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HAM-RADIO, \'NET CONTROL OPERATORS\'

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    WB8AXI/7 F.M. [HANK] FABER writes:



    NET CONTROL OPERATIONS IN AMATEUR RADIO



    LET'S CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO INCISIVE, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS AS WE OPERATE AS 'NET CONTROL STATIONS' IN AMATEUR RADIO:...






    MANY AMATEUR OPERATORS REGARD THE OPERATION OF THEIR RADIO STATION WHEN ACTING AS A 'NET CONTROL OPERATOR' ON DEDICATED 'NETWORKS' AS BEING RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT AND RESEMBLING A 'QSO':



    IN OVER THIRTY YEARS OF 'ON-AIR' OBSERVATIONS AND 'ON-AIR' EXPERIENCE, IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS AUTHOR THAT MANY NET-MANAGERS AND NET CONTROL OPERATORS FAIL TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS, COURTESY, AND ORGANIZATION ON 'DIRECTED-NETS':



    IN A PUBLISHED AND AUDIO-TAPED TREATISE ENTITLED; 'SO, YOU WANNA BE A NET CONTROL?', SUGGESTIONS AND GUIDELINES ARE OFFERED TO AMATEUR OPERATORS WHO DESIRE TO APPEAR AS 'SAVVY' AND 'SHARP' NET CONTROL OPERATORS ON ANY AMATEUR NETWORK DEVOTED OR DEDICATED TO MESSAGE HANDLING OR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES:



    IN A PRECEDENT SETTING FORMAT FOR TRAINING NET CONTROL OPERATORS, THIS EVOCATIVE ARTICLE EXPLAINS THAT NET CONTROL OPERATORS SHOULD BE TRAINED PRIOR TO JUST . . . 'TAKING THE NET CONTROL' POSITION ON AMATEUR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS:



    THE AUTHOR, A VETERAN NET CONTROL OPERATOR AND A FORMER NET MANAGER OF AMATEUR NETWORKS MAINTAINS THAT IF AMATEUR OPERATORS ARE TO BECOME PROFICIENT 'NET-CONTROL' OPERATORS IN COMMUNICATION, TRAFFIC AND/OR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS THEIR TRAINING IDEALLY BEGINS IN AMATEUR NETWORKS AS EFFICIENT AND COURTEOUS NET CONTROL OPERATORS WHO HAVE HAD A MODICUM OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING:



    THE AUTHOR SPEAKS OF 'SILENT'. . . . NET-CONTROL-OPERATORS WHO BEGIN THEIR NOVITIATE WITHOUT SAYING A WORD OVER THEIR 'MICS':



    UPON LEARNING A SOUND AND EFFECTIVE FORMAT AND OPERATING PROCEDURE THE BUDDING NET CONTROLS ADVANCE TO THE POSITION OF 'BACK-UP' NET CONTROL FOR A PERIOD OF 'ON-THE-AIR' ASSISTANCE PRIOR TO BEING 'TURNED-LOOSE' ON THE UNSUSPECTING AMATEUR COMMUNITY:



    THIS PRESENTATION ENCOMPASSES ALL TYPES OF FORMAL NETWORKS WHERE A SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM IS DESIRED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE AMATEUR NETWORK SO AS TO PREPARE 'HAMS' FOR EMERGENCY OR FORMAL NET OPERATIONS:



    THIS AUDIO TAPE AND/OR PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE FOR MINIMUM POSTAGE FEES AND IS AVAILABLE TO ALL LICENSED AMATEURS: THE AUTHOR IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR IN PERSON, 'NON-FEE' BRIEF THUMB-NAIL SKETCHES ENTITLED; 'SO YOU WANNA-BE A NET CONTROL?'



    F.M.FABER, WB8AXI/7, fmfaber@worldnet.att.net
     
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