{"id":12199,"date":"2020-08-15T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/?p=12199"},"modified":"2020-08-15T11:15:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T18:15:10","slug":"agenda-for-north-bay-2-meter-critical-mass-august-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/agenda-for-north-bay-2-meter-critical-mass-august-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda for North Bay\u00a02-Meter Critical Mass August 16, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a followup message from Doug KF6AKU, and a reminder about the Critical Mass Zoom meeting this coming&nbsp;<strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, Doug will ask each person (as he IDs her\/him) to checkin with name and callsign, using the&nbsp;<strong>NATO phonetic alphabet <\/strong>or both.&nbsp; Then he will ask Brian Cooley to run the 6-minute video on best practices.<\/p>\n<p>Our general topic, as you know, is operating in a directed net.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some discussion topics<\/strong>&nbsp;and questions\u2014again, Doug asks that you come prepared with your own questions, pet peeves, and suggestions. &nbsp;<strong>Scroll down for the Zoom link:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why say the station to be called first?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the reason for \u201cthis is?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>What does \u201cover-ID\u201d mean? When should I use my callsign?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Why use tacticals? Keeping them short, like Bofax.<\/li>\n<li>The Net Control operator has two principal duties\u2014what are they?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the role of the scribe at net control?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the role of the runner at net control? (Hint: the person \u201cin charge\u201d at net control is the event organizer, not the radio operator.)<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s it like at net control when more than one repeater is being used at a far-flung event? (Both in terms of de-sense and information overload)<\/li>\n<li>How to prevent doubling?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On another topic:&nbsp; since it appears that almost, if not all, of our events will be cancelled or turned virtual this season,&nbsp;<strong>we will hold another in-the-field drill on the date of the now-cancelled Jensie: Sunday, September 27<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>. More information to follow next month.<\/p>\n<p>But a question has arisen: if we\u2019re going to field only two in-the-field drills, will it still take three events for an operator to earn his&nbsp;<strong>Public Service Gold Star for 2020<\/strong>?&nbsp; Our President, Curtis Ardourel, spent an afternoon in deep ponder. His answer?&nbsp; Attend both events and at least one Critical Mass and a 2020 star will be yours at next Spring\u2019s kickoff of the 2021 season.&nbsp; How\u2019s that for a positive attitude?<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to see you on the Zoom screen this Sunday at 10:30\u2014after you check into the MARS Sunday morning net.<\/p>\n<p>Cordially,<\/p>\n<p>Doug Slusher KF6AKU and his trusty scribe Michael K6MLF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a followup message from Doug KF6AKU, and a reminder about the Critical Mass Zoom meeting this coming&nbsp;Sunday: First, Doug will ask each person (as he IDs her\/him) to checkin with name and callsign, using the&nbsp;NATO phonetic alphabet or both.&nbsp;<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/agenda-for-north-bay-2-meter-critical-mass-august-16-2020\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-12199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-events","category-publicservice","tag-critical-mass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12200,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12199\/revisions\/12200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}