AREA NETS OF INTEREST
THE RACK 6 METER NET
The Radio Amateur Club of Knoxville 6 meter net 9:00 pm est Sunday 53.77 Mhz
The above 6 meter repeater is located on bluff mountain at around 3000 ft elevation at the base of the 80 ft tower. The 6 meter net starts with repeater check ins and then changes mode to ssb and freq to 50.2 Mhz to get those folks that enjoy 6 meter ssb. Lastly the frequency is shifted to 50.4 Mhz a.m. mode to allow those with older tube type equipment to try out their restored vintage 6 meter gear.
For more info about the RACK club please visit https://www.w4bbb.org 👈
THE SUNDAY NIGHT NET
This net is on Sunday night and is produced and linked to the 37 system from the repeater system in Chattanooga on 144.92 Mhz, 2.5 mhz plus offset and DCS 073. For additional information about the LMARC repeater system please check out the lmarc.net web site and you will be amazed to see the many ways to connect and enjoy.
MONDAY NIGHT T.A.G. YL NET
Ladies only please 8:00 pm est on the Chattanooga 144.92 LMARC system and linked into the 37 system. A great net for the ladies with Terri N9ZEN as net control.
For additional info please check out their web site lmarc.net 👈
MONDAY NIGHT TECH NET ( RACK SPONSERED)
This net meets every Monday night at 9:00 pm est and is on the Radio Amateur
Club of Knoxville's repeater 147.30+ 100 tone. The net is open to all and no club
association is required to check in. The net also features a ham radio trivia presentation
for those that like to test their knowledge of ham radio trivia. The club repeater
has a coverage area of approximately 60 mile radius of Bluff mountain range
with the transmitter tower base at around 3000 feet elevation. For additional
info about the nets that the club sponsors please visit https://www.w4bbb.org 👈
SIMPLEX GATHERINGS
TUES - EVENING AT 9:00 PM EST 146.505 FM VERTICAL POLARIZATION
WED - EVENING AT 9:00 PM EST 144.205 SSB VERTICAL POLARIZATION
SAT - MORNING AT 10:00 AM EST 146.505 FM VERTICAL POLARIZATION
SAT - EVENING AT 9:00 PM EST 224.50 REPEATER ( ALT 224.76 )
The above simplex gatherings have hams checking in from distances approximately 40 miles
from the center of Knoxville although there have been some that surprised us.
Be sure and give it a try and we will listen for you.
SEVIER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
Net 2nd Wed of month at 7:30 pm est on the 146.85 T-118.8
Club meetings on 2nd Saturday of month at 10:00 am at the King Family Library
408 High St, Sevierville,Tn. For more info please visit their web site. 👈
6 METER GATHERING
Wed evenings at 8:00 pm est a group of hams with a particular interest in the 6 meter
band hangs out for a few hours on a local 53.25 mhz repeater and talks about
anything and everything but mostly 6 meter ham radio. This group is not
associated with any club and has been active for around 7 years.
470 AMATEUR RADIO GROUP
Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm est a net is held that gathers lots of hams in the
east Tennessee area to join in great fellowship and as an added feature includes a
well received trivia net. The net is on the 145.47 WB4GBI repeater and has an
amazing footprint. All licensed hams are welcome. For additional information please
visit the 470 Amateur Radio Group web site. 👈
NOTE: The above net has used 146.85 (118.8) as alternate in recent past.
THE DIXIE TRADER NET
Friday nights at 8:00 pm est on the 145.37 repeater system Roger ( KD4PRH ) can be
heard far and wide yelling for check ins on the main'est net of them all.
"THE DIXIE TRADER'S NET"
This great net has been around for more than 7 years and has an amazing following
that includes many check-ins from areas such as Kentucky,Ohio,
Oklahoma and Texas to name a few. The check in list is consistently above 100
and the record number so far is 165 when prizes were given away.
Please check out the block diagram of the 37 repeater system linked repeaters. 👈
NOTE: You can view the weekly listings of swap and sell gear on the Dixietraders site and also on The Dixie Traders Facebook Page. Remember, Roger says "call a friend" and
"Don't make me come out there" which seems to motivate the listeners to check in.
NOTE:
The list of items that have been listed for sale on the Dixie Trader's net
will also be posted on the "dixietraders.net" 👈 web site Friday evening and
also on the "The dixie traders" Facebook page 👈 Saturday morning.
More Nets and Facebook links are to be added to the list soon !
73, The Lunch Bunch Crew 1-9-2023