I and several of my friends tried to check into the 3885 net on Saturday at noon but unfortunately I don't think any of us succeeded. We were using various vintage military radios with a modern radio nearby as a confirmation-receiver.

The net control signal's modulation seemed quite distorted and we found it nearly unintelligible on all four of our rigs, and at times there seemed to be QRM from a strong dead carrier on the frequency.

We tried to check in a couple times each but could not make out a reply (if any) from NCS. Other stations checking in were copied clearly for the most part.

I just wanted to share our experience as hopefully helpful feedback.

Steve WD8DAS

sbjohnston@aol.com
http://www.wd8das.net/

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