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Nets

Shelby County hams are invited to participate in the following nets (SCARC-affiliated nets are shown in red):

Sunday

7:00pm, 146.880MHz, PL 88.5 - Birmingham Amateur Radio Club Sunday Net
8:00pm, 146.580MHz Simplex - Central Alabama Simplex Net (CASN)

Tuesday

8:00pm, 146.980MHz, PL 88.5 - Shelby County ARES Training Net
9:00pm, 146.880MHz, PL 88.5 - Jefferson County Emergency Net

Repeaters

Following is a partial list of public repeaters in Shelby County and their usage:

146.980 MHz, PL 88.5, 50w - Our primary club repeater. This repeater hosts the Shelby County ARES Training Net on Tuesday nights at 8:00pm local time.
147.320 MHz, PL 88.5, 50w - The backup repeater for the SCARES Training Net, used in the event of problems with the primary repeater, also used as a tactical repeater.
145.290 MHz, NT - An alternate backup repeater for the SCARES Training Net, used in the event of problems with the primary or backup repeaters, also used as a tactical repeater.
224.500 MHz, PL 100.0 - Repeater is used to contact Shelby County EMA, AEMA, and NWS. Used as an administrative, resource, and tactical repeater.
444.425 MHz, PL 131.8 - Repeater is used to contact Shelby County EMA, AEMA, and NWS. Used as an administrative, resource, and tactical repeater.

Script for the Training Net

Below is the script to use when calling the weekly net. Notes just for the control operator that are not to be read on air are in red.

Calling all amateur radio operators. The Shelby County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Training Net is now being activated for our weekly session. This net operates according to the guidelines of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), and is affiliated with the National Traffic System.

Are there any stations with emergency or priority traffic? Please call now.
[Handle emergency and priority traffic, if any.]

This is an open net. All licensed stations are welcome to join this training session. This is [your phonetic call sign]. My name is [your name], and I am your net control station. Please note that the repeater used for this net, 146.980 MHz, requires a PL tone of 88.5 for use.
[Don’t forget to identify yourself and your station every 10 minutes!]

All stations, please take note: in the event of repeater failure, the net will move to the 147-point-320 MHz repeater, also with a PL tone of 88.5. I need two stations to go off frequency now and verify the operational status of the 147-point-320 MHz repeater. Please call now.
[Await response.]

Thank you, [call signs of responding stations], please check the status of the backup repeater, and report back as soon as possible. You are both checked in to the net.

In case I am unable to communicate, is there a station with net control experience who can serve as alternate net control? Please call now.
[Await response.]

Thank you, [call sign]; you are the alternate net control station. Please be sure to record all traffic and check-ins during the net. You are checked in to the net.

This is a directed net, so please follow my instructions. When you check in, let me know if you are short-time. If you have traffic or an announcement, please indicate this when you check in. We will handle routine traffic and announcements following check-ins.

I’ll take check-ins by county. When your county is called, please key your mic and say, “This is,” unkey your mic long enough to be sure you’re not doubling with anyone, then key and give your call sign slowly and phonetically using the ITU Standard Phonetic Alphabet.

Do we have a report on the 147-point-320 MHz backup repeater?
[Await response. If no response is received, continue to ask for the report after each section of the script until you get one.]

Calling all stations in Shelby County; please check in now.
[Record and acknowledge all stations that check in.]

Calling all stations in Jefferson County; please check in now.
[Record and acknowledge all stations that check in.]

Calling all stations outside Shelby and Jefferson counties. Please check in now and identify the county you are in.
[Record and acknowledge all stations that check-in.]

I’ll take additional check-ins just before the close of this net. If you have NTS traffic, bulletins, announcements, or swap shop items that have not yet been listed, please call now.
[Acknowledge stations with anything new to list, then handle in this order: NTS Traffic; Bulletins; Announcements; Swap Shop items]

This ARES Training net is supported by the Shelby County Amateur Radio Club. The club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Pelham Fire Department Training Center located at 663 Stuart [spell phonetically] Lane in Pelham. Please see the W4SHL.com web site for details. Talk-in is on the 146-point-980 MHz repeater, with a PL tone of 88.5. Meetings are open to everyone.

[The following content is optional, and may be omitted if the net is running long]
Other local nets include:

The Central Alabama Trader’s Net at 8:30pm tonight on the 147 point 320 MHz repeater with a PL tone of 88.5.
The Birmingham Amateur Radio Club Training Net at 9:00pm tonight on the 146 point 880 MHz repeater with a PL tone of 88.5.
The Central Alabama Simplex Net every Sunday at 8:00pm on 146.580 MHz.
The Health Care Community Amateur Radio Club Training Net every Monday at 8:00pm on 146.760 with a PL tone of 88.5 for Ruffner Mountain, 94.8 for Shades Crest, 114.8 for Bald Rock or via EchoLink at KK4BSK-R.

[End of optional content]

Final call, are there any additional stations wishing to check in, or stations with announcements? Please call now.
[Record and acknowledge all stations that check-in.]

Thank you for participating in tonight’s net. This session of the Shelby County ARES Training Net is now secured. Please join us again next Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. This frequency is returned to normal operation. This is [your phonetic call sign here], clear.
[End of net]

Handling NTS Traffic

If someone has NTS traffic and you are unable to find a station on frequency to accept it, request that the sender hold the traffic, and list it on the BARC Training Net, 146.880 MHz, with a PL tone of 88.5, Tuesdays at 9:00pm. NTS traffic may also be listed with other daily nets. For more information on traffic handling, see FSD-218 on the ARRL Web Site.

Script in PDF format

If you would like to download the script, a pdf version is avialable at this link.