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US 40 m (80/30 m) Net.

QNI Graph.

JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
24 9 3 6 6	38 11 11 9 7	53 18 10 9 8 8	59 14 14 14 17	38 10 4 2 8 14	44 12 12 9 11	37 10 10 8 9	43 11 13 11 8	30 7 5 9 9	21 9 6 6	37 6 5 8 10 8	35 9 4 12 10
Total sessions: 97				Total participants: 459				Avg. part./session: 4.73

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QNI Table.

Month	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5
JAN To QNI Graph.	4 40 m AA7FV* AC8LJ KA5TJS 80 m AA7FV* AC8LJ KA5TJS	11 40 m AA7FV* W1SFR KA5TJS 80 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR	18 40 m AA7FV* AC8LJ KJ5XF/QRP	25 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS AC6OT KT5LA W1SFR 80 m AA7FV* W1SFR KA5TJS AC5P	/
FEB To QNI Graph.	1 40 m AA7FV* W1SFR KA5TJS AC8LJ 80 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR	8 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA KA5TJS W1SFR KD4ZFS 80 m AA7FV* KT5LA KA5TJS W1SFR	15 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA AC8LJ W1SFR N4LQ KA5TJS F5LAW 80 m AA7FV* KA5TJS KT5LA W1SFR	22 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR KA5TJS W5PEH K2HZO/QRP AC8LJ 80 m AA7FV* AC8LJ KT5LA W1SFR	/
MAR To QNI Graph.	1 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR KR4TH KA5TJS 80 m AA7FV* KT5LA KA5TJS	8 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS AC8LJ W1SFR G4ZXN G0IIK KT5LA F5LAW	15 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR KA5TJS 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS KT5LA W1SFR K5MP	22 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA KU5M KF6C 30 m AA7FV* W1SFR KA5TJS KT5LA K5MP KF6C	29 40 m AA7FV* K7VNE KT5LA/M K4UYQ W1SFR K9TJL W5PEH KU5M KA5TJS 30 m AA7FV* K5MP W5PEH KA5TJS K9TJL K4UYQ AC8LJ KU5M W1SFR
APR To QNI Graph.	5 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA KF6C K7EAU W1SFR K4UYQ VA2SW K5MP W9OD F5LAW KA5TJS 30 m AA7FV* K5MP K4UYQ W9OD W1SFR KA5TJS	12 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR KA5TJS K4UYQ K7VNE 30 m AA7FV* K4UYQ K5MP K9TJL W1SFR AA2XB AD0LI K7VNE	19 40 m AA7FV* KF6C KA5TJS K7VNE W1SFR AE0P K9TJL KU5M 30 m AA7FV* K5MP KA5TJS W1SFR K9TJL AA2XB	26 40 m AA7FV* K5MP KT5LA K4UYQ W1SFR AE0P 30 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR K5MP K4UYQ K9TJL KU5M KA5TJS	/
MAY To QNI Graph.	3 40 m AA7FV* K7VNE KT5LA KF6C K4UYQ KA5TJS K5MP ON4ADI 30 m AA7FV* KT5LA KA5TJS K4UYQ K5MP WA6HZY	10 40 m K9TJL* W1SFR WU1V K4UYQ AC8LJ 30 m K9TJL* W1SFR K4UYQ	17 40 m W1SFR* F5LAW	24 40 m W1SFR* F5LAW 30 m W1SFR* F5LAW	31 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA K4UYQ W1SFR KA5TJS 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR K4UYQ K5MP
JUN To QNI Graph.	7 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR K4UYQ 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR N4OW K4UYQ K5MP KB3VQU	14 40 m AA7FV* W5PEH KA5TJS 30 m AA7FV* KB3VQU KA5TJS K5MP W5PEH KT5LA/M	21 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR K4UYQ KA5TJS KF7YHB/QRP 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR K5MP K4UYQ KT5LA	28 40 m AA7FV* W1SFR KT5LA N4OW KA5TJS 30 m AA7FV* N4OW KT5LA KA5TJS W1SFR K5MP F5LAW	/
JUL To QNI Graph.	5 40 m AA7FV* W1SFR K9TJL KB3VQU 30 m AA7FV* K5MP W1SFR K9TJL K6ELQ	12 40 m W1SFR* KA5TJS K4UYQ KB3VQU KD4ZFS 30 m W1SFR* K4UYQ KA5TJS	19 40 m AA7FV* W1SFR KA5TJS N4OW KB3VQU 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS N4OW W1SFR K5MP	26 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ KA5TJS KT5LA 30 m AA7FV* KT5LA K5MP KA5TJS K4UYQ KE0N	/
AUG To QNI Graph.	2 40 m KA5TJS* K9TJL KE0N K5MP 30 m KA5TJS* K5MP K9TJL KE0N	9 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS K4UYQ K7FD KT5LA/M W1SFR 30 m AA7FV* W1SFR K5MP KA5TJS KE0N	16 No net	23 40 m AA7FV* K7FD KD4ZFS K9TJL KA5TJS K4UYQ W1SFR KE0N 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS W1SFR N6TVN K5MP	30 40 m AA7FV* K7FD NI4E KR4TH KA5TJS KT5LA/M W1SFR 30 m AA7FV* W1SFR NI4E KA5TJS
SEP To QNI Graph.	6 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ K4INC K7FD W1SFR N4OW 30 m AA7FV* N4OW W1SFR	13 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS K4UYQ W1SFR ON4ADI 30 m AA7FV* K4UYQ W1SFR KA5TJS	20 40 m KA5TJS* KD4ZFS 30 m KA5TJS* N6TVN W1SFR	27 40 m W1SFR* K9TJL N4OW KF6C F5LAW 30 m W1SFR* N4OW	/
OCT To QNI Graph.	4 No net	11 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ KA5TJS K7FD 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS	18 40 m KA5TJS* K4UYQ W5PEH W1SFR 30 m KA5TJS* W1SFR	25 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS K7FD K4UYQ W1SFR 30 m AA7FV* N4OW W1SFR KA5TJS	/
NOV To QNI Graph.	1 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ K7FD W1SFR KA5TJS WB8APR 30 m AA7FV* KA5TJS	8 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ K7FD KA5TJS WB8APR KT5LA 80 m AA7FV* W1SFR KA5TJS K4UYQ	15 40 m KA5TJS* W1SFR K4UYQ 80 m KA5TJS* K9TJL K4UYQ 30 m KA5TJS* K9TJL	22 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ 80 m AA7FV* K9TJL K4UYQ	29 40 m AA7FV* K4UYQ W1SFR WB8APR 80 m AA7FV* W6BIV
DEC To QNI Graph.	6 40 m AA7FV* K7FD KA5TJS K4UYQ W1SFR 80 m AA7FV* K4UYQ KA5TJS W1SFR NI4E	13 40 m AA7FV* KT5LA W1SFR W6BIV KB4QQJ K9TJL ON4ADR 80 m AA7FV* K9TJL W1SFR K5TSK KB4QQJ	20 40 m KA5TJS* K4UYQ W1SFR WB8APR	27 40 m AA7FV* KA5TJS K7FD KC8YTV WB8APR 80 m AA7FV* KC8YTV KA5TJS W1SFR	/

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Thursday, January 4, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0125 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Running 95 watts into rhombic ant on 40m, except just before the QSY to 80m, when I turned on my amp. AC8LJ 569 with amp on. Many thanks Eric and Allen for coming up, and making it such an easy and pleasurable net.
- De KA5TJS: Very deep QSB tonight but great net. AA7FV 599 with amp. Both you guys did an outstanding job under not great conditions. Thanks for picking up the NCS Darrel. Great job.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	AC8LJ	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	QRN	/	4/569	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very deep QSB	54/89	52/69	/

80 m: Friday, 0125 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	AC8LJ	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Excellent	/	589	589
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QSB	54/89	569/+10dB	/

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Thursday, January 11, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0120 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Perfect copy on Allen, but very QSB on Steve, on both bands.
- De KA5TJS: QSB was bad and lost both of them about 01:18 and went to 80 meters.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QSB	/	449	579
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB bad	579	559	/

80 m: Friday, 0120 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Darrel was much better on 80 but Steve dropped down into the noise. QSB has been ruff on all band this month so far.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QSB	/	589	449
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB	599	/	339

