WICEN Vic: HF Net

[Paul VK3DPW]

Hi John & All,

I think the no show last Net was an anomaly, but having said that, the 
attendances at the nets are quite poor considering the number of 
members, and the fact that the Net is a demonstration of readiness.

The logins for the Nets are usually the same each week - with some that 
are regular but not every time, and others that are not members and drop 
in to say hi whilst traveling.
Thats all good, but surely we have a larger number of operators that can 
spend 15 Min most weeks to be part of the Net?

I assume that there are those that just listen (member & non Member), 
and dropping the Net would deprive them of information?
Another point is that those that run the net, and participate each week, 
find it VERY hard to stay enthused. We used to do some message handling 
practice and other activities.
Try to make it more interesting......

Anyhow, My excuse is that its School Holidays, and busy at work at night 
- gotto wait till I have nights off during the School Term.

Food for thought.

Paul Whitaker.
VK3DPW
Central Southern Metro region CoOrdinator.




On 11/07/2017 8:56 PM, John and Bronwyn Morrissey wrote:
>
> Hi everyone
>
> There was NO WICEN HF net tonight.  I was on frequency (3600) from 
> just prior to 2030 hrs and checked the frequency was clear, then (when 
> no Net Control station appeared) took over as NCS and called for 
> check-ins several times.  No check-ins were heard.  Band noise 
> conditions were reasonable but propagation was probably poor (as in 
> recent weeks), but in the past I have always been able to hear someone 
> was there even though copy may have been too poor to resolve the 
> words. But nothing heard tonight.
>
> I gave up at 2040.
>
> Did anyone call in and I didn’t hear them?  I hope so, as otherwise, 
> the WICEN HF net has sunk to a new low of no NCS (except for a 
> ring-in) and no participants.
>
> Is it time to draw a line under the HF net?  Is it only a “warm shack” 
> activity?  Your comments invited.
>
> Net traffic – NONE.
>
> Rostered net control next week – Me.
>
> I hope to catch up with you then.
>
> Cheers,   John VK3ZRX
>
>
>
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