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Announcements & Resources => Public Announcements => Topic started by: DU2XXR on Nov 14, 2023, 05:40 AM
DX1ARM Traffic Net
On behalf of the net manager, 4I1FCI, I would like to share some changes we have been working on with the aim of improving the DX1ARM Net.
You may have noticed a different format in the recent week's net calls, as we are experimenting with a new purpose and format of the DX1ARM Net. We are now prioritizing club members, and we are facilitating traffic exchange between net members. The goal is to establish the net as an effective means to exchange traffic, and also to make it an efficient way of checking in for both club members and guests.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.
A summary:
- During the first 30-40 minutes of the net, only Club Members are called to check-in and share traffic/messages. Guests are advised they will be called during the latter part.
- Club announcements are made once club members are checked-in and in-attendance. This is to ensure maximum reach of the club announcements.
- Guests are invited to check-in after the members' traffic and announcements proper.
- For no-traffic checkins, the net controller immediately acknowledges their callsign as logged and cleared, with no need for further pull-out. Net controller will only pull out stations who say "with traffic". The traffic can either be directed to the net or directed/relayed to a fellow net member.
- Priority or emergency calls and traffic are acknowledged at any time during the net.
- DX1ARM maintains a list/database of stations with their info (name, location, etc). The NCS may pull out stations to ask about their information if they are new to the net, a new ham, or not yet in the database.
- Net participants are asked to listen for the entire duration of the net or after they have checked in for the purpose of relays or receiving traffic. A station may ask to be excused or "checked out", and the NCS will mark that station as checked out after a particular time.
- Net ends on time having fulfilled the purpose of traffic exchange. Only priority traffic is allowed for late checkins.
As we are continuously working on improvements, we appreciate feedback. This is actually just the first phase, as we intend to incorporate elements of the radiogram or additional relay mechanisms (e.g., delivering traffic outside of the net or via other nets) in the future.
You may check out our net schedules at https://dx1arm.com .
Update: 2023-11-15
DX1ARM Traffic Net
On behalf of the net manager, 4I1FCI, I would like to share some changes we have been working on with the aim of improving the DX1ARM Net.
You may have noticed a different format in the recent week's net calls, as we are focusing on effective delivery of traffic, e.g., facilitating traffic exchange between net members (by "net members" we mean anyone who checks into the net). The goal is to establish the net as an effective means to exchange traffic, and also to make it an efficient way of checking in for both club members and friends of DX1ARM.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.
A summary:
- Net members are called to check-in and share traffic/messages.
- Net controller takes note of "attendance" of club members. Club announcements are made once a good number of club members are checked-in and in-attendance.
- Guests are welcome to check-in at any time. However, everyone is expected to listen carefully to net controller's instructions and wait for their turn.
- For no-traffic checkins, the net controller immediately acknowledges their callsign as logged and cleared, with no need for further pull-out, except if they need to clarify information such as name and location (to update the DX1ARM database).
- Priority or emergency calls and traffic are acknowledged at any time during the net.
- Net ends on time having fulfilled the purpose of traffic exchange. Only priority traffic is allowed for late checkins.
Notes:
- Priority or emergency calls and traffic are acknowledged at any time during the net.
- DX1ARM maintains a list/database of stations with their info (name, location, etc). The NCS may pull out stations to ask about their information if they are new to the net, a new ham, or not yet in the database.
- Net participants are asked to listen for the entire duration of the net or after they have checked in for the purpose of relays or receiving traffic. A station may ask to be excused or "checked out", and the NCS will mark that station as checked out after a particular time.
As we are continuously working on improvements, we appreciate feedback. This is actually just the first phase, as we intend to incorporate elements of the radiogram or additional relay mechanisms (e.g., delivering traffic outside of the net or via other nets) in the future.
You may check out our net schedules at https://dx1arm.com .