Editing Net operation (section)

=== Amateur radio nets ===
The [[International Amateur Radio Union]] defines six different types of nets in its IARU Emergency Telecommunications Guide:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaru.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/13073366/emcommguide_1sept2016.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.iaru.org/uploads/1/3/0/7/13073366/emcommguide_1sept2016.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=IARU Emergency Telecommunications Guide}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Type
!Usage
|-
|'''Traffic net'''
|Handles formal written messages ([[Radiogram (message)|radiograms]])
|-
|'''Resource net'''
|Used for incoming operators to receive assignments, and to be reassigned as needs changed. Can also be used to locate equipment and operators with special skills. More than one resource net may be created in large-scale events if the traffic warrants.
|-
|'''Logistics net'''
|A type of resource net specifically tasked with logistical needs separate from those of the communications teams.
|-
|'''Tactical net'''
|Handle the primary on-site emergency communication.
|-
|'''Information net'''
|Used to disseminate official bulletins, answer general questions, etc.
|-
|'''Health and Welfare (H&W) net'''
|Handle messages among those people impacted by or in the vicinity of a disaster and their friends and family living outside the disaster zone.
|}
Other Amateur radio net types

{| class="wikitable"
!Type
!Usage
|-
|'''[[DXing|DX]] net'''
|Used to exchange information on long-distance (DX) communications opportunities.
|-
|'''Hurricane Watch Net'''
|Operating since Labor Day weekend, 1965, the Hurricane Watch Net is run by Amateur radio operators in support of the National Hurricane Center, using the callsign WX4NHC, on 14.325.00&nbsp;MHz USB.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hwn.org/about-us/who-we-are.html|title=The Hurricane Watch Net: Amateur Radio serving the National Hurricane Center and Mankind Since 1965}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[Skywarn]] net'''
|Used to coordinate Amateur radio weather spotters, exchange weather reports, and coordinate ham radio responses to weather disasters—especially [[tornado]]s.
|-
|'''Club net'''
|A common practice among Amateur radio clubs, where a portion of the club membership meets on a defined frequency, on a defined schedule (often once a week) to conduct official club business, share recent radio operating activity and equipment builds or purchases, etc.
|-
|Hospital net
|Conducts official communications for one or more county Departments of Public Health, to provide back-up and auxiliary communications during a time of crisis.
|-
|Awards Net
|Amateur radio operators make contacts to work for awards on award type nets https://ustaw.net.
|}