[WARC] 146.43 FM net *ON* tonight and website update

[Todd Sprinkmann]

   Good evening,

    I sure hope we don't get in the habit of having T-storms every
Wed.   Last night, we went thru 3 rounds of storms, and got .90"
of rain for our trouble.  Lightning ceased about 10:30pm.

    Juuuuust in case any of you have whopper vertical beams, I
thought I'd alert you to the Thursday night FM net I host.  It's at
8:30pm, and it's on 146.43, FM and vertical-polarization.

    On FM, I am not able to rotate, but I do have a Diamond
dual-band vert. up 90'.   I suppose it's possible with some better
conditions that a few of you could hear a squirt of RF.
    W0FAY in Dubuque has been hearing bits and pieces of the
Thur. 146.43 FM net.

   The Hepburn forecasted tropo pages show at least a slight
enhancement to the south, so we'll see if that holds true tonight.
Here's the link to those maps:
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
   They update each day about 1pm central, hit refresh if you need to.


    When you fellows have 5-10 minutes, I'd ask this of you:
Contesting season is 1 month away, and I am always pushing for
better contesting within several hundred miles of me.  If there's
anything you see on my website that you think would help your
local contesting situation, feel free to print it out, email it to some
of your ham buddies and get them to give VHF/UHF a try.

    Made another long post to the website this afternoon.  This one
is about introducing newcomers and/or FM-only stations to
VHF/UHF contesting.   Yesterday's post was about getting rovers
motivated and educated.

    Even if the posts don't do anything for you personally, stop a
second and consider this:   Consider passing this info along to a
ham buddy, or a friendly radio club that doesn't know anything
about VHF Contesting.  http://kc9bqa.com/?p=218

    Thanks, 73,
    Todd   KC9BQA   EN63ao    40 N of Milwaukee
    50 thru 2304
    http://www.kc9bqa.com  For Frequent VHF/UHF Updates