Saturday Night Net

Net Preamble

Give 5 Minute warning before net.

Good evening everyone, this is [CALLSIGN] and I will be starting the Saturday Night Net in five minutes. If there is any emergency traffic or if you need to make a quick call, please go ahead and do so now.

Good evening everyone, and welcome to the inland empire GMRS Saturday night net. My name is [NAME] my callsign is [CALLSIGN], and i will be your net controller tonight. This is an informal net that meets every saturday at 7PM on the Krell mountain repeater, GMRS channel 20, 462.675 Mhz, with a plus 5 MHz offset and a tone of 77 Hz

The goal of this net is to give licensed GMRS operators an oppertunity to connect with others who share a common interest. A chance to discuss a variety of topics, issues, announcements, or questions you may have. It also serves as a way to test both our radios and the repeaters propagation, for emergency management, cordination, as well as general GMRS use. If there is any urgent or emergency traffic, please come now.

Unkey; Pause for 10 seconds

Announce the following:

  • Facebook Group: IEGMRS Operators
  • Website
    • Store
    • Newsletter
    • Articles
  • Secondary Saturday
  • GMRS Simplex Exercise (3rd Saturday)
  • Shop & Swap Items
  • Any other events or announcements

Before we start check-ins, do we have any other announcement for the net?

Unkey; Pause 5 seconds for any annoucements

To keep this net shorter, we will have a round-table net after the close of this net for longer discussion and any questions you may have. We will begin with a roll call, three stations at a time. I will confirm those stations, then take the next three, and so on. After the roll call, we will start back at the top and go down the list to give each station a chance to share anything theyd like with the net. you can simply introduce yourself, discuss your week, bring up topics, or ask questions you may have. If you have nothing to share, you can reply with "No Traffic."

Those wishing to check in through zello, please come now with your callsign, name, and approximate location. Again, zello users only, please come now.

On staions checking in, unless they state they have no traffic, assume they have traffic.

Log and confirm ZELLO stations.

Mobile, handheld, and land based stations, come now with your callsign, name, approximate location and whether you have traffic or no traffic.

Log and confirm stations. Once there is a long pause in check-ins, confirm check-ins and ask for more check-ins. Once there are no longer any check-ins, circle back to the top for any traffic.

Before we close this net, does anyone have any additional last minute questions, comments, or announcements for the net?

Id like to thank everyone for joining and participating on the net this evening. My name is [NAME], my callsign is [CALLSIGN] and I am now closing this net and returning the repeater to normal GMRS operations.