Rensselaer County ARES/RACES

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR AN ARES/RACES TRAINING NET

Prologue for opening a Net:

Calling the Rensselaer County ARES/RACES Training Net, Calling the Rensselaer County ARES/RACES Training Net. This is (your call sign), net control. This net meets every Thursday except the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM local time. The purpose of this net is to provide information and training to Rensselaer County ARES/RACES members. You do not have to be an ARES/RACES member or be in Rensselaer County to participate, all are welcome.

Order of Net Business:

1. Take check-ins from Rensselaer County ARES/RACES Officers.

2. Take check-ins from all other stations. 

Reports from:

• EC from Rensselaer County, WO2H

• Informals

• Call for late/additional check-ins at the proper intervals.

Epilogue for closing the Net:

This is (your call sign), Net Control for the Rensselaer County ARES/RACES Training Net. This net is secure at ---- minutes past the hour. (Your Call Sign) is now clear and returns the repeaters to general amateur use. OUT.

Stations serving as net control will submit a report to WO2H for inclusion in the monthly statistics.

This report will contain:

1. Date and time of the net.

2. Call sign of Net Control

3. Call signs of all stations checking in.

4. Number of pieces of third-party traffic passed.

5. Any other information relating to this particular net which should be kept for the record.  

Revised 12/21/2019

Mike Shanahan, WO2H Emergency Coordinator, Rensselaer County ARES