Net Control Script

North Baldwin Amateur Radio Club
Thursday Night Net
(rev. Nov. 26 2007)

It's net time. Does anyone need the repeater before we get started?

CQ CQ CQ, this is ___CALLSIGN___ with the North Baldwin Amateur Radio Club Thursday Night Net. My name is ___NAME___ and I'm in ___CITY___. I'll be your net control statio tonight. This net meets every Thursday at 8:00 pm local time on 145.43 megahertz with a 123 hertz CTCSS tone. This repeater is located in Rabun, Alabama. As part of the net we usually transmit the ARRL audio news bulletin.

This is not an emergency net. However, if you have emergency or priority traffic, please break in at any time, and we'll do our best to handle it.

You don't have to be a member of the club to participate in the net. We encourage visitors, plus our regulars from all over the area.

The North Baldwin Amateur Radio club meets every second Thursday of the month at the Senior Center in Bay Minette, 300 North Hoyle Avenue. We invite each of you to join us at our next meeting. To learn more about our club, please visit our website, ki4gtw.org.

When checking in, please give your callsign, your name and your location. It never hurts to give your callsign phonetically, too. Also, let me know if you have any announcements or business for the net.

Is there anyone with club news or announcements, please call now.

[Handle announcements]

And now I'll begin taking check-ins. All stations for the North Baldwin Club Net, please call ___CALLSIGN___ now.

[Take as many check-ins as you feel is appropriate, acknowledging them after every 3 or 4, or whenever a long enough pause is there. If you can't get more than a few, you may have to prod and cajole, to encourage check-ins. Be sure to identify your own callsign every 10 minutes.]

[When you need to fill some time, list the other nets in the area.]

Some of the other nets in the area:

• Monday at 7:00 is the South Baldwin Club net on the 147.090.
• Monday at 8:00 is the W4IAX 2 meter single sideband net on 144.225.
• Tuesday at 7:30 is the 6 meter FM net on the 53.03 repeater.
• Tuesday at 8:00 is the Monroe County net on 147.16, 167.9 tone.
• Tuesday at 8:00 is the 6 meter single sideband net on 50.130.
• Wednesday at 8:00 is the Mobile Club net on the W4IAX 146.820 repeater, followed by the traders net.
• Thursday at 7:30 is the 70 centimeters net on the 444.5 repeater in Mobile.
• And everyday on HF the Alabama Day Net starts informal at 9:30 am and officially starts at 10:00

[If you don't know if there is a bulletin tonight, call John/WB4TJO and ask him.]

And now we'll turn it over to WB4TJO with the ARRL audio news bulletin. I'll come back after the bulletin to pick up any late check-ins.

[Pass it to John/WB4TJO for the bulletin, if there is one. Otherwise, encourage folks to tune in the next week to hear it. Be sure to thank John for doing the bulletin each week.]

This is ___CALLSIGN___ with the North Baldwin Amateur Radio Club Thursday Night Net. Are there any late check-ins before we close the net?

[Take any late check-ins, and announce the total number of check-ins. Don't forget to count yourself!]

This is ___CALLSIGN___ closing the North Baldwin Amateur Radio Club Thursday Night Net. The club thanks all of you for checking in, and we hope you'll join us again next Thursday. 73, and have a great week.