[MRCA] Moose and Sq net

[Al Klase]

Alex and The Group,

I like the daytime format as well, and high noon has the potential for 
working stiffs to participate.

We'll need to shop around for a better band as conditions change on us. 
  20- and 17-meters are non-starters for our purposes as all the usual 
suspects will be in the skip zone.

I've been a habitual user of the Aussie site as well: 
http://www.ips.gov.au/HF_Systems/6/5

Among the useful features there is the Hourly Area Prediction (HAP) Charts.

I've been checking the NEW YORK RADIO CARA hourly chart almost every 
time I call up the net, just to get a feel for whats going on.  The 
recommended freq. for close-in NVIS has been steadily sagging as Spring 
progressed, and is now getting down to 3.5 MHz.

Charlie, KA1GON and I tried 3996 last Saturday after M&S without 
anything like encouraging results.

Looking at the Daily HAP Charts. that sow maps in one hour increments, 
suggest we might try 60-meter a little earlier in the morning.  I wonder 
if 10 AM would be an improvement.

I'm messed up in a QTH change, so you guys will have to soldier onward. 
  Perhaps WB2JWU will take up the NCS slack.

73,
Fearless Leader

On 5/31/2011 4:33 PM, alexanderrokowetz-mrca at yahoo.com wrote:
> Al,
>
> I personally like the time, as it enables me to operate portable while public
> parks are open.  Some of the other nets (Old Military Radio Net&  40M USB Net)
> occur between dusk and dawn, when public parks are closed.  Perhaps we could
> keep the time and sample several different bands during the next net to see
> which one works best?  Perhaps 7296.0, 14.345.2, and 18.157.5?  We might
> even find some more distant stations joining the net.
>
> Alex
> K2AJR
>   "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt
> should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and
> controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome
> become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public
> assistance."
> - Cicero - 55 BC
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Al Klase<al at ar88.net>
> To:mrca at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tue, May 31, 2011 3:38:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [MRCA] Moose and Sq net
>
> Breck and the Gang,
>
> Conditions have been deteriorating for a couple of week now. My personal
> situation is complicated by a change of QTH and noise in the city.
>
> KA1GON and I tried 75-meters after Saturdays net. It was perhaps a
> little worse than 60.
>
> If anyone has a suggestion for an alternate band or time of day for
> Moose and Squirrel, speak up.
>
> Fearless Leader
>
> On 5/31/2011 12:22 PM, B Smith wrote:
>> Sigs ruff here today, copied K2AJR portable in the
>> park the best, KK1K was in and out and
>> could not copy Pete at all.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Z
>>
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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