FOR NET CONTROLLERS

      ·       Feel free to improvise on this script
      ·       Make this a fun and relaxed net
      ·       Add friendly comments and personal greetings
      ·       Remember to identify every ten minutes

     [ 7:25 PM ]

QST, QST, QST ( or similar ). The Gold Coast Net will begin on this frequency in 5 minutes at 7:30 PM [ Your call sign ]

     [ 7:30 PM ]

QST, QST, QST ( or other friendly greeting ).  This is the Gold Coast Net. I am [ Your name & Call sign ] your Net Controller for tonight.

We meet every Monday evening at 7:30 PM here on the Van Lyons Memorial Repeater, 146.7. Our standby repeater is 145.14.

This is a directed net. Please do not respond unless asked to by Net Control. We encourage you to stay for the entire net in case others care to contact you afterwards.

ROSTER RULES; If you miss four weeks straight, we’ll only temporarily take you off. When you check back in for three weeks in a row we will put you back on. 

     [ Visitors ]

Are there any visitors who would like to check in. Please give us your name, call sign and home QTH. [ Your call sign ]

( You may wish to ask them a little about themselves as well. )

     [ Bulletins ]

I will now accept bulletins, announcements, and other items of general interest. Call signs only, please. [ Your call sign ]

     [ Question of the Week ]

     [ Ham Spot ]

     [ MAIN ROLL CALL ]    ( NOTE: Do not call last week’s visitors )

     [ SWAP ITEMS ]

If you have something to swap, Net Control will usually be on channel after 7 PM. You may also contact Ernie Sloan, W6ND anytime at 937-5209 or by e-mail at w6nd@arrl.net or goldcoastnet.com.

     [ WRAP-UP ]

Are there any late or missed members or visitors who would like to check in? Visitors please give us your name, call sign and home QTH.

Remember, you can always check in early or one day late, on goldcoastnet.com.

     [ REVIEW OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ]

Reminder, after the net, or at 8:30, we’ll play Amateur Radio News Line on the 145.14 repeater.

     [ CLOSE ]

This is [ Your call sign ] closing the Gold Coast Net at 7XX PM. Thanks to Charley WB6FMC, for the use of the Van Lyons Memorial Repeater and to all who participated. The repeater is now released for normal use. Good evening.