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This page contains information about St. Louis County ARES^® voice net operations.

Weekly 2 meter voice net

Wednesday evenings at 7:30 PM local (Central) time on the 146.850 (-) repeater. If you cannot activate the repeater, try using a CTCSS tone of 141.3 Hertz.

Primary repeater - 146.850 MHz (-) (141.3 Hz)

Our thanks to the St. Louis and Suburban Radio Club for its continuing support and for the use of this repeater.

Net Control Station information

We encourage all ARES^® members to act as the Net Control Station for our weekly 2 meter net. You can do it just once, just occasionally, or you can become one of our regular Net Controllers.

Net Controller duties:
What the Net Control operator needs to do to run the weekly net
Net Controller script:
This is the generic script that the Net Control operator reads each week. It is in Microsoft Word format.
Net Controller report:
After the net, the Net Controller puts together a report and sends it to the EC (Emergency Coordinator). This is a generic version of the report.
Net Controller questions:
During the net the Net Controller may ask the participants to answer a question. This is a list of potential questions.
Net Controller schedule:
This is the nominal schedule for the weekly voice net. It is in Microsoft Word format.

Weekly HF voice nets

St. Louis County ARES^® does not have any regular HF nets at this time, but we do encourage participation in the following nets:

Missouri Emergency Services Net:
This Missouri-wide net is not restricted to ARES^® operations, but is open to any emergency communications needs. The practice net is held every Sunday afternoon at 6:30 PM on 3.963 MHz LSB. The Net Controller will call for check ins by county, but you do not have to be a member of ARES^® to participate.

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