This is _______<<Give your name and call>> Net Control for the Silicon Valley Emergency Communications System ARES net. This net meets every Tuesday at 2000 hours local time on the AA6BT repeater, 146.115 Megahertz, plus offset, PL of 100. The net is also coordinated through the N6NAC repeater on 444.625 Megahertz, plus offset, PL of 110.9.

<<Pause for the repeater to reset>>

The purpose of this net is to maintain a core of trained Amateur Radio Operators to provide back-up emergency communications where needed. This is a directed net and permission to pass traffic should be obtained from net control. However, this net may be broken at any time for emergency traffic.

<<Pause for any emergency traffic and the repeater to reset>>

We wish to recognize any elected ARRL officials present tonight. Please identify now.

<<List the officials checking in and acknowledge them.>>
<<Allow any announcements the officials may have>>

Will our District Emergency Coordinator and any Santa Clara County RACES officials please check in now.

<<Acknowledge the DEC and any others>>

Visiting Emergency Coordinators, please identify now.

<<Acknowledge the check-ins>>

Thank you for checking into the SVECS net.

SVECS members are reminded to check in through your local area net. Please contact the Emergency Coordinator in your area for the time and frequency for the local net.

<<Pause for the repeater to reset>>

We invite all visitors interested in emergency preparedness to check-in. Please give your city or county along with your name and call to identify your emergency coordination area. Visitors please check in now.

<<List the visitors and acknowledge them; connect new prospects with their EC>>
<<Pause for the repeater to reset>>

Anyone desiring further information on the Silicon Valley Emergency Communication System should call Le Henderson, KB6MXH, at 408-829-5881 after net. That telephone number for Le is 408-829-5881. The SVECS webpage is at www.svecs.net, again that is www.svecs.net.

Stations wishing to list QSTs please identify now.

<<List the stations and call them in turn>>
<<After each QST ask for questions>>

Stations requiring traffic after net please identify with only your call.

<<List the stations and call them in turn to make their contact>>

All Silicon Valley ARES members are reminded of the need to have experience controlling a net and directing traffic. The net control position rotates weekly among the cities. If you wish to obtain net control experience, please notify your EC during the local area check-in. Next week the net control position will be filled by _______

<<Name the next city from the Cities List>>

Will someone from ____________<<City named above>> please confirm that a net control will be available?

<<Obtain confirmation>>

We will now poll the cities for a count of their check-ins this evening. Late or missed check-ins will be called after each city’s report. It would be appreciated if someone will volunteer to keep count of the reports. Is there a volunteer?

Thank you _________<<Call of the volunteer>>. This is _______<<Your name and call>>, Net Control, beginning the city check-in count:

<<Acknowledge each report and each late/missed call.>>
<<It may be necessary to repeat the late/missed request because of doubles>>

City		City Report		Late/ Missed		City Total		Accumulated Total
NASA/Ames		________		________		________		________
Campbell		________		________		________		________
Cupertino		________		________		________		________
Los Gatos		________		________		________		________
Milpitas		________		________		________		________
San Jose		________		________		________		________
Santa Clara		________		________		________		________
Saratoga		________		________		________		________
Sunnyvale		________		________		________		________
South County		________		________		________		________
								Grand Total ________

<<Get a confirmation from the volunteer>>

There was a total of ________<<number from above>>check-ins tonight.

Thank you for checking into the Silicon Valley Emergency Communications System ARES net. Is there any further business for the net?

<<Conduct any further business, as necessary>>

A Training Forum may be held at 2030 hours on this same repeater. Will the coordinator for tonight’s session please identify now.

<<Pause for the training announcement>>

Thank you _________<<Training Coordinator>>. Control operators, please monitor for after-net traffic before removing the links.

This concludes tonight’s session of the Silicon Valley Emergency Communications System net at ________ <<current time>>hours local time.

(SVECS net control script page was last updated 08/27/04)

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