Amateur Radio Group 470

I would like to thank Andy Stump for a great presentation on PIM today at the King Family Library, here in Sevierville, a extremly awesome presentation & workshop, and looking very much forward to the August 12th workshop , which we got a little look of what is in store for that workshop, on Repeaters, Commercial & Amateur,Plus.. If you missed todays workshop , well you missed it, And Tim Berry will also be at the Aug 12th Workshop... this one may take up the entire 10am to 2 pm , a lot of material !!! A lot of knowledge, and a lot of fun ~ Andy by the way was out at after 12 working on a system, so he did extremly well for very little sleep.. Set you calander to the Aug 12th workshop ~~ we have room for 70 folks ~~~

Reminder -----This Thursday at 6:30 pm , May 10th, 2017, 146.940 repeater, Sevier County ARES Net, hope you will join us, All amateur radio operators are welcome to join in , Surrounding counties are welcome to check in so we can confirm our cross county communications. All check in's will be turned into the 3.980 ARES net on Monday evening ..Thanks for supporting the Sevier County ARES Group and all ARES Groups.Also check out events we will be involved in on our Sevier County Tennessee ARES Group Page... Taking part in working with & helping in our community.......net control this week will be N4JTQ, Rick Sr

Hope to hear you check in with us ~~

A little info of the 146.940 repeater ~~The 146.940 repeater is the oldest "continuous service" 2-Meter Amateur Radio Repeater

currently on the air in East Tennessee, and celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2017!

Historic NSS Call Sign to be Reactivated for First Time in More than 40 Years

Operators from the US Naval Academy Radio Club (W3ADO) and the Potomac Valley Radio Club (W3GRF) will reactivate the historic NSS call sign on May 13-14 during the Armed Forces Day Crossband Military/Amateur Radio Communications Test.

 

Operation from the former NSS Naval Radio Station site on Greenbury Point in Annapolis, Maryland, will get under way at 1300 UTC on Saturday, May 13, and continue until 0200 UTC on Sunday, May 14. NSS will transmit on CW and SSB on 4,038.5, 7,533.5, 14,487, 17,545, and 20,994 kHz and listen for callers on announced Amateur Radio frequencies. All contacting NSS will receive a QSL card.

 

NSS began operation in 1918 as the Annapolis High Power Radio Station using a Federal Telegraph Company 500 kW arc transmitter and four 600-foot towers, operating in the VLF spectrum. NSS HF operation began about 10 years later, although VLF operation continued into the 1990s. The HF mission was transferred in 1976 to NAM in Norfolk, Virginia. While some of the towers were removed, three lighted, self-supporting towers remain, to serve as local landmarks and as navigation aids to boaters on Chesapeake Bay.

Its this weekend !!!! Come and join us for Andy's Presentation

Whats next in the world of Amateur Radio ~~ well lets talk about a workshop by Andy Stump!! On What =

Here is a summary of PIM and Sweep Techniques ~~~~

The Workshop is for all Amateur Radio Operators, Andy Stump will be doing the presentation , All are welcome to attend ~~

This will be a very informative workshop ~

With the appearance of Site Master (r) units on eBay now relatively inexpensive, I will demonstrate the proper use of a Wiltron Site Master(r), how to use it to find faults and read cable loss. The relationship and differences in Return Loss, PIM (Passive Inter-Modulation), and VSWR will be discussed. PIM causes and affects on communications in repeaters and broadband, PIM prevention, and troubleshooting. There will be a live demonstration of a Wilton Site Master(r), and a KALUS commercial PIM tester. Different connections and how to use them to prevent PIM and minimize return loss will be included in the presentation. Andy has another great idea after this workshop also, don't miss out on this!!! Note Picture Is a example !!

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We are ready to start letting everyone know its on the books !!! SKYWARN 2018 , New-Recertification- Keeping Up WIth Changes- ALL are welcome to attend !! This Is A Free Class Presented By The National Weather Service Morristown TN .....

About

 

The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.

 

Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN® spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms. In the average year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur across the United States. These events threatened lives and property.

 

Since the program started in the 1970s, the information provided by SKYWARN® spotters, coupled with Doppler radar technology, improved satellite and other data, has enabled NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods.

 

SKYWARN® storm spotters are part of the ranks of citizens who form the Nation’s first line of defense against severe weather. There can be no finer reward than to know that their efforts have given communities the precious gift of time–seconds and minutes that can help save lives.

