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WEEKLY NEWS Brought to you by Bill Learmonth .. G4YZE 
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Roar Nets August 22 2010 |
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Propagation still
fragile. K=0,
A=1, Flux=75 &
decreasing..
0530z -
0700z Europe - Anzo
Net on 14,293 Long
Path.
Many thanks to Henk
for the following
report :-
G’day Bill,
Very nice to hear
you again. Signals
really came up
after we
struggled a bit at
first. I got you
S5-6 at the end.
Radio is still
important to me, but
a lot of time is
spent these days in
taking and
processing photos
and learning about
photography.
If you are
interested you might
have a look at my
photo exhibition
site on Flick. The
address is:
Amongst other things
there are two sets
on that site that
may be of special
interest to ROAR
members: one is
hamradio
(with a series of
boat anchor photos)
and one about the
activities of our
Rotary Club (called
Rotary).
Hope to be in the
net again next week.
Cheers Henk
– VK2GWK
And Many thanks to
Klaus for the
following report :-
Greetings Bill,
Good opening
towards VK,
but again
impossible to
work ZL.
The best time
for me to work
ZL (LP) is still
around midninght
( 22 z ).
Poor conditions
within Europe.
Signals coming
and
going. A strong
(non-amateur?)
CW station is
now working near
14291.5. Troublesome.
05:35z Big
surprise! Bill,
VK4ZD/1, came
back to my ANZO
net call with a
54 signal. Got
57 - 58. Bill
and
Diane, attending
a Rotary
conference in
Canberra, were
transmitting
from the
conference
centre parking
lot. Peter,
VK3KCD, also
attending the
conference, missed
the QSO. The
return trip,
1100 km, starts
Monday morning.
05:40z
VK4KYL/1, Diane.
Now 55 - 56
here. Bill and
Diane closed
down at 05:47z.
It must have
been a drain on
their battery.
05:55z VK2GWK,
Henk. 59 both
ways, dropping
to 57 before
increasing to 59
again. We had a
fine chat since
no other ANZO
members called
in.
06:14z LY2BIS,
Mike, a guest.
Worked by Henk
only. Henk gave
a 55 and
received a 57.
06:15z G4YZE,
Bill. The band
now started
opening bween VK
and G-land. Bill
got a 33 from
Henk. Later,
conditions
improved.
06:19z
EA/G4HMG, John.
Anything between
43 and 59+10
here. John
managed to work
Henk. Got a 43
and gave Henk a
53.
06:25z G3LUW,
Brian, called in
for a short
visit.
06:30z EA7GSU,
Pertti, barely
readable for a
start and never
above a 56.
07:12z Net
closed
73 Klaus,
HB9CQS
0800z -
0900z UK 80-metre
net on 3,689.
G3LUW Brian in
charge from Devon in
fair conditions.
On Parade :-
G7OAI/p John on a
hill near Rochdale.
He has S8 noise at
home.
He was delighted to
find
conditions quiet on
the hill. Noise
about S2 !
PLT problem ?
G0MMO Norman, G2FUU
Tommy, G3OKT John,
G3JJR John,
G0SQH Derek, G4MVO
Jim, M0BDI Ralph,
G0JWE Don and G4YZE
Bill.
1100z -
!200z International
Net on 14,293.
N.B. This net
re-timed.. 1130z -
1230z from next
Sunday August 29,
1100z - W1QUO Jim
from Leominster MA
5/4 here but got me
only 3/3.in noise.
1103z - SM4CSF Nils
from Falun 5/5
1106z - G3LUW Brian
from Lifton, Devon
2/2 here, got 5/9
from Nils.
1106z - EA/G4HMG
John from Benissa
4/5
1110z - PA2X Cees
from Bussum 1/1
here, got 5/5 from
John
1112z - EA7GSU
Pertti from
Genalguacil 5/7
1124z - N4PF Mike
from Cynthiana KY
5/7
1137z - PA3AHC
Malcolm from
Naardeen 1/1 here,
got 5/5 from Pertti.
1137z - HB9CQS Klaus
from Sachseln 5/5
1155z - Net ended.
Jim still struggling
with the noise from
his half-wave
vertical
but got me up to 5/6
at the end. Things
should be better at
the later hour.
Mike N4PF is
Secretary of R.C.
Cynthiana KY.
His e-mail address
is
nwengineering@bellsouth.net
1700z -
1730z UK evening
80-metre Net on
3,694
G3LUW Brian in
charge in very noisy
conditions.
Supported by :-
G0SQH Derek, G2FUU
Tommy and G4YZE
Bill.
1800z -
1830z N.Am.
Transcontinental Net
on 14,288.
Re. Joe W0TBC :-
Following received
from Joe's friend
Dave Glas W0OXB :-
Joe (AKA
"The Big
Cheese") is QRX
and resting up
after
some surgery.
Following results
from a recent
colonoscopy, a
bit of Joe's
large intestine
was removed.
He's on a liquid
(sans
Manhattans) diet
for now; but
as always, he's
in great spirits
and waiting to
get "sprung"
from the
hospital.
I tried sneaking
in a jar of
Manhattans and a
QRP transceiver
- along with a
shortie "OXB
Special" HF Zepp
antenna but got
caught. The dang
nurses confiscated
everything except
the microphone!!
I told Joe he's
got to stick
around for at
least one more
sun spot cycle!
You can call,
drop him a card
or stop by and
see him - if
he's still
there! (You
should call
first!)
Lakeview Hospital
- Room 188
927 Churchill
Street West
Stillwater, MN
55082
Hospital
Telephone:
651.439.5330
Joe's Room:
651.430.8529
Joe
Simonet's Home:
120 West
Chestnut Street
Stillwater, MN
55082
651.439.4651
(wait several
days before
calling him at
home)
Please
keep Joe in your
thoughts and
prayers!
73
es TNX, Dave
(WØOXB)
Messages Received.
From Franz DK1II in
Lingen ;-
Dear Bill,
I would like to inform you and all ROAR fellows of my upcoming activity from Fidji. Together with 2 more fellows from my RC Meppen and about 10 fellows from our partner club, the RC of Wellington, NZ, I will do some handson work building rotahomes for Koropita Village in Lautoka, Fidji. You will find more information on this project under www.rotary9830.org.au/koroipita.htm. I worked on this project already 2003 and worked in my spare time as 3D2II. I received today my renewed Fidji licence with my old call 3D2II, and also this year I will take my radio with me and do some DXing in my spare time. The rig is a K3 and 12 m vertical antenna. I should be active on all bands from 40m to 10 m mainly in CW and perhaps a bit in SSB. I would be happy to work some of my ROAR fellows on this occasion, and I do QSL 100 % via DK1II and I will also upload the log to LOTW. 73s and see you on the bands Franz, DK1II, 3D2II Prof. Dr. Franz Nieberding Zum Gut Herzford 11 49808 Lingen/Ems Tel. +49(0)591/59290 Fax +49(0)5919152847 eMail: Franz.Nieberding@online.de
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That's all for this
week,
73 de Bill g4yze
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