Net Archives 2024.
US 40 m (80/30 m) Net.
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The following graph and tables provide an overview of the variations in the level of activity for this net and give a general idea of the HF conditions met during the sessions.
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QNI Graph.
In each month column of this bar graph, the number of participants, Net Control Station (NCS) and participating stations (QNI's), is shown:
- Per week: first week at bottom of column up to fourth/fifth week of the month;
- Per month: red on white background on top of column.
The bottom row in the table shows:
- Total number of sessions;
- Total number of participants;
- Average number of participants per session.
Click on a month name at the top of the graph to jump to the "QNI table" listing all participants per session.
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QNI Table.
This table lists all net participants per month, week and session. NCS's are marked with "*". "Visitors" are not listed unless they took part in a session. Click on a day date in red to jump to the corresponding report table(s) if available.
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Report Tables.
These tables compile reception reports received from net participants or listeners (SWL's). NCS's are marked with "*". Each row of a table recapitulates the reports given to the participants by the station listed in the "De" column. Call signs in italics on a different background color in "De" columns indicate reception reports. Reports expressed in decibels, +10dB for instance, must be understood as values over S9.
QNI Graph.
| JAN |
FEB |
MAR |
APR |
MAY |
JUN |
JUL |
AUG |
SEP |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
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33
12
7
9
5
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41
8
8
7
12
6
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32
7
11
8
6
|
33
9
8
6
10
|
39
8
6
6
10
9
|
26
6
6
6
8
|
20
7
5
5
3
|
30
6
7
7
5
5
|
26
7
8
7
4
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17
5
6
6
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-
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Total sessions: 44
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Total participants: 297
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Avg. part./session: 6.75
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QNI Table.
| Month |
Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 3 |
Week 4 |
Week 5 |
JAN
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40 m
AA7FV*
KA5TJS
KT5LA
K6GVG
KP4Q/W4
|
40 m
AA7FV*
K6GVG
WA4FAT
KT5LA
WA7SPY
W1LJ
W1SFR
KA5TJS
KM6RRS
|
40 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
K6GVG
AG5XU
WA4FAT
W1SFR
NP3CW
|
40 m
W1SFR*
K9TJL
WA4FAT
KA5TJS
AA7FV
KT5LA
K6GVG
N2TNN
WA7SPY
W5EZ
AG5XU
DL9FCS
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/ |
FEB
To QNI Graph.
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40 m
AA7FV*
K6GVG
WA4FAT
KT5LA
NP3CW
KA5TJS
|
40 m
WA4FAT*
NU5D
AG5XU
N2TNN
KT5LA
WA7SPY
AA7FV
W4LRB
KA5TJS
NP3CW
AF4QK/M
K4IBZ
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40 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
KT5LA
W1SFR
N2OTG
K6GVG
|
40 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
WA7SPY
K6GVG
KA5TJS
KF6NCX
KT5LA
K5MP
|
40 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
KT5LA
NP3CW
K6GVG
KG5SSB
W1SFR
KA5TJS
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MAR
To QNI Graph.
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40 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
KT5LA
K6GVG
KA5TJS
W1SFR
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40 m
WA4FAT*
KP4Q
W3DF
W1SFR
K6GVG
KT5LA
K7RV
AA7FV
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40 m
KA5TJS*
K9TJL
WA4FAT
KG5SSB
W1SFR
KD5KKI
30 m
KA5TJS*
K9TJL
WA4FAT
KG5SSB
W1SFR
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30 m
W1SFR*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
KT5LA
KA5TJS
K5RIX
K6GVG
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/ |
APR
To QNI Graph.
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30 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
K6GVG
W1SFR
WA7SPY
KA5TJS
KG5SSB
KT5LA
KP4Q
NP3CW
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30 m
WA4FAT*
KT5LA
AA7FV
K6GVG
KA5TJS
WD9DWE
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30 m
KA5TJS*
WA4FAT
AA7FV
W1SFR
K6GVG
KT5LA
WP4CLS
NP3CW
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30 m
W1SFR*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
K6GVG
NP3CW
KG5SSB
KP4Q
WA5DTK
WP4CLS
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/ |
MAY
To QNI Graph.
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30 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
KA5TJS
W1SFR
W1BLU
WA7SPY
NP3CW
K6GVG
KG5SSB
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30 m
WA4FAT*
K6GVG
KT5LA
AA7FV
WP4CLS
KA5TJS
W1SFR
WA7SPY
NP3CW
KP4Q
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30 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
K6GVG
KT5LA
K4VIZ
WA4FAT
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30 m
AA7FV*
KT5LA
KY8D
WA4FAT
K4VIZ
KP4Q
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30 m
W1SFR*
KQ4CW
WA4FAT
AA7FV
K4VIZ
W1BLU
K6GVG
K5RIX
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JUN
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30 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
KT5LA
NP3CW
K6GVG
W1BLU
W1SFR
XE1YZY
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30 m
WA4FAT*
AA7FV
W0KOM
KT5LA
W1SFR
XE1YZY
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30 m
KA5TJS*
WA4FAT
KT5LA
K6GVG
K4VIZ
KD8AZO
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30 m
W1SFR*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
KT5LA
K6GVG
K6JJR
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/ |
JUL
To QNI Graph.
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30 m
AA7FV*
K6JJR
WX7V
|
30 m
WA4FAT*
KT5LA
W1BLU
K6GVG
K4VIZ
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30 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
W1SFR
K6GVG
|
30 m
W1SFR*
AA7FV
K6GVG
WA7SPY
KA5TJS
WA4FAT
K4VIZ
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/ |
AUG
To QNI Graph.
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30 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
KT5LA
KA5TJS
W1SFR
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30 m
WA4FAT*
KT5LA
K6GVG
KG5SSB
W1BLU
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30 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
K6GVG
WA7SPY
W1SFR
KT5LA
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30 m
W1SFR*
AA7FV
WA4FAT
W1BLU
KA5TJS
K6GVG
WX7V
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30 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
W1SFR
K6GVG
KA5TJS
KT5LA
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SEP
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30 m
AA7FV*
WA4FAT
KD8ZM
W1SFR
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30 m
AA7FV*
KT5LA
K6GVG
W1SFR
KA5TJS
W2BX
NI4E
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30 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
NP3CW
KT5LA
W1SFR
WX7V
K9TJL
K6GVG
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40 m
W1SFR*
AA7FV
KA5TJS
WX7V
KT5LA
KG5SSB
K6GVG
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/ |
OCT
To QNI Graph.
