Mt Airy VHF Radio Club

(Roll to the bottom of the page for some additional local nets)

 

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 02/27/2025 

Day	Time (Local)	Frequency	Control Station	Grid or Net
Monday	6:45PM	This net can be found on the old repeater 224.580	Michelle KB3MTW and Elliott K3JJZ	The newer Philidelphia 224.9 FM repeater is not available for the nets do to desense.
	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	Checkout delmarvaDMR.com for information and coverage maps  Roxboro has been returned to service and is up. See the List of Packrat DMR repeaters at the bottom of this page for frequencies etc.
	7:30PM	50.150 MHz	Ray N3RG	FM29ki
	8:00PM	144.245 MHz	Dave W2KV	FN20ok
	8:30PM	222.125 MHz	Jim KC3BVL	FM29jw
	9:00PM	432.110 MHz	Mike WB2RVX	FM29mt

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This section last Updated 6/02/2025 

            Packrat Beacons   W3CCX/B

The Pack Rats maintain several VHF+ beacons, which serve as propagation indicators and allow operators to test their receivers.  All are GPS disciplined.                                                                                                        

 Locations  Mountain Top, Pa FN21BE     Fancy Hill near Pottstown, Pa FN20DH     New Brunswick, NJ  FN20TK        

Frequency Power Level Status Grid 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  25 W  On the AIR  FN20TK 3400.300 MHz  10 W   On the AIR  FN20DH 5760.300 MHz   5 W  On the AIR  FN21BE 10.368 300 GHz  3.5 W  On the AIR  FN20TK

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This section last Updated 2/25/2025 at 3:35 am 

Packrat  Repeaters

The Philidelphia 224.9 FM repeater currently experiences intermitting desense and may not be reliable  Output: 224.900      Very wide coverage               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 and used for the Monday night net   Input: 222.98  +PL 136.5 (when enabled) Grid Square: FN20ij in Hilltown During the Monday night net this repeater is crossed linked to 441.150 +PL 88.5 in Abington and 443.959 + PL131.8 in Hilltown

Try the Sprints   They are short and fun!

 Info at:

   http://www.packratvhf.com/index.php/fall-sprints

 

 This section last Updated 7/7/2024  at 7:46 pm 

Wednesday 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 Wednesday:   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