The "Hudson Valley Net" (HVN)

HVN celebrating our 48nd anniversary proudly serving the Mid-Hudson River Valley in 2026!

  21 years on the web in 2026!

(To our knowledge, we are the oldest continuously operated local net website in the entire NTS!)

HVN meets on the Mount Beacon Amateur Radio Club's N2FZC 146.97 mhz repeater (-600 khz, PL 100) located on top (1,531') of Mt. Beacon in Beacon NY each evening, 19:30 Eastern (Local) Time 365/366 days a year. 

Our alternate frequency (if 146.97 is 'down') is the N2OXV 147.045 mhz repeater (+600 khz, PL 100) located on top (1,125') of Illinois Mountain in the hamlet of Highland, NY (immediately across the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie).

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

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

Latest News
 

Why traffic handling? In 1914, the founder of the ARRL, Hiram Percy Maxim, call sign 1WH, 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. During this time, Maxim realized that a formally organized relay system would be of tremendous use to amateurs.  He and a friend Clarence D. Tuska, callsign 1WD, founded the ARRL on April 6, 1914. (This info courtesy of the Wikipedia article on the history of the ARRL, a more detailed history can be seen on the ARRL NTS website). 

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!

The HVN team: 

  • Ed N2JBA - HVN Net Manager

  • (open) - HVN Assistant New Manager

  • Andrew W2BOS - HVN Webmaster

  • John K2QY-  Eastern New York Section Manager (ENY SM) (as of July 2017, replacing long time SM Pete N2YJZ)

  • Mike WO2H -  Eastern New York Section Traffic Manager (ENY STM), taking over from Tom WE2G (sk)


Links of both HVN and NTS interest:

HVN Specific Items: NTS General Interest Items:
Common Radiograms for HVN Traffic Handlers

Our HVN Breakfasts!
History of the Breakfasts

HVN History

HVN Old Timer's List

HVN Questions and Answers

Historical Statistics of the Hudson Valley Net

Join the Hudson Valley Net e-mail reflector

Latest HVN News   

Liaisons of HVN

Monthly HVN Net Statistics (including the HVN members who qualified for PSHR for that as published in the monthy QST)

 Net Control Station Reference Information of HVN

Net Control Stations of HVN  

How to produce a SAR and/or PSHR to our Eastern NY Traffic Manager -
(handout from on the air class, April 2020)


ARL and HX Reference Information

Eastern NY NTS Traffic Nets

Third Party Education Session (presented 23 January 2023 on the air)

NTS Facebook Page

General Information about the National Traffic System

Two Groups.io discussion groups are for the NTS, including Section Traffic Managers, Official Relay Stations, NTS participants, and those interested in learning more about traffic handling.  Separate pages exists for both the ARRL on the national level and our own Eastern NY Section. (April 2020)

National Traffic System (Wikipedia article- good overview)

National Traffic System  on the ARRL main website 

NTS  Eastern NY Section Information Page

NTS New York State Traffic Routing Database (from N2QZ website) (1 September 2025)

NTS Public Service Communications Manual ("PSCM"), linked from the ARRL Public Service Page
Radiogram Form - A fill-able form of the ARRL Radiogram

KV5R's  Traffic  Handler  Training  Materials - a nice website with lots of good reference materials

View the ARRL's National Traffic System information pages  

What is a Radiogram?

Ed Rubin N2JBA's letter announcing his departure as HVN Net Manager

To all my former Hudson Valley Net (HVN) members and friends:


I want to take this moment to announce my departure as HVN net manager effective January 25th 2026.  I’ve been doing this for 30 years and the time has come to step down.

Recently. Mike (Mikey) Carman KD2NMG has been helping me run the Net in my medical absence. He is well known for developing our very successful and well attended Saturday morning “Breakfast Club” Net. 

I nominated him to be my successor as HVN Net Manager to our ARRL Eastern New York Section Manager John Fritze Jr. K2QY and Section Traffic Manager Mike Shanahan WO2H and they agreed with this suggestion.

