[30m] Net Details

[Risto Kotalampi]

Activity on 10139 kHz is very sporadic. It's only active when we know 
someone is running counties. You can see the recent digital modes county 
hunting activity at http://ch.w6rk.com/?mode=data&limit=50 .

73!

Risto, W6RK

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>    Hi Risto, I was just tuning the 30 meter band with my PSK31 turned 
> on and heard lots of CW below 10.120 and just win2000 pactor stations 
> above. They seem to be doing well. I called CQ on 10.139 with no luck 
> but guess there is no digital hams on the band now. The time is 2130Z.
>
>
> Risto Kotalampi wrote:
>
>>
>> I like the idea of the digital net and I'll be happy to help covering 
>> west coast whenever I am available. If this is going to be some sort 
>> of net helping people with their WAS, please always include your 
>> county in your checkins and exchanges and I'll get a lot of county 
>> hunters joining the net for sure.
>>
>> We are using 10139 kHz (carrier frequency, not dial fq, ie. for 
>> example 10138 USB dial, 1000 Hz tone) as our frequency whenever we 
>> have mobile going across the country running counties.
>>
>> 73!
>>
>> Risto, W6RK
>>
>> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>
>>>    Hi Jason, well good. Let me suggest this: Select your net 
>>> controls with an eye towards the areas they can cover. Have a weekly 
>>> message that is sent to all net controls who will send it to members 
>>> that check in. And have the nets on the same frequency at different 
>>> times. I would try holding the East Coast net first and the West 
>>> Coast last.
>>>
>>>    Give the time of each net in GMT so each member can get the real 
>>> local time, or if they are like me I have both clocks in the ham 
>>> shack :-)  Members can and should listen to each net and if they 
>>> hear one well, check in even if it's not your closest net control.
>>>
>>>    For example it's 5 hours correction to GMT on the East Coast. If 
>>> we start that net at 7 PM local time that will be 1900 EST + 5 = 
>>> 2400 GMT. In the Central Time zone 7PM is 1900 CST +6 = 0100 GMT. 
>>> 7PM local in California is 1900 PST which is 1900 PST +8 = 2700 = 
>>> 0300GMT.
>>>
>>>    So if we say the nets start at 7PM local time across the country, 
>>> they will be staggered in time. I left out the MST because we have 
>>> few Hams and can just find the net we hear well, with three to 
>>> choose from.  To each member the first few nets listen to at least 
>>> two net controls to find out which is best.
>>>
>>>    This is just a basic idea how it will work. Much more planning is 
>>> needed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jason Hsu, AA0II wrote:
>>>
>>>> This will be a digital net.  It will start out as a once-per-week 
>>>> PSK-31
>>>> net.  I plan to add additional days during the week in other digital
>>>> modes, like MFSK-16.
>>>>
>>>> I realize that I'll need to rely on relays.  Frequent rotation and 
>>>> good
>>>> geographical diversity of net controls will be needed so that no net
>>>> participants stay stuck in the skip zone week after week.
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl F. Larsen" <k5di at zianet.com>
>>>> To: "30Meters" <30m at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:16 AM
>>>> Subject: [30m] Net Details
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>>    Hi Jason we know the net will be on 30 meters somewhere. We can
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>> use
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> one frequency or several if needed. What mode will the net use, 
>>>>> CW? On
>>>>> 30 meters it's either CW or digital. So Jason tell use about these
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>> major
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> details and we can work from there.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Karl Larsen, aka K5DI
>>>>> Linux user since 1994
>>>>> 70 years old and still having fun
>>>>> Web: http://www.zianet.com/k5di
>>>>>
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