Isle of Avalon Amateur Radio Club radio nets
We run weekly ‘nets’. Nets are a group form of ‘sked’ (‘scheduled’ amateur radio contact). They ensure that everyone is in contact with everyone else. Some are formal1 and others informal2.
If you are in range you can listen to these nets, or if you have a licence take part in them. They are open to all.
We are currently re-arranging the nets and will post details here as soon as they are finalised. At the moment they are:
On Monday we have an occasional3 CB net on UK40 ch34 27.93125 FM at 20:00
On Wednesday we have a net on 145.475MHz FM at 20:00 This is a formal net and is logged.
All times are local time.
We do occasionally run nets on other days, take a look at the calendar for more details.
Informal nets formerly held on 10m have ceased for summer 2023 but may be reinstated later.
We have tried to run experimental nets using PMR446 type licence-free handheld radios but found that their range was too short for regular net use.
We also have regular meetings
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In a formal net one station, commonly a strong one in a good position, acts as ‘net control’ and calls the net using pre-arranged time, frequency and procedure. Other Club members, or anybody else, can reply to this call. Control will log them in turn as they call in and give them signal reports. When everyone has called in control will put every station in touch with every other in turn. They exchange reports; if one cannot hear another, this is noted and a relay station arranged. At the end of this process, having established that all net members are in adequate communication either directly or by relay, control will ask each station in turn for any news they have for the group and will then go round again to invite them to sign off before closing the net. Sometimes people will continue to chat on the same frequency ↩
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In an informal net there is no distinct ‘net control’. Often people simply take turns or sometimes are loosely controlled by the station which arrived on the frequency first, or the one with the strongest signal. There is usually no log kept unless one of the participants habitually logs, and start and end times may be loose. ↩
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occasional because fewer members are on this band ↩