Bell Ringers
Net
Net Control Station (NCS)
Saturday Procedures
Before Net time
- Listen and
get the frequency.
- PC booted
up (e.g. for Chat Room)
- Have Short
Check-In list ready and pencils/pens. Full
Roster is available here.
Open the Net on time
"The Bell Ringers
is a group ofActive and Retired Ham Employees of the Telephone Industry
plus some ham friends with a mutual interest.
They comprise a non-message network to meet regularly on the air
toprovide an exchange of communications and continuing fellowship
within our area."
- Announce
"We are on the web at tparca.org, click Bell Ringers "
Establish
Relay Stations
- One or two
is probably enough -- (Good candidates are N0SAP,
KB4BW, WA9JNM, K9JWJ, KQ4OW)
- Ask Relay
#1to Announce "..this is (callsign) and this is The Bell Ringers Net
and I will be a Relay Station
- Ask Relay
#2 to Announce"...this is ( callsign ) and this is The Bell Ringers
Net and I will be a Relay Station
Announcements
- Brief
announcements of interest to all members. Example -- Stone Mountain Fest
Short-Timer Check-Ins
- Net
Control Station (NCS) -- ask for short-timers (announce what stations are
heard)
- Relay #1
Please ask for short-timers (NCS announce list of all short
timers)
- Relay #2
Please ask for short-timers (NCS announce list of all short
timers)
- NCS start
calling on Short-Timers
Roll Call of Regular
Check-ins
- NCS Roll
Call for #1- 100
- Please give your member number
THEN your callsign
- NCS announce what is
heard
- Relay #1
call for #1 - 100
-
NCS announce what
is heard
- Relay #2
call #1 - 100
-
NCS announce what
is heard
- summarize
the list of check-ins in 1-100 range
- NCS call
for #1 through end of
list
- NCS announce what is heard
- Relay #1
call for #1 through end of list
-
NCS announce what
is heard
- Relay #2
call for #1 through end of list
-
NCS announce what
is heard
Announce Rotation
Sequence of Check-ins
- NCS
announce the rotation sequence:
- first
station in check-in list heard, give it to second, second give it to
third, etc
- NCS ask
Relay #1 to PLEASE repeat the sequence.
- NCS ask
Relay #2 to PLEASE repeat the sequence.
Moderate the Rotation
- Request
stations to limit transmission to 2 or 3 minutes maximum.
- Stay for a
second rotation if you have more
- Frist
station please give us your comments, then give it to second station,
etc.
- NCS stay
tuned, use relays, moderate as required.
Call for Late Check-ins
- Use above
rotation procedures for late check-ins
Close the Net
- At end
thank all.
- Announce
"This has been a regular session of the Bell Ringers Net"
- "The
frequency is returned to normal Amateur Radio use"
11/19/09