Amateur Radio HF Phone Nets Heard in Ohio

• By default, the list below is displayed ordered first by band, then by net start time during EDT, and finally by frequency. Where it makes sense, clicking on a column header will cause the net listings to be re-sorted based on that column. A useful example: To get a time-ordered list of nets active on a given day-of-the-week, first click twice on EST or EDT, and then once on the day-of-the-week of interest.
• The days-of-week of net operations (first seven columns): Upper-case indicates day confirmed; blank, no net; lower-case, still under scrutiny.
• All times are listed in the local time-zone for Ohio (EST and EDT). UTC-based nets are shown with their start times italicized, with the EDT (=UTC-4hrs) time always one hour later than EST (=UTC-5hrs). For nets where the EST and EDT start times span two days, the EST start time is always used for DoW observations.
• A greyed-out background indicates the net is seasonal.
• Text size is a measure of reception quality: A smaller lighter text indicates the given net is typically weak here, has not been heard recently, is intermittent, or is difficult or impossible to copy due to recurring QRM. If this pattern continues, these entries eventually become subject to being delisted.
• Roundtable indicates an open directed net (with a net-control); Ragchew indicates an undirected net (no net-control).

• Other abbreviations and annotations:

  § — Semi-private; Group does not solicit general check-ins

  ¶ — Net is often intentionally QRMed

  ¤ — Reception difficult in Ohio during DST and/or summer months

  Å — This is an amplitude-modulated net

  AF: — Alternate frequencies (if normal one occupied)

  CG: — "Center of Gravity": the approximate geographical central state or province of the net

  FH: — "First Heard": the date when this net was first observed here

  NC: — the callsigns of those who have been heard serving as a Net-Control

  MC: — indicates the callsign(s) of those who traditionally run the net

• The Last Heard column is a bit complicated:
  • The first two characters (the "LCM") indicate the year ('A' = 2010, 'B' = 2011, 'F' = 2015, 'J' = 2019, etc.) and month (1-9 = Jan-Sep, 'A' = Oct, etc.), respectively, the net was last checked.
  • The next seven positions represent the days of the week ("SMTWHFS"): The characters recorded under each DoW column denote either the most recent prior month ("0-9abc") that the net was heard on that day, or the actual DoW character ("smtwhfs") if heard in the LCM. A superscripted number or super-dotted letter indicates the net was not heard on a day it should have been the last time it was checked, while preserving its "last heard" info. An 'x', 'y', and 'z' indicates the net has never been heard 1, 2, or 3 times on that DoW, eventually making it subject to removal. DoW characters are capitalized if they mark a place where the net has been heard before. Periods are merely a placeholder, indicating a day where an observation has never been been made. A comma indicates an observation has not been made, and a semi-colon that the net has not been heard, on that DoW in the past year.
  • The last two characters, if present, indicate the most recent year and month, if different from the LCM, that the net was conclusively not heard on a date that it should have been — i.e., the year and month in which the most recent superscripted number, super-dotted letter, 'x', 'y', or 'z' was recorded.
  • An entry in blue indicates a third party report.
• Have I missed a net or made a mistake? If so, please report it to the maintainer of this web page.

Other Resources:

• http://www.n1yz.com/HFNET_LIST.HTM
• http://www.wb9fhp.com/netpage.html
• http://www.w2blc.us/nenets.htm
• http://www.ac6v.com/nets.htm     (Note: AC6V passed away around 2008)
• http://www.virhistory.com/ham/rrab/air.htm
• http://www.bandplans.com/
• http://www.countyhunter.com/
• http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/DX_Resources/Nets/
• http://www.qcwa.org/chapters-on_the_air_chpt.htm
• http://www.qsl.net/kb9tdt/nets.html
• http://members.fortunecity.com/ae4nm/W4PAR/id11.html
• http://www.qsl.net/scara/net_list.htm
• http://bellsouthpwp2.net/t/o/tomalati/hamradio/hfnets.html
• http://larc.hamgate.net/Nets_WNY.htm
• http://www.amwindow.org/nets/netday.htm
• http://k0pdx.us/hf_nets.php
• http://www.ve7zsa.net/hf/hf_dx_nets.htm
• http://alefchapter.com/nets.html
• http://www.w4mm.com/nets.htm
• http://www.w5ami.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=104
• http://www.wexaukeearc.org/nets-repeaters.html
• http://wb0gxd.ipower.com/pottco_ares/hf-nets.html
• http://www.mymorninglight.org/ham/C%27n-Nets.htm
• http://www.geocities.ws/kc9clr/hf.htm
• http://iook.org/nets.htm
• http://www.qsl.net/k4sdc/ares/nets.htm