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The Collins Collectors Association original?20m net is on or about 14.263 at 2000 UTC on Sunday afternoon. It gets cancelled on major contest weekends via the CCA email list.? I can usually get into this one if I try.

The?CCA? has a plethora of other nets on 80m including?an AM net on the 1st Wednesday of each month.? See here:

This one worked well for me when I lived in VE3, but the western one is out of California and doesn't work so well from southern?BC.

The Kenwood Hybrid nets are as follows;

Saturday on 7.242 mhz at 3:30 pm EST/EDT.

Sunday on 14.316 Mhz at 1800 UTC.

I have checked into the Sunday one on 20m, run by Mark, WB0IQK, with some help from others.? Seems lots of mid-USA and west coasters manage to check in OK, but it helps if you have a beam and 500w+.? I use one of the 30L-1's typically with the Kenwoods and that seems to work. It can get crowded at times on .316 but a regular group gathers for the hour prior to the Sunday net and politely "saves them a spot"!

I rarely ever hear the 40m nets from the east.? A 40m vertical doesn't cut it, and I'm away too much in the winter anyways when it?is a possibility.? Summer is a write-off from BC at that time and distance.

I used to occasionally check into the Drake group out of California - Friday nights I think?? Not really a net....that also does a real-time online video at the same time.? I don't recall the platform they used.? It worked pretty well....but again Fridays tend to be busy days for me into the evening.? I have not checked in for several years now.? Somebody here would likely know more about that one.

I see Mark has just listed the "vintage nets" which are not manufacturer specific.

73

Peter

VE7PS

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On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 5:58?AM Steve Wedge, W1ES/4 via <w1es=[email protected]> wrote:

Why not get some volunteers to start it up on 20?? All we need are a few people willing to take turns being NCS. The harder part will be to find the right time and frequency, since there are likely other regular nets around, and to not schedule it at the same time as other interest group nets that are similar. It would take some coordination and the net itself would likely start slowly.?

For precedent, there are Collins and Kenwood nets on 20, I believe. I am of the opinion that there are many more people interested in Drakes than what existed even a few years ago.?

73,

Steve Wedge, W1ES/4

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

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On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 4:15 PM, Mark - WB0IQK <mgilger@...> wrote:

We tried a 20 meter net many years ago and it never worked out. Very limited check-ins.? We also had a 75m swap net and had to disband that some years ago due to lack of participation.?

73's,
Mark, WB0IQK?