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Thursday, January 18, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0131 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Tonight was a high quality net, if not high quantity. Had a super chat with Eric. 0131 UTC, QSY to 3568 kHz: No replies to CQ calls.
- De AC8LJ: Yes, a wonderful chat with Darrel this evening - thanks OM!
- De W1SFR: Sri I missed you guys tonight. Have company for a few days. CU next week.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	AC8LJ	KJ5XF/QRP
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	579	559
AC8LJ	-	-	579	/	589

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Thursday, January 25, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0150 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: As I closed the 40m net to QSY to 80m, two other stations called, but I couldn't answer as QSY in progress. A good net. Good to hear some new calls.
- De KA5TJS: Think I heard K3LW call as the net moved. I had QRM from W1BD just sending his call, no CQ or info, just the call over and over! Wow, that was fun. Three new guys in one night and I think 1 or 2 may come back.
- De W1SFR: I'm hearing Allen at abt 559 with QSB but no copy on Darrel or any others on 7044. I'll hang in for 80m but sounded real noisy 1/2 hr ago.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	AC6OT	KT5LA	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QSB	/	55/99	579	599	129
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB/QRM	52/59	/	549	559	529
W1SFR	-	QSB	-	559	-	-	/

80 m: Friday, 0150 - 0220 UTC, 3568 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KA5TJS	AC5P
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	569	599	599
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	-	599	599	/	589

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Thursday, February 1, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0120 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: A great 40m net. Conditions very good, although somewhat higher than usual noise level in AZ.
- De KA5TJS: Eric had a good signal tonight and Darrel was strong with big QSB.
- De F5LAW: Apart from AC8LJ's transmissions, I could hear signals at 219 at times, too weak to id.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KA5TJS	AC8LJ
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very good, noise	/	579	589	589
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	-	579	22/449	/	57/99
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, deep QSB, QRN 4	-	-	-	469

80 m: Friday, 0120 - 0135 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Bad QRM from an unknown SSB station(s) that came up on the frequency. I did eventually QRO and that may have helped a little, but anyway a very high noise level so we didn't prolong the net. 40m was much the better band tonight.
- De KA5TJS: Yep the SSB QRM got ruff there for a while. Darrel's signal was much more consistent on 80 meters than 40. Sorry Eric could not make 80 so we could see what his prop. was on that band.
- De F5LAW: Again, other signals at 219 but too weak to id. No SSB QRM heard here.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Bad SSB QRM, very high noise level	/	589	579
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	-	589	/	33/449
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, band very noisy	-	-	22/339

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Thursday, February 8, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: 95 watts (but QRO right at the end of the net because of condx.).
- De KT5LA: Well, that was pleasant. AA7FV had the big sig, and much better ears that me. KA5TJS was barely readable from my QTH, but I could tell there was a signal there. A bit better on 80 than 40. KD4ZFS nil, W1SFR nil both bands.
- De KA5TJS: Had bad QRM on 40 so missed my second turn I think! Someone started sending a string of V's and tuning up on the freq. I could not copy AA7FV over the QRM. Other than that you were Q5 copy at 559. I hate it when they do that!!!!! You were booming in on 80 meters.
- De F5LAW: AA7FV up to 579 with QRO. Some CW QRM from a station sending series of "VVV" on QRG, RST 449, no call sign heard.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	KA5TJS	W1SFR	KD4ZFS
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	599	459	569	459
KT5LA	90W/End fed wire	Noise level at S3	599	/	-	-	-
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QRM	559	559	/	229	239
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, some CW QRM	33/579	-	229	339	119

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Tonight, 80m was much the better band for me.
- De KA5TJS: 80 meters was much better to AZ but not improved to others much.
- De F5LAW: Just briefly tried, weak signals from SSN with some SSB QRM in background.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	KA5TJS	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	579	589	589
KT5LA	90W/End fed wire	Noise level at S5-6	54/69	/	-	-
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	-	599	229	/	439

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Thursday, February 15, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0135 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Extreme QSB on the band tonight, but into Arizona all US stations were good copy. A great net tonight. Both bands were good into Arizona, but everyone else found 40m much better tonight.
- De KA5TJS: Strange night. Signal levels were very low here. Darrel was much stronger on 80. I did not hear Yann at all.
- De F5LAW: Conditions better than expected on 40m.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	AC8LJ	W1SFR	N4LQ	KA5TJS	F5LAW
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Extreme QSB	/	599	599	45/579	599	55/99	019
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	QSB	599	/	52/59	42/549	449	439	-
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	339	219	229	219	229	/	-
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Good, deep QSB at times	459	-	569	569	599	119	/

80 m: Friday, 0135 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De F5LAW: Been briefly listening, weak signals from net, SSB QRM in background.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	KT5LA	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good	/	589	599	579
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	55/99	/	-	339
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	Much noisier	579	-	/	-

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Thursday, February 22, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0135 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: A very good net. A lot of QRN in the background and QSB on all sigs, but good copy in AZ on everyone.
- De KT5LA: AA7FV with his usual big signal to me from nearby AZ. I could hear a little bit of something from almost everyone on the net (on 40) tonight but lots of fading made for dismal copy. I got enough to know there are some nice fists on this net.
- De KA5TJS: At that point at about 01:20 I had to unplug because we had another thunderstorm moving over the area and lightning was getting to close, Dam! Would have loved to see how signals were on 80 but it was not in the cards. If I was not looking at the S meter, the best signals last night were Jay and then Darrel. CA is doing a great job into ETX.
- De AC8LJ: Nice sessions this eve. I was able to listen to much of the 40m net but was only able to check in right at the end. Great to hear everyone - haven't heard Pete in a long time: nice to hear you OM and to know all is well your way... So glad to hear so many great sideswipers on the air this evening!

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	KA5TJS	W5PEH	K2HZO/QRP	AC8LJ
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QRN in background, QSB on all sigs	/	599	579	55/79	569	599	589
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	Lots of fading	599	/	229	22/449	559	-	439
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	54/79	569	55/69	/	-	53/59	X
AC8LJ	-	-	589	559	-	579	549	559	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Extremely poor	22/459	-	219	-	-	-	-

80 m: Friday, 0135 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: Eric - AC8LJ, your signal was very strong on 80. Nice to hear you on the net!

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	AC8LJ	KT5LA	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QRN in background, QSB on all sigs	/	579	579	579
AC8LJ	-	-	559	/	-	579
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	AA7FV was all I could hear	599	-	/	-

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Thursday, March 1, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7043.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: 7043.5 kHz. (QRM on 7044). Both bands were good to AZ, but 40m had the slight edge tonight.
- De F5LAW: 7044 kHz was QRL, heard AA7FV calling on 7043.5 kHz. RX only and I didn't try 80m.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	KR4TH	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good to AZ	/	589	579	589	579
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	QSB	599	/	339	339	-
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	599	559	-	-	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Not bad, QSB at end	229	-	589	459	-

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: Very hvy QRN QSB here on 80m tonight and nil copy on you all. 80 was much better last week for me.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good to AZ	/	579	579
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	Much noisier	569	/	-

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Thursday, March 8, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0155 UTC, 7045 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: I was receiving non-SSN QRM on 7044, so I had moved up to 7045 kHz and put out a CQ SSN call. I was answered immediately by KA5TJS, so we started our SSN net there. Steve didn't know about the change in QRG, and had a parallel SSN going on 7044, with Europe. Great to hear the G stations, even though readability was not good in Arizona. With only slightly better conditions this could become a good intercontinental net.
- De KA5TJS: The QSB was deep and fast last night but managed a copy on all I heard. There was an EU station in there that I could not copy but did hear something! There was a station calling CQ on 7.044 so I opened the filters up and found Darrel 1 up.
- De W1SFR: Didn't follow you guys at first cuz I came in a couple of minutes late and QRM cleared up so I called for SSN. Heard Yann, Martin and Nigel so we had a bit of a chat before Yann let us know that you guys were up one. Much better sigs here tonight despite the poor WX and band condx. Solid signals all around. Nice change for me after the last couple of weeks.
- De F5LAW: QNI with W1SFR and the UK stations on 7044 kHz. QSP AA7FV was running the net up 1, QSY 7045 kHz at 0117Z but I didn't QNI there. QRM from a digital beacon on 7045 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	AC8LJ	W1SFR	G4ZXN	G0IIK	KT5LA	F5LAW
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	579	57/99	579	349	229	599	X
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	QSB deep and fast	54/79	/	55/89	53/59	-	-	54/79	X
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	US signals good, except AZ and CA; EU signals poor, no short skip	339	569	579	599	339	339	-	/

