FreeDV 40M Tuesday Night Activity Net (7182kHz +/-) Report for 08/12/25

[Fred Larrick]

Below is the list of stations that participated in the FreeDV 40M Tuesday Night Activity Net that met at 10PM EDST (0200Z) on 7182 kHz with some exceptions. A few were on FreeDV Reporter at some time during the net but either did not check-in when called or I could not hear them, however, I believe some of them did checkin. As best I could interpret my notes after the net, it appears that we had approximately 32 checkins. Let me apologize in advance for my errors (especially with the remarks) as I was both the NCS and the Logger. Having a logger other than the net control makes a huge difference but Chris, WS5B, had update issues on his end and could not participate.

Note that two stations outside of the U.S. checked in – TI4LAS and DK8EQ.

#     Callsign    State Remarks (lots of errors/omissions)

1     N3FL  MD    Net Control - East

2     WA5QPZ      TX    Net Control - Mid-West

3     W5MCP TX    Mike Flex 8400 600W to Inv V up 40ft

4     ND7M  NV    Dennis Flex 6500 1/4 Vertical 1KW

5     KS4K  GA    Dennis IC7300 100W OCF Dipole

6     KI5MUY      TX    Did not copy @ N3FL

7     KD9WZZ      IN    Don in Maine

8     KG4VCF      NC    Jim - Apache Anan G2 + Genius 1KW 278' loop

9     AC3EW MD    Did not checkin

10    K8CHY AL    Dayne IC7300 + 800W OCF Dipole

11    KT4WO NC    Did not copy @ N3FL

12    N5RLZ TX    Bob - Long Wire 500W

13    AA0KM MO    Jeff

14    K5WH  TX    Did not check in

15    K9FB  IN    John - FT710 250W 99ft Doublet

16    KF4ZEY      FL    Did not check in

17    K0TER CO    Mike 500W 80m Vee Apex @ 37ft Ladderline

18    KA8OAD      OH    Ken - 6BTV Vertical IC9100 100W

19    N3GX  VA    Alex IC7300 500W Delta Loop @ 35 Feet

20    W3FGP MD    Maurice

21    TI4LAS      Costa Rica  Lu – perfect copy @ N3FL

22    W4XA  WA    Rick - peaked up to 10 dB SNR!

23    KD9BRW      IL    100w + Vertical

24    W1NJC MA    Nick - Delta Loop 500W

25    K5HTC       Did not copy @ n3fl

26    KF7LN OR    Howard

27    WA8YXY      NV    Tim - 80m 1/2 wave?

28    K0PFX MO    Mel - Flex + 2 Ele Steppir

29    N8FQP OH    Ted - IC7300 + 275ft Horizontoal Loop

30    NB4S  SC    John

31    K5HTJ TX    

32    N9HXR IL    Garrett - Hermes Lite 2 100W + Fan Dipole

33    NF2O  NC    Did not hear

34    DK8EQ GERMANY     Uli - copied bits-n-pieces only

Again, please accept my apologies for all errors and omissions. I hope that the remarks as is are of value.

Many thanks to Dudley, WA5QPZ, for his assistance. Unfortunately, Microsoft threw him some update curveballs which delayed his YouTube broadcast/recording and Echolink broadcast.

When conducting the net, I do listen to LSB on my receiver in case there is someone on frequency that inquires as to what is going on. I also make an announcement at the beginning of the net in LSB as to what is about to happen and one or two additional announcements as the net progresses. Last night, someone did actually ask what was happening on frequency and I also heard a checkin that accidentally transmitted analog LSB vice FreeDV which he quickly corrected.

I hope that everyone enjoyed the net. See you next Tuesday, 10 PM EDST (0200Z), on 7182 kHz +/-.

73,

Fred

N3FL