[ETS/PARC List] Wednesday night net (5/1)

[jefflih at aol.com]

Hello to all.  I can NOT handle the net this coming Wednesday, as I 
have a social engagement
  having dinner with a group of very old, dear friends. When you can 
keep a friendship going
over forty years it means something.

I am asking that someone step up and handle the net and am including a
"drag and drop" of the net script here.

ETS NET CONTROL SCRIPT (rev 03/27/13)
I. Introduction:
Good evening, Welcome to the ETS Wednesday night general information 
net.
This net is operated and sponsored by the Electronic Technology Society 
of N.J., Inc. “ETS”.
This is the Wachung repeater at 146.940, with a PL of 141.3 using the 
call K2ETS.
We also run a backup repeater at a secondary site on the same frequency 
and call using
a PL of 151.4.
The club also operates a 220 repeater on 223.96, using the same call 
with a PL of 110.9.
The 220 repeater is normally linked to the Raritan Valley Radio Club’s 
W2QW 440 repeater
at 442.250 using a PL of 141.3. The 440 repeater offers IRLP, Allstar, 
as well as Echolink.
Thanks to the generosity of the Raritan Valley Radio Club, we have also 
used their W2QW
repeater at 146.625 with a PL of 141.3.
We normally link the K2ETS and the W2QW repeaters for our nets.
The Raritan Valley Radio Club holds an informational social net on 
Sundays at 8pm.
All radio amateurs are invited to participate with access available via 
all the repeaters
that I just mentioned, including Echolink and All-star.
RVRC also operates a repeater on 927.050.
My name is _________ and my Callsign is _________, I will be net 
control for this evening's
session. Anyone having traffic for the net should direct their 
information to net control when
acknowledged.
The ETS-NJ Meetings:
ETS holds meetings on the last Friday of each month at the Clark 
Municipal Building.
The Municipal building is located at 430 Westfield Ave., Clark, NJ 
07066.
The next meeting will be ______________ at 8:00 PM.
The November and December meetings are combined, and we usually run an 
announcement
prior to all of our meetings on K2ETS.
II. Check-In's:
I will now call for Check-In's. All stations wishing to be recognized 
please provide your Callsign,
Name, and the Town you are calling from. Non-members are always 
welcome, so please feel
free to join in. As Net control, I kindly ask that all stations wishing 
to Check-in, please wait for
the current station to be acknowledged by Net Control to avoid multiple 
key-ups and the possibility
of a missed check-in. Any stations not wishing to participate in the 
net can check in and state
“supporting the net” - we’d be happy to hear that you are out there.
All stations wishing to join us tonight please call Net Control at this 
time, but remember that with
the various linked repeaters you should wait about 2-3 seconds to talk 
after hitting the Push-To-Talk,
and that there is no “courtesy beep” or Squelch tail. Please call NOW.
III. VE Schedules:
ETSNJ VE Board: "Second Saturday", Next Session is _________ at the 
Union County College,
Science Building South Lecture Hall, Cranford Campus. Candidates should 
be there at 8:00 am for
registration. Exams start promptly at 8:30 am. Contact Drew, W2OU, at 
732-801-4654, or via E-Mail
to w2ou at arrl.net  for further information.
Raritan Valley Radio Club: Next session is ____________. Their location 
for exams is the Somerset
Fire Academy at 402 Roycefield road in Hillsborough NJ. The 
registration time will be announced in
advance of the exam date. The exams start at 8:30 am with actual 
testing starting at 9:00 am. You
must be there before the exams start or you will not be allowed to take 
an exam.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED,  contact Drew, W2OU at 732-801-4654, or 
e-mail him at
w2ou at arrl.net for further details.
If you are handicapped and need special assistance you must call in 
advanceto give the examiners
time to set up for your particular needs. This applies to both VE 
sessions that I just mentioned.
You must bring your current original license and a photocopy. Also, 
bring any original CSCE(s) and
a copy if you have prior element credits and are planning to upgrade. 
Bring a pen for the form 605,
and a check in the amount of $15.00 made payable to "ARRL/ VEC".
IV. Main Operations:
A. If there is a special program, proceed with it now.
B. General Information call.
C. Hamfest Information: If available, give the dates and times and 
location of any Hamfest or
flea market in the local state area. When Gaithersburg, Timonium, and 
Dayton are scheduled,
give this information too, due to the size and significance of these 
Hamfests.
D. Additional Check-ins. Please call NOW.
E. Health and Welfare.
F. Swap & Shop: Stations wishing to buy or sell items should provide 
their first name, phone number,
or E-Mail address with a brief, but concise description of the item(s). 
Price maybe mentioned over the air.
Final Messages & Closing:
Communications directed to the club or a request for a membership 
application can be done by
e-mail by directing your question to k2ets at arrl.net.
The club has an informative website at K2ETS.COM.  Stations wishing to 
join the Electronic
Technology Society may contact Gene kc2wdz at arrl.net. He will be happy 
to provide you with
the proper information and an application.
Membership Drive: The ARRL has an incentive membership drive in place.
First time membership provides $15 in revenue monies to participating 
clubs. Please direct
potential new ARRL members to our club treasurer Victor Panetta at 
k2nbc at arrl,net
Last call for check-ins: Anyone wishing to add their thoughts to the 
net tonight,   or for
“the good of the cause” Please call now.
Closing:
On behalf of ETS, I would like to thank all stations for joining the 
net tonight.
We also thank the owners, operators, and all of the technical people 
involved with linking
the network of repeaters.
The net is now closing at (give time HH:MM). We now return the 
repeaters to normal operation.
Please try to give us a few minutes to reconfigure the various machines 
that we have used tonight.
This is _________, 73, good night to all