Lou:

Well, I think way back in October or November, someone (it was not me), came 
up with the Cross-Country Blind Ops Net name, and it somehow just stuck.

Like anything, I'm not stringently bound to the name, although I do think it 
has a certain ring to it.  The cross-country part is accurate, and I think 
it was felt that blind ops somehow sounded better than blind hams, but that 
is a matter of opinion, I'm sure.

Anyway, I remain open to anything that can make this whole thing even 
better, as long as we are careful to be sure that the will of the group 
prevails.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: record-setting net today!


While we're discussing the net, I'd like to ask a question concerning the
official name of our net.  I notice Tom has been calling it the
cross-country blind ops net.  Now, I don't care at all  what we call it, but
considering the fact that it sprang from the blind-hams email list, doesn't
it make sense to call it the blind-hams net and not the blind-ops net?  Just
wondering.  lou WA3MIX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:44 PM
Subject: record-setting net today!


> Well, for those of you who don't know, or who missed it, we had a record
> 27
> check-ins for this afternoon's cross-country blind ops net.  The net ran
> for
> an hour and 27 minutes.
>
> I hope folks had as much fun as I did, just hearing the variety of people
> and locations that were represented.
>
> On the net this afternoon, Bob (K8LR) suggested that we try an echo-link
> net
> sometime, for those who can't seem to get into our HF net festivities.
>
> I got to thinking about the echo-link possibility, and would like to
> propose
> that we keep doing the SSB net as usual, now that we are finding 20 meters
> to work much better, but maybe have the echo-link net at some other day
> and
> time?  I'm willing to continue holding down the fort on the SSB net, but
> am
> thinking that it would be good if someone else with a particular interest
> in
> Echo-link could spearhead the echo-link  operation.
>
> This way, we'll have two nets, and two ways to talk with each other.
>
> I'd be curious to know what everyone else thinks.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