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1. CQ; CQ; CQ - calling the Murray State University Amateur Radio Club Monday Night 2-Meter Net. This net is conducted on the K4MSU repeater.  This is [NCS call sign], tonight’s net control station. My name is _______, and I am transmitting from _______, Kentucky. 

2. This is a directed net, and we invite all licensed operators to participate.  I will first take traffic, and then conduct a check-in of those waiting to speak.

3. If you have emergency traffic at any time during the net, send the pro-word EMERGENCY and your call sign, and you will be recognized. At this time I stand by for emergency or priority traffic.

4. Next: Any station with routine written traffic? If so, call [NCS call sign] now. (Note: Traffic should be listed by city if it is to go to a city inside the state of Kentucky and by state if it goes outside of Kentucky. If the NCS doesn't know who to direct the traffic to he can ask if anyone can handle the traffic). 

5. (Announce important club business if you know any.)

6. I'll proceed with check-ins.  First: are there any mobile or time-constrained stations wishing to check in?  If so, please come ahead first, calling ________.

- We recognize ______ ; ______ ; (etc). ______ , please go ahead with your comments for the net.

7. Now for routine check-ins of the MSUARC phone net… we're standing by for your call sign and your first name only at this point:

- We recognize ______ ; ______ ; (etc). ______ , please go ahead with your comments for the net.

8. (After a few…) This is [NCS call sign]. Any late check-ins for the MSUARC Monday Night Net?

9. Next up is ______ . Please go ahead with your comments for the Net.

10. This concludes tonight's MSUARC Monday Night Net. Thank you all for your comments, and for the friendly advice that we shared this evening.

11. We had ____ check-ins and the net lasted approximately ___ minutes. Returning this frequency to ordinary amateur use, this is [NCS call sign], clearing.

 

DIRECTING TRAFFIC
The following procedure may be used to direct traffic on a net.

 

1. The Net Control Station (NCS) opens the net as usual. 

2.  "CQ CQ CQ calling the Murray State Amateur Radio Club Monday Night Net.  This is K4MSU  operated by KF4QEH. My name is Joe and I'm located at Murray,  Kentucky.  If, during the net you have emergency traffic, send a double break and your callsign and we will recognize you immediately.  At this time we will stand by for emergency or priority traffic." The NCS then listens for anyone who has emergency or priority traffic.  If none is listed, the NCS would then say, "Is  there any station who would like to list formal routine written traffic? If so, call now." Let's suppose KU4GR has two pieces of routine traffic to list.  One is going to Paducah and the other is going to St. Louis, Mo. Here is how KU4GR would list his traffic. "K4MSU this is KU4GR one routine Paducah, one routine Missouri, over." (Note: Traffic should be listed by city if it is to go to a city inside the state of Kentucy and by state if it goes outside of Kentucky). Let's also suppose that KF4KNF has three pieces of routine traffic. One for KY4NU, one for Nashville, Tn., and one  for Little Rock, Ar." KF4KNF would list his traffic like this: "K4MSU this is KF4KNF 1 routine  KY4NU, one routine Tennessee, one routine Arkansas." 

3. The NCS would then acknowledge the stations with traffic like this: This is K4MSU roger KU4GR one routine Paducah, one routine Missouri.  Roger KF4KNF, one routine KY4NU, one routine Tennessee, one routine Arkansas.  Are there any other stations with traffic, call K4MSU. 

4. If no more traffic is listed the NCS can at this time direct the traffic listed to be sent or he may, at his option, go ahead and take other check-ins.  There is an advantage to taking other check-ins  because this would tell the NCS who else was on the net and who may be able to handle the traffic. However, if the NCS chooses to have the traffic sent first (which has the advantage of getting the traffic out faster)  he may ask who can take the traffic.  For example, since there is one routine KY4NU he may ask, "Is KY4NU on frequency?"  If KY4NU is on frequency he would say, "K4MSU this is KY4NU roger."  Then the NCS would say, "KF4KNF send one routineKY4NU."  KY4NU would then transmit something like this, "this is KY4NU ready to copy."  Then KF4KNF would send his message to KY4NU.  If KY4NU doesn't immediately come back saying he's ready to copy KF4KNF would call him like this: "KY4NU this is KF4KNF 1 routine."   KF4JFS would then reply with "this is KF4JFS ready to copy."  Then KF4KNF would send the traffic. 

5. If the NCS doesn't know who to direct the traffic to he can ask if anyone can handle the traffic. For example, the first piece of traffic listed for the net was one routine Paducah.  The NCS would say, "This is K4MSU.  We have one routine listed for Paducah, is there anyone on the net who can  take this traffic?"  Suppose AF4KS can take the traffic.  He would say, "K4MSU this is AF4KS,   I can take the Paducah traffic."  The NCS would then direct KU4GR to call AF4KS to send the  traffic.  Again, AF4KS hearing the NCS telling KU4GR to send the traffic to his station would say,  "This is AF4KS, ready to copy."  Then KU4GR would send the traffic to AF4KS. 

