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Info-Hams Digest            Sat, 20 Aug 94       Volume 94 : Issue  937

Today's Topics:
                            Handicap Hams
                         HELP!  HOW TO IMPROV
                       Hurricane Freqs WANTED!
                Instructions for MACO Quad Antenna???
                         License Frustration
                        QSL route? for GJ3ULT
                     Repeater Autopatch (3 msgs)
                         Repeater Directory?
                          TNC Recommendation
                             VHF: non-FM
                      What's a 10-10 frequency?

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:20:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv![e-mail]
Subject: Handicap Hams
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tim Wright KD4OVM) writes:
>Do you know a Ham or a want-to-be Ham that has a handi-cap?
>Well, I do. He is also a member of ARRL and his handi-cap is
>that he is blind.  I know that he has possably held a QSO with
>a large bunch of brother and sister Hams all over the U.S. and the
>world. Well, that isn't the problem........
>
>As a Blind Ham being an ARRL member he doesn't receive QST like
>the rest of us who has been blessed with sight.
>
>With the fall ARRL board meeting approaching, I would like all ARRL
>members to write, call or talk to your SM's and Directors to make
>QST available in an electronic format that they can either down load
>or receive by S-Mail for their enjoyment.  I know that I have enjoyed
>reading the articles contained in QST and I know that the Vision Impared
>Hams would like to enjoy those articles as well.
>
>This electronic format must be made to where it can be read by a text
>reader so it can voice out the words so that they can read QST with
>their ears.
>
>Join the call and contact the ARRL/Directors to start such a mediam
>and maybe the other Amateur Radio related publications will follow
>the ARRL's lead.
>
>Thats all for now.

Isn't the ARRL part of the Talking Books program? I thought there were
already audio cassette versions available. Perhaps not. I'd certainly
like to be able to access QST, and the other ARRL publications,
electronically, and I'm not very visually impaired (at least not yet).
Having the ability to keyword search the text would make things
much nicer, and keeping back issues would be less of a problem.

A presentation format would be a problem, what with diagrams and
such being a large part of the technical articles. Perhaps an
electronic publication standard is needed that would accomodate
both the sighted and the visually impaired.

Gary
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Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     | [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 13:52:16 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv![e-mail]
Subject: HELP!  HOW TO IMPROV
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Laurence Gene Battin) writes:
>
>The method of passing the test by transcribing the dots and dashes and
>then transliterating them into letters during the time allotted for
>"correcting" your text is _specifically_reccommended_ by Wayne Green in
>one of his editorials this year. I don't have the issue handy, but it
>was sometime around May or June. I don't see anything wrong with using
>this technique, if possible, during an actual QSO, but it certainly
>seems to me to be wrong to do so during the exam. The reason I think
>this method is cheating is _not_ because I'm a priori against any _particular_
>means of getting the correct answer onto paper. Rather, it seems to me
>that this method depends implicitly on misusing that portion of the
>exam time which is supposed to be used for correcting relatively straight-
>forward errors, and, IMHO, _not_ to be used to perform some intermediate
>transliteration step.

I agree that using this method to achieve 1 minute solid copy is not
exactly in step with the intent of the test. However, just sight reading
your copy in order to answer the multiple choice questions seems to me
to be a different matter. You put the information down in a form readable
by you solely in order to answer questions about the content of the
text. There's no reason your *notes* have to be readable by anyone
else. My shorthand copy doesn't *look* like conventional dots and dashes.
I doubt anyone else could make heads or tails of it. The same could be
said for some people's handwriting. :-)

If it's allowed to copy *in your head* in order to answer the exam
questions, and it is, then there's no reason to forbid a pencil and
paper aid of whatever form for the same purpose. The important thing
you're supposed to show is that you recovered the *content* of the
text sufficiently well to answer the questions without the aid of
a machine, IE you're supposed to *emulate* a machine for the purposes
of the test. No one is concerned about the internal intermediate
steps taken by a machine, so no one should be concerned about the
intermediate steps you take emulating a machine. All that should
matter is whether the *content* is output successfully.

Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     | [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 23:03:14 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: Hurricane Freqs WANTED!
To: [e-mail]

Chris Smart <[e-mail]> writes:

>Hi.  Since my first name matches what they're calling the latest tropical
>storm, I definitely want to follow its progress.  I tried punching up
>14.325 on the rig, but couldn't find any Hurricane net.  I also tuned up
>and down the band for half an hour looking, but found nothing.  What
>frequencies on 20 meters do they hold emergency nets or hurricane nets on?
>Also, if Tropical storm Chris hits land, what nets down in Florida at

There usually isn't much activity when a storm is days away from any land
area.  It will pick up quickly if/when a storm nears land.  Here's the
info on net freqs:
FREQUENCIES OF INTEREST DURING HURRICANE SEASON
REPRINTED FROM THE SALVATION ARMY TEAM
EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK NEWSLETTER
(JANUARY 1993) WITH ADDITIONS (7/94)

3815      ANTIGUA/ANTILLES NET
3815      INTER-ISLAND 75 METER NET (CONTINUOUS WATCH)
3818      ANTILLES NET
3915      SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY NET
4270      FAX PICTURES FROM CFH HALIFAX
4426      USCG BROADCASTS FROM NMN PORTSMOUTH VA
          0400,0530,1000Z
6330      FAX PICTURES FROM CFH HALIFAX
6501      USCG BROADCASTS FROM NMN PORTSMOUTH VA
          0400,0530,1000,1130,1600Z
6673      HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
7165      ANTIGUA/ANTILLES NET
7232      SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY NET
7243      SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY NET
8080      FAX PICTURES FROM NMN
8764      USCG BROADCASTS FROM NMN PORTSMOUTH VA
          0400,0530,1000,1130,1600,1730,2200,2330
8765      HEALTH AND WELFARE TRAFFIC
8993      AIR FORCE AND COAST GUARD USB
10536     FAX PICTURES FROM CFH HALIFAX
11246     HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
11249.5   HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
11398     HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
11425     HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
13089     USCG BROADCASTS FROM NMN PORTSMOUTH VA
          1130,1600,1730,2200,2330
13245     ANTIGUA/ANTILLES NET USB
13354     HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
13510     FAX PICTURES FROM CFH HALIFAX
14150     AMATEUR NET
14275     INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO NET / RED CROSS
14283     CARIBUS NET
14283     HEALTH AND WELFARE TRAFFIC
14303     HEALTH AND WELFARE TRAFFIC
17314     USCG BROADCASTS FROM NMN PORTSMOUTH VA,  1730Z
14316     MARITIME MOBILE NET
14325     HURRICANE WATCH NET (AMATEUR-TO-NATIONAL HURRICANE
          CENTER)
14375     AMATEUR NET
18019     HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
21310     HEALTH AND WELFARE IN SPANISH

AMATEUR EMERGENCY NETS IN HURRICANE AREAS:
REPRINTED FROM THE SALVATION ARMY TEAM EMERGENCY RADIO
NETWORK NEWSLETTER (JANUARY 1993) WITH ADDITIONS (7/94)

ALABAMA                       3695
ANTILLES                      7165
SOUTHERN LA                   7245
BAJA                          7235
BELIZE                        3935
BERMUDA                       14275
CARIBBEAN EMERGENCY           14185
CARIBBEAN MARITIME MOBILE     7115; 1200Z
CARIBBEAN WX                  3808; 1030Z
CALIFORNIA WX                 3948; 1400Z
GEORGIA                       3975
GULF COAST CENTRAL HURRICANE  3935; 7245
GULF COAST WESTERN HURRICANE  3845; 7260
GULF COAST OUTGOING ONLY      3967; 7283
GULF COAST HEALTH & WELFARE   3993; 7264
INTERAMERICAS H & W           21390
LAKE CHARLES LA               3993.5; 7264
LOUISIANA                     14340; 1900Z
MANANA                        7070
MEXICAN NATIONAL              3987.5
MISSISSIPPI ARES              3923; 3910
NORTH CAROLINA                3915
SOUTH CAROLINA                3915
SOUTH TEXAS EMERGENCY         3955; 7250
TEXAS TRAFFIC H & W           3691; 7290 DAY; 3910 NIGHT
TRANSATLANTIC MARITIME MOBILE 21400
WATERWAY                      7268

