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Hudson Valley Net (HVN)146.97 mhz MBARC Repeater each evening, 19:30 Eastern (Local) Time Serving the Mid-Hudson River ValleyWelcome all those interested in the wonderful world of 'traffic handling'!Thanks to the Mt. Beacon ARC for hosting our web page!Last Updated - 10 January 2010
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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! |
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| 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 - 10 January 2010Ed, N2JBA, Hudson Valley Net Manager
Dateline: Amenia, NY
As you can see by our monthly statistics, the Hudson Valley Net is still alive and well. Even though the numbers from month to month stay about the same, the interest continues to be there.
We will have our usual NTS display, complete with handouts, at this year's Mount Beacon hamfest on Sunday April 25, 2010 and the Southern Berkshire ARC 2010 hamfest on Saturday , May 22.
In the early Spring (tentatively being planned for Saturday, March 20, 2010), I plan to have the 6th annual HVN Breakfast and this year there will probably be a summertime breakfast.
Please note that this year, I will attempt to hold HVN nightly nets on the other Mt Beacon repeaters from time to time to practice the use of other repeater when the main 146.970 repeater is down.
Training sessions with ARES / RACES groups in the surrounding counties and across the border in Connecticut is a future goal. The various NTS nets have the ability and training in handling emergency communications and I think it should be utilized on an on-going basis.
Welcome to the new check-ins for the month:
73,
Ed N2JBA
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| Day | Name | Callsign |
| MONDAY | Pete | N2YJZ |
| TUESDAY | Andrew | W2BOS |
| WEDNESDAY | Joe | K2AVV |
| THURSDAY | Stu | WA2BSS |
| FRIDAY | Ed | N2JBA |
| SATURDAY | John | N2QMT |
| SUNDAY | Terry | KC2BUV |
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Alternates |
Monthly Net StatisticsActivity 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.
| Month | QNI (Checkins) | QTC (Listed) | QSP (Passed) | QND (Minutes) |
Sessions
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| 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
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79
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79
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639
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30 |
| July |
400
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69
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67
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666
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31 |
| August |
472
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72
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69
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603
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31
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| September |
385
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62
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56
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569
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30 |
| October | 405 | 60 | 55 | 555 | 31 |
| November | 415 | 80 | 77 | 565 | 30 |
| December | 431 | 69 | 58 | 604 | 31 |
| Month | QNI (Checkins) | QTC (Listed) | QSP (Passed) | QND (Minutes) |
Sessions
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 573 | 72 | 69 | 640 | 31 |
| February | 470 | 93 | 87 | 587 | 29 |
| March |
499
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97
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92
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672
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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
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62
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60
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588
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31
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| November | 442 | 85 | 77 | 629 | 30 |
| December | 478 | 91 | 78 | 655 | 31 |
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 Bob KT2D |
Tom WE2G |
| CHN |
(open) |
| Dutchess County ARES | Phil KC2PNI |
| 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 Pete Cecere, N2YJZ |
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) | 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 |
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!
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.
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.)
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).
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.
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.
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