[CoARES-D10] "No Traffic"

[Rick Huebner]

Hi Pat,

Since we bring this up, the script actually says, "give your name, call 
sign phonetically, your location and whether you have traffic for the 
net."  I agree with you on the traffic, but notice the name is first. 
This makes it much harder to copy checkins, when some start with name 
and some start with call sign.

Thanks,
Rick, W0RCY

Pat Lambert - W0IPL wrote:
> 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
>