Who is Eligible?

 

NWS encourages anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, such HAM radio, to join the SKYWARN® program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches, nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are also encouraged to become a spotter.

How Can I Get Involved?

 

NWS has 122 local Weather Forecast Offices, each with a Warning Coordination Meteorologist, who is responsible for administering the SKYWARN® program in their local area. Training is conducted at these local offices and covers:

 

Basics of thunderstorm development

Fundamentals of storm structure

Identifying potential severe weather features

Information to report

How to report information

Basic severe weather safety

 

Classes are free and typically are about two hours long. To find out when a SKYWARN® class will be conducted in local your area, contact your local Warning Coordination Meteorologist at: http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/contact.htm

 

SKYWARN is a concept developed in the late 1960s that was intended to promote a cooperative effort between the National Weather Service and communities. The emphasis of the effort is often focused on the storm spotter, an individual who takes a position near their community and reports wind gusts, hail size, rainfall, and cloud formations that could signal a developing tornado. Another part of SKYWARN is the receipt and effective distribution of National Weather Service information.

 

The organization of spotters and the distribution of warning information may lies with the National Weather Service or with an emergency management agency within the community. This agency could be a police or fire department, or often is an emergency management/service group (what people might still think of as civil defense groups). This varies across the country however, with local national weather service offices taking the lead in some locations, while emergency management takes the lead in other areas.

 

SKYWARN is not a club or organization, however, in some areas where Emergency Management programs do not perform the function, people have organized SKYWARN groups that work independent of a parent government agency and feed valuable information to the National Weather Service. While this provides the radar meteorologist with much needed input, the circuit is not complete if the information does not reach those who can activate sirens or local broadcast systems.

 

SKYWARN spotters are not by definition “Storm Chasers”. While their functions and methods are similar, the spotter stays close to home and usually has ties to a local agency. Storm chasers often cover hundreds of miles a day. The term Storm Chaser covers a wide variety of people. Some are meteorologists doing specific research or are gathering basic information (like video) for training and comparison to radar data. Others chase storms to provide live information for the media, and others simply do it for the thrill.

 

Storm Spotting and Storm Chasing is dangerous and should not be done without proper training, experience and equipment.

 

The National Weather Service conducts spotter training classes across the United States, and your local National Weather Service office should be consulted as to when the next class will be held.

408 High St   Sevierville TN 

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This group is dedicated to those who wish to learn about IRLP, Nodes, Reflectors, Contacts made and general Information..Thanks To Tim Berry , WB4GBI for the IRLP system, that we can use to talk to the world ~~Node 8342

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Welcome to the Tennessee Digital Armateur Radio Group. We are a Weather Ready Nation Ambassador and Proud supporters of ARES,RACES, and Amateur emcomms. Home of Tennessee's first Statewide DMR net, Friday's at 9pm edt or Saturday 01:00z (except holidays) on TG-3147 TN-SW. This group is for anyone interested in digital communications in amateur radio via one of the HF modes or one of the VHF / UHF modes. Do Not post emergency Frequencies or info for their repeaters on this page.Just remember to respect others and keep this group Family oriented because that's where the future Hams come from! Have fun and share knowledge with others. 73' N4AGE (Charlie)

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Sevier County ARES is dedicated to helping our citizens, helping to educate them , and being a part of our community when needed..we hope you will join us June 10th & 11th, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at the LeConte Center , here in Pigeon Forge TN, with the Bullseye Preparedness & Outdoor Expo..2986 Tester Lane, There will Be Workshops / Booths on Emergency Preparedness Communications, Survival, Self _Reliance, First AId, Self Defense, Camping , Hunting and More!! Tickets can be got at the door and good for the entire weekend !!Active Duty & Vertrans Enter Free With ID !Children Free when with a Adult ! Stop by our booth say hi, we will have presentations, free items and more !! Sevier County ARES of TN, check out our Facebook Page @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1207935749291345/

We where asked  to  join the  event  and the 600.00 fee for both days was  excused,  I hope all well come and join us at the event  and look through the  Expo , some great  vendors  I will be there on Saturday  8:30 to around 1 pm  there will be  items we will give out  and   a communication system  set up  plus more  

The 145.470 (-) (optional CTCSS tone: 118.8 Hz) repeater is located NORTH

of the Knoxville area - high atop Cross Mountain!

