Well - if you never have any goals to aim for, you won't know if you got them.
First of all - hats off to Kevin/KD5ONS who does this every week for you guys.
Being NCS is fun - but it also can be complicated - as I can see by trying to
get through all my chicken scratches.
For those who weren't able to join us - it started promptly at 0000z and came
to an end around 0030-0040z.
I count 10 check ins - I have info on some, but not all (if it's in brackets -
it's from QRZ.com) - and your RST is in braces.
K6DGW [CA] [FRED] {didn't look sri}
W6UR [CA] LOU {599}
NY2LJ [NY] [LONNIE] {549}
N4GE TN JERRY K2 #1054 {579}
K2HYD VA RAY {339}
W7WEL ID BILL K2 #4001 {569}
W4FOA GA TONY {589}
WA5ZNU CA LEIGH {339}
K6FM OR JAN {589}
W1TF [GA] [RALPH] {589}
Many thanks to all of you taking the time to jump in there.
Lessons learned include:
- 30m is a great band - and was especially cooperative today - can't wait to
try it again (maybe for those who are too close for 30, we can try 40m at
0100z?)
- 10 wpm was probably overkill - I think many folks were patient with me even
though it probably wasn't necessary - unless someone specifically requests it,
or checks in with QRS, I'll be at 13-15 wpm.
- I made an assumption (bad idea) that some folks might want to exchange S/N's
- I'm going to ask you to send QTC when you check in if you want to exchange
S/N's (e.g. DE AA0NI DAN OK QNI QTC K)
- We're going to have to work at making QNI easier - what I need to have you do
when you are checking in after I call QNI? is to send your suffix. I'll respond
with your suffix, and you can send your QNI info.
For example...
==============
NCS: ECN QNI? DE AA0NI K
YOU: XYZ
NCS: XYZ
YOU: DE K2XYZ JOE NY QNI QNX GE K {Joe wants out early, so he signed QNX}
NCS: TU JOE 73 = ECN QNI? K
YOU: FA
NCS: FA
YOU: DE W6FA BILL CA QNI QTC K
NCS: TU BILL PSE [AS] ECN QNI? DE AA0NI K {Bill wants to exchange S/N -> QTC}
...
- Don't try to keep your list on the same page you are trying to copy by hand -
it makes for poor organization
Well - that's all for now. Thanks again - and we'll be back on in about an hour
to try it some more (10115 +/-2 at 0200z).
73,
Daniel / AA0NI
Oklahoma City
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