[NLRS] 222 Tuesday on Life Support - response

Tue May 25 18:34:28 EDT 2010

     Hi Jim,

     Hope you had a nice winter.
     I know I'm replying to all.   I won't persist with it past this
email.
     A lot of food for thought in your email Jim.   I also got your
comment to kc9bqa.com and I've already replied to several
comments via the website.   Anyone can go there to pick up on
the thread.

     First off, everyone needs to know that 222 Tuesday is not
a net.   Nor was it my idea.   K8TQK and K4TO hosted a
Tuesday night net for some years and that faded away.   Last
fall, N8WNA (EN82) and KC8QAE (EN91) restarted things.
When I heard about it from them, I said I'd publicize it if that's
what they wanted.   So that's how we've gotten here.

     222 Tuesday is a general activity night for all USA/VE hams
with 1.25m.   There's no single focus, no specific region to target.
The idea is to motivate many 222 users to get on, call CQ, swing
beams and see who all is out there.   It is only as good as each
222 user makes it.   If the same 4-6 guys get on every week, it
grows stale.   Hence the publicity far and wide.   If 1000 or
more 222 users are contacted nationwide, doesn't it follow that
perhaps at least 10-20% might get on for at least an hour?

    So there's no real need for someone to be an alternate net
control with 222 Tuesday.   What there is a strong need for
is to have 222 Tuesdays with guys on from all parts of multiple
states.   I've about run out of ideas on how to make this happen.
Like W9FZ says to me sometimes, "Todd, you can't make
people have fun."

    It could be that I go about it the wrong way somehow.   I
would gladly defer to someone with better "marketing" skills.
The messenger (me) isn't important.   The message is what's
important (get on and use our bands more often, and keep
finding ways to attract newcomers to weak-signal V/UHF.)

    Jim, what I DO want to pursue with you, is the possibility of
you being a relay station to VE and the Dakotas and W and N
MN when it's convenient on Wed. nights, with the 144.240
long-range net.   We have a strong desire to spread the activity
farther and farther away.   WB9LYH and I are of the same
mind with pushing the propagation limits on 2m on Wed. nights.

     If you (or anyone else) is interested in helping, please email
and we can discuss.   Or there's always the IARU Region 2
144-432 chat at on4kst.com.   If I'm out in the shed playing
radio, I'm also available on that chat.

     Turns out I am available for 222 Tues. tonight -- should
be out there from 0000-0200Z, give or take.

     73,
     Todd  KC9BQA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Froemke" <jim.k0mhc at earthlink.net>
To: "'Todd Sprinkmann'" <sprinkies at excel.net>; <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; 
"'CVVHF'" <cvvhf at cvvhf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [NLRS] 222 Tuesday on Life Support - response


> Hi Todd.
>
> Just got back to EN26 from EM00 and expect to have the low bands 
> (including
> 222) back on the air within a week or so. I'll let you know when we're 
> done.
> I hope that you could keep the nets going as they are great for 
> testing out
> our stations but I understand the frustration in doing so with few
> check-ins. Before you pull the plug maybe you might want to consider
> distributing the net control to stations around the area. Then perhaps 
> a
> once per month net control duty wouldn't seem as frustrating. If so, 
> you
> could count on me for one of the distributed net control stations 
> within the
> limits of my relatively low power on 222 located 416 miles NW of your 
> QTH.
> Or, perhaps dual net control stations operating in tandem each Tuesday 
> to
> extend the coverage. This might be fun to do once a month.
>
> In any case keep up the good work. One of the major "cons" of new VHF
> stations is that "they can't hear anyone on the bands". Compared to 
> their
> experience operating though a repeater where they can at least hear 
> the
> repeater come back to their transmission if not other local FMers. 
> Many
> folks are still looking for instant gratification and would rather buy
> frozen fish from a store then try and catch a walleye in the wild.
>
> Just some random thoughts.
>
> 73, Jim
> K0MHC
> EN26ha
> Lake Miltona, MN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Todd Sprinkmann
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:32 AM
> To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net; CVVHF
> Subject: [NLRS] 222 Tuesday on Life Support
>
>
>
>   If you think 222 Tuesday is worthwhile, then consider
> reading this post:   http://kc9bqa.com/?p=2747
>
>   73,
>   Todd  KC9BQA    EN63ao    40 N of Milwaukee
>   www.kc9bqa.com  For Frequent VHF/UHF Updates
>   www.wivuch.com   WI V/UHF County Hunters Award
>
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