Our Mission
The Friday Night Promote the Band net is a ham radio net held on the VHF frequency of the WB0YLA repeater in Omaha Nebraska. The goal of the net is to promote use of the 1.25m amateur radio band.
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This band is a superior band in many ways. It has the penetration characteristics (punches though trees and stuff) of the 2-meter band with the reduced interference advantages of the 70cm band. The shorter wavelength allows you to use smaller more practical antenna systems. Finally there is less congestion on the band.
While the FCC, a government entity which pretends to be a private greedy corporation, continues to take spectrum away from other groups, including chunks of our own ham radio bands, and selling said spectrum for profit, we have to do what we can to preserve what we have left. We already lost 2 MEGS of our 1.25-meter band, and the buyer doesn’t even use their new portion of the spectrum. Join us in making our presence known here on what is left of our 1.25-meter ham radio band!
Our Meeting Place
Our regular meeting place on-air is the WB0YLA Repeater, originally built by ke0ss Steve Schmidt and currently owned by Don Fiala. Steve decided to take the repeater out of service in 2016, when approached by Don to keep the repeater going, Steve agreed to transfer the equipment over to Don, and it remains on the same tower site in service on 156th and Maple Street in Omaha Nebraska.
If the repeater should be off-air due to any malfunction or otherwise we will first attempt to meet on the same frequency in simplex: 224.76. We will designate an alternate simplex backup frequency.
What is a Net?
An amateur radio net is an "on radio" gathering of amateur radio operators. A net may be formal or informal. They reoccur at regular intervals on a schedule. A net control operator is the individual presiding over the net that directs whose turn in order may speak. A predetermined topic may be selected or there may be open discussion depending on the type of net. Some nets serve a specific practical purpose while others are merely social. Getting involved in a social net is a quick way to meet other hams and become familiar with the process of repeater or simplex operation.