[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB net results for 6/16/13

[Phil Shepard]

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