North American Traffic and Awards Net returns

After an absence of more than three decades the North American Traffic and Awards Net is returning to the ham radio bands.

The net resumes operation on New Years Day, January 1, 2009 at 11 p.m. Eastern Standard Ttime.

In addition to its normal operations, the net will also be handling formal message traffic at the outset of each session and welcome all stations with messages to be passed to join it nightly on 3.905 MHz.

The net has also created an award to recognize stations for bringing and passing message traffic.

The North American Traffic and Awards Net was founded back in 1976 to assist radio amateurs trying to earn the ARRL Bicentennial Worked All States Award. Its new goal is to assist in the ARRL's new Triple Play Award announced by the League a few weeks ago.

Source: ARNewsline