[CoARES-D10] "No Traffic"

[Pat Lambert - W0IPL]

As a discussion item:

In listening to tonight's net there were many people that would check in 
per the script which says "When checking in to the net please give your 
call phonetically, your name, your location and if you have traffic for 
the net" but say "No Traffic".

I have done that many times myself so I am not picking on anyone. My 
question is, since the script says "and if you have traffic", isn't just 
giving your call (phonetically), name and location sufficient?
In tonight's net we had one person that said "with buzzt traffic" the 
buzzt is what I heard and it covered his voice so I couldn't tell if he 
actually said "with some traffic" or "with no traffic". Turns out he did 
have traffic and things worked out fine.

Once again, I'm not picking on anyone here, just asking a question for 
discussion.

There are times when the NCS has said "whether or not you have traffic 
for the net". In which case you would be exactly following NCS 
instructions by saying "no traffic" if you had none (and I'll admit I 
was not listening closely enough to the start of the net that I remember 
which way it was phrased).

Perspective:  If this were the largest problem we have in nets WE WOULD 
HAVE NO PROBLEM! So don't be worried here. I am bringing this up for 
discussion so that we focus on training details, in training nets. Thus 
leaving time during event nets to focus on the event.

Thoughts / comments / questions ??

Thanks!
  Pat

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