[MRCA] 75 Meter Rolling Net

[Robert Nickels]

I made a point to be around for the entire hour last night to attempt to 
see if the longer propagation might allow coast-to-coast contacts - and 
it did!   This tends to prove the old saying about no one knows the band 
is open if everyone is just listening...

 From the east coast 0200Z half-hour, particpants included:  KW1I, 
AB5GG, WB4WCJ, KK1K, W9RAN, KBØSFP, NN2K

KBØSFP was operating a Yaesu FT-70 packset at 20 watts and was not 
copyable at my location, but several of us held the frequency open for 
the next 1/2 hour til KE6ZIQ started up the weekly west coast net at 
0400.  By that time both he and KI6EZA had risen to good/strong-readable 
here in NW IL and I was able to check in with them as well using a 
Southcom SC-130D driving an amplifier with 300 watts output.

I know Dennis was heard on both coasts with his 20 watts although I 
could not hear the west coast station(s) he was talking to . The bottom 
line is, given the 75 meter propagation we have it's unlikely that 
everyone will everyone - but everyone will be heard by someone.    So 
give it a try next week,  3996 kHz USB. Starting at 03:00Z on the East 
Coast, MRCA will call the net.  At 03:30Z, net control will pass to 
MMRCG.  At 04:00Z, net control will pass to the West Coast Military 
Radio Group.    See who you can hear and be heard by as the net rolls 
across the country from east to west!

73, Bob W9RAN