6. The other traffic listed for the net is all out of state traffic.  Anyone can accept this traffic to introduce it into the National Traffic System who has either packet capabilities or HF capabilities. Again, all of this traffic could be sent to one station or it could be divided between several stations depending on who is available.  If the NCS knows that a particular station can take NTS traffic he should direct it to that station.  For example, K4MSU knows that W4ET checks into the Kentucy Traffic Net each evening.  He can direct all the traffic to be sent to that station.  If he has not already taken check-ins, he should ask if W4ET is on frequency. "W4ET this is K4MSU are you on frequency?"  W4ET would then acknowledge that he is.  "K4MSU this is W4ET, roger." The NCS would then direct KU4GR to send his traffic to W4ET.  "KU4GR this is K4MSU, send one routine Missouri to W4ET."  W4ET would then immediately respond by saying, "This is W4ET, ready to copy."  KU4GR would then send his traffic to W4ET. 

7.After KU4GR has sent his one routine Missouri to W4ET, the NCS would then direct KF4KNF to send his traffic to W4ET.  "KF4KNF send one routine Tennessee and one routine Arkansas to W4ET."  W4ET would then immediately say, "This is W4ET, ready to copy."  Again, if W4ET does not respond in this way, KF4KNF would call him.  "W4ET this is KF4KNF two routines." W4ET should then respond, "KF4KNF this is W4ET, ready to copy." KF4KNF would then send his traffic to W4ET. 

8. After all traffic is passed, the NCS should again see if there is any more traffic to be listed for the net by saying, "this is K4MSU, is there any more traffic to be listed for the net?"  If there is no more traffic, the NCS would then take regular check-ins (if he has not already done so) or take informal comments from the net members. 

The above is just a suggestion on how to open a net and how to handle the traffic that may be liste for the net.  Any suggestions by anyone would be appreciated. 

Contact Matthew Freeman, WX4MET if you are interested in calling a net.
 

   HOW TO SEND A FORMAL NET REPORT FOR OUR MONDAY NETS
  Since our 146.94 Monday night net and our 147.24 Wednesday night net is now registered with the ARRL and the National Traffic System, and since I have volunteered to be the net manager,  I will need for the net control stations to send me a net report for each net they are a Net Control Station for.  I would prefer to receive it in Radiogram form, hence the following is sent to you to help with the message format and to help in sending it over the air.  You may also send it to me via email if you so desire, but I would rather it be sent to me over the air to give us all more practice at sending radiograms. 

The Net Control Station should send the Net Manager (W4ET) the following information for each net. 

1. The net name: Either the Monday night net or the 94 net would be acceptable. 

2. The day, month and the year. Example: 25 July 98 or July 25 1998 or 7/25/98 

3. Messages handled: This refers to formal written traffic only.  Each piece of traffic sent on the net is considered to be 1 message handled.  If the same message is sent twice, then that will count as 2 messages handled. 

4. Total number of check-ins. 

5. Total time of net in minutes. 

6. Net control's amateur call sign. 

Example: Suppose KU4GR was net control of the Monday night 94 net.  There were two 
messages send over the net. The date was July 25th.  There were a total of 22 check-ins. The net lasted for 35 minutes.  This is how a net report would look sent to me in radiogram form. 

NR 1 R KU4GR 9 MURRAY KY JULY 25 
W4ET 
[BREAK] 
1/94 NET 2/25 JULY 98 
3/2 4/22 5/35 6/KU4GR 
[BREAK] 
Scott KU4GR 
[END OF MESSAGE] 

THIS MESSAGE WOULD BE SENT LIKE THIS OVER THE AIR: THE PROWORDS ARE IN BRACKETS. THESE ARE WORDS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY A PART OF THE MESSAGE BUT SHOULD BE SPOKEN IN ORDER TO SEND IT CORRECTLY. 

[MESSAGE FOLLOWS] NUMBER ONE ROUTINE KU4GR NINE MURRAY KENTUCKY 
JULY TWENTY FIVE 
[TO] W4ET 
[BREAK] 
[FIGURES] ONE [SLANT] NINER FOUR NET 
[FIGURES] TWO [SLANT] TWO FIVE JULY NINER EIGHT 
[FIGURES] THREE [SLANT] TWO 
[FIGURES] FOUR [SLANT] TWO TWO 
[FIGURES] FIVE [SLANT] THREE FIVE 
[FIGURE] SIX [SLANT] KU4GR 
[BREAK] 
Scott KU4GR 
[END OF MESSAGE, NO MORE]