[450] Was RE: Newtown Hamfest

[William Knapp / KC1WJ]

If you'd like to make a sked for tonight, or even late this afternoon,  
I'm up for that. Of course this also holds true for anyone else on the  
list that has 40m capabilities.



Quoting George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>:

> The lower band edge for me is 7.175 MHz. I usually stay a bit away from the
> band edges. I will make it a point to be on a t 7 am tomorrow. Otherwise I
> am happy (and interested) to try evening as a prop test.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com]
> On Behalf Of William Knapp / KC1WJ
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 9:34 AM
> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
> Subject: Re: [450] Newtown Hamfest
>
> I'm usually on in the evenings around 7168 +/-. The band might be way too
> long for us to talk by that time though. I've been talking with Dave, G0EVY
> pretty much every night. He runs a very informal "net"
> that has no official frequency and no official start or end time. :) I can
> certainly try and get on at 7am though.
>
>
>
>
> Quoting George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>:
>
>> Sometimes in the am at 7:00 am. I try to check in to the Al Williams
>> Memorial net on 7.228 MHz. If that does not work, let me know date,
>> times and freq. that work for you
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com
>> [mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com]
>> On Behalf Of William Knapp / KC1WJ
>> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 9:18 PM
>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>> Subject: Re: [450] Newtown Hamfest
>>
>> I'm surprised that foliage effects 40m. What freq on 40 do you hang
> around?
>> I'll look for you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net>:
>>
>>> Bob and the "Group",
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope all is well with everyone. Things are going well here. We just
>>> finished the installation of a 6.5 kW generator, so radios will work
>>> in the event of a PF. There are a lot of four leggeds prowling around
>>> at night, so I put a game camera. We have seen deer, moose, fox, and
>>> bear and have heard bob cats. And for those who are into nature and
>>> critters, we may have spotted owls living nearby. Life is good!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Although I am happy to be out of "The People's Republic of CT" (PRC),
>>> I do miss my radio friends. I also miss a couple of the ham fests and
>>> Newtown is one of them. I don't know of any local ham fests, but
>>> Nearfest is only an hour and a half away. I will be definitely making
>>> the journey to at least one, if not both. If anyone wants to meet
>>> there,
>> let me know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been delayed (still can't find everything yet), but do plan to
>>> start a "CT Expatriates Net". 40 M is great up here when the trees
>>> are bare (+20 dB from CT). Signals are barely audible once the trees bud.
>>> 75 M looks like it will be possible year round. We shall see what the
>>> propagation brings! If anyone is interested, please let me know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73 to all!
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> [mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Bob
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 6:47 PM
>>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>> Subject: Re: [450] Newtown Hamfest
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hamfest is the 8th, which is Sunday.  I will be there.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:21 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ
>>> <kc1wj at kc1wj.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This Saturday -
>>> Who's going?
>>> I have no money to buy anything, but it will be nice to see you guys.
>>>
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