TALARC Net Schedule

HF NETS

• 40 METERS:  American Legion Post 275 Amateur Radio Team (N3TAL), Glenarden, MD.  Second Saturday of each month, 7.275 MHz, 10:00 a.m. to 12 Noon, Eastern Time with Net Control Everett, WA3DVO.
• 20 METERS:  American Legion Post 10 Amateur Radio Club (N7ALA), Albany, OR. Every Monday on 14.250 MHz at 10:00 a.m. PT with Net Control Denise, N7OSU.
• 80 METERS:  American Legion Post 28 Amateur Radio Club (KN4YQL), Spartanburg, SC. Every Thursday on 3.856 MHz at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time with Net Control Calvin, KJ4HGT and Tommy, K4OBY.
• • 80 METERS: American Legion Post 1992 Jim Leist Memorial Amateur Radio Club (K5TAL),  Gautier, MS. Every Wednesday on or near 3.862 MHz at 6:45 p.m. Central Time with Net Control Don, WV5Q. Early check-in at 6:30 p.m. CT via EchoLink WV5Q, node 383345.
• 80 METERS:  Enterprise, AL. Every Monday on or near 3.865 MHz at 7:00 PM Central Time with Net Control Art, W5ATK.

VHF / UHF / VoIP NETS

• D-Star Net:  American Legion Post 46 / Wilderness Road Amateur Radio Club (W4CDA), Danville, KY.  First Monday of each month at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Reflector 56C with Net Control Station, Ken, KY4KD.
• D-Star Check-In for K5TAL Wednesday Net:  Mississippi Post 1992 also accepts quick D-Star check-ins during their weekly 80m nets via Reflector 58B at 7 p.m. Central Time every Wednesday.  D-Star operators should set their text to their call sign/K5TAL (ex: K9TAL/K5TAL). Net Control will acknowledge at end of net.
• VHF/UHF Net:  American Legion Post 28 Amateur Radio Club (KN4YQL), Spartanburg, SC, listens for calls through the Mt. Mitchell Repeater, N2GE-R, 145.190 [no tone]. Every Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, with Net Control Calvin, KJ4HGT and Tommy, K4OBY.

EchoLink / WinLink / All-Star Nets

• EchoLink Conference Net:  American Legion National HQ (K9TAL), Indianapolis, IN.  Second Saturday of each month at 12:00 noon Eastern Time on the *FMCA-ARC* EchoLink Conference Node of the Family Motor Coach Association Amateur Radio Club. EchoLink NCS are Marty W9WMJ, Josh N9MEM, Bill NZ9S and Mike W9MNA.
• EchoLink Conference Net:  American Legion Post 28 Amateur Radio Club (KN4YQL), Spartanburg, SC.  EchoLink Node 593509 through the Mt. Mitchell Repeater, N2GE-R. Every Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time with Net Control stations Calvin, KJ4HGT and Tommy, K4OBY.
• All-Star / EchoLink Net: American Legion Post 76 Amateur Radio Club (KB7VET), Las Vegas, NV.  Every Monday at 7:00 PM Pacific Time on All-Star Node 44045 and EchoLink Node 740644, with Net Control Larry, W7LSE.
• WinLink Net:  American Legion Post 42 Amateur Radio Club (KB4KY), Bardstown, KY.  Every Tuesday through Sunday, 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. ET with Net Control George, N2GWK.  See https://tinyurl.com/AMLEG-Invitation. KB4KY repeater is available on Echolink Node N2GWK-R (node # 555604); KB4KY repeater is available on Wires-X Room KB4KY-ROOM; KB4KY repeater is accessible on YSF Reflector 68214 US-AMLEG-NCKOUON.

Special Notice:  American Legion WinLink Net

You are invited to join with The American Legion Nelson County Post 42 WinLink Net every Friday. The net is open to all licensed Radio Amateurs; you do not need to be a member of The American Legion to join in. To receive periodic information and reports about the net, visit The American Legion Post 42 WinLink Net group at: https://groups.io/g/AMLEGPost42WinlinkNet

The net operates each Friday from 12:01 AM to 11:59 PM ET. You may check-in anytime between Wednesday and Sunday Midnight following the net.

What to send:   WinLink Net Check-In Template (Preferred) or Plain Text Message
Send To:           N2GWK, or to the alternate NCS when specified
Subject Line:     AMLEG Post 42 WinLink Check-In (or the subject line generated by the Form)
Msg. Body:        Call Sign, Name, City, County, State, Mode
Example:           N2GWK, GEORGE, BARDSTOWN, NELSON, KY, HF VARA

Notes:

1. If you have not yet implemented WinLink, go to www.winlink.org, register and download WinLink Express.
2. If you are using the WinLink Check-in Template, please include your Decimal GPS coordinates in your message.
3. Send your WinLink message to N2GWK via any available RMS Gateway, or Telnet if you do not have RF capability.
4. Net results will be reported by Tuesday evening following the net:
1. On the groups.io page https://groups.io/g/AMLEGPost42WinlinkNet
2. On the club Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/kb4ky
3. By return WinLink message.

TALARC May 2022 Net Operations

ET = Eastern Time   CT = Central Time   MT = Mountain Time   PT = Pacific Time

Does your American Legion post or radio club have a regularly scheduled net? Let us know—we will be glad to post your operating schedule here! k9tal@legion.org.

Updated: May 15, 2022