THE TEARA NET FORMAT( feel free to fudge on this as much as you like. It's only a guideline to get you started!!) CQ CQ CQ... Calling the Triangle East Amateur Radio Association's Tuesday night net. CQ CQ CQ... Calling the Triangle East Amateur Radio Association's Tuesday night net. This is __________, my name is ___________, I'm located in _____________ North Carolina. I'm the net control for tonight.This is a directed informal net designed to handle club or netbusiness, inform area amateurs of upcoming events, and stimulate activity on the 147.39 repeater in Clayton, the 147.300 repeater in Wilson, and the 442.400 repeater in Wendell. At this time, if there is any emergency, priority, or time valued traffic, please call ____________.(if and after any traffic is handled, proceed to next step) If there are any stations with announcements or bulletins, or items for sale or want, please call __________.(after those are handled, proceed to next step) Before I begin to take check-in's I'd like to remind everyone that we have 3 repeaters linked together, and that there is a small delay in doing so. Please remember to key the mike, and wait about one second before speaking. Having said that, are there any mobile or portable stations wishing to check in? If so, please call __________ now.(acknowledge each check in so they'll know you heard them, and call again for another wave. When no more are heard in this class, proceed to the nextgroup) Stations with the suffix of their call signs beginning with the letters Alpha through Golf, A through G, please call ____________. (acknowledge each check in so they'll know you heard them, and call again for another wave. When no more are heard in this class, proceedto the next group) Stations with the suffix of their call signs beginning with the letters Hotel through Tango, H through T, please call ____________. (again, acknowledge each check in so they'll know you heard them,and call again for another wave. When no more are heard in this class, proceed to the next group) Stations with the suffix of their call signs beginning with the letters Uniform through Zulu, U through Z, please call ____________. (finally, acknowledge each check in so they'll know you heard them, and call again for another wave. When no more are heard in this class, proceed to the next) Before I begin the ragchews, are there any other stations, Alpha through Zulu, who would like to check in to this session of the Triangle East Amateur Radio Association's Tuesday night net. If so, please call _________ now. Next, call each check-in for rag chews. If any don't respond, call for them later or at the tail end of the net. Stop about 15 minutes into the net, and at the end of the net to take any other check-ins that might have drifted by. Once completed with check ins, give your ragchew, and then close the net. This is __________ now closing the Tuesday night edition of the Triangle East Amateur Radio Association's Tuesday night net. The time is __________ local, and the WB4IUY, WA4UQC, and KD4WJD repeaters are now returned to normal amateur use...what ever that may be.