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30 m
AA7FV*
KT5LA
K6GVG
WA7SPY
KA5TJS
W1SFR
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30 m
AA7FV*
KT5LA
K6GVG
40 m
AA7FV*
KT5LA
K6GVG
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30 m
KA5TJS*
AA7FV
KT5LA
K6GVG
W1SFR
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24
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31
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NOV
To QNI Graph.
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7
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14
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21
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28
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/ |
DEC
To QNI Graph.
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5
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12
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19
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26
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/ |
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Report Tables.
Thursday, January 4, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Conditions were good, and it was a nice relaxed net. Many thanks everyone for calling in, keep safe and enjoy the rest of 2024.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | KA5TJS | KT5LA | K6GVG | KP4Q/W4 |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Good | / | 599 | +10dB | +20dB | 589 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Signals were real good | 599 | / | 559 | 579 | 599 |
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Thursday, January 11, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: A great net, in outstanding conditions. A little QRM from time to time, but nothing serious. I was also called by KM6RRS (579), but he didn't hear my replies.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | K6GVG | WA4FAT | KT5LA | WA7SPY | W1LJ | W1SFR | KA5TJS | KM6RRS |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Outstanding, little QRM | / | +10dB/+20dB | 599 | 599 | 599 | 58/99 | 599 | 589 | 579 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Good | 58/99 | 589 | +10dB | 549 | 599 | 539 | 569 | / | X |
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Thursday, January 18, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Apologies, I left early to join my local radio club meeting. The net was going well - thanks, Allen.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | K6GVG | AG5XU | WA4FAT | W1SFR | NP3CW |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Good signals all around | / | 589 | 569 | 579 | 599 | 449 | 569 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 589 | / | +10dB | 579 | 58/99 | 589 | X |
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Thursday, January 25, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Great net but had QRN from storms east of me. Made it a little rough. Good to hear Lawrence and Louis and wish they had hung around. FB job Steve! Drying out after 16.5in of rain this week. Makes tuning the antenna fun.
- De AA7FV: Congrats to the NCS, Steve. A great net, with some of the best conditions I can remember, and I think a new record for the number of SSN check-ins.
- De KT5LA: Could hear the west coast just fine; the southeast ok, but NCS not well. I could hear a signal but not well enough to copy. So if Steve called, I missed it. My reports for stations I could hear (or were aware of).
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | K9TJL | WA4FAT | KA5TJS | AA7FV | KT5LA | K6GVG | N2TNN | WA7SPY | W5EZ | AG5XU | DL9FCS |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | - | / | 599 | 599 | 579 | 599 | 339 | 549 | 599 | 599 | 579 | 599 | +20dB |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | QRN | 569 | 599 | 599 | / | 589 | 439 | 579 | 579 | 579 | 579 | 579 | - |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 599 | 599 | 599 | 589 | / | 599 | +10dB | 599 | 599 | 589 | 579 | 349 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 21/29 | 439 | 439 | 449 | 599 | / | 599 | - | 599 | - | - | - |
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Thursday, February 1, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De KT5LA: I had the same observation as Roy: as the sun set, the signals got better here. Funny how that works... Sigs were good enough that I dispensed with the SDR for the second round and still followed the conversation.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | K6GVG | WA4FAT | KT5LA | NP3CW | KA5TJS |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Good signals from everyone, no QRN and no QRM | / | +10dB | +10dB | 599 | 569 | 579 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | - | 599 | 58/99 | / | 559 | 589 | 599 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire/[Utah webSDR] | - | 599 | 599+ | 53/79 | / | [539] | 53/69 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Good signals from CA. again. 40m doing real good here | 589 | 55/69 | +10dB | 559 | 549 | / |
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Thursday, February 8, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0149 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: Thanks to all for a super SSN tonight! Conditions for me were stellar with almost everyone at S9 or better. I could get used to that! I would have enjoyed a second round but the first round stretched to almost 0145Z, so I'm certainly not complaining. Welcome to Ben, W4LRB, on his very first CW Net check-in! I don't recall having Kenny join us before, and it was terrific to have Gatesville, TX represented by both NU5D and AG5XU. Let's keep the momentum going - invite your friends to join us next week!
- De AA7FV: There was a strong solar flare this evening just before our SSN. The Xray flare peaked just before 0h UTC, but was still strong enough to give a radio blackout at 01h, the time of our net. Fortunately, the blackout region was west of most of us. The blackout regions at 0h UTC, just clipping California and Arizona on 7 MHz. By the start of our net at 01h the blackout region had moved far enough west not to bother us. We were very lucky tonight.
- De KA5TJS: I had some strange signal levels on the net for sure. Some stations that should have been 559 were not and a few weak ones were 589. All together it was pretty good.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | NU5D | AG5XU | N2TNN | KT5LA | WA7SPY | AA7FV | W4LRB | KA5TJS | NP3CW | AF4QK/M | K4IBZ |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet | Stellar | / | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 | 599 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | +10dB | 579 | 569 | 569 | 599 | 599 | / | 56/89 | 589 | 569 | 459 | 579 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | - | 599 | 599 | 589 | 579 | 229 | 559 | X | 549 | / | 559 | 459 | 579 |
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Thursday, February 15, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: I had to leave early to join my local radio club monthly meeting.
- De WA4FAT: It was another smooth and enjoyable SSN with Allen, KA5TJS doing a fine job as NCS, thanks! Conditions steadily improved during the session with excellent signals all the way around. Hearing Steve, W1SFR, when he initially checked in running 1 watt was especially rewarding. I never cease to be amazed at how successful you can be with very low power. It was a pleasure having Bob, N2OTG, join us and I hope he can make it often. He had a tremendous signal from Port Chester, NY. What a vast country we live in. I'm thinking of Steve digging out from more snow up in Vermont while it will be a balmy 70° here in Birmingham today.
