432 MHz
East Coast 70 CM Net
Now in the 27th Year!
432.090 MHz
Wednesday 9-10 p.m. Eastern
DX stations who would like to advise NCS to look their way can make their presence known by logging on the UHF QSO page at:
Looking for morning 70 CM activity? Details below!
| Net Control Stations: | W4DEX | EM95tg | Stanfield, NC |
| W4VHH | EM95um | Gold Hill, NC | |
| W4NUS | EM95od | Charlotte, NC |
The East Coast 70 CM Net was first called by Charles Osborne, WD4MBK (K4CSO), on the 20th of September 1979 from the NC State University club station W4ATC in Raleigh, NC. WA4ZIA (W4DEX), with help from K4CAW(sk), picked up net control duties in late 1980 prior to Charles' May 81 graduation and move to the Atlanta area. In November 1985 the net control moved to the Atlanta area with Charles as NCS due to a QTH move by WA4ZIA. W4ZPG assumed net control in 1998 when WD4MBK (K4CSO) moved back to North Carolina. Other stations who served as alternate net control includes WB4JGG, K4KAZ(sk), W4VHH, W4NUS, W4GJO(sk) and WA4GBE(sk).
Now after over 25 years of operation net control has returned to North Carolina and will be called by one of the three stations listed above. All three stations are within about 30 miles of one another so the beam heading for DX stations should not be a problem. The net begins at 9 p.m. Eastern with net control stations looking for stations to the south of EM95. Working clockwise, net control will try to be looking for stations to the NE of EM95 by 9:40 p.m. Then after a few calls to the East, net control will backtrack looking for late stations.
This has proven to be a wide area net with over 20 states and several hundred stations represented. Net records show regular activity during peak interest of the net from Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. The record net session appears to be in June 1982 with 46 stations from 10 states in the log. Below is the log from this session:
Check out your 432 MHz gear, check propagation and join us for what may be the longest running UHF net in ham radio history.
Morning 70 CM activity
Join the group on 432.095 MHz each morning between 7 to 7:30 a.m. This is an excellent time to catch morning propagation enhancement. The activity presently centers on the NC, GA, TN area but is expanding. Some of the regulars are W4VHH, W4NUS, W4ZPG, W4WSR, N4FLM, KK4NO, WA4NJP, WO4DX, and W4WA.
Possible additions to this page:
o Weekly on line log of net participants (started 9feb05)
o More complete history of the net
o Data on total number of participants, states and grids represented
o Real time internet QSO page for coordinating DX checkins (done)
All comments, ideas and
suggestions for the net will be appreciated.
