[GreenKeys] Re: Net Control?

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I think the term "net control" may be misused here.

We don't need a net control in the sense of most nets - one station to 
decide who gets the frequency next, nobody transmits without 
permission.

We could use one station to do a couple of things:

	1) Act as the "frequency reference" for the net. This is a lot easier 
if we agree on somebody first ...

	2) One of the main things people have been looking for is regular 
activity on a frequency to set things up. Having at least one station 
running a regular bulletin helps meet that need.

	3) It is helpful, but to your point not necessary to have a station 
who is charged with keeping track of who is running on the net. 
Obviously you can figure it out, but it helps to have a database.

	4) At some point we *might* want to run a classical net for a half 
hour or so every Tuesday at 10 pm EST (or when ever). For that we would 
need a net control.

The point is that this isn't quite like the old auto start nets. I 
would describe it as a combination of several old nets all in one. What 
I have described above is more like a net combined with auto start 
combined with ARRL bulletins. Anything and everything to get some 
activity on a single channel.

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ



On May 3, 2004, at 12:29 AM, JerryL wrote:

> Why would you think 'we' need a net control?  All we need is a common
> frequency on which we can all monitor and copy whats going on.  There
> wasn't any net control on any of the old autostart frequencies.  Worked
> just fine.. If someone had something to say, they just came on the air
> when the frequency was clear and transmitted....
>
> Jerry -n6jp-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy Norris" <Rnorris@charter.net>
> To: "Greenkeys" <greenkeys@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 9:12 PM
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Proposed Autostart Net Frequencies
>
>
>>
>> If I end up doing the net control duties, I can go with either of the
>> frequencies.  However, if we use 7.083 or some other 40 meter
> frequency,
>> I can put a 1500 watt output station on the air 24/7 which should
> reach
>> anywhere in the US under most propagation conditions on 40 meters.
> That
>> might be preferable to 200 watts on 10 megahertz, particularly for
> those
>> stations that don't have an optimum receiving antenna.
>
>
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