[TenTec] The twenty meter user's net

[Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC]

I've listened on Sunday afternoons off and on for
the past couple of months and have not heard
the net, so I'm assuming it's defunct.

I had just let my OMNI VI go around the end of
June, and it was six weeks before Ten Tec
sent me a new radio. During that time I was off
the air,  and when I got back on, it seemed that=20
the net was gone.

I know Will had announced that he was relinquishing
net control duties, but I was surprised that no one else
volunteered.

If the net is defunct, is there any interest in reviving
it?

I know about the 40-meter Pegasus/Jupiter net,
but they like to keep topics limited to just the
software radios (Pegasus,Jupiter,Argonaut V,
and upcoming Orion).

If there is interest in reviving the old net, I'll
volunteer to coordinate things.=20

First, we need a time. I know a lot of folks
couldn't make it on our old net time, which was
2300Z during standard time, and 220Z during
daylight savings time.

Also, the 40 meter net is meeting at different times
to try to find a time when they're least bothered by
BCB and other interference. Right now the 40 meter
net is meeting at 2300Z so we'd need a time that
wouldn't conflict.

We also need a different frequency. We were getting
clobbered on 14.267. Maybe we could move up the
band, between 14.320 and 14.350 if we can find
a clear spot. I used to keep an eye on 14.328 during
our old net time, and it always seemed clear. But
that's just an example, perhaps there's a better
place.

Finally, we need volunteers for net control.
I'd like to have four or five people besides myself who
could volunteer for net control duties, and it would
be nice if we could have one on each end of the
country during each net session.=20

If we got enough volunteers, each of us would only
be serving as net control about once a month, and
I think that's pretty reasonable.

Jay and Will did a heck of a job over the past four years,
and I hate to see all that effort go by the wayside.

So if anyone is interested in starting up again, let
me know. All we need is a time, a place, and enough
net control volunteers.


Thank you,

Mike Newell - WB4HUC
Austin, TX




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