Winter is now upon us and showing not only it’s beauty but it’s challenging propagation where NTS nets are concerned. On HF, radiowave skip continues to be long many days and evenings making it difficult to hear local stations on section and region nets. We have been able to make good use of 160 meters on MARI CW net, but have to get creative where not all net participants have 160 meter capability (a 160 meter dipole is approximately 265 feet long). If you don’t find us on 3565 Khz, look on 1810 Khz.
The MARIPN continues to operate on 3978 Khz plus or minus for interference. With long skip bringing distant stations into hearing range, we have often moved up a couple Khz so look around. Local signals also have been on the weak side but we look forward to spring and better conditions and hopefully more check-ins.
The 2 meter nets are doing well although with a reduced amount of traffic due to the government shutdown which means FCC is issuing no new amateur licenses and therefore no radiograms to new or upgrading hams.
HHTN has been growing partially through the use of Echolink. They have regular checkins from as far away as Florida. Manager Joe W1HAI is working to expand their local RF coverage as well through linked repeaters.
You will find here the December report along with a posting of a traffic summary for all of 2018 with many thanks to our ASTM Greg KC1CIC. Note we conducted 2,364 net sessions, passed 3,564 messages and had 14,933 check-ins, all this over 25,741 minutes. WOW!! A more detailed year’s summary will go out via email to net participants or can be obtained by contacting kw1u@arrl.net. Thanks to all for a great job.
MA STM REPORT | DECEMBER 2018 | Marcia Forde KW1U STM | |||||
NET | SESSIONS | QTC | QNI | QTR | NM | FREQ | Net Time |
WMTN C1 | 29 | 1 | 278 | 200 | KD2JKV | 146.91 | 10:00 Daily |
WMTN C2 | 24 | 2 | 157 | 166 | N1YCW | 146.91 | 13:00 Daily |
MARI | 30 | 111 | 120 | 507 | KW1U | 3565 KHz | 19:00 Daily |
EM2MN | 31 | 113 | 183 | 546 | KC1CIC | 145.23 | 20:00 Daily |
CM2MN | 27 | 22 | 130 | 206 | KK1X | 146.97 | 21:00 Daily |
MARIPN | 12 | 3 | 25 | 66 | N1LAH | 3978 KHz | 18:00 Tu,Th,Sa |
CITN | 17 | 14 | 74 | 263 | AC7RB | 147.375 | 19:30 Tu,Th, F,Sa |
HHTN | 18 | 79 | 119 | 401 | W1HAI | MMRA Rptrs | 22:00 Su,M,W,F |
WMEN | 4 | 0 | 113 | NA | W1JWN | 3944 KHz | 08:30 Su |
WARPSN | 5 | 10 | 80 | NA | N1IQI | 147.225 | 08:30 Su |
SAR | ORG | REC | SENT | DEL | TOTAL | BPL | BPL = 500+ points |
N1IQI | 0 | 238 | 640 | 4 | 882 | X | BPL = 500+ pts |
KW1U | 1 | 232 | 230 | 3 | 466 | ||
KC1CIC | 0 | 94 | 87 | 8 | 189 | ||
N1TF | 1 | 53 | 73 | 8 | 135 | ||
KD2JKV | 0 | 61 | 65 | 0 | 126 | ||
WA1LPM | 0 | 46 | 44 | 1 | 91 | ||
W1RVY | 0 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 54 | ||
N1LAH | 0 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 53 | ||
KC1HHO | 0 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 34 | ||
NV1N | 0 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 | ||
W1PLK | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
WA1VAB | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
PSHR (Min 70 Points) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TOTAL |
KC1CIC | 40 | 40 | 30 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 180 |
KW1U | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 130 |
N1TF | 40 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
N1IQI | 40 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 110 |
W1RVY | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
KD2JKV | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
N1LAH | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
WA1LPM | 37 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
KC1HHO | 34 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||||
KW1U | 877 | 1377 | 2254 | ||||
N1IQI | 238 | 640 | 878 | ||||
KC1CIC | 34 | 53 | 87 | ||||
KC1EGK | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||||
W1RVY | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 MA NTS LOCAL NETS SUMMARY | |||||
DAILY NETS | SESSIONS | TRAFFIC | CHECKINS | TIME (min) | |
EM2MN | 364 | 1,543 | 2,446 | 7,559 | |
MARI | 357 | 1,057 | 1,333 | 5,129 | |
WMTN C1 | 356 | 39 | 2,816 | 2,045 | |
CM2MN | 305 | 203 | 1,933 | 1,620 | |
WMTN C2 | 286 | 89 | 2,402 | 2,198 | |
SUB-TOTAL | 1,668 | 2,931 | 10,930 | 18,551 | |
INCREMENTAL NETS | SESSIONS | TRAFFIC | CHECKINS | TIME (min) | |
CITN | 239 | 85 | 882 | 3,272 | |
HHTN | 209 | 270 | 841 | 2,536 | |
MARIPN | 153 | 176 | 475 | 1,382 | |
WARPSN | 51 | 102 | 816 | NA | |
WMEN | 44 | 0 | 989 | NA | |
SUB-TOTAL | 696 | 633 | 4,003 | 7,190 | |
MA NTS LOCAL NETS TOTAL | 2,364 | 3,564 | 14,933 | 25,741 | |
SESSIONS | TRAFFIC | CHECKINS | TIME (min) | ||
MA NTS DIGITAL STATIONS | |||||
DRS | RCV | FWD | TOTAL | ||
KW1U | 11,482 | 14,001 | 25,483 | ||
N1IQI | 1,039 | 4,334 | 5,373 | ||
KC1CIC | 418 | 361 | 779 | ||
KC1EGK | 0 | 30 | 30 | ||
W1RVY | 14 | 11 | 25 | ||
TOTAL | 12,953 | 18,737 | 31,690 | ||
RCV | FWD | TOTAL | |||
MA NTS PSHR | STATION | POINTS | |||
KC1CIC | 1,781 | ||||
KW1U | 1,585 | ||||
N1TF | 1,380 | ||||
W1RVY | 1,345 | ||||
N1IQI | 1,235 | ||||
N1LAH | 1,197 | ||||
WA1LPM | 939 | ||||
KC1HHO | 925 | ||||
NV1N | 831 | ||||
N1SYC | 512 | ||||
KD2KJV | 416 | ||||
K1BML | 371 | ||||
N1LKJ | 77 | ||||
TOTAL | 12,594 |