[K3PZN-List] Second Digital Net report

[Curt Milton]

Doug, 

i also copied WN4AMO but i had missed his QTH - we
obviously had some sporadic-E which you can't count
on, and this should be getting less as summer
progresses.  there are many more E-skip openings to FL
than any place else!  

i don't think attenuator ended up being a factor
because i heard nobody else. i was running 5 watts
with my K2, maybe next time i can run 50 mW of course
the others would have no chance!  

its not hard to find you on 10m so don't fret the QSY!
 i was surprised by your long cq as looking at a 2 kHz
band, as soon as you appeared on the waterfall i knew
it was you!

antenna pattern?  best way to test antenna on 10m is
to listen to the beacon on 28.295 and rotate the
antenna.

cm
  
--- Douglas Kearney <kearneydj@adelphia.net> wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
>  
>     Well, we had the second digital NET last evening
> at 20:30. The mode
> was PSK31 and we had 3 1/2 check-ins. The NET was
> conducted from the NEW
> digital equipment at our club station. The antenna
> was the TRI-Bander
> Beam and it was pointed south. The three check-ins
> where:
>  
> N3VOP Mike
> WB8YYY Curt
> N3SOK Jerry
>  
>     The 1/2 check-in was Paul WN4AMO from Ft.
> Lauderdale Florida. He
> hopefully will be joining the NET next week if
> propagation allows. He
> was just passing by our frequency and stopped to
> listen in.
>  
>     Everyone had a weak signal, but you will soon
> learn why; I need to
> confess something to everyone. I am not familiar
> with the operation of
> the ICOM-756, this is something that I can promise
> will be rectified
> shortly, however the probable reason why there was
> only 3 1/2 check-ins
> to the NET was that I had 18DB of attenuation
> selected. OPS!!!!! Also, I
> asked everyone to meet me at 1000HZ, however I did
> not notice until
> about 10 minutes into the net that I was up around
> 1700HZ, not that
> there were a lot of signals on 10 Meters, but I was
> not on the NET freq.
> So for those who tried to join the NET last night
> and I did not
> recognize them that is the reason why. I wasn't
> ignoring you on purpose.
> I really apologize and now will check to make sure
> the attenuator is
> turned off and that I am on the right frequency. I
> would like to ask
> everyone to please try it again next week. This is
> great practice and
> development of everyone's operating skills.
>  
>     Also, it would appear that we do not have an
> omni directional
> antenna for 10 meters. The station committee
> chairman is now been made
> aware of this and they will be looking to rectify
> the problem. 
>  
>     Well to sum up, I had a great time running the
> net and would like to
> try it again next week. Lets plan on 10 meters and
> PSK31 one more time.
> This will be the last week for PSK31 on the NET.
> Look forward to seeing
> everyone on 28.100 and 1000 HZ at 20:30 local time
> on Thursday July 31
>  
> 73
> Doug K N5LBJ
> 
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