This Week’s 144.240 Net Report
Thursday, February 18th, 20168am Thur.
Last night, WB9LYH reported tough band conditions. Despite this, Mark had 14 check-ins and a near-miss. Check-ins were: N9JBW, K9ILU and K9CCL EN61; N9EM EN53; N9YK EN71; WB8LNG EM79; WB0SWQ, W9BBP and WA9BNZ EN40; N9RXM, NG9K and KC9OVD EN41; WD9DCW EN52 and WB0YWW EN22.
The near-miss was KC8UDV out in EN90, east-central OH. KC8UDV got WB9LYH’s attention via the ON4KST.com real-time ham chat room. ‘UDV heard a little bit of Mark’s voice in the noise, but Mark didn’t hear any of ‘UDV’s CW. With better band conditions, they will make the contact one of these nights.
The 144.240 net is called every Wed. at 8pm central/9pm eastern. WB9LYH in EN54cl, central WI (near WI Rapids) is net control. Mark has a big signal and gets out easily 300-400+ miles (to other stations with horizontally-polarized gain antennas and a clear horizon) Scroll down to recent net reporst here at kc9bqa.com if you need more details.
WB9LYH expects to be on the air for the next several Wednesdays. If I ever learn of a conflict ahead of time, I announce it here at kc9bqa.com.