[HCRA] 6m Activity Night in the NCR next week

[Daniel Sullivan]

All:



Next week we’ll try out the 6m activity night idea. No net, no formalities, 
just an open forum. If you show up then you show up, if you don’t you don’t. 
We’ll kick off at 7pm and keep it going as long as people want or 8 pm 
whichever comes first. We’ll meet on 52.525 FM which, while not the most 
efficient mode, is the one mode most people who have expressed interest seem 
to have. Those of you who have base stations are asked to keep a good ear 
open for weaker mobiles and handhelds. For those who have not operated in HF 
or Simplex nets like this before it will be an adjustment from formalized 
structured nets like Steve, W4FMD’s Wednesday Night Information Net. Be 
patient, ID every 10 minutes (remember no prompt from the repeater there) 
and keep a pause between transmissions to listen up for newcomers. Make sure 
you lower your squelch down to the minimum and use vertical polarization.



I look forward to this a lot and it’ll be fun to find out who shows up and 
what we can do here. I’ve posted this on an international 6m list and some 
of our neighbors in the Tidewater (FM16) will be listening for us so who 
knows who’ll show.



Oh yeah, don’t know your grid square? Check QRZ or ask on the net and 
someone should be able to sort that out. There are on line grid square maps 
available on line but it appears Fairfax and Loudoun counties are split 
between grids in odd places.



Dan Sullivan

KO1D

Falls Church VA

FM 18