It may have been the same station, but yesterday there was a ZL from the 
South Island of New Zealand just below 14.258.   While he was fairly 
strong, it was the stations from the central USA calling him that tore 
things up for me.   I kind of stayed in listening mode for a while until 
he shut down and I was able to get  a little more involved in the back 
and forth on the net.

73, Steve KW3A

On 2/16/2014 11:30 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen wrote:
> Last spring, VK6YJ, Trevor, heard our net one time.  Normally we don't point
> our antennas east-southeast for the long path, but I have worked it many
> times.  In fact, a couple of weeks ago, we had ZL4IR working long path near
> our frequency half an hour before the net started.  If we think you will try
> looking for us, I'll turn my beam that direction early in the net and see
> what happens.  And if conditions are as they were today, Kelvin, M0AID,
> could start checking in again, if he's so inclined.
> 73,
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Westerland
> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 11:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: informal 20 meter net
>
> Hi Tom.  Thank you.  I'll listen and call in if I hear you.  The path
> will be long path at that time of day from my QTH and we revert to
> Eastern Australian Standard time at the end of March.
>
> It will be great to hear some of your voices instead of the
> electronic readout.
>
> Looking forward to participating in the net when possible.
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Ian,  VK3vin
>
> At 11:56 AM 17/02/2014, you wrote:
>> That would be 2100 UTC for the next few weeks.  The net time will then
>> change to 2000 UTC when we switch back to daylight savings time in most of
>> the U.S. in mid March.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Junior Lolley
>> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 6:12 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: informal 20 meter net
>>
>> Ian, I am not very good with UTC time someone could answer that question.
>> But the net is at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday on 14.258.
>> I did it informally today since the usual net control wasn't available.
>> Everyone that was there seemed to enjoy it.
>>
>>
>> Junior Lolley kg4itd
>> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator.
>> 'People will forget what you said...
>> People will forget what you did....
>> But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.'
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Ian Westerland
>> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 6:06 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: informal 20 meter net
>>
>> Hello.  What time in UTC was the net and, are you going to have another
>> informal net soon?
>>
>> Ian,  VK3vin
>>
>>
>> At 09:58 AM 17/02/2014, you wrote:
>>> We held a very informal net on 14.258 this afternoon.
>>> The following persons were there.
>>>
>>> kd0iel Tom
>>> kd2cdu Mike
>>> ny2d Jim
>>> kw3a Steve
>>> w8qiy Lowell
>>> n9goc Pat Il.
>>> I wasn't really net control but I appreciate the nice comments from
>>> some of you.
>>> It was great talking to each and every one of you.
>>> I hope I didn't forget anyone if so I sincerely apologize.
>>>
>>>
>>> Junior Lolley kg4itd
>>> Liberty County Emergency Coordinator.
>>> 'People will forget what you said...
>>> People will forget what you did....
>>> But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.'
>
>
>