LOCAL CDT

146.700 Net Format

This is ___________________ (call sign) activating the Lebanon Amateur Radio

Club VHF Net. This net meets each Tuesday at 8:00 PM CDT,  7:00 PM CST.

The Purpose of this net is to help promote amateur radio, to inform us of amateur radio activities and prepare us for Amateur Radio emergency communications.

All stations are welcome to check in, as this is an open net.

 I will first call for emergency traffic or stations with announcements, then take mobile or short of time stations then regular check ins.

My call is ______________________ and my name is ________________________ and I will serve as your net control station tonight.

Those with emergency traffic or announcements, please call now.

(Wait a few seconds for possible responses)

Those stations mobile or short of time call now.

(Wait a few seconds for possible responses)

Now all others please call now.

(Wait a few seconds for possible responses.  Write down the responses as they give their call signs.  Call each one in turn allowing them to say a few words to the group.

Are there any other check-ins for the LARC Radio Club VHF Net? If so, please call now.

(Wait a few seconds for possible responses.  Write down the responses as they give their call signs.  Call each one in turn allowing them to say a few words to the group.

(When no one else responds, continue)

Hearing no others, thank you for all who checked in this evening.

I will now change frequencies and conduct our weekly check-ins on the 145.470 repeater located at Conway, Missouri.  I would ask all who checked in on the 146.700 machine tonight to follow me to 145.470 and I will hold a quick roll call check-in.  This is ________________________ closing this net and moving to 145.470 for our roll call check-in. I am returning this repeater back to normal use.

145.470 check-in

This is ____________ (name)________________(your call) conducting the 145.470 roll Call check-in as part of the Lebanon Amateur Radio Club VHF Net held each Tuesday night at 7:00PM CST or 8:00PM CDT.

I will now list all stations that just completed checking into the 146.700 repeater in Lebanon, Missouri.  If you followed me to this frequency, I will give your call sign and ask you to please acknowledge that you are now on frequency by repeating your call sign back to me. Once I have gone through Roll Call check-ins, I will open the net for any additional check-ins, as this is an open net and we welcome your calls.

Let’s begin the roll call:

(List each station and pause in between to confirm that they have moved to this frequency. Tell each responding station that he has been heard.)

That brings me to the end of my roll call list. Are there any other check-ins for the Lebanon Amateur Radio Club VHF Net? If so please call now.

(Wait a few seconds for possible responses.  Write down the responses as they give their call signs.  Call each one in turn allowing them to say a few words to the group. (When no one else responds, continue)

This concludes the Lebanon Amateur Radio Club VHF Net roll call on 145.470 and I will return the repeater back to normal use. This is ____________ (call sign).