PRESERVATION NET SCRIPT: (as of 11-19-22)

NOTE: Please try and get to the Current RAIN Hamcast/RAIN REPORT with Hap by 9:35 (very latest) to avoid time outs.

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Good Evening fellow Amateur Radio Operators! Especially to all of you 220 MHz enthusiasts! Welcome to the 220 MHz Guys Amateur Radio Clubs’ Saturday Night 220 MHz Original Preservation Net! This net commences every Saturday night at 9:00 pm local time. Our mission... and we proudly choose to accept it; is to promote and encourage activity on our precious 220 MHz band! Our Goal? - We like to make the radio hobby fun!

 My name is __________ and my call sign is _____________, and I am your net controller for this evening. Please note this is a directed net. So, please refer all calls to Net Control. We will not have any scheduled pauses for emergency traffic, but we will yield the air to any breaking emergency. With that in mind, please leave room between all check-ins and transmissions to allow for any emergency traffic. 

 [This is the WM9W Repeater, Chicago. (Please identify this every 10 minutes)]

Questions for the Net? – [Only if you have one/some; otherwise, it’s not mandatory.]

 Call for Stations on Short Time. – [Anywhere in the alphabet, get them in and out quickly. Instruct to please use standard phonetics, and to give their information slowly. Obtain call sign, name, and their location.]

 Call for any EchoLink Stations. – [Be sure to take standbys throughout the net and check for any EchoLink Stations. Be sure to get their locations.]

 Call for QRP (Handhelds) and Mobile/Portable Stations.

 Call for General Check-ins.

 Net Control Announcements —-

Join us on the first Saturday of the month beginning around 9:00 am at P. J. Klem's Restaurant, located at 8000 W. Ogden Ave. in Lyons, IL. You do not need to be a member to join us - all are welcome!

VE sessions are also held on the first Saturday of the month. To pass the test you need the correct number of answers and a photo ID; and if you are upgrading your license, you need to submit a copy of your current amateur radio license to the Laurel VE team. No fee is required.

 The Club Website is www.wm9w.org. The Club E-Mail is: membership@wm9w.org. We have Facebook and Instagram pages. The Good Guys Hotline is 708-257-4438, and you’ll be speaking directly with our Vice President - Steve, KB9DSQ.  Our snail mail is: The 220 MHz Guys, P.O. Box 388148, Chicago, Illinois 60638.

 We also have an affiliated repeater; KB9NTX at 224.300, negative offset 1600 KHz, PL 110.9 Hz.

Check out our other nets. Starting with the one that started it all on Saturdays at 9 pm local for the Original Preservation Net. It’s a wonderful round table sometimes with a little history thrown in, or some thought provoking questions. It’s always fun and it is where The 220 Guys began. There’s the On 220 at 220 at 2:20 pm on Sundays. It’s a fun net hosted by our own Steve, KB9DSQ, alternating on the first Sunday of the month with the thought evoking Elmer’s Corner. If you have a Ham question, bring it to Elmer’s Corner for our host Paul, KC6YBV to assist. Wednesday night we hook up with The 1960s Pop-Rock Music and TV Shows Net. It begins at 7:30 pm local and runs till approximately 9:00 pm. It is a great casual trivia net including 1960s music and television. Lots of fun. On Thursday night at 9:30 pm local time, Raf - AC9WM, hosts the Nameless Net. This is a great net with a fun round table, and all are welcome. And of course, every night around midnight you can join us for the Nightcrawlers Net. On Saturday nights, join net controller John KD9BYW for a crazy time, and come out to Guess Hap’s blood sugar, you could win a can of chickpeas and a box of Rice-A-Roni.

 The Current Rain Hamcast (Hap) - (Try and run the Hamcast no later than 9:35 pm.)

Time for Hap and the Current RAIN Hamcast. It will either be the Current RAIN Hamcast run by Hap; or an archived RAIN report. [Try and run the RAIN report no later than 9:35. If no RAIN report available, call for more check-ins, and announcements. Reference the website – www.therainreport.com for further information. Be sure to thank Hap, he's the best!]

 Swap and Shop. - Anyone looking to buy, sell, trade, or give anything away, or perhaps if you are looking for that rare specialty Item. According to Hallmark, there’s a holiday every month. Note: Controllers must read this disclaimer on the air: “The 220 MHz Guys Amateur Radio Club, or the Net Controller, are not responsible for any transactions that take place; Period! There is to be no discussion or haggling of prices over the Repeater!”]

 [Call for Late and Final Check-ins.]

 [Ending the Net] – The 220 MHz Good Guys would like to thank everyone for their participation tonight. The Good Guys would like you to please promote and encourage the use of our precious 220 MHz band. Remember... If we don’t use it, we’ll lose it!

 Please join us again next week at this same time on the WM9W club repeater for The 220 MHz Guys Amateur Radio Clubs’ Original Preservation Net...”! I would like to thank (read list of all check-ins). This concludes the Net. This is [name and call sign], saying "73" to all. I will now return the repeater back to normal operation. This is the WM9W Repeater - Chicago!

Last updated: 11-19-22  

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Please contact Steve Hill - KB9DSQ, our Net Control Coordinator, if you are interested in being a Guest Net Controller for any of our Nets.