Note: This info was updated on June 26, 2023.
You can find yours truly, Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, on this net today. A
list of all the nets that I can be found on during the week is at the
hyperlink on my QRZ bio -- look for the link that notes "Nets Where
WX4QZ is Net Control".
Nets on The QuadNet Array utilize the modes of D-Star, DMR+, WIRES-X,
and Fusion, together on one site. Go to openquad.net for more details,
and connection options. Note that the QuadNet Array no longer offers connections via Echolink, or Brandmeister via DMR.
Nets on The Sunflower Network utilize the modes of AllStar, D-Star,
DMR, Echolink, Fusion, HamShack Hotline, M17, P25, and TGIF. For more
details and connection options, go to sunflowernet.us
Times are noted in local US time, and in UTC (when the US is on Standard Time). Take note of the following caveats in regards to net times:
1) In the US, Standard Time is from the first Sunday in November, to the
2nd Sunday in March...with Daylight Savings Time the rest of the year.
2) UTC Time (noted when the US is on Standard Time) is ONE HOUR EARLIER
when the US is on Daylight Savings Time, as noted above.
3) Arizona, Hawaii, and the US territories are on Standard Time year
round. In this case, during Daylight Savings Time, their net times are
ONE HOUR EARLIER.
4) Confirm the net times with Net Control if you have questions.
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Monday:
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Net Name: PCL Packet Net
Meets On: NS2B BBS, Penfield, New York
Net Control: Bob Smith, NS2B
Alternate Net Control/Scribe: Daryl Stout, WX4QZ
UTC Net Time: 0100 UTC Tuesday during US Standard Time, 0000 UTC Tuesday
the rest of the year.
US Net Time: 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific
Comments: The PCL Net, which stands for "Patience And Chicken Lips",
originally began on the N0KFQ BBS in Branson, Missouri in the early
1980's. Run by Sysop K.O. Higgs, N0KFQ, with his wife, Billie, KB0WSA,
as Net Control, it was a full featured packet BBS, with RF and telnet
access. After Billie's death a few years ago (K.O. died 2 years after
she did), Bob, NS2B, moved the Net to his system, in Penfield, New York.
The main requirement to checkin is being a licensed amateur radio operator, with privileges to transmit on packet, either VHF, HF, or Telnet.
The net is in a roundtable format, with everyone typing data at their
keyboard. Further details on the net are in the file PCL_NET.PDF --
which is available at they hyperlink off of my QRZ bio. You will need
an appropriate PDF viewer to view/print the file.
For early checkins to the PCL Net (you can't make it), please email:
1) Bob Smith, NS2B, at
ns2b@arrl.net or
ns2b@winlink.org OR
2) Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, at
wx4qz@arrl.net or
wx4qz@winlink.org
You'll be granted a courtesy/early checkin.
Note that the net does NOT meet on the Mondays of weeks when these USA
holidays occur: Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day.
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Net Name: Hotspot, Raspberry Pi, Single Board Computer, and ZumSpot Net
Meets On: The QuadNet Array
Net Controls: Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, and Steve Reiners, KC9SIO
UTC Net Time: 0230 UTC Tuesday during US Standard Time, 0130 UTC Tuesday the rest of the year.
US Net Time: 9:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Central, 7:30pm Mountain, 6:30pm Pacific
Comments: With the items noted in the net title being common in the
shack with digital modes, this is designed as a Q&A Net, with comments
from stations afterwards.
On checkins, please advise if you are "Short Time", or want to be just
"Listen Only". If either is the case, once ackowledged, you can secure
your station at your leisure, and go on your way.
1) On the QuadNet Array, via D-Star, DMR+, TGIF, WIRES-X, or Fusion.
Go to openquad.net for connection options.
2) Via the IM Utility with Netlogger (netlogger.org).
Net Control Duties alternate between WX4QZ and KC9SIO. If KC9SIO is
doing the net, checkin via items 3 and 4 above will not be available.
There is also a Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sbcnet
However, Net Control will NOT be monitoring it during the net.
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7)