so this has been bugging me since last night and i figured id ask here because honestly i dont know the right way to handle it. we have a weekly 2m net in our area, been running for like 15 years apparently, and there's this one guy who keeps doubling with other stations. like someone will be giving their traffic and he just starts talking right over them. net control said his callsign a couple times but he either doesnt hear or doesnt care, hard to tell.

my question is really two things i guess. first, is there a proper way for net control to handle this without it turning into a whole thing on the air? and second, should someone contact him off the air or just let it go? i only got my ticket about 8 months ago so i dont really know the unwritten rules here beyond the obvious stuff. last thing i want to do is step on toes but it was pretty painful to listen to last night.

yeah net control really is the one who has to handle that in the moment, thats kind of the whole job. a good NCS will just calmly say something like "all stations please stand by" and then call the offending station directly, give them a chance to respond. if they dont respond or keep doing it most NCS folks i know will just note it and move on rather than make a bigger scene out of it on the air. turning it into a public scolding rarely helps anything.

the off-air contact is honestly the better long term fix if someone knows him. sometimes people genuinely dont realize their timing is off, especially if they have a wonky squelch or their rig is acting up. ive seen it happen where the guy had no idea he was even doubling because of how his setup was behaving. worth a polite phone call or email before assuming the worst. if it keeps happening after that then the net manager or your local club leadership is the right escalation path, not the frequency itself.

this happened on a net i used to check into and the net control basically just started being really deliberate about pausing after each station finished, like a good 2 or 3 seconds before acknowledging, and it cut way down on the doubling. not sure if that applies to your situation but sometimes the net procedure itself can help reduce the chaos even if one person is being a problem. also congrats on 8 months in, nets are a great way to learn how things actually work vs how the books say they work lol