When I moved out here I didn't have as much trouble
with t v i on the low bands, so I did check in to a
local area Kansas net, some regional 1's, and 1 in
Minnesota, and living in a rurral area, no traffic for
my immediate area and there aren't any nets here on 2
meters, so I would take traffic from 1 net to annother
as often as I could. I didn't refuse anything as long
as I was sure I could pass it on another net, in fact
I would request traffic when it wasn't obvious to the
n c s that I could handle it, because I wasn't an
official liasson to any of them.

--- gale conard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, I handle some traffic.  Most of it is relayed
> from one handler to
> another, since there is not much traffic coming
> directly into my area.
>
> I am currently Net Manager for the FARM net (which,
> by the way, has nothing
> to do with agriculture).  It is a part of the NTS.
> I also serve as NCS, at
> least once a week,  for that net and the Idaho
> Montana Net, a cw net
> affiliated with RN7.
>
> I am a regular on several other nets in the western
> states.  It seems that
> the number of net members is increasing, but the
> number of traffic handlers
> is diminishing.  Too many members just check in to
> keep their place on the
> rosters, and disappear, or find excuses to refuse,
> when traffic is offered.
>
> I agree that learning to deal with traffic
> correctly, and efficiently is
> important to ham radio.  Situations is which ham
> radio may be most valuable,
> are those where e-mail is impossible, because the
> internet no longer
> functions.
>
> 73,
> Gale
> [log in to unmask]


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