Mikey is also a musician, and an Extra Class ham radio devote.

Keep up the good work! By the way, your new Net Manager badge is really outstanding.

I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors,

73,

 Ed N2JBA, 4 February 2026

Former HVN Net Manager

Latest Message from our Webmaster, W2BOS

There has been some major changes in the format of the standard ARRL Radiogram this year.  Thanks to "Ham Radio Hawaii" on Facebook that I've copied the following information from:

NTS Updates:

A new precidence, CERTIFIED--A certified radiogram is a routine radiogram that prioritizes customer service in the form of timely and accurate delivery above that of ensuring a message reaches a point as close to its last mile destination as possible. The certified precedence may not be used for “bulk” messages that often contain a common text, and which are addressed to individuals with whom the originator has no prior relationship. As a general guideline, a “certified” precedence radiogram “expires” 48 hours after its time of origination. Upon expiration, it must be delivered to the addressee regardless of its location within the National Traffic System.

Furthermore, there are specific requirements for use of the “certified” precedence. For example:
  • The originator shall have a reasonable expectation that the address, phone number and other contact information contained in the radiogram address has been verified as both timely and correct before origination (in other words, address data cannot be harvested from online directories or the like).
  • The message transmitted must be unique in character.
  • The message shall be transmitted only as the result of a prior direct relationship or transaction between the originator (signatory) and addressee.
    When originating a “certified” radiogram, the time of origin (in UTC) must be included. This starts the clock ticking down to the 48-hour expiration deadline.

New updates on ARL #'s

 

Net Control Stations (NCSs):

Day Call
MONDAY

KD2VQP Vernon (2025) (from ANCS (2023))
TUESDAY     W2AH Ron (2022)
WEDNESDAY   W2OOD Carl (2020)
THURSDAY   KC2WRC Walt (long time!)
FRIDAY KB2TAT Steve (2023)
SATURDAY     K2MJR Michelle (2025)
SUNDAY    KD2NMG Mike (2018)

Backup NCS(s)

 N2CXT Red (long time!)
KD2HMH Cyril (long time!)
KV2J Lynn (2020)

(Last Updated - 11 Sept 2025)

HVN Olde Timers List

By Andrew, W2BOS, HVN Assistant Net Manager

As of October 2020, the following 26 folks have been active members for at least the past 5 years of HVN and have been with us on the air at least somewhat frequently during this time.  This is therefore the official ‘olde-timers’ (some would say old-farts, but not me) list of the net!  If you’re on it, thanks for the support all these years. 

Original Inductees: W1ALI Alice, W2BOS Andrew, WA2BSS Stu, WM2C Mark, KC2CPO Orestes, N2DXL Paul, N2FZC Tom, WE2G(sk) Tom, WB2HRK AJ, N2JBA Ed, KC2LIX Bill, KC2LOR Hal, AC2LP Sean, N2MQW Paul, W2NTV Scott, KC2OBW Scott, N2OQA Neville, N2OXV John, N2QZ Nick, KB2RGA Bill, K2ROB Rob, K2UNI Keith, N2VRO Radd, WA2WMJ(sk) Julian, KC2WRC Walt, and WN2Y Frank. (10/2020)

Adding on to the original list:

Class of 2024 (first check-ins on or before 2019): AC2TM John, AE2AN Adam, K2DXS Frank, K2JDG Jeff, KA2R Marty, KC2UXA Bob, KD2GSQ Anthony, KD2HAP Charles, KD2HMH Cyril, KD2JJY Steve, KD2NMG Mikey, KD2NMK Paul, KD2OLQ Greg, KE2Z Raymond, KV2J Lynn, KZ2U Ed, N2CXT Redd, N2EMK Ed, N2FJ Charlie, W2CRM Craig, W2OOD Carl, W2REV Rich, WA2PRN Dave, and WE2FAT Jim.
(7/30/2024)

Monthly Net Statistics

Current 2023-2026 statistics of HVN as reported to NTS officials.
Previous years data are available.

