[HCARC] Mic Time on HF

[H. Vordenbaum]

Oh, yeah, good idea.  Maybe sometime before or after the 2 M net?  Although
after would be the time of the ARES net on 80 M.


-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of galeheise at windstream.net
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 5:25 AM
To: HCARC Reflector
Subject: [HCARC] Mic Time on HF

To All-

  I really enjoyed spending the time with John Brown, KA9LKB, and Gary
Johnson, N5BAA, at the Club Station yesterday.  We ended up spending 2 1/2
hours discussing radios, tuners, SWR meters, logging programs, computer/rig
interfacing and other ham radio topics.  John came for the purpose of
getting mic time on HF and unfortunately, left empty handed.

  It occurred to me that it might be helpful, for new hams as well as hams
interested in HF, to get on HF with an informal rag chewing Round Robin
session one night during the week to provide them with some mic time and the
ability to ask questions about equipment, antennas, operating, etc..  This
might be a nice augment to the structured 2 meter nets on Monday and Skywarn
on certain Thursdays.  Ideally, if local propagation were to permit it, we
could meet on 10 meters for the benefit of Technician Class Licensees.
Antennas for 10 meters are pretty simple to construct and of reasonable
size.  I understand some clubs have local 10 meter sessions because the
bands are typically clear and interference won't be a problem.  I'm just not
sure if we're located close enough to make it work.

  I suspect our first step is to pick a day, time and frequency on 10 meters
to see what type of propagation we have.  Let me know if anyone is
interested in running 10 meter propagation tests.

Gale
KM4DR
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