That's excellent news, Pat.

Will look forward to hearing from you then.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Gormley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Saturday afternoon 40-meter east coast mid west round table


    Tom my low band antenna should be repaired so maybe I'll be able to
check in before I head out to perform my reading function at church. 73- pat
kk3f

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From: "Junior Lolley" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:05 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Saturday afternoon 40-meter east coast mid west round table

> Tom, I will do what I can as a relay from Florida.
>
>
> Junior Lolley KG4itd
> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of tom behler
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 8:30 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Saturday afternoon 40-meter east coast mid west round table
>
> Hi, everyone.
>
> I'd like to share some thoughts on our 40-meter east coast mid west
> roundtable as we get into the late Spring and summer months.
>
> First of all, in the short term, there is a fairly good chance that I'll
> be
> around for tomorrow afternoon's session.  I will be going to a local ham
> fest in the morning, and have some other places to go in the early and mid
> afternoon, but I think there's a reasonable chance that all of that will
> be
> done by 4 p.m. Eastern.  So, I'll plan to be on or near 7.185 at 4 p.m.
> tomorrow.  If someone else could be around to take things over, in case I
> get delayed, that would be appreciated.  The only other problems I see
> with
> tomorrow's net is that if I do it, I'll be running bare foot, since I
> haven't yet gotten my TW1 back from LDG.  Secondly, I think tomorrow is
> the
> Indiana QSO Party, but hopefully, we'll be able to work around that.
>
> Regarding future round table sessions, I am going to become less
> frequently
> available as we get further into May and into the Summer months.  This is
> because the XYL and I will be making rather frequent trips to the St.
> Louis,
>
> MO area to visit with our son and his family, and also because we plan to
> do
>
> a great deal of camping in our RV.  I have an HF set-up in the RV, but
> only
> have 100 watts, and a screw-driver-type antenna, which doesn't put me in a
> very suitable position to be net control.
>
> I think we can, and should be able to, continue our round tables
> throughout
> the late Spring and Summer months, if others can step up and serve as net
> control and as relays.  Of course, I'll help too in any way that I can if
> I'm available on any given Saturday.
>
> These are just my thoughts, and I'd be interested in hearing opinions or
> views from others.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>