I thought I heard Lloyd but there were qrm and qrn, too noysey for me 
to hear much of anything.  I tryed a couple of times, but no luck.
Mike
KD2CDU.At 11:12 AM 8/31/2014, you wrote:
>I agree with Steve.
>
>40 meters was very strange yesterday afternoon at round table time.
>
>I could hear Lloyd just above my noise level. ... He was talking to Lowell,
>but, believe it or not, I could not copy Lowell at all.  There also was a
>great deal of thunderstorm QRN in my area.
>
>So, based on all of that, I didn't even try to check in from out here at the
>RV.
>
>Don't know if I'll be around for the 20-meter net this afternoon, but may
>try from here at the RV.
>
>Will have to see if that band behaves any better.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 4:33 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: 40 meter roundtable
>
>Band was pretty dead.   I heard W8QIY, but had some technical  problems
>in the shack and was tinkering around with things.  I know Lowell heard
>   W3IUU, but I didn't hear a peep from him.   Strange enough, as I tried
>to figure things out here, I heard KG4ITD and KD4JEZ from Florida.   Go
>figure.
>
>73, Steve KW3Acal