Greater Cincinnati Ham Radio Calendar

May 2026

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Ham Radio Calendar

Greater Cincinnati Area

Daily Nets

3 – 5 am Before Breakfast Club Net 3.973 Mhz. http://beforebreakfastclub.org/

5 – 9 am The Breakfast Club Net 3.973 Mhz. http://www.hamdata.com/bc.html

9 – 10 am Professional Loafers Net. 3.787 Mhz. http://www.proloafers.ca/

10:30am 4:15pm 6:45pm 3X Daily. Ohio Single Side-Band Traffic Net (OSSBN) 3972.5 Khz https://www.ossbn.org/index.html

11:30 am HAAM Group “Friends of Bill W. QSOnet” 21.350 https://www.qsl.net/haam/

1 pm Ladies of the net. 7.245 M-Th https://www.facebook.com/groups/461331304050134/

6 pm Ohio Slow CW Traffic Net. 3.53535

6:45 pm Ohio CW Traffic Net. Buckeye Early. 3.580

8 pm Greetings Extra Radio Amateurs Tired of Operating Lately (GERATOL) https://geratol.net/

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

9 pm Kentucky CW Net on 3537 Khz.

9 pm South 40 Net Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400 (excluding Sunday)

10 pm Ohio CW Traffic Net. Buckeye Late. 3.590

Friday, May 1st

1. Friday

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 – PL123.

https://www.tatn.org/

Saturday, May 2nd

2. Saturday

License exams in Richmond IN. 10 am. Register: https://shorturl.at/s2UIF

Indiana QSO Party 11 am for 12 hours OR 10 am tomorrow for 12 hours. https://shorturl.at/JKOnv

Delaware QSO Party 1 pm thru 8 pm tomorrow. https://www.fsarc.org/qsoparty/rules-2024.html

New England QSO Party 4 pm – 1 am tomorrow. https://neqp.org/rules/

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

4:00 pm Digital Youth Net https://www.qsl.net/dyng/

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 – PL123

Sunday, May 3rd

3. Sunday

Worked All Britain 7 Mhz phone 6 am – 10 am https://wab.intermip.net/Contest Rules.php

2 pm Amateur Radio Emergency Team of Northern KY DMR Net TG 31211

6 pm Northern Ky ARC Simplex Net 146.580

7 pm Young Operators Digital Voice Net. Digital Quadnet Net XRF757A, XLX307D, XLX049D Brandmeister Talkgroup 31012 YSF Room #37099

7:30 pm Milford Amateur Radio Club net. 147.345 + PL123 W8MRC repeater.

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 – PL123.

8 pm Informal 10M SSB Net. 28.335 USB. Echolink checkin NM4A.

8:30 pm Ohio-Link Net. Wires X = Ohio Link : 40557. YSF = Ohio Link : 48038. Brandmister : TG31399.

IRLP : 4185/ Echolink KD8GRN-R

9 pm Grant Amateur Radio Club Net. (Brown County, OH) 146.730 Repeater, - 162.2 Hz tone

9 pm Northern Kentucky Greater Cincinnati 80 meter talk around net. On 3.778 (or about).

Monday, May 4th

4. Monday

DX: Cook Islands E51TLM thru 5/9. https://www.dx-world.net/e51tlm-rarotonga-cook-islands/

Noon Amateur Radio Public Service Corps meeting at the Hamilton County Communications Center, 2377 Civic Center Drive, 45231

7 pm ARES Hamilton County Net on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 – PL123. https://hamcoares.net/

7:30 pm Kentucky ARES Emergency Net 3.972.5 LSB http://kyham.info/kyares1.html

8 pm Milford Trivia Net on Wires-X at 146.760+ W8MRC repeater. Need a C4FM radio, head to Wires-X room number 28054 named AMERICA-KC-WIDE https://milfordhamradio.org/repeaters

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8 pm West Chester ARA Net 145.390 - (No tone). Voice net then Fusion. https://wc8voa.org/monday-net/

8:30 pm Ohio DMR Net. Brandmeister TG 3139

8:30 pm Kentucky Digital Net. THOR22 at 3.587 Mhz USB-D, 1500 Hz offset. http://kyham.info/kyares1.html

9 pm RACES Net Laughery Valley ARA (West Harrison IN) 147.285 + PL 146.2 http://lvarc.org/

9 pm South 40 Net on Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400

9:30 pm Shortwave & Scanner Info Net WCOARA 145.110 – PL 67. https://www.wcoara.org/

Tuesday, May 5th

5. Tuesday

7 pm ARES Ohio 75M Emergency Net. 3.902 SSB

7 pm Butler County ARA net. 146.700 - PL123 https://www.bcara.net/

7:30 pm OH-KY-IN Amateur Radio Society meeting. Zoom only due to the primary election.

