[MRCG] Tonight's net, and wondering about schedule adjustment.

[Jim Falls]

I can run 160. Have a 350' around the yard on the fence dipole repurposed from my crystal set days. 

Cheers!
Jim K6FWT
CBLA #37

> On Dec 28, 2014, at 11:24, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys - Anyone tried 160 lately?  As the critical freq falls rapidly at
> sunset, maybe 160 would be OK, compromises considered....?  Some rigs can't
> get there..
> 
> I have been having fun with the GRC-109 on 7050 KC CW in the afternoons.
> In the past 4 days of *very* occasional ops I have worked 11 states from
> Tennessee to Hawaii.  Ops into SOCAL and local CENTCAL are very solid  up
> until around 1700.  I even worked Andy with his WS-18 yesterday (78
> miles).  Maybe the first WS-18/GRC-109 contact ever?  HaHa
> I decided I would try to Work All States with the '109 on the 7050 KC
> Crystal and a dipole...
> 
> Happy New Year!
> Tim
> N6CC
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 11:03 AM, tom horsfall <wa6ope at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I think Winter propagation at night on 75 meters is a crap shoot.
>> Sometimes good sometimes not good.   The 350 mile plus paths usually good
>> after 2000 hrs, the close in conditions will be variable.    I think 2000
>> hrs might be better for QRM but we will have to wait a month or so for more
>> consistent paths.   Good time to try cross country skeds with the East
>> Coast guys.    Maybe another cross country "chirp net"
>> 
>> Note to Norcal guys, the Vintage Military net on Sunday mornings has very
>> good propagation out to around 250 plus miles this time of year.      0800
>> hrs 3974 kc.
>> 
>>> From: nf6x at nf6x.net
>>> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:03:07 -0800
>>> To: mrcg at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: [MRCG] Tonight's net, and wondering about schedule adjustment.
>>> 
>>> Well, those were unusual conditions, but it was still a fun net. Thank
>> you to everybody who participated!
>>> 
>>> I wonder whether it might be time to adjust the net starting time again?
>> I think we're right up against an SSB net on the same frequency just before
>> us, though. What do y'all think about this?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
>>> http://www.nf6x.net/
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