[WIARC] Morning net thoughts

[ROBERT CRESWICK]

Hi, Chris...

I had sent this response out to Danny, after reading his email.  I should have, and now have, sent this out to the whole membership.

Although the mentioned DX Nite was also held before the virus issues, it's still a good way for some to get together...and it makes use of the club station.

Although I'm not close enough to participate, I think it sounds like a great idea.  As well, our local repeaters are underutilized.  Many times, I sign on and identify (while mobile) and get zero response.  And, I think ours down here are worse than what I can remember in Quincy.

A thought, and one that does bring at least a few members together once a week is to hold a DX Nite.  We have one every Wednesday evening, from 5:00 to 7:00-8:00, depending upon propagation.  We hold it at the club station, work what rare, or common, DX we can find on the bands, and also get into discussions on radio-related topics...and other subjects, as well.  Certainly, politics is a common subject these days.  It's a way to pull at least a few members together in these days of on-line, or repeater, meetings.'

Good luck with it...

Bob
NB4C




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I like this idea. 9 AM during the week falls inside my work hours. On the weekend this could work for someone like myself and a similar status. I do agree more traffic would be nice. I know when we were more consistent at meeting in the morning between 6-7 am Monday-Friday we started picking up more people to our group. When I am working in Quincy I still check into the repeater at 6:30 or a little earlier on the weekdays.

If you are a local club member with in repeater range of the 147.030 please put forth your feedback on this. Just hit reply all to this email and it will go out to the club members for discussion. If 9 AM on weekdays is what folks would like to try I would at least try to listen in from work. I know myself I am busy what seems all to often. I do like catching people on the repeater locally when I am out mobile. So lets create some discussion on this topic.

ALSO, working on the meeting location for the meeting next Wednesday. Will get an email out to the reflector tomorrow afternoon. Going to take a swing at seeing if we can have it back at the Red Cross. So look for that info tomorrow or an alternate meeting spot. Jim (N9JF) still plans to hold the phone in conference call for the meeting also.

See or hear from you at the meeting,
Chris Schulz
NR9Q

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I recently heard a repeater outside our area that was holding a semi-formal net at 9:00 AM. That got me to thinking, would anyone be interested in partaking of an casual morning net on 147.030? It could be a couple of times a week, it could be daily or it could be just weekdays. It could be after to going to work crew gets done or it could be later in the morning, or even in the afternoon.

My thoughts are our repeaters are underused and the weekly net on Wednesday does not seem to generate actual conversations, so maybe a morning net with no real objective but to chat with each other might stir up a little interest. For one reason or another, we all don't get together for coffee, maybe those that don't would still like the chance to chew the fat with some other local hams.

Any thoughts? Pro or con?

Danny NG9R



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