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Thursday, March 15, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: A great net. In AZ, both bands were equally good.
- De KT5LA: I appreciate the signal reports and it's clear I can be heard better than hear. I have a too-often-delayed loop receiving antenna project here that I will start again soon, inspired by this net.
- De W1SFR: Good sigs here in VT tonight especially on 30. Tried to bring back my old Navy days intercepting CW traffic. No mill here, so laptop had to do...
- De KA5TJS: QSB was ruff but 40m band in pretty good shape. Had a good copy on all mostly.
- De F5LAW: Could only copy W1SFR, weak signals from other stations, below noise level. Briefly tried 30m, nothing heard.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good	/	599	579	579
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	QRN	599	/	239	239
W1SFR	-	QSB	569	239	/	23/569
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	QSB ruff but band in pretty good shape	55/79	52/49	53/69	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Very poor, noise S5	-	-	459	-

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: K5MP, Mike in FL, first time on the net. Promises to call in next week.
- De KA5TJS: Darrel started out low and then came up big time. About the same as 40 but Jay lost a little here in 30. Great hearing Mike last night on 30. Hope he makes it back.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	KT5LA	W1SFR	K5MP
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good	/	57/99	579	589	569
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	55/79	/	51/39	53/59	53/69
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	569	53/49	/	-	-
W1SFR	-	-	599	599	549	/	-

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Thursday, March 22, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Only stations I could copy were covered up with the SSB QRM. We could have moved up 1kc and been out of it. The scope was clear from 7.045 to 7.048. I went up early to 30 and saw the DX pileup and tried to tell Darrel to go to 80 but he did not copy me. Also sent UP 4 a couple of times but that did not work as well.
- De W1SFR: Heavy SSB QRM from CA ops here in VT. 40 will be a no go for me tonight. I'll hang around and try 80 at 8:30.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	KU5M	KF6C
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very noisy band, with SSB QRM	/	599	469	599
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	599	/	-	599
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	56/99	569	-	-

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10122.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: I started at 10121.5 kHz, but QRM from a pileup. Tried 10122.0 kHz, but pileup still there. Finally, 10122.5 kHz, on the edge of the pileup, was workable most of the time. Tonight 30m was much better than 40m. Without the pileup QRM, would have been perfect.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KA5TJS	KT5LA	K5MP	KF6C
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Much better than 40m	/	589	599	589	579	579
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	DX QRM	599	33/449	559	/	449	449

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Thursday, March 29, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Conditions in AZ were superb on both bands. The best net conditions I've heard. Good to hear so many familiar calls, as well as some new ones.
Pictures: I looked on the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) for responses to AA7FV CQ calls during the USA SSN last Thursday evening (=Friday UTC). This includes both 40m responses (orange lines) and 30m responses (red lines). It covers the period from 0000 UTC to 0043 UTC, with the change from 40m to 30m at 0027 UTC. I think it indicates better overall coverage on 30m, although from Arizona to the Northwest USA evidently 40m was better. There don't seem to be any RBN reports on either band of Arizona being heard in Texas. There was only one report from Europe (EA5WU on 30m).
- De K7VNE: I also heard Darrel when he first called CQ... We each had 569 but, then when everyone else came on, the band started to fade and I could only catch part of what was being Tx'd. I QSY'd to 10.1215 but... Condx was not much better there...
- De KT5LA/M: Heard W1SFR but faded. I could hear others too but none I could really copy. 30m sounded good too but I could not stay.
- De K5MP: 40M was a bummer for me with only a few stations heard above 449, and Darrel was below that so I never tried to break in.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K7VNE	KT5LA/M	K4UYQ	W1SFR	K9TJL	W5PEH	KU5M	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Superb	/	569	579	-	569	589	559	589	589
K7VNE	-	QSB	569	/	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
KT5LA/M	-	-	589	589	/	-	-	-	-	-	-
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	579	219	579	599	/	599	579	589
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	-	589	549	-	-	559	589	559	559	/
K5MP	-	-	229	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Good, some fast QSB	229	-	-	579	599	559	449	119	229

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De K5MP: 30M was much better as Darrel blasted in at 599 along with W5PEH and Allen. Most were about 559 here, including K4UYQ, Don who was here for the first time. I could only tell Joe, KU5M was in there (on both bands), and Steve (W1SFR) was barely above the noise floor on both bands.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K5MP	W5PEH	KA5TJS	K9TJL	K4UYQ	AC8LJ	KU5M	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Superb	/	589	599	579	599	44/569	589	44/559	599
K5MP	-	-	599	/	599	599	559	559	559	-	-
KA5TJS	80W/80m inv. V	Lots of QSB	589	599	329	/	589	559	559	-	539
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	579	459	579	599	/	229	-	229	339

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Thursday, April 5, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: I looked at reports of AA7FV on the reverse beacon network (RBN) during the net last night, between 0000 UTC and 0048 UTC.
The orange lines are 40m reports, and the red lines 30m reports. There was one 30m report from EA5WU. The same as last week, the NW of the USA gives better RBN reports on 40m, but 30m has fair coverage of most of the USA. There were no RBN reports from Texas or its neighbouring states on either band. Perhaps 80m might have given better coverage at that distance?
- De F5LAW: Short QSO with W1SFR at very end.
- De KA5TJS: Forgot about the net. By the time I got in the shack and turned on Darrel was calling for the QSY to 30 meters. Darrel was 599 but I did not hear anything else but a bunch of Dit Dit's. I did a quick ID and went to 30.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	KF6C	K7EAU	W1SFR	K4UYQ	VA2SW	K5MP	W9OD	F5LAW	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	589	599	579	569	569	-	-	589	-	599
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	Band lively	599	/	589	599	-	229	229	-	-	-	-
W1SFR	-	-	449	339	559	-	/	559	339	559	599+	?	?
K5MP	-	-	339	-	449	-	599	589	579	/	589	-	-
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Good, noise level S4	119	-	-	-	599	469	559	119	579	/	339
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	-	599	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	/

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De K5MP: 30 Meters is a better band, and a better antenna for me.
- De KT5LA: 30m was not good for me. I heard AA7VF very lightly. That told me quickly 30 was sleeping.
- De F5LAW: Brief QSX, heard very weak signals, QRT 0040Z.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K5MP	K4UYQ	W9OD	W1SFR	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	589	569	579	589	589
K5MP	-	-	579	/	579	559	599	599
W1SFR	-	-	599	559	399	599	/	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very good; noise level low	589	579	529	569	559	/

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Thursday, April 12, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0028 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: 40m: There was another weak station calling (RST 129), but I couldn't catch the call. Both bands were a little noisy here, but good copy on everyone most of the time. I looked at the aa7fv Reverse Beacon (RBN) reports from the period of last night's Thursday evening net.
The map was essentially identical to last week, with good coverage over most of the USA on 30m (red lines), but only 40m (orange lines) making it from Arizona to the Northwest USA. However, unlike the last couple of weeks, there were NO reports from Europe last night on either band.
- De KT5LA: Well, 40 meters worked ok for the US west Coast stations for me, 30 was kaput!
- De KF6C: Sorry I missed the net last night. I went to call in on 40 at the last Minute but had forgotten to enable TX so I missed it. I could only here Darrel at workable strength.
- De W9OD: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	K7VNE
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Band a little noisy	/	599	579	569	459	459
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	599	/	-	-	-	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QSB real bad again but I could hear everyone	569	229	439	/	579	449
K7VNE	-	-	339	579	-	-	-	/

30 m: Friday, 0028 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De K9TJL: Hrd. Vince K7VNE QNI However he was a little off net frequency. His sigs were good at 5-7-9.
- De K7VNE: Had heavy QRN right on 10.1215 and was only able to get pieces of signals. Not sure what was causing it but pretty made it impossible to hear anyone. If I went up 1k on either side all was fine?
- De KT5LA: Nil all, except for a few moments when I could hear AA7FV. I called, but could not hear response, if any. Such is radio!
- De KF6C: I went to 30 Meter but no one was workable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	K5MP	K9TJL	W1SFR	AA2XB	AD0LI	K7VNE
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Band a little noisy	/	449	559	589	579	579	589	-
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	-	439	/	589	-	-	579

