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Thanks & 73 de KC3LEE
About the Great Maine Potato Net
The Maine Potato Net is a Rag Chew Net founded by potato farmers in Aroostook County Maine during the 1970s. During that period of high long distance telephone charges, the Maine Potato Net served as a convenient and low cost alternative for potato farmers who were also Ham Radio operators to communicate among themselves over the large area of Aroostook County. The Maine Potato Net has grown over the years to encompass several Northeastern states and has had numerous Net Control operators.
The net operates at a nominal frequency of 3958 KHZ during the late afternoon and early evening. The current (2018) operating hours of the net during Daylight Savings Time and the Net Control Stations are summarized below:
Day Host
Monday………………………………………………………………………………………John – KD2OAM
Tuesday………………………………………………………………………………………Bob – N2FKW
Wednesday……………………………………………………………………………………Bob – N2FKW
Thursday……………………………………………………………………………………..John – KD2OAM
Friday…………………………………………………………………………………………Bob – K0PB
Saturday………………………………………………………………………………………Peter KD2JKV
Sunday……………………………………………………………………………………….Frank – KE2MA
Barring unforeseen events (QRM, Zombie Apocalypse, etc.) our next schedule change will be at the Fall Back time change to EST, when we will likely return to 5:00 PM (17:00) EST (22:00 UTC). Occasionally QRM and/or someone else using 3958 KHZ may force us to move up or down several KHZ to find a sweet spot; so, if you don’t hear us on 3958 KHZ, try tuning around to find us.
Most of our Net Control Stations make use of the NetLogger application software to log and keep track of checkins during the net. This application software is available for download at http://www.netlogger.org/. Versions are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.