Weekly Net

Weekly Delco ARES Net - Analog and Digital

Analog, Monday, 19:30 on W3KG
Digital, Monday, 20:15 on W3AEC - DELSTAR West Digital Repeater System

All Amateur Radio operators are encouraged to participate in the weekly Delaware County ARES-RACES Analog Net held each Monday evening at 19:30 hours local time on the W3KG repeater in Delaware County. The directed net is used a drill and emergency communications protocols are followed. Important announcements concerning operating activities and upcoming events are made during the net. ARES team members are encouraged to operate via emergency power during the weekly nets to test batteries and equipment. Hope to hear you there!

The weekly net affords all Amateur Radio operators an opportunity to practice using emergency communication techniques during the directed net and to test equipment on a regular basis. The net also provides a conduit to relay important operational information to team members.

Because the weekly net is employed as an emergency communication exercise, all personnel checking in should keep their comments brief and of a nature relating to Amateur Radio. It is not a chit-chat net.

When checking in, it is highly encouraged to utilize the ITU phonetic alphabet for clarity and practice for passing traffic.

Net Schedule Delco ARES

Net Day	Time	Name	Channel	User
Monday	7:30 PM	Delco ARES Weekly Analog Net	DC R1 W3KG BOOTHWYN	Michael Thomas
Monday	8:15 PM	Delco ARES Weekly Digital Net	DD DW W3AEC LIMA	Michael Thomas

Repeaters for Delco ARES

Channels

Repeater information for the regularly scheduled Nets in the greater Philadelphia Area is on our Channels page.

SKYWARN Net for Delco ARES

Click SKYWARN for more information on SKYWARN Net

ITU Phonetic Alphabet

For critical information, or under noisy conditions, spell words with standard ITU phonetics.  ITU phonetics were chosen so that each word sounds completely different from all others.

A - ALPHA (AL-fa)          B - BRAVO (BRAH-voh)
C - CHARLIE (CHAR-lee)     D - DELTA (DELL-tah)
E - ECHO (ECK-oh)          F - FOXTROT (FOKS-trot)
G - GOLF (GOLF)            H - HOTEL (HOH-tell)
I - INDIA (IN-dee-ah)      J - JULIET (JU-lee-ett)
K - KILO (KEY-loh)         L - LIMA (LEE-mah)
M - MIKE (MIKE)            N - NOVEMBER (no-VEM-ber)
O - OSCAR (OSS-cah)        P - PAPA (PAH-PAH)
Q - QUEBEC (kay-BECK)      R - ROMEO (ROW-me-oh)
S - SIERRA (SEE-air-rah)   T - TANGO (TANG-go)
U - UNIFORM (YOU-ni-form)  V - VICTOR (VIK-tor)
W - WHISKEY (WISS-key)     X - X-RAY (ECKS-ray)
Y - YANKEE (YANG-key)      Z - ZULU (ZOO-loo)