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Thursday, April 19, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044.2 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: There was QRM on 7044.0 kHz, so I called CQ SSN on 7044.2 kHz. The net ended up split between the two frequencies. Email de Joe - KU5M: He had local QRN and QSB. He heard parts of 2 other stations. I never heard his calls.
- De K7VNE: Had to sign off and could not make 80m or 30m.
- De F5LAW: RX only on 40m, didn't try 30m. 7044 kHz QRL, heard W1SFR checking in on 7044.2 kHz. Heard 2 other stations at 229 but no call signs copied. Heard KU5M calling.
- De KT5LA: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KF6C	KA5TJS	K7VNE	W1SFR	AE0P	K9TJL	KU5M
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	599	45/579	459	569	599	599	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRM bad at first, QSB bad again	55/89	54/79	/	-	559	599	599	-
K7VNE	-	Not great	579	589	-	/	-	-	-	-
W1SFR	-	-	-	-	-	449	/	-	-	-
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	449	599	239	589	+10dB	/	-
KU5M	-	Local QRN and QSB	539	-	-	-	-	-	-	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, QSB at end, noise S3	-	-	-	-	589	449	-	339

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De K5MP: I failed to announce that I am using one of Steve's creations, one he named TBCP which stands for Torsion Bar Cootie Paddles. That's a great little cootie key with a very solid feel. I just can't wait for the next opportunity to put it on the air.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K5MP	KA5TJS	W1SFR	K9TJL	AA2XB
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Better tonight, lower background noise, less QRN	/	579	579	599	589	579
K5MP	-	-	579	/	579	459	-	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	-	579	569	/	559	579	559
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	449	599	589	/	43/599

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Thursday, April 26, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De K5MP: Actually I have rebuilt my 40M antenna in hopes of making a contribution on the 40 Meter segment of the net. It appears the antenna is going to work, but not during high levels of QRN and rapid QSB, as was prevalent here tonight.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K5MP	KT5LA	K4UYQ	W1SFR	AE0P
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good	/	-	599	569	569	58/99
K5MP	100W/LW	High level of QRN, rapid QSB	449	/	-	599	599	559
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	Better band tonight, QSB	579	-	/	-	-	529
W1SFR	-	OK	559	229	-	579	/	579
AE0P	-	-	599	-	339	599	599	/
K9TJL	-/Coaxial dipole	-	599	-	229	599	599	599
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Not bad, noise S3	-	559	-	579	599	22/339

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Using 4-ft vertical as RX ant on 30m.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	K5MP	K4UYQ	K9TJL	KU5M	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam/4-ft RX vertical	Good	/	559	579	449	559	589	459	559
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	539	/	-	-	-	-	-	-
W1SFR	-	Much better as usual	599	339	/	339	449	579	559	599
K5MP	100W/LW	Much better, fading at end	599	-	339	/	579	-	339	459
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	349	589	459	579	/	229	599
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB was fast but good copy on all but Joe	55/99	-	559	559	539	599	219	/

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Thursday, May 3, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Both bands were a little noisy, and many stations had trouble copying each other, but we've had much worse conditions. QSP de Joe, KU5M: Unavailable tonight.
- De K7VNE: Best signal I have ever had with Darrel.. Some others were also good but I had to QRT after 40m.
- De KT5LA: I was also listening tonight on a WebSDR receiver located at the KFS Maritime station (still in commercial operation too) at Half Moon Bay, CA. AA7FV, K7VNE, KF6C loud on SDR. K4UYQ nil at home, about 359, QRM/QRN on SDR. KA5TJS, heard at home station, but easier copy on the SDR. K5MP, nil at home, heard on the SDR.
- De KA5TJS: Got in late so did not hear any other stations. Very QRN due to Storms over TX, AR and MO.
- De ON4ADI: Must say, K4UYQ (I made this recording) was the only stn i could hear. Did call a couple of times but no luck.
- De F5LAW: Heard Paul - ON4ADI calling at end, but faint signal, very QSB, too close. I didn't call.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K7VNE	KT5LA	KF6C	K4UYQ	KA5TJS	K5MP	ON4ADI
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Little noisy	/	589	-	599	559	569	459	-
K7VNE	-	-	589	/	579	599	359	229	-	-
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	57/99	57/99	/	579	-	-	-	-
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	Very QRN	579	X	X	X	X	/	559	-
ON4ADI	?/23m LW	-	-	-	-	-	53/59	-	-	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Not so good, fast QSB, deeper at end	119	-	-	-	579	339	229	229

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0049 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KT5LA: No SDR receiver for 30m, so I was on my own at 50 watts because I had a higher than expected SWR on 30. Another reminder of the need for some pre-summer antenna work.
- De KA5TJS: Pretty good signals from 6 land tonight. 30 was better than 40 here due to less QRN.
- De KF6C: For 30 Meters I was late getting my antenna retuned and did not login. Received reports 30 meters.
- De F5LAW: With beam as RX antenna, all stations received S2 or over on G5RV were QRK 5. I briefly called at very end but was unheard.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	K5MP	WA6HZY
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Little noisy	/	589	569	559	579	589
KT5LA	50W/End fed wire	-	599	/	439	-	-	-
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	Less QRN	55/79	339	/	549	559	549
KF6C	-	-	599	229	-	129	349	?
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Not bad, less noisy than 40m	42/549	-	429	119	429	-

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Thursday, May 10, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De K9TJL: Welcome new check in Rick - WU1V, with new key from Steve.
- De KT5LA: No joy from the US West Coast (at least for me). I called CQ SSN on 7.044, but heard no response. I did hear stations, at one time the call K9TJL came through clearly, but could not copy anything coherent. AA7FV, you were missed!
- De AA7FV: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	K9TJL*	W1SFR	WU1V	K4UYQ	AC8LJ
K9TJL*	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	/	579	579	599	599
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Good	339	599	599	469	589

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	K9TJL*	W1SFR	K4UYQ
K9TJL*	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	/	579	559

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Thursday, May 17, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0010 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De F5LAW: 7044 kHz QRL at first, then short QSO with W1SFR who took NCS. 0010Z QSY 30m, very faint signals on 10121.5 kHz here, NIL on 3568 kHz.
- De KA5TJS: I got in late, 0024 and nil. Tried 40 and 30 with no response.
- De K7VNE: I also got in a bit late, nothing on 7.044, put out CQs on 10.1215 for about 10 minutes with no response.
- De KT5LA: I too arrived a bit late and from my mobile station. Positioned 10 meters or so from the edge of the Pacific Ocean, I heard nothing. Tried both 40 and 30m. Noisy on 40 from my home and didn't quiet down till later in the evening.
- De AA7FV, K9TJL: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	F5LAW
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	QSB/QRN	/	22/39
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Poor, very unstable, deep QSB	579	/

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Thursday, May 24, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: When I heard someone calling QRL on 7044 I thought the net was starting..... Wrong! I went up .50 and Yann answered so We proceeded to have a nice chat. The bands were kinda strange but that's nothing new eh?
- De F5LAW: 7044 kHz at 0000Z QRL, shifted up 0.5 kHz, heard Steve calling. Steve took NCS, several CQ SSN calls but no other stations heard. W1SFR had smashing signals on both bands.
- De K4UYQ: Was able to hear W1SFR 339, no other stations heard due heavy QRM on 40 meters.
- De KA5TJS: I was listening but the signals were very weak here and QRN rough.
- De AA7FV, K9TJL: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	F5LAW
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	QSB at end	/	549
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Very good, some QSB at end	599	/
K4UYQ	-	Heavy QRM	339	-

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0046 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: Went up to 30 at 8:30 and more pleasantries were exchanged but nil heard on other stations.
- De F5LAW: NCS called several CQ SSN but no response.
- De K4UYQ: 30 meters - nil.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	F5LAW
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	QSB at end	/	55/89
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Very good, some QSB at end	589	/

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Thursday, May 31, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7044 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	K4UYQ	W1SFR	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	589	559	459	569
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	599	/	-	-	229
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	-	579	229	449	449	/

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0055 UTC, 10121.3 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Tonight, 30m was overall a much better band.
- De KA5TJS: QRN was much better here on 30 meters. Signal levels were a little better as well.
- De KT5LA: I could not hear SSN activity on 30. Strong QRM on 10.121.9, Tuned around but heard to SSN activity...

