Hams! HF net recommendations?

[septic_shock]

I know there are some on this board that are amateur radio operators. Are there any HF nets you would recommend listening to? I'm new to HF and now that I have my antenna up, I'm looking for some fun nets to check into, specifically 40 and 20 meters.

73!

 

[OKCHunter]

If your home interested in making contacts and awards like “Worked All States”, look at joining OMISS and the nets they have. It’s a good way to build your log book.

https://www.omiss.net/Facelift/

 

[Jason Freeland]

There is one tonight called the Riverbend and Friends net on 146.550 at 7:00. Not sure if you are in Stillwater like your profile or not, but this one is not on a repeater. The OCAPA net is on Thursday at 7:30 on the club repeater at 146.82MHz (-) / PL 151.4Hz. Not sure how much power your running or what your antenna situation is. All these nets are 2 meters, but I do hear nets on 20 meters all the time. Just check the bands in the evenings and you will find some. It helps a lot to have a waterfall band display, what radio are you running for HF?

KI5UYO

 

[Poke78]

If your home interested in making contacts and awards like “Worked All States”, look at joining OMISS and the nets they have. It’s a good way to build your log book.

https://www.omiss.net/Facelift/

I'd put the OMISS net at the top of the list to consider. Here is a link to a bunch of others: https://www.qsl.net/w5rin/FILES/Ham Radio HF Nets.pdf

That QSL.net link is about 5 years old but it can give you a place to start spinning the frequency dial.

 

[septic_shock]

There is one tonight called the Riverbend and Friends net on 146.550 at 7:00. Not sure if you are in Stillwater like your profile or not, but this one is not on a repeater. The OCAPA net is on Thursday at 7:30 on the club repeater at 146.82MHz (-) / PL 151.4Hz. Not sure how much power your running or what your antenna situation is. All these nets are 2 meters, but I do hear nets on 20 meters all the time. Just check the bands in the evenings and you will find some. It helps a lot to have a waterfall band display, what radio are you running for HF?

KI5UYO

Running a 7300 and an EFHW.

 

[Jason Freeland]

Running a 7300 and an EFHW.

Had the wrong night on the Riverbend and Friends net, it's tomorrow. I run a 7300 also, great radio with a Cushcraft R8 as my antenna.

 

[p238shooter]

As Jason mentioned most every local club has a weekly net on 2m or 70cm, but your question was concerning HF bands. Depending on the time of day you are looking, there are many nets weekly and many daily. Some like the above OMISS net is good, but a virtually check in only net rather than more of a rag chew net while some like 3.916 at 7-8pm is an old standby for me, various topics running different days. Again depending on what time, it is usually best to just roll the dial and find a conversation that interest you. I suggest if you are new to HF be sure to be able to throw your call out phonetically if someone does not get it the first time. Keep in mind you may miss parts of the conversations. You might be able to hear the guy in Georgia but not who he is talking with in NY.

Be ready to do some quick tuning of your noise blankers, gains, and other controls including the volume control along with tuning your antenna to the parts of the bands you are listening to really enjoy HF radio. Welcome to the world of HF. Kenwood 2000 here.

 

[KG5VW]

You did not specify your license class but if you just want to listen on HF and don’t have privileges for it you can listen to the Tailgaters and Free Wheelers every evening begining at 7pm central time, 3.916 Mhz. Also the Awful Awful Uglies net is about the same time on 3.855 Mhz. On Saturday mornings around 10 am there is Texas Traders net where people list items for sale or wanted, I don’t remember the exact frequency for it, maybe on 7.236 Mhz???? Will have to look that one up.

 

[septic_shock]

You did not specify your license class but if you just want to listen on HF and don’t have privileges for it you can listen to the Tailgaters and Free Wheelers every evening begining at 7pm central time, 3.916 Mhz. Also the Awful Awful Uglies net is about the same time on 3.855 Mhz. On Saturday mornings around 10 am there is Texas Traders net where people list items for sale or wanted, I don’t remember the exact frequency for it, maybe on 7.236 Mhz???? Will have to look that one up.

Oh, sorry. I hold a general class license.
DE KI5OPJ

 

[GeneW]

Texas Traffic Net is every morning starting at 0830 on 40 meters and also has an evening net on 80 meters.

It's an enjoyable net. LINK Texas Traffic Net