I am glad to see that Carl has straightened all this out concerning the s=
tart time for the net. I have seen all the posts that say it starts at 18=
00 eastern. I guess this would be fine if you were talking about military=
time but I think the question was Zulu time. It is apparent that a lot o=
f people don't know the difference or they just don't know how to do the =
conversion.
When I was first licensed as tech plus in 1996, naturally I spent a lot o=
f time making contacts on 10 meters. One of the first things I did was to=
make the required 10 contacts and became a member of 10-10 international=
net. One of the most valuable things I got from them besides the experie=
nce and lots of great contacts was on the rear cover of the 10-10 handboo=
k. It is a real simple time conversion chart which shows UTC in relation =
to standard and daylight savings times in all 4 US time zones. It still h=
angs from a shelf in front of my operating position as a quick reference.=
I would be happy to copy and share with anyone who is interested. I seri=
ously doubt if 10-10 would mind!
But seriously, my biggest concern is not with what time the net starts, b=
ut the fact that a lot of people probably can't hear the net because of a=
djacent channel interference from the station that is using 14.268 at the=
same time as the net every Sunday ( or Monday according to Zulu! ). I tu=
ned in to the normal net frequency today a couple hours in advance and mo=
nitored on and off throughout the afternoon and the guy was there on .268=
the entire time. I have not checked in to the net for several weeks or m=
onths I don't remember because I don't want to have to hear all the bleed=
over on top of the net. I can still hear most of the net stations and cou=
ld probably check in with no problem, but I just don't want to listen to =
all the associated noise week in and week out.
My favorite thing about the TenTec users net besides checking in is liste=
ning in and hearing all the nice comments and hearing all the quality Ten=
Tec audio from all the TT enthusiasts. But if another station is running =
legal limit +++? on the adjacent frequency it takes a lot of the enjoymen=
t away from the net. Has anyone considered moving the net to another freq=
uency or maybe even another band? This is just my humble opinion and mayb=
e I am the only one having this problem, but I seriously doubt it. Maybe =
if I had a Jupiter....
73 de Ed W4WVW, Winston Salem NC
TenTec Triton IV Digital and 242 VFO, 247 Tuner
My main rig and my backup rig....
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