W4CUE Jefferson County Emergency Net Preamble Click here to download. (PDF)   Calling the Jefferson County Emergency Net into session. This is (your call ) and my name is (your name ). I will be the net control station for this evening. This net meets every Tuesday evening at 9:00pm local time and is a service of the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club. This net is designed to train amateur radio operators in handling emergency communications when needed. You do not have to be a member of the BARC to participate and I invite all properly licensed radio operators to check in. Any topic of interest to amateur radio operators is welcomed on this net. In the event of repeater failure we will QSY to the 145.410 mhz repeater, pl tone 100hz.   The Jefferson County Emergency Net is affiliated with the ARRL National Traffic System. NTS messages may be entered on this net.   This is (your call ) do we have any stations with emergency or priority traffic? - pause 5 seconds - This is (your call ) do we have any formal written traffic? - pause 5 seconds – This is (your call ) do we have any official bulletins? - pause 5 seconds –   This is a formal net. Please let me know if you must leave the net early. When your prefix is called, please give your name and callsign saying your suffix phonetically using standard phonetics. If you have any announcements or swapshop items, please indicate this when checking in and have this material ready when called for. I will now begin checkins with the prefix beginning with…   K4 KA4 KB4 KC4 KD4 KE4 KF4 KG4 KI4 Any “K” call Any “W” call Any “A” call Any “N” call Any call any prefix   Take announcements Take swap shop items Take bulletins   Late Checkins   Is there anything that this Net can do for anyone before we close?   The Birmingham Amateur Radio Club Meets on the first and third Thursdays at 7:30pm at the Hoover Community Education Center located in Bluff Park.   If you would like to participate in the Jefferson County Emergency Net as the net control station, or have any comments regarding this net, please contact the Net Manager, Steven Moss, KB4FKN at P.O. Box 603, Birmingham, AL 35201. You can also check the club’s web site at W4CUE.COM.