Hi Ed, now get them all to get on at say 05, 0600Z so we can have the
propagation to do that.

Regards
W4ZCB


Hi Harold,
The homebrew net gang are never heard during the hours
of darkness. They probably build rigs during the night
and operate during the day :-)

It should be quite easy to make contact on 17M. I would
like to give it a try sometime. I have yet to work a
homebrew SSB rig from the USA.

73, Ed. EI9GQ.

GM Ed

Well, I can cure your problem, and give you something to cover that hole in
the wall at the same time if you'd get busy on a STAR offspring. The
alternative frequency to 3.727 is 14.305 or 14.307 when some net is in
operation. I've worked 10 STARS up there and have made up a little WAS
certificate for guys that have done likewise. So far, Peter got number one,
Alessandro number 2 and a really weak contact with DL9 (he was running 20
watts to a field day dipole on a day with REALLY lousy propagation) gave me
number 3. (Peter has an endorsement for working 20 of them!)

I know what you mean, we have way too much money over this way (We keep
spending money we don't have, THAT will change) and homebrew is a dying
artform. I make a lot of contacts where the guy on the other end responds
with "yours is the first homebrew transceiver I've EVER worked." My Signal
One hasn't been turned on in over a year and thinking of getting rid of it.

There IS hope. After Dayton, we have two more under construction, one in NJ
and one in GA.

Regards, County Cork almost got invaded last Spring to see you, but we loved
Goray so much, I only made it down to Waterford. You live in a beautiful
part of the world.

Melt solder!

W4ZCB