K5TAL NET REPORT FOR 24 JAN 2018

NET CONTROL STATION KA5DON CONDUCTED THE WEEKLY 80M (3.815 MHZ) NET ON WEDNESDAY, JAN 24, 2018. THERE WERE 8 CHECK INS ON 3.815 AND 3 CHECK INS ON 2 METER. NO FORMAL TRAFFIC WAS LISTED. NET WAS OPENED AT 0030Z (1830 CST) AND CLOSED AT 0050Z. BAND CONDITIONS WERE GOOD WITH ONLY MINOR TO MODERATE QRM DIRECTLY ABOVE 3.815. CHECK INS ARE LISTED AS FOLLOWS:

KA5DON DON
KB5AGW TERRI
WA5GYM ANDY
W4OZA RICK
KB5PCI JIM
W5TUT ED
W9WMJ MARTY “THANK YOU MARTY FOR JOINING OUR NET”
KE8GKY LARRY
AF5AQ RICHARD 2M
K5BQJ NICK 2M
KG5KSA MIKE 2M

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

OVER THE PAST 2 WEEKS 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 IMMEDIATE FUTURE, 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.

ALSO ENCOURAGED ALL CHECKED IN OR JUST LISTENING TO GO TO WWW.LEGION.ORG/HAMRADIO FOR THE NET LISTINGS FOR TIMES AND FREQUENCIES, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN AS MANY OF THEM AS YOU CAN.

NET WAS CLOSED AT 1850 CST 0050 Z WITH A TOTAL OF 11 CHECK INS.

NOTE: SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY WE WILL ALSO BEGIN TAKING CHECK INS ON ECHOLINK, DMR, WINLINK AND D-STAR. CALLSIGNS AND CONFERENCE WILL BE ANNOUNCED OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. THOSE STATIONS WHO WISH TO MONITOR OUR NET AND CHECK IN WITH WINLINK CAN DO SO ANYTIME IN THE 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE NET BY SENDING A CHECK-IN WORD OR PHRASE THAT WILL BE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE NET. MY WINLINK ADDRESS IS KA5DON@WINLINK.NET. THE CHECK-IN WORD OR PHRASE WILL COME FROM THE MOST CURRENT ISSUE OF “THE LEGION” MAGAZINE.
IN SERVICE “TO GOD AND COUNTRY”
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