NTS traffic nets operate in four cycles. Each cycle is timed to maximize the efficient transfer of traffic from one level to the next. In some sections and regions, there will not be a net in each cycle. This is determined by the available operators and average traffic amounts.
The cycles are as follows:
Cycle One
10:00 am Section
10:45 am Region
11:30 am Area
12:30 pm Region
Cycle Two
1:00 pm Section
1:45 pm Region
2:30 pm Area
3:30 pm Region
Cycle Three
4:00 pm Section
4:45 pm Region
5:30 pm Area
6:30 pm Region
Cycle Four
7:00 pm Section
7:45 pm Region
8:30 pm Area
9:30 pm Region
10:00 pm Section
Generally speaking, nets in Cycles One through Three will be on voice and Cycle Four nets will be CW. There will always be exceptions to this, and as well there are wide-area nets which meet at different times to take advantage of early morning propagation for maximum coverage.
A chronological list of some of the traffic nets heard regularly in the Eastern Time zone, both NTS affiliated and wide-area. All times are Eastern.
Amateur Radio Telegraph Society (ARTS) daily 7:15 to 8:30 am on 7052 khz (CW) Wide Area
Hit and Bounce Slow Net (HBSN) daily 7:30 am on 7042 khz (CW) Wide Area
Hit and Bounce Net (HBN) daily 8:30 am (M-F 7042 khz and S-S 7114 khz CW) Wide Area
Eighth Region Net (8RN) daily 12:30 pm 3865 khz
Second Region Net (2RN) daily 1:45 pm 3925 khz
Fourth Region Net (4RN) daily 1:45 pm 7243 khz (again at 3:30 pm)
Eastern Area Net (EAN) daily 2:30 pm (M-F 7243 khz and S-S 7050 khz) Area Net
Central Area Net (CAN) daily 3:15 pm ( begins on 14345 khz and QSY's to 7240 and down at approx 3:25 pm)
First Region Net (1RN) daily 3:30 pm 3948 khz
Ontario Phone Net (OPN) daily 4:00 pm 3742 khz (reverts to regular time of 7:00 pm with change to DST)
Fifth Region Net (RN5) daily commencing approx 4:15 pm 7243 khz
Eighth Region Net (8RN) daily 4:30 pm 3865 khz
New York Public Operations Net (NYPON) daily 5:00 pm 3925 khz
New York State Phone Net (NYS) daily 6:00 pm 3925 khz
Second Region Net (2RN) daily 6:30 pm 3925 khz (alternate 1840 khz)
Atlantic Provinces Net (APN) daily 7:00 pm 3654 khz (CW)
Second Region Net (2RN) daily 7:45 pm 3576 khz (CW)
Eastern Area Net (EAN) daily 8:30 pm 3577 khz CW ( alternate 1812 khz)
Second Region Net (2RN) daily 9:30 pm 3576 khz
Each section will have nets operating at these or similar times with each time zone. This is only a partial list of the nets regularly heard in Eastern Ontario.
Follows the January 2010 report for Eastern Area Net (EAN)
Good month! Glad to see improving conditions. We can actually hear each other! And thanks to the net control stations for such prompt reporting. Here it is the first of the month and this is done! Sorry for the two missed 1RN liaisons and one missed PAN - all yours truly. Thanks to all the rest of you for a job well done.
73, Marcia KW1U
OTAL TIME IN
SESSION
769
RATE (tfc/time)
0.830
Traffic not cleared
26
Relays
24
Missing
REPRESENTATION
1RN
93.5%
1/2, 10
2RN
100.0%
None
3RN
96.8%
1/9
4RN
96.8%
1/6
8RN
100.0%
None
CAN
96.8%
1/15
PAN
96.8%
1/2
OVERALL
97.2%
NET MEETS
MON-FRI ON 7243 KHZ; SAT-SUN ON 7050 KHZ AT 1430 ET
NCS
SUN
KW1U
MON
W2MTA
TUE
VE3GNA
WED
KR4MU
THU
KW1U
FRI
W8YS
SAT
WB8YDZ
Here is the January 2010 report for the Hit and Bounce Slow Net (HBSN)