Start time: 8:00:00 PM
Net control: KG6SJT, Greg
Members checked in:
k9rty - Darrin
k6wls - Kenneth R
kg6sjt - Greg
ws6z - Wes
k6bil - William
k7dwo - Bryce
ke6gcv - Todd
ki6bzr - Bob
n6joa - Charles
n6kix - Rob
n6klb - Rick
n6olo - Pam
w6kjx - Lu
wd6fxr - Larry (Sacramento Valley ARES EC)
14 member check-ins.
Visitors
KJ6HHY, DAle, Woodland
KI6YYG, Jeff, Rough and Ready
Special Traffic
none
Announcements
KG6SJT, Greg: At eh ARES meeting last Tuesday, Rick, N6KLB, presented RMS Express- a way to use ham radio to send email via radio. It was as easy as he said it would be to set up! I had it up and running in one evening. Very cool!
Official Traffic
none
Practice Message (or more traffic)
Practice message using the ICS-213 form from Greg, KG6SJT
05 ROUTINE KG6ASJT 18 DAVIS 09:00 08/22/11
TO: JOHN SMITH POSITION: FAIRGROUNDS SHELTER
FROM: DIANA TEAL POSITION: RED CROSS
SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT CHANGE
ADVISE SUE FARGO THAT SHE
HAS BEEEN ASSIGNED TO ESPARTO
SHETER X HER SHIFT STARTS
AT 1900 HOURS
------ Note from Greg KG6SJT ---------
Note: There was a discussion after the message about adding the prolog item names when sending the message. Such as should we say:
Number, Precedence, From, Check, Place, Time, Date
To, Position
From, Position
The question was asked- Should we say the titles?
WE didn't do this on the NTS form, but, KG6SJT did voice most of the heading titles this evening.
A few members mentioned that they liked that as they were copying the message on plain paper. So, this is something we should discuss at the next meeting.
All in all, at least for me, KG6SJT, it seems fine to say them as they take very little time as we are not sending lots of messages at this time, and it helps people who don't have the form in front of them as they copy the message. This is especially true on simplex like were were tonight.
If you have been writing and copying messages from Yolo Ares, there is a good chance you have copied a few hundred messages- if so, the addition of the prolog items title is no big deal. Ut if you are new to copying, I can see how this can help give you a frame work to help copy the message.
What are you thoughts?
Greg
KG6SJT
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Closing time: 8:22:00 PM
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