Dane County Nets
The Midwest Severe Storm Tracking Response Center holds a net on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. on the 444.375 repeater in Madison, or the 444.750 repeater in Janesville. Both are using PL 123.0.
The Dane County ARES Net meets each Wednesday at 8 p.m. on the MARA 147.15 repeater.
The Madison Area Info/Swap net, met on the MARA 147.15 repeater at 8
PM on Thursday and included the Amateur Radio News Line but has gone on
an extended vacation.
We know that we had listeners who didn't check in regularity but the on air participation has fallen off considerably.
The net control operators and alternates say 73 for now. Perhaps the FLARC Info Net will return at sometime in the future.
Wisconsin Statewide Nets:
On HF we have:
The Wisconsin ARES/RACES net is held each Sunday 8 AM on 3.9775 MHz.
The Badger Emergency Net or BEN takes traffic and check-ins at 3.985 MHz every day at 12 noon.
The Badger Weather Net, meets daily on 3.9825 MHz from 5 a.m. until 7:15 a.m. This is a public service net for the National Weather Service.
The Wisconsin Side Band Net, a traffic net, is at 5:15 p.m., on 3.9825 MHz or 3.985 MHz daily.
For beginning CW practice:
The Wisconsin Novice Net at 6 p.m. on 3.555 MHz daily
The Wisconsin Slow Speed Net at 6:30 p.m. on 3.555 MHz daily. They operate at around 10-13 wpm.
On most Sundays, some area hams have a slow speed CW net on 3.590 MHz at 7:30 a.m. They operate from 5 -13 wpm. At 8 a.m. they move to 3.749 MHz for a voice sideband net.
There is a 2 meter SSB net Wednesdays on:
144.240 USB @ 7:15-8:20pm, Taking Madison check ins about 7:25-35pm. And on
144.250 USB @ 8:30-9:15pm, looking toward Madison about 8:35-45pm.
Here is a link to some more Wisconsin nets:
http://www.wi-aresraces.org/w9ixg/winets.txt
For more code practice from the ARRL check out:
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw.html#w1awsked
