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  - 18 June 2009

  

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 - 18 June 2009

Ed, N2JBA, Hudson Valley Net Manager

Dateline: Amenia, NY

Field Day, the NTS and the beginning of Hurricane Season!

What do Field Day, The National Traffic System and Hurricane Season have in common ?
 
On Field Day radio amateurs from all over the US and Canada participate in a  24-hour marathon exercise whereby  radio equipment and individual operating skills are tested to the maximum. The main purpose of this exercise is to prepare for disasters and emergencies. The National Traffic System prepares the radio operator with the skills of relaying messages from point A to point B in an accurate and expeditious manner, especially in the midst of a national disaster, like a hurricane. Field Day points are given to  clubs or individuals who successfully send  a Field Day Radiogram  to their Section Manager and 10 other radiograms to various agencies, organizations or individuals. 100 Points are awarded for completing this task. This year, more than ever, the clubs need members and non-members to participate in the Field Day event to make it successful.

 

For some clubs, participation seems to be waning.
 
Hurricane season  generally runs from June 1 to November 30.  For those who are interested in the monitoring aspect of hurricane season, the following nets are on the air and activated during a storm:
 
First-time check-ins this month:
That's the story for May !

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 

 Barbara  N2AWI
Stu   WA2BSS

 

Monthly Net Statistics

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

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          
July          
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September          
October          
November          
December          

2008

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

Sessions

 
January 573 72  69 640 31
February 470 93 87 587 29
March
499
97
92
672
31
April  531  106  97  713 30
May 500 63 63 680 31
June 515 106 94 714 30
July  511 77  71   688 31
August 509 65 63   601

31
September 509  75 67 601 30 
October
437
62
60
588
31
November 442   85 77 629 30
December 478 91  78  655 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) Julian WA2WMJ
Big Apple  (open) 
Capitol District Traffic Net (CDTN)
contact George Burns, W2SFD		 (open)
CHN

Julian WA2WMJ
Dutchess County ARES Phil KC2PNI
Dutchess County RACES  Adam KC2DAA
Empire State Slow Speed (ESS) Julian WA2WMJ
National Traffic System Digital (NTS-D) (open)
NY PHONE (open)
NY Public Operations Net (NYPON)
 contact Pete Cecere, N2YJZ		 Pete N2YJZ; Ed N2JBA; John N2QMT
NY State (NYS) (open)
NY State Phone, Traffic, and Emergency Net (NYSPTEN)
 contact Pete Cecere, N2YJZ		 Stu WA2BSS
Orange Country ARES/RACES (OCAR) Barbara N2AWI; Andrew KC2BSD; Mark WM2C
Orange/Rockland (open)
Putnam County ARES/RACES (open)
Rockland  Bill KC2GNL
Southern Catskill Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) Bob N2ZRL; Vince N2VC
Southern District Net (SDN)
contact Terry Long, KC2BUV		 Mark WM2C (alternate)
Ulster County Bill KB2RGA
Westchester County ORS Justin KC2ODN

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)