2026

Month QNI
(Checkins)		 QTC
(Listed)		 QSP
(Passed)		 QND
(Minutes)		 Sessions Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) Members as Listed in the QST Month Indicated
January
 667 115 115 664 31 K2MJR Michelle, KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, WM2C Mark
February 652 50 49 530 28 K2MJR (now KM2I) Michelle, KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, W2OOD Carl, and WM2C Mark
March




KD2NMG Mikey, KM2I Michelle, KV2J Lynn, N2TSO Tony, W2OOD Carl, and WM2C Mark
April





May





June





July





August





September





October





November





December












2026 Totals (thru Dec): 1319 165 164 119 59

2025

Month QNI
(Checkins)		 QTC
(Listed)		 QSP
(Passed)		 QND
(Minutes)		 Sessions Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) Members as Listed in the QST Month Indicated
January
 		767 79 79 631 31 KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, K2MJR Michelle, W2OOD Carl, WM2C Mark
February 650 66 65 552 28 K2MJR Michelle, KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, WM2C Mark
March 647 91 91 677 31 K2MJR Michelle, KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, WM2C Mark
April 718 64 62 689 30
KD2NMG Mikey,KV2J Lynn,WM2C Mark,N2JBA Ed,W2OOD Carl, W2AH Ron,N2TSO Tony,K2MJR Michelle
May 648 94 92 507 31
KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn,WM2C Mark,N2JBA Ed,W2OOD Carl,W2AH Ron, N2TSO Tony,K2MJR Michelle
June 659 67 66 571 30
KD2NMG Mikey,KV2J Lynn,WM2C Mark,N2JBA Ed,W2OOD Carl,W2AH Ron,N2TSO Tony,K2MJR Michelle, NK2J Jay
July 677 125 125 758 31
KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn,
WM2C Mark, W2OOD Carl,  N2JBA Ed, W2AH Ron, K2MJR Michelle, N2TSO Tony
August 655 92 92 720 31 KV2J (Lynn), KD2NMG (Mikey), WM2C (Mark), N2JBA (Ed), W2AH (Ron), W2OOD (Carl), K2MJR (Michelle, but "K2JMR" was listed in QST by error ), N2TSO (Tony)
September 737 115 115 725 30 W2AH Ron
October 725 97 97 710 31 W2AH Ron (additionally listed in October for previous month(s) not published):
K2MJR Michelle, KD2NMG Mickey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2OOD Carl, and WM2C Mark
November 628 90 90 636 30 K2MJR Michelle, KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2OOD Carl, and WM2C Mark
December 695 72 71 623 31 WM2C (Mark), KD2NMG (Mickey), N2JBA (Ed), K2MJR (Michelle), W2AH (Ron), W2OOD (Carl), and NK2Y (Jay)







2025 Totals (thru Dec): 8246 1032 1024 7702 365

2024

Month QNI
(Checkins)		 QTC
(Listed)		 QSP
(Passed)		 QND
(Minutes)		 Sessions Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) Members as Listed in the QST Month Indicated
January
 		786 46 44 484 31 N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
February 786 45 43 484 29 N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
March 574 39 39 454 31 N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
April 525 54 53 514 30 KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
May 642 51 49 849 31 KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, WA2BSS Stu, W2MC Mark
June
546
39
39
401
30
 KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
July 532 61 58 489 31 KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
August 640 85 84 630 31 KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
September 613 79 74 574 30 KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, W2MC Mark
October 561 81 78 708 31 KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, WA2BSS Stu, W2MC Mark
November 701 88 88 569 30
 K2MJR Michelle, KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn , N2JBA Ed, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl, WM2C Mark
December 661 63 63 498 31
 		KD2NMG Mikey, KV2J Lynn, N2JBA Ed, K2MJR Michelle, N2TSO Tony, W2AH Ron, W2OOD Carl,  W2MC Mark


