Hudson Valley Net (HVN)

146.97 mhz MBARC Repeater each evening, 19:30 Eastern (Local) Time

Serving the Mid-Hudson River Valley

Welcome all those interested in the wonderful world of 'traffic handling'!

Thanks to the Mt. Beacon ARC for hosting our web page!

Latest News!

The HVN breakfast is confirmed for Saturday, February 18 at 10:00 AM at Pete's Famous Restaurant in Hyde Park (4200 Albany Post Road (Rte 9)),845-229-1475 . Let our Net Manager Ed N2JBA know you're planning to attend! CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS!!
January News updated with December 2011 stats and Ed, our Net Manager's lastest news column

Why traffic handling? In 1914, the founder of the ARRL, Hiram Percy Maxim, needed to find a station one-half way in between his in Hartford, CT and another station he wished to speak to in Springfield, MA because he could not do it with the equipment he had at the time. Thus, the original purpose of the ARRL (think about what the letters mean - the American Radio Relay League!) was to 'pass traffic' between two amateur radio stations! Thus, traffic handlers find themselves in the proud position of continuing the fine tradition of message passing (QTC) that the ARRL was originally founded upon many years ago!

Social Media Links:

Facebook Users: Add the Hudson Valley NET to your Facebook homepage!

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HVN Specific Items:	NTS General Interest Items:

Add the Hudson Valley Net to your Facebook page	ARL and HX Reference Information
Common Radiograms for HVN Traffic Handlers	Eastern NY NTS Traffic Nets
February 2008 Breakfast Pictures	History of the NTS
March 2010 Breakfast Pictures	Join the Eastern NY NTS traffic handlers e-mail reflector
May 2011 Breakfast Pictures!	NTS on the ARRL main website (added 2/25/2011)
HVN History	NTS Eastern NY Section Information Page
ENY/HVN Team	NTS Handout Provided at the November 2007 MBARC club meeting
HVN Questions and Answers	NTS Public Service Communications Manual ("PSCM")
Historical Data of the Hudson Valley Net	NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines ("MPG", Appendix "B" of the PSCM)
Join the Hudson Valley Net e-mail reflector	View the ARRL's National Traffic System information pages
Latest HVN News	W2CS's Introduction to NTS Nets
Liaisons of HVN	"What is a Radiogram?" - A primer on the QSY Society website
Monthly HVN Net Statistics
Net Control Station Reference Information of HVN
Net Control Stations of HVN

Latest News - 9 January 2012

Ed, N2JBA, Hudson Valley Net Manager

Dateline: Amenia, NY

What's Ahead for the National Traffic System ?

Glancing at the Hudson Valley Net statistics for the year past, I see a downward trend in the net activity, especially in the area of total messages, both sent and received.

There are probably many factors that contribute to the decline. First would be a decreased participation in the local nets, ( and HF nets as well). There is a trend toward the high speed Digital method which certainly adds to the problem;. it sort of cuts out the "middle man", who was previously involved with with that function.

Another factor may be a "laissez faire" attitude by net management, figuring that if you coast along, the activity will return. I feel that it is incumbent upon the various net managers and Section Traffic Managers to be more creative and work on a plan(s) to stimulate the NTS back to previous status. This net has been very aggressive in trying to attack the problem by the following:

NTS package sent to all new net checkins. This includes various hyperllinks to the Public Service Com. Manual, W2EAG's NTS Training Manual, Appendix A of the PSCM which contains all the NTS rules and protocols, etc.
Encourage current members to act as alternate net controls, with the hope that, when experienced, will be capable of running the net.
An on-going training session by the net manage, Section Manager and others.

We can certainly beef up our traffic by net members composing and send traffic to friends and relatives on occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries.My hope for the future is that we are successful.

Finally, The Hudson Valley Net Annual Breakfast will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2012 as listed above.

Thanks to all and Happy New Year.

73, Ed N2JBA

**Announcing the "*Traffic Handler's Training Course"***

Starting Soon!

Welcome to the Hudson Valley Net, a local net of the ARRL National Traffic System. Our mission is to handle formal written traffic, (using a specific format), as laid out in the Methods and Practices Guidelines which is part of the PSCM, ARRL Public Service Communications Manual.

This manual, (Appendix B) will contain the protocols and procedures which we use in handling traffic messages. Please refer to the URL link below:

http://www.arrl.org/table-of-contents-nts-methods-and-practices-guidelines

The plan for the future is to present to the net members, organized training sessions using a Traffic Handler's Guide written by a ham who has had many years of experience in amateur radio education; Mark Rapport, W2EAG, a former HVN Net Mgr.

The URLs for this guide and other pdf files are found below:

These sessions will begin soon, directly after HVN at 7:30 PM.

Please join us on the Net when possible, come to the Breakfast, frequent our fine website and become part of an interesting and important service. Further info on scheduling will be announced.

The Eastern New York Team:

Pete Cecere, N2YJZ, Section Manager, ARRL Eastern New York Section
Tom Cody, WE2G , Section Traffic Manager, Eastern New York Section
Ed Rubin, N2JBA, Net Manager, Hudson Valley Net

73, Ed N2JBA

Net Control Stations (NCS):

Day	Name	Callsign
MONDAY	Pete	N2YJZ
TUESDAY	Andrew	W2BOS
WEDNESDAY	Joe	K2AVV
THURSDAY	Stu	WA2BSS
FRIDAY	Ed	N2JBA
SATURDAY	Tom	WE2G
SUNDAY	Eric	KC2ZIU
Alternates

The ENY/HVN Team:

Pete, N2YJZ,
ARRL Section Manager, Eastern New York (SM/ENY)
Tom, WE2G,
Section Traffic Manager, Eastern New York (STM/ENY)
Ed, N2JBA,
Net Manager, Hudson Valley Net (NM/HVN)

Monthly Net Statistics

Activity Statistics of HVN as reported to NTS officials.
We have the current and last year's data for your viewing pleasure.
Previous years (2007-2009) data are also kept on the site as well.