WHENEVER A HURRICANE IS WITHIN 300 MILES OF LAND

IN THE NORTHERN WESTERN HEMISPHERE, THE HURRICANE
WATCH NET IS OPERATIONAL ON 14.325 MHz USB.
THE HURRICANE WATCH NET PROVIDES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AND THE AFFECTED AREAS.

THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS BROADCASTS
STORM WARNINGS ON 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 15.0, AND 20.0 MHz
A.M. AT 8 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR AND HALF-HOUR.

TOLL FREE COAST GUARD INFO LINE AT NMN PORTSMOUTH, VA:
[phone].  THIS RINGS AT A WATCH OFFICER'S DESK!

REQUEST REVERSE-REPORT ANY CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS
FOR THIS LIST.  ASMDCT/AAR1OT 5 JULY 1994.
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John Kent - AA2DY

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 15:20:42 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!news.alpha.net!pacifier!rainrgnews0!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu
Subject: Instructions for MACO Quad Antenna???
To: [e-mail]

Hello,

I have a MACO Quad 10-15-20 meters and have misplaced my assembly instructions.
Would anyone have a copy or know the name of the company that produced them?
(I seem to recall Springfield, Illinois somewhere in the instructions).

email would be cool
thanks
travis

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Date: 19 Aug 1994 16:31:20 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!blanket.mitre.org!linus.mitre.org!m21245-mac.mitre.org!user@network.
Subject: License Frustration
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Kenneth Kalan) wrote:

> Frustration is starting to set in, waiting for my license. [...]

While waiting for my license, my impatiance was only satisfied by
continually banging away with a code practice oscillator.  At the kitchen
table, while in the car, while watching TV, (I was 15);  it drove my
parents and sister absolutely crazy.  I think if my license had delayed
another day in coming, my parents would have thrown me out.

Upon arriving home from school one day, there it was!  I was officially
WN6KHB.  I zoomed right up to the shack (shared with my father, ex-W6RXR)
and fired up the radio.  It was 3:30 in the afternoon, and the only antenna
we had was 80 meters.  I called CQ for about 45 minutes without an answer -
boy was that anticlimatic.

Fortunately, my enthusiam unstemmed, I returned at about 6 PM, and my CQ's
netted my first contact with WN6GON.  After about three more contacts (in
about three hours of operating), I called it a night.

The log shows operation every night for the three first three months I was
a ham.

The waiting period will eventually end, Ken.  Now might be a good time to
do some of those things you've been procrastinating, because with a ham
radio in the other room, there's always something more fun to do than take
out the garbage. :-)

--
Bill [e-mail]
* I babble too incoherently to speak for my employer *

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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 20:43:03 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!att-out!nntpa![e-mail]
Subject: QSL route? for GJ3ULT
To: [e-mail]

Months ago I worked GJ3ULT.  There's no callbook listing but it
was suggested that I try sending it to G3ULT who holds the only
call with "ULT" and might also be GJ3ULT.  Unfortunately, there
was no response to my qsl and postage.  Any other suggestions
from the UK?
tnx Shel  WA2UBK  [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 94 07:20:18 -0500
From: news.delphi.com![e-mail]
Subject: Repeater Autopatch
To: [e-mail]


   Ken....

          The repeater groups that I belong to have both issued very
   clear instructions to hang up "immediately" if placed on hold with
   music in the background. Personally, I wouldn't tie up a repeater
   while waiting for someone on the other end to take the time to talk
   to me. To begin with, the use of an autopatch set up is really
   intended for calls that "can't" be made by another means and surely
   not for business related calls, so, I really don't think that this
   is really a gray area. Remember two things when useing any repeater...
   someone else is ALWAYS listening and you're not the ONLY person that
   needs or wants to use it. If you keep these things in mind at all
   times, you'll be regarded as a courteous operator... something that
   we should all strive for...!!!!

