[nrv-hams] simplex net

[Knight, Dave]

Apart from slow-moving hurricanes, no one "expects" real emergencies!  It
seems to me that giving one hour notice BY EMAIL to explore who might
participate in a brand new net, on a new frequency, is guaranteed to limit
participation to those few souls who, by sheer luck happen to get the memo
in time.

Apparently, the plan is to run this exercise for several consecutive
Tuesdays, a factor not mentioned in the original email.

--

In your time of need, may your piece be with you!

The trouble with many of today's college graduates is not that they're
ignorant, it's that they've been taught so much that just isn't so!

                                                      (with apologies to
Ronald Reagan).



On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 2:25 PM Patrick Lloyd <pdlloyd975 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm confused by the complaints...  short notice, yes... but fun, yes... i
> had fun trying it.  I just happened to be in a spot where i could
> participate
> and enjoyed seeing who i could talk to... Best i could tell, there were
> about 8-10 people and we all learned something..  Hoping we'll gain more
> folks next week.
> Thanks Ben.
> Patrick
> KN4PDL
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> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 12:07 PM Russ Abbey <russ.abbey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ben, I think I have to agree with Dave on this.  A little bit of notice
> > would be nice this is going to happen.  I was up and in here and didn't
> > know about it as I stop reading my emails about 2:30 PM to partake in
> other
> > projects and do some reading here.  Or working outside on antennas. :)
> If
> > we knew in advance we could prepare and be there for all of to get an
> idea
> > of who can contact whom.  But then if it wa an emergency, we would not
> have
> > a lot of notice and a phone tree should be made to contact members of
> > problems.  Or to get on the 147.555 simpletax to do this.  Which by the
> way
> > is the Digital calling frequency in this area by the way.  No, not
> > sanctioned by ARRL or SERA, but we had to do something to find an area
> for
> > those of us with digital radios to talk simplex.  Most it is Yaesu System
> > Fusion, but I have heard D-STAR and something else I am not sure of, it
> may
> > be DMR, but it's off somehow.
> > Even though digital it is a good bet it is a safe place to hold a simplex
> > net at anytime.  I am willing to be on the air anytime with someone who
> > wishes to test their radios on simplex into Floyd County, over in the
> > Terry's Fork area of Check.  Or EM97ua if you like.
> >
> > 73 all
> > Russ Abbey,
> > de:N4MAV
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 7:56 PM Ben Williams <jbwillia at math.vt.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > >   in order to look out for ourselves  when the crap hits the fan
> > >
> > > several of us have been thinking of doing a net to test simplex between
> > > hams in the area
> > >
> > > so join us at 9PM tonight on 147.555.
> > >
> > > The idea is to find out whom can contact whom with what wattage and
> whom
> > > can relay for whom when needed.
> > >
> > > Ben kk4ewt
> > >
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