Waupaca County ARES
Amateur Radio Communications
Weekly Net Preamble
Waupaca County ARES/RACES WEEKLY Net Preamble
At About 7:58 pm on the 147.390 Repeater announce that the Waupaca County ARES/Races net will begin shortly. Begin the net at 8 PM.
This Repeater will remain open for any emergency traffic. Stations checking into this net are requested to state slowly your callsign phonetically, your name, location, and whether or not you have traffic for the net. Calling the Waupaca County Amateur Radio Emergency Services Net.
Your net control station is _________, My name is _________ and I am located in ________________. This net meets each Sunday evening at 8 PM local on the 147.390 Repeater, PL 118.8. In the event of repeater failure the net will move to the 146.925 Repeater with a PL of 118.8
The purpose of this net is for the training and education of ARES/RACES matters, and information exchange. This is a directed net, all communications on the net will be under the direction of the net control station: however, emergency traffic may break the net at any time.
Is there any formal or written traffic? Please call ________ net control.
We will now stand by for short time, portable, or mobile stations, please call____ net control
We will now stand by for all stations anywhere, with or without traffic, wishing to check in to the Waupaca County ARES net, please call_______net control
Remember to take check-ins about every 10 - 15 minutes.
The practice of second go-rounds is up to the net control station, if you choose to do so, now would be the time.
After second go-rounds, is the time to let people go that have traffic for the net.
Are there any other discussion items from any of the members before we close the net?
I would like to thank everyone for checking in this evening, everyone is welcome back next week when your NCS will be______. This is ________and the Waupaca County ARES net is clear at _______ local time. The repeater is now back to normal amatuer use, 73 everyone.
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Current WI ARES/RACES HF NET MESSAGE
WISCONSIN ARES/RACES HF NET SEP 27
KB9STB reminded all stations of the upcoming conference in Wisconsin Rapids on October 10 and the Simulated Emergency Test on October 3 with an extra session of the BEN on 3985 at 10 AM for support.
Message in NTS format follows.
NR 456 R K9LGU 15 FORT ATKINSON WI SEP 27
WISCONSIN ARES/RACES OPERATORS
USE THE PHRASE I SAY
AGAIN TO REPEAT FOR CLARITY
OR TO CORRECT AN ERROR
K9LGU/STM
There are two good uses for this phrase in sending traffic by voice. The first is to repeat for clarity. The sender says the group (the word, figures, mixed group, etc.) then says, “I say again," repeats the group, and continues. It works best to limit repeats for clarity to one group at a time to avoid confusion. In bad radio conditions, repeating phrases or whole lines of a message increases the chance for correct copy.
“CLARITY, I say again, CLARITY... "
Now for the second use. You may not believe it, but sometimes the sender may make a mistake in sending a message. That’s when we use “I say again” to correct an error. Stop, say "I say again," go back to last group (or proword) sent correctly, and continue, starting with that correct group or proword. Example: In “TO CLOSE SHELTER...” what if the sender skipped the word CLOSE in error. He or she would just say “TO SHELTER,” --- “I say again, ‘TO CLOSE SHELTER” and continue with the text.
“I say again” is a handy phrase. There. I said it again.