San Luis Obispo County ARES/RACES Training Net

NET CONTROL STATION SCRIPT

OPENING

Is the repeater clear? [NCS Call Sign].

Good evening ARES/RACES members and guests.

This is [NCS Call Sign, Name and Location], net control station for this session of the San Luis Obispo County ARES/RACES Training Net. I am operating from [location] on [date].

This Net meets every Tuesday at 1930 hours local time on the 146.670 MHz repeater. This repeater is located on Tassajara Peak, north of Highway One on the Cuesta Ridge. Repeaters are also maintained on Mr. Lowe, east of Highway 101 on Cuesta Ridge, at 147.360 MHz and at 443.425 MHz. All repeaters have standard offsets and a 127.3 PL tone.

This is a directed Net. Please do not transmit unless directed to do so by the Net Control Station.

The purpose of this Net is to perform a weekly test of emergency communications equipment, provide training in emergency procedures, and exchange information relating to emergency readiness.


SESSION BUSINESS

Is there any emergency or priority traffic?

Hearing none I will move on. 

Announcements and contacts may be given at this time, are there any announcements, call signs only please.

Contact are to follow the Net session, are there any contacts to list? Please give your call sign and the call of your contact only.

<Respond to call signs, in order, and acknowledge listings. Proceed with listed Announcements in order.>

Area Emergency Communications Centers will be checked in at this time, followed by individual check-ins from each area. Reporting ECCs will record the results of the area net sessions in the Area ECC log. ECCs standby to check-in.

<NCS may exercise discretion in the order of Areas called>



SOUTH COUNTY (It is standard that one ECC reports for all South County)
ECC-2	Arroyo Grande
ECC-4	Grover Beach
ECC-15	Oceano
South County Area Individual Check-ins

CENTRAL (San Luis Obispo)
ECC-1	SLO County Operations Center
ECC-8	SLO City Fire
ECC-10	CDF/County Fire
ECC-16	Cal Poly
Central Area Individual Check-ins

NORTH COUNTY (It is standard that one ECC reports for all the North County)
ECC-3	Atascadero
ECC-6	Paso Robles (Not Operation as of 25 March 2003)
ECC-?	Heritage Ranch (Future) 
North County Area Individual Check-ins

NORTH COAST
ECC-12	Cambria
North Coast Area individual Check-ins

ESTERO
ECC-5	Morro Bay EOC
ECC-11	South Bay Fire, Baywood & Los Osos
Estero Area Individual Check-ins

Are there any late or missed Area or individual member check-ins?

Visitors interested in emergency communications and ARES/RACES activities are invited to check-in at this time. Please give your Call Sign, Name and Location.

You are all invited to attend the general membership and training meetings of the San Luis Obispo County Communication Council (SLOECC) and ARES/RACES. Meetings are held in the auditorium of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff?s Administration Building, located on Kansas Avenue near Camp San Luis Obispo, off Highway-1. There are 9 meetings per year, at 1930 hours on the 4th Wednesday of January through June, September and October, in November the meeting is held on the 3rd Wednesday. There are no meetings in July, August or December. 

Net Control for next week will be [Call Sign from Roster].

Are there any questions, comments or further business for the Net?

CLOSING

The San Luis Obispo County ARES/RACES Training Net is closed at [local time]. I will stand by for those wanting further information on ARES/RACES or SLOECC. This is [NCS Call Sign] thanking you for your participation. Good night. The frequency is clear [or for contacts in the order listed].



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