SIMPLEX Check In NET Sample Script
Remember to ID every 10 min and at the end of transmission
Please choose one of the ARES Simplex Channels; Channels 10 – 18 on the Frequency List
i.e. SLV ARES Simplex 1, 147.555 MHz PL 94.8 Hz Channel 13

For our 2nd exercise, we will practice forming a simplex net.  If you do not plan on participating in this net and did not check in and out already, please give me your call sign now so I don’t look for you on the simplex net.

<Pause – write down call signs of anyone not participating and mark accordingly on your list>

We will move to _________________________________________________________________ <i.e. SLV ARES simplex 1, 147.555 MHz   PL 94.8Hz channel 13 on the frequency list,  
or whichever simplex channel you choose for the exercise>

When we move to the simplex channel, I will make a short announcement and we will begin a roll call check in from the check in list from this net.  Please note who you can hear and be prepared to relay them in the event that I cannot hear them.  I will ask for relays after each suffix group.  Are there any questions or late check ins before we move to simplex?  Please come now with your call sign.

<Pause – answer questions>

We are now moving to ______________________________________________________                                                                                                              We will return to the linked repeaters when the simplex net is complete, or in about 20 min.

This is <NAME>, <CALL-SIGN>, Net control, moving now.

<Move to Simplex channel, listen and then begin the new net>

This is <NAME>, <CALL-SIGN PHONETICS>, Net Control for the San Lorenzo Valley ARES simplex net that we are forming now.  This is a directed net, so please transmit when directed by Net Control.  If there is Priority or Emergency traffic, please interrupt by saying “PRIORITY! or EMERGENCY!” and we will interrupt the net. I will take check ins by Call-sign suffix just as on the repeater net.  When I call your suffix group, please give your call sign phonetically, name and location, as before.  Please note those you can hear and be prepared to relay their call signs to me when I ask for relays if I do not acknowledge them.  I will ask for relays after each suffix group.

<Go down the list of check ins, calling each person who checked in (note that those who checked in and out will NOT be on this net). 

Stations with call-sign suffixes from Alpha thru Foxtrot please come now. 
<Write down and acknowledge all call signs heard>
Are there any Relays?

Stations with call-sign suffixes from Golf to Mike, please come now
<Write down and acknowledge all call signs heard>
Are there any Relays?

Stations with call-sign suffixes from November to Sierra, please come now.
<Write down and acknowledge all call signs heard>
Are there any Relays?

Stations with call-sign suffixes from Tango to Zulu, please come now.
<Write down and acknowledge all call signs heard>
Are there any Relays?

This is <NAME>, <CALL-SIGN>, Net Control.  Any missed or late check-ins, please give your call sign using standard phonetics, followed by your name and location, now.

<Write down and acknowledge all call signs heard>
Are there any relays?

<if you are missing folks from the first check in, have someone with a strong signal in their vicinity to make a call out for any late or missed check ins>

We will now return to the linked repeaters to discuss and close the net. 
<If there were relays, ask them to advise the net that you are returning to linked repeaters>

Please move now to the K6BJ2M, WR6AOK or K6RMW/W repeater.  This is <CALL-SIGN>.

<Back at primary repeater>

This is <NAME>, <CALL-SIGN>, net control for Santa Cruz County ARES weekly net returning from the simplex net.  Are there any comments about the Simplex net?  Please give me your call sign now.

<Pause, write down and acknowledge call signs, then call on them one by one until all comments are handled.>

CONCLUSION 

If you haven’t already done so, please enroll in our ARES mailing list on our website, xczcomm.com under the Resources tab.

Is there anyone else to check in or anything else for the good of this net before we close? 

<Pause - Handle any reply, then repeat question before closing.> 

This concludes our weekly Amateur Radio Emergency Service preparedness net. Thank you to those who maintain our repeaters and to you all for participating. 

This is <NAME>, Net Control, returning the repeaters to normal use. Good night and 73.
<CALL-SIGN>