Suggestions for Questions for BCARES Monday Night Nets:
1)
How far are you from the nearest major intersection ( state
or national
highways ) ? Name the
intersection and estimate distance ( in miles ).
2)
Estimate your travel time to the
3)
Estimate your arrival time to the
4)
How much fuel do you have in your vehicle gas tank ?
5)
Estimate how many hours per week you monitor the .76 repeater( or
Red 1 )?
6) If you lost
battery or commercial power at time of check-in how long would it
be before you were back on the air ?
7)
What is the most extreme or bizarre location ever from which
you’ve monitored
the .76 repeater ?
8)
Have you ever generated or received a National Traffic
System Radiogram
message ?
9)
Have you ever submitted comments on proposed Amateur Radio
rule-making to the ARRL or FCC ?
10) How many different
antenna options do you have available for the radio you are
now using ?
11) Have you ever
operated emergency HF or passed traffic to NTS during a
disaster scenario ?
12) Briefly
describe the last opportunity you had to demonstrate Amateur Radio to a non-Ham
or prospective new Ham.
13) Very briefly
describe the event if you have you ever used your radio to report or
prevent a crime, assist in a rescue, report or prevent an
accident or disaster.
14)
Some people name their
cars, equipment or other favorite possessions.
Describe any
nicknames you have for any of your radios or other related
equipment and how they were named.
15)
What other
activities do you frequently combine with Amateur Radio such as:
Vacations ? Scouts ? Cruises ? Flying ? Skydiving ? Motor Sports ?
Backpacking ?
16)
Other questions on
battery power, capacity, battery cycling, etc.
Suggestions for Micro-Exercises for BCARES Monday
Night Nets:
Fill in the blanks with additional suggestions:
1)
operate Nets partially or completely on FM Simplex
¨ start on a
repeater and switch to simplex
¨ schedule at
least a week a month exclusively for simplex net operation
¨ establish a
simplex Net Control Station with commanding signal on a high location
¨ start on one
simplex frequency and switch to another simplex frequency
¨ operate a net
on 146.76 simplex and / or 146.16 simplex
2)
operate Nets on
alternate repeaters ( 146.27 or 146.70 ) with prior warning and awareness and
approval of LARC and BARC.
3)
take check-ins on one repeater and switch to another
repeater for the remainder
of the net.
4)
start a net on VHF repeater and switch to a UHF repeater to
finish the net
5)
have a net that involves
available stations to report immediately upon check-in to a nearby staging type
of location of their choosing ( school, park, recreation center, shopping center, major intersection, etc. )
to complete the remainder of the net. To
verify that participants actually went somewhere, everyone must report an
actual address, GPS position, or at least one unique feature of location upon
arrival.
6) encourage cross-band check-ins from stations not on the
primary net frequency
7) simulate
a telephone callout during net by asking check-ins to participate by calling
an assigned portion of the BCARES roster, and to report back to NCS on those
contacted or messages left.
8)
combine an ATV net with the VHF information net, simulcast the Monday night net
on ATV and 146.76 and take check-ins via both ATV and
voice. Specially
acknowledge people who check-in using both modes.
9)
combine a Packet net
with VHF information net. Take check-ins
via both packet
and/or VHF voice on 146.76,
specially acknowledge people who do both.