You probably heard the fan in my SS30 power supply for the FT950. It comes 
on occasionally. The dual fans in the linear are quieter and of a different 
pitch, and the fan in the '950 has 3 or 4 speeds but is usually off or 
quiet.
Your propagation observations are about what I would expect. The tendency in 
these nets is that whoever is the net control (if his signal is loud) will 
collect a lot of stations in his first skip zone. Today that was especially 
western W9, W0 and probably W5 if any had checked in. Most of these stations 
would have skipped over your Minnesota receiving site. Paul and I have the 
big antennas on this net, although there are some other contenders on some 
Sundays, such as K7UC (Utah), KB5YC (Texas) and N5GD (Mississippi).
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD FM19
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Allen
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 9:14 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 20-Meter Net, December 27

Hi Tom!

The band was jumping around like a yoyo, but Lloyd never got so low that I
couldn't hear him from my Minnesota vantage point at W0ZSW.  Other times, he
was so loud that I could hear his fan.

If I've learned little else living here, others have little respect for
others' schedules, so the only way to prove they exist is keep them myself.
Kind of ironic that according to the locals, Americans are noisy and rude,
but then, when they sometimes tell me that with an apology, I just tell them
that I'm not American; Appalachians are a different breed entirely, so they
can say what they want about Americans with no chance to offend. Hi hi. Most
don't know the difference anyway. Hi hi.

Paul was no problem most of the time. Heard Steve KW3A checking in, but when
his turn came, I couldn't hear anything.

Dan W0OJW was copiable, but Lowel and all the other 0 area stations skipped
on by me.

73,
Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Monday, 28 December 2015 2:05 p.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 20-Meter Net, December 27

What an excellent net turn-out!

I've really got to get back into the net routine here!

It's just that something always seems to come up around net time that takes
my attention away from checking in.

Hope to be back in there real soon!

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 5:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: 20-Meter Net, December 27

We had a good session of the net today. Skip was a little shorter than it
sometimes is, and my line noise was off mostly. Thank you to Paul, Junior
and Pat for relays. Check-ins were:
W6PR
W8QIY
KG4ITD
W3IUU
N9GOC
W0OJW
K0KRA, Ken, Lamar, MO
WD8LDY/0
KD0ZPF, Denny, Spring Lake Park, MN
KW3A
KY2D
WB2HRO, Joe, NY
WA6EKS
KA0PQW
WD9GUT
KD5SQF, Rob, Hazelhurst, MS
N0CJN, Chuck, Elk River, MN
N0NCO, Joe, Minneapolis, MN
kc0rzk, Bob, Kansas City, KS
K1JNX, Bruce, Washington, IN

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com