Regular NWARC Nets are held weekly for all amateur radio operators on Tuesday evenings at 19:30 Hours ( 7:30 PM) utilizing frequency 145.390 +600. Emergency Nets may be called at any time. Should our normal VHF frequency be unavailable we would switch to our UHF frequency 444.600 +5.000. The following Net Format is recommended:

Net Format

Welcome to the New Westminster Amateur Radio Club Net. Your net control for tonight is ( your name ) VE7 ___ or VA7 ___. However, I will be using the Club’s call sign of VE7NWC.

The New Westminster Club meets at 7:30 PM on the third Tuesday of every month except July and August. Our meeting place is located at the rear in the basement of 600 – 8th Street, New Westminster, B.C. in Moody Park. Our Net is held every Tuesday on evenings when we don’t hold our meeting.

• Before we start, I now call on anyone who has a report on another member who is sick or in distress. Come now please!

• This net is now open for any announcements starting with our Executive. Come now please!

• This net is now open for check-ins. Please give your call sign in phonetics starting with those who are mobile. Come now please!

• We are now open for all other station check-ins. Come now please!

• At this point we have received ( number ) of check-ins. We will now start our round table starting with ( call sign and name ) do you have anything to report?

• We will now go to ( call sign and name ) do you have anything to report?

• This net is now open for any further check-ins. Come now please!

• We will continue the round table, ( call sign and name ) do you have anything to report? Etc.

• This net is now open for any further check-ins. Come now please!

• Hearing no further check-ins, this will conclude our net for this evening.

• This is concludes the New Westminster Amateur Radio Club net. For those of you who participated, thank you. This is ( your name ) VE7 ___ or VA7 ___ Good evening, I will now return this frequency back to it’s normal use.