Local Nets and Club Meeting Info

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10-meter Weekly Net

A 10-meter net is held every Sunday at 3:00 p.m. on 28.410 MHz USB. KE5AL leads the net as Net Control Station, but welcomes others who can be backup or be able to relay stations he cannot hear. Challenge yourself and get active on 10-meters. You never know when propagation may turn into a great DX contact!

Texas CW Traffic Net

Texas CW Traffic Net — Daily at 7:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. on 3541 kHz

Breakfast and Lunches

Ham Radio Breakfast — Saturday 8:00 a.m. — ~9:30 a.m. — Waterloo Ice House, 8600 Burnet Rd, Austin TX 78757
Hambuds Breakfast — Saturday 8:00 a.m. Veterans Memorial Park group pavilion, 2525 W New Hope Drive, Cedar Park, TX, and/or Gloria’s Cafe & Bakery, 1201 Lakeline Blvd Ste 900, Cedar Park, TX, coordination on 146.840-103.5 repeater
Ham-burgers at Watt-a-burger — Thursday at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. — Whataburger at 1600 E. Oltorf, coordination on 146.940-107.2 repeater
Ham Radio Brunch — Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. — Jim’s at 9091 Research Blvd (US-183 & Burnet Rd, NW side, northbound US-183)
Bastrop County ARC Breakfast — Saturday at 7:30 a.m. – – Various locations; check the 145.350+114.8 repeater between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. for directions.

Club Meetings

Austin ARC — 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. See MEETINGS for Zoom details.
Lone Star Amateur Radio Association Monthly meeting — 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the WC Jester Annex, 1801 E Old Settlers Blvd, Round Rock. Talk in on the 147.080-100.0 repeater. http://www.lsara.org/
Travis Co. ARES — 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom – See ABOUT | TRAVIS COUNTY ARES for details.
Austin QRP — Check the groups.io page.
Travis County REACT — 4th Monday at 7:30 p.m. – Dairy Queen at 8300 N Burnet Rd, Austin – http://traviscountyreact.org/
Williamson Co. ARC — 7:00 p.m. on 1st Thursday at the Jester Annex, 1801 E. Old Settlers Blvd., Round Rock See https://wcarc.com/
Williamson Co. ARES — 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday at the Williamson County ESOC, 911 Tracy Chambers Ln, Georgetown. http://www.wc-ares.org/
Bastrop Co. ARC — 9:00 a.m. (8:00 a.m. for breakfast) on the 2nd Saturday at El Nuevo Mexico, 201 Childers Dr, Ste 201, Bastrop http://bcarc-hams.org/
Central Texas DX and Contest Club — 6:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday at:
Los Reyes Mexican Grill, 13776 N. US-183, Austin, Texas, located at the NW corner of US-183 and Lake Creek Parkway, in the middle of a strip mall. For Zoom meetings see https://www.ctdxcc.org/meetings/
Roadrunner Microwave Group (RMG) — 11:30 a.m. on the 1st Saturday at:
Verdes restaurant, 16018 Hamilton Pool Rd. See Webpage.

Regular Tailgates

1st Saturday — Dallas, Jim Geer, WB5LXZ — jbgeer [[at]] swbell.net
2nd Saturday — Ft Worth, Hardin’s on East Rosedale
3rd Saturday — March/June/September/December at Humble TEAC ARC — Hugh W5FM@arrl.net or the 145.43- repeater

ARES nets

Travis Co. — Weekly on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. on the 147.360+131.8 repeater
Travis Co. Winlink Wednesday — https://tcares.org/winlink-net-training for details
Williamson Co. — Weekly on Sunday 8:00 p.m. on 147.080+100.0 repeater
Guadalupe Co. ARES — Weekly on Tuesday at 18:30 on the 147.000-103.5 repeater
Hays/Caldwell Co. ARES net — Weekly on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on the 147.050+114.8 repeater
Highland Lakes ARES — Weekly on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on the 147.020+100.0 repeater
State-wide ARES net — 3873 kHz on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. after Texas Traffic Net

Club Nets

AARC Elmer Net — Weekly on Saturday 7:00pm, 146.940 MHz (-) 107.2 Hz / All licensed operators invited to participate on-air to discuss any technical topics related to amateur radio. If you are not yet licensed, listen in and submit questions via email (address may change depending on who’s leading the net).
AARC SwapNet — Weekly on Sunday 9:00pm, 146.940 MHz (-) 107.2 Hz / On-air participation is preferred to buy/sell/trade amateur radio equipment. See SwapNet for more info.
AARC 10-meter Net — Weekly on Sunday 3:00pm, 28.410 MHz USB
Lone Star Amateur Radio Association Weekly net — Tuesdays at 7:30 on the 147.080 repeater, tone 100hz. Except the for the meeting night when no net will be held.
Oak Hill Amateur Radio Club (N5OAK) — Thursday 8:00pm, 147.320+/114.8 – Social net, open to any licensed radio operator
Saltgrass — Weekly on Sunday 12/2PM 442.450
TSSI/LSSN — 147.080/100.0 Mondays 8:00PM

Severe Weather and WX training nets

Hurricane/Gulf — 14.325
Travis Co. WXnet — 146.940, Severe net: 147.360 / 131.8
Bastrop/Smithville — 443.750 / 114.8, 145.350 / 114.8
Williamson Co — 147.080 / 100.0 , backup is 146.64/145.45/WCARC repeater network
TSSI/LSSN — 147.080 / 100.0 Mondays 8:00PM
Highland Lakes — 147.020 / 88.5
Bell Co. WXnet: 146.820 / 123.0, 444.700 / 123.0, 147.140 / 123.0
Lampasas area — Thurs 7PM CenTex Storm Spotters Training net ECHOLINK Node# 28821 and WX_TALK Node# 7203, SWLynx System, 145.330- / 162.2 & 444.875+ / 88.5, 146.720- / 88.5, 147.220 / 88.5, 145.330 / 162.2, 444.875 / 88.5
Sattler/Canyon Lake — 147.140 / 179.9

Other Nets

New Hams Net – Monday 8:00 p.m., 146.640 (-) 162.2 tone
Texas CW Traffic Net — Daily 7:00 p.m. & 10 p.m., 3541 kHz
Texas Traffic Nets — (Daily) 7290, 7285, 3935, 3873, 147.10, 147.14 or 145.23
Trader’s Nets — Friday 7:30 p.m. 3870 kHz, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. 3870, Saturday 8:00 p.m. 3890, 9:00 a.m. 7275
Trader’s Nets — Sunday – 10 a.m. 7245 LSB – Sunday 7:30 p.m. 3922
Continental Trader’s Net — Sunday 7:30 p.m. 3922 LSB
CW Practice Net (informal) — Tuesday @ 8:00 p.m., 7113kHz CW, KE5AL and/or KF5YMF
CW Net — Thusday @ 7:00 p.m., 7065kHz CW, KE5AL

Last update: 18 Nov 2024
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