Welcome to the OMISS Homepage!

Here you can find everything you need to know to get the most enjoyment out of OMISS. You can find answers to questions about Membership, Awards, Contests, and many other topics. We hope you will find this site useful, and that it will help you learn more about OMISS and who we are. Most of all, we hope it will help you have MORE FUN on the OMISS Nets!

OMISS 101

OMISS, or Old Man International Sideband Society, has been operating list-type awards nets on the General Amateur bands since 1981. Want to get your WAS quickly? This is a great place to get it done. Do you like to work lots of stations for unique awards? We have several challenging awards to work for, each with an attractive certificate to hang on your wall. Do you like contesting? We hold an annual QSO Party and invite the whole Amateur community. More information is available in our information brochure (see link on the left).

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OMISS OPERATES ON THE FOLLOWING FREQUENCIES AND TIMES, PLUS OR MINUS QRM AND PROPAGATION:

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The OMISS All Band Coordinator is , ROBERT, #977

Band	Net Time & Frequency	Day	Net Coordinator
160m	0400z ---> 1.930 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Sat & Sun & Mon **	, THOMAS, #10452
80m	0300z ---> 3.825 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Daily	, STEVEN, #10630
80m Late	0500z ---> 3.825 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Sat & Sun * **	, STEVEN, #10630
40m	0100z ---> 7.185 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Daily	, JEFF, #5756
40m Late	0400z ---> 7.185 MHz  (+/- 7 kHz)	Sat & Sun *	, JEFF, #5756
20m	1830z ---> 14.290 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Daily	, ERIC, #11485
17m	1900z ---> 18.158 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Sat & Sun *	, CLAUDE, #9757
15m	1700z ---> 21.395 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Sat & Sun *	, DAVE, #9395
10m	1800z ---> 28.665 MHz (+/- 7 kHz)	Sat & Sun *	, DAVID, #7380

* And Monday if it is a Legal Holiday, plus New Years Day, 4th of July, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

** The Winter schedule will begin the last week-end in October and complete the 1st week-end in April.

Days and times are in UTC. Nets that are Friday night local are displayed as Sat UTC.

We are in need of volunteers to become NCS stations for OMISS. If you would be willing to help please contact one of the above listed Band Coordinators for more information.

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For a "hard copy" of information on OMISS, send a #10 size SASE envelope, with two units of first class postage, to:

OMISS Information David F Rees, Sr -- W4DFR 6616 Melrose Ave Louisville, KY 40216

(*NOTE - DX Stations need not send SASE - just a current mailing address)

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Membership Information

To apply for membership (application), you must first work or be worked by any two members during any OMISS Net.
Once this requirement is met, you can apply for membership by using one of two methods:

Method 1 - Apply By U.S. Mail: Fill out an application and send a check (one-time fee for life, not annually recurring) for $10.00 along with a copy of your log info concerning those two contacts to:

OMISS Membership
Peter Mann -- KF5RD
722 South 138 East Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74108

Method 2 - Apply Online: Applications and fees may be submitted electronically.

Enter your Callsign here and click the Apply Now button.

Please do not include SASE's for QSL Cards with your membership application - the membership address is not the same as the QSL Buro. For more information on the free QSL Buro, read the QSL Bureau section.