COTN Survey, Year-End 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, COTN is looking for your perspective on our operation, our priorities, and our progress. Your response will be considered as the annual report is compiled and the plans for 2021 are developed.
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Callsign (Optional)
License Class *
Station Location *
This should be where the station is most of the time for radio messaging purposes, and especially operation on or in support of COTN.
Station Capability
Which bands and services can your station normally work? (This is useful for planning liaisons.)
Voice
CW
DTN
NBEMS
Winlink (RF)
Packet (BBS)
Other
160m
80m/75m
60m
40m
30m
20m
17m
15m
12m
10m
6m
2m
70cm
SHARES
MARS
Which Roles Did You Play? *
Select all applicable
Required
Liaisons: Which Other Nets?
If you received or sent messages on behalf of COTN on other nets or services, where did you do that work?
How Many In-Person or Online Meetings Did You Attend? *
When Did You Normally Work?
To specify COTN operation on a given day, select "Cycle Four." If you worked other traffic nets as well, please indicate which times you worked them, by cycle. NTS is organized in four cycles to allow for efficient movement of messages up and down nets. The schedule can be adjusted slightly for local needs but is nominally: Cycle One (10:00 AM  Section; 10:45 AM  Region; 11:30 AM  Region; 12:30 PM  Region), Cycle Two (1:00 PM  Section; 1:45 PM  Region; 2:30 PM  Area; 3:30 PM  Region), Cycle Three (4:00 PM  Section; 4:45 PM  Region; 5:30 PM  Area; 6:30 PM  Region), Cycle Four (7:00 PM  Section; 7:45 PM  Region; 8:30 PM  Area; 9:30 PM  Region; 10:00 PM Section).
Cycle One
Cycle Two
Cycle Three
Cycle Four (COTN)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Float / Varied Weekly
How Many Exercises Did You Try With COTN? *
COTN participated in several exercises this year. Which exercises did you participate in?
Required
More or Less Public Service in Radio? *
What a year! Did you spend less time, more time, or about the same time working the radio for public service? NTS, ARES, AUXCOMM, etc., all count. Ragchew, social, and checkin nets excluded.
Way Less
Way More
More or Less Radio for Fun? *
Excluding NTS, ARES, AUXCOMM and other public service radio activity, did you spend more or less time with the radio? Ragchew, check-in, contests, SWL, all count.
Way Less
Way More
What Training Would You Like To See?
What do you like most about COTN? *
COTN is part of a large system of public service, the first reason justifying the existence of amateur radio in the United States, right in the regulation. [47 CFR 97.1(a)] What attracts you and keeps you here? Answers here will help us keep doing more of the good stuff.
How can COTN improve? *
Help us get better! Should we be doing more training? Should we train differently? Are there other techniques we should be trying? Are there structural problems that keep us from doing what we should? Here you're helping us understand what to do differently, or what to do less.
Any parting words of wisdom?
If there's anything else you'd like to tell us that doesn't seem to fit anywhere here, please let us know.
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