- De W1SFR: Well as I mentioned I started out at 1W cuz I was working on making some QRPp contacts. Always fun to work states out West and DX with crazy low power.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | KT5LA | W1SFR | N2OTG | K6GVG |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | - | / | 58/99 | 599+ | 329 | 579 | 56/79 | 53/89 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 589 | / | 599 | 599 | 55/89 | 569 | 599 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Steadily improved during the session | 599 | 57/99 | / | 569 | 33/579 | 58/99 | 57/99 |
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| W1SFR | 1W/100W/OCF | - | 579 | 589 | 589 | 329 | / | 589 | 449 |
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Thursday, February 22, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: The band was extremely noisy tonight with frequent strong static crashes and QSB as well, possibly a byproduct of the powerful x6.3 solar flare earlier. We didn't let it bother us though, did we -- CW always manages to find a way :-).
- De KA5TJS: High QRN here S9 on peaks but managed to copy most. Glenn is getting better! Good to hear Larry from CA. last night.
- De W1SFR: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | WA7SPY | K6GVG | KA5TJS | KF6NCX | KT5LA | K5MP |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very good sigs, static wasn't too bad | / | 599 | 599 | +10dB | 599 | 589 | 599 | - |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Band extremely noisy | 599 | / | 57/89 | 57/89 | 599 | 449 | 55/69 | 229 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | High QRN here S9 | 55/99 | +10dB | 589 | 589 | / | 579 | 589 | - |
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Thursday, February 29, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Another great net, and on a Leap Day too. Conditions into AZ were excellent. I do enjoy these nets, and thanks very much everyone for calling in.
- De WA4FAT: Conditions were good for me but QRN was higher than normal and QSB was also rather pronounced. Welcome to Dan, KG5SSB, for joining the party with a big signal and fine fist - great to have you and I hope you can join us often.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | KT5LA | NP3CW | K6GVG | KG5SSB | W1SFR | KA5TJS |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Excellent | / | 599 | 599 | 579 | +10dB | 589 | 589 | 599 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Good but QRN and QSB | 599 | / | 54/69 | 57/99 | 55/79 | 599 | 56/79 | 599 |
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Thursday, March 7, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Heavy static from nearby storms, but everyone was strong enough to be easy to copy. Remember next week DST will have started in parts of the USA, but the net remains at the same local time everywhere except in AZ and PR. We'll stay on 40m for now.
- De WA4FAT: Extremely noisy band conditions with heavy QRN along with static crashes and some signal fading too.
- De KT5LA: Picture: Sky after Thursday North American Net. SSN generated rainbow over Southern California... The wire “not like the others” is my antenna. Darrel and Roy both peaked over S9 tonight. I could hear Allen and Bill at home, but ended up relying on the SDR (KFS, No. CA) for following the net otherwise. Putting my FT-857D mobile setup back together. Looking forward to some "field radio" as the days get longer. Yeah!
- De KA5TJS: Good signals but QRN from storms S9 at times. Rough copy sometimes.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | KT5LA | K6GVG | KA5TJS | W1SFR |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Heavy static | / | 599 | 589 | +10dB | 589 | 589 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Extremely noisy band | 599 | / | 559 | 579 | 599 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 589 | 539 | / | 589 | 229 | - |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | QRN S9 | 58/99 | +10dB | 579 | 57/89 | / | 579 |
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Thursday, March 14, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: Our first SSN after the time change and it was pretty rough on this end. In addition to the earlier start, approaching storms here were generating substantial QRN and we had QSB on top of that. But it was no problem for our stalwart SSN operators who can face whatever the ionosphere throws our way.
- De W1SFR: Lots of QRN here and QSB. Copy on you Bill was the worst ever but still 100% copy. Gotta love CW!
- De KT5LA: Very noisy band here. Heard everyone well on the Utah SDR.
- De AA7FV: Very high QRN made copy less pleasant than usual, but still R5 on everyone.
- De KA5TJS: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | KP4Q | W3DF | W1SFR | K6GVG | KT5LA | K7RV | AA7FV |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet | QRN, QSB | / | 599+ | 599 | 559 | 549 | 559 | - | 589 |
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| W1SFR | 100W/OCF | Lots of QRN and QSB | 559 | 599 | 589 | / | - | - | - | 559 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | Very noisy band | 339 | - | - | - | 579 | / | - | 579 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very high QRN | 589 | 569 | 579 | 569 | +10dB | 579 | 589 | / |
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Thursday, March 21, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0035 UTC, 7044.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: QSO on .44 so moved up a little. Mixed results tonight and lots of QRN/QSB. All signals pretty good copy. 30 was quieter than 40 for sure but signal levels about the same. Great to hear Ross tonight.
- De WX7V: Allen, I caught the last 15 minutes of the SSN on 7.044 ish. (hi hi). Excellent work, I didn't jump in and double with anyone. This was also my first time to listen in on the 40m SSN yet.
- De KT5LA: I did try and found the conditions very noisy here. The same on the Utah SDR. I did not try 30 m. The sun is still quite high here at that time and it’s pretty noisy on 40.
- De K6GVG: I did hear a pre-QNI tuneup, perhaps Jay? But during the 40 m net, nary a peep. Called a few times too. But to no avail. Oh well, next week, and perhaps best to start on 30 m. We west-coasters truly miss Darrel and his many, much-appreciated QSP's.
- De AA7FV: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | K9TJL | WA4FAT | KG5SSB | W1SFR | KD5KKI |
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| KA5TJS* | 75W/80m inv. V doublet | Lots of QRN/QSB | / | 599 | 599 | 589 | 569 | 599 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | - | 599 | 599 | / | 599 | 579 | 599 |
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| WX7V | - | - | 579 | 589 | 599 | 599 | 579 | X |
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30 m: Friday, 0035 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: Our first foray to 30 Meters was a successful one, with conditions similar to 40 Meters. Absent, however, were any of our western check-ins, so it's unclear how propagation might have been to that region. Perhaps we'll have a better test next week.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | K9TJL | WA4FAT | KG5SSB | W1SFR |
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| KA5TJS* | 75W/80m inv. V doublet | Quieter than 40 | / | 599 | 599 | 569 | 559 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | - | 599 | 599 | / | 599 | 579 |
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Thursday, March 28, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De W1SFR: Our first move to 30m was pretty good tonight. I had a hard time hearing Jay and Roy but Darrel provided QSP's and all was well.
- De AA7FV: Another good net. All stations perfect copy in AZ, so 30m is working out well for me.
