ARES
NEW UPDATED RADIO CHECK-IN SCRIPT for NET CONTROLLERS 1-2024
Check to see if the frequency is clear.
Attention all stations, this is K4NLC – NET Controller for the Pamlico Communications Net special weather net. We will begin the NET in five minutes. All stations please stand by.
[begin the net.]
This is K4NLC, net control station for Pamlico Communications Net. My name is Mike, and I am located in Craven County, North Carolina.
The Pamlico Communications Net is a directed net. This means that the net control station is in charge.
The purpose of today’s net is to provide information concerning the current weather situation. All radio amateurs are invited to participate in today’s Pamlico Communications weather Net
Do we have any station with emergency or priority traffic for the net at this time?
[handle this traffic now]
Stations are asked to check into the net according to the first letter of the suffix of your call sign. Please give your call sign, your name, location, and list the current weather conditions at your location.
For example: This is (pause to make sure the frequency is clear) K4NLC, Mike, on the corner of Walker and Truitt Road in Craven County. The current temperature is 31 degrees and no rain at this time.
Do we have any mobile stations wishing to check-in to the Pamlico Communications Weather Net?
PLEASE CHECK-IN NOW
Stations Alpha though Hotel – please check in now.
Stations India through PaPa – please check in now.
Stations Quebec through Zulu – please check in now.
Do we have any late or additional check-ins for the Pamlico Communications weather Net?
Do we have stations with announcements or net business for the net?
At this time net control will shift to K4ONC – Bruce.
[Thank you K4ONC]
This is K4NLC closing the Pamlico Communications Net special weather net.
I thank all stations for checking into the net
As a reminder – This net meets each Wednesday night at 7:30 pm local time on 147.210 MHz and at other times, as needed.
This is K4NLC clear.
ARES RESOURCES
A list of resources compiled by Mike Marsh, K4NLC, in response to the
discussion on ARES during the November PARS meeting:
–Download the ARES Manual [PDF]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public Service/ARES/ARESmanual2015.pdf
–ARES Field Resources Manual [PDF]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ARES_FR_Manual.pdf
–ARES Standardized Training Plan Task Book [Fillable PDF]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public
Service/ARES/ARRL-ARES-FILLABLE-TRAINING-TASK-BOOK-V2_1_1.pdf
–ARES Standardized Training Plan Task Book [Word]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public
Service/ARES/ARRL-ARES-STANDARDIZED-TRAINING-TASK-BOOK-V1_2_2.doc
–ARES Plan
http://www.arrl.org/ares-plan
–Emergency Communications Training
http://www.arrl.org/emergency-communications-training
For more information or questions, contact Mike at
mike@MarshConsulting.org or (252)636-1257.
We have our own ARES group in Pamlico County. Mike Marsh K4NLC is the leader of that group and soon there will be much more information about their doings right here.
In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications. It is organized and sponsored by the American Radio Relay League and the Radio Amateurs of Canada.
ARES groups are volunteer amateur radio operators who come together for the common purpose of providing emergency and/or auxiliary communications service to public safety and public service organizations. Most individual ARES units are autonomous and operate locally. Although the Amateur Radio Emergency Service is a program (and trademark) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in the USA, the structure is more supportive than directive in nature, providing mostly for mutual aid in the event of large-scale emergencies. As long as local units are operating in the best interests of Amateur Radio in general and the ARRL in particular, intervention from the national organization is minimal. The government expresses little governance of ARES (other than the FCC regulations—47 CFR Part 97—which regulate all of Amateur Radio) and local authorities only passively regulate ARES groups by way of formal understandings.
Mike Marsh e-mail: mike@MarshConsulting.org
660 Truitt Road
New Bern, NC 28560
Home/Office (252)636-1257
For more information contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or mike@marshconsulting.org.