Hi Tom,

The net was great today and I too think it will get better as the days grow
longer.  Although I'm not on Echolink, I could probably get that way and
would be willing to try something in future.

I would like to make a couple of suggestions for the net if it's OK.  First,
I'd suggest we agree on 14.258 or vicinity so we could move to 14.256 to
14.260 if we needed to do so to avoid QRM.  I had heard the station on
14.260 who complained of us causing him QRM but honestly wasn't sure we
would be a problem for him.  However, I noticed earlier before net that
14.257 would have been totally clear.  I guess we need to think of our
bandwidth and make sure we are at least as far away from anyone else as our
width would dictate.  Thus, if you have a 2.4 kHz filter, we might want to
make sure we are at least 2.4 kHz away from anyone else.  You could say that
we meet on or near 14.258 as you suggested on net.

Also, I think we need to ask stations to keep transmissions fairly short so
as to accommodate possible shifting band conditions.

Otherwise, great job Tom and thanks to all who did make the net.  Very 73
all round. 


 
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
 

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Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 15:44
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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