ATTACHMENT "A"
RAG-CHEW NET PREAMBLE
(Preamble Sample) Good evening everyone, this is _____(your call) and my name is _____(your name) and I will be the Net Control Station this evening for the ____________(Organization) Net. This net meets every _____(day) at _____(time) local time. The purpose of this net is to promote Amateur Radio activities in the local area. All amateurs are invited to participate in this net and to input their comments. This is a directed net and as always, Emergency or Priority traffic will be responded to immediately. Please address all communications to Net Control. You do not have to be a member of _______(Organization) to check-in. At this time I will take check-ins from any mobile or short time stations. Mobile or short time stations please call now.
Copy down call-signs as they check in:KB8ZDX - Mobile, N8UT - Short-time
"OK, we have KB8ZDX Mobile, good evening John and Bruce, N8UT for a short-time. Any other mobile or short-time stations.
"Hearing no more, we will take check-ins from any stations anywhere at this time, please call."
Copy down call-signs as they check-in. If you have a hard time understanding them, do not be afraid to ask them to repeat their call-sign phonetically.
KB8YTC
N8RYA
KA8YKK
K5EKP
N8XTN
AA8IY
KC8BGK
KC8EBW
Remember to read back the call-signs and say their names if you know what it is. Address them as friends. If you do not know the name, do not be afraid to ask them, and write it down behind their call sign, then address them as such.
"Tonights topic will be __________ (your choice of topic). We'll start with John, KB8ZDX. Your comments tonight."
Remember, if you get any mobile or shorttime stations during the net, always go to your Mobile stations first and then your shorttime so that you do not miss them.
"Moving on to our regular check-ins, we'll start with Steve, KB8YTC, go ahead with your comments."
After dealing with a few check-ins, take a short standby for further check-ins.
"This is _____(Call) Net Control Station for the _____(Organization) Net. Are there any further check-ins at this time?"
Remember, any Mobile or shorttime stations receive priority to make their statements and comments since they will not be in the system for long.
"We have reached the bottom of our list and hearing no more check-ins we will make some announcements at this time."
Suggested announcements:
"Are there any Officials of _____(Organization) wishing to make any other announcements at this time?"
"Hearing none I will close the net this evening. Thank You all for being here on the net. This is _____(Call) returning the repeater back to normal Amateur use."
This preamble and method of talking through a net are not engraved in stone, they are examples for you to have available. This is your training time, so write your own preamble and become a net control on some of your local nets.*The names and call-signs used in the example are real and not just made up.