I plan to be on 40 meters also. Hopefullly the noise level will be low
enough that I can hear people.
We may have trouble on 20 tomorrow also. Besides the Indiana QSO party,
there is a W7 QSO party this weekend.
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home: http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work: http://www.loc.gov/nls
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Junior Lolley
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 5:06 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
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