25 YEARS AND GOING STRONG!
The 9 A.M. Talk Net started during the 1980's when Arv, WA6UUT, and friends met at 1000 to help new hams. The tradition continues! We now start at 0900 Pacific Time and go until whenever... 1030... 1130 (even to 1330 once or twice). The N6NFI repeater (145.23 MHz, 100 PL) is located in the hills above Stanford University, and can be reached from all over the SF Bay Area and surrounding highpoints.
 
We meet Monday through Friday, even on holidays. Kristen, K6WX, begins the week as Monday net control. Peter, K6WEB, takes Tuesday. Pink, KG6ILA, was on Wednesdays but moved to Tucson, AZ, just before Thanksgiving. Michael, KI6QNZ, and Ray, W6RAR, are filling-in while Pink works out the technicalities to run the net remotely from Tucson. Steve, KG6EVZ, is Thursday net control, and back to Kristen, K6WX, for Friday.
 
The net begins with EARLY Check-ins, people that cannot stay for the majority of the net. After an hour or so, net control starts the REGULAR portion by calling a short list of hams who've participated daily for a long time, then invites additional check-ins. Everyone who checks into the regular part of the net will be called again (as time permits) in chronological order for Round 1 and Round 2. Please let the repeater drop (beep) between check-ins or the 90-second time-out-timer ("alligator") will get you. A 3-second pause is ideal so new and remote listeners get a chance to make it in.
 
Thanks to Andy, KR6DD, and John, WD7F in Tucson (www.wd7f.com), for helping Pink, KG6ILA, setup remotely via EchoLink (www.echolink.org) for net control. Other hams also check-in remotely, further extending our Talk Net family across the United States and beyond. Everyone is welcome!
 
We are always on the lookout for people to step-up to the plate as net control. It is wonderful communication practice and a lot of fun. If you are interested, take a look at our Net Script and contact Pink, KG6ILA, and Kristen, K6WX, via email at their call signs at arrl.net.
 
Past net controls include Arv, WA6UUT, Howard, W6HOC (formerly KE6PWH), Jim, KF6WOR, Al, KD6EFV, Kitty, WB8TDA, Ed, KG6KKP, Bob, WA2CFN, Doña, KI6DAR, Gordon, KI6DSD, and Peter, K6WEB (back again on Tuesdays). Pink, KG6ILA, and Kristen, K6WX, joined the net control team in 2002 and currently manage the net.
 

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Updated: December 16, 2008, 2100 PT.   Contact the webmaster.