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Roar Nets January 31 2010

 
Propagation poor.  K=1,  A=4,  Flux=75.
 
0800z - 0900z  Europe - Anzo Net on 14,293 Long Path.
Again I did not do very well, just 2/3 on VK2GWK And VK4ZD  towards the end.
Klaus did much better  Many thanks for your report Klaus :-
Greetings Bill,
Again a very small net. Here is what it looked like from HB9-land:
08:02z  EA7GSU, Pertti. 59+10 here. After having established contact we just kept quiet and listened.
08:09z  JM2HBO, Teru, gave me 55. Teru was 44 here and surprice, for almost a full hour. Pertti received Teru 41. Got 43. 
08:32z  G4YZE, Bill. 45 here. Got 56.
08:45z  EA/G4HMG, John. No copy here, but good contact between John and Bill (YZE).
08:50z  Vk2GWK, Henk. 43 here. Got 53.
09:07z  QRT.
Other stations on the net: VK4ZD, Bill, but signals were never readable here. Pertti just managed an exchange of reports with Peter, VK3KCD. Gave Peter 31, got 32. I had no copy on Peter.
73, Klaus, HB9CQS
 
0900z - 1000z  UK 80-metre Net on 3,693
G3LUW Brian in charge in good conditions.
Supporters included :- G0JWE Don,  G0MMO Norman,  M0BDI Ralph,
G3JJR John,  G7OAI John,  G4MVO Jim,  G0PCF Bruce and G4YZE Bill.
 
1230z - 1330z  International Net on 14,293
1230z - EA7GSU Pertti from Genalguacil 5/9
1230z - YO9BC Coco from Ploiest 5/9
1230z - AF1E Joe from Conover NC up to 4/5 at times
1230z - WN5V Dave from Welsh LA 5/8
1255z - EA/G4HMG John from Benissa 5/9
1258z - VE3BGG Bert from Cambridge S.Ontario up to 5/6
1303z - OE6ESG Sepp from Graz 5/8
1312z - G8LES Mike from Alton 2/1 here, got 5/9 from Pertti
1320z - PA3AHC Malcolm from Naarden 1/1 here, got 5/8 from Pertti
1324z - G3JJR John from Wolverhampton 1/1, got 5/9 from Pertti
1325z - OH1TG Pasi from Kokemaki 5/9.  Nice day, minus2c, 30cms snow.
1333z - Net ended.  No word from Jim W1QUO this day.
Joe AF1E had an amplifier fault but did well with 100w.
Bert VE3BGG had a nice bright day with minus 5c and no snow.
Interesting contact with Sepp OE6ESG, ex navy man.  RNARS 8587.
 
1800z - 1830z  UK evening 80-metre net on 3,693
A few strange signals on the band but no contact.
Tommy G2FUU also tried without success.
 
Messages Received.
From Norman VK3DNE :-
Norm's email address is changed

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