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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 nominal operating hours of the net and the Net Control Stations are summarized below. NCS and NetLogger roles of the Friday/Saturday/Sunday “Team” will rotate.

Day of Week    Net Control Station

Monday        Phil – KB2WVO

Tuesday        Bob – N2FKW

Wednesday   Bob – N2FKW

Thursday      Robert – K0PB (Bob – N2FKW is NetLogger on most Thursdays)

Friday           Team “N2QFT & W1SPS & KC1JZR & KB2WVO”

Saturday       Team “N2QFT & W1SPS & KC1JZR & KB2WVO”

Sunday         Team “N2QFT & W1SPS & KC1JZR & KB2WVO”

Until further notice the Maine Potato Net will start at:
 
18:30 EDT (22:30 UTC) during daylight savings time
 
17:00 EST (22:00 UTC) during standard time.
During the darkest hours of Winter in December and January please note that the Net Control Station may be compelled by propagation conditions to start the net early, perhaps as early as 16:30 EST (21:30 UTC). In addtion, QRM may compel the NCS to move the frequency of the net from our nominal 3958 KHZ operating point. So, please be alert, monitor the NetLogger AIM window (if you have NetLogger), and remember how to use that “VFO Thingy” on your radio!
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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:

http://n2fkw.net/POTATONET.prf
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Several members of the Maine Potato Net have contributed to a cookbook containing many potato recipes and other favorite recipes. Thanks to Robert – K0PB for compiling this cookbook. The cookbook is available for download at:
https://tinyurl.com/y3zf3xd4
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