7:45 pm ARES Ohio HF Digital Net 3584.4 USB Olivia 8-500 https://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/ohden/index.html

8 pm Young Ladies HF Net. 14.288 https://ylrl.net/

8 pm Cincinnati Liars Net. West Chester ARA 3.835 +/- QRM. https://wc8voa.org/liars-net/

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8:30 pm Northern KY ARC Net. 146.79 – PL123

9 pm South 40 Net on Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400

9 pm Queen City Emergency Net 147.240 + PL123 W8VND and 442.700 + PL123 W8VVL repeaters.

9 pm Cincinnati Area Ten Tuners net. 28.430 Mhz. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1549059182178661

9 pm Ohio Valley DMR Net Talk Group 31212

Wednesday, May 6th

6. Wednesday

W1AW/8 Ohio activation thru 5/12. https://swarc.net/2026/04/16/2026-w1aw-8-activation-arrl-ohio-section/

Part of ARRL America250 WAS https://www.arrl.org/america250-was

WinLink Wednesday. Use WinLink client to email a one line message to K8EAF (Ed Frambes) with callsign, first name, city, county, state, and mode/band (VHF, HF, Telnet, etc.)

Subject line: OH Winlink Net Check-in. Send anytime between Monday and Thursday weekly.

VHF FT8 / FT4 Activity contest 144.174 Mhz. 1 pm - 5 pm https://ft8activity.eu/rules/

7 pm West Chester ARA “Open Shack” at The National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting

8070 Tylersville Rd, West Chester, Ohio 45069

8 pm Dial Radio Club Net. W8BLV Repeater 146.610 Mhz (-600 KHz input), PL 77.0 Hz

444.825 Mhz (+5 MHz input), PL 77.0 Hz. Echolink Node W8BLV-R #323719

8 pm Grant Amateur Radio Club “The Talk Whatever You Want To'' Net. 146.730 Repeater, - 162.2 Hz

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8 pm 220 Net. “Little Event” 224.400 - PL 100. (Walton KY) Echolink WW4KY-R ALLSTAR Node# 61054.

8:30 pm 220 Net. “Big Event” 224.620 - PL 110.9 W8ESS repeater. (Clifton OH)

9 pm Cincinnati FM Club on air meeting on WB8CRS repeater 146.880 -0.6Mhz PL123.

9 pm Tech Talk Net on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.67 – PL123.

9 pm South 40 Net on Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400

Thursday, May 7th

7. Thursday

12:30 pm HAAM Group “Friends of Bill W. Net” 14.316 https://www.qsl.net/haam/

7 pm Kentucky Statewide DSTAR Net on REF056B Also usually a connection to Echolink via KY4RW-L

7:30 pm QCEN meeting Location: Red Cross building 2111 Dana Ave. https://qcenorg.wordpress.com/blog/

7:30 pm Laughery Valley ARC meeting. Dearborn County EMA Building, 401 West High Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 http://lvarc.org/meetings/

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8 pm Kentucky ARES DMR Net. DMR talk group 3121

8 pm Informal 6M AM Net; Echolink checkin at NM4A. 50.400 AM

9 pm South 40 Net on Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400

9 pm Amateur Radio Public Service Corps (ARPSC) Ragchew Net. K8YOJ repeater 145.370 – PL123.

9 pm Greater Cincinnati ARA 160M 1936 Net. 1.936 Mhz http://www.gcara.org/ontheair.html

9:30 pm Ohio DMR to Yaesu Fusion Net. Talk Group 31399

Friday, May 8th

8. Friday

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 – PL123.