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR	K4UYQ	K5MP
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	569	579	459	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	-	589	/	549	559	579

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Thursday, June 7, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0020 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Conditions on 40m were very poor. Very high lightning static level here in AZ. We QSY to 30m early.
- De KA5TJS: All with lots of QRN and then some digital QRM started which about wiped everyone out. We went to 30 meters a little early.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR	K4UYQ
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very poor. Very high lightning static level	/	579	34/469	349
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Lots of QRN, some digital QRM	559	/	549	569

30 m: Friday, 0020 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: After net closed, I heard a weak station calling, but only 349 and I didn't get the call. It turned out to be Cliff, KB3VQU, who then worked Steve. Sorry, Cliff, that I missed you.
- De KA5TJS: QRN levels much lower and some signals came up. Mike and Al got the same report but Al was much more copy-able for some reason? Darrel was hitting 589 on the peaks. QSB was not as bad as 40 and digital stuff!

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR	N4OW	K4UYQ	K5MP	KB3VQU
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	MUCH better than 40m tonight	/	579	589	579	459	589	349
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN levels much lower and some signals came up	579	/	339	559	449	559	-

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Thursday, June 14, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: 30 was much better here than 40 both QRN and QSB. Could not believe Pete was so strong because we are so close!
- De F5LAW: Low noise level, slight QRN but very weak signals. Heard different SSN stations at 229 at best but no call signs copied.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W5PEH	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	High QRN level, with the usual QSB	/	469	589
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	High QRN level, with the usual QSB	589	599	/

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De F5LAW: 30m was MUCH better than 40m, I briefly called but was unheard.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KB3VQU	KA5TJS	K5MP	W5PEH	KT5LA/M
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Still high QRN on 30m, but sigs stronger than on 40m	/	579	579	579	599	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN/QSB but much better than 40m	589	229	/	579	219	-
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Good, some fast QSB	569	549	339	559	339	-

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Thursday, June 21, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0028 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Condition were marginal on 40m, with deep QSB and QRN, and most stations not hearing everyone else. KF7YHB, Wyatt, in Kingman, AZ. Running QRP, 3 watts, and home made cootie.
- De KT5LA: Both 40 meters and 30 meters sounded the same from here. But with a rather low antenna, I probably get better NVIS performance, and signals from the Western US are strong to me. The summer antenna project is underway though!
- De KA5TJS: Conditions pretty bad here, Darrel was the best but Don in GA. was a little better.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	K4UYQ	KA5TJS	KF7YHB/QRP
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Marginal, deep QSB and QRN	/	579	459	459	549	579
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	QSB, deep and frequent fading	579	/	-	-	-	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Pretty bad	44/579	-	229	569	/	-

30 m: Friday, 0028 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Tonight 30m was much better than 40m, but could still have been much better. Just after we had closed the net, I think I heard another station calling at 339, but didn't copy a call.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR	K5MP	K4UYQ	KT5LA
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Much better than 40m	/	559	569	579	459	589
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN was better on 30 but signals not much	559	/	449	339	-	-
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	589	-	-	-	-	/

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Thursday, June 28, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0020 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Fairly heavy distant lightning QRN here. (Fortunately it stays distant.) We QSY a little early to 30m.
- De W1SFR: 40 VERY noisy with very poor copy on all. We had storms here so things were not good.
- De KT5LA: There was QRM on top of net which was likely local but I was able to notch it away.
- De KA5TJS: The QRN on 40 sounded like 80 meters at 6 in the morning. S8 at least most of the time. Darrel did peak about 579 just before we QSYed to 30.
- De F5LAW: Smashing signals from Steve and Al, NIL from others, I didn't call.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KT5LA	N4OW	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Fairly heavy distant lightning QRN	/	449	589	459	569
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	QSB/QRM	589	-	/	-	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Heavy QRN	55/79	339	-	579	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Excellent path to VT/FL, fast QSB, no QRN	-	599	-	599	-

30 m: Friday, 0020 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Conditions were much better on 30m, in spite of (much weaker) QRN and deep QSB.
- De KT5LA: On 30, Darrel dropped down a bit but I could hear others.
- De KA5TJS: Much better, could copy even low signals on this band. Great to hear Al (N4OW) in there tonight. Also heard K6ELQ in there with Darrel after the shut down. He was using a SK but has a cootie and working on trying to use it. He is very active in the SKCC contests.
- De W1SFR: 30 as always lately was much more quiet and heard decent signals on all. Heard Yann check in at the end of the net with a solid 559.
- De F5LAW: I called at very end of session. Glad my signals were heard in VT and AZ.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	N4OW	KT5LA	KA5TJS	W1SFR	K5MP	F5LAW
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QRN and deep QSB but much better	/	579	579	569	459	569	139
KT5LA	100W/End fed wire	-	55/99	129	/	129	-	3/439	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Much better	559	559	329	/	339	549	-
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Unsettled, QSB, QRN 3	459	459	-	-	449	559	/

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Thursday, July 5, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0020 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Conditions not very good, lots of QRN. QSY to 30m a little early. TJ stayed longer on 40m in case of any later check ins there. Thanks, TJ.
- De KA5TJS: We had thunder storms move in just at net time from LA. Had to unhook.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	K9TJL	KB3VQU
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Not very good, lots of QRN	/	459	589	449
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	Heavy QRN	599	599	/	599

30 m: Friday, 0020 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: K6ELQ, Tony came up just after QNF.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K5MP	W1SFR	K9TJL	K6ELQ
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	MUCH better than 40m, at least in AZ	/	579	579	589	599
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	449	579	/	X

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Thursday, July 12, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: Well, I didn't hear any run up to the net so I took over so we at least didn't have dead air this week. Condx were terrible (surprise) so 40 QRN QSB was nasty to say the least. I didn't transmit the opening greeting to the net due to the condx and the fact that I didn't write it down before hand.
- De KA5TJS: Very bad QRN and QSB here. Hard to copy much of anything except for Jon. Good to hear him on tonight.
- De K4UYQ: There was a lot of local noise on my end for the 40 meter session, so I had a hard time copying everyone. Steve was the loudest signal.
- De AA7FV, K5MP: Unavailable, warning for lightning, antennas disconnected.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	KB3VQU	KD4ZFS
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	QRN QSB nasty	/	549	-	129	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very bad QRN and QSB	559	/	569	-	579
K4UYQ	-	Local noise, QSB	569	589	/	-	-
KD4ZFS	-	Heavy QSB/QRN	499	-	-	-	/

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0058 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: QRN was much better but signal levels were much lower. Not a good night for ETX.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	K4UYQ	KA5TJS
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	QSB	/	56/89	569
K4UYQ	-	A little better, but still lots of QSB	45/589	/	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN much better but sig lvls much lower	229	229	/

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Thursday, July 19, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0016 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Very high QRN here, with thunder in the background from a storm a few miles away. Very poor conditions. We QSY a little early to 30m.
- De KT5LA: I was with you as a listener today.
- De F5LAW: Listening only, nice session.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KA5TJS	N4OW	KB3VQU
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very poor, very high QRN	/	359	469	459	249
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN and QSB were rough here	559	549	/	599	569
KT5LA/M	-	-	599	-	-	-	-
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Good, low noise level, fast QSB	119	589	239	589	579

30 m: Friday, 0016 - 0045 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: No comparison here: everyone was perfect copy with me on 30m, but very poor readability on 40m. During the net, my thunder fortunately moved away.
- De KA5TJS: Signals were a little better but the QRN was only S2 so copy was much better on all stations. Summer noise is killing 40 this time of year here.
- De KT5LA: AA7FV same on 30 but I could also almost copy KA5TJS.
- De F5LAW: Listening only. QRK 5 on most stations when using beam as RX antenna, better S/N ratio. Deep QSB at end of 2nd round, all stations in the noise.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	N4OW	W1SFR	K5MP
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Everyone was perfect copy	/	579	579	569	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Sigs lil better, QRN only S2	569	/	579	339	559
KT5LA/M	-	-	599	-	-	-	-
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Band quiet but weak signals, QSB at end	439	329	539	329	329