 

 

Current Status: ON THE AIR!!

 

PLEASE NOTE: THE 145.470 REPEATER MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A 118.8 CTCSS DECODE TONE ACTIVE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS THE REPEATER, PLEASE VERIFY THAT YOU ARE TRANSMITTING A 118.8 Hz CTCSS TONE. IF THE REPEATER HAS THE TONE DECODE ACTIVE, IT WILL BE RETURNED TO CARRIER SQUELCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 73 de Tim WB4GBI

 

When this repeater was first put into service at this location, it was hoped that it would cover an area just to the north of Knoxville to up near the state line... however... that was not to be the case. As it turns out, we were pleasantly surprised that this machine has far exceeded those boundaries!

 

In reality... this repeater covers a wide and rugged area of the Southeastern United States! Many regular users of this machine do so routinely from Tennessee, North Carolina and Kentucky!

 

Although many East Tennessee hams use this machine every day, we have been known to make contacts in Virginia... Georgia ....Kentucky,....North Carolina, and even parts of Ohio!

Repeater Statistics:

Location:

Cross Mountain

Anderson

County, TN

Ground Elevation:

3530 Feet

Antenna Height Above Ground (Approx):

100 Feet

Antenna Height Above Average Terrain:

2001 Feet

Frequency:

145.470

(-) 600KHz offset

Optional CTCSS tone:

118.8 Hz

 

 

 

OPERATIONAL STATUS: ON THE AIR!

The WB4GBI 145.17 repeater now features an IRLP node!

From Tim, WB4GBI:

 

Thanks to Joe, K1RBY, the 145.17 WB4GBI repeater has an IRLP node! When you use the IRLP node on 145.17, it will sound just like another repeater user... only this user will bring us fellow amateur radio operators from around the world!

 

 

For more specific user information about IRLP, please check out their website. To use IRLP, you will need the four digit "node" or "reflector" number. That information is available on the website as well, click HERE. The WB4GBI 145.170 IRLP node is 8342. After you have the four-digit number for the node or reflector that you wish to connect to, key your radio, ID with your callsign, then use your DTMF (touch tone) pad to send the number. If you are successful, you will hear the repeater respond with the node or reflector's connect message. Remember to PAUSE between transmissions to give the IRLP system time to work. When you are finished, key up your mic, ID first, then send the DTMF tones "73." The system will respond with a disconnect message if successful.

 

In order for my repeater to work properly on IRLP, I have had to make some changes to the repeater itself. I am changing the repeater to use tone squelch (PL) on a full time basis. The tone is 118.8 Hertz, similiar to my other repeaters. The addition of the tone does NOT mean that the repeater is closed! It is in place to insure that no unwanted audio or signals are passed into the IRLP system.

 

If you have any questions about how to use IRLP on 145.17, please give me a call or email

The 145.170 (PL 118.8 Hz) repeater is located in

South Knox County, TN.

This is really  a great  system 
 

 

Allstar

Frequency Offset Tone Location County Call Use Operational status

145.4500 -0.6 MHz 107.2 Memphis, First Tennessee Bank building Shelby WB4KOG OPEN ON-AIR

147.3750 +0.6 MHz 123.0 Benton, Chilhowee Mountain/Oswald Dome Polk KA4ELN OPEN ON-AIR

442.5000 +5 MHz 118.8 Gray Washington KK4FPB OPEN ON-AIR

442.8500 +5 MHz 103.5 Cumberland Gap Claiborne WA4ROB OPEN ON-AIR

443.1000 +5 MHz 118.8 Jonesborough Washington K4ETN OPEN ON-AIR

443.3250 +5 MHz 123.0 Kingsport, Bays Mountain Sullivan W4TRC OPEN ON-AIR

444.2000 +5 MHz 118.8 Greeneville, Viking Mountain Greene K4MFD OPEN ON-AIR

AllStar Link Network

We organize and administrate a network of publicly-accessible (license required) Amateur Radio repeater and remote base stations accessible to each other via Voice over IP on the Internet.

