MASSACHUSETTS TRAFFIC REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2019

Greetings All.  Below is the February Traffic Report,  just in time before we start on the March reports.  Your STM was distracted by a vacation, a computer hack while on vacation and a period of post vacation catch-up.  This traffic report was submitted to ARRL March 15 but due to an early QST deadline it will have to wait to make the next QST. 
 
Just a word about the use of pro-words and non pro-words.  Here is a link to our section website where you will find a list of common prowords and introductory words/phrases: https://ema.arrl.org/prowords-and-introductory-words-phrases/.  You will notice it is introduced with a quote from the “Methods and Practices Guidelines (MPG) available on the ARRL website.
“Do what the trained receiving operator expects and confusion and errors will be minimized.”  As our local and section nets are for training, let me stress that we are all learning and do not expect perfection.  Remember the goal is to learn how to do things better, more accurately and more efficiently.  I encourage all to refer to the information in this article.
 
Also in the interest of good practice and efficiency we strive to eliminate extraneous and unnecessary words or phrases, such as “check of”, “going to”, “break for text”, “and the signature is” , and perhaps most widely used “how copy”.  We should know the order of the format and shouldn’t need to introduce each part of the radiogram.  At the end we say “end no more” or “end more”.  If the receiving station needs fills he/she will ask.  If no fills are needed, he/she will respond with “roger”.
 
All on our nets are doing a great job and it is much appreciated.  These are just a few tips that can help us to do even better. 
 
Thanks for your support and 73,
 
Marcia KW1U STM
 
MA STM REPORT       February 2019    
               
NET SESSIONS QTC QNI QTR NM FREQ Net Time
WMTN C1 28 3 235 161 KD2JKV 146.91 10:00 Daily
WMTN C2 19 0 154 117 N1YCW 146.91 13:00 Daily
MARI 28 106 120 534 KW1U 3565 KHz 19:00 Daily
EM2MN 28 102 164 518 KC1CIC 145.23 20:00 Daily
CM2MN 19 21 111 164 KK1X 146.97 21:00 Daily
MARIPN 12 10 36 103 N1LAH 3978 KHz 18:00 Tu,Th,Sa
CITN 16 3 52 180 AC7RB 147.375 19:30 Tu,Th, F,Sa
HHTN 16 27 108 233 W1HAI MMRA Rptrs 22:00 Su,M,W,F
WMEN 4 0 113 80   3944 KHz 08:30 Su
WARPSN 4 8 71 NA N1IQI 147.225 08:30 Su
               
SAR ORG REC SENT DEL TOTAL BPL = 500+ pts  
N1IQI 0 157 470 4 631 X  
KW1U 1 263 251 2 517 X  
N1TF 0 33 46 5 84    
KC1CIC 0 46 22 3 71    
W1RVY 0 53 16 2 71    
WA1LPM 0 26 37 0 63    
KD2JKV 0 21 21 0 42    
KC1HHO 0 12 23 6 41    
N1LAH 0 20 19 0 39    
WA1VAB 0 13 6 11 30    
NV1N 0 4 13 0 17    
W1PLK 0 2 4 4 10    
K1BML 0 2 0 1 3    
               
PSHR (Min 70 Points) 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL
KC1CIC 40 40 30 10 0 20 140
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 39 20 0 0 0 99
WA1LPM 40 40 10 0 0 0 90
KC1HHO 28 40 10 0 0 0 78
               
DRS RCV FWD TOTAL        
KW1U 1011 1338 2349        
N1IQI 157 470 627        
KC1CIC 30 42 72        
KC1EGK 0 1 1        
W1RVY 0 0 0        
               
Marcia KW1U STM; Greg KC1CIC ASTM EMA; Peter KD2JKV ASTM WMA    
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
     

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