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Thursday, July 26, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0020 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Very high QRN on all signals as well as QSB. Not pleasant. We QSY early to 30m. On both bands, my 4-ft vertical was often (but not always) much better on receive than the rhombic, reducing the QRN level a lot.
- De K4UYQ: I didn't hear anyone else check in.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	KA5TJS	KT5LA
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam/4-ft RX vertical	Very high QRN on all signals as well as QSB	/	569	569	33/469
K4UYQ	-	-	579	/	559	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN and QSB made copy rough	569	599	/	-

30 m: Friday, 0020 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: K4UYQ and KE0N checked in, but then disappeared.
- De K4UYQ: I heard nothing on 30 m after the initial checkin. Hope next one is better.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	K5MP	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	KE0N
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam/4-ft RX vertical	MUCH better for everyone than 40m, with less QRN	/	569	579	579	229	339
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Again much better than 40	55/89	229	559	/	-	549

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Thursday, August 2, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0022 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: I might have heard Mike on 40 but much to weak to copy.
- De K9TJL: One vy weak sig. U/I (did no ID signal.) May of been Mike.
- De K5MP: I am relegated this evening to an indoor mag loop antenna for my 40M activity.
- De AA7FV: Thunderstorms are forecast here this evening. So, Allen takes NCS. Main antenna disconnected because of storms. Receiving only. Receiving on 4-ft whip antenna. Sorry I didn't dare connect the TX antenna. Allen, many thanks for taking the net.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	K9TJL	KE0N	K5MP
KA5TJS*	50W/80m inv. V	QRN	/	589	-	-
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	589	/	589	-
K5MP	?W/Indoor mag loop	-	449	-	-	/
AA7FV	-/4-ft RX vertical	Very high QRN on all stations	459	569	239	-
F5LAW	-/G5RV	No QRN but poor path and bad QSB	229	229	-	-

30 m: Friday, 0022 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: QRN on both bands but 30 was still better tonight.
- De K9TJL: QSO KE0N post QNF.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	K5MP	K9TJL	KE0N
KA5TJS*	50W/80m inv. V	QRN	/	559	599	-
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	449	/	349
AA7FV	-/4-ft RX vertical	Still high QRN on all stations, but not as bad as 40m	22/569	44/559	579	22/559
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Weak signals, fast QSB	229	-	229	-

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Thursday, August 9, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0020 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Very noisy, high QRN level. Generally poor copy between stations in the net. Great participation tonight: I was having trouble separating stations at the initial check in, because of mutual QRM.
- De KT5LA: I checked in from my mobile station which was sitting in my driveway. All battery tonight. Mobile is an FT-857D @ 100 w to a ATAS antenna. It's mounted on a F150 truck. The sideswiper is attached to the mid seat arm rest and is very comfortable to operate. The radios run off a separate battery mounted behind the drivers seat. KA5TJS and K7FD were heard, but could really not copy anything. K4UYQ not heard, but I don't believe he answered his call after check in.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	K7FD	KT5LA/M	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very noisy, high QRN level	/	579	559	579	579	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very QRN and QSB	569	/	569	-	219	339
KT5LA/M	100W/ATAS whip	-	589	-	-	-	/	-

30 m: Friday, 0020 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	K5MP	KA5TJS	KE0N
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	569	569	579	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very QSB	569	329	559	/	119

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Thursday, August 16, 2018.

No net:
AA7FV, KA5TJS: Unavailable.
- De K7FD: I was unable to copy any net control on 7044 but did manage a 2-way QSO with Jay KT5LA...
- De W1SFR: No copy here as well John. Hung around on 44 for a bit and heard KP3W, Jose out of PR. We had a very nice chat and he was cookin' on his 100th anniv. Vibroplex. We went up 2 just In case. Good stuff indeed! Time is 0030 and I'm sitting on 30m but no sigs as of yet. Guess I'll throw out my call and hope I don't QRM anyone on SSN.
- De KT5LA: I still have no home antenna due to work on house. So took the truck to nearby high spot and called CQ-SSN. Good signal from John, K7FD (great CW call btw). Had to QRT when the lot I was in was closing. Still nice chat. John was steady 569 or so. Did not try 30 meters.

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Thursday, August 23, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Brand new TBCP key... Deep QSB and moderate QRN, but better condx on 40m than recently. Sorry I couldn't hear Don tonight.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K7FD	KD4ZFS	K9TJL	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	W1SFR	KE0N
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Deep QSB and moderate QRN	/	579	579	599	579	-	569	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QSB was rough here but QRN was not too bad	569	-	229	559	/	569	579	559
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, deep QSB, QRN 4	-	-	229	229	229	339	599	-

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0041 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: In Arizona, 30m was a little better than 40m, but both bands were fairly good tonight.
- De KA5TJS: Signals a little better on some and worse on others. QRN much lower on 30 meters. The new key sounds great. Good job Darrel.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	W1SFR	N6TVN	K5MP
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	A little better than 40m	/	579	569	559	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN much lower	589	/	-	-	539
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, deep QSB, QRN 3	329	229	449	-	339

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Thursday, August 30, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: For Arizona, 40m was better than 30m tonight. High QRN on both bands, with the usual QSB.
- De KA5TJS: 40 was better for most stations. The flare this weekend really messed up the band down here in ETX. The QSB was bad as usual!
- De KT5LA: I joined you from the 110 Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles, where I was travelling with about a million "close friends" (see picture).
- De F5LAW: I was a bit late on 40m. Heard weak signals, no copy, then strong signal from VT.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K7FD	NI4E	KR4TH	KA5TJS	KT5LA/M	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	High QRN with the usual QSB	/	579	569	469	589	579	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QSB was bad as usual!	569	-	579	489	/	229	559
KT5LA/M	100W/ATAS whip	QSB	55/79	55/79	-	-	-	/	-
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, deep QSB, QRN 3	-	-	-	-	-	-	599

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KT5LA: Heard a 4 station on 30 meters but no others.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	NI4E	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	High QRN with the usual QSB	/	449	559	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QSB was bad as usual!	579	-	559	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Very poor, deep QSB, QRN 4	229	429	-	329

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Thursday, September 6, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: An hour before the net, a lightning storm came through and I had to disconnect the antenna. Fortunately it cleared by the time of the net. Conditions not too bad, but not perfect. High QRN level, left over from the lightning. K4INC: Operator Randy - KB4QQJ.
- De K7FD: All signals on 40 m net were heard in Oregon tonight...

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	K4INC	K7FD	W1SFR	N4OW
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Not too bad, high QRN level	/	579	569	579	579	349
K7FD	-	-	579	529	529	/	529	529

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Signals on 30m were perfect, easy copy. Much lower QRN than 40m. This is how net propagation should be!

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	N4OW	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Much lower QRN than 40m	/	58/99	579

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Thursday, September 13, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: From Arizona, 40m was better than 30m tonight, but both bands were good. An excellent net.
- De K4UYQ: Last night's session was better than the recent ones. Very good net tonight.
- De ON4ADI: i did put out a CQ call, but no response.
- De F5LAW: QSX only. At very end of 40m session I heard very weak signals: CQ calls from ON4ADI but no copy at all here.
- De KF6C: 40 M, I could make out that Darrel was on but not well enough for QSO. No others.
- De KT5LA: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	W1SFR	ON4ADI
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very good	/	56/79	569	56/79	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Good	56/79	/	55/79	549	-
K4UYQ	-	Some heavy QRM	44/579	559	/	579	-
ON4ADI	?W/LW	Some QSB	-	-	53/59	559	/
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Poor, deep QSB, QRN 3	-	229	46/589	589	119

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KF6C: 30M pretty much the same but had to go after short time.
- De ON4ADI, F5LAW: Nothing heard.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	W1SFR	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good	/	459	579	579
K4UYQ	-	QSB	55/79	/	22/589	-
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Sig levels low but very low QRN. Good copy	539	-	519	/

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Thursday, September 20, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0025 UTC, 7045 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Only station I heard tonight in 40. He was booming in. Gave me a 599 as well. Heard signals on 7.044 but could not copy and did not want to call on top of them.
- De F5LAW: No SSN stations heard, poor band conditions.
- De AA7FV: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	KD4ZFS
KA5TJS*	50W/80m inv. V	7044 QRL, QSY up 1	/	599
KD4ZFS	-	-	599	/

30 m: Friday, 0025 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Conditions pretty good for the two stations I heard. Did not expect much from the West coast and Carl surprised me!
- De F5LAW: NIL, band dead.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	N6TVN	W1SFR
KA5TJS*	50W/80m inv. V	Pretty good	/	55/69	55/79

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Thursday, September 27, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0028 UTC, 7045 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: A bit of confusion about NCS, but eventually i took over after a couple of false starts.
- De F5LAW: Very good path to VT and FL.
- De K7FD: Could hear all from the west coast but no luck checking in from Oregon tonight...
- De AA7FV, KA5TJS: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	K9TJL	N4OW	KF6C	F5LAW
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	F5LAW down to NIL with QSB	/	449	569	559	559
F5LAW	50W/G5RV	Good, some deep QSB	589	229	589	-	/

30 m: Friday, 0028 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De W1SFR: Had a nice chat with Al and he was working with his new SKCC key from LNR. Sounded great Al! Said he had hot WX with high humidity and no relief in site. W1SFR reported WX clear and 53deg.
- De F5LAW: Extremely poor conditions, band nearly dead. Very weak signals, no copy at all.