2024 Totals: 7567 731 712 6654 366

2023


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

Sessions

January 644 50 47 561 31
February 547 35 33 434 28
March 682 36 36 561 31
April 568 51 50 505 30
May 566 75 72 595 31
June 529 61 60 512 31*
July
513
45
41
466
 31
August 512 30 28 420 31
September 483 37 34 454 30
October 523 35 34 463 31
November 537 85 79 443 30
December 621 50 43 516 31






2023 Totals 6725 590 557 5930 366

** June 2023 had 31 sessions that included a special HVN Net on Field Day Sunday on 25 June at 1300 local.  The statistics include these totals, many of which were from Field Day that we participated in as a net supporting that activity. - traffic count for October includes annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET) drill that HVN ran

 

Liaisons:

Wanted!

The Hudson Valley Net is always looking for a few good traffic handlers to act as liaison stations to HF nets (NYPON) or HF CW nets Also needed are people to liaise with the Southern District Net and the Capital District Net., local VHF nets. 

Please contact me if you would be able to assist us...
73, Ed N2JBA (12 September 2012)

The following are the list of NETs which we have liaison assignments for.  The ENY section-wide list of nets may be obtained on the ENY Section Manager webpage.

Anyone wishing to take any of the open slots, contact our net manager Ed N2JBA if so!

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 Traffic Net (BATN) (open)
Capitol District Traffic Net (CDTN) Mike KD2NMG
CHN

(open) 
Dutchess County ARES / Dutchess County RACES Adam AE2AN
Empire State Slow Speed (ESS) Jay NK2Y (2/2025)
National Traffic System Digital (NTS-D) (open)
NTS-Digital (i.e.: Digital Traffic Network, DTN)
 Lynn KV2J; Carl W2OOD
NY PHONE (open) 
NY Public Operations Net (NYPON) Mike KD2NMG, Ed N2JBA; Mark WM2C, Carl W2OOD (1/2022)
NY State (NYS) Jay NK2Y (2/2025)
NY State Phone, Traffic, and Emergency Net (NYSPTEN) (open)
Orange Country ARES/RACES (OCAR) Mark WM2C
Orange/Rockland (open)
Putnam County ARES/RACES (open)
Rockland County (open)
Southern Catskill Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) (open)
Southern District Net (SDN) Mark WM2C; Stu WA2BSS; Andrew W2BOS
Ulster County Bill KB2RGA
Ulster County ARES/RACES (open)
Westchester County ORS (open)

(Last Updated - 11 Sept 2025)

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 https://groups.io/g/ENY-NTS .

Armstrong Tower Transmission

On Friday, 19 June, a historic transmission from the Alpine Tower on the NY/NJ line (right off the Palisades) was made.  Here's a link to information, as well as an short 30 second audio file that W2BOS recorded on an HT using Wide FM setting on 42.8 mhz (a strange frequency!) of for posterity to this unique event.  I am only posting this on the HVN page because it is a easy to access page for me to post radio stuff on the internet as well as MBARC and HVN members to access.  73 de W2BOS.

https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/armstrong-broadcast-returns-to-new-jersey-in-june



Net Control Station Reference Information

Items below underlined are directives to the NCS....fill in with the specific information, if required and appropriate.

Preamble:

(revised 9/2019, 8/8/2022 (added repeater frequency), 8/6/2023 changed to N2FZC as repeater callsign (was WR2ABB))

(Place the repeater in Net timer mode, if available)

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 on the Mt. Beacon N2FZC 146.97 repeater 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.                

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

The first call up 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, any additional traffic stations,  and any stations that can handle the (outbound traffic, if listed above) .  Those stations and those stations only, please call (your call).  

(Please note that announcements will be made after the net has been secured; but this is NOT part of the Hudson Valley NET and should not be included in net time reported.  Also please keep in mind that on Monday evenings the Mount Beacon ARC meeting on the air begins at 8 PM. ) 

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

 

Postamble:

This has been a regular session of the Hudson Valley Net which meets every evening at 19:30 hours on the N2FZC, 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. 

If the repeater is in Net timer mode: 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  ©2006-2026 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)

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