Weekly Net Script – Marion County FL Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Weekly ARES Net Script and Control Operator Schedule

NCS Schedule Calendar

3/19/2025 Hayden N2HAY	3/26/2025 Gray KC3DWY	4/2/2025 Izzy KT4WA	4/9/2025 Hayden N2HAY
4/16/2025 Roger K4ZFW	4/23/2025 Ron KS4SW	4/30/2025 Gary KQ4HQD	5/7/2025 Hayden N2HAY
5/14/2025 Gary KQ4HQD	5/21/2025 Hayden N2HAY	5/28/2025 Roger K4ZFW	6/4/2025 Gray KC3DWY

No more than 10 minutes before the start of the net, please make the following call.

Good evening everyone! The Marion County ARES and Skywarn net will begin in ______ minutes. All amateurs are invited to participate. This is (YOUR CALL), net control.

**START OF NET**

Are there any stations needing to make a call at this time?

(drop carrier and wait)

Are there any stations holding emergency or priority traffic?

(drop carrier and wait)

Calling all stations, calling all stations. This is AF4FL, the Marion County ARES and Skywarn net. Good evening! My name is

Name *

First

Last

My callsign is: *

enter your callsign

and I will be your net control operator for this session.

This net meets every Wednesday at 7:30 PM on this frequency. In the event of an emergency, this will be your contact repeater. The purpose of this net is for weekly training and testing of equipment. This is a directed net and is open to all amateurs in this repeaters coverage area.

(drop carrier)

Please do not break or interrupt this net unless you are holding emergency or priority traffic. At the end of the net, new amateurs and others wishing to check-in will be called. The Marion County Hospital Emergency Communications Team net will run at 8:00pm on the 145.270 repeater, with a PL tone of 123.

(drop carrier)

In case of a weather-related incident, this net will provide real-time information to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management, and the National Weather Service office in Jacksonville, FL. When checking in please give your name, location, and current weather report, if possible.

(drop carrier)

This is (your call) over the K4GSO repeater calling AF4FL, the Marion County ARES and Skywarn net. First, we will take any stations mobile or wishing to secure early. Please call NET CONTROL, (your call).

IN CASE OF DANGEROUS WEATHER, REPLACE WITH: This is (your call) over the K4GSO repeater calling the Marion County ARES and Skywarn net. Any station wishing to secure early due to weather concerns, please call NET CONTROL, (your call).

Mobile stations or early securing (due to weather, please add /WX to callsign ex N2HAY/WX)

I'll now take checkins via Echolink.

Echolink Stations

KM4FKN Chuck

Additional Echolink stations

If a station checks in via Echolink and is listed on the roster, do not check their checkbox.

Total of mobile, early and Echolink *

This field must be entered manually. If none, please enter zero (0).

I'll now take checkins from the officials.

ARES Officials

EC Hayden Kaufman N2HAY
AEC Administration Gray Moffett KC3DWY
AEC MERT Coordinator Harlan Cook KN4VRM
AEC CERT Liaison Bill Gillespie KW5BG
AEC Transportation Adam Parker NY5E
AEC Pat Davis KQ4BRW (On Medical Leave)
AEC Carl Berry KC5CMX
Hospital Emergency Communications Team Lead Dave Welker W2SRP

TOTAL CHECKINS: OFFICIALS *

I'll now take checkins via roll call.

TOTAL CHECKINS: SECTION 1 *

TOTAL CHECKINS: SECTION 2 *

TOTAL CHECKINS: SECTION 3 *

TOTAL CHECKINS: SECTION 4 *

Are there any officials from our partner counties on frequency?

(If present, check box. If they are not on the list, please add them as additional stations and their county)

KX4LEO Mark (Sumter County EC)
K1MGR Greg (Sumter County RACES Officer)
W4CGX Jamey (Lake County EC)
K4SOP Wayne (Citrus County EC)
W4RFJ Chief (Levy County EC)

Are there any latecomers or additional stations not called wishing to check in at this time? Please call NET CONTROL, (your call).

Additional Station

For more information about Marion County ARES or Skywarn, please contact our Emergency Coordinator, Hayden at 352.229.5490. Information is also available on our website at aresmcfl.org. Our Net Roster and additional resources are available there. Please be sure to join us next week, when our net control station will be (scroll down for info). We'd like to thank the Silver Springs Radio Club for the use of the K4GSO repeater. The time is now (TIME) and this net is now secure. 73 to all and have a great evening. This is (your call) on behalf of AF4FL, OUT.

NCS Schedule Calendar

3/19/2025 Hayden N2HAY	3/26/2025 Gray KC3DWY	4/2/2025 Izzy KT4WA	4/9/2025 Hayden N2HAY
4/16/2025 Roger K4ZFW	4/23/2025 Ron KS4SW	4/30/2025 Gary KQ4HQD	5/7/2025 Hayden N2HAY
5/14/2025 Gary KQ4HQD	5/21/2025 Hayden N2HAY	5/28/2025 Roger K4ZFW	6/4/2025 Gray KC3DWY

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