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On-Air Nets
On-Air Nets
The Anoka County Radio Club hosts an on-air net every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. on the 146.670 Repeater. If you have any ideas or questions, contact us on the net!
Any member or guest with 2M equipment may run net control. We currently schedule via Signup Genious.
The typical net control script is as follows:
Good evening and welcome to the Anoka County Radio Club's Wednesday Evening 2-Meter Net on the WØYFZ repeater. This is <callsign>, name is <name>, and I am located in <location> I'll be providing Net Control this evening.
The purpose of this net is to provide a forum for Anoka County Radio Club members and other hams to share their interests.
This net operates every Wednesday night beginning at 7 p.m. central time, on the 146.670 repeater with a minus 600kHz offset and a required input tone of 114.8. Our next net is scheduled for one week from tonight on <next weds date>
This is a directed net. It is open to all who wish to participate but all contacts should be made through net control. When you have checked in to the net please remain on this frequency and listen in to the remainder of the net until it is closed by Net Control.
I will now stand by for any priority or emergency traffic.
This is <callsign>.
Today is <date>
Tonight’s net agenda is as usual: first, I'll go through some announcements about upcoming Anoka Radio Club events; then I'll stand by for announcements from net participants about other events relevant to the local amateur radio community. Following the announcements portion of the net I will pose a question for net participants and then start taking general check-ins. This evenings question: <make up a question>
I will let you ponder that as I continue with announcements.
<Go through any announced events on www.anokradio.org main page>
Alright then, I guess that completes the announcements portion of the net so it's time to take general check-ins.
To check in, please call net control with your full call sign. I'll get back to each of you in turn for your comments and your answer to tonight's question.
OK, check-ins to the net please call now, one at a time, with your full call sign.
(After check-ins dwindle down you may close the net.)
This is <callsign> on the WØYFZ repeater with the Anoka County Radio Club's Wednesday evening 2-meter net.
I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this evening’s net and say 73 to everyone that checked in tonight and also to anyone out there listening in to the net but not able check in.
To learn more about the Anoka County Radio Club, or to stay up to date about what we're doing, please visit our website at WWW.ANOKARADIO.ORG.
I hope to hear you all back here next week. Invite your licensed neighbors and friends to check in! 73 from the Anoka County Radio Club!
This is <name>, <callsign>, closing the Anoka County Radio Club Wednesday Evening Two-meter Net and returning the WØYFZ repeater back to regular amateur use
Good Evening Folks. 73 and take care!
All hams are welcome to join us on our net. We look forward to your contact!
On-air Special Event Stations
The Anoka County Radio club also has two long-standing Special event stations.
N0F
In May, the club operates a special event station celebrating the Minnesota Fishing Opener, often using the 1x1 callsign "N0F" which stands for "No Fish". We only fish for contacts, but maritime mobile participants are welcomed. We usually do this in Ham Lake Park, in Ham Lake, MN. Dates / times are published in QST and we send out custom QSL cards to contacts.
W0YFZ
In October, the club operates a special event station celebrating the city of Anoka being the Halloween Capital of the world. This is also typically done from a local park, different parks year to year. The location of this event will be posted on the main website, and the frequencies will be published in QST.
On-air Contests
We also participate in 1-3 contests per month, as determined by participants. We have a contest portal that is accessible on the website for all members to see each person's progress during the contest in near real time. We also have a discord chat link that is live during contests (from the contest portal link) to chat between contest participants.
