Weekly net procedures

Some Wednesdays at 21:00, we have try to hold a weekly "net" on the Public channel. We also touch base on our chat channel.

Note

A "net" is a concept borrowed from amateur radio where multiple callers join on the same frequency and time to communicate and collaborate. It's like a meeting, with a moderator taking speaking turns.

Net Control Guide

On each Wednesday at 21:00 local, send those two messages:

Bienvenue au Réseau Libre! Vous pouvez vous signaler avec: "Allo, ici NOM à ENDROIT" Je réponds à tous les messages reçus!

Welcome to Réseau Libre net! Every Wednesday, you can check-in with: "Hello, this is NAME at LOCATION" I will acknowledge all checkins

You can resend those messages a couple of times at, say, one to five minute intervals, as sometimes messages don't reach out immediately.

Respond to every check-in that you receive and include their name and location:

Net Control in LOCATION received check-in by NAME.

It may feel redundant to include names in the messages, but this ensures all parties have the node name available. Node lists typically only remember the 100 most recent node names and this is easy to exceed in high mesh-density areas.

At the end of the net, check out with:

Net Control checking out after N contacts.

And then send your results to the chat channel (list of who was heard, their location, your location).

If no one else is doing it and you're there, you're it, you can call the net.

While you're there, review the node count in the How many nodes in the network? FAQ.