- De WA4FAT: Our first all-30 Meter session and it went well, except that propagation between both coasts was poor. No problem for the SSN, though, we pulled through nicely.
- De KT5LA: Those are my local listening reports, but I could here all stations pretty well on the Utah SDR. Listening on an SDR works great until one starts to get dropouts. I have a little mixer to switch between the audio sources to my headphones. I think I may have missed my call second round due to dropouts...makes it REAL hard to copy CW. Otherwise, from my location, 30 meters was much less noisy than 40 at this hour.
- De KA5TJS: Lots of QSB here last night and a little noisy. Sun still up during the net here but not bad for the end of March I guess. Good to hear Ric back in here from Corpus!
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | KT5LA | KA5TJS | K5RIX | K6GVG |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | - | / | 599 | 599 | 329 | 579 | 589 | 229 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 579 | / | 589 | 589 | 579 | 57/89 | 589 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | - | 589 | 599 | / | 579 | 599+ | 599 | 569 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | - | 579 | 53/59 | / | 439 | 43/49 | 599 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Lots of QSB and a little noisy | 559 | 579 | 599+ | 329 | / | 599 | 439 |
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Thursday, April 4, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: QSB on most signals, but near perfect copy on everyone. Conditions to AZ on 30m were very good tonight.
- De WA4FAT: 30 Meters was noisy with QSB but all stations were readable.
- De KT5LA: Excellent conditions here, generally. I could hear everyone west of Bill, and had good copy on everyone else on the Utah SDR.
- De NP3CW: Poor condx, Called in several times to Darrel es Bill but they did not copy me.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | K6GVG | W1SFR | WA7SPY | KA5TJS | KG5SSB | KT5LA | KP4Q | NP3CW |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very good, QSB | / | 599 | 589 | 579 | 579 | 579 | 569 | 599 | 569 | 449 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Noisy with QSB | 56/99 | / | 55/69 | 56/89 | 569 | 599 | 599 | 54/59 | 599 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft EFW/[Utah webSDR] | Excellent | 599 | 549 | 599 | [579] | 599 | 449 | 549 | / | 329 | - |
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| NP3CW | 100W/Dipole | Poor, lot of QSB, some QRN | 229 | 339 | - | 229 | - | 229 | - | - | 529 | / |
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Thursday, April 11, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: The band was surprisingly quiet tonight but with deep QSB. Excellent copy on all stations and a big welcome to Dennis for joining us.
- De KT5LA: Delightful net. I had the Utah SDR into the headphone mixer as a backup, but found I didn't use it all that much...sigs were pretty good.
- De AA7FV: Very deep QSB on all stations tonight, but nevertheless perfect copy on everyone here in Arizona.
- De KA5TJS: Great to hear Dennis tonight. We have had many QSO's. Yea deep QSB but all stations in there in ETX.
- De W1SFR: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | KT5LA | AA7FV | K6GVG | KA5TJS | WD9DWE |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet | Band quiet but deep QSB | / | 579 | 599 | 589 | 599+ | 599 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | Sigs were pretty good | 55/79 | / | 58/99 | 599 | 4/539 | 549 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very deep QSB | 599 | 599 | / | 589 | 589 | 569 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Deep QSB | 599 | 54/79 | 55/99 | 53/79 | / | 579 |
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Thursday, April 18, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Despite poor conditions according to QRZ we had a pretty good net. QRN S3/S4 so could pull most out of the noise. Thanks for the help again Bill.
- De AA7FV: Apologies, I had to leave early for my monthly club meeting.
- De NP3CW: Entered the net but no body copy me. Near the End WA4FAT Bill heard my 73 es dit dit and called me. Tnx Bill.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | WA4FAT | AA7FV | W1SFR | K6GVG | KT5LA | WP4CLS | NP3CW |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | QRN S3/S4 | / | 599 | 579 | 559 | 559 | 329 | 57/89 | 329 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Fairly good | 589 | 599 | / | 579 | 579 | 589 | 589 | X |
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| NP3CW | 100W/Dipole | Poor, no QRN/QRM but a lot of QSB | 229 | 22/339 | - | - | - | - | 119 | / |
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Thursday, April 25, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Very high QRN. The 4-ft active vertical rx ant gave better s/n on all stations, so reports are all using that receive antenna. After the net had closed, I heard WP4CLS calling CQ, RST 469. Receive conditions in Arizona were the worst they've been for many months, because of the high QRN level. The active 4-ft vertical gave better s/n on all stations.
- De WA4FAT: 30 Meters was especially angry tonight with high QRN and rolling QSB. Nevertheless, all were good copy here in Alabama.
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | K6GVG | NP3CW | KG5SSB | KP4Q | WA5DTK | WP4CLS |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | Rather crappy | / | 579 | 589 | 459 | 559 | 569 | 599 | 589 | X |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam/[Active 4-ft vertical] | Very high QRN | [469] | / | [579] | - | [139] | [459] | [459] | [579] | [469] |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | High QRN and rolling QSB | 589 | 589 | / | - | 578 | 599+ | 579 | 599 | X |
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Thursday, May 2, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Fairly poor conditions tonight, with high QRN and low signal strengths, but a good list of participants.
- De WA4FAT: The QRN was steady and ferocious but the QSB was unusual and unpredictable. AA7FV's signal faded so quickly on occasion that I imagined he must surely have an antenna/coax issue. But when the band played that same trick on other signals I knew it was QSB instead. I sure hope we have improved conditions next week when I'm the designated NCS :-).
- De W1BLU: Fairly poor conditions tonight but with unusually low QRN given the solar wx. Signal strengths were low. The QSB was slow and quite deep for all but WA4FAT. Perhaps Alabama was a direct highway for me, (as Georgia was on 20M for me earlier in the day). The QSB would take Darrel’s signal to 1 from 3. It was quite the exercise for my hand adjusting the volume control, hihi.
