Lloyd:

I agree with your assessment regarding the coming week-end, and the 
difficulty that might be involved having our nets both days due to the CQ 
WPX contest.  In fact, I'm hoping to play a little in the contest myself for 
at least part of the week-end.

Also, I will not be available on Saturday because I'll be hhelping with a 
ham-in-a-day class and VE license exam that our local club will be 
sponsoring.

Will look for everyone on both nets next week-end--i.e. March 31 and April 
1.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: 20-Meter Net, March 18


> Sorry you couldn't hear us, but I'm not surprised.  Someone said that you
> had been on the frequency before 2000Z.
>
> Next weekend, especially on 20 meters, is likely to be a bust, because of
> the CQ WPX SSB contest.  We'll probably resume on March 31 and April 1.
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kris Hickerson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:02 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: RE: 20-Meter Net, March 18
>>
>> Sorry guys, but I couldn't hear any of you.  I tuned around for quite a
>> while, but didn't hear anyone I recognized.  There were qso's just above
>> and
>> below me so that didn't help anything.
>>
>> Talk to you all this weekend.
>>
>> 73
>> Kris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 7:50 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: 20-Meter Net, March 18
>>
>> We ran a 20-meter net for the first half hour on 14258 KHz.  Conditions
>> were
>> rather strange.  I had just gotten home from San Diego, and couldn't get
>> the
>> auto-tuner in the 950 to work, so I was a little flustered.  It turns out
>> that there was another QSO happening on the same frequency while I 
>> started
>> the net with maybe 100 watts.  Junior was coming through well, then faded
>> to
>> nothing, then returned about 20 minutes later.  Propagation stayed solid
>> to
>> Texas.  After I got WA0KZB and K7UC checked in, they didn't respond when
>> it
>> was their turn, so I assume that the propagation died in that direction.
>> I
>> don't have any information about any particular solar flares at that 
>> hour,
>> but the bands have been erratic during the past few days.  Thank you to
>> K7RX, KG4ITD and KB5YC for relaying.  Check-ins were:
>> W3IUU
>> KG4ITD
>> WD5CMZ
>> KB5YC
>> K7UC
>> K8YMN, Gary, Naples, FL
>> WA0KZB
>> W6CCT, Bob, Hemet, CA
>> k7rx
>> WD9GUT
>>
>> BTW, Wd9GUT was inaudible at first, then got as loud as I have ever heard
>> him later on.  And the auto-tune function turned out to be a menu setting
>> that I accidentally set wrong (external instead of internal, which is 
>> next
>> to the RF output control menu item).
>> 73,
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Wheaton, Maryland
>> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>>
>