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