- De K6GVG: Thanks much Bill for the QSP. Unusual conditions indeed. I was using the same Hustler mobile antenna; same place on the balcony railing.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | KA5TJS | W1SFR | W1BLU | WA7SPY | NP3CW | K6GVG | KG5SSB |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Fairly poor, high QRN | / | 589 | 589 | 559 | 569 | 539 | 359 | 11/359 | 569 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | QRN, QSB | 589 | / | 599 | 33/559 | 56/99 | 33/559 | 569 | 44/559 | - |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Strange, QRN was real bad | 55/89 | 589 | / | 559 | 559 | 539 | 219 | 319 | - |
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| W1BLU | 100W/EFHW | Fairly poor | 359 | 599 | - | 339 | / | - | 359 | - | - |
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| K6GVG | - | Unusual, lot of QSB | 219 | 55/79 | 439 | - | - | - | - | / | - |
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Thursday, May 9, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: I apologize for the brevity of last night's SSN but I could hardly copy with the continual weather radio alarms blaring away throughout my home. In addition, thunder was almost continuous and I feared an antenna strike or power failure could occur at any moment.
- De KT5LA: Conditions were rather poor for me here. I think I stepped on Darrel as he tried to QSP (?) I was listening on the Utah SDR, but it began to cut out on me just before Bill sent it over my way. I thought I was doubling with someone so I stopped. The SDR works great, until it doesn’t. And when you get dropouts it makes copying CW impossible. Otherwise I could hear everyone on the net on the SDR, even Steve.
- De WA7SPY: I could not copy Bill very well. I put my call out one time but probably stepped on someone. Conditions in Northern California were poor. I could copy Darrell at 539.
- De NP3CW: Tried to enter SSN but I think Bill did not copy me. The only station I copy was Bill WA4FAT in AL. After the net was over KP4Q called me.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | K6GVG | KT5LA | AA7FV | WP4CLS | KA5TJS | W1SFR | WA7SPY | NP3CW | KP4Q |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet/[webSDR] | - | / | [589] | [599] | 579 | 579 | 599 | 449 | - | - | - |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 439 | 599 | / | 579 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Good except for CA | 599 | - | - | 569 | 559 | / | 569 | - | - | - |
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| WA7SPY | - | Poor | - | - | - | 539 | - | - | - | / | - | - |
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| NP3CW | 100W/Dipole | Lot of QSB and QRN | 33/579 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | / | 229 |
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| KP4Q | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 219 | / |
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Thursday, May 16, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Rough night, weather was bad with storms and much rain. Storms moved south of us about 6:30 so I hocked the antenna back up. The power did finally go off about 8:30 and came back during the night. Thanks to Bill for the QSP's to CA. Hope for better conditions next week and welcome to Tom K4VIZ. Good job with the Viz bug. Been looking at them but they are still out of production now.
- De AA7FV: High QRN here from not-too-distant lightning, but everyone was easy to read. Another great net, and sorry I had to leave early to join my local radio club meeting.
- De WA4FAT: Really rugged conditions tonight on 30 Meters, perhaps Solar activity still impacting HF. QSB and QRN, although the noise level for me wasn't as high as last week.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | K6GVG | KT5LA | K4VIZ | WA4FAT |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | - | / | 579 | 229 | 219 | 579 | 579 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | High QRN | 579 | / | 579 | 599 | 579 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 339 | 589 | - | / | - | 559 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Really rugged, QSB/QRN | 579 | 589 | 559 | 559 | 57/99 | / |
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Thursday, May 23, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Another excellent net. QRN was a bit high, but I had perfect copy on everyone.
- De WA4FAT: Forgive my early exit but the family had a special birthday dinner waiting for me.
- De W1SFR, KA5TJS: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | KT5LA | KY8D | WA4FAT | K4VIZ | KP4Q |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | QRN a bit high | / | 599 | 579 | 589 | 569 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire/[Utah webSDR] | - | 599 | / | [55/89] | 579 | [55/89] | [55/89] |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet/[webSDR] | High-level QRN | 599 | [449] | 599 | / | 599 | X |
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Thursday, May 30, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De NP3CW: Only copy W1SFR. Other stations nil.
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | KQ4CW | WA4FAT | AA7FV | K4VIZ | W1BLU | K6GVG | K5RIX |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | Pretty heavy QRN across the board | / | 589 | 589 | 569 | 549 | 579 | - | 549 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very high QRN | 459 | 359 | 589 | / | 569 | 459 | 569 | 569 |
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| NP3CW | 100W/Dipole | QSB es lot of QRN | 33/449 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Thursday, June 6, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: QSB and QRN, but good copy on most in AZ.
- De WA4FAT: Welcome to Pedro (Pete)! Booming signal from near Mexico City. Noise levels were down from previous weeks but so were signals. Never-the-less it was a fine Net with AA7FV ably in charge.
- De KT5LA: What was quite surprising is that I could not hear K6GVG at all up here. That’s a rare case. Used the Northern Utah SDR for a crutch. All stations good copy there, variable 57 to +10.
- De W1BLU: Called in initially and thought I just might be able to participate tonight. Deep QSB in and out but I could still copy (with creative use of filters). Then QRN got severe. Checked the radar… nothing close but some strong storms SW of me, (100 miles or so). W4??? then transmitted and everything from that point blurred to QRN.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | KT5LA | NP3CW | K6GVG | W1BLU | W1SFR | XE1YZY |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | QSB and QRN | / | 589 | 58/99 | - | 57/89 | 569 | 579 | ? |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet/[webSDR] | - | 579 | / | 449, [599] | 449 | 229, [569] | 558 | 569 | 599 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 589 | 439 | / | - | - | - | - | 439 |
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| W1BLU | 100W/30m dipole | Deep QSB in and out, QRN | 339 | 599 | - | - | - | / | - | - |
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Thursday, June 13, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: Conditions were not the best this evening. Steve in Vermont said he could copy only me, so no fun for him, and W0KOM with his Argonaut was NIL for most, but we persevered nevertheless. Can't stop the SSN :~) I hope Tom will join us again and that conditions improve a bit so that everyone can hear each other. Great to have XE1YZY back again after joining us last week.
- De KT5LA: All stations heard on the Utah SDR.
- De KA5TJS: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | AA7FV | W0KOM | KT5LA | W1SFR | XE1YZY |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet | Not the best | / | 589 | 559 | 449 | 569 | 599 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Fairly high QRN | 589 | / | - | 58/99 | 569 | 589 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire/[Utah webSDR] | - | 569 | 599 | - | / | [549] | 449, [589] |
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Thursday, June 20, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Rough copy on the West coast tonight. Thanks for all the help from Bill. Was 92 deg. and the power went out about 4:40. Did not come back on till about 5:50. Just had time to turn on the AC in the garage and cool it down enough to do the net. QRN levels were pretty low here.
