How to join our Section Nets on VHF and HF
Includes how to listen in if you do not have an HF transceiver
QST to all Amateur Radio Operators
The Sacramento Valley Section will periodically announce a Section-wide Net conducted on both VHF and HF.
The VHF repeater and the HF frequency may change occasionally. Use the following information as reference.
On top of the Sutter Buttes in Yuba City. Many times our Section Net immediately follows the Yuba County ARES Net. Our Net usually starts at about 19:20.
146.085 MHz FM (+) 127.3 Hz
3.880 MHz on the 80 meter band, or +/- 3 kHz for QRM. You can also listen in using a web SDR.
Section Nets
Section Net – 2025 August 21
Our Thursday evening, August 21, ARRL Sacramento Valley Section VHF and HF Nets will be conducted, first on the WD6AXM…
Section Net – 2025 July 17
Our Thursday evening, July 17, ARRL Sacramento Valley Section VHF and HF Nets will be conducted, first on the WD6AXM…
VHF Net
All Amateur Radio Operators are invited to check in on our Section VHF Net. Listen carefully to Net Control for which order to check in. Typically we will ask for Section Appointees (Section assistants and county Emergency Coordinators), then club presidents, ARRL members, and finally everyone.
We may also be waiting for an existing Net to finish before we start our Net. If so, you can check in as a guest of the preceeding Net, or simply wait until Section Net if you like.
HF Net
Our HF Net will usually be on the 75m or 80m bands for NVIS propagation. Occasionally we may try one of the 60m channels as an experiment.
If your license does not permit operating on those bands, or you do not have an HF transceiver, or if you have a hard time hearing all of the stations, you can use two convenient Software Defined Radios (SDRs) available via the internet.
Use your web browser and listen in on any HF frequency.
WebSDR – Half Moon Bay – http://websdr1.kfsdr.com:8901
WebSDR – Northern Utah – http://websdr1.sdrutah.org:8901/index1a.html
We hope to hear you on our Section Nets.