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Attention All Amateur Radio Operators

This is the Amateur Radio Emergency Service Net sponsored by Tangipahoa ARES and the Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club.

Anyone needing the use of the frequency for emergency traffic, please give a double BREAK (BREAK-BREAK) at anytime. Other stations needing to use the frequency for other calls should give a single BREAK and standby for Net Control.

This is a directed net and all calls should be to Net Control. Your Net Control station tonight is (give your call-sign), (your name) and (your location).

Are there any stations on frequency with emergency or priority traffic?

(PAUSE for any stations with emergency or priority traffic.

Copy and relay any traffic that might be passed at this time.)

The Tangi ARES Net meets each Monday night at 8:30pm, (2030 hrs.) local time, on this frequency for the purposes of training and coordinating amateur radio operators should emergency conditions require our services. If the 147.000 (-600) repeater is not available, please check the 145.130 (-600) as the secondary frequency, or the 146.520 or 147.000 simplex. All of the Tangipahoa Parish repeaters require 107.2 PL tone.

Tonight’s net may be linked into New Orleans on the (146.820) repeater courtesy of N5OZG.

Mobile stations are invited to check in any time; others should wait for called check-ins by Net Control. You DO NOT need to be an ARES member to check into the net – all hams are welcome and invited to check in.

Are there any mobile stations that need assistance or wish to check in to tonight’s net? This is (your call sign) Net Control for the ARES Net.

(PAUSE for mobile check-ins; ask if they have traffic for the net and take their comments immediately)

Mobile stations running out of the repeater's coverage may check out at any time, others are asked to remain on frequency until the net closes. If you need to leave the net for any reason prior to the close of the net, request to secure your station from Net Control.

****CHECK-INS CAN BE TAKEN BY REGION OR AREA IF DESIRED****

All ARES members please check in with the last letters of your call-sign only, this is (your call sign) Net Control:

Reg 9 = Northshore Area - Tangi, St. Tamm, Wash, St. Helena

(PAUSE for call-signs; acknowledge calls heard & repeatthis procedure several times – when you have 6 or 7 on the list, go back and ask for their full call, name, location

and any comments for the net.)

DON’T FORGET TO ID EVERY 10 MINUTES

Reg 1 = Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard and Plaquemines

(PAUSE for call-signs; acknowledge calls heard & repeatthis procedure several times – when you have 6 or 7 on the list, go back and ask for their full call, name, location

and any comments for the net.)

DON’T FORGET TO ID EVERY 10 MINUTES

Reg 3 = Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, St. James,

St. John and St. Charles

(PAUSE for call-signs; acknowledge calls heard & repeatthis procedure several times – when you have 6 or 7 on the list, go back and ask for their full call, name, location

and any comments for the net.)

DON’T FORGET TO ID EVERY 10 MINUTES

Reg 2 = Livingston, East & West Baton Rouge, Ascension,

Iberville, Pointe Coupee and East & West Feliciana

(PAUSE for call-signs; acknowledge calls heard & repeatthis procedure several times – when you have 6 or 7 on the list, go back and ask for their full call, name, location

and any comments for the net.)

DON’T FORGET TO ID EVERY 10 MINUTES

Any non-ARES members wishing to check in please come now with the last letters of your call-sign only:

(PAUSE for call-signs; acknowledge calls heard & repeatthis procedure several times – when you have 6 or 7 on the list, go back and ask for their full call, name, location

and any comments for the net.)

DON’T FORGET TO ID EVERY 10 MINUTES

(After all comments have been heard, begin closing the net)

Are there any final comments, check-ins or additional information for the net tonight before we close?

Thanks to all who checked in tonight. We hope to have you all with us again next week. Thanks also to the Southeast Louisiana Amateur Radio Club for the use of the repeater tonight, and to all of the linking stations for their support. This is (your call sign), Net Control for the TANGIPAHOA ARES Net closing down this session at (time) and turning the repeater over to normal use. 73 to all!