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Home » Topics » Events » 7290 Traffic Net Training

7290 Traffic Net Training

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  • October 27, 2025 at 9:50 am #47245
    Mark Johnson
    Participant

    From the Fannin County Amateur Radio Club:

    Are you interested in the 7290 Traffic Net?
    Join us on November 1, 2025 at 1300 (1 p.m.) at Bois D’Arc Creek Cowboy Church on SH 121 S, Bonham TX to hear Jo Ann Keith (KA5AZK) for a training session on handling radio traffic.
    This has been a continuous operation for over 60 years.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BHJQTNxHS/

     

    October 28, 2025 at 2:50 pm #47252
    Phillip Beall
    Keymaster

    All,

    At the Club meeting Saturday, visitor and Secretary of the Fannin County Amateur Radio Club (K5FRC) Sarah Richardson (KI5PZF) told us that Jo Ann Keith (KA5AZK), net manager for the 7290 Traffic Net, is going to be the featured speaker at a special event training session Fannin County ARC meeting on Saturday, November 1, 2025.

    Jo Ann manages the net which runs Monday through Saturday, from 10am to 12pm Central Time.   This net is a regional traffic net for the state of Texas and from their website (https://www.7290trafficnet.org/) it has been “…in continuous operation since 1953…”

    On November 23, 2016 Texas Country Reporter did a segment titled Ham Radio Couple.   It featured John and Jo Ann Keith and the 7290 Traffic Net from their location in Gilmer, Texas.   If you would like to watch it the link is here – Ham Radio Couple.

    The date is Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 1PM. The location will be Bois D ‘Arc Creek Cowboy Church, on SH 121 S in Bonham, Texas.   I am going to try and be there and maybe some of us could meet at DQ for lunch on the way there.  Drop me a note (email) if that interests you.

    73

    Phillip Beall (W5EBC)

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