[InHam] 2m SSB net, Thursday, 8:30pm, 00:30z, 144.250 USB

[Dan Evans]

Hope everyone can join us for the net Thursday evening.

My planning and prep.is nearly complete for the Indiana QSO Party this 
Saturday!  I will be camping  on a nice hilltop near Leota, IN.  I will 
have my tent, FT897D, and some wire in the trees:-)  The  INQP is a load 
of fun, even if it is on HF, hi hi.  Get on and play along if you can!
http://hdxcc.org/inqp/index.html


The week after the INQP, I will be playing with the 6 meter spring 
sprint.  I'll likely be playing from home in this one.  It is the time 
of year for 6 meter E' skip to get started, so this one could be loads 
of fun!  Play along if you can:-)
*The 50 MHz Sprint will be from 2300Z Saturday, May 9, until 0300Z 
Sunday, May 10, 2009.
http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm


After the 6 meter sprint, I will be in full planning mode for the ARRL 
June VHF QSO Party!  The second weekend in June, for me this is the 
World Series of VHF contests.  I plan on Roving through 6 or 8 grids in 
KY and IN.

And of course, at the end of June is good ol' Field Day.

Don't you just love spring time?  :-D
*

73  
Dan
-- 
Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. EM78el
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Greeting group,





I look forward to hearing everyone this Thursday evening, 4/9/2009, 
8:30pm local, 00:30z, on 144.250 USB for the 2m SSB net.



Band conditions have been pretty good for the last few days, so I'm 
hoping for a good turn out.



I spent a couple of hours Monday evening playing in the 2m Spring 
Sprint.  I didn't make a lot of contacts, but it was good to hear some 
old friends.  The spring sprints always get me motivated to get ready 
for the June VHF QSO Party!  Next week, the 222 MHz Sprint will be from 
7 PM until 11 PM local time on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.



http://groups.google.com/group/springsprints/web/2009-announcement-rules



I would also like to announce we have come to a pretty good agreement.  
Most of the 2m SSB net participants would like to move the time a little 
later for the summer / day light savings time, hours.  I think a good 
compromise time for this will be 8:30pm local time, or 00:30z.  So 
starting with the _*4 / 9 / 2009*_ net, the new time will be 8:30pm 
local, 00:30z.   This is Thursday evening 8:30pm local time, which is 
the same as Friday morning, 00:30 Universal Time.  /*Please help me pass 
the word around about the time change.



*/Also, there has been a lot of interest in starting a new 6 meter net, 
and a 2 meter FM simplex net!  I plan to get these started, however, I 
really need to make some station improvements before I try to kick these 
off.  Currently my little 3 element yagi for 6 meters is only 20 feet 
off the ground, and my only 2 meter FM antenna is a 4 element yagi at 28 
feet.  I'm planning to add twenty more feet of tower this spring, and a 
good 2 meter vertical, which should be a huge improvement.  As soon as I 
can make these changes I'll try to kick off the new nets.



Now, if we can just get the auto industry back on it's feet so I can 
afford to buy concrete....



73

Dan

-- 
Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. EM78el

K9ZF /R no budget Rover ***QRP-l #1269 Check out the Rover Resource Page at:

<http://www.qsl.net/n9rla> List Administrator for: InHam+grid-loc+ham-books

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