SCVRS MONDAY NIGHT NET CONTROL SCRIPT
WB6OQS, This is . . . (your name, call sign and location). Is there any emergency or priority traffic before the net begins? (Listen for response if any).
Good evening. This is . . . (Your call sign - phonetically), Net Control Operator for the Santa Clara Valley Repeater Society monday night traffic net.
This is a directed net, so please transmit only when requested. This net may be interrupted at any time for emergency or priority traffic.
This net meets each Monday night at 9:00pm for the purpose of exchanging news and information regarding the club and its activities. It also offers the members of WB6OQS , and visitors, the opportunity to exchange messages and information about amateur radio activities and equipment.
The WB6OQS repeaters are located on Loma Prieta mountain, approximately 20 miles south of downtown San Jose at an altitude of approximately 3800 feet.
(for you technical folks, the exact location is:
Longitude 121 degrees 49 minutes 58 seconds
Latitude 37 degrees 7 minutes 9 seconds)
This net is conducted over all WB6OQS repeaters:
The 2 meter repeater - 146.76 Megahertz
with a minus 600 kilihertz offset, pl 151.4,
and
The 1.25 meter repeater - 224.26 Megahertz
with a minus 1.6 Megahertz offset. pl 123.0 (is currently disabled)
and
The 70 centimeter UHF repeater that transmits
on 444.60 Megahertz with a plus 5 Megahertz offset, pl 141.3.
Two meters and the 220 repeater
are normally linked for daily operation.
Club meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at the San Jose Chapter of the American Red Cross, at 2731 N 1st St., on the corner of Plumeria and North First
Street in San Jose (Two lights north of Trimble on North First). Meetings begin at 7:30pm and visitors are always welcome. The next club meeting will be held on . . . (give date and time).
The guest speaker will be . . .
(give name and call sign of next speaker) who will talk about . . . (give a little information)...
The club mailing address is:
Santa Clara Valley Repeater Society
P.O.Box 2085
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Messages may be left on the 24 hour answering
machine by calling (408) 247-2877
-- also known as "24-SCVRS.";
For those of you who have access to the World-Wide-Web on the Internet, the club Home Page is located at "HTTP://WWW.SCVRS.ORG " , We will attempt to keep it updated with such things as a list of future guest speakers, meeting times, club history, newsletters, control operators,etc.
... Optional ... Give "Tip of the week" to help enlighten, educate, and help the club repeater run correctly. You may have another person give it if you have arranged it in advance...
Before I start the check-ins, are there any officer or committee reports? Please give your call sign now . . . (listen) . . . (Acknowlege any, let them give their reports now).
(Be sure to identify yourself every 10 minutes)
This is . . . (your call sign), net control.
When you check in, please give your call sign, first name, location and indicate if you are a guest or if this is the first time you have checked in. Also indicate if you have any trafic, wants, or swaps.
Call signs with suffixes of Alpha through Hotel please check in now.
(Acknowledge each check-in before going to the next group)
(Call each group several times before going on to the next group)
Call signs with suffixes of India through Mike please check in now.
This is . . . (your call sign), net control.
Call signs with suffixes of November through Siera please check in now.
Call signs with suffixes of Tango through Zulu please check in now.
Is there anyone I have not acknowledged please give your callsign and any traffic
now.
(If there are any Bulletins, Traffic, Wants or Swaps, let them speak now).
. . . (name and call sign)
. . . please go ahead with your ... (QST-QSO-Want-Swap).
Are there any other stations wishing to check into the net, please give your callsign and any traffic now...
(listen)
(Acknowlege snd process all buletinns, traffic, wants, and swaps thill done)
Is there any further business for the net? (listen and acknowledge if any)
I would like to invite everyone to stay tuned for the Westlink - Newsline which will begin here at 9:30pm.
If you are interested in joining the club or wish more information, please call the 24 hour recorder and leave your name, call sign and phone number. A club officer will call you soon. Again, that number is (408)247-2877. You can also get this information from the club web page "http://WWW.SCVRS.ORG .
The Santa Clara Valley Repeater Society monday night traffic netis now closed and the repeaters are returned to normal use. Thank you for your participation, this is . . . (your name and call sign) , net control, good evening.
(PLEAE KEEP IN MIND, THIS SCRIPT IS NOT WRITTEN IN STONE AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO TO MAKE THE NET A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO).
You may want to print off several copies!!