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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Band	Freq	Day	UTC	Net Coordinator
160M	1.930 MHz	Sat & Sun ** *	0400	, DAL, #5549
80M	3.942 MHz	Daily	0200	, DAL, #5549
80M Late	3.942 MHz	Sat & Sun ** *	0500	, DAL, #5549
40M	7.185 MHz	Daily	0100	, CARRIE, #8420
40M Late	7.185 MHz	Sat & Sun *	0400	, CARRIE, #8420
20M	14.290 MHz	Daily	1830	, THAD, #8594
17M	18.158 MHz	Sat & Sun *	1900	, CARRIE, #8420
15M	21.395 MHz	Sat & Sun *	1700	, WILLIAM, #8513
10M	28.665 MHz	Sat & Sun *	1800	, 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.

Net Control Stations Needed!  Please contact , DAL, #5549 if you can help out once in a while or regularly.

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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    Ken Whitehouse, N4JLT    480 Boone Trail    Danville, KY 40422

(*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 $7.00 along with a copy of your log info concerning those two contacts to:

K5ENA
John S Campbell
3505 S Jamestown Ave
Tulsa OK 74135-1843

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.