VE5RJM-2 Invermay 147.080 + VE5MDM Melville 147.000 + VE5SS Preeceville 146.610- VE5RJM Yorkton 145.490 -

Parkland Amateur Radio Club

UHF Repeater Link *Invermay 445.500 - IRLP Node: 1858 EchoIRLP 342958 IRLP Node: 1710 EchoIRLP 48431

Wednesday 8:00 PM Local or
Thursday  0200 Z

The VE7RJT IRLP Net Page Information on nets held on the IRLP.  To submit changes or info on new nets, email VE7RJT IRLP - Keeping the Radio in Amateur Radio MORE HF Nets AC6V's Listing of HF NETS Amateur Radio HF Nets Pacific Area Traffic Nets NATIONAL EMCOMM TRAFFIC SERVICE (N.E.T.S.) The Trans Provincial Net Meets on 7.055 MHz 40 Meters From 7:00AM to 6:00PM Daily World of Radio Since radio signals can cross multiple time zones and the international date line, some worldwide standard for time and date is needed. This standard is coordinated universal time, abbreviated UTC. This was formerly known as Greenwich mean time (GMT). Other terms used to refer to it include "Zulu time" (after the "Z" often used after UTC times), "universal time," and "world time." UTC is used by international shortwave broadcasters in their broadcast and program schedules. Ham radio operators, shortwave listeners, the military, and utility radio services are also big users of UTC. A major source of confusion when using UTC is that the date also follows UTC. Suppose your local time zone is Central standard, and you want to hear a shortwave program scheduled to be broadcast at 0400 UTC Saturday. You do the math, and find that 0400 UTC is equal to 10:00 p.m. Central standard time. If you tune in at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, however, you won't hear the program. Since the date is also UTC, you need to listen at 10:00 p.m. Friday to hear the program. To hear the latest time in UTC, you can tune to stations WWV, in Fort Collins, Colorado and WWVH, Kauai, Hawaii on 2500, 5000, 10000 and 15000 kHz to hear the time announced in UTC each minute. WWV uses a man's voice to give the time, while WWVH uses a female voice. If you live in the central or eastern United States, and those frequencies aren't usable, you can tune to station CHU, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 3330, 7335 and 14670 kHz, to hear the current UTC time. To make the conversion to your local time, see the chart below. Find your local time in the first column. If you are on Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT), you would use the second column to find your Zulu Time/UTC. For instance, if it's 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time in Washington, D.C., it's 1500 hours in Zulu time/UTC. LOCAL ADT AST EDT EST CDT CST MDT MST PDT PST Midnight 0300 0400 0400 0500 0500 0600 0600 0700 0700 0800 1 a.m. 0400 0500 0500 0600 0600 0700 0700 0800 0800 0900 2 a.m. 0500 0600 0600 0700 0700 0800 0800 0900 0900 1000 3 a.m. 0600 0700 0700 0800 0800 0900 0900 1000 1000 1100 4 a.m. 0700 0800 0800 0900 0900 1000 1000 1100 1100 1200 5 a.m. 0800 0900 0900 1000 1000 1100 1100 1200 1200 1300 6 a.m. 0900 1000 1000 1100 1100 1200 1200 1300 1300 1400 7 a.m. 1000 1100 1100 1200 1200 1300 1300 1400 1400 1500 8 a.m. 1100 1200 1200 1300 1300 1400 1400 1500 1500 1600 9 a.m. 1200 1300 1300 1400 1400 1500 1500 1600 1600 1700 10 a.m. 1300 1400 1400 1500 1500 1600 1600 1700 1700 1800 11 a.m. 1400 1500 1500 1600 1600 1700 1700 1800 1800 1900 NOON 1500 1600 1600 1700 1700 1800 1800 1900 1900 2000 1 p.m. 1600 1700 1700 1800 1800 1900 1900 2000 2000 2100 2 p.m. 1700 1800 1800 1900 1900 2000 2000 2100 2100 2200 3 p.m. 1800 1900 1900 2000 2000 2100 2100 2200 2200 2300 4 p.m. 1900 2000 2000 2100 2100 2200 2200 2300 2300 2400 5 p.m. 2000 2100 2100 2200 2200 2300 2300 2400 2400 0100 6 p.m. 2100 2200 2200 2300 2300 2400 2400 0100 0100 0200 7 p.m. 2200 2300 2300 2400 2400 0100 0100 0200 0200 0300 8 p.m. 2300 2400 2400 0100 0100 0200 0200 0300 0300 0400 9 p.m. 2400 0100 0100 0200 0200 0300 0300 0400 0400 0500 10 p.m. 0100 0200 0200 0300 0300 0400 0400 0500 0500 0600 11 p.m. 0200 0300 0300 0400 0400 0500 0500 0600 0600 0700 LOCAL ADT AST EDT EST CDT CST MDT MST PDT PST LEGEND: ADT = Atlantic Daylight Saving Time AST = Atlantic Standard Time EDT = Eastern Daylight Saving Time EST = Eastern Standard Time CDT = Central Daylight Saving Time CST = Central Standard Time MDT = Mountain Daylight Saving Time MST = Mountain Standard Time PDT = Pacific Daylight Saving Time PST = Pacific Standard Time