New FM Simplex net for La Crosse region starts this Thur. on 146.460 at 8:30pm
Don’t know how many readers we have within 50-100 miles of La Crosse, but I’m very pleased to announce a new FM simplex net for that area, starting tonight — Thur. March 4th.
Our VHF/UHF friend WV9E Dave in Onalaska will be calling a new net, every Thursday at 8:30pm on 146.460 — vertical polarization. The La Crosse area (and really, surrounding areas of SW WI and Dubuque, IA, too) has had good numbers of VHF’ers the past two years with our push. We don’t hear a lot of them over here in SE WI, but they are out there. I’ve seen some contest logs and they have numbers — the past two January ARRL VHF Contests, they’ve had about 10 guys on SSB and 10 guys contesting on FM, having fun.
WV9E has been going about this the right way, sending out email, notifying clubs. I think this net will do well. So listen toward La Crosse tomorrow night and see if you hear anything. And spread the word to anyone in that area. It’ll be nice to have FM coverage on Thur. nights across the entire width of southern WI.
WV9E also maintains a website with lots of V/UHF net info, plus an announcement page for his net. The general website is http://wv9e.net and his specifc link to the new net is http://wv9e.net/laxfmnet.htm