[TenTec] Users Net

[B. Lee Cornwell]

Hi Carl and the group - I couldn't agree more !!  73 Lee K2BLC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@earthlink.net>
To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Users Net


> I don't think the net is OK anymore at 14.267.  The guy on 14.268 is
almost
> also there
> and at least for me is always s9+20db on the side of my beam.  I have sent
> him
> an email and asked him to move during the net.  The only thing he ever has
> said
> to me is "go to hell".  I think we need to find a better spot on 20
meters.
> This guy
> even lists 14.268 as his frequency on his profile on qrz.com.  Since he
has
> started
> using this frequency, he has certainly ruined the net for me.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> Franklinton, NC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Kadish K8DIT" <benk8dit@serv.net>
> To: "EDWARD CRAWFORD" <w4wvw@msn.com>; <TenTec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 5:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Users Net
>
>
> > The net is fine where it is. If you can get your rig on the net at the
> right
> > time and overcome the qrm, qrn and rude Paris-like ambiance of 20meters,
> > then a couple of other realities become apparent. If you dont have a
> > directional antenna, and you cannot tweak selectivity, and raise power
to
> be
> > heard, then 20 meters ssb is not the place to be on Sunday afternoon, no
> > matter what the propogation. Its nice to think that your Ten Tec has all
> the
> > right stuff to do the job, but the entire 20 meter band is bonzo most of
> the
> > time. What's the answer? Sticktuitiveness. Know that the guy you cant
hear
> > is a newby who is thinking he can be heard because he's on his Ten Tec
and
> > going on about it, hoping to let the group know how proud and happy he
is
> to
> > be there. You can always hear the old duffers because they know what
> they're
> > up against. So buck up and brace your hardware against all comers cuz
> Sunday
> > night will just have to get used to us being there! The alternative is
> every
> > other day of the week on seventeen meters every five khz. from 18.110 to
> > 18.165.000 cu there.
> >
> >
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