Weekly Net

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. The Net is also available via our UHF digital DMR repeater on 444.600 + 5MHz with a colour code of 1, time slot 2 and talk group 2. Emergency Nets may be called at any time. Should our normal VHF frequency be unavailable we would switch to our VHF Simplex frequency of 146.505MHz. 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.