Is this frequency in use? (Listen for a response)
The American Red Cross Response Communications Net will begin momentarily.
This is {Name, Call sign} for the San Mateo County American Red Cross Response Communications Simplex Net. This net meets every Monday evening at 7:00 pm on 147.420 MHz.
This is a directed net. Please do not transmit until invited to do so. Emergency or priority traffic will be recognized and acknowledged at any time during the net. Is there any emergency or priority traffic before we start the net?
Are there any announcements for the net?
This station will take the roll. ARCBA Members need only respond with their call signs. Also, please indicate whether you have traffic for the net. In the instance where the net control operator cannot hear a station, then any station that can relay the traffic is encouraged to do so.
RCM Members from Solano County, please check in now.
RCM Members from Contra Costa County, please check in now.
RCM Members from Alameda County, please check in now.
RCM Members from San Mateo County, please check in now.
RCM Members from San Francisco County, please check in now.
RCM Members from Marin County, please check in now.
Are there any officials from other emergency service organizations such as ARES, RACES, the Hospital Group, or the ARRL? Please give your call sign, name, title, and the name of the organization.
Are there any other late or missed member check-ins? Please respond with your ARCBA home office, current city or location, and call sign.
Are there any casual listeners or monitoring stations that would like to check in? If so, please respond with your call sign and name.
- Return to the check-in list and call on each for traffic and announcements.
- Read any announcements for the net.
- Summarize the net traffic.
The Red Cross Response Communications Team provides radio operations for wildfires, structural fires, aircraft accidents, all natural disasters, and sheltering. This makes our communications group one of the most active response radio teams in disaster communication. To learn more about how you can participate in this humanitarian effort, please contact:
San Mateo County Comm Lead Ed McCabe, KI6DRS at +1 650 259 1750, or via E-mail at
McCabeE@usa.redcross.org, and ask to join the San Mateo County Red Cross Response Communications Team, or stop by right now—we meet here at the Burlingame Red Cross every Monday at 7:00 pm.
We hold two nets each week. The ARCBA net meets every Wednesday evening at 20:00 at 443.225 MHz, positive offset, 100 Hz PL. You are also invited to participate in the Monday Night Simplex Net, held on 147.420 MHz. This simplex net is held prior to our regular weekly meeting at the Burlingame Red Cross office.
This concludes the American Red Cross Response Communications Net. We thank all operators for helping to maintain a clear frequency during the net.
This is {Name, Call sign} clear.