There has been a fair bit of discussion about making the SSB net more accessible to those who have had trouble checking in. Thank you all for your input.
This weekend is Field Day, so we will skip the net on Sunday. Get out there and enjoy FD. The following week (6/30/13) I will try a few changes to the net to see if we can pull in those we have been missing. I will start the net as we always do with a general call for checkins and pick up those that I can easily hear. After a dozen or so have checked in, I will ask those that hear me well to stand by while we listen for the weaker (at least to me in Oregon) stations. Several stations have been steady relays in the past and a few have volunteered to help going forward. Those that will help with relays if they are available include: John, N6JW, in southern CA Dwayne, KV5I, in TX Jim, W4RKS, in AL Ian, KM4IK, in GA Someone in the Great Plains if needed The relays will ask for those I can't pull through, and they will always be listening for others asking for relays. After picking up a half dozen or so stations through the relays, I will go back to asking for checkins that can hear me. A bit later we will try the relays again to pick up stragglers. Hopefully this will allow everyone to check in that desires to. By the way, I can rotate my quad; but I cover most of the country well with it pointed due east from my western Oregon QTH (near Eugene). I run 500 watts from the K3/KPA500 to the quad (at 75') with a little compression turned on. Let me know how you think this works, or if you have any other suggestions. 73, Phil, NS7P Participants from the 6/16/13 net follow: Station Name QTH Rig S/N W4PFM Paul VA K3 1673 KM4IK Ian GA K3 281 NZ0T Bill KS K3 1502 K2SD Scott NC K3 6286 AE6JV Bill CA K3 6299 K4GCJ Gerry NC K3 1597 VE3XM Bob ON K3 409 KF5TPU Don MS K3 7261 W0CZ Ken ND K3 457 W7LRY Larry CO K3 6347 W4RKS Jim AL K3 3618 W8OV Dave TX K3 3139 WV5I Dwayne TX K3 5287 K0DTJ Brian CA K3 4413 KE5VDT Roger TX K3 6054 WB6CLZ Mike CA K3 4522 K5OAI Sam TX K3 4123 W1IS Bob MA K3 6762 K1SD James RI K3 6657 K6SBA David CA K3 565 WB9JNZ Eric IL IC7000 WN4SLG Doug TN K3 6433 N1RX Bruce NH K3 559 W7NMD Palmer AR K3 3779 K7GED Dennis ID KX3 4218 NS7P Phil OR K3 1826 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
