OUACHITA PARISH ARES NET PREAMBLE

 

CQ CQ CQ.  This is the Ouachita Parish Amateur Radio Emergency Service Net.   My Call is _____________, and my name is ______________ .  I will serve as Net Control for this session.

 

The purpose of this net is to provide training for emergency preparedness; as well as provide a basis for the local Amateur Radio Emergency Service.  This net will be called each Monday evening at 6:30 P.M. local time on the frequency of 146.85, or on 147.135 in case of repeater failure.

 

All stations are welcomed and encouraged to take part in this net.  This is a Directed net.  Please address all check-ins and comments to net control.  All check-ins, please give your call once and notify net control when leaving the net.

 

Check ins will be taken as follows: Emergency or Priority Traffic - -  Health and Welfare Traffic - - Routine Traffic -- Announcements - - and finally Regular check ins. 

 

I call now for any stations with Emergency of Priority traffic __________________

 

I call now for any stations with Health or Welfare traffic ___________________

 

I call now for any stations with Routine traffic, please indicate who your traffic is for and what location your traffic is going to. ______________

 

[ If any traffic is listed ] Are there any stations that can handle this traffic ? ____________________

 

[ If Yes, call all stations with traffic and ask them to move to an alternate frequency to pass their traffic and then check back in with net control and confirm that the traffic has been successfully passed ] 

 

Before we proceed, are there any stations wishing to check-in that cannot stay for the remainder of the net ?  __________

 

Does anyone have any traffic for these stations before they secure ? _____________

 

I call now for any announcements ___________________________

 

We will now move on to our Regular checkins:

 

I call now for all Mobile, portable or low power stations? _____________________

             [ Is there any traffic for these mobile stations before they lose repeater contact? _________________   ]

 

  • I call now for all stations located OUTSIDE OUACHITA PARISH. ____________________________
  • I call now for all OUACHITA PARISH stations EAST OF THE RIVER. _______________________
  • I call now for all OUACHITA PARISH stations WEST OF THE RIVER. _______________________
  • I call now for any LATE check-ins from any location _____________________________

 

TRAINING (read the following if training have been provided)

At this time we will conduct a brief training session:  ( Read Training Materials if Provided )


CLOSING STATEMENTS

Are there any final comments, questions or announcements for the net? ________________________

 

This concludes tonight’s session.  I want to thank everybody for participating in the net and remind everybody that this net meets each Monday evening at 6:30 P.M.  The net is now complete and all stations are free to leave. Net closing time is__________.   At this time, the frequency is returned to regular amateur use.  Thank you and good evening. 
( Give Call  Sign )

 

Rev. 1/14/08  - Send net reports to W5DSG – email: w5dsg@arrl.net