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March 2025 HF Net Report

03/05/2025 kirkcrawford

We had our monthly HF Net on 3/5/25 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time. Kirk – KK6KC was in the A3 shack, Doug – KM4GC was in his home QTH in Leesburg, VA, and Al Carlson – NA1N in his home QTH in Laytonsville MD. Dan Plaster was also there most of the time as an observer.

Reports

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	–
Al	–	–	3-7
Doug	–	–	–

10m 28.482 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	5-5	5-5
Al	4-7	–	3-6
Doug	5-5	5-1	–

12m 24.933 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	3-3	4-5
Al	3-3	–	2-2
Doug	5-4	–	–

15m 21.282 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	3-3
Al	2-3	–	2-3
Doug	2-2	1-1	–

17m 18.13575 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	–
Al	2-2	–	2-2
Doug	–	1-1	–

20m 14.250 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	–
Al	–	–	5-9
Doug	–	5-9	–

40m 7.262 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	–
Al	–	–	–
Doug	–	–	–

80m 28.482 MHz

Readability

Signal Strength

Unreadable
Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable
Readable with considerable difficulty
Readable with practically no difficulty
Perfectly readable

Faint signals, barely perceptible
Very weak signals
Weak signals
Fair signals
Fairly good signals
Good signals
Moderately strong signals
Strong signals
Extremely strong signals

HF Net

February 2025 HF Net Report

02/05/2025 kirkcrawford

The HF Net for the AEA Amateur Radio Club started at 8:30 AM PST on Wednesday February 5. Operators were Kirk Crawford KK6KC at the A3 Shack in El Segundo CA, and Al Carlson NA1N at his home QTH in Laytonsville MD. Jeff Light also attended as an observer.

Results

Band (M)	Frequency (MHz)	KK6KC Report	NA1N Report
12	24.961	5-3	3-4
15	21.280	2-3	3-3
17	18.116	1-3	2-3
20	14.275	1-3	1-3
40	7.262	–	–

Al is using a fan dipole and his 10M band element was broken. I suspect we would have had even better communication there than on 12M.

Readability

Signal Strength

Unreadable
Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable
Readable with considerable difficulty
Readable with practically no difficulty
Perfectly readable

Faint signals, barely perceptible
Very weak signals
Weak signals
Fair signals
Fairly good signals
Good signals
Moderately strong signals
Strong signals
Extremely strong signals

HF Net

December 2024 HF Net Report

12/04/2024 kirkcrawford

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/TX	Kirk	Bob	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	1-1	1-1
Bob	1-1	–	2-6	3-3
Al	–	5-5	–	3-3
Doug	–	5-7	–	–

14.234 MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Bob	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	–	5-5
Bob	–	–	–	–
Al	–	–	–	–
Doug	5-9	–	–	–

28.412MHz

RX/TX	Kirk	Bob	Al	Doug
Kirk	–	–	2-1	5-5
Bob	–	–	–	–
Al	3-3	–	–	3-3
Doug	5-3	–	–	–

24.947 MHz

See this table for the definition of our signal reports.