GOTAhams Amateur Radio Club

Simplex net
2026-12-23 18:15 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Simplex net will be on 146.580MHz starting at 6:15pm.
A great way to explore the reach of your 2 meter equipment without benefit of repeater, both receiving and transmitting.
Bring a pad of paper and record signal reports for all you hear. We will collect and collate these.
Use this scale for your reports:
1=Nothing at all heard, not even noise or hiss suggesting a specific signal is present.
2=It was apparent that a signal was present but communication is impossible even with reasonable re-tries.
3=Communication possible with noise and possibly some re-tries to cover drop outs.
4=Good communication though with some noise or other artifacts, but generally solid copy.
5=Solid copy, little or no noise, full or nearly full quieting.
Be patient during silences as there will probably be participants you cannot hear and net control is likely communicating with those stations during silences.

Christmas
2026-12-25
We will have the nightly net as usual.

POTA Activation
2027-01-02 08:00 - 17:00
We will be doing a POTA activation. Everyone is welcome to come to the park or participate from home.
Come to the park at [LOCATION TBA]. Setup your own a station, help with other stations, or just come to watch.
To participate from home (Hunters) all you have to do is check the POTA website here: https://pota.app/#/ and look for WG6OTA or look for [LOCATION TBA] Listen to the frequency the Club POTA group is using. Then make a contact. That is it. Signing up for your own account or logging your contacts at the POTA website is not required but optional if you want to keep track of your POTA contacts..
You can find more information about POTA here: parksontheair.com
For more information contact Marco, KN6SJQ@gmail.com
