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WEEKLY NEWS Brought to you by Bill Learmonth .. G4YZE 
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Roar Nets August 1 2010 |
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Propagation very fragile.
K=1, A=6, Flux=82
0530z - 0700z Europe -
Anzo Net on 14,293 Long Path.
Again I got the opening from
about 0615z and was delighted to
get
VK2GWK Henk who was 5/5 here He
gave me "4/2 just above the
noise".
I
could just hear Bill VK4ZD 2/1.
John
EA/G4HMG came through 5/5 and
Pertti EA7GSU a good 5/8 at the
end.
Both
enjoying the Spanish Music
Festival season.
Many thanks to Bill VK4ZD for
the following report : -
Hi Bill
Conditions were very poor for me
on 20m this week.
Also on frequency was Rob ZL1RD. I did make brief contact with Klaus at around 0540z. I also heard you give your callsign when you called me at VK2GWK Henk's prompting. Even conditions between Henk and me were not good enough for a qso. On our 0500z 7.115 40m net we had greater success. I ran the net in Peter VK3KCD's absence. VK3FPSR Peter responded to my call at 0457z Peter is keeping busy with a number of radio type projects including his hobby of restoring old valve radios. He hopes to upgrade his radio license by the end of the year.
VK3ZLD/mobile Loui called in
briefly at 0511z
He did not say if he was a Rotarian. ZL1BFS Doug then called in at 0512z with his signal building up to 58 by the end of the net. VK3TQ Peter called in at 0527z, just as I was about to go to the 20m net. Peter Willmott is a member of the Rotary Club of Woodend in District 9800. Peter said that his antenna works well on 80m & 40m but not so well on 20m. His email address is vk3tq@wia.org.au 73's de Bill, VK4ZD
And many thanks also to Klaus
for this report :-
Greetings Bill,
This Sunday's ANZO net was
another disappointment. Very
poor DX conditions and much
QSB on the weak European
signals.
05:28z Started listening
05:30z Heard Bill, VK4ZD,
and Rob, ZL1RD, faintly. Not
readable.
05:43z Managed to contact
Bill. VK4ZD, at Lockyer
Waters. Peaking 42 here and
quickly lost.
06:01z EA/G4HMG, John.
Brief contact. 44 - 55 here.
John had lovely weather
and a shortage of water.
06:20z G4YZE, Bill. Very
poor copy here. Mainly 32.
Temp 13 - 14 C and showers.
06:25z Believe I
heard Bill, G4YZE, work Henk,
VK2GWK. No copy of Henk here
in Switzerland.
06:33z EA/G4HMG, John, back
on the net again. Up to 59
here and busy working G and
PA stations.
06:35z Heard Pertti,
EA7GSU. 44 but disappearing
quickly and no contact.
08:59z Net closed.
73 Klaus, HB9CQS
0800z - 0900z UK
80-metre Net on 3,694
G3LUW Brian in charge from Devon
in fair conditions.
Supported by :- G4MVO Jim,
G4WRU Mike, G3JJR John,
G2FUU Tommy, G0MMO Norman,
G0PCF Bruce, and me.
1100z - 1200z
International Net on 14,293.
1058z - W1QUO Jim from
Leominster MA 5/7. Got me
4/5 going to nil in qsb.
1103z - EA7GSU Pertti from
Genalguacil 5/6 with qsb.
1113z - PA3AHC Malcolm from
Naardeen 1/1 here but Pertti
got him.
1132z - Net ended , or
rather abandoned. Band
attenuation seemed high with
deep fading .
The background noise
(typically S5 here) was
going to zero for minutes at
a time with complete
silence..
We made many general calls
but really got nowhere.
Jim reported very nice
summer weather, Temps 23 -
24c.
It was great to get this
encouraging message from Ian
GM4JAE in Inverness :-
Hello Bill,
You don't
hear from me very often
as propogation on 80 is
not good between
Inverness and the rest
of those on the ROAR
evening net!!
However to-day I
listened on the
mid-morning
20metre International
Net and heard you and
W1QUO in contact, both
stations about 3/3.
I later heard EA7GSU and
PA3AHC in QSO and they
were about 4/7. I called
in when joiners were
requested but I wasn't
heard.
I don't have a linear so it was only 100W to an 80metre doublet. QRM and QSB played their part in making condx difficult.
Trust you are well, I
gather you enjoyed your
trip to Orkney!
(It was very good. The
weather was kind ! )
I have heard mention of
"Communicator" and a
recent
edition.....should I
have received a copy?
(It is on the web
www.ifroar.org
but I shall post one to
you this week Ian ! )
I read your weekly Net
Summary with interest,
even if I am not able to
make contact on
air....thank you.
I have had occasional
QSOs with Brian G3LUW
during the morning on
40metres when he has
called into a net which
I have on Wednesday with
DJ8CL and M0MZX.
If you are around you are welcome but the longer skip is more favourable so Bolton may be too close!!
Bye for now...73 de Ian
GM4JAE
1700z - 1730z UK
evening 80-metre Net on 3,692
G3LUW Brian in charge from Devon
in poor conditions.
On
Parade :- M0BDI Ralph, G4WRU
Mike, G2FUU Tommy,
G8LES Mike and G4YZE Bill.
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That's all for this week,
73 de Bill g4yze
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