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November 2024 HF Net

We had our HF Net for November on 11/6 at 8:30 AM PST.

David Ping WB6DP joined me, Kirk Crawford KK6KC in the A3 Shack, and we had Doug McNulty KM4GC in Leesburg VA and Bob Lanahan KK6WYW in Vero Beach FL. Kevin Kirio was in the teams meeting as an observer.

We tried several bands. Here are the results:

14.270 MHz – No Contact

RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk5-3
Doug
Bob
18.125 MHz
RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk5-33-4
Doug5-9
Bob2-4
21.317 MHz
RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk5-4
Doug5-7
Bob
24.964 MHz
RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk5-8
Doug5-3
Bob
28.640 MHz
RX/TXDougBob
Doug5-2 to 5-7
Bob5-2 to 5-7
14.288 MHz (Lots of Fading)

So we had workable coast to coast communication on multiple bands. The propagation was rapidly changing during the contacts. See you next month!

October 2024 HF Net Report

We had our October 2024 HF net at 8:30 AM PDT on October 2. We had pretty good propagation today, especially on 20 between LA and Tucson which is highly unusual.

Operators

  • Kirk Crawford- KK6KC – El Segundo, CA – AGO A3 Shack
  • Tom Fagan – K7DF – Tucson, AZ – Raytheon HAM Club Shack
  • Al Carlson – NA1N – Laytonsville, MD – Home Shack

20 Meters

RX\TXAlTomKirk
Al5-5
Tom5-55-9
Kirk20 Over
14.275 MHz

17 Meters

RX\TXAlTomKirk
Al5-33-3
Tom5-5
Kirk2-3
18.145 MHz

15 Meters

RX\TXAlTomKirk
Al5-93-3
Tom5-95-5
Kirk3-35-5
21.300 MHz

10 Meters

RX\TXAlTomKirk
Al5-6
Tom5-75-5
Kirk4-5
28.593 MHz

September HF Net

The HF Net began at 8:30 AM PDT with Kirk – KK6KC, Tom -K7DF, Doug-KM4GC and Stephanie-KN6RNB. We had time to do 20 Meters and 15 Meters. Here are the results:

20M – 14.312 MHz

RX/TXTomKirkDougStephanie
Tom5-55-7
Kirk3-52-55-9
Doug5-75-3
Stephanie5-6
14.312

15M – 21.346 MHz

RX/TXTomKirkDougStephanie
Tom5-9
Kirk2-45-9
Doug5-93-2
Stephanie5-9
21.346

August 2024 HF Net

Our August HF Net occurred on Wednesday August 14 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time. We had the following operators in attendance:

Kirk

KK6KC – A3 Shack

Stephanie

KN6RNB – El Segundo

Doug

KM4GC – Michigan

Tom

K7DF- Raytheon Shack, Tucson AZ

We tried to communicate on 20 Meters and 15 Meters. Here are our results:

RX/TXDougKirkTomStephanie
Doug3-3
Kirk2-15-9
Tom
Stephanie5-5
20 meters (14.261 MHz)
RX/TXDougKirkStephanie
Doug5-7
Kirk2-35-7
Stephanie5-9
15 meters (21.276 MHz)

Tom had to leave the meeting after we did 20 meters.

73 until next month! – Kirk KK6KC

June 2024 HF Net

We had the June HF net on Wednesday June 5 at 8:30 AM. Participants were:

  • Kirk Crawford – KK6KC – A3 Shack, El Segundo CA
  • Doug McNulty – KM4GC – Historic Leesburg VA
  • Al Carlson – NA1N – Laytonsville MD
  • Bob Lanahan – KK6WYW – Vero Beach FL

We tried several bands. We did not have any communications on 28.434 MHz or 24.962 Mhz. Below are the bands we did have some communications on:

RX/TXAlDougKirkBob
Al3-33-32-1
Doug
Kirk2-1
Bob4-4
14.227 MHz
RX/TXAlDougKirkBob
Al3-3
Doug5-4
Kirk5-5 S63-3
Bob2-2
21.315MHz
RX/TXAlDougKirkBob
Al1-13-3
Doug2-3
Kirk3-32-11-1
Bob2-11-1
18.157 MHz

Overall conditions were pretty bad. Probably due to the solar flux issues with all the CME stuff lately.

