Big Spring Amateur Radio Club W5AW Preamble

This is (your name and callsign) acting net control operator for the Big Spring Amateur Radio Club Howard County Traffic Net on the W5AW Andy Jones Memorial Station.

This net is held every Thursday evening at 8:00 pm. This is an open net and all licensed amateur radio operators in the range of this repeater are invited to participate. This is a directed net and stations are asked not to transmit until requested to do so by the net control operator.

At this time the net will pause for any emergency or priority traffic. (Pause)

None heard at this time.

The net will now take any mobile or portable check-ins. Please come now with your call sign only. (List check-ins – mobiles and portables)

I have listed (give mobile and portable calls received)

(Work these stations at this time)

This is (your name and callsign) acting net control for W5AW.

The net will now open to all other check-ins. Please come now with your call sign only. (list all other check-ins at this time)

I have listed (give call signs received)

Are there any others, if so, please come now.

(List if there are more call signs received)

We will now start at the top of the list with (call sign) Hello, your comments for the net this evening.

This is the end of the list of check-ins.

At this time I will call for others who wish to check-in or rechecks. Please come now with your call sign only. (List call signs received)

(Give received stations call sign) Hello (ask for their comments)

This will be our last call for check-ins. Please come with your call sign only at this time. (Pause)

This completes all check-ins I have on my list. Have I missed anyone? (Pause)

At this time I will close the net and return the repeater of the Big Spring Amateur Radio Club, W5AW back to its normal operation until next Thursday evening’s net, unless needed for weather or other emergency situations.

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