Lloyd:

Thanks for the correction on your brother's call.

I'll try to get it right next time.  (grin)

As for the roundtable on the lower bands, I'm proposing that we wait till 
after next week-end, and I am thinking 40 meters sometime in the late 
afternoon.

Am very open to other suggestions, though.

Should be fun to try.

73 from Tom behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Jan 9 Cross-country Blind Ops Net


I look forward to trying a roundtable on a lower band.  Junior's signal was
quite loud up here this time; could even hear some back scatter echo on him
when I had my beam to the northeast for a bit.  I hope that antenna is
working as well on other bands as it is on 20.

I had a lot of line noise, as well as the QRM from 1.5 KHz below our
frequency.  We should be able to do a little better next week.

My brother's call is W6PR.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls

> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of tom behler
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Jan 9 Cross-country Blind Ops Net
>
> Hi, folks.
>
> Well, despite less than ideal band conditions, and my somewhat-
> disadvantaged
> location here in West-Central Lower Michigan, we had a small Cross-Country
> Blind ops net this afternoon.
>
> Thanks to Junior, Lloyd, and Lloyd's brother, Paul, for their excellent
> help
> with relaying check-ins into the net.
>
> Here's the list of net participants for your reading pleasure:
>
> KB8TYJ--Tom--net control.
>
> WB6IVF--Gerry in Colorado.
>
> KG4ITD--Junior in Florida with his usual big signal, until the band died
> out
> on me.
>
> KJ4DCJ--Craig in Madira Beech, Florida.
>
> K6PR--Paul near Sandiego, CA.
>
> W3IUU--Lloyd in Kensington, MD.
>
> N9KIW--Chip in Colorado.
>
> WD8INW--George in Clarkston, MI.  and
>
> KW3A--Steve near Philadelphia.
>
> Thanks to all for helping with the net under some challenging conditions.
> I'll be really happy as the daylight hours get longer here and 20 meters
> stays open later into the evening.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI