In light of the current disaster news – near and far - our experimenting with a Simplex system for our local NERT Net is quite timely.

This Wednesday’s Net Roll Call (1-20-10) will continue to use Simplex frequencies ONLY. In addition, we will be conducting two separate nets simultaneously; one for the West Side CERN radio operators (146.460) and another for the East Side CERN Hams (146.535).

Both Nets will have a five-minute announcement made at 1855 Hours (6:55 p.m.) on their respective Simplex frequency. These directed nets will start at 1900 Hours (7:00 p.m.) After the roll call has been completed, but before there is a call for late and guest check-ins, each NERT Net Control will transmit a sample message of his/her choice (similar to our City-wide field exercises) in order that each of us may practice recording the message using the attached ACS Message Form for the South County Operational Area.