All scheduled nets are previously announced on the Groups.io webpage and will take place year-round at 15:00 in the Central Time Zone following the conclusion of the North Texas NVIS Voice Net.
Those participating in the voice net will be given a reminder about the upcoming digital net. Any appropriately licensed amateur radio operator is invited and encouraged to participate.
The scheduled nets are directed nets under the supervision of an NCS (Net Control Station). Follow the instructions of the NCS for the mode in use at the time. Emergency traffic has priority and may break-in and transmit at any time.
Once the net begins, participants are asked to follow the instructions of the NCS and not transmit until told to do so by the NCS.
FLDigi check-ins will use the following format and procedure:
Callsign (twice) / Name / County / State / TFC with precedence or No TFC.
Precedence labels:
RR = Routine
PP = Priority (very important and transmitted before Routine)
II = Immediate (needs the most expeditious handling to destination possible)
Example: 1 RR means one piece of routine traffic for the net.
KXXXX KXXXX / Name / County / State / 1 RR
A destination other than the net can also be added for a specific callsign, tactical callsign or group.
Example: / 2 PP WXXXX would mean two pieces of priority traffic for callsign WXXXX.
KXXXX KXXXX / Name / County / State / 2 PP WXXXX
Once NCS transmits the preamble and establishes an ANCS station, they will call for check-ins with and without traffic and any relays of stations with or without traffic. The designated ANCS station will also call for check-ins at the direction of ANCS.
Once all stations have checked-in and been acknowledged, NCS will instruct all stations holding traffic to pass their traffic to the net.
On conclusion of any traffic, NCS will list all stations acknowledged so far and call for any additional late check-ins, questions, comments or training requests. When hearing nothing further, NCS will close the net.
However, any station requesting additional training may remain on frequency after the net to receive additional training in any area they desire.
JS8Call Check-in-Only Net Procedure
- JS8Call nets will use the standard 40M frequency, 7.078MHz
- Each station should enable @CDMNET in your call groups
- Temporarily remove any other groups that may participate in
- Turn off Heartbeat ACK (to limit extra traffic on the pass band)
- Enable Auto Reply (so you will respond to messages to the group)
- Find an open section of the waterfall and adjust as needed to avoid other traffic
- Net Control will send an announcement to start. Please hold off on sending direct messages or MSG to the group until after all check-in's are collected.
- NC will send an SNR? message to look for check-ins
- NC will acknowledge check-in's. When you see your check-in acknowledged, turn off Auto Reply.
- NC will repeat SNR? and acknowledgement until all are collected.
- NC will ask for relays for missed check-ins, report final check-in list, give any announcements, and close net to return to regular use of frequency.
You may re-enable Auto Reply and send messagesIf you have traffic you can save a "Stored Message" directed to the NC callsign with any traffic or test message. You can do this at anytime, not just during a scheduled net.
After close of check-in net, NC will poll the group for messages with QUERY MSGS to the @CDMNET group, and pick up messages from each station.
