Hi Eric!

You are quite right.

In fact tonight, well actually, it would have been just before 2 am Saturday
eastern time, I attempted to get into the group there with the Handiham
remote base.

One of them with a pretty nice signal did hear me, but in some fairness, I
was running the remote base with a laptop only using the built-in
microphone, not a smart way to do it, I know, but it was convenient for the
time. He really bent over backward to get my call out of the pretty heavy
QRN, and extended every courtesy he could under the circumstances. 

I'll take my victories where I can get them. From listening to him, I could
tell he was somewhere in Texas, and he got enough of my call for me to be
certain it was me he heard, and that isn't easy with some chatter from Jaws
that I couldn't control racketing in now and then. It wouldn't count for a
completed contact, but I have no doubt that my afternoon of work updating
the laptop was rewarded.

73,
Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
Sent: Saturday, 16 May 2015 5:08 p.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New 71 95 information you need to know

hmmm. you must be hearing someone from further east. I am a regular = there
and some of the regulars here in the southwest welcome visitors. =
Unfortunately, we have a few bad apples in the extended group and most = of
us out here don't interact with them much.

-eric (n7zzt)

On May 15, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Phil Scovell wrote:

> A couple of nights ago, I once again was monitoring 71 95 and that =
humongous=20
> group to lays claim to that frequency as if it were bought and paid =
for.  I=20
> told you about the two brothers talking, well, this was after that; =
the next=20
> night I believe.  Anyhow, one of the regulars on 71 95 said to another 
> =
guy=20
> who commonly is there, "I heard you up 1 KHz a little earlier."  The =
guy=20
> replied and said he had heard the guy calling CQ so he answered him on 
> =
71 96=20
> and was going to move down 1 KHz to their main channel but there were 
> =
loud=20
> signals above and below that would have caused problems hearing the =
weaker=20
> signal.  So, in short, he talked to the guy, a non channel member of =
the=20
> group, for 30 minutes.  The original guy commented that he should not 
> =
be=20
> doing that any more because 71 95 was there frequency.  The guy 
> kept=20=

> apologizing but the original station didn't seem to think he was =
worthy of=20
> being forgiven for his mistake.  I know some of you are thinking that 
> =
they=20
> are just joking.  So did I at first but after hearing them pound other 
> =
guys=20
> into the ground for being too close to their frequency, I realized =
they=20
> weren't joking.  A couple of the guys, and this is my most recent =
report,=20
> made it very clear, 71 95 was their channel and that anybody with 3 =
KHz up,=20
> or down, from that was fair game.  I've listened to these guys 
> during=20=

> contest weekends, and you can toss Field Day in with this, too, and =
these=20
> guys go up and down 3 KHz and clamor for the contesters to get the =
hell off=20
> their frequency.  So 71 95 isn't open nor is it open on 40 meters from 
> =
7192=20
> up to 71 98.  This is quite important because these guys have a cow if 
> =
you=20
> come any where near their channel.  In the CB days, each channel often 
> =
had=20
> what they called a channel commander.  That's what I want to be when I 
> =
grow=20
> up is a channel commander.  The 2 meter repeater club I was a member =
of for=20
> many years called me the repeater club's online Chaplin.  I got to =
take up=20
> offerings and everything.  Never got anything sent to me but at least 
> =
it was=20
> something like a net control, haha.
>=20
> Phil.
> K0NX
>=20
>=20
> Phil.
> Living His Name
> WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.COM=20