VarAC HF Chat Reinvented – February 2024 Mtg

On February 28 2024 11:30 AM PDT we had a meeting. Our presentation was on VarAC a new HF Chat mode. Doug McNulty (KM4GC) and Bob Lanahan (KK6WYW) gave the talk. I presented a few slides at the beginning about our A3 Antenna status and the EOC trailer status.

Kirk’s Slides

Doug and Bob’s Slides

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Recording of the Meeting

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February 2024 HF Net Report

At 8:30 AM PST 2/14/2024 we had our HF Net.

Operators

  • Kirk Crawford – KK6KC – Lomita CA
  • Tom Fagan – K7DF – Vail AZ
  • Doug McNulty – KM4GC – Leesburg VA
  • Bob Lanahan – KK6WYW – Vero Beach FL

Observors

  • Dan Plaster
  • Jeffrey Light

20 M Band

RX/TXBobDougTomKirk
Bob5-55-05-0
Doug5-8
Tom5-55-55-9
Kirk5-9
14.275 MHz

17 M Band

Rx/TXDougTomKirkBob
Doug5-15-8
Tom5-85-55-7
Kirk5-7
Bob5-65-0
18.2117 MHz

10 M Band

Rx/TxKirkDougTomBob
Kirk5-9
Doug5-9
Tom
Bob
28.352 MHz

January 2024 HF Net Report

We had our first HF Net of 2024 on January 3 at 8:30 AM.

Operators

  • Kirk KK6KC Lomita CA
  • Tom K7DF Vail AZ
  • Doug KM4GC Leesburg VA

10M Band

We started at 28.940 Mhz

RX/TXKirkTomDoug
Kirk2-2
Tom4-4
Doug
Rows are Receivers, Columns are Transmitters

15 Meters

On 15 (21.3 Mhz) Only Kirk could hear Doug at 2-2

17 Meters

18.149 Mhz

RX/TXKirkTomDoug
Kirk3-2
Tom5-5
Doug5-55-5
Rows are Receivers, Columns are Transmitters

20 Meters

We used 14.266 MHz

RX/TXKirkTomDoug
Kirk
Tom5-3
Doug
Rows are Receivers, Columns are Transmitters

It seemed 17 meters was our best band for this day.

December 2023 HF Net Report

We had our December HF Net at 8:30 AM PST to 9:00 AM on Wednesday December 6, 2023.

Attendance

  • Kirk Crawford – KK6KC – Lomita, CA
  • Tom Fagan – K7DF – Vail, AZ
  • Jeff Light – KE0ESU – Colorado Springs, CO
  • Doug McNulty – KM4GC – Leesburg, VA

20M Band

Started at 14.280 and then went to 14.240 to retest Doug’s Link. We used USB Phone.

RX\TXKirkDougTomJeff
Kirk115745
Doug
Tom575557
Jeff572257
Doug heard no one on 20

10M Band

We used 28.393 USB Phone

RX\TXKirkDougTomJeff
Kirk11
Doug52
Tom23
Jeff55
We could all hear Doug on 10M. He also tried CW and we could hear that too.

March 2023 HF Net

We conducted the February HF Net at 8:30 AM Pacific Time, March 1, 2023. In attendance were:

  • Kirk Crawford KK6KC – Lomita, CA
  • Bob Lanahan KK6WYW – Vero Beach FL
  • Tom Fagan K7DF – Vail AZ
  • Doug McNulty KM4GC – Leesburg VA
  • Al NA1N – Listening in, digital only

We only had time to try phone (voice) contacts. We tried 20M, 10M and 15M.

Here are the signal reports

TX below – RX rightKK6KCKM4GCK7DFKK6WYW
KK6KC55
KM4GC005748
K7DF5700
KK6WYW0052-5955
20M

TX below – RX rightKK6KCKM4GCK7DFKK6WYW
KK6KC5200
KM4GC522248
K7DF0000
KK6WYW0022
10M

TX below – RX rightKK6KCKM4GCK7DFKK6WYW
KK6KC530000
KM4GC535559
K7DF0000
KK6WYW315900
15M

Due to the propagation issues, it was hard to find a band/frequency that would work for all four geographic locations. It seemed that 12M would do it if we all had it available, but we did not.

Due to the antenna failure at D8, we were unable to use that station.