Tar Heel Emergency Net

Daily 11:30 a.m. - 7232 kHz

Nightly 7:30 p.m. - 3923 kHz

Amateurs interested in being a net control of the Tar Heel Emergency Net (THEN), should contact Claude, K4CWZ.

TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET SCRIPT

AT 7:29 PM (11:29 AM) YOU MAY SAY "THIS IS _______. THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET BEGINS IN ONE MINUTE. ALL STATIONS PLEASE STAND BY."

AT 7:30 PM (11:30 AM) BEGIN THE NET.

THIS IS ________, NET CONTROL FOR THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET. MY NAME

IS ________, AND I AM LOCATED IN ____________, NORTH CAROLINA.

THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET IS A DIRECTED NET AND IS THE NORTH CAROLINA HF ARES NET. A.R.E.S IS "AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE," AND IS PART OF THE ARRL FIELD ORGANIZATION. THE PURPOSE THIS NET IS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES, TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF NET OPERATIONS, TO SERVE AS A FORUM FOR DISCUSSIONS AND TO FOSTER FELLOWSHIP AMONG RADIO AMATEURS. ALL RADIO AMATEURS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET.

DO WE HAVE STATIONS WITH EMERGENCY OR PRIORITY TRAFFIC FOR THE NET?

(HANDLE THIS TRAFFIC NOW)

DO WE HAVE STATIONS WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS OR NET BUSINESS FOR THE NET?

(CALL FOR AFTER CHECKINS AND AFTER TRAFFIC)

STATIONS ARE ASKED TO CHECK INTO THE NET BY THE FIRST LETTER IN THE SUFFIX OF YOUR CALL SIGN. PLEASE GIVE YOUR CALL, YOUR NAME, LOCATION, YOUR ARRL APPOINTMENT IF ANY, AND LIST ANY TRAFFIC FOR THE NET.

DO WE HAVE ANY MOBILE STATIONS FOR THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET? 

STATIONS A-G PLEASE CALL__________.

STATIONS H-N PLEASE CALL__________.

STATIONS O-T PLEASE CALL__________.

STATIONS U-Z PLEASE CALL__________.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CHECKINS FOR THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET?

(HANDLE TRAFFIC AND ANNOUNCEMENTS NOW)

THIS IS ________ CLOSING THE FORMAL PORTION OF THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET. THOSE STATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE EXCUSED FROM THE NET MAY SECURE YOUR STATIONS AT THIS TIME. THIS NET MEETS NIGHTLY AT 7:30 PM ON 3923khz AND MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNINGS AT 11:30 AM ON 7232khz AND AS NEEDED.

(CALL ON STATIONS FOR COMMENTS)

THIS IS _________ CLOSING THE TAR HEEL EMERGENCY NET. I THANK ALL STATIONS

FOR CHECKING INTO THE NET, AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REGULAR PARTICIPATION EACH NIGHT AT 7:30 PM AND EACH MORNING AT 11:30 AM AS YOU ARE ABLE. THIS IS ________ CLEAR.

Send a Net Report to Claude, K4CWZ within a few days after you have called the net. Include in this report the date of the net, number of checkins, count of traffic listed, traffic passed, and the time of the formal portion of the net. An example in radiogram format appears below.

65 R W4CC 11 CHARLOTTE NC SEPT 4

K4CWZ

BT

THEN TUE SEPT 4 CHECKINS

19 TRAFFIC 4/3 TIME 22

MINUTES

BT

JOHN W4CC