Saturday, May 9th

9. Saturday

DoD Armed Forces Day Crossband tests https://shorturl.at/W0sFa

https://www.usarmymars.org/events-and-announcements

Special Event: Windmills on the Air thru tomorrow. https://nharg.org.uk/content/about-mills-air-mota

License exams sponsored by West Chester ARA 10 am Register: https://shorturl.at/I0qmP

1 pm Brunch Bunch at Red Robin, 7250 Houston Rd, Florence, KY https://www.redrobin.com/locations/ky/florence/florence-489

Canadian Prairies QSO Party 1 pm – 11 pm https://cpqp.ve6hams.ca/

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba

4:00 pm Digital Youth Net https://www.qsl.net/dyng/

50 Mhz Spring Sprint 7 pm – 11 pm. https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/home/2026-information

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 – PL123

Sunday, May 10th

10. Sunday

2 pm Amateur Radio Emergency Team of Northern KY DMR Net TG 31211

7 pm Young Operators Digital Voice Net. Digital Quadnet Net XRF757A, XLX307D, XLX049D Brandmeister Talkgroup 31012 YSF Room #37099

7:30 pm Milford Amateur Radio Club net. 147.345 + PL123 W8MRC repeater.

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8 pm Informal 10M SSB Net. 28.335 USB. Echolink checkin NM4A.

8:30 pm Ohio-Link Net. Wires X = Ohio Link : 40557. YSF = Ohio Link : 48038. Brandmister : TG31399.

IRLP : 4185/ Echolink KD8GRN-R

9 pm Grant Amateur Radio Club Net. (Brown County, OH) 146.730 Repeater, - 162.2 Hz tone

9 pm Northern Kentucky Greater Cincinnati 80 meter talk around net. On 3.778 (or about).

Monday, May 11th

11. Monday

7 pm Butler County ARA meeting at Fairfield Township Administration Bldg. 6032 Morris Rd., at corner of Millikin Rd., near Butler Tech. https://www.bcara.net/

7:30 pm Kentucky ARES Emergency Net 3.972.5 LSB http://kyham.info/kyares1.html

8 pm Milford Trivia Net on Wires-X at 146.760+ W8MRC repeater. Need a C4FM radio, head to Wires-X room number 28054 named AMERICA-KC-WIDE https://milfordhamradio.org/repeaters

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8 pm West Chester ARA Net 145.390 - (No tone). Voice net then Fusion. https://wc8voa.org/monday-net/

8:30 pm Ohio DMR Net. Brandmeister TG 3139

8:30 pm Kentucky Digital Net. THOR22 at 3.587 Mhz USB-D, 1500 Hz offset. http://kyham.info/kyares1.html

9 pm RACES Net Laughery Valley ARA (West Harrison IN) 147.285 + PL 146.2 http://lvarc.org/

9 pm South 40 Net on Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400

9:30 pm Shortwave & Scanner Info Net WCOARA 145.110 – PL 67. https://www.wcoara.org/

Tuesday, May 12th

12. Tuesday

7 pm ARES Ohio 75M Emergency Net. 3.902 SSB

7 pm Butler County ARA net. 146.700 - PL123 https://www.bcara.net/

7:45 pm ARES Ohio HF Digital Net 3584.4 USB Olivia 8-500 https://arrl-ohio.org/SEC/ohden/index.html

8 pm Young Ladies HF Net. 14.288 https://ylrl.net/

8 pm Cincinnati Liars Net. West Chester ARA 3.835 +/- QRM. https://wc8voa.org/liars-net/

8 pm Tri-State Amateur Traffic Net by ARPSC on OH-KY-IN repeater K8SCH 146.670 - PL123.

8:30 pm Northern KY ARC Net. 146.79 – PL123

9 pm South 40 Net on Grant ARC repeater 146.730 - PL 162.2 Hz and AllStar Node 669400

9 pm Queen City Emergency Net 147.240 + PL123 W8VND and 442.700 + PL123 W8VVL repeaters.

9 pm Cincinnati Area Ten Tuners net. 28.430 Mhz. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1549059182178661

9 pm Ohio Valley DMR Net Talk Group 31212

Wednesday, May 13th

13. Wednesday

WinLink Wednesday. See details at 5/6 above.

UHF FT8 / FT4 Activity contest 432.174 Mhz. 1 pm - 5 pm https://ft8activity.eu/rules/