Lloyd and all:

If I recall correctly, we did try 40 meters for a while last Fall, but, by 
November or December, 20 was looking like a much better bet.

Again, my memory might be off here, but I suppose we can try 20 for a while, 
and make future changes from there.

I know I was spoiled out in Colorado, and now, being back in Michigan, I 
certainly won't hear a number of the folks I used to on 20.

I'll be a bit hesitant to serve as main net control for a while, once I can 
join in again, until I figure out how propagation is going to treat me from 
here.

Nevertheless, I'll be happy to help with relays or anything else that might 
be needed.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: Cross-Country Blind Ops Net Yesterday?


I wasn't around on August 22, and my beam was pointed northeast on August
29.  I got it back to the west yesterday by waiting for the wind to blow in
the right direction.  My indicator system still works correctly.  I still
have a five-and-a-half-element beam, which should be fixed in a few more
weeks.  I'll also be using the Idiom Press Rotor-EZ control board in my
control box, providing for automatic braking, automatic seek to a pointed-to
direction, and RS232 control.  KW3A says he owns one of these without the
RS232.  This should be fun.

So I made a couple of tentative calls yesterday, but was not persistent.
There isn't much sporadic E skip at this season, so the skip distance at
that time is at least 900 miles; neither of you would have heard me.

If I have my Bible study group material prepared well enough, I can try
calling the net next Sunday.  But we will need relays in other parts of the
country if we want to continue this.  I don't expect to hear Michigan until
December, or if we try 40 or 75 meters.

Junior, I heard you check into a Florida net on 75 meters one night last
week.  Your signal wasn't very strong, but at least I could hear you.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, a happy Yaesu user in Kensington, Maryland