Canada Maritime Nets

Canadian Maritime Nets

Information on the very beginning of the Professional Loafers Net is sketchy. I'm told that it was started by Eddy Allen - VE1BEW. He thought there should be a net on 80 metres in the mornings for Maritimers and I’m told he had only one check-in on the first net, a friend - VE1AQO. Shortly after VE1IS - Lou joined the net as a net control. The net started on 3.760 and moved to it’s present frequency of 3.735 sometime in the 90's due to interference from some out-of-the Maritimes stations using the same frequency. 

VHF / UHF Nets

The Captain's Net	Daily	0730H	VE1YAR	146.730-
IRG Weather Net	Daily	0730H	IRG Network
Greenwood ARC Net	Monday	1930H	VE1WN	147.240+
WestCumb ARC Monday Night 2M Net	Monday	2000H	VE1WRC	147.285
2 Meter Wake-Up Net	Mon-Fri	0730H	MAVCOM
Lunenburg County EMO Net	Tuesday	1900H	VE1VL VE1LUN VE1LCA	147.090+ 147.330+ 146.835-
IRG Tuesday Night Net	Tuesday	2100H	IRG Network
IRLP Trans Canada Net	Wednesday	1200H	MAVCOM
Miramichi Area VHF Net	Wednesday	2100H	IRG Network
IRG ECOMM Net	Thursday	2100H	IRG Network
Yarmouth ARC Saturday Night 2M Net	Saturday	2000H	VE1YAR	146.730-
Moncton UHF Net	Sunday	2000H		449.325
Take 15 Net	Sunday	2030H	VE1PSR	147.270+
Truro ARC Newbie Roundtable Net	Sunday	2100H	VE1HAR	147.210+
IRG Sunday Night Net	Sunday	2100H	IRG Network	text
Moncton & Area 2 Meter Net	Sunday	2100H	VE9TCR	147.345+

HF Nets

White Cane Social Hour	Daily	1800H	3.770MHz.
Maritime Net	Daily	1900H	3.750MHz.
Newfoundland & Labrador   Evening Traffic Net	Daily	1900H NL Time	3.740MHz. or   7.040MHz.
PL Net	Mon-Sat	0900H	3.735MHz.
Red Cross Weekly Net	Thursday	1830H	3.675MHz.
Old Timers Net	Sunday	0800H	3.750MHz.
Exercise Handshake	Last Tuesday Each Month	1900H	3.675MHz.
Cod Jigger Net	Daily	0930H NL Time	3.740MHz. or  7.040MHz.

Canadian Maritime Nets

Information on the very beginning of the Professional Loafers Net is sketchy. I'm told that it was started by Eddy Allen - VE1BEW. He thought there should be a net on 80 metres in the mornings for Maritimers and I’m told he had only one check-in on the first net, a friend - VE1AQO. Shortly after VE1IS - Lou joined the net as a net control. The net started on 3.760 and moved to it’s present frequency of 3.735 sometime in the 90's due to interference from some out-of-the Maritimes stations using the same frequency. 

A few of the net controllers from the late 90's that i remember were VE1IS - Lou, VY2AAM - Phil, VE1BLC - Adolph, VE1BEW - Linda, VE1EEE - Joe, VE1AKP - Bob, VE1CFC - Claude. And many others.

VE1GA - Leigh says "My earliest recollections of this date back to the mid 1960’s. In the 1965-69 period a group of VE1’s gathered in 80M in the mid morning weekday hours. One in particular whom I knew very well was VE1GX, Charlie Girvan (SK). Charlie’s typical QSO group would have included VE1LG, Fred Bath (SK), VE1GB, Rev. Harry Bird (SK), VE1IC, Barak Smith (SK), among others. I had been an active SWL for a few years prior to obtaining my licence (VE1AUC) in 1966. Being in middle school and high school during that time period I did not get to "tune-in" to the gang. However, in QSO’s with them both on the air and eyeball to eyeball they did refer to their gathering on the air as the "Professional Loafers".

So it seems the PL Net has been around for over 45 years.
If anyone has anymore info on the PL net It would be much appreciated if you would share it with us.
Thanks. VE1KRE - Keith

http://ve1jbl.webs.com/maritimenets.htm




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