- De WA4FAT: Frequent relays were required but we Sideswipers don't let adversity get in our way! Welcome to Dave, KD8AZO. I hope he might visit us again, and also very nice to have Tom, K4VIZ back for the second consecutive week. It's rare to miss Darrel, so I certainly hope he's well, and unusual not to hear Steve or any of our KP4 check-ins. The west coast signals were challenging for me this week, both over the air and via the Northern Utah SDR. Noise levels were high and some signals suffered from QSB as well. I couldn't help but wonder what 40 meters might have been like.
- De AA7FV: I was about to call into the net when lightning arrived. I went outside and used my ceramic knife switch to ground the rhombic antenna outside the shack, which literally drew sparks as I worked the switch. I carried on listening only, using my 4-ft active vertical, receive-only antenna.
- De W1SFR: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | WA4FAT | KT5LA | K6GVG | K4VIZ | KD8AZO |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | QRN pretty low | / | 599 | 549 | - | 579 | 579 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | High noise level, some QSB | 599 | / | 449 | 339 | 599 | 579 |
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| AA7FV | -/4-ft active vertical | Lightning QRN | 579 | 589 | 599 | 599 | 579 | 469 |
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Thursday, June 27, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De W1SFR: Sorry for the lack contact last night. The QRN level here was pretty nasty and I was only hearing Darrel and Bill so I thought it was best to pass it to Darrel. Not what you want to do when you’re NCS of a net, but I thought it was better than Darrel having to QSP Back and forth with me and the NIL stations. I wish I had Darrel’s Rhombic!
- De AA7FV: QRN was quite high this evening. Steve was doing a great job as NCS, but most signals were arriving into AZ much stronger than into VT, so at Steve's request I took over as NCS for the latter part of the net. Thanks for starting the net Steve, in spite of the frustrating conditions.
- De WA4FAT: Another Net with challenging conditions but we persevered as always, thanks to AA7FV and his QSPs. KT5LA and K6GVG: Weak over the air but Q5 via SDR. K6JJR: NIL over the air but Q5 via SDR - Hi Mark & welcome!
- De KT5LA: Was unable to copy NCS tonight and apologize for QRM to AA7FV at start of net, who could. When Darrel passed it back to Steve after helping us on the West coast, I heard W1SFR at about a 22. CW heard but not decoded.
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | KT5LA | K6GVG | K6JJR |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | QRN was quite high | 56/79 | / | 589 | 599 | 599 | 589 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Challenging conditions | 589 | 589 | / | - | - | - |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 229 | 58/99+ | 559 | / | 55/89 | 599 |
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Thursday, July 4, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Fairly high background static level, but excellent signals into AZ and armchair copy all the way. A very select group this evening, to be expected on July 4th. Thanks, Mark and Chris and enjoy the rest of July 4th.
- De KA5TJS, KT5LA: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | K6JJR | WX7V |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Fairly high background static level | / | 589 | 589 |
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Thursday, July 11, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: It was rather slim pickins tonight, but we swipers find a way! Poor conditions with deep QSB. KT5LA couldn't hear a peep from near-neighbor K6GVG and WA4FAT was the only station K6GVG could hear tonight. W1BLU bailed early because he was having difficulty copying anyone at all. K4VIZ could only copy WA4FAT, and even then with difficulty. We missed regulars AA7FV, KA5TJS (who may be without power) and W1SFR.
- De KT5LA: Over the air, I could just barely hear W1BLU, but could not copy. But everyone was 579-599 on the SDR. K6GVG and my own signal sounded about the same on the Utah SDR.
- De AA7FV: I'm surrounded by lightning strikes, within a couple of miles so far. So, I probably won't be calling into the net this evening. I hope things go well. Good luck... According to the lightning map (and the sound of the thunder) there was a lightning strike about a quarter mile from here right in the middle of the net. I'm glad I'd disconnected the antenna. All is well.
- De W1SFR, KA5TJS: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | KT5LA | W1BLU | K6GVG | K4VIZ |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet/[Utah webSDR] | Poor with deep QSB | / | 449, [599] | 589, [559] | 559, [599] | 589 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire/[Utah webSDR] | Deep QSB | 449, [57/99] | / | [57/99] | [57/99] | 449, [57/99] |
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Thursday, July 18, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Signals were down a little this week with QSB pretty fast. Good signal from Steve W1SFR tonight. Roy was coming up at the sun went to the west. Bill was 599 as usual. Thanks for the help with Roy Darrel. Good net over all.
- De AA7FV: High QRN, with lightning getting closer during the net. Just at net close, thunder arrived so the net timing was good. Rhombic antenna is now disconnected and grounded.
- De WA4FAT: The band wasn't as noisy as it has been, but QSB was significant. I had to make sure my antenna was still aloft after a big thunderboomer plowed through here. We received 2.5" of much-needed rain, but it came too fast. My garden looked like a swimming pool and will require some repairs.
- De KT5LA: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | W1SFR | K6GVG |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | QSB pretty fast | / | 54/59 | 599 | 549 | 22/439 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | High QRN | 579 | / | 589 | 459 | 599 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | QSB was significant | 599 | 56/89 | / | 44/569 | 55/69 |
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Thursday, July 25, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De W1SFR: What would I do without Bill's QSP's? Thanks buddy.
- De AA7FV: Lightning was 10 miles away at the start of the net, but came to within 1 mile so I closed tx down early and disconnected main antenna, although still listening on the 4-ft vertical.
- De KA5TJS: Band was not to good here tonight. CA was down but Steve was solid copy most of the time.
- De WA4FAT: Lower levels of QRN but deep QSB on some signals. K4VIZ was just too close for me, and KA5TJS began to fade as the sun dipped below the horizon here.
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | AA7FV | K6GVG | WA7SPY | KA5TJS | WA4FAT | K4VIZ |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | - | / | 569 | 229 | - | 559 | 589 | 559 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 579 | / | 579 | 569 | 579 | 589 | 579 |
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| WA7SPY | - | Signals were in and out | - | 559 | 579 | / | 559 | - | - |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Band was not to good | 559 | 579 | 439 | 219 | / | 599 | 339 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet/[WebSDR] | Lower QRN but deep QSB | 579 | 589 | 449 | 449 | 599 | / | 229, [599] |
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Thursday, August 1, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Thunder storms some 50 km distant, so fairly strong lightning QRN tonight.
