Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Weekly Net Preamble
Washington County ARES/RACES
version 12-08-2002
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Good evening, this is (your call sign), net control for this session of the Washington County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Net. This is a directed net. Is there any emergency traffic at this time?
(PAUSE)

Regular sessions of this net meet Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. local time with the exception of meeting nights, which are the third Tuesday of each month. We thank Wes Allen, K7WWG, who has approved our use of the 146.90 MHz repeater for this net.
(PAUSE)

These regular sessions are to provide A.R.E.S. members training in the areas of net procedures, traffic handling and A.R.E.S. drills. Also to provide a brief time for announcements, comments, and questions by and for A.R.E.S members and interested visitors to the net.
(PAUSE)

Emergency sessions of this net may be convened at the discretion of the Washington County Emergency Coordinator, the District, E.C., or the ARRL Oregon Section E.C.
(PAUSE)

All stations stand by for net check in. Check-ins will be by alphabetical order of your call suffix. This is (your call), net control for this session of the Washington County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Net.


[Note: The following list of questions is optional]
All stations will list:
1) Their call using phonetics
2) Location
3) ARRL membership - Yes or No 
4) Station Capabilities
     Fixed Operational Bands and Modes
     Mobile/Portable Operational Bands and Modes
     Handheld Operational Bands and Modes
PLEASE give the infoamtion slowly.

(PROCEED WITH CHECK IN)

The net is now looking for check ins with first letter of the call suffix from 
A through F
G through L
M through R
S through Z
Are there any late or missed A.R.E.S. member checkins?
(PAUSE)

Are there any visitor check ins for the Washington County A.R.E.S. net tonight?
(PAUSE)

In there any business, questions, or discussion for the net? (Handle the traffic flow if any.)
(PAUSE)

Are there any more member or visitor checkins for the net?
(CLOSE THE NET)

This is (your call sign), net control station for this session of the Washington County A.R.E.S. net. We thank K7WWG for the use of this repeater. I also thank everyone who has participated in the net tonight. This session of the net is now closed, and the frequency is open for regular traffic. This is (your call sign) clear, 73 to all.