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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

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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

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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.

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
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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.

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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.
HF Net

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.

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January 2023 HF Net Report

We had our first HF net of the year today, Wednesday January 11, 2023 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time Participants were:

  • Kirk Crawford, KK6KC in D8 Shack, El Segundo CA
  • Jeff Wong, W0NGJ in Crossville TN
  • Doug McNulty, KM4GC in Leesburg VA
  • Bob Lanahan, KK6WYW using a web SDR located in Georgia

Phone QSO

We had good two way voice communications among all stations (Bob’s SDR is only RX) on 20 meters (14.315 MHz).

Jeff’s recording of the QSO
Bob’s recording of the QSO
Here are the three operators on the teams call
Here is what Bob’s web SDR looked like during the QSO.

JS8 Call

We switched to JS8 Call which only Doug and Kirk had working and that worked just fine. Even in Turbo Mode!

Here is a screen of JS8 Call (Kirk’s Computer) The red backed text is people contacting Kirk. You can see the waterfall at the bottom with the communication around 1400 hz.
JS8 Call uses a single frequency in each band
This is turbo mode. It uses more bandwidth ( the section around 1400 is wider) but you can send faster
Here are the bandwidths and speeds of the various modes.

It was a successful HF Net. See you next month. This year our goal is to get WinLink working over HF and add that to our HF Net.

-Kirk Crawford – KK6KC

HF Net

2022-12 HF Net

We had our HF Net at 8:30 AM PST today, We just used PHONE mode on 14.315 MHz upper side band.

  • KK6KC was in El Segundo at the D8 Shack 1800 Watts
  • KM4GC was in Titusville FL campground with his portable setup 100 Watts
  • KN6RNB was in El Segundo with her end fed antenna at home 100 Watts
  • KN6OJH was in El Segundo observing the net

Results

  • KK6KC could hear KN6RNB with a 5-6 report
  • KK6KC could hear KM4GC with a 5-7 report
  • KM4GC could hear KK6KC with a 5-9 report

Recording

KK6WYW was online with an SDR in Georgia and could hear both KK6KC and KM4GC. Here is a screenshot and audio recording of part of the QSO.

Screenshot of WebSDR
Audio captured from the Web SDR