All FCC licensed radio amateurs may check into our public nets during our monthly drills.
If you wish, check in when net control asks for any other check-ins during the net roll call.
The frequencies and times are listed below.
All Nets are on the 4th Wednesday of the month starting about 12:30 pm for the 1st public net.
CHANGE TO DRILL FREQUENCIES: Starting with the October 2024 monthly drill on the 4th Wednesday,
we will be changing the order of frequencies used for our nets.
12:00 PM Net Control Pre-Announcement on the CALNET Linked Repeater System. (Command Channel)
and also on the UHF tactical frequency.
12:10 PM Net Control starts the command channel net on the CALNET Linked Repeater System.
(KPARN and statewide guest hospital check-ins)
12:30 PM Net Control starts the tactical channel net on KPARN's 440 repeater.
(KPARN UHF tactical - hospitals, public safety and non-affiliated amateur radio guest check-ins)
12:50 PM Net Control starts the HF 40-meter SSB net.
(KPARN, statewide guest hospital, and non-affiliated amateur radio guest check-ins)
Simplex Testing: Optional simplex testing between KPARN stations can occur on drill days when the other nets are not active. This includes all three bands ( 2m, 6m, and 220). Facilitate with prior email coordination of test times and bands.
Guard Channel Monitoring: KPARN stations that have 6m radios should monitor our prior 6m repeater output frequency in simplex mode (Alinco channel number 17).