[MRCA] Southern version of Moose and Squirrel

[Al Klase]

Hi Ray,

I do think that an additional net that covered a larger geographical 
area could be a good thing.

Some thoughts and observations:

60 meters has been really good for Moose and Squirrel.

  * Good regional (250-mile radius) coverage at mid-day.
  * Easy to hold a frequency due to general under utilization of the
    band.  We're always on 5357.
  * Reliable band conditions, three-day-a-week operation, and *directed
    net format*, have allowed operation on almost every net day for five
    years!

40 meters: the next obvious target.

  * NVIS coverage during daylight, so there won't be a hole in the
    middle of the net like you'd have on 20M.
  * Probably more range, but will vary with season and sun spots.
  * Allows AM operation, but an AM/SSB net offers some challenges for
    the participants.

Caveats

  * Many mil sets don't do LSB.  USB may draw fire from the A-holes.
  * 7296 USB seems natural, but there is often AM activity on 7290.
  * You'll have problems controlling a frequency day to day. Use this
    reflector to announce freq once you're on it.

I guess you should round up a couple of stations and experiment.

Al

Al Klase -- N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 12/14/2015 10:22 AM, Ray Fantini wrote:
>
> The Moose and Squirrel Net, or as its formal name "The Moose and 
> Squirrel Cold-War Clandestine and Long-Range-Reconnaissance-Patrol 
> Net" is a great net, one that I have participated in several times and 
> enjoy that they encourages you to get your radios out of the house and 
> use them in the field. I have operated from my home QTH, outside the 
> house with radios and the M-151 and several field locations and always 
> enjoyed it, but my only complaint is with me being in Maryland I tend 
> to be the furthest south station, with the rest of the participants 
> being all northerners. Propagation not being favorable beyond a range 
> that would include central or southern stations, I tried operating 
> once from the eastern shore of Virginia and was not successful, was 
> able to copy several of the Pennsylvania stations but not Net Control 
> itself.
>
> If there is an interest would propose trying a southern version of the 
> Moose and Squirrel Net maybe at a later or earlier time on the same 
> frequency? Possibly a "Foghorn Leghorn Net" on the same frequency or 
> maybe another frequency that would support longer path propagation. 40 
> meters USB can be a possibility maybe using the 7.275 that the Central 
> group uses at night? Daytime propagation on 40 has always been good 
> for me up and down the coast. Rather than then trying to use 3.885 
> being that there is already a well-established "Old Military Radio Net 
> " there and 80 meters in general is a mess the rest of the day. Anyone 
> else have any thoughts or ideas about a southern or central operation?
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
>
>
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