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Frequency Offset Tone Location County Call Use Operational status

440.5750 +5 MHz CC1 Sevierville, Bluff Mountain Sevier WB4GBI OPEN ON-AIR

442.3875 +5 MHz CC1 Morristown Hamblen N4FNB OPEN ON-AIR

442.4250 +5 MHz CC1 Hendersonville Sumner AK4GS OPEN ON-AIR

442.9125 +5 MHz CC1 Bethpage Sumner K4OZE OPEN ON-AIR

443.0125 +5 MHz CC1 Memphis Rutherford W4LET OPEN ON-AIR

444.0375 +5 MHz CC1 Greeneville, Viking Mountain Greene K4MFD OPEN ON-AIR

444.1500 +5 MHz CC1 Chattanooga, Falling Water Hamilton W4PL OPEN ON-AIR

444.1750 +5 MHz CC1 Knoxville Knox KB4REC OPEN ON-AIR

W4VEC Amateur Radio Testing Sevierville TN & surrounding area ~~If you not at the building shown above your at the wrong place ~~ 408 High St Sevierville TN just across from the PD !

Take your test on Thursday evening and get your upgrade or call sign by noon the next day, as long as the FCC have no problems

.. This year we will request pre registration for everyone testing

all request must be approved by the day before at 6:00 pm SHARP, Please Come 15 Minutes Early To Fill Out All Paperwork.

No Pre Registration required this month!!!

W4VEC our testing is the 3rd Thursday of each month...

Pre-registration Required. Pre-registration must be received by the Tuesday Evening 6 PM prior to the Thursday 6 PM Session.

 

For more information contact: Rick Sawaya Sr N4JTQ at EMAIL or Call 865-446-4535, Leave A Message If No Answer!

 

If No One Calls or E Mails To Let Me Know You Will Be Attending, There Will Not Be Anyone There, NOTE: Special Sessions can be scheduled by request.

 

TEST FEE: $12.00 Exact Cash FCC NOW REQUIRES YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR FRN BEFORE ANY PAPERWORK CAN BE FILED WITH THE FCC.

 

When coming to a test session,, be sure to bring

 

Your current license, or A copy of your license, or

 

Any original csce you have, Your Social Security Number (SSN), OR Your FCC Licensee Number (CORES or FRN),

 

A PHOTO ID If you are unlicensed bring: 1 IDs (one with photo)

 

W4VEC Amateur Radio Testing Sevierville TN & surrounding area ~~Take your test on Thursday evening and get your upgrade or call sign by noon the next day, as long as the FCC have no problems.. This year we will request pre registration for everyone testingall request must be approved by the day before at 6:00 pm SHARP, Please Come 15 Minutes Early To Fill Out All Paperwork.For more information contact: Rick Sawaya Sr N4JTQ at EMAIL or Call 865-446-4535, Leave A Message If No Answer!If No One Calls or E Mails To Let Me Know You Will Be Attending, There Will Not Be Anyone There, NOTE: Special Sessions can be scheduled by request.TEST FEE: $12.00 Exact Cash FCC NOW REQUIRES YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR FRN BEFORE ANY PAPERWORK CAN BE FILED WITH THE FCC.When coming to a test session,, be sure to bringYour current license, or A copy of your license, orAny original csce you have, Your Social Security Number (SSN), OR Your FCC Licensee Number (CORES or FRN),A PHOTO ID If you are unlicensed bring: 1 IDs (one with photo)e mail is ( [email protected] ) or Call 865.446.4535

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The Bullseye Preparedness and Outdoors Expo is a 2-day event with vendors, exhibits, and manufacturers of outdoor gear, self-reliance tools, and preparedness supplies. Vendors from all over the country with all sorts of useful and life-saving tools, gadgets, and supplies.The Great Smoky Mountains area offers hundreds of square miles of wilderness to explore, so this expo location is ideal for finding the gear you need.This ticketed event is perfect for survivalists, outdoors enthusiasts, hunters, campers, and hobbyists.

10-11 Jun 2017

LeConte Event Center at Pigeon Forge, Pigeon Forge, USA

470 ARG  &  Sevier County ARES will have a booth  here  together !!

Emergency Communiications and Preperedness

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This is the e mail that  folks can use also  to ask whats  going on and that I can send information  to who are not on Facebook 

I will try to keep up the website  here also !!

