{"id":223,"date":"2018-04-10T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/?p=223"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T18:47:15","slug":"net-control-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/2018\/04\/10\/net-control-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Net Control Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Net Control Station (NCS) is in charge of the net. This person controls the flow of messages\u00a0according to priority and keeps track of where messages come from and where they go. \u00a0 \u00a0 The NCS also keeps a current list of which stations are where, their assignments and what\u00a0capabilities they have. In a busy situation, the NCS may have one or more\u00a0assistants to help with record keeping.<\/p>\n<p>The ARRL Operating Manual suggests some recommended traits in a NCS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be the boss but don&#8217;t be bossy<\/li>\n<li>Be punctual<\/li>\n<li>Know the area the net is taking place in<\/li>\n<li>Keep your antenna and equipment in good operating condition<\/li>\n<li>Keep a log of every net session<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to prioritize communications traffic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Communication is affected by numerous factors including personal operating skills,\u00a0method of communication, noise or interference, skills of net participants and adequate \u00a0resources. The most important skills of communication are those possessed by the Net Control Station.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LISTENING<br \/>\nListening is at least 50% of communication. Listening means avoiding unnecessary\u00a0transmission. A wise ham once said, \u201cA ham has two ears and one mouth. Therefore a good ham should listen twice as much as he\/she talks.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Net Control Station (NCS) is in charge of the net. This person controls the flow of messages\u00a0according to priority and keeps track of where messages come from and where they go. \u00a0 \u00a0 The NCS also keeps a current list of which stations are where, their assignments and what\u00a0capabilities they have. In a busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdares.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}