While reading the latest news on AOL this morning, a TEN-TEC ad popped up on my
monitor. The caption said, "TEN-TEC, THE LEADER IN HF". I opened it up and it
brought me to the TEN-TEC website. What a wealth of information for the world
to see including, OUR COMMUNITY, which has the TEN-TEC SSB nets listed!
In regards to the many questions about not attending the Orlando Hamfest, this
is one of the reasons that Jim Wharton gave me, as TEN-TEC and most other
companies are maximizing their $ to reach the most people. This makes good
business sense in these times of economic uncertainty. Cheer up, TEN-TEC will
be at Dayton in May and I will be working along with them and other members of
these Groups.
The TEN-TEC 40 meter SSB net will meet today at 19:00 UTC on or about 7.261
LSB. Yes, the 40 meter net is moving up 1 kHz in order to avoid any
interference with the Mid Cars Net, which has operated on 7.258 assisting
mobiles and handling emergency traffic for many years. We know that there are
many diverse radios and models that check in and I ask politely that everyone
zero beat the net control station, regardless of what your radios readout says.
As a former Net Control for the East Cars Net when I lived in Pennsylvania, I
have had great respect for South Cars, East Cars and Mid Cars for over 35
years. Moving up 1 kHz is only fair to both of our nets and will avoid any
unnecessary conflicts. This will create a spirit of harmony and Amateur Radio
will continue to be elevated to a higher plane.
The TEN-TEC 20 meter SSB net will meet today following the 40 meter net at
20:00 UTC on or about 14.325 USB. Again, I politely ask that everyone will zero
beat the net control station, regardless of what your radios readout says.The
TEN-TEC Certificate Program which was started by Jim Wharton NO4A, Vice
President TEN-TEC Inc. has been a huge success with 26 people having already
received their first certificate, since the program started on January 20th of
this year.
15 more people have the opportunity to reach or surpass their 10 checkin total
today and will qualify for their first certificate. Remember, there is also a
TEN-TEC Silver Certificate for 25 checkins and a TEN-TEC Gold Certificate for
50 checkins. You can see what these beautiful certificates look like by
clicking on this link of my QRZ page http://www.qrz.com/db/k3ur
Concerning my recent posting, we will be listening for any questions or
concerns about any TEN-TEC product during both nets and hopefully answer any
questions. Please feel free to relay any stations that may be weak at my
Atlanta Area location, as we want to be able to acknowledge and check in
everyone that calls in.
Thanks to all those who check into our nets and for all of your efforts and
support. Yes, you have made the TEN-TEC Nets come back to life again after
several years of no nets. In spite of some very negative emails, I will
continue working to hold these nets together each week.
All of you who regularly check into the nets are directly responsible for the
TEN-TEC Nets being an integral part of our Amateur Radio hobby and I appreciate
each one of you!
John, K3UR
John D. Occhipinti, K3UR
Net Control, TEN-TEC SSB Nets
http://k3ur.com
The Voice of Atlanta
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
|