QST…QST…QST…Welcome to the Indian River County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Traffic Net. This net meets every Tuesday at 1930 hours local time for the purpose of handling traffic, training, and emergency preparedness. All amateurs are encouraged to participate. When checking in, please give your call sign phonetically, your name, and advise if you have any traffic for the net. This is a directed net. All stations are requested to follow the instructions of net control.

This is (first name and call sign), your net control for this evening. Are there any stations with emergency or priority traffic at this time?

Any net liaisons, bulletin stations, or representatives from MARS or NTS, please check-in at this time. (pause)

Any ARRL leadership officials, please check-in at this time. (pause)

I will now take check-ins from any stations with formal traffic. Please call now. (pause) (Take them one at a time, record the traffic, and acknowledge.)

Net control acknowledges that the following stations have formal traffic.
(Handle the traffic, have someone take the messages and relay them to another NTS net.) 

Are there any other stations with formal traffic? (pause)

I will now take check-ins from any other stations who would like to join the net. First, anyone with announcements or bulletins, please call now. (pause)

Next, any stations with informal traffic, please call now. (pause)

Finally, anyone with or without traffic, please check-in at this time. (pause)

If there any more stations wishing to check-in,  or anyone else having any additional information for the net, please call now. (pause)

Hearing no more traffic, I will close the Indian River County ARES Traffic Net at ______ hours. I would like to thank everyone for their participation this evening. This is (call sign), net control, returning the frequency to general amateur use...

(if on 145.130) … and our thanks to the Treasure Coast Repeater Association for the use of their repeater.

(if on 146.775) … and our thanks to the Saint Lucie Repeater Association for the use of their repeater.

NCS Report-
After the net, please send an email to the net manager giving the date of the net, the number of check-ins, the number of pieces of formal traffic handled, and the duration of the net. Thank you.

IRC ARES Net Format: Revised 12/9/2003 by WA4ASJ