hams; you don't need to be an ACS member to check into it.

The Mercury Mount St. Helens website can be found at www.w7msh.org

It's updated weekly and as needed with information about upcoming nets and other activities, so visit any time to find out what's happening.

(Pause)

Close

Thank you for your participation tonight. The Mercury Mount St. Helens ERC Roundtable Net is now closed and the repeater is released to general use.  73 from W7MSH.