The QnA Hour is not so much a net but more discussion group for an hour or so once a week. Our plan is to have a few short announcements and updates and then a 10-15 minute central theme to anchor the hour, followed by questions and answers with the topic leader for a few minutes thereafter.  We will fill in the balance of the session with questions from our listeners on the same or other topics.  If there is time or lull in the session, more advanced issues may also be addressed if there is any interest to finish out the session up to 1900 hours PT.

The format is a bit different from what you might expect:

• No formal check-ins though PTT can be used as each moderator may vary their approach.

• The QnA hour will begin by 1800 PT/2000 ET or earlier if the 310 net finishes early

• A weekly topic presented by various hams, groups or organizations for 10-15 minute period

• QnA or discussion of the weeks topic with presenter participation

• Open QnA or discussion following the weekly topic with focus for the new user before advanced

• QnA Hour will close by 1900 PT sharp

• Suggest that you have NATS Netwatch or net.watch open to follow the traffic

TAC 310 is normally a PTT only talkgroup but most c-bridge admins are setting a full time status for a 2 hour block on Sunday evenings.  So PTT or ker-chunking should not be needed.  But TAC 310 goes silent, hit the pickle to insure that you still have connectivity to the talkgroup.

If you have access to a computer or tablet, you may find it helpful to enter some of the URL's that may be provided during the course of the hour and more especially during the topic presentations.

If you wish to listen in to the QnA Hour but don't have access to DMR, try the NorCal Audio Stream.