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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you to those members checking in last night. The 80M band was in good shape and all stations were a 5/9+.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Net closed at 2052hrs.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Stations checking in</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>VK3DPW - Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>VK3ZRX – John<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>VK3LSN – Peter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After the net Peter 3LSN and myself continued experimenting with VarAC for several hours. On 80M’s running 5W we held keyboard to keyboard chat and exchanged Vmail with +5 sigs between stations (up to +16dB). Around 2200hrs as 20M propagation out of the US was on the rise we switched to 20M band. Running 50W each sig reports via VarAC were -18dB. So it just shows choose the right band for the right time of day or night.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you’re interested in VarAC see some links below and next Tuesday night after the 80M net I’ll be listening again for any digital traffic (3.6MHZ USB).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>VarAC specific<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><a href="https://www.varac-hamradio.com/" title="https://www.varac-hamradio.com/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://www.varac-hamradio.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBc7PVTExKM" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBc7PVTExKM"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBc7PVTExKM</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw12-MguZd4" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw12-MguZd4"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw12-MguZd4</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'>Emcomm and VaraAC / Vara<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZlPL2h534" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZlPL2h534"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZlPL2h534</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDG6xvih0kQ" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDG6xvih0kQ"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDG6xvih0kQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'>The last link is for the Tech Prepper – he has many Emcomm videos for portable operations as well as he is writing software specifically for Emcomm. A good channel along with OH8STN and his work with portable communications.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>73’s</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mark<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:450.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:382.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:382.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=420 style='width:315.3pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:35.35pt'><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:35.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EB7305'>Mark Hudson</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2D2B2C'><br>Membership Officer </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EB7305'>WICEN Victoria</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 12.75pt 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EB7305'>Mobile </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="tel:+61%20409%20500%20414" title="tel:+61%20409%20500%20414"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2D2B2C;text-decoration:none'>+61 409 500 414 </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EB7305'>Email </span></b><a href="mailto:vk3mdh@gmail.com ">vk3mdh@gmail.com<span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EB7305'>Website </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.vic.wicen.org.au/" title="http://www.vic.wicen.org.au/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2D2B2C;text-decoration:none'>www.vic.wicen.org.au </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:450.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:382.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>