United States Traffic Net

The United States Traffic Net (USTNET) is a directed net, having a Net Control Station (NCS) and NCS appointed relay stations. We are a semi-formal group of amateur radio operator members but any operator can participate in the net as long as they hold a general or higher amateur radio license. We operate our net 7 days a week with Wednesday and Saturday nights being a LATE NET.

We combine a purpose of Working All States (W.A.S. and awards) with a social atmosphere and we encourage all newcomers to our net. The net is frequency agile, meaning that we don’t have a set frequency that we operate on so the use of the Netlogger application will enhance your net participation as it displays the frequency of operation, NCS, a list of all available stations on the net (with Names, Callsigns, locations) and an Almost Instant Messenger (AIM) window where a lot of additional social conversations are taking place.

For our members only, we allow the use of FT-8 to count towards the WAS award. FT-8 logging only counts towards WAS awards during the hours of an existing voice net for 90 minutes from start time. Check the schedule or the banner below for details of our voice net hours of operation.

Tips on participating in the net or net conduct.

OUR NETS

Click on one of the tabs for information about the various USTNets

40m Net 40m Late Net 160m Net FT8 Net 20m Net 80m Net

USTNET 40m Net

Join us Sunday thru Friday on 40m 7.XXX MHz in the "General Class License" portion of the band. Check-ins start @ 2300z. If the net is active, you can find our frequency of operation, see the FREQUENCY NOTE: * below.

USTNET 40m Late Net

Join us each Wednesday and Saturday night on 40m SSB 7.XXX MHz in the "General Class License" portion of the band. Check-ins start @ 11:00 pm Eastern Time. The net starts @ 11:30 pm Eastern time.

If there is an active net, see the section below and the FREQUENCY NOTE: *.

USTNET 160m Net

160m net on Friday and Saturday nights only during Standard Time at 11pm Eastern Standard Time on a frequency of 1.865 MHz +/-30 kHz. No nets during Daylight Savings Time due to band conditions (noisy and poor propagation). For active USTNET Nets see the section below and the FREQUENCY NOTE: * below.

USTNET FT8 Net

USTNET members can use FT8 every night on any band from 6:00 - 8:30 PM(Eastern time) as well as Wednesday and Saturday Late Nets from 11:00 pm - 12:30 am Eastern in order to supplement their Worked All States award. There will not be a netlogger net presence to check in to.

The main objective of this FT8 mode option is to achieve Worked All States by reaching stations in Hawaii (HI) and Alaska (AK) because the current band conditions during our regular time slot on 40m and 80m do not allow these stations to reach us.

Net Rules:

Start your FT8 operations.

Make contacts with stations located in the United States on any band to progress towards your USTNET WAS Award.

Members are required to log their FT8 contacts on the honor system to prove their contacts. You must have the Callsign , time , date and frequency of the FT8 contact you made. Their are spreadsheet(.xls) logging forms available for download at the bottom of the Awards page on this website. Contacts can then be submitted via the "Awards Application Form" at the bottom of that page.

USTNET 20m Net

Our 20m USTNET is on hold for now. It may resume at a later time. This net is experimental, so the times and frequency may vary. If you would like to be a Network Control Station(NCS) for this net fill out the form on the Become an NCS" page.

USTNET 80m Net

Our 80m USTNET is on hold for now. It may resume at a later time. This net is experimental, so the times and frequency may vary. If you would like to be a Network Control Station(NCS) for this net send an email to .

OUR CURRENT AND UPCOMING NETS

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FREQUENCY NOTE: *
The USTNET 40m Net takes place at a frequency of 7.XXX MHz (meaning some frequency within the General Class License allocation of the band). Please check netlogger or the front page of this website for the current frequency being used. If you don’t have the netlogger application click the Netlogger Download button on our menu for more information.

TODAY - Tuesday

Time: 23:00 Z, The Net Control Station(NCS) scheduled is Carolyn, KC3VQP in Pensylvania for the USTNET 40m Net using SSB on a Frequency of 7.XXX MHz *.
See the FREQUENCY NOTE * above.

TOMORROW - Wednesday

Time: 23:00 Z, The Net Control Station(NCS) scheduled is John, KC5THR in Texas for the USTNET 40m Net using SSB on a Frequency of 7.XXX MHz *.
See the FREQUENCY NOTE * above.

Time: 23:00 EST, The Net Control Station(NCS) scheduled is Chris, KD2HCE in OH for the USTNET 40m Late Net using SSB on a Frequency of 7.XXX MHz *.
See the FREQUENCY NOTE * above.

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