01/03/2022
Welcome to all! We currently are meeting each Sunday at 7:30pm CST on or about 3.813Mhz. Format is a simple round robin with information usually exchanged regarding your antenna and radio setup. This net obviously takes advantage of NVIS propagation and typically does not require high power for adequate signals.
My name is Lance, call W5TWM, and this net is open to anyone, please come join us!
Current Critical Frequency (need to be below this..time in UTC..use Austin for closest):
https://region6armymars.org/resources/solarweather.php
NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) general information:
https://practicalantennas.com/applications/nvis/
https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/antennas-propagation/ionospheric/nvis-near-vertical-incidence-skywave.php
https://discord.gg/4uFgsU3g
Region 6 Army MARS would like to thank the scientists and research teams at The University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Atmospheric Research for providing this valuable resource allowing us to determine the critical frequency (foF2) and maximum usable frequency (MUF).
