Cumberland Valley Amateur

(Notes in brackets “()” are for the Net Control, do not read on the air. “Pause” means that you should ‘unkey’ and allow the repeater to drop before continuing. The beginning of each section is marked with arrows “>>“)

(Begin Script)

>> This is a QST…Welcome to the Cumberland Valley Amateur Radio Club’s Sunday Night Net. This Net is held every Sunday at 2100 hours [9 pm] Eastern time, on the 147.120 W3ACH repeater.

(Pause)

>> The CVARC Sunday Night Net is a directed Net, activated for the purposes of:

* Promoting fellowship among the Amateurs located in the coverage area of this repeater,

* Providing an opportunity for everyone to test their equipment and Net operating skills, and

* The dissemination of bulletins and NTS traffic.

Any station with emergency traffic may break in at anytime during this Net.

(Pause)

>> Your Net Control for this evening is (your call), my name is (your name), and I am operating from (your location).

(Pause)

>> Are there any stations with NTS [National Traffic System] traffic to be listed for the Net?

(Pause)

(NTS TRAFFIC HANDLING NOTES: If there is a station with NTS traffic: )

(1: Find out the destination city - where the traffic is going)

(2: Inquire on the Net if there is any station willing to handle this traffic)

(3: If a station is found that is willing to handle the traffic, have both standby until the end of the Net to handle the traffic.)

(4: If no station is found that will handle the traffic, make another announcement at the end of the Net)

>> Are there any stations with announcements for the Net?

(Pause, and handle stations with announcements. Then read the following Club announcement (if not announced by a Club official:)

>> The next meeting of the Cumberland Valley Amateur Radio Club is scheduled for (date). The meeting will be held at (time), at the (location). Our meetings are open to anyone, you do not need to be a Club Member to attend, and we look forward to seeing all of you there.

(NOTE: If there is meeting program information available, read the following lines. If the program information is NOT available, please skip this step)

The meeting program for this month will be: (read meeting program information)

(Pause)

>> Are there any mobile operators who would like to check in at this time?

(Pause, and take check ins from mobile stations)

>> Are there any operators who are on emergency power (including handheld radios)?

(Pause, and take check ins from emergency power stations/HT‘s)

>> This is (your call), Net Control. We will now begin the regular check in portion of the Net. All check ins are by callsign suffix, and at the end of the Net, we will standby for general check ins.

(Pause)

(NOTE: you will be assigned a suffix range to start with each time you are Net Control)

>> I will now take check ins from the callsign suffix range of (suffix range)

(Pause, take check ins, then go to the next suffix range. When you have taken check ins from all the suffix ranges, continue on)

>> This is, (your call), Net Control. We will now standby for any new check ins in any suffix range: A-Alpha to Z-Zulu.

(Pause, take check ins)

>> Would anyone like to make contact with someone on the Net?

(Pause, check to see that the station to be contacted is still on the Net. If so, verify that they copied the contact request and will be standing-by after the Net.)

>> One last call for new or late check-ins for the Net

(Pause, and take any check ins.)

(NOTE: If you DO NOT have any NTS traffic waiting, please skip to the next section)

(NTS TRAFFIC HANDLING NOTES PART 2: If you have stations standing by to pass NTS traffic, allow them to do so at this time)

(NOTE: If there is traffic still listed to be handled by the Net, read the following: )

The CVARC Sunday Night Net has NTS traffic for (give the town that the traffic is going to (example: Chambersburg)). Are there any stations who would be willing to handle this traffic?

(Pause)

(NOTE: If you still cannot find anyone to handle the traffic, then go ahead with the rest of the script. Please be sure to thank the station that has brought the traffic to the Net!)

>> At this time, we will now close the CVARC Sunday Night Net. We would like to thank all Amateurs who participated in the Net this evening. This Net will return next Sunday at 2100 hours [9pm] Eastern time.

(Pause)

>> If you would like more information about the Cumberland Valley Amateur Radio Club, the sponsor of the W3ACH repeater, please visit our Web site at www.w3ach.org. Or you can write to us at Post Office Box 121, Chambersburg PA 17201.

(Pause)

>> This is, (your call), Net Control, returning the W3ACH repeater to normal Amateur use. 73 and good evening to every one.

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	MAY 2008 05/04/08 = WA3PTV Q-U 05/11/08 = KB3MUN V-Z 05/18/08 = KB3MMX A-E 05/25/08 = KB3EHT F-L	JUNE 2008 06/01/08 = ______ M-P 06/08/08 = KB3MUN Q-U 06/15/08 = ______ V-Z 06/22/08 = KB3MMX A-E 06/29/08 = KB3EHT F-L
JULY 2008 07/06/08 = ______ M-P 07/13/08 = KB3MUN Q-U 07/20/08 = ______ V-Z 07/27/08 = KB3MMX A-E	AUGUST 2008 08/03/08 = KB3EHT F-L 08/10/08 = ______ M-P 08/17/08 = KB3MUN Q-U 08/24/08 = ______ V-Z 08/31/08 = KB3MMX A-E	SEPTEMBER 2008 09/07/08 = KB3EHT F-L 09/14/08 = ______ M-P 09/21/08 = KB3MUN Q-U 09/28/08 = ______ V-Z
OCTOBER 2008 10/05/08 = KB3MMX A-E 10/12/08 = KB3EHT F-L 10/19/08 = ______ M-P 10/26/08 = KB3MUN Q-U	NOVEMBER 2008 11/02/08 = ______ V-Z 11/09/08 = KB3MMX A-E 11/16/08 = KB3EHT F-L 11/23/08 = ______ M-P 11/30/08 = KB3MUN Q-U	DECEMBER 2008 12/07/08 = ______ V-Z 12/14/08 = KB3MMX A-E 12/21/08 = KB3EHT F-L 12/28/08 = ______ M-P