When our net meets back on December 1st, we will be be doing request from everyone for what they would like to have for Christmas, we would like to invite especially our young hams, and 3rd party traffic on what all would like from Santa this year, so don't forget to join us December 1st for our Christmas nets ~~

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Net Day Time Reflector Contact

Insomniac Net Daily 0200 ET 9453 N6MGW

Elmira (Ontario) Radio Club Daily 0815 ET 9669 VA3TET

Cafecito Mananero Daily 0700 (-4) Caribbean Time 9019 KP4IP

Worldwide Friendship Net Daily 1000 ET 9617 KE7ZWP

World Radio Net Daily 1200 ET 9251 WH6DWF

World Friendship Net Weekdays 2000 ET 9251 KD2HWN

Alaska Morning Net Monday – Saturday 1300 ET 9109 WL7LP

Saskatchewan Net Weekdays 0300 UTC 9300 VE5HAW

Australian Truck Driver’s Net Weekdays 0600 AEST 9509 VK2XB

Australian Truck Driver’s Net Weekdays 1600 AEST 9509 VK2XB

New Zealand Emergency Communications Net 1st / 3rd Sunday 0830 UTC 9215 ZL2AJ

Waikato VHF Group Sunday 0845 UTC 9505 ZL1AMW (Node 6549)

Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net Sunday 1030 ET 9619 KC9SGV (Node 8053)

Roadrunners Net Sunday 1130 ET 9205 N1NG (Node 3957)

Swedish Net Sunday 1500 UTC 9800 SM6UQP (Node 9800)

Central Alberta ARES Net Sunday 2000 MT 9001 VA6JL (Node 1353)

LIMARC Tech Net Sunday 2000 ET 9126 KE2EJ

LCARC Sunday Night Net Sunday 2000 ET 9310 VE9NPS

Old Dominion IRLP Net Sunday 2000 ET 9213 ?

Ontario Provincial Communications Net Sunday 2000 ET 9035 VA3RX

Red Cross Net Sunday 2100 ET 9257 W7AOR

Disaster Communicators Forum Sunday Aft. Red Cross Net 9257 W7AOR

RailHam Net Sunday 2200 ET 9454 WD4OXQ

Kids Net Sunday 2315 ET 9256 N7DUO

Fraser Valley Sunday Night Wild Card Net Monday 0000 ET 9005 VE7NM (Node 1461)

Guam International Net Monday 0500 ET 9254 KH6FV

SSTV Net Monday 0500 ET 9501 ?

Say Good Morning With Radio Net Monday 1400 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

WALA Newsline and Check-In Net Monday 1930 PT 9350 W6BJM

220 MHz Rag Chewers Net Monday 2000 ET 9213 N3MDC

AJ5Q Weekly Net Monday 2000 CT 9669 KC5FM

Technology Net Monday 2000 (-4) Caribbean Time 9019 KP4IP

Society of Broacast Engineers Net Monday 2100 ET 9615 KE0VH (Node 3350)

Ontario SATERN IRLP Net Monday 2100 ET 9032 VE3CGN

West Coast AR Assoc. Monday 2200 ET 9005 VE7BEU (Node 1030)

Say Good Morning With Radio Net Tuesday 1400 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

CNIB Cross Canada Net Tuesday 1900 ET 9008 VE7DIR/VE7UT

AR Newsline and Check-In Net Tuesday 1930 PT 9663 N6USO

World Paranormal Net Tuesday 2100 ET 9251 KD2KVZ

The FM Net Tuesday 2100 ET 9669 W4VSP

Civil Air Search and Rescue Net Tuesday 2200 ET 9214 VA3SHQ

North American Handshakers Net Tuesday 2200 ET 9250 KE7ZWP

University Net Tuesday 2300 ET 9440 KB9JHU

Southern San Joaquin Valley FM Radio Net Tuesday 2330 ET 9255 KF6KMY (Node 8120)

Michigan IRLP Linkup Wednesday 0100 UTC 9206 N8HEE

VK Young Amateurs Wednesday 1000 UTC 9508 VK3HAG

Blue Mountain ARC Net Wednesday 1000 UTC 9505 VK2HZ (Node 6000)

Cross Canada IRLP Net Wednesday 1100 ET 9013 VE1PLV / VE6BCA

Say Good Morning With Radio Net Wednesday 1400 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

UARC 76ers Net Wednesday 1900 MT 9090 K7PB

KBARA Wednesday Evening Net Wednesday 2200 ET 9209 N1NG (Node 3957)

Renfrew County ARES Net Wednesday 2200 ET 9310 ?

