Tonight's #hamr hot-take: Your weekly nets are a goddamn waste of time if the only thing you're doing is giving your net control practice blindly reading a script and your members practice keying up the radio at the right moment and saying their callsign.
You should have two net control scripts: one that's a full script to reduce anxiety for first time net controls, and a second one that's a rough handwritten outline of all the topics they need to make sure to hit during the net.
Want to know a sure sign that a group is missing the point of a radio net and wasting everyone's time?
When they ask for check-ins, do they only ask for check-ins once, then move on with the rest of the script?
What about anyone they missed in the pileup? Do they not matter?
When they ask for check-ins, do they only ask for check-ins once, then move on with the rest of the script?
What about anyone they missed in the pileup? Do they not matter?
Do they perform a roll call of members? Or have a printed list of members which net control checks people off on?
In what amateur radio support scenario will you have a pre-printed list of ANYTHING to check off as it comes in off the radio?
In what amateur radio support scenario will you have a pre-printed list of ANYTHING to check off as it comes in off the radio?
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