[GreenKeys] Summary of HoffNet Testing on Saturday

[Bob Camp]

Hi,

Roy - Thanks for all the hard work on this !!!!

Just to clarify: today will be more or less every hour on the hour 
starting at noon CDT.

One thought: If you added a time stamp to the standard broadcast then 
normal auto start gear could do all the monitoring. It would not give 
an S meter reading but you could come up with a copy percentage pretty 
easily.

	Thanks Again!!
		
		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ

On May 16, 2004, at 12:06 AM, Roy Norris wrote:

> I conducted a full day of testing of the HoffNet on 20, 30, and 80
> meters.
> 30 meter operations were from 10:30 am CDT until 10:30 PM CDT; 20 meter
> operations were from 12:01 PM until 8:00 PM CDT
>
> In general , best results were on 30 meters.  20 meter operations were
> also successful but were hampered by qrm from an RTTY Contest that was
> going on. 80 meter results were disappointing with few signal reports
> received.
>
> Here are summaries of some of the comments received:
>
> W7AAZ. Bill in Twin Falls, Id  S-5 to S-7 @ 2:00 PM on 20 meters
>
> KB8TQ, Bob Camp, Redding, CT.  Marginal copy on both 20 and 30 meters
> In the AM and early afternoon.  Good copy on 30 meters from 3:30 PM
> until 8:30 PM  and on 20 meters from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM.  30 meters
> dies abourt 8:30 PM
>
> WA0NDN, Gary in Waukee, Ia had several QSO's with him on 30 meters.
> Good Copy
>
> Ja,es Walker, Bufallo, NY   30 db strong signal on 20 meters at 2:00 PM
>
> Wayne Letourneau, Minnesota near Canadian border - 100  copy on 20
> meters at 3:00 PM
>
> Gary Chatters, Maryland -- 30 meter signals good in Maryland @ 2:00 PM
>
> Steve in Huntsville, Alabama  S9 +25 on 20 meters at 1:00 pm
>
> Larry, W0OGH   Print 30% on 30 meters at 10:30 AM in Arizona
>
> A special thanks to Bob Camp who caught almost every transmission on 
> all
> bands and provided numerous signal reports during the day.
>
>
>
> I plan ato aresume net operations on 30 Meters (10.137300 Mhz) tomorrow
> at 12:01 PM
>
> Thanks for everyones participation.  It appears 30 meters is our best
> choice at the present time for a single band and perhaps as our BASE
> BAND if we decide to operate on multiple bands.
>
> Other views and comments welcome.
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Best regards -- Roy Norris, K4EEG
>
>
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