The Oneida County Traffic and Emergency Net (OCTEN) is a net operated by amateur radio operators in upstate New York.  OCTEN is a net affiliated with the National Traffic System (NTS) for the purposes of moving formal written traffic in and out of Oneida and 12 surrounding Counties in Central New York as well as providing training for those interested in traffic handling.  

OCTEN meets nightly at 8pm Eastern time.

On Tuesday thru Sunday, the net is held on W2MO repeater (Primary) (owned by the Madison Oneida Amateur Radio Club) which is on 145.17(-) CSQ .  

On Mondays, the net is held on the K2LIZ repeater (alternate) which is on 147.24 with as PL of 71.9 .

Net Manager for OCTEN is Doug AK2Z.  Assistant Net Manager is John K2VTT.  

OCTEN currently has liaisons from/to: New York Public Operations Net (NYPON), Western District Net (WDN), Southern Tier Amateur Radio (STAR) and RRI Digital (NTS-D).

Since OCTEN covers such a wide area, there are also several satellite repeaters that are checked nightly for check-ins & traffic. These repeaters include:

• 145.110(-)167.9 near Ilion
• 146.685(-)110.9 near Norwich (EchoLink node# 198650 | AllStarLink 547740 | HamsOverIP 15112)
• 146.745(-)110.9 Mt Pisgah – Near Andes, Delaware County
• 146.850(-)167.9 near Oneonta
• 147.000(+)71.9 near Auburn (EchoLink node# 9188)
• 147.210(+)103.5 Cazenovia
• 147.240(+)71.9 near Kirkland (EchoLink node# 227963)

Please feel free to check in whenever and wherever you can.  All hams are welcome! 73s