[GreenKeys] HoffNet Test Schedule for Saturday

[Roy Norris]

I will be going back to active testing tomorrow (Saturday) on HoffNet
proposed frequencies:  10.137300   14.087300     3.603300  Mark, normal
polarity, 170 Htz shift.

Transmissions will begin on 30 meters at 10:30 AM CDT on a frequency of
10.137300 Mhz (Mark) with netcalls and bulletins transmitted on the half
hour for the rest of the day.

Starting at 12:01 PM transmissions will also be made on 20 meters on the
hour on a frequency of 14.083300 Mhz (Mark) and will continue until 9:00
PM or until the band closes (which ever occurs first),

Starting at 9:00 PM CDT, transmissions will be made on 80 meters on a
frequency of 3.03300 Mhz (Mark) and continue until midnight.

Please provide signal reports posted to GreenKeys of signal strength
(S-7,8,9, S-9 +10 db, etc.), Band, and time and your time zone.

Each transmission is a little over 12 minutes long and will include the
following text:

(20 LTRS 5 Spaces) 


ZCZC DE K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG
CQ CQ CQ CQ THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET DE K4EEG K4EEG

THE "IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET", AKA "HOFFNET",
IS A NON-DIRECTED NET OPERATING ON A FREQUENCY OF 
14.083300 MHZ (MARK) AND 14.083130 MHZ (SPACE), 170 HZ SHIFT
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE USE OF MECHANICAL TELETYPE
EQUIPMENT IN AMATEUR RADIO.

NET OPERATIONS ARE INFORMAL AND ALL INTERESTED STATIONS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO JOIN IN, LEAVE MESSAGES, OR RAG CHEW. THIS 
FREQUENCY IS CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED.

STATIONS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE SHOULD ZERO BEAT THIS 
STATION'S MARK FREQUENCY OF 14.083300 MHZ AND SET SHIFT
FOR 170 HZ,NORMAL POLARITY.

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                      NET PROTOCOLS

ALL STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, ARE WELCOME.
THIS NET ENCOURAGES AND PROMOTES THE USE OF MECHANICAL
TELETYPE EQUIPMENT. TO ACCOMODATE TELETYPE MACHINES OF
VARRIOUS VINTAGE, ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO END
EACH LINE OF TRANSMITTED TEXT WITH THE SEQUENCE:

(CR)(CR)(LF)(LTRS)(LTRS) OR (CR)(CR)(LF)(FIGS)(FIGS) 

ALL TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BEGIN WITH:

     "12 (LTRS) 5 (SPACES) (CR)(CR)(LF)(LTRS)(LTRS)"

AND ALL TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD END WITH:


    "(LTRS)(CR)(CR)(LF)(LF)(LF)(LF) NNNN 12 (LTRS)"

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        SELECTIVE CALLING (SELCAL) PROCEDURES


SOME STATIONS ON THIS NET IMPLEMENT SELECTIVE CALLING
PROCEDURES.  FOR COMPATABILITY, SELCAL TRANSMISSIONS OF
THE FOLLOWING FORMAT ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED:

TO CALL A STATION:

"12 (LTRS)  5 (SPACES) (CR)(CR)(LF) AND 2 (LTRS) OR
2 (FIGS) AS APPROPRIATE  (SLECTIVE CALLING SEQUENCE -
SEE BELOW) (CR)(CR) (LF) 
-----TEXT OF MESSAGE-----
(LTRS)(LTRS) (CR)(CR) (LF)(LF)(LF)(LF) NNNN 12 (LTRS)"

THE SELECTIVE CALLING (SELCAL) SEQUENCE IS ONE OR MORE
STATION SELECTION CODES SEPARATED BY SPACES, FOLLOWED
BY "DE" AND YOUR FULL CALLLSIGN.  THE STATION SELECTION
CODE IS THE LAST FIVE CARACTERS OF THE CALLSIGN OF THE 
DESIRED RECIPIENT.  FOR EXAMPLE, TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
THIS STATION FROM K3NA, THE MESSAGE WOULD BEGIN:

12 (LTRS)  5 (SPACES) (CR)(CR)(LF)(FIGS)(FIGS)
4EEG DE K3NA (CR)(CR)(LF)(LTRS)(LTRS)
--TEXT OF MESSAGE--
K4EEG DE K3NA (LTRS)(LTRS)(CR)(CR) 4 (LF) NNNN 12 (LTRS)

TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WILL BE RECEIVED BY ALL STATIONS
USE ZCZC AS THE STATIONS SELECTION CODE:

12 (LTRS)  5  (SPACES)  (CR)(CR)(LF)(LTRS)(LTRS)
ZCZC DE K4EEG (CR)(CR)(LF) (LTRS)(LTRS)
--TEXT OF MESSAGE--
DE K4EEG (LTRS)(LTRS) (CR)(CR)  4 (LF)  NNNN  12 (LTRS)

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    "THE IRV HOFF, W6FFC MEMORIAL AUTOSTART NET"

THIS NET IS A MEMORIAL TO IRV HOFF, W6FFC (SK) WHO MADE
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ART AND SCIENCE OF RADIO TELETYPE
THROUGH HIS MANY ARTICLES IN QST AND THE RTTY JOURNAL.
HE HELPED HUNDREDS OF AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS GET A START
IN RADIO TELETYPE AND DESIGNED THE LEADING EQUIPMENT OF 
HIS DAY, MUCH OF WHICH REMAINS IN USE TODAY. IRV WAS A
MAJOR PROPONENT OF THE USE OF MECHANICAL TELETYPE EQUIPMENT
IN AMATEUR RADIO AND IS REMEBERED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE PRESERVATION OF MECHANICAL TELETYPE EQUIPMENT AND ITS USE.

ALL STATIONS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE CALL NOW. 

DE K4EEG K4EEG, ROY IN BIRMINGHAM, AL (NET COORDINATOR)



NNNN  (20 LTRS)

Best regards -- Roy Norris, K4EEG