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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 nominal operating hours of the net and the Net Control Stations are summarized below:
Day of Week Net Control Station
Sunday Phil – KB2WVO or Volunteer
Monday Phil – KB2WVO
Tuesday Bob – N2FKW
Wednesday Bob – N2FKW
Thursday Robert – K0PB (Bob – N2FKW is NetLogger on most Thursdays)
Friday Dave – AC2BX
Saturday Dave – AC2BX or Volunteer
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. In addition, a customized club profile (“POTATONET.prf”) can be downloaded from: