Lets give it a try - could be interesting.
Got stuck at the grocery store this afternoon - woulda been a lot 
cheaper on twenty neters!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 05:20 PM 2/28/2010, you wrote:
>Hi, all.
>
>Well, the net was its usual success on 20 meters today, despite some very
>anoying QRM, and despite the fact that the band started to give out for our
>East Coast folks toward the end of the hour.
>
>Shortly after the net, a couple of us agreed to go up to 17 meters, and see
>what it was like up there.
>
>I never heard Kevin (K7RX), but did hear Betsey (K1EIC), and Gerry (WB6IVF).
>If anyone else was in there, I did not hear you, so I apologize.  Please
>don't think I was ignoring you (grin).
>
>I was able to tune my Ameritron AL811H amplifier on 17 meters, and actually
>got good signal reports from Gerry and Betsey.  However, for some reason,
>running 500 watts or so on 17 meters creates RFI problems by setting off
>several smoke detectors, so I probably shouldn't volunteer to be net control
>for next week-end's net, if we decide to try 17 meters.  I certainly can
>serve as a relay station, though, and will contribute whatever else I can to
>the net, even if I have to run 100 watts.  (Yeah, I know, Kevin, that ground
>rod will really help!  (smile)
>
>Given that 18.1575 is the HF backpackers' standard calling frequency, we
>probably would be best off going to 18.160.
>
>How does this all sound as a plan?
>
>P.S.  Toward the beginning of today's net, Steve (WA1RTB), Howard (WA9TOP),
>and Steve (KW3A) were louder than I have ever heard them, so 20 meters is
>definitely my  band of choice for any future nets beyond next Sunday, at
>least for a while.)
>
>73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Louisville, CO