Weekly Net Call

This is {your callsign}. The Mayland Amateur Radio Club and the Mitchell County ARES traffic & Training net will begin shortly on this repeater. If you need to make a call, please do so now.

AT 08:30 PM:
CQ. CQ Calling the Mayland Amateur Radio Club and Mitchell County ARES Traffic and Training Net.  My name is {your name}; My call is {your callsign,} , I will be your net control for this evening.

Any stations having emergency, priority or time-valued traffic, please call {your callsign} now.

This net meets every Wednesday at 8:30 pm on the KK4MAR 145.895 MHz repeater, located on Iowa Hill in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County NC.  You can also participate by joining Echolink node 570040.   For additional information about the net and the Mayland Amateur Radio Club, Inc, please go to our web site: www.kk4mar.org.

This is a directed net; please pass all traffic through net control.  The purpose of this weekly net is to provide Amateur Radio information, training, and exercise/test equipment & systems that may be utilized during emergency events. All radio amateurs are invited to participate. When checking in give the net control's call sign, pause, and then give your call sign, your name and your location.

We will now accept check-ins by the first letter of your call sign suffix. When checking in, please indicate if you are holding traffic for the net, announcements, or no traffic.

Any stations with call sign suffixes Alpha through Golf, please call {your callsign}.

Any stations with call sign suffixes Hotel through Zulu, please call {your callsign}.

Any stations, call sign suffixes Alpha through Zulu, please call {your callsign}.

We will now take the stations with net bulletins or announcements {Call each in order}

Tonight’s training topic will be {Training subject for the evening} presented by {presenter}

Thanks, everyone, for checking in today. Is there any other general traffic before we close the net? Call {your callsign}.

 Final call for late check-ins: any stations, call {your callsign}.

This concludes the Mayland Amateur Radio Club and Mitchell County ARES  traffic & Training net.  Our thanks to all the operators who checked in. This is {your callsign}, returning the KK4MAR repeater to normal amateur use.

Please send a net report to the EC within a few days after you have called the net.  Use ICS-213 format for practice.  Report using the Winlink system if you have that capability.   Include in this report the date of the net, number of check-ins, count of traffic listed traffic passed, and the total time of the net. Please send the report via e-mail to kc4tvo@oakcreekcorp.com OR  KC4TVO if via Winlink.