[TenTec] The twenty meter user's net
Jerry Harley
wa2tti@worldlynx.net
Tue, 05 Nov 2002 07:52:27 -0500
Besides a formal net, I think we should have a frequency that we all should
meet at anytime. I'm ready. Jerry WA2TenTecInc
At 11:12 PM 04/11/2002 -0500, Edward Crawford wrote:
>Hi, Mike and the group.
>
>FB on everything. 0100Z is OK with me, actually that is the time I am most
>likely to be in the shack anyway. Kind of a night owl here. As long as the
>propagation will hold up it is fine with me.
>I reread what I said in my earlier message about "not the same day as the
>40M net", what I meant to say was not the same time. I think it was brain fade.
>Only a couple things I can think of about the upper end of the 20M band.
>One thing is some antennas are designed to be resonant lower in the band.
>They hit the SWR curve up near the end of the band. Mine is an easy touch
>up with the tuner though. The other thing is that portion of the band is
>often filled with the non English speaking stations and they are known to
>come on an occupied frequency and start carrying on a QSO regardless of
>what else is going on at the time. I guess we would just have to deal with
>that if the problem ever arose.
>Anyway, all is fine with me. I am pretty flexible about everything really.
>I don't care if it's 9 in the morning or 9 at night, 10 meters or 80
>meters. Let's just do this thing!
>
>cul. 73. Ed, W4WVW...
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC
>Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:09 PM
>To: Edward Crawford
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] The twenty meter user's net
>
>Ed:
>
>Thanks for the reply, and for volunteering. I just posted a
>message to the reflector regarding the replies I've received
>so far.
>
>Right now 0100Z looks like the popular time, but that might
>be a bit late for the east coast folks. So I'm waiting for more
>opinions, if there are any.
>
>So if we can find a time and freq., it looks like we'll be back
>on the air.
>
>73,
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Edward Crawford
>To: Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC
>Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 9:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] The twenty meter user's net
>
>
>Hello, Mike.
>
>I am glad to see some interest in getting the 20M net back on the air. It
>just seems the 40M net is geared more towards the technical aspects of the
>computer controlled rigs and thus far has not been open to general Ten Tec
>information and is just not nearly as much fun as the old net.
>I posted a query on the list a while back to see if there was any interest
>in getting the 20M net back on and was surprised to see there were no
>replies whatsoever.
>I would gladly volunteer to take NCS duties if we can get some others to
>fill in the other spots. Like you say, we would need to have 4 or 5
>stations so 1 or 2 don't get stuck with picking it up every weekend or
>whatever day the net will be on.
>I don't see any reason it would necessarily have to be held on the weekend
>and certainly not the same day as the 40M net.
>Maybe people would be more likely to have some free time on a weekday
>evening as the weekends are usually filled with family activities and
>chores that have to be done around the house.
>It seems that the old net frequency has been fairly quiet at the times I
>have monitored since the net has been off the air.
>I guess if the quermers don't have anyone to bother, they move somewhere
>else on the band where they can be a pain to someone else. I think any
>clear frequency where we can get a foothold on a time slot will do nicely.
>
>My name is Ed Crawford and the call is W4WVW. Previously KF4HON. Licensed
>since 1995 and hold the general class license.
>I am located in the state of North Carolina near the city of Winston Salem.
>My main and only rig is an old Triton IV model 544 with the 242 external
>VFO. 100 watts to a 5 element Telrex tribander up about 30 feet in the
>clear. Was usually able to copy just about any station who came along on
>the 14.267 net and a few times would relay a station the other guys could
>not hear.
>I will keep an eye on the list to see what kind of response this gets and
>will look forward to hearing from you.
>
>cul de Ed, W4WVW. vy 73...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC
>Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 8:24 PM
>To: tentec
>Subject: [TenTec] The twenty meter user's net
>
>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
>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.
>
>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.
>
>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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