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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    We had a great net tonight. Thank you everyone who could make it. Below are my notes. Feel free to send comments, questions, corrections, etc. Hope to catch you next Friday! Ed - N7PHY Overland Bound Amateur Radio Net Date: 9/4/2020 Net Control: N7PHY EchoLink: 591550 Topic: New...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Hello Everyone, I'll be your net control this week for the Overland Bound amateur radio net. Our topic this week is "New Ham Q&A" which we host the first Friday of each month. This is your opportunity to bring up any ham radio questions or topics. For example; how do I connect multiple Windows...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Great turnout for the net. Thank you Ted for running things!
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    I've only had it out twice but so far I really like it. Wide bandwidth and low SWR make it easy to switch bands and the low takeoff angle makes for some interesting field radio fun. Here is an SWR scan of the antenna at the beach. I have elements for 40m, 30m, 20m and 17m. 15 meters tunes up as...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    During tonight's net we talked about portable operation so thought I'd share a picture from last weekends portable HF operation on the Washington coast. The antenna is a DX Commander multi-band vertical. Really great experience.
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Good evening everyone. Below are notes from tonight's net. Thank you everyone for joining tonight. If all goes well our topic next week with be "Trip Checklist: name something you've added recently and something you taken away." If you have any topic suggestions or would like to join us as net...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Nice turn out everyone. Thanks for running the net Ted!
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Great net tonight everyone! Good to hear everyone is doing ok and always nice to chat about antennas. Here are my crude notes. Please feel to comment here if you'd like to keep the conversation going. Overland Bound Amateur Radio Net Date: 7/24/2020 Net Control: N7PHY EchoLink...
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Last weekend during the CQ VHF contest I operated 2 meter SSB and FT8 from Fox Peak in eastern Washington state. Not as many contacts as I hoped but my 6 meter colleague really did well. Operators were N7PHY, K7BWH, and KJ4ZTP.
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    That's awesome Rich! Look forward to hearing you on the net in the future.
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Hello everybody, I'll be your net control tonight for the Overland Bound amateur radio net. It's open topic tonight. Feel free to come with any questions or comments concerning overlanding, camping, off road driving, or amateur radio. Or just check in and let us know how you are doing. Here are...
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Thank you Randall! That was a great net topic.
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Hello Everyone. I was able to check into the net from Fox peak near Chelan WA last Friday and thought I'd share a pic. I was at 6100 ft in grid CN98 trying to make a few 6 meter contacts. 73! - Ed N7PHY
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Thanks everyone for joining tonight. No notes tonight but will list check-in stations. Best of luck to everyone participating in Field Day activities! 73 - Ed N7PHY Check-in stations: KT4OZ Terry W7BR Brent KJ7DUE Kim W8ILL Will KJ7KPP Colton K5LFE Carl K5TIN...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Thanks everyone for joining tonight. No notes tonight but will list check-in stations. Best of luck to everyone participating in Field Day activities! 73 - Ed N7PHY Check-in stations: KT4OZ Terry W7BR Brent KJ7DUE Kim W8ILL Will KJ7KPP Colton K5LFE Carl K5TIN...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Hello everyone, I'll be your net control tonight for the Overland Bound amateur radio net. It's open topic tonight so feel free to come in with anything you'd like to discuss. Who: All licensed Amateur Radio operators are welcome to check-in. Day: Friday (U.S.) Time : 17:30 hours PT / 2030...
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Hello everyone, I'll be your net control tonight for the Overland Bound amateur radio net. It's open topic tonight so feel free to come in with anything you'd like to discuss. Who: All licensed Amateur Radio operators are welcome to check-in. Day: Friday (U.S.) Time : 17:30 hours PT / 2030...
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Really glad you could make it James!
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    US West Ham Radio Weekly NET

    Thank you everyone who could make the Friday net this week. We had a great discussion about Field Day and other Ham radio topics. Hope to catch you all again soon. 73! - Ed Notes from the net: K7XPO Brien AZ for FD this year. Last 3 years did outing with U of A radio club. Solo and may...
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    Friday Night HAM Radio NET

    Thank you everyone who could make the Friday net this week. We had a great discussion about Field Day and other Ham radio topics. Hope to catch you all again soon. 73! - Ed Notes from the net: K7XPO Brien AZ for FD this year. Last 3 years did outing with U of A radio club. Solo and may...