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system of voice and CW nets. To insure reliability, the NTS structure is based on a hierarchy of Local, Section, Regional, and Area nets. The Section Traffic Manager (STM) or the Section Manager (SM) appoints the section and/or local net managers. The Area Staff appoint the Region and Area net managers.
A message originated at the local or section level is taken to the region net by an assigned liaison station appointed by the section net manager. Likewise, a liaison station, appointed by the region net manager, takes traffic to the area net.
There are three Area nets in North America; Pacific, Central, and Eastern. Traffic is transferred from Area to Area by members of the Trans-Continental Corps (TCC) appointed by the TCC Director. Traffic then flows down from Area net, to Region nets, and then to Section nets and sometimes local nets where the messages are delivered. Thus traffic is both originated and delivered at the Section and or Local level. The rest of the NTS is simply a relay system. There are literally hundreds of Section and Local nets that meet daily across the continent on both voice and CW. These nets deliver third-party traffic as a public service and as training for disaster communications.
You can help support the NTS by sending messages to family and friends around the country. If you want to learn more about traffic handling or would like to join the Sacramento Valley Traffic Net , contact Al, WA6WJZ in Chico or Ray, KO6TW in Los Molinos.
73 es QRT for now. Ray, KO6TW
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