ARES Thursday Net Topics

 This information will help net control stations to come up with a topic for ARES Thursday night Net.

• Share one of your most memorable experiences involving the HAM radio hobby.

• Your favorite operating mode for voice and/or data?

• What was one of your favorite events or exercise you were involved with?

•  What was your most memorable project or kit in Ham Radio? 

• Do you listen to the national Simplex frequency?

• What's you're "Go to Radio" and why?

• Are you an active HF user?

• Stories both good/bad/funny re: interaction with Public about Amateur Radio? 

• Have you participated in the Skywarn recognition day or been a spotter?

• What is 'your next big thing to do in Ham Radio'? 

• Where was the longest radio contact you made and by what mode?

• Do you prefer separate radios or a multiband radio that includes all three?

• What did you accomplish over the summer and what is your opinion about DMR, do you use it, like it, etc.?

• What activities would you like to see ARES do or teach?

• Tell us about your most interesting or longest distance contact.

• What HT do you mostly use?

• Do you have a favorite repeater that you always listen to? If so what repeater?

• Share an Ah-Ha moment in your Ham experiences.

• Where & how do you get your weather?

• What do you do to treat yourself on your birthday?

• Do you have antenna restrictions at home? If so, how did you overcome the restriction?

• What got you into ham radio? 

• What was your first outside antenna?

• What was your first Mobile?

• Are you active DMR user?

• What are the basic tools or equipment beyond your radio and antenna that you couldn’t live without as a ham radio operator?

•  What sparked or grabbed your interest to get into Ham Radio?

• What year end plans & New Years Resolutions?

• Have you ever had to use your radio to call for help?

• Back in the day did you ever experience auto patch technology on a repeater system?