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NET "STATS" AND NET MANAGER'S COMMENTS PAGE JULY 2003

 

 
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NET SCHEDULES:

QIN - meets on 3.656 Mhz at 0000 UTC and 1430 UTC daily

ICN - meets on 3.705 Mhz at 2315 UTC daily

QIN NCS Schedule:

DAY QIN/E (early) (0000Z) QIN/L (late) (1430Z)
MON. KO9D KB9TUI
TUE. K9PUI KJ9J
WED. N9HZ KB9TUI
THUR. WB9OFG K9PUI
FRI. OPEN KB9TUI
SAT. OPEN WB9OFG
SUN. W9PC WB9OFG

 

 


THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
RADIOGRAM
VIA AMATEUR RADIO

Number Precedence HX Station of Origin Check Place of Origin Time Filed Date
15 R HXG KJ9J 15 INDY IN   AUG 4

To:
Jim - K9ZBM SM INDIANA
MIDDLEBURY IN
Telephone number

QIN 1430/000Z

JULY

REPORT QNI
201 QTC 127 QTR 891
IN 54 SESSIONS X 73

KJ9J/K9PUI

CO-MANAGERS QIN
AR

REC'D   SENT  

 


- QIN JULY 2003 STATS -

STATIONS QNI NCS NAME

*QTH

NY9A 5   ALAN S. BEND
W9ATG 1   BILL N9TT HCARC GREENFIELD
W9CM     MAC EVANSVILLE
KO9D 7 2 KIRK INDIANAPOLIS
NA9F 5   RON NORTH VERNON
W3GQJ   10 JOHN GRANGER
N9HZ 9 4 BRENT GOSHEN
KJ9J 36 13 NEWT SOUTH BEND
W9KT 39   MARV TERRE HAUTE
K8LEN 9   PAT PEKIN
WB8LQU     BOB COLUMBIA CITY
VE3NUL     RICK TORONTO, ONTARIO
WB9OFG 5 11 JOHN BROOKSTON
WB9OZZ     HOMER FRANKLIN
W9PC 6 3 MARK ROSSVILLE
N9PF     PAUL YORKTOWN
K9PUI 43 17 DICK INDIANAPOLIS
KA9QWC 1   DON LARWILL
KB9TUI 25 10 GARY FORT WAYNE
K9UT     JERRY RICMOND
K9ZBM 6   JIM MIDDLEBURY
TOTALS 201 54    

* All station locations are in Indiana unless otherwise specified.

**Visitors for July: K9GK - George, Iowa City, Iowa

 

 

QIN NET MANAGER COMMENTS FOR JULY

NCS REPORT:
MANY THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELPED WITH NCS:

K9PUI 17,  KJ9J 13,  KB9TUI  10, WB9OFG 5,  N9HZ 4,  W9PC 3,  KO9D 2

QNI REPORT:
A VERY GOOD NUMBER OF CHECK-INS THIS MONTH:

K9PUI 43, W9KT  39,  KJ9J 36, W3GQJ  10,  K8LEN 9, N9HZ  9, K09D  7, K9ZBM 6, W9PC 6  NA9F 5, WB9OFG  5, K9EDF 2, KC9BZL  1, KA9QWC 1 ,  K9GK 1


NOTES:
NCS REPORTS SHOULD BE MADE OUT IN MESSAGE FORM IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SESSION CONTROLLED, WHILE ALL DETAILS ARE FRESH IN YOUR MEMORY.  ALSO THIS REMINDS THAT THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT WITHIN A FEW DAYS.  THIS MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE OLD MAN ON THIS END. HI  HI

WHEN YOU ARE NCS WITH TRAFFIC LISTED AND A STATION CHECKS IN THAT CAN HANDLE ANY OF THAT TRAFFIC, IMMEDIATELY SEND THEM OFF FREQUENCY TO PASS THE TRAFFIC. DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL CHECK-INS.  THIS FACILITATES A SMOOTHER AND SHORTER SESSION.

IF YOU ARE SENT OFF FREQUENCY TO PASS TRAFFIC,  PLEASE RETURN TO THE NET FREQUENCY IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSING.  OTHERWISE THE NCS IS LEFT DANGLING !! I AM GUILTY OF THIS MYSELF  SO I KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN.

WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF HAMS ON QIN.  I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THERE IS STILL A NUMBER WHO LIKE CW.  PLEASE CHECK IN AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN AND
IF YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM PLEASE CONTACT EITHER K9PUI OR MYSELF.

73,   NEWT   KJ9J

 

 

ICN STATS AND NET MANAGER COMMENTS FOR JULY

STATS:

Sessions: 11

QNI:  23

QTC:  4

Stations: K9EDF K9PUI K9ZBM WB9OFG KO9D

Many thanks to our NCS's: K9ZBM, WB9OFG, and KO9D.

NOTES:

Propagation continues to be a problem, with not only the seasonal effects of
trying to make a 3 Mcs. circuit work in daylight, and the very active
thunderstorm activity (How can a storm 400+ miles away give you 20-over QRN?
Amazing!) but now I read that since the sunspot cycle is in decline, the
geomagnetic field is "unsettled" and we are suffering from all sorts of
unpleasant solar effects as well. Lucky for us that the 80 Meter band
suffers less from the effect of declining sunspots than say, 15 or 20
Meters.

About another 3 months, and the garden will have been out to "bed" and the
lawnmowers drained and parked, to trade "Pride of Place" in the garage with
the snowblower...

See you on the Nets!

73,

John A. Rodenbarger, WB9OFG

ICN Manager


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