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December 2024 HF Net Report

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We had our December HF Net at 8:30 AM PST on Wednesday December 4. Operators were:

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

Reports

RX/TXKirkBobAlDoug
Kirk––1-11-1
Bob1-1–2-63-3
Al–5-5–3-3
Doug–5-7––
14.234 MHz
RX/TXKirkBobAlDoug
Kirk–––5-5
Bob––––
Al––––
Doug5-9–––
28.412MHz
RX/TXKirkBobAlDoug
Kirk––2-15-5
Bob––––
Al3-3––3-3
Doug5-3–––
24.947 MHz

See this table for the definition of our signal reports.

HF Net

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
Kirk–5-3–
Doug–––
Bob–––
18.125 MHz
RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk–5-33-4
Doug––5-9
Bob2-4––
21.317 MHz
RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk–5-4–
Doug5-7–
Bob––
24.964 MHz
RX/TXKirkDougBob
Kirk–5-8–
Doug5-3–
Bob––
28.640 MHz
RX/TXDougBob
Doug–5-2 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!

HF Net

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
Kirk–20 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
Kirk–4-5
28.593 MHz

HF Net

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
Tom–5-55-7
Kirk3-5–2-55-9
Doug5-75-3–
Stephanie5-6–
14.312

15M – 21.346 MHz

RX/TXTomKirkDougStephanie
Tom–5-9
Kirk2-4–5-9
Doug5-93-2–
Stephanie5-9–
21.346

HF Net

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

HF Net

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
Al–3-33-32-1
Doug––––
Kirk2-1–––
Bob4-4–––
14.227 MHz
RX/TXAlDougKirkBob
Al––3-3–
Doug––5-4–
Kirk–5-5 S6–3-3
Bob––2-2–
21.315MHz
RX/TXAlDougKirkBob
Al–1-13-3–
Doug––2-3–
Kirk3-32-1–1-1
Bob–2-11-1–
18.157 MHz

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

Antenna, HF Net, Meeting, Shack

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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HF Net

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
Kirk––5-9
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
HF Net

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
Kirk–2-2
Tom–4-4
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
Kirk–3-2
Tom–5-5
Doug5-55-5
Rows are Receivers, Columns are Transmitters

20 Meters

We used 14.266 MHz

RX/TXKirkTomDoug
Kirk––
Tom–5-3
Doug––
Rows are Receivers, Columns are Transmitters

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

HF Net

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––
Doug––52
Tom–23–
Jeff–55–
We could all hear Doug on 10M. He also tried CW and we could hear that too.