Amateur Radio Operator's First Time Net Control

Colorado Amateur Radio Emergency Service Region 3 District 2 and the Northern Colorado Preparedness Education Group teamed up to run a remote net for Thursday's ARES R3D2 Net. The goal of this remote net is to give new net control operators an example of what it looks like to run a net. The net lasts about 15 minutes followed by discussions about why net control is important and what reasons operators hesitate from doing net control.

[@mcb18youtube99]

Hey, that was great! I know when I directed my first club net, that was pretty scary, but it was really fun! 73's from KF0MCB.

[@BrianJurkowski]

My recommendation:
Pass around notepad and have everybody (who's comfortable running a net) sign up with their callsign & first name.
Create a list of dates for upcoming nets and evenly distribute the names down that list.
Make sure the person running the net has a copy of that list.
Add a line to that script/agenda they're using to remind the primary and alternate for the following week that, "you are running next week's net and you are the alternate"
BOOM! A well-documented plan with even distribution of the work.
...but that's just my two-cents worth.

[@r188ops8]

Well done, I enjoyed watching that............Paul

[@jennifer86010]

He's lucky to train on a 70 cm FM repeater net. When he graduates to the big leagues it won't be so easy, because on national and international High Frequency Single Sideband nets, the participants have to deal with static, lightning crashes, high noise floors, man made noise, fading band conditions, and the inability to hear at least half the stations trying to check into the net. Using Amateur Radio relay stations is always necessary, and often Hams have to listen to several receivers including more than one radio and SDR receiving stations just to hear who is checking in. Despite these difficult and sometime impossible radio conditions, H.F. nets are great training for everyone involved, because often in emergency situations, radio band conditions are horrible, and if you are able to "swim in choppy waters" you will do fine in a calm pool. Best of luck, and here's hoping for sun spots and a solar flux that gives us a radio-rich ionosphere in the near future. '73

[@williamjordan6808]

just great,love it,73s from william,N,Ireland

[@B.91.10]

I always program the enc and dec tone into my radios to eliminate interference.

[@Boris_Chang]

What exactly is the sitrep here?