De	Station	Conditions	W1SFR*	N4OW
W1SFR*	100W/OCF dipole	-	/	579

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Thursday, October 4, 2018.

No net:
- De W1SFR: 0000 UTC: 40m heavy QRN QRM. I'm NCS tonight but QRN is crazy here and I'm nil on both of you guys. Hrd K7FD but nil response to call. I did hear K4UYQ but lost Don immediately in very heavy QRN here. QSY to 30m at 0120: QRM QRN also vy hvy. QSY after email to John, K7FD to 10124 for last try on 30m: NIL. Sorry guys. It's a bust here this week. We'll try again next week.
- De K7FD: Can't make heads or tails out of net tonight... not sure who's NCS. I heard Steve - W1SFR but didn't catch on that you were NCS.
- De K4UYQ: I had W1SFR 579 but nil on anyone else. I was copying Steve all along, 559+. Then had W3ESE 599. Then confusion, so I went 30m: Nil.
- De K9TJL: SWL Report: I did receive W1SFR QRK 5, as well as other stations. It may help if all stations and net control trying setting QSK mode on their rigs, this would allow to hear stations while you are trying to transmit. Remember only one station transmits at a time, providing you can hear the station or stations. NCS may want to ask a station he does hear to make net call with QSP if needed. Important, may make net call at start of net using QRY, so other stations would know when to transmit, and it is their turn. Yes it is difficult with directed net with poor conditions, thus reason for organize net. We seem to be just trying to converse in a round table attempt which is fine however reason be for NCS to attempt to bring in all stations even if he does not copy station direct. Remember try to use QRY, QRX, QNS etc.. Hang in there folks it is all good. Its called friendship help NCS out. Yann stated he did not call as he did not want to add to confusion. I agree, thus i as well did not.
- De F5LAW: 0000 - 0012 UTC, 7044 kHz: Good path to VT, some deep QSB. W1SFR: Steve, 589. Solid copy all the way as usual, thanks for doing NCS. I didn't call (no need to add confusion to confusion) as you reported very heavy QRN and I could hear weak stations calling in the background, probably K7FD and K4UYQ. 0012 - 0015 UTC, 10121.5 kHz: Extremely poor conditions, band nearly dead, NIL heard.
- De AA7FV, KA5TJS: Unavailable.

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Thursday, October 11, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: 95 watts, then part way through the 40m net QRO to kW, to deter (successfully) QRM that came up on frequency. Conditions this week were excellent in Arizona, on both bands. The best I've experienced for a long time; I wish conditions were always so favorable. A small net, but a great net.
- De K4UYQ: Well, things went well here on 40m tonight.
- De KA5TJS: The band was very good tonight. QRN was much lower than we have had this summer.
- De VE3CSJ: All "fists" were a delight to copy.
- De F5LAW: A total bust at this end. NIL heard band dead, weird! Briefly checked 30m, ditto.
- De W1SFR: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	KA5TJS	K7FD
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	Excellent	/	579	579	579
K4UYQ	-	-	57/99	/	579	439
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very good, QRN much lower	55/99	55/79	/	42/49
K7FD	-	-	+10dB	449	549	/
VE3CSJ	-/Indoor 40m full-wave loop	-	599	579	549	549

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Was surprised to only hear Darrel on 30! Conditions were good. Sorry Don could not make it.
- De K4UYQ: 30 meters was a bust. I'll have to work on a better antenna for that band.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Excellent	/	589
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Good	569	/

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Thursday, October 18, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0027 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Two great signals and one in the noise. QRM over Don's first QNI but managed to copy some. Propagation to the NE very poor tonight.
- De K4UYQ: Forty meters was the best in a long time.
- De F5LAW: Extremely poor conditions, QRM from a tuner on QRG at beginning.
- De AA7FV: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	K4UYQ	W5PEH	W1SFR
KA5TJS*	50W/80m inv. V	Some QRM	/	589	599	229
K4UYQ	-	Some QRM at first	57/89	/	569	579
F5LAW	-/G5RV	Extremely poor, deep QSB, QRM, QRN 4	229	229	-	33/579

30 m: Friday, 0027 - 0045 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: The only station I heard on 30 meters was Steve and he was way down in the noise. Just managed to pull out his call.
- De K4UYQ: 30 Meters was a total loss. Nothing heard at all.
- De F5LAW: NIL, band dead.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	W1SFR
KA5TJS*	50W/80m inv. V	-	/	119

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Thursday, October 25, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: I've been doing some maintenance on the rhombic this week. I just got it back in the air 30 minutes before the net. Tonight, 40m was very good and much better than 30m.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	K7FD	K4UYQ	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very good	/	579	589	569	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	Very good, QSB very deep but QRN level very low	579	/	549	559	549

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0055 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: The only one I could hear on 30 was Darrel.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	N4OW	W1SFR	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	569	449	569
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	-	53/69	-	-	/

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Thursday, November 1, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0000 - 0030 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: John - WB8APR called in about 450 Hz lower than the net QRG. I lost John on our second round. Just as we QSY, I heard another SSN station calling us, but I didn't catch the call.
- De KA5TJS: WB8APR was 500Hz low, Did not find him until the second round. I copied AFF then AFR. Use 500 Hz filter most of the time. On the second round Don went down and Steve came up and John was about the same.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	K7FD	W1SFR	KA5TJS	WB8APR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	589	599	569	579	579
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	-	55/79	55/79	54/59	229	/	579

30 m: Friday, 0030 - 0045 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: 40m was better than 30m again, apart from having more check-in stations.
- De KA5TJS: Signal down on 30 but QRN was NIL so 100% copy. Hope 80 meters works for us next week after the time change.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	55/79
KA5TJS	50W/80m inv. V	QRN was NIL	33/559	/

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Thursday, November 8, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Don't forget that the net is at the same clock time for most of the USA, although the UTC is now one hour later. As the UTC is an hour later, and we're getting closer to winter, I'm planning on shifting to 3568 kHz around 0130 UTC, rather than to 30m.
- De K7FD: Thanks for the 119! Had about the same copy here on you, Allen. Band sort of in a funk last evening...
- De KA5TJS: Darrel started out pretty good then I lost him about 01:15. QRN was not too bad tonight.
- De K9TJL: Reception summary. This area had major weather change past few hours so don't know if it had an effect.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	K7FD	KA5TJS	WB8APR	KT5LA
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Overall, excellent conditions	/	579	579	579	589	459
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QRN was not too bad	579	539	119	/	539	-
K9TJL	-/Coaxial dipole	Fair	54/79	55/79	-	549	559	-

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0145 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Tonight 40m was much better than 80m. Maybe it's still too early in the year to be trying 80m for the net? Doc, VK5BUG put out calls on 10121.5 kHz from 0120 to 0140 UTC. I also kept half an ear on that frequency during those times, but nothing heard.
- De W1SFR: I heard Don then all nil. A heavy wad of QRN on 7044. Tried 80m and same there.
- De KA5TJS: Not other stations heard, QRN was very high tonight. I gave a few calls to Doc after I lost Darrel with nil results.
- De K9TJL: 30 Meters at 2200z strong sigs. few hundred miles out had couple QSO @ 5-9-9. Nil on VK5BUG checking several times RBN/Receiver. Reception report @0130z 3568 Khz there was a Traffic net for the whole time SSN was in session. Traffic was passed from couple VE calls and a W1. I could read them QRK5 but focusing on SSN Stations. Last couple of years they have been around this QRG during net time, but SSN don't seem to both the net. I think it is a Sectional net.
- De VK5BUG: I ran the CQ calltape on 10121.5 kHz from 0120-0140UTC - no response signals heard. I thought it worth a try. Cootie, 100W + GP TX/low loop RX aerial combo.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W1SFR	KA5TJS	K4UYQ
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Not very good	/	-	559	-
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QRN was very high	569	-	/	-
K9TJL	-/Windom	Fair	239	339	589	559