2011

Month	QNI (Checkins)	QTC (Listed)	QSP (Passed)	QND (Minutes)	Sessions
January	351	93	79	702	31
February	352	70	65	597	28
March	350	94	82	631	31
April	355	87	71	607	30
May	337	70	70	528	31
June	340	95	80	507	30
July	380	64	52	526	31
August	319	79	68	607	30
September	307	74	68	543	30
October	287	104	64	503	31
November	317	89	82	609	30
December	352	107	97	593	31

2010

Month	QNI (Checkins)	QTC (Listed)	QSP (Passed)	QND (Minutes)	Sessions
January	391	76	69	557	31
February	388	61	59	564	28
March	391	74	66	634	31
April	403	110	99	655	30
May	379	85	80	689	31
June	326	111	97	669	30
July	286	59	50	554	31
August	320	88	70	654	31
September	350	78	73	622	30
October	335	89	69	568	31
November	315	118	105	652	30
December	348	82	73	648	31

Liaisons (most recent updates in RED)

The following are stations that are officially designated 'liaisons' between HVN and the listed NET or geographic areas or ARES/RACES nets or groups, as appropriate.

The Eastern NY NTS website contains a list of all the Eastern NY NTS nets including times, frequencies, net managers, website links and so on.

Net Name	Liaison and Callsign
Amateur Radio Telegraph Society (ARTS)	(open)
Big Apple	(open)
Capitol District Traffic Net (CDTN)	Tom WE2G
CHN	(open)
Dutchess County ARES / Dutchess County RACES	Adam KC2DAA
Empire State Slow Speed (ESS)	Scott W2NTV
National Traffic System Digital (NTS-D)	(open)
NY PHONE	Tom WE2G, Scott W2NTV
NY Public Operations Net (NYPON)	Pete N2YJZ; Ed N2JBA; Tom WE2G; Mark WM2C, Scott W2NTV
NY State (NYS)	Tom WE2G, Scott W2NTV
NY State Phone, Traffic, and Emergency Net (NYSPTEN)	Stu WA2BSS, Scott W2NTV
Orange Country ARES/RACES (OCAR)	Mark WM2C
Orange/Rockland	(open)
Putnam County ARES/RACES	(open)
Rockland County	(open)
Southern Catskill Amateur Radio Society (SCARS)	Vince N2VC
Southern District Net (SDN)	Mark WM2C; Scott W2NTV
Ulster County	Bill KB2RGA
Westchester County ORS	(open)

Join the Eastern NY NTS Traffic Handlers Web Reflector!

Our former ENY Section Traffic Manager Nick N2QZ has created a local NTS reflector - anyone wishing to subscribe can simply do so by pointing your browser to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NTS-ENY/ then click on the "Join This Group!" button and follow the instructions!

Net Control Station Reference Information

Preamble:

Calling the Hudson Valley Net, calling the Hudson Valley Net, This is (station call) calling this session of the Hudson Valley Net.

The Hudson Valley Net is a local net of the ARRL National Traffic System and meets each evening at 19:30 hours local time to pass formal written traffic into, out of and throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley area.

This is a directed net and all communication will be directed through Net Control for the duration of the net.

All stations are invited to participate; when checking into the net, call this station (your call), drop your carrier to check for doubling, then after the courtesy tone , please indicate your call sign and your call sign only; give specific information when instructed.

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Is there a station wishing to act as Alternate Net Control, this evening?; If so please call (your call).

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The first callup is for stations with formal written traffic. Traffic only; traffic stations for the Hudson Valley Net , Please call (your call).

The next call-up is for liaison stations and stations with net announcements.

(Please note that announcements will be made directly after the net has been secured)

Also please keep in mind that on Monday evenings the Mount Beacon ARC meeting on the air begins at 8 PM, and that on Fridays, Finn WB2UWU presents AR Newsline directly after the Net has been secured. On alternate Thursdays the Satcom net begins at 8 PM directly after HVN has ended.

The third callup is a general callup for all stations with or without traffic or any other business for the net. (Repeat call-ups as needed).

(revised 5/23/2011)

Post amble:

This has been a regular session of the Hudson Valley Net which meets every evening at 19:30 hours on the KC2DAA, 146.970 Repeater.

I would like to thank (ANCS callsign) for acting as alternate net control.

I would also like to thank those stations who handled traffic, those who checked in and those who stood by while the net was in session.

I would especially like to thank the Mt. Beacon Amateur Radio Club for the use of all their repeaters.

Please stand by for the timer change (reset the repeater timer).

This is (your callsign) closing the Hudson Valley Net at (local time) and returning the repeater to regular amateur use. (your call) out.

Contact Us!

If you have any questions (or constructive comments or suggestions!) please contact our Net Manager Ed on the air or at N2JBA@arrl.net or the Web Page owner Andrew W2BOS@arrl.net.

Use on other NTS or Amateur Radio webpages is allowable provided appropriate (including our URL, www.hvnet.org) is given. Likewise, we thank those whose materials we've incorporated on our page with their permission as well.

(BT)