Mt Airy VHF Radio Club

The Pack Rats initiated VHF nets on Monday night the first year the club was formed. The nets are open to all radio amateurs. The purpose of the nets is to promote activity and share information of a common interest to the VHF community. You do not have to be a member of the club to participate in any of the Pack Rat nets!

This section last Updated 3/19/2023  at 12:10 am 

Day	Time (Local)	Frequency	Control Station	Grid or Net
Monday	6:45PM	This net will be found on the new repeater 224.900   See Coverage Map at very bottom of page	Michelle KB3MTW and Elliott K3JJZ	FN20ji (repeater)
	7:00PM	Packrat Talk Group 8804 on a DMR Network See a complete list at very bottom of page of all repeaters on the Packrat Talk group -	George KA3WXV	Check out delmarvaDMR.com for information and coverage maps
	7:30PM	50.150 MHz	Ray N3RG	FM29ki
	8:00PM	144.150 MHz	Dave W2KV	FN20ok
	8:30PM	222.125 MHz	Jim KC3BVL	FM29jw
	9:00PM	432.110 MHz	Mike WB2RVX	FM29mt

The Pack Rats maintain several VHF+ beacons, which serve as propagation indicators and allow operators to test their receivers. Some of our beacons are in Mountain Top, Pa and on Fancy Hill near Pottstown, Pa.  Some are just south west of New York City. The 10 GHz is in are located in Center City Philadelphia. 

The 10 GHz beacon is in an unheated/uncooled room and is subject to frequency changes. 
  Our FN20DH, FN20TK and FN21BE beacons are GPS disciplined.

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This section last Updated 8/20/2023  at 12:30 pm 

            Packrat Beacons   W3CCX/B

Frequency Power Level Status Grid  50.300 MHz   0.3 W Not yet Operational   TBD 144.300 MHz 10 W On the AIR  FN21BE 222.060 MHz 4 W On the AIR  FN20TK 432.300 MHz  10 W On the AIR  FN20TK 903.300 MHz 10 W On the AIR  FN21BE 1296.300 MHz   9 W On the AIR  FN20DH 2304.300 MHz  1 W  Down for repair  FN20DH 3456.300 MHz   5 W  Not yet Operational  TBD 5760.300 MHz   5 W  On the AIR  FN21BE 10368.017 MHz   3 W  On the AIR  FN29JW W3SZ Beacon Frequency Observations

 * * * * * * * * *Packrat  Repeaters

We have a new Repeater  Output: 224.900      Very wide coverage used especially for nets                     Input: 223.30 CTCSS: 77.0 (currently enabled) Grid Square: FN20ji in Roxboro And a 432MHz Repeater:Output: 442.900 Input: 447.900 CTCSS: 123.0 The original PackRat 222 Repeater    Output: 224.580   W3CCX/R   Limited coverage but still operational Input: 222.98 CTCSS: 136.5 (when enabled) Grid Square: FN20ij in Hilltown

Try the Sprints   They are short and fun!

 Use this link for more details

VHF & Up Sprints - 2023 Information (Fall link to be updated)

 

 This section last Updated 7/10/2023  at 7:30 pm 

Tuesday and Friday Night Nets

As you know many Packrats belong to more than one radio club. Jim, KC3BVL at FM29JW   mentioned he enjoys the following nets

Microwave Tuesdays:   7:30 PM -  903.100,   8:00 PM - 1296.100,   8:30 PM-  2304.100    

Bottom 4 Fridays:  7:30 PM- 144.160,   8:00 PM- 50.160,   8:30 PM 222.150,  9:00 PM  432.160