K5TAL July 22 HF net report

Year 4, Week 16
Jul 22, 2020

The K5TAL net on 80 meters was opened at 7 pm (0000z) on 3.862 MHz and had 14 check-ins. Conditions were good but some irritating static. Typical Wednesday-evening thunderstorms.

WV5Q DON POST 1992, GAUTIER, MS, TALARC, PUFL
AJ5P LESTER NON VET, SWL LAUREL, MS
WA5GYM ANDY MS STATE EOC, NON MEMBER, RICHLAND, MS
W5DFC ERNIE RET AF, MS DEPT, BRANDON, MS
W5SOF BEN RET AF, AL DEPT MEMBER, TALARC, DIAMONDHEAD, MS
KF4FMQ MIKE POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
KY4KD KEN POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
K3KZU DENNIS POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
K5CUB LEE POST 1992, GAUTIER, MS, TALARC
*KG5NLQ JEFF NON VET, CLINTON, LA
KB5PCI JIM POST 119, GULFPORT, MS, TALARC
K4FT JOHN POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
KF5FWR BENNIE NON VET, VOSSBURG, MS
KB5AGW TERRI POST 1992, GAUTIER, MS, TALARC, PUFL

* INDICATES FIRST-TIME CHECK-IN

Announcements: From Jul Net Announcements: New nets operating via local UHF, HF and EchoLink. Post 28, KN4YQL Spartanburg, S.C., has established nets on HF &7.267, UHF on N2GE-R 145.190, and EchoLink Node 593509. Nets begin at 10:30 EDT till 12:30 EDT every Thursday.

Thursdays at 7 pm CST, K5TAL hosts an all-digital net via a service called Quadnet Array (www.openquad.net). This service allows any form of digital voice to be routed so DMR users can hear D-Star and C4FM Fusion, D-Star can hear everyone, as can C4FM users. It also allows DV Dongle users to communicate likewise. The net is listed on the www.openquad.net website. You can listen to the HF 80 meter by going to www.n4dkd.com and enter the frequency and LSB. If you have an Apple device, there is a box to the right to enable audio for IOS.

For God and Country
Don Rand WV5Q
President K5TAL