The Autumn 2025 “145 Alive” nationwide amateur radio event (FM 2m simplex) would be a good activity for club members who have recently gained their foundation licence and want an opportunity to practice in a friendly atmosphere, without feeling the pressure of a contest.
NB: This event is not organised by FPARC; it’s posted here as a reminder with a summary of the details.
⚠️ STOP PRESS #3: FPARC’s frequency revised to: 145.550 MHz (FM narrowband). ⚠️ STOP PRESS #2: Net frequencies now available. ⚠️ STOP PRESS #1: This time, Dean M7SUX and Steve M3BFY from Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club will be managing Net Controller duties in locator square IO90ov (PO18 0SP) / 145.5875 MHz (FM narrowband). It’ll be our first time NC’ing, so we’d appreciate some friendly support. Listening for your call-sign…
This event is a great activity for those who have recently gained their Foundation licence and want to have a little practice on a clear audio band & mode in a friendly atmosphere.
What is 145 Alive?
FPARC on 145.550 MHz (FM Narrowband)
Steve M3BFY and Dean M7SUX will be covering Net Controller duties for IO90ov. Come find us during the event – noon and 3pm (local time)!
FPARC.
145 Alive events are periodic activities intended to encourage participation on the 2m band (FM Simplex).
They’re relaxed, fun events scheduled approximately once a quarter, encouraging you to engage one or more local Nets (or further afield if your equipment allows) to be facilitated in saying hello to others in the same Net area.
The UK is divided up into regions, each region with its own assigned frequency and Net Controller.
To participate, dial your transceiver to the frequency of whichever 145 Alive region you think your equipment could reach (e.g. trying within your Maidenhead Locator or further afield).
Plus, 145 Alive is not a contest!
How to Join In
There’s no signing up required.
Just spin the dial on the day and listen out for your region’s Net Controller making invitations to identify your call sign (which they will do several times over the three hours the event takes place).
Planning the Best QTH!
QTH📡We’ve made available an article on how to Plan the Best Location for 145 Alive using a free online tool for topology, and propagation of the 2m band. Your physical location for VHF QSOs can make all the difference between crystal clear transmissions and garbled static.
Dean M7SUX.
Each regional net has a controller who will encourage participants to identify themselves and then offer QSOs between participants in the Net (different controllers take different approaches, but the idea is the same).
Some controllers may invite different groups to participate at different times (e.g. “all Foundation licence members please call in now”). Some controllers might keep a record of participants’ locations so that they might be invited to call the furthest distance participants.
It’s an event that’s all about being fun and varied while meeting the needs of the participants on the day.
You can participate in as many nets as you like during the one event.
FPARC will update this post with a summary of the 2m frequencies assigned to each area nearer the event time.
Location / Frequency data
(Courtesy of the 145 Alive Facebook Page – reformatted to sort by Locator – final version: 25th September, 2025).
*Maidenhead Locator Codes for our region are: IO90MX, IO90OV & IO90VV ( highlighted in purple ).
Download 145 Alive Frequency Table PDF…
Region Map
⚠️ V09 of the Region Map is in sync with the published frequencies (above).
Final pin map for 27/09/2025 showing the registered Net Controllers and their frequencies.
Looking for the original 145 Alive sources?
145 Alive has sources on Facebook and their own website.
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