[Hallicrafters] Join Saturday HCI 40 Meter Net

[Mark Bell]

Listened on 7280 starting at 1319 EDT, but the FireBird net was on.  Didn't
hear any HCI activity, so headed up to 7290 for some AM fun.

Mark K3MSB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:05 AM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Join Saturday HCI 40 Meter Net


>
>
> Please join with us on Saturday August 21st for the Hallicrafters
Collectors
> International 40 meter Net. If you value these weekly Nets, then show up
and
> make your interest known. I know that propagation has made things
difficult, but
> we need to know if our time is being well spent or not. If you can not be
> physically present, or propagation is better to the outer planets than in
a
> state adjacent to Michigan, then send me an e-mail.
>
> There have only been a handful of people who have kept all of HCI going
from its
> inception over five years ago. All costs have been paid by me for the web
site
> and other related expenses. Unfortunately we recently lost the help of one
of
> our key people and all of us were already shouldering more than we should
have
> been. But sometimes you just do what you have to do. Now with the workload
> increasing on those that remain, we must ask if the cause justifies the
effort,
> time and expense required to continue on.
>
> Way too often we all take what is there, as simply always going to be
there. It
> takes commitment on the part of those of us who make HCI happen and we do
it
> because we care and want to contribute to the Amateur Radio hobby and that
of
> Boat Anchordom. But we need to know that our time and effort is not being
spent
> on a cause that nobody really cares about or needs. We do not think this
is the
> case, far from it. But now that times have changed and the work load is
heavier,
> we need to hear from you, as it is you that we do this for.
>
> If you would like to help as a relay station for the Saturday or Sunday
Nets, or
> as a back up NCS, we can use you.
>
> If you would like to volunteer to assist with the HCI web site, our Web
Master
> KA1DGL, Fred Mooney, is willing to talkwith you about it.
>
> If you have an article or a photo or whatever to contribute to the web
site,
> please submit it either to:
>
> webmaster at w9wze.org (Fred Mooney, KA1DGL)
>
> Or to me:
>
> netcontrol at w9wze.org
>
> I know that from time to time some of you send me a monetary token of your
> appreciation to help pay for web site costs. If that is what you wish to
do, my
> address is good in QRZ.COM
>
> We believe the benefit is there and we believe that the cause is a good
one and
> that it is valued and appreciated. However too much work constantly leads
to
> burn out and the end of life as we knew it. We need to replace this key
person
> to spread out the work load and make it easier on all of us, maybe even
get two
> people and add some new features. So if you can help, please do so.
>
> The pre-Net will commence at 12:30 PM EDT, (1630 UTC). The Net proper at
1:00 PM
> EDT, (1700 UTC). The frequency (like it ever changes!) will be 7.280 MHZ
lsb +/-
> for key clicks, mike splatter and the raucous rumblings of my small block
Chevy
> V/8 powered lawn mower making that old John Deere truly "run like a
Deer!". With
> my teenage grandson at the wheel, get your kids, pets and valuables off
the
> streets, out of your yards and out of harms way! If he ever accidentally
> discovers that red button marked "emergency stop" is really the Nitrous
Oxide
> injector, the old yard tractor is apt to do a wheely and climb the R-25g
tower
> and take out the Mosley TA-33 up yonder! Whereupon his mother is going to
take
> out her blind father with a four-way lug wrench up along side his head! So
that
> roar in my background is not the fan on my old Ameritron amplifier burning
up
> its fan motor bearings, just Brandon throwing up grass rooster tails high
enough
> that a Giraffe can eat lunch without ever having to bend his neck!
>
> I hope to hear you tomorrow. So be there, let us know you care and let's
QSL
> Iowa! It is the last state and it is holding out on us.
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> NCS: Hallicrafters Collectors International
> netcontrol at w9wze.org
>
>
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