Palo Alto CERT Net
The purpose of this net is to practice communicating within and between neighborhoods in Palo Alto. This net is organized into five districts, D1 through D5. Every Monday night from 7:15 pm to 7:30 pm, the net runs with separate net control operators and frequencies for each CERT district. The CERT district numbers match the Palo Alto Fire Department station numbers. Join the net closest to you. From 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm, there is a single net for Palo Alto on the main tactical frequency. See the below Palo Alto Frequencies chart for all frequencies.
SPECS Net
The Southern Peninsula Emergency Communications System (SPECS) Net meets by radio every Monday night at 8:00 pm on 145.270 MHz, negative offset, 100 Hz PL tone (W6ASH repeater), to provide a forum for announcements and to collect data from local city nets. The purpose of the net is to train and maintain a crew of Amateur Radio Operators who are ready to furnish communication services in a time of need. This is done by providing announcements pertaining to amateur radio and emergency preparedness.
The Palo Alto and North section of the SPECS net meets at 7:30 pm for early check-ins prior to the main net at 8:00 pm, and following the main net for additional check-ins. There is also time for brief training sessions and announcements of special interest to Palo Alto hams. Visitors are always welcome to check in to the nets. Visit SPECS for details.
- The first Monday of the month: use the primary simplex frequency - Command A - provided in the frequency chart below.
- The other Monday's of the month: use the Command B repeater - W6HP.
Palo Alto ESV Drills and Exercises
About quarterly, the City of Palo Alto OES schedules drills and exercises that ham operators can participate in to practice radio communications skills. These can include net control at the neighborhood level or at the operations center, scribe, packet radio operator, or a individual communications resource. Our training schedule is available at cityofpaloalto.org/emergencyvolunteers; and we announce these opportunities in our monthly ESV updates.
PAARA: Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association
PAARA runs a weekly Net and Swap session at 8:30 pm every Monday evening on the N6NFI repeater: 145.230, –0.6 MHz offset, 100Hz PL. Visit www.PAARA.org for details.