THE NIGHTCRAWLERS NET SCRIPT (a/o 9-19-25)
It's midnight. This net meets every night about midnight. Time for the 220 MHz Guys Amateur Radio Club Nightcrawlers Net. This is ___________ and my call sign is _________, and I will be your net controller.
This net is dedicated to the silent keys of the 220 MHz Guys, and they are in order: WB9WIP - George; KA9KBU - Joe; WV9MJS - Mitch; KD9CCG - David; N9JYX - Bob; KD9ERC - Tyrone; N9HSH – Jim; KB9THM – Jim; KC9ESY - Kathy; KB9KRT – Patrick; KC9MJL - Cheryl; KA9GQE - Bob; KD9FRI - Mike, KC9LRZ - Wanda, KC9RP - Hap; and KD9YOV - Tom.
There’ll be no pause for emergency traffic, but the net will give the air to any breaking emergency.
-- Call for check-ins. (REMIND the net to leave room for Echolink check-ins.)
-- Wednesday through Saturday, you can introduce Laura and her stuff. [You regulate when she does her stuff as you see appropriate - sometimes works well after 2 rounds, or just try and wait for a group of people. She is off Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.]
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NEW TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Starting on Monday, August 1st, the Monday nets will be changing hours to 11:00 pm instead of midnight. The net will still be run by our Ironman Joe KD9EJX.
I will try and keep the Hamfest schedule up to date. See new list below.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-- Every first Saturday of the month, come out and join us for The Good Guys & Gals Saturday Morning Meet & Greet Breakfast, as well as our Laurel VE Test sessions which are both held at P. J. Klem's Restaurant, located at 8000 W. Ogden Ave. in Lyons, IL. Come out and join us – you don’t have to be a member, just have an interest, and we’re always thrilled to meet visiting hams. The Laurel VE test sessions are held every first Saturday of the month, starting roughly at 9:00 AM and can go into lunchtime. If you are testing with us all you need are the correct number of answers, and a photo ID. No fee is required outside of the $35 FCC license fee. If you are upgrading your license, you need to submit a copy of your current amateur radio license to the VE team.
-- The Club Website is www.wm9w.org. We’ve got a great website, with some great pictures and a lot of information. The Club e-mail is: membership@wm9w.org. We have Facebook and Instagram pages - so be sure to find and follow us. The Good Guys Hotline is 708-257-4438 - you’ll be speaking directly with our Vice President, Steve (KB9DSQ). Our snail mail is: The 220 MHz Guys, P.O. Box 388148, Chicago, Illinois 60638.
-- Announce our repeaters: WM9W 224.520 with a negative offset of 1600 KHz, and a PL of 110.9 Hz; and our affiliate station KB9NTX at 224.300 MHz, same offset and PL tone.
-- Check out our other nets. Starting with the one that started it all on Saturdays at 9 pm local for the Original Preservation Net. It’s a wonderful round table sometimes with a little history thrown in, or some thought provoking questions. It’s always fun and it is where The 220 Guys began. There’s the On 220 at 220 at 2:20 pm on Sundays. It’s a fun net hosted by our own Steve, KB9DSQ, alternating on the first Sunday of the month with the thought evoking Elmer’s Corner. If you have a Ham question, bring it to Elmer’s Corner for our host Paul, KC6YBV to assist. At 2:00 am Chicago time, the repeater is linked to the Insomniac Net courtesy of the Independent Repeater Association, W8IRA. It goes until roughly 4:00 am. It’s a great round table. Tuesday and Wednesday night we hook up with The 1960s Pop-Rock Music and TV Shows Net. It begins at 8:30 pm local and runs till approximately 10:00 pm. It is a great casual trivia net including 1960s music and television. Lots of fun. On Thursday night at 9:30 pm local time, Raf - AC9WM, hosts the Nameless Net. This is a great net with a fun round table, and all are welcome. Friday nights, 6:00 pm till 8:00, we are connected to the National 220 Net out of Syracuse New York. And of course, every night around midnight you can join the Nightcrawlers, except on Monday when the net starts an hour earlier, at 11:00 pm.
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NOTES:
-- Pause frequently for check-ins and leave space and time for Echolink/Allstar.
-- If we forgot anything, please add it. [We’re only human.]
-- Close the net with something like "The 220 MHz Guys would like to thank everyone who checked in.” (It’s nice to read off the names of everyone who checked in, after thanking them.)
Always end with... “I will now return the repeater back to normal amateur radio standby use. For WM9W and affiliated stations, this is [YOUR name and call sign] wishing you all 73...etc.”
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- Please feel free to make the net your own, within the scope of Part 97 of course. Hi Hi.
- That's it and have fun. Remember - everyone is a future new contact out there.
Last updated 11-14-2023.