During the regular weekly 2 meter net the Net Control Station operator may ask the participants to answer a question. This is primarily to make the net a little more interesting, but sometimes the answers are quite revealing. The question is optional, and the NCS operator may decide to skip it if the net is busy or appears to be running long.

The question to ask is entirely up to the NCS operator's discretion. He/she may select a question from the list below or may create one of his/her own. Questions should be crafted so that the participants can give very short, simple answers.

The NCS operator should include the question asked and the answers received in the post-net report sent to the Emergency Coordinator. The question and answers will eventually be posted on the Web site archives page.

• Do you periodically do amateur radio related "roof work" for someone else? This would include club-owned equipment.

• Have you ever tried to help someone solve a amateur radio technical problem? This would include grounding, antenna systems and so forth. It does not matter whether or not you succeeded.

• Have you ever used FRS (Family Radio Service) radios?

• Have you ever taken a family member or non-ham friend to a hamfest?

• Is amateur radio your primary hobby?

• What aspect of amateur radio do you enjoy the most (CW, DX, ragchewing, restoring old radios, emergency communications, collecting QSL card, meeting people on the air, satellites, etc)?

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