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Thursday, November 15, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0116 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Rough nite here. 40 was very weak here, Steve was down in the mud and then lost him. Don was making it.
- De K9TJL: Poor conditions, with few stations. I copied 3 stations KA5TJS/NCS, K4UYQ, and W1SFR. Rather weak so did not QNI.
- De WB8APR: Band cndx seemed good in Colorado but NIL on 40m.
- De AA7FV, K7FD: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	W1SFR	K4UYQ
KA5TJS*	70W/80m inv. V	-	/	229	559
K4UYQ	-	Bad	549	-	/

80 m: Friday, 0116 - 0134 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Switched to 80 meters early and lost Steve but picked up TJ. Don was much better. No other's heard so TJ asked for a switch to 30 meters.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	K9TJL	K4UYQ
KA5TJS*	70W/80m inv. V	-	/	599	579
K9TJL	50W/Windom	-	599	/	22/449
K4UYQ	-	Much better	579	579	/

30 m: Friday, 0134 - 0155 UTC, 10121.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: We went there and TJ was the only one I heard. Asked him to make a call and he got NIL.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	K9TJL
KA5TJS*	70W/80m inv. V	-	/	599
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole	-	599	/

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Thursday, November 22, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0125 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: On both bands I started at 95 watts, then later QRO to kW. Just before we QSY to 80m, Don is fading into the noise.
- De K9TJL: Remembering S-units are just a signal, not necessary how well the human ear is hearing the sig. Lots of band noise/compete with copy. Example, you hear the music/you hear the music crisp clean and most enjoyable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	QSB	/	569
K4UYQ	-	Very good at first	56/79	/
K9TJL	-/Coaxial dipole	-	599	579

80 m: Friday, 0125 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Rhombic antenna (but no gain on 80m!). Thanks Don and TJ. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.
- De K9TJL: Darrel had to QRT for evening meal after 80 Meters, requested Don to try and QSY 30 meters and try his new FT450 out. Band was usable on 30 Meters but no contact made with Don. I think Don stated in past, his 30 meter antenna was not that great.
- De K4UYQ: After QRO Darrel went to 579, but still did not hear TJ. I QSY to 10.1215 but nil there.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K9TJL	K4UYQ
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	-	/	599	569
K9TJL	50W/Windom	-	589/+20dB	/	589
K4UYQ	-	QSB and QRN very bad	54/79	-	/

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Thursday, November 29, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: So, conditions overall were very poor today. "Nearby" stations (CO on 40m, CA on 80m) were very strong, into AZ, but very poor propagation beyond. Thanks to Don for QSPs to and from Steve.
- De K4UYQ: Signals were good to start then went down in QSB later in the Net.
- De KA5TJS: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	W1SFR	WB8APR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very poor	/	569	12/239	599
K4UYQ	-	Rough	34/549	/	459	459
W1SFR	100W/OCF dipole	-	1/229	559	/	-

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De K4UYQ: Upon QSY to 3568 I lost everybody, I thought I heard Darrel call a W6 station but couldn't make out either end of the call.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	W6BIV
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Very poor	/	599
W1SFR	-/OCF dipole	-	129	-

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Thursday, December 6, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: On both bands, started at 95 watts then later QRO to kW.
- De K7FD: I heard Allen very faintly but other than KA5TJS and NCS Darrel that was it tonight... 325 watts and inverted vee at 60'.
- De KA5TJS: Darrel started out 599 but within 10 min. I lost him. QSB was very bad tonight.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K7FD	KA5TJS	K4UYQ	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	Band noisy with strong QSB	/	599	579	559	469
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB was very bad	599	229	/	229	339

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: From Arizona, 80m was slightly better than 40m tonight, although both bands were noisy with strong QSB.
- De KA5TJS: 80 meters was much better here tonight. QSB was still bad but able to copy most of the QSO's.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K4UYQ	KA5TJS	W1SFR	NI4E
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	Band noisy with strong QSB	/	469	57/89	46/579	579
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB was still bad	599	339	/	339	599

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Thursday, December 13, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: Tonight was a busy night. A great net. Jay was calling in from a sail boat! Another first for the net. AA7FV went QRO to kW to reply to Rudy - ON4ADR.
- De ON4ADR: I first heard KB4OQ with patches in the noise, I could hardly judge when the good time really was to call, because I heard no one else clearly than the NCS Darrel. I heard KB4OQ 419. KB4QQJ nil. K9TJL one time in noise but too weak.
- De ON4ADI: Listening report on 7.044 kHz: From 01.00 UTC till 01.25 UTC: faint traces of Morse code. From 01.25 till 01.30: AA7FV Darrel in QSO with ON4ADR Rudy.
- De KA5TJS: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KT5LA	W1SFR	W6BIV	KB4QQJ	K9TJL	ON4ADR
AA7FV*	95W/kW/Rhombic wire beam	Good, although strong QSB on most sigs	/	559	559	589	579	599	469
K9TJL	50W/Coaxial dipole - [Northern Utah WebSDR #1]	-	599, [569]	[52/59]	-	579, [579]	599, [53/59]	/	-
ON4ADR	300W/Inv. V dipole	-	?	-	-	-	-	-	/
ON4ADI	-/LW	-	539	-	-	-	-	-	579

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: K5TSK, Jim in Pearcy, AR. Jim had heard our 40m net. I heard Randy calling just after we'd closed the 80m net.
- De K9TJL: Welcome to Jim K5TSK and his Sideswiper.
- De ON4ADR: I also went along to 80 meters but no one is above the noise, it was a pleasure to be allowed to participate in the US SSN net.
- De ON4ADI: Nil on 3.568 kHz.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	K9TJL	W1SFR	K5TSK	KB4QQJ
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	Good, although strong QSB on most sigs	/	599	579	589	469
K9TJL	50W/Windom	-	599	/	599	599	599

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Thursday, December 20, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0126 UTC, 7044 kHz.

Notes:
- De KA5TJS: Rough night. I heard Don and Steve on check in and then lost them both. John was booming in the whole time. I got no response on 3.568 at 01:26 at all.
- De K4UYQ: Very rough, Allen, I never heard you; I just sent my call. Noise level was very high on both bands.
- De AA7FV, K7FD: Unavailable.

De	Station	Conditions	KA5TJS*	K4UYQ	W1SFR	WB8APR
KA5TJS*	70W/80m inv. V	Rough night	/	119	229	599

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Thursday, December 27, 2018.

40 m: Friday, 0100 - 0130 UTC, 7043.5 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: QRM on 7044 kHz. I thought I heard another weak station calling, but couldn't quite get the call.
- De KA5TJS: QSB was real bad but had a fair copy on John and Rick. Darrel was up and down (579/229/599) but FB most of the time.
- De WB8APR: Thursday over here in CO. The 40m band was like a grave yard. Barely could hear anyone... Just barely hearing AA7FV.
- De W1SFR: HRD WB8APR in the mist here in VT but not reliable copy. No copy on NCS. Will be 33330 checking 3568 now and until 01:30.

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KA5TJS	K7FD	KC8YTV	WB8APR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QRN and QSB	/	579	589	449	449
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	QSB was real bad	22/599	/	539	539	-
K7FD	-	-	-	-	/	-	329

80 m: Friday, 0130 - 0155 UTC, 3568 kHz.

Notes:
- De AA7FV: QRN and QSB on both bands, but for AZ, 80m was much the better band tonight. Thanks everyone for coming up tonight, and a very Happy New Year to all. See you in 2019.
- De K7FD: Oregon coast SWL reports for 3568 SSN. Will try checking in next week on 80 m...

De	Station	Conditions	AA7FV*	KC8YTV	KA5TJS	W1SFR
AA7FV*	95W/Rhombic wire beam	QRN and QSB	/	459	589	579
KA5TJS	70W/80m inv. V	Signals much better but QRN very high	589	579	/	579
K7FD	-	-	579	449	559	569

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