Category Archives: Check In Net

September HF Net Report

This morning, we had our monthly HF Net.  I can report that it was a success.  We  had successful voice contact between W6AGO (El Segundo), AE0RO (Colorado Springs) and KK4GEG (Chantilly).  The band was busy on 14.275 MHz, so we moved up to 14.287 MHz.  At AGO, COS signal was between S7 and S8.  Chantilly signal was around S6.   It is noted that Chantilly does not have an amplifier and was only putting out 100 watts.

After the main net, W6AGO and Chantilly tried PSK31 digital communications on 14.075 MHz.  Chantilly was able to easily read W6AGO at 50 watts, but W6AGO was NOT able to read anything from Chantilly.   We will work on this new mode for next month.

73,

Kirk Crawford
President AEA Amateur Radio Club (W6AGO)
KK6KC

 

El Segundo Repeater Status

From Mike Worshum:

 Good news, the City purchased a nice industrial battery and a battery maintenance charger. Since I’m leaving town for a few days I dropped the repeater off with Carl Jacobson. He will get with his contact at Mattel and set up a date and time to install it. I’ll make another announcement once it’s on air.

The controller will have to be programed for the correct time but I can do that remotely. The other announcements should be in the controller memory. Please pass along to the club this status.

It looks like we will be back to the El Segundo repeater soon.

 

-Kirk