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!

Last Updated  - 16 February 2010

 

 

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!

Hudson Valley NET 5th Annual Breakfast and Business Meeting - Pictures are now online!

Yes, it's history now!  But if you couldn't attend, you can still feel a part of the action by VIEWING OUR PICTURES page of the great event held Saturday, 14 February in Hyde Park.  Viewing the page we're sure will make you just that much more excited about ensuring you don't miss our NEXT one!

Links:

HVN Specific Items: NTS General Interest Items:
February 2008 Breakfast Pictures! ARL and HX Reference Information
HVN History Eastern NY NTS Traffic Nets
HVN Questions and Answers History of the NTS
Historical Data of the Hudson Valley Net Join the Eastern NY NTS Traffic Handlers Web-based Reflector!
Latest HVN News    NTS  Eastern NY Section Information Page
Liaisons of HVN  NTS Handout Provided at the November 2007 MBARC club meeting
Monthly HVN Net Statistics   Training Information for Traffic Handlers
Net Control Station Reference Information of HVN   View the ARRL's National Traffic System information pages
Net Control Stations of HVN W2CS's Introduction to NTS Nets

Latest News - 31 January 2010

Ed, N2JBA, Hudson Valley Net Manager

Dateline: Amenia, NY

Hudson Valley Net 6th Annual Breakfast / Business Meeting 3/20/2010
 
Breaking News:   This just in:
 
The 6th Annual Hudson Valley Net Breakfast / Business Meeting has been confirmed for Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 10 AM at the Eveready Diner, 4184 Boston Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park, NY.
 
The main topics for the agenda will include, the new role of the traffic nets in the environment of new technologies and concepts. Although APRS, (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is not a new technological advance, it is being used more frequently. I believe that in the future many clubs and traffic nets will act in the capacity of real-time emergency traffic handlers. Many of the area hospitals have geared up with  amateur radio equipment, in both Eastern New York and Litchfield County, CT. To use a slogan coined by the ARRL. "When all else fails, amateur radio  will succeed"; I think we have proven that concept over and over again. We will also discuss why amateur radio did not have a huge role in the Haitian earthquake; that will probably come later on as the recovery agencies complete there tasks.

Please try to attend the enjoyable event. Come meet fellow traffic handlers. Contact me or any of the Net Control Stations for further information.
 
Welcome to the following first-time check-ins: 
 
I can't wait for Spring to arrive !!
 

 

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     John N2QMT
SUNDAY    Terry    KC2BUV

Alternates 

 

Monthly Net Statistics

Activity Statistics of HVN as reported to NTS officials.
We have the current year 2010 and last year 2009 for your viewing pleasure.
2007 and 2008 Historical Data is also kept on the site as well.

2010

Month QNI (Checkins) QTC (Listed) QSP (Passed) QND
(Minutes)

Sessions

 

January 391 76 69 557 31
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

 

2009
Month QNI (Checkins) QTC (Listed) QSP (Passed) QND
(Minutes)

Sessions

 

January 462 61   58 544 31
February 411 79 76 609 28
March 474  67 64 634  31
April 430 60  59 696 30
May 446 60  57 560 31
June
424
79
79
639
30
July
400
69
67
666
31
August
472
72
69
603
31
September
385
62
56
569
30
October 405  60 55  555 31
November  415  80 77 565 30
December 431   69 58 604  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.

Net Name Liaison and Callsign
Amateur Radio Telegraph Society (ARTS) (open) 
Big Apple  (open) 
Capitol District Traffic Net (CDTN)
contact George W2SFD
Tom WE2G
CHN

(open) 

Dutchess County ARES / Dutchess County RACES Adam KC2DAA
Empire State Slow Speed (ESS) (open) 
National Traffic System Digital (NTS-D) (open)
NY PHONE (open)
NY Public Operations Net (NYPON)
contact Wells, WB3CUF
Pete N2YJZ; Ed N2JBA; John N2QMT
NY State (NYS) (open)
NY State Phone, Traffic, and Emergency Net (NYSPTEN) Stu WA2BSS
Orange Country ARES/RACES (OCAR) Mark WM2C
Orange/Rockland (open)
Putnam County ARES/RACES (open)
Rockland  (open)
Southern Catskill Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) Vince N2VC
Southern District Net (SDN)
contact Terry Long, KC2BUV
Mark WM2C (alternate)
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 callsign and your callsign 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 emergency or priority traffic.
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The next callup is for stations with formal written traffic. Traffic only; traffic stations for the Hudson Valley Net , Please call (your call).

(**Do traffic callup twice, if there is traffic, listed, do a callup to see whether there are takers for the traffic**)


The next callup is for liaison stations, further traffic stations and stations with net announcements.

(Please note that announcements should be accepted only after all other traffic has been passed; On Mondays, only those announcements which are official bulletins or of importance to the net at that time, will be accepted, due to the weekly meeting of the Mt. Beacon on-air meeting which follows HVN, starting at 20:00 local time, as well as Friday nights due to Newsline that is aired at 1800 local time.)

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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).

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.

All original material on this page is copyrighted  ©2006-2009 by Hudson Valley 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)