During the regular weekly 2 meter net the Net Control Station operator may ask the participants to answer a question. This is primarily to make the net a little more interesting, but sometimes the answers are quite revealing. The question is optional, and the NCS operator may decide to skip it if the net is busy or appears to be running long.

The question to ask is entirely up to the NCS operator's discretion. He/she may select a question from the list below or may create one of his/her own. Questions should be crafted so that the participants can give very short, simple answers.

The NCS operator should include the question asked and the answers received in the post-net report sent to the Emergency Coordinator. The question and answers will eventually be posted on the Web site surveys page.

• If a disaster were declared right now, would you be able to deploy to handle emergency communications somewhere within St. Louis County?

• Do you have an HF station, and if so can you reach Jefferson City?

• Do you REGULARLY use the amateur 6 meter (50 MHz) band?

• Do you disconnect your amateur radio equipment during storms?

• Have you ever talked about amateur radio to a group of non-hams? This could have been either a formal presentation or an informal discussion, but it should have been to a group of at least three people.

• Would you say that most of your on-air activity is from a base station, a mobile station, or a portable station?

• Do you usually get on the air during holidays?

• Do you have an HF station, and if so can you reach Springfield, Missouri?

• Are you thinking about changing your call sign?

• Most amateur radio transceivers can receive frequencies outside of the amateur bands. Do you REGULARLY use this feature?

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