   73 de KE4NLW... Ron

 +---------------------------+---------------------------------------+
 |       Ron St.Denis        |         rstdenis@.delphi.com          |
 |  Palm Beach Gardens, FL   |         [e-mail]        |
 |  Amateur Radio - KE4NLW   |          [e-mail]          |
 +---------------------------+---------------------------------------+

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Date: 19 Aug 1994 16:46:31 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!news.alpha.net!pacifier!rainrgnews0!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com![e-mail]
Subject: Repeater Autopatch
To: [e-mail]

I've heard something interesting yesterday on one of the local repeaters.  A person used the phone patch and got placed on hold.  The place he called had music on hold and someone came on the repeater and told him to hang up because playing music is illegal.

I guess if you follow the letter of the law it is, but I would think this is kind of a grey area.  Your not playing the music although your ticket is responseable because your the one initiating the call.  Just that today music on hold is not uncommon and if phone patches are legal, then the FCC rules may need to be changed slightly.

I'm curious what others think about this.

Regards
Ken
(Still waiting and waiting and waiting)
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Kenneth Kalan     PP ASEL                    ===_      /  |
Northwestern University               | ___/[__ ] \___/__ |
Prosthetics Research Laboratory       |\__ _|___|_____===/
Rehabilitation Engineering Program      |    \/
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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1994 12:02:14 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv![e-mail]
Subject: Repeater Autopatch
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Kenneth Kalan) writes:
>
>I've heard something interesting yesterday on one of the local repeaters.  A person used the phone patch and got placed on hold.  The place he called had music on hold and someone came on the repeater and told him to hang up because playing music is illegal.
>
>I guess if you follow the letter of the law it is, but I would think this is kind of a grey area.  Your not playing the music although your ticket is responseable because your the one initiating the call.  Just that today music on hold is not uncommon and if phone patches are legal, then the FCC rules may need to be changed slightly.
>
>I'm curious what others think about this.

I'm sure it's illegal, and it should be immoral and fattening as well
considering the saccharine pap they play. The person whose license is
in jeopardy is the trustee of the repeater, because it's his station
transmitting the music. This is doubly illegal because it's transmission
of music, and because the "music" most businesses use is obscenely bad
music. (There's no Twisted Sister, no Black Sabbath, not even any Whitesnake,
how can they call the dreck they play music?) When the FCC relaxed the no
business rule, they opened this can of worms. The correct thing to do, on
the repeater, or on a landline, is when you hear music on hold, hang up
immediately. I always do.

Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     | [e-mail]

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Date: 19 Aug 1994 21:19:16 GMT
From: mozo.cc.purdue.edu!rain![e-mail]
Subject: Repeater Directory?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mario Campos) writes:
>Subject: Repeater Directory?
>
>Quoting Zack Lester to ALL concerning Repeater Directory?:
>
>>Is there a telnet site, or a text file that has the entire contents of
>>the ARRL repeater directory?
>>
>>Zack Lester

>Why would copyrighted, commercial text be available for gratis? Easiest
>access is to order one from ARRL or visit your local ham store!

I'd like to see this list electronically somewhere, even if I did
have to pay for it.  For example, when the 2m band opened the other
night, I was hitting repeaters all over the place.  I'd like to have a
comprehensive list so that all I had to do was punch in a frequency
and I'd get back all the repeaters on that freq.  It's a lot easier
than thumbing through umpteen pages of listing (esp. if you're in a
hurry).

Having lat/lon with each listing would be nice too, for making your
own maps, figuring direction to the repeater, etc.

Is there such a list compiled by someone, free or otherwise?

--
Mark D. Conner  - N9XTN                 Opinions expressed here are
Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences    not necessarily those of the
Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette IN 47907    Government, DoD, Purdue, or
[e-mail]        the author.

