SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND NET
MEMORIAL DAY:
As you and your families enjoy the extended holiday weekend, I would ask each of you to take a few moments to reflect on the meaning and purpose of Memorial Day. This Monday, May 26th, we honor all military members who gave their lives in service to the United States of America. It is not appropriate to say “Happy Memorial Day”, as this is a solemn day of mourning and remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Memorial Day is not about honoring Veterans. While you are participating in picnics, BBQs and other family activities, please make sure your family and friends understand what Memorial Day is really about.
SPECIAL 72 HOUR NET THIS WEEKEND:
Seeing as Memorial Day weekend is typically pretty busy for most of us, GAARES-P2P Net is going to mix things up a bit:
- Extended 72 hour Check-in Window.
- No Question of the week
- No Training Section
- No fixed schedule
- No fixed instructions
- No worry about location source
- No grading of messages
- No limitations on the type of messages
- No limit on number of check-ins. Check in as frequently as you want on all frequencies, any or all days. Send any type of check-in message you want.
- 30M Freq ALSO available for entire period
Net Control Station WG4PTP will be on the air continuously for 72 hours starting Friday 1700L through Monday at 1700L, except during thunderstorm activity.
WG4PTP will be on either the 80m PRI or 40m PRI frequency the entire time. The active band will depend on time of day / night for optimum coverage of Georgia. Obviously, nighttime will be 80m. All you need to do is try one frequency and if no contact, try the other.
In addition, WG4PTP will be operating on 30m the entire time, except during thunderstorms.
MEMORIAL DAY 72 HOUR SPECIAL NET SESSION SCHEDULE:
TIME: 72 HRS SESSION: CNTR FR: DIAL FR: BANDWIDTH
1700 FRI to 1700 MON ET:
EITHER >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 80m 3584.5 kHz 3583.0 500 Hz
OR >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 40m 7083.5 kHz 7082.0 500 Hz
AND SIMULTANEOUSLY:
1700 FRI to 1700 MON ET 30m 10119.0 kHz 10117.5 500 Hz
- CHECK-IN VIA P2P MSG ADDRESSED TO EITHER WG4PTP OR GAARES-P2P
- CHECK-IN / PRACTICE ALL YOU WANT ON ALL 3 BANDS DURING THE 72 HRS
- SEND ANY CHECK-IN MSG YOU WANT, INCLUDING WINLINK FORMS OR SMALL PICS
- YOUR FNAME, COUNTY, AND BAND WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IN THE SUBJECT LINE BUT IS NOT REQUIRED
- HAVE FUN!
GAARES-P2P NET NEEDS NET CONTROL STATION OPERATORS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT JOINING OUR NCS TEAM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. NO OBLIGATION! I will be happy to discuss what is involved, how scheduling works, and if you are still interested, you will receive training so that you know exactly what to do. It’s really easy and fun, too.
Please feel free to contact us with any feedback, comments, suggestions, or ideas you have concerning the net. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A NCS OPERATOR FOR THE NET?
IF YOU EVEN THINK YOU MIGHT BE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. NO OBLIGATION!
Would you like to learn more about a particular subject? Do you have ideas for Training Session topics? Do you have an idea for a weekly check-in process? How about a Fun Question of the Week? If you do, contact us!
David Blubaugh – ND1J
GAARES-P2P Net Managernd1j73@gmail.com