MASSACHUSETTS TRAFFIC REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2018 AND YEAR END TRAFFIC SUMMARY

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      

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