Elmira (Ontario) Radio Club Wednesday 2030 ET 9669 VA3TET

Friendly Manitoba IRLP Wednesday Net Thursday 0100 UTC 9611 VE4MGR / VE4ALF

Say Good Morning With Radio Net Thursday 1400 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

Space & Information Net Thursday 1900 PT 9358 N6DSP

Ontario Provincial Communications Net Thursday 2000 ET 9035 VA3RX

State of Nevada ARES/RACES Thursday 2000 ET 9258 W7AOR

Round the World QSO Thursday 2130 ET 9669 WD8GEO

Thursday Swap Net Thursday 2300 ET 9873 N6ICW

VK1 WIA News Friday 0930 UTC 9505 ?

VK Virtual Pub Friday 1000 UTC 9500 VK2YX

Say Good Morning With Radio Net Friday 1400 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

WIN System Tech Net Friday 1900 PT 9100 K6JSI

The Technet Friday 2000 ET 9008 VK6BQQ

Radio Club Satelite XE1RCS Net Friday 2100 ET 9209 XE1YJS / XE1E

Friday Night International Invitational Net Saturday 0100 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

Great Lakes Marine Mobile Net Saturday 1030 ET 9619 KC9SGV (Node 8053)

WK1RK Kids Net Saturday 1200 ET 9617 N8AYE

Say Good Morning With Radio Net Saturday 1400 UTC 9668 WB8ODF

QSO Party Saturday 1600 ET 9700 M5XYZ (Node 5280)

YL IRLP/Echolink Net 1st / 3rd Saturday 1700 ET 9008 ZL3TNT

Ham Shopping Club Net 2nd Saturday 1900 PT 9250 WA7ABU

Murphy Mountain Net Saturday 1900 ET 9090 KI4NZJ

Weather Radio Listeners Newsletter Net Saturday 2000 ET 9034 VA3WXA

VHF-DX Group Net Saturday 2100 ET 9505 VK2KU (Node 6000)

IRLP SKYWARN Net Saturday 2100 ET 9219 KD4RAA

Tailgaters VHF/UHF Swap Net Saturday 2230 ET 9302 VE6ERW

Sunshine Net

Join Rande and Joe for The Sunshine Net each and every Wednesday from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. There is always something to do on the Sunshine Net. They talk about anything and everything. A lot of times there is a topic, but you can always stray off if you want to talk about something else. So make it a point to join the "Dynamic Dup" right after Wednesday's WWFN on the 9617 Great Lakes Reflector or the 96170 Michigan Conference......They look forward to hearing from you!!

The *WORLD* Friendship Net meets Monday through Friday at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific time on the *WORLD* Conference server and IRLP node 9251. The motto on our website is “Spreading friendship and goodwill across the globe through Amateur Radio and the Internet. There is a different NCS every night.

The WFN is a continuation of what was the Amateurs4Echolink Phone net, started by Dave KI4POO. When he discontinued the net due to family responsibilities, the rest of us decided to continue the net under a different name. Since we were on the *WORLD* server and it is a friendship net, we called it the *WORLD* Friendship net. We kept most of the same net controllers, set up a new web site and Facebook page, and have had good success thus far. We have a certificate program for 10 check-ins, and the site has a guestbook and chat.

By the way, feel free to put a link to the chat on your site and use it for your net. It was set up by the folks at the *DODROPIN* server. They connect to us on Wednesday and Friday, and we join their net on Saturday. The chat page is at world.dodropin.org. It is much better than the Echolink text box and you can share online pics and URLS there as well.

The site doesn’t have much in the way of photos yet but I think I will be adding some soon.

God bless & 73 de Mike W1MWB

The Western Reflector is a IRLP Reflector with ten channels ( 9250 through 9259). It is located in a co-location facility in Las Vegas with very high bandwidth, much more than a T-1. It provides for multi node connections on each channel as opposed to a single node-to-node connection. All nodes connecting to a reflector channel will hear all other nodes on the same reflector channel. The reflector allows for the linking of numerous node together for nets, multi node QSOs, and other special uses. The reflector is on line and available 24 hours a day, seven days per week. The Western Reflector has certain channels with companion Echo link Conference Servers. See the Echo link section of this web site for the correlation

Please contact Kent W7AOR by e-mail, [email protected], if you want to add a net or any other significant special events so schedules may be published. Your activity will be assigned to a non-zero channel so that we can keep 925(0) available for calling and general rag chew

The Las Vegas 447.000 (-) PL 123 repeater is normally connected to the Western Reflector Channel 0 (the main channel) as the local open Las Vegas area gateway.

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