Over a decade ago, a dedicated group of area hams had a nightly 2M Simplex rag chew and on Sunday nights there was the Piedmont 2M Simplex Net on 147.505 Mhz. The participation was very good for the rag chew and Net. The Piedmont Simplex Net went into hibernation December 2021.
Well, we're bringing it back! The Piedmont 2M Simplex Net will restart soon on 146.500 Mhz (alt 146.550), tentatively Friday nights at 8:00 PM. The Net Control Ops will be a mix of legacy 2M Simplex Elmers and newly minted hams. The Piedmont 2M Simplex Net will give area hams the opportunity to stretch their legs and gain confidence in their comms sans repeaters.
Many are addicted to the crutch of area repeaters
You need to understand your local radio capabilities without the man-in-the-middle. Do you know how you will or can communicate more than a couple miles without a repeater? We do! As an example - on August 7, 2016 to Mint Hill NC, area 2M simplex operators checked in from -
North Charlotte
Harrisburg
South Charlotte
Concord
West Charlotte
Rockwell
Fort Mill, SC
Lake Wylie, SC
Ellenboro
Newton
Gastonia
Chester, SC
We have dozens of logs from previous Nets and these check-ins were reliable from week-to-week. You can do it, too!
Look for further announcements with Dates and Times.
.
