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Roar Nets May 13 2007
The propagation figures were K=1, A=2 and
Flux=74.
0630z - 0730z Europe - Anzo net on 14,293
Long Path.
Many thanks to Klaus HB9CQS for the following
report : -
Greetings Bill,
Same conditions on the ANZO net as last
Sunday, - more or less, but this time I not only heard Brian, VK5CO. I
worked him.
06:38z VK2GWK, Henk. 57 here for a start.
Fading out after 15 minutes.
06:50z VK5CO, Brian, called in. 55 here,
but not for long, unfortunately.
06:50z YO9BC, Coco. 57 with some QSB. Hot,
26C, in Ploiesti and dry. Coco will be QRT for 2-3 weeks due to change
of antenna.
07:19z EA5ALK, David. Anything between 43
and 59+ here. Amazing signal from David's balcony antenna.
07:30z End of QSO with David and end of
net.
73 de Klaus HB9CQS
0800z - 0900z UK 80-metre net on 3,692.
No reports received.
1130z - 1230z International net on
14,293.
Thanks to Jim W1QUO for the following
report : -
Daer Bill,
Sunday International Net 14.293 mHz 11:30 UTC. Heavy solar noise S5
most of the time with heavy QSB.
11:25 SM4CSF, Nils, Falun, 5x7. Cool spring time in Sweden.
11:30 VE2GTI , Coos, Beaconsfield, Canada, 4x4 to 5x5. Coos able to
work Nils in Falun.
11:40 PA0SDZ, Les, Hasselt, Netherlands, 5x8. Very good signal into
east coast U.S.
11:50 YO9BC, Coco, Prahova, Roumania, 5x5 to 5x7. Reports hot and
dry summer weather. Planning to erect big antenna soon.
11:55 HB9CQS, Klaus, Sachseln, Switzerland, 5x8/9. Reported on
Anzio net.
Many thanks for those who participated in the net.
Best wishes to our U.K. members and EA7GSU, Pertti,
at the annual meeting of the radio association.
73 until next week,
de Jim
W1QUO
And also thanks to Klaus for the following : -
Assuming that many of the UK stations had
not yet returned from the AGM, I gave Jim a call on the International
net.
In case you for once need a report, here are
my notes:
11:40z Heard Jim, W1QUO, SM4CSF, Nils and
VE2GTI, Coos, when I tuned to 14.293.
11:45z Heard others work PA0SDZ, Les,
but Les was never readable here. Also heard YO9BC, Coco.
11:49z W1QUO, Jim. 54 for a start, slowly
increasing to 59. Jim later worked W0TBC, Joe, but not readable here.
11:50z VE2GTI, Coos. 56-57 here. Got the
same from Coos.
12:00z YO9BC, Coco. Temperature now about
30C at Ploiesti and too hot for Coco's liking.
12:10z SM4CSF, Nils. 54 here. I was "quite
strong" in Falun.
12:22z Jim closed the net.
73 de Klaus HB9CQS.
1800z - 1900z UK 80-metre net on 3,692.
No reports received.
Messages Received
From Roar President John Maier W8AUV
Greetings All:
This is
an “official announcement” or “meeting notice” for the Rotarians of
Amateur Radio (ROAR) Annual General Meeting to be
held in conjunction with the 2007 Rotary International 98th
Annual Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. (17-20 June, 2007).
Date: Monday, 18 June 2007
Time:
Meeting begins at 4:30 PM
Dinner
begins at 6:00 PM
Place:
Orbit Café, 540 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City
Agenda to
follow will also be available at the ROAR booth in the House of Friendship.
Dinner is
moderately priced – dinners priced under $20. US including tax and tip.
Drinks extra. View the menu on the website;
on the Home Page, click on Cuisine to view menu. This restaurant is just a
couple of blocks from the Delta Convention Center.
There is a map on the website (we will have copies at the booth).
Should
anyone have items to discuss at the meeting please advise me so we may
prepare the agenda appropriately.
We changed
the meeting site from the convention hall meeting space to the restaurant
for two reasons. Many wanted to gather
for a meal, preferably the evening meal. Some voiced the desire to have
family members attend without the need for registering
them to enter the convention hall. Also I felt it would be favorable to
have the meeting and dinner at the same time/place thus
simplifying the convention event schedule. There is plenty of parking
available at the restaurant for those driving.
There will
be two repeaters to use, 146.62 and 146.76. No pl's and normal offset.
We will be
posting an operating schedule for W7R – the convention special event station
shortly.
Respectfully, John Maier, W8AUV President ROAR 2006-2009 Dallas, Texas,
USA.
Tele:
972-960-6563
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS
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N.B. Greetings to all from the
Roar in RIBI weekend in Ipswich 11th to 13th May.
We had 34 mambers and wives
including Pertti EA7GSU from Spain together with
John GW4KVJ, John G3JJR, Bruce
G0PCF, Geoff G3KIW, Jim G4MVO, Brian G3LUW, Don G0JWE,
Mike G4WRU, Tommy G2FUU, John
G4HMG and xyl Diana G4MVV, Tony G4FTA, Mike G8LES,
John G4KTX, Bill G4YZE, Ralph
M0BDI, and Norman G0MMO.
A great weekend in a fine hotel
and a super boat trip on the River Deben rounded off with a
very interesting visit to the
famous Sutton Hoo Iron Age ship grave site, and a very agreeable AGM.
We sent a message of good wishes
to Laszlo who entertained us so wonderfully at our last AGM.
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