A "Just In Case" Radio Club
Opened the net on 50.130 MHz at 2000 and closed at 2055. We had four check-ins: W5ODJ (John), W0MPM, (John), W4PSO (Marc) and myself. The discussions tonight focused on radios, antennas and life in general. Make sure you stop by on Wednesday Nights to make sure your rigs still work on 6 meters and say “Hello!”
73’s,
Chris, W4PMP
80m – 3675 KHz on 31JUL 2020 Open 0000Z
Listening 3823 KHz for General class ops to check-in
QNI:
K3WD Bill
W5ODJ John
K8SYH Bill
W0MPM John
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed 0021Z
10m – on 28.405 MHz open 0023Z
W5ODJ John
W0MPM John
KE4S Dave
Closed 0032Z
80m – 3675 KHz on 24 JUL 2020 Open 0000Z
Listening 3816 KHz for General class ops to check-in
A short net tonight, QRN and fairly high noise floor, but we managed to get a couple rounds of discussion.
QNI:
K3WD Bill
W0MPM John
K0ZR Jeff
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed 0021Z
10m – on 28.405 MHz open 0023Z
W0MPM John
KE4S Dave
Closed 0030Z
A very short net tonight with lots of QRN. Checkins from K3WD, KT9N, and N1RM, with KE4S on net control. S5-S6 noise level at my station, Bill had the strongest signal, Chris and Rick barely readable. Thanks for checking in; see you next week. 73 de Dave KE4S
K4LRG Sunday Night 0030z to 0059z
13 Checkins
Topics: Heat, A/C, Saturday’s club meeting, The Comet, FT8 and Signalink USB, Soldering, Newly licensed, First time on the net, the Heat, 6am walking to avoid the heat, and so much more
Attendees:
WV8VAN – Van on an HT in Chantily
N7XUI – Stan on an HT
W4PSO – Mark and Gavin
KO4FIN – Brian on an HT (2nd antenna was booming; new ticket!!)
N4PDY – Mike
K2BFY – Henry
K0ZR – Jeff
K3WD – Bill
W0MPM – John
AD7FW – Roy
W3VAR – Chuck
W5ODJ – John
AB3KC – Collins (NC)
There were four check-ins this evening: K0ZR, K3WD, W0MPM, and KT9N. Not a lot to report with all the hot weather and virus impacts. We look forward to the return of K8SYH once he gets some antenna issues resolved.
Jeff, K0ZR
Just a reminder that our scheduled meeting for June will be held this Saturday, July 18th at 0830. This meeting will be hosted virtually.
Ended up spending more time on this event than first envisioned. Did only CW, managing 1,252 QSOs. 40m was the “money band”. My attempts to “open-up” 10 & 15 m were ineffective as the numbers show.
It took most of the week but I did finally manage to get all stations for the original 13 Colonies and the two extra stations.
They were tough this year! WM3PEN either used CW or FT8 every time I looked to see where they were operating. I did not have FT8 installed on my computer nor do I really know how to use it. I managed to install the software but was not successful in actually making it work in my favor. So I waited for CW which I finally accomplished tonight.
Speaking of CW I worked 4 of the 15 stations using CW this year. The Tuesday night nets really helped me get this done! I still need to get better at this mode but I’m doing OK with it. Enough to help in a contest anyway.
On the operator side of things I’ve managed to put in 6 hours of work this week. In that 6 hours I have worked 859 unique stations. That’s about 143 per hour. It gets pretty crazy at times.
I hope to work another hour or two tomorrow. Maybe I can top off the list at 1000 for 2020.
This is always a fun event for me. This year was the hardest for me to finish but it was rewarding using some new skills to make it happen.
73,
John
W5ODJ
A quick reminder that the 13 Colonies event starts tomorrow. For more information on the event you can go here. 2020 Event Dates / July 1 (9AM Eastern) to July 7 (Midnight Eastern).
I’ll be operating one of the K2B stations. Of all of the contests I have done this one is the fastest pace by far. Because there are so few operators in Virginia our state, one of the original 13 colonies, is highly sought after.
Last year I had a rate of about 200 QSOs an hour. That’s one about every 18 seconds. I know that when I sit at my desk I have to be on my toes because they come at me fast.
While I am going to be operating I’ll also be getting the “Clean Sweep”. I enjoy doing this each year. Tracking down the bonus stations is always a hoot.
Spotting is not only allowed but encouraged. So if you hear me calling CQ give me a quick spot on DXSummit.
Maybe we’ll hear each other on the air this week!
73,
John
W5ODJ