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 14:03:10 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv![e-mail]
Subject: TNC Recommendation
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Greg Danylchenko) writes:
>
>Here is a loaded question, but if you were to buy a new TNC to-day (given
>all that on air experience that you have gained since) which manufacturer
>and model would you get? I am looking for the best combination of price
>and performance.

They're all pretty good. I'd likely buy the same unit, a MFJ1270. It's
cheap, the tin box is a good shield, it's TAPR compatible, it's cheap,
I know all the tricks to make it work best, and it's cheap. The Tiny 2
is also good. It's TAPR compatible, it's small, and in the micropower
version it has a low current draw. I'd avoid TNCs that weren't TAPR
hardware and firmware compatible because I'd be locked out of too many
useful third party add ons.

Actually, today I wouldn't buy a *TNC*. Instead I'd get an Ottawa PI
card or a Gracillis card. I don't do 1200 baud anymore, and the internal
cards handle higher speeds better than a TNC kludge dangling from a
serial port. In fact, that's exactly what I do.

Gary
--
Gary Coffman KE4ZV          |    You make it,     | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary
Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     | [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 17:08:15 GMT
From: psinntp!arrl.org![e-mail]
Subject: VHF: non-FM
To: [e-mail]

Steve Bertsch N8KWV ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Are there any stats, or even ballpark guesses, on how many folks are still
: interested in VHF modes other than FM, particularly 2 meter SSB? I may be
: able to pick up a 2 meter all-mode at a good price, but don't want to spend
: a chunk of $$ on an electronic nick-nack. I live in central Ohio, BTW.

Not surprisingly, it seems to depend on where you live.  In Mass, PA, or NJ,
big multioperator contest stations find around 600 different SSB stations
to work on 2 meters.  But since even SSB has a typical range of under
300 miles for many stations, it is entirely possible to live
in areas with little activity.

2 meter SSB is used for 10 GHz liasion work in the Northeast--144.260 MHz.
FM is just too crowded to work well when you are on a big hill and can
see 6 or 7 states :-).  Last year, even with a 25 watt amp, I needed to
switch to CW to set up a 10 GHz schedule over a 500 km path.  Anyone
suggesting I use DSP techniques is invited to carry the equipment up and
down the hiking trail (this Sunday its Grand Manadnock--2.2 miles to the
summit with 1700 ft of elevation gain).   Actually, I do bring FM along to
accomodate those with WBFM rigs and HTs, but finding a good frequency is
a real challenge.

2 meter SSB is also the basis for a lot of satellite work--both now and
with Phase IIID.  Even if you plan to operate microwaves, chances are
that you want an 2 meter SSB receiver and transmitter to work satellites for
use as an IF rig.  True, 70 cm and 23 cm make more sense on 10 GHz, but
the reality is that most people are using 2 meters as the IF up through
10 GHz.


--
Zack Lau  KH6CP/1           2 way QRP WAS
                           8 States on 10 GHz
Internet: [e-mail]   10 grids on 2304 MHz

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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 16:45:17 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!news.alpha.net!pacifier!rainrgnews0!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory![e-mail]
Subject: What's a 10-10 frequency?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rick Nimtz) writes:

>I've heard of the 10-10 "club" but what the heck is a 10-10 frequency?
>There is no mention of 10-10 frequencies in any of the ARRL literature or
>in part 97. Is there a new bandplan I don't know about? What happens if I
>call CQ on 28.4 MHz, will anyone answer me? What other frequencies are
>"off limits" because I'm not a member of some special club?

>73 N9TJG

10-10 International is a group that promotes activity and fellowship on the
10 meter band, and is particularly effective during the dog days of sun-spot
lows.  They may use the 28.4 Mhz as a hailing frequency for establishing
initial contacts.  They are a very friendly cooperative group, and I would
not expect flamage if you intrude, in fact they welcome all radio visitors.
By the way, I am not a member but do support their mission.

There are many other organizations and nets, too numerous to list, that
frequent the HF bands and may not be conspicuous.  Hurricane nets, missionary
nets, swap nets, mobile operator nets, county hunters, and traffic nets are
there, just to name a few.

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