Cass County Amateur Radio club holds a weekly ARES Net every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. We primary hold the net on the 147.180 repeater. If this repeater is not working we will use the 145.230 repeater. If both repeaters are not working we will use 146.55 simplex.
I have posted on the club calendar the weekly net control operator. You can view the calendar by clicking here.
I have listed below the current script. This script has been revised on June 20, 2026.
You can download or print the script in pdf format by clicking here.
- Activate net using the # key three times on your DTMF pad (This is optional).
- CQ NET, CQ NET, CQ NET. This is (your call sign, given phonetically), Activation the Cass County Amateur Radio Club ARES Net, operation every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. local time on the 147.180 W9VMW repeater. Should this repeater stop working we will use the 145.230 as an alternate repeater and 146.55 simplex if both repeaters become inoperative.
- Net Control Station for this session is (your callsign) and the operator is (your name).
- Membership in any group is not required for participation and all check-ins are welcome. For information about the Cass County Amateur Radio Club go to www.w9vmw.org
- Remember, this is a directed net, and all traffic should be routed through net control.
- Do we have any emergency or priority traffic please come now
- I acknowledge____________.
- (if none) Hearing no emergency or priority traffic, I'll now take regular check-ins. (Followed by comments after all check-ins are received.)
- Stations with call sign suffix Alpha through Lima please call now. (Take a group of check-ins then acknowledge them.)
- (Repeat,) Taking check-ins Alpha through Lima. (Take additional check-ins.)
- This is (your callsign) Net Control Station for the Cass County Ares Net.
- I will now take check-ins for stations whose call sign suffix is Mike through Zulu please call now. (acknowledge them)
- (Repeat,) Taking check-ins Mike through Zulu. (Take additional check-ins and acknowledge them.)
- I will now take any additional check-ins, Alpha through Zulu. (Acknowledge any additional check-ins.)
- We'll now proceed with the announcements (hamfests or special events coming up if any)
- (Go through check-ins list for comments.)
- I'd like to remind everyone on the net or listening on home monitors that our meetings are the third Saturday of every month at 9:00 a.m. We meet at the EMA Building at 1227 North State Road 17, between 100 and 200 North. You do not have to be a member of the club to attend the meetings and we welcome all who wish to attend. Our next meeting is scheduled for (next meeting date); we would like to see as many people as we can at the meetings.
- As stated earlier we do have a website if anyone would like more information about the club, the web address is www.w9vmw.org. You may contact the club at our regular mailing address which is CCARC, Post office Box 1092, Logansport, IN 46947. The club email address is w9vmw@outlook.com.
- We will take time for any comments from the group. Please call now. (Acknowledge anyone who has comments.)
- I'll now close the net and thank all those who participated and look forward to hearing you again next week.
- This is (your callsign) saying 73 and returning the frequency to normal amateur use. This is (your call sign) Clear.
Be sure to ID (give your call sign) every 10 minutes during the net.
Log the check-ins as they are received and total up the number of check-ins. The count is need for Dan, KV9N, to file the ARES Net Report. You can submit your report by emailing the club's email address at w9vmw@outlook.com and the report will be forwarded to Dan, KV9N.
