[TenTec] Code Speed

dw bw_dw at fastmail.fm
Fri Jan 19 19:40:26 EST 2007


Thanks Bob!
Great post :~)

Duane

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:23:00 -0500, "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf at qsl.net> said:
> Yes, we are still running nets on 80 m. Not as much traffic as there 
> used to be, but a great bunch of guys and girls. It is very tight in the 
> CW/digital "ghetto" now, but we try very hard to avoid QRMing anyone. 
> Contests give us a lot of QRM because the contests go up to 3600. I now 
> have 250 Hz filters in my Corsair and Paragon. The Ten Tec rigs are up 
> to the task. Additional filtering comes from ancient Trimm Radio 
> magnetic headphones!
> 
> Check this web site to find out the new net frequencies:
> 
> http://4rnc4.homestead.com/80mCWNETMATRIX.html
> 
> 			73, and CW forever!
> 
> 			Bob WB2VUF
> 
> 
> w8au at sssnet.com wrote:
> > At 10:02 PM 1/16/07, Kim Elmore wrote:
> >> I used to engage in CW traffic nets as a kid and I loved it. CW
> >> traffic nets were truly well-oiled machines. I was even a NCS a
> >> couple of times for a regional net. Alas, CW nets have gone the way
> >> of the dodo, it seems.
> > 
> > Not true.  They're still plugging away on 80M, and since the FCC's
> > removal of CW privileges for General and Advanced class in the 3.6
> > to 3.8 MHz segment, most have had to move down into the cramped
> > 3.525-3.600 segment, along with all the digital players.  Listen
> > some evening... it's QRM alley now. :-(
> > 
> > Perry  w8au 
> > 
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