K5TAL NET REPORT FOR 17 JAN 2018

Net Control Station KA5DON conducted the weekly 80m (3.809 MHz) net on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. There were only 4 checked in and no formal traffic. Net was opened at 2330z (1830 CST) and closed at 2340z. Band conditions and QRM on adjacent frequencies made contacts almost impossible.

KA5DON DON
KB5AGW TERRI
AG5CC CHARLIE
AF5AQ RICHARD4

NET CALLS WERE ALSO ACCEPTED ON 2M WITH 2 CHECK-INS ON 2M.

OVER THE PAST WEEK I HAVE LISTENED AROUND THE 3.810 FREQUENCY AREA, AND THERE DO NOT SEEM TO BE ANY NETS OR "GAB FESTS" ON OR CLOSE TO 3.815. SO FOR THE JAN. 24 NET, WE WILL TRY 3.815 +-5 KHZ.

ENCOURAGED THOSE WHO HAVE EITHER A COMPROMISED 80M ANTENNA, HIGH NOISE LEVELS OR NO HF RADIO TO TUNE TO 3.803 N4DKD WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT http://n4dkd.asuscomm.com:8901, OR ANY OF THE WEB-BASED SDR RADIO PROVIDERS.

NET WAS CLOSED AT 1840 CST 0040 Z WITH A TOTAL OF 4 CHECK-INS.

NOTE: ON FEB. 7 WE WILL ALSO BEGIN TAKING CHECK-INS ON ECHOLINK AND DSTAR. CALLSIGNS AND CONFERENCE WILL BE ANNOUNCED OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS.

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Don
KA5DON