Potomac Highlands Amateur Radio Club Net

POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB NET

[[5 MIN PRIOR]]---- Please stand by for the PHARC net in approx. 5 minutes.

This is ______[[YOUR CALL]]net control for the PHARC Monday night net. Is there anyone who needs to use this repeater before we start?

Is there anyone on frequency who can operate as secondary net control?

[[IF SO ,MAKE NOTE IN CASE YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY, IF NOT PROCEED BY YOURSELF]]

[[RECORD START TIME]]

Calling the PHARC Net.

Good evening, Welcome to the _____th/rd/nd edition of the Potomac Highlands Amateur Radio Club Net. This net meets each Monday night at 8:30PM local time, here on the 145.190 N8VAA repeater.

Your net control operator for this evening is ______[[YOUR CALL]], my name is ______[[YOUR NAME]] and I am located in______[[YOUR LOCATION]].

The purpose of this net is to:

Keep up to date with current events.

Familiarize all amateurs with net operation.

Test our equipment and keep it in peak operating condition.

To increase public awareness of the benefits of amateur radio.

To provide the opportunity for announcements, comments, or questions.

And to build camaraderie(cum-rod-erie) among amateurs.

You do not have to be a member of the PHARC or a resident of this county. All stations, are welcomed and encouraged to check in and participate in all activities.

As a reminder, this net may be broken for emergency traffic at any time...

Net control will now call for short time, or any stations operating on emergency power, Please call now.

[[Accept check-ins]]

[[Repeat until no further check-ins]]

[[Go back for traffic/comments]]

Net control will begin the roll call of club officers:

Club President: KD8AZC, Scott, do you have any traffic or comments?

Club Vice President/Repeater Trustee, N8VAA, John do you have traffic or comments?

Club Secretary: KR8ZZY, Paul, do you have traffic or comments?

Club Treasurer: WV8J, John, do you have traffic or comments?

Net control will now call for general check-ins from the listening area. Base, Mobile, Portable, please call now.

[[Accept check-ins]]

[[Repeat until no further check-ins]]

Net control will now go down the list of check-ins and accept traffic and/or comments.

[[Go back for traffic/comments]]

[[REPEAT THE CALL FOR CHECKINS, COMMENTS/TRAFFIC]]

This is______[[YOUR CALL]] with the PHARC Monday night net. Is there anyone who has announcements or questions, please call now.

Thank you all for checking into the PHARC net. I will pause for another round of check-ins after the following weekly announcements.

[[MAKE ALL ANOUNCEMENTS/CHECK WEBSITE(PHARC.org)FOR UP-TO-DATE INFO]]

[[SKIP IF NO ONE IS RUNNING THE 10 METER NET]]

Also we will have the 10 meter net after the conclusion of this net to take check-ins on ______USB. This frequency is available to all license classes.[[NORMALLY 28.450 Mhz]]

[[ATTEMPT CONFIRMATION FREQUENCY IS AVAILABLE]]

AS A REMINDER…………………………………

THE PHARC VE TEAM WILL BE HAVING IT’S NEXT LOCAL AMATEUR TEST SESSION HERE IN MOOREFIELD ON ______[[EXAM DATE]] AT ______[[EXAM TIME]]LOCATED ______[[EXAM LOCATION]] PRE-REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED TO GUARENTEE SEATING. BUT WALK-INS ARE ACCEPTED. FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. WHETHER YOU WANT TO GET STARTED INTO AMATEUR RADIO, OR MAYBE TRY FOR AN UPGRADE, TEST STARTS AT ______[[EXAM START TIME]]. THIS TEST IS FREE.

REMEMBER. YOU MUST BRING TWO FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION AND ONE MUST BE A PHOTO ID. ALSO FOR EXISTING LISCENSE HOLDERS, YOU MUST BRING A SIGNED COPY OF YOUR EXISTING, VALID, LISCENSE, COPIES ARE OK.

ANYONE HAVING QUESTIONS OR WANTING TO PRE-REGISTER CAN DO SO BY CONTACTING US VIA EMAIL AT OR CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR MORE CONTACT INFO AT WWW.PHARC.ORG. TALK-IN WILL BE ON THE N8VAA 145.190 T 118.8 and the KD8AZC 447.325 T 103.5 repeaters.

The next PHARC meeting will be Thursday,______[[MEETING DATE]],

______[[7PM NORM]][[MEETING TIME]] at ______[[MEETING LOCATION]]. This meeting is open to all hams and anyone interested in the amateur radio hobby. If you have questions about the amateur radio hobby, or even if you’re a hardcore operator, stop by, join in the discussions and and enjoy the evening. Again that meeting will be Thursday, ______[[MEETING DATE]], 7pm at ______[[MEETING LOCATION]]. Talk-in will be on the N8VAA 145.190- T118.8, KD8IFP 146.985- T123 & 444.400+ T103.5, and the KD8AZC 447.325- T103.5 repeaters. Hope to see y’all there!

[[PROCEED WITH NET HISTORY ONLY IF INFO IS AVAILABLE OTHERWISE SKIP TO NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT]]

...As a reminder, the PHARC is always looking for Net Control operators.

Any licensed ham is qualified. If you, or a ham that you know, would like to become a net control operator, please contact ______[[KD8AZC]] or any PHARC member for more information. Contact info on club website www.PHARC.org .

Don’t forget, for anyone interested, we will have the 10 meter net on______USB[[28.450]] right after this net and will be accepting check-ins on the 10 meter band. THIS FREQUENCY IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO TECHS!

Net control will make one last call for check-ins before closing the net. If there are any checkins, anyone with equipment to check or questions/comments, please call now.

[[ACCEPT CHECK-INS]]

[[REPEAT UNTIL NO FUTHER CHECK-INS]]

[[GO BACK THROUGH LIST OF NEW CHECK-INS AND RECORD COMMENTS/TRAFFIC]]

I would like to thank all stations for checking in this evening and for making this net possible. The next PHARC net will be next Monday at 8:30PM local time.

Tonight we had a total of ______[[TOTAL CHECK-INS]] check ins.

This is ______[[YOUR CALL]] closing this net at ______[[XX:XX RECORD STOP TIME]] hours local time. Thanks to all that stood by while the net was conducted and also thanks to repeater owner, operator N8VAA for use of the machine.

Net Control now returns the repeater to normal amateur radio use.

73 and have a great evening."

______[[YOUR CALL]] clear.