- De KT5LA: AA7FV came up well during the net. Maybe the lightening near him helped on my end!
- De KA5TJS: Conditions mixed tonight. Some good and some very poor. The sun is doing strange things. Good job NCS Darrel.
- De WA7SPY: I barely heard signals. I was going to try to check in but signals were in and out. I will try next week.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | KT5LA | KA5TJS | W1SFR |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Strong lightning QRN | / | 589 | 599 | 579 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 599 | 559 | / | 329 | 559 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Conditions mixed | 57/89 | - | 22/339 | / | 55/69 |
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| WA7SPY | - | Signals were in and out | 529 | - | - | 539 | - |
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Thursday, August 8, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De WA4FAT: Well, this was a bit of a bust tonight due to poor conditions. KT5LA could copy WA4FAT over the air but no one else. K6GVG had very poor propagation, same for KG5SSB, and W1BLU was NIL after his initial check-in. Consequently, we had a single brief round and shut the Net down at about 0025Z.
- De KT5LA: I heard WA4FAT variably 52 to 57 over the air tonight...and no other station. I did hear K6GVG briefly earlier tuning and ID, but not during net.
- De W1BLU: QSB was a long deep rollercoaster and then, nothing but static.
- De W1SFR: Well, I made an effort to check in using my new (old) HB1B qrp rig. The QRN was terrible S7, and I thought that perhaps the Sun had exploded! Well after some intense troubleshooting I discovered that the plug in power source was spewing out a ton of RF. I switched over to a battery source and I could hear Bill 59. I heard the last call and started to send and the key didn’t work! What??? More checking as I heard final dit dits and jiggling the key around I finally heard the keyer fire... just in time to send my call and 73.
- De AA7FV: Sorry I didn't dare to check in to the SSN tonight because of nearby lightning. It's stopped now, and fortunately there were no lightning strikes closer than 1 mile away. I did listen on the Utah SDR. I missed W1BLU. I also tried the K3FEF SDR, but for whatever reason reception was very poor there.
- De KA5TJS: Unavailable.
| De | Station | Conditions | WA4FAT* | KT5LA | K6GVG | KG5SSB | W1BLU |
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| WA4FAT* | 100W/40m doublet/[WebSDR] | Poor | / | 339, [599] | 449, [599] | 459, [579] | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | Long deep rollercoaster QSB | 52/79 | / | - | - | - |
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| W1BLU | - | Long deep rollercoaster QSB | 557 | - | - | - | / |
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| W1SFR | - | - | 599 | - | - | - | - |
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| AA7FV | [Utah WebSDR] | Perfect copy | [57/89] | [57/89] | [57/89] | [57/89] | X |
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Thursday, August 15, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Pretty good with our solar conditions. TNX for the help from Bill and Darrel.
- De K6GVG: first time to use the UT SDR for the net. Just had an old, very old and slow Android tablet, but it worked. Amazing how nice the SDR signals were compared with OTA reception. And Jay was 59 OTA; so short skip tonight. And thanks again to Darrel for his never-ending QSP’s of my weak Hustler mobile signal.
- De KT5LA: I listened for a bit, heard NCS lightly, Bill better, and Darrel and Roy very well.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | K6GVG | WA7SPY | W1SFR | KT5LA |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Pretty good | / | 579 | 589 | 22/339 | - | 53/69 | 219 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 579 | / | 589 | 56/99 | 569 | 569 | 589 |
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| WA4FAT | 100W/40m doublet | Greatly improved from last week | 599 | 57/89 | / | 44/559 | 449 | 56/79 | 55/69 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 229 | 58/99 | 559 | 599 | - | - | / |
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Thursday, August 22, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De W1SFR: Pretty decent sigs here in VT but QRN and QSB was an issue for me.
- De AA7FV: Very high QRN tonight. Lightning is surrounding me. Not close enough to worry about the antenna, but close enough to produce continuous and loud static QRN.
- De WX7V: Key was the new slate cootie, rig Flexradio 6600, ant carolina windom (OCF dipole with the vertical radiator element added). Lots of fun on these SSN.
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | AA7FV | WA4FAT | W1BLU | KA5TJS | K6GVG | WX7V |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | QRN and QSB | / | 569 | 559 | 589 | 559 | - | 569 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very high QRN | 579 | / | 589 | 3/459 | 579 | 579 | 589 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | - | 53/49 | 54/59 | 589 | 21/29 | / | 229 | 229 |
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| WX7V | 100W/OCFD | Signals improved towards end of the net | 56/89 | 57/99 | 599+ | 339 | 229 | 559 | / |
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Thursday, August 29, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Deep QSB on most stations, and strong QRN from thunder storms 50 km or so away.
- De KA5TJS: Good copy on Darrel, Bill and Steve. CA was down in the noise here. We had thunder storms earlier but cleared by net time.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | W1SFR | K6GVG | KA5TJS | KT5LA |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Deep QSB, strong QRN | / | 599 | 569 | 589 | 589 | 599 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | - | 569 | 589 | 569 | 229 | / | 229 |
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30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: We missed the CA crowd this evening, but it was a great net nevertheless.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | WA4FAT | KD8ZM | W1SFR |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | / | 599 | 579 | 579 |
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Thursday, September 12, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: Bill WA4FAT couldn't join us tonight because of weather - specifically, Francine.
We started the net with a short silent period in memory of our friend Pete, W5PEH (SK), who is missed. RIP Pete.
The band was a little noisy, but given what the sun has been throwing at us over the last couple of days, not too bad.
Yesterday was a particularly active day in the ionosphere. There were X-ray flares reaching us from the sun almost all day long. The geomagnetic field was very active, reaching a G3 storm level (Kp=7) in the middle of the day, and still at Kp=5 (G1 class storm) at our net time. Conditions during the net were not great, but could have been much worse.
- De KT5LA: A nice tribute to Pete. NI4E was surprisingly strong. KA5TJS I could hear OTA, but not good enough to copy. 58 on the Utah SDR though. I heard W2BX on the SDR, but I’m not sure he realized SSN was a net. I heard a SKCC number passed.
