Net Control - Type III Part B

• Valid Technician class or higher Amateur Radio license
• Santa Clara County ARES/RACES training course:
  • Net Control - Type III, Part A

Note: The above prerequisites are not strictly enforced. But in order to get the most out of this course, you should have previously attended the above courses. If you have not yet attended one or more of the prerequisites, you should carefully review the course materials for the missed prerequisites prior to attending this course. Then, be sure to attend any missed prerequisites at your earliest opportunity.

• Copy of course materials (see below)
• Pen/pencil and pad of paper

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe how to deal with net control challenges
• Properly work with a scribe
• Describe the equipment options for net control
• Properly perform resource tracking
• Properly manage a resource net for an event
• Properly hand off a net
• Properly close a net

The course agenda includes:

• Dealing with challenges
• Working with a scribe
• Equipment for net control
• Resource tracking
• Resource Net for an Event
• Handing off a net
• Closing a net

The course includes several interactive exercises.

Classroom presentation (Revised 31-Mar-2024):

• Media files  (ZIP - 14.0 MB)
• 1 slide per page (Landscape)   (PDF - 4.3 MB)
• 1 slide per page (Portrait)   (PDF - 3.5 MB)
• 2 slides per page (PDF - 3.1 MB)
• 3 slides per page (PDF - 2.7 MB)
• 4 slides per page (PDF - 2.8 MB)

Before coming to class complete the Homework material:

• Study the Homework slides and complete the exercises
  Homework (PDF - 2.1 MB)

Print out and bring the following blank forms to class:

• Qty 1:  ICS-309 Communications Log  (PDF - 79 KB)
• Qty 1:  Resource Net Dispatch Template  (PDF - 45 KB)
• Qty 1:  Resource Net Travel Tracking Form (PDF - 85 KB)