Nets are where an amateur (ham) radio station using a preamble of a club, call/ transmits on-air at a specific frequency & time/date to a list of club members and records the responses. These nets usually welcome all hams to participate who hold a valid FCC license. Nets encourage participation & camaraderie of radio club members. They also prove/test the capability of the members radios and the clubs repeater.

Most of the these net are called via a 'repeater' which is a re-transmitter at a high elevation which can pickup a weak signal from a battery handie-talkie or a distance vehicle & then re-transmit this signal possibly 100 miles further out.

Nets can be 'simplex' which is direct one to one communication without the aid of a repeater. Nets on this list, VHF & UHF, are usually less than 100 miles because they use reliable small wave lengths & small antennas.  Modern repeaters may have internet access & digital modes capabilities, so a net can be called and hams from anywhere on earth can check-in via a middle path link via the internet. HF simplex nets are on lower frequencies and larger antennas & they can cover distances to several thousand miles because signals can bounce up to & back down off the ionosphere. 

Inaudible tones are also used to keep stray signals from keying repeaters & interfering with net communications.

The menu on the right has local nets listed in a weekly order and also in a divided order (D3) daily, weekly & monthly. The lists may be printed or saved at 150 dpi, or saved at 96 dpi for a desktop screen.