- De W1SFR: Sorry folks, I just had to bail. Sigs were terrible and I had Darrel at 33 and nil on others except for the SKCC stn W2BX was at 59 and I surmise that he wasn't checking in but trying to make a SKCC contact with Darrel (?).
- De NI4E: Thanks for calling the net Darrel, and thanks again for the moment of silence for Pete, W5PEH.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | KT5LA | K6GVG | W1SFR | KA5TJS | W2BX | NI4E |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Band was a little noisy | / | 589 | 589 | 569 | 589 | 249 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 589 | / | 589 | - | 11/589 | - | 549 |
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| W1SFR | 100W/OCF | Sigs were terrible | 339 | - | - | / | - | 599 | - |
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| NI4E | - | - | 559 | 449 | 449 | 579 | 579 | - | / |
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Thursday, September 19, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Good copy on most and thanks for the QSP help again Darrel.
- De AA7FV: The net accidentally started a little early, but Allen took over as NCS at official net start time and did a great job in slightly poor conditions.
- De KT5LA: I set up and operated my FT-857 (which I’ve packed into a “kit” for field use) with a Buddypole vertical with a tuner. Getting ready for a monthly “Radio in the Park” event with my club Saturday.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | NP3CW | KT5LA | W1SFR | WX7V | K9TJL | K6GVG |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | Some fast QSB on all but QRN was low | / | 57/89 | 229 | 229 | 55/79 | 229 | 589 | 589 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Slightly poor | 589 | / | 34/559 | 579 | 57/99 | 589 | 589 | 589 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/Buddypole vertical | QSB | 2/439 | 589 | - | / | - | 439 | 449 | 589 |
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| WX7V | 100W/OCFD | Lots of very low signals and QRN | 229 | 599 | 11/229 | - | 579 | / | - | 339 |
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Thursday, September 26, 2024.
40 m: Friday, 0010 - 0055 UTC, 7045 kHz.
Notes:
- De W1SFR: Sorry for those lost in the QSY to 40M (7045). QRN was very bad and I barely had cpy on Darrel. Thanks Darrel for QSP to Roy and Allen and Jay?
- De AA7FV: 0000 UTC 10121.5 kHz: There was loud QRN or QRM covering much of the band. At first I was copying most stations, but the noise was getting worse and things were getting quite difficult. Was it some kind of OHR? Steve made the intelligent decision to QSY the net to 40 m. A very good move.
- De KA5TJS: I checked after Steve closed the net and 30 meters was clean then. The noise was about 8kc wide here. We could have gone to 10.130 or 10.115 and been out of it. Oh well, 40 was not to bad.
- De WX7V: Nice Job Steve in spite of QRN and excellent QSP work by Darrel.
| De | Station | Conditions | W1SFR* | AA7FV | KA5TJS | WX7V | KT5LA | KG5SSB | K6GVG |
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| W1SFR* | 100W/OCF | QRN was very bad | / | 229 | - | 339 | - | 349 | - |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | 579 | / | 579 | 599 | 599 | 589 | 599 |
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| KA5TJS | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | - | 55/79 | 579 | / | 599 | 429 | 589 | - |
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| WX7V | 100W/OCFD | QRN | 33/559 | 579 | 599+ | / | - | 589 | 339 |
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Thursday, October 3, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: We stayed on 30m. Conditions as heard in AZ were very good, although not everyone in the net could hear everyone else.
- De KT5LA: I used the Utah SDR as an assist tonight and had good copy on Allen and Steve through that.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | KT5LA | K6GVG | WA7SPY | KA5TJS | W1SFR |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Very good | / | 599 | 589 | 599 | 589 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire/[Utah webSDR] | Pretty good | 599 | / | 599 | 599 | 229, [569] | [569] |
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Thursday, October 10, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0015 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: A CME arrived at the Earth today. At the time of our US SSN this evening, Space Weather Live rated the geomagnetic conditions as "Extreme Storm ".
No other stations heard, so QSY to 40m.
- De W1SFR: I tried both freq’s but couldn’t hear a peep due to solar storm. Good you wear coasters got a chance to gab a bit.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | KT5LA | K6GVG |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | QSB | / | 599 | 579 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | - | 589 | / | 599 |
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40 m: Friday, 0015 - 0055 UTC, 7044 kHz.
Notes:
- De AA7FV: From Arizona, the California stations were about equally good on 40m and 30m, but no stations from the East heard on either band tonight. There are reports of a CME hitting the earth today, with Kp up to 8 and G4 or G5 geomagnetic storm, so not typical conditions. A great net, with time to chat, but very biased towards the western US!
Here's a very poor picture that I took last night, around 8 pm looking north from my back door. The blue tinge in the sky is the aurora. I couldn't see it with the naked eye, but this is a 10-second exposure with my phone camera. It was very dark, and none of the vegetation in the photo could be seen without the long exposure in the camera. It's very unusual indeed to see auroral effects this far south - about latitude 32.1 degrees.
The ionosphere was so churned up because of the arrival of the CME, I'm sure that must have been what happened on 30m last night. There was also a strong solar X-ray flare at about 23h UTC which caused a class R1 radio blackout, on top of the geomagnetic storm. The sun has been very busy for the last couple of weeks.
| De | Station | Conditions | AA7FV* | KT5LA | K6GVG |
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| AA7FV* | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | - | / | 599 | 599 |
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Thursday, October 17, 2024.
30 m: Friday, 0000 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.
Notes:
- De KA5TJS: QSB was fast and deep here on most signals but Darrel who was 579/599. Managed to copy all with CA. being in and out. Thanks for the help Darrel!
- De KT5LA: I used the Utah SDR for assist when necessary.
| De | Station | Conditions | KA5TJS* | AA7FV | KT5LA | K6GVG | W1SFR |
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| KA5TJS* | 90W/80m inv. V doublet | QSB was fast and deep | / | 57/99 | 549 | 43/549 | 55/79 |
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| AA7FV | 95W/Rhombic wire beam | Pretty good | 599 | / | 599 | 599 | 589 |
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| KT5LA | 100W/84 ft end fed wire | Good | 549 | 599 | / | 599 | - |
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