Topic: .275 Youth Group,
A new 40 meter youth ragchew group.
We are pleased to announce the start of the ".275 Youth
Group".
We are an informal ragchew group that meets every Saturday at
9: 00 P.M. Eastern (0200Z) on 7.275 MHz
or on a frequency +/- 10KHz different. The duration of the net will vary
from time to time depending on the amount of check-ins and how much people have
to talk about. Anyone young or young at heart is welcome: third party, techs,
generals, amateur extra’s, yl's, om's, etc.
Also, you can visit our web pages. They are www.n5eil.741.com and www.275youthgroup.4t.com .We are here as
a net to promote youth to use HF and to get to know one another.
We also will try and cater to the needs of young hams, such as:
perfecting the art of Morse code, dx'ing tips, and other miscellaneous
questions.
Our head net control is Charles, KG4KCT, in South Carolina. Our
webmaster is Neil, N5EIL, in Texas. Our person of contact for the net is
Timothy, W8LBO, in Michigan.
The story behind this net goes back a little ways. About a year
ago Charles posted an article on the youth forum of eHam.net asking whether
anybody would like to help start the net. Some youth responded but nothing got
started. Then about a month ago Timothy read his article and thought it was a
good idea so he posted another article. Neil was the only one who responded.
Charles was then contacted to see whether he was still interested. Little did
we all know that setting up a net for the first time was not an easy task. After
batting e-mails amongst ourselves, talking on AOL Instant Messenger,
chat.dxers.info, and trying to make contact on 40 meters, we finally came up
with the plan you read above. There were definitely a couple of times
this thing almost died before it started. Our persistence paid off , and there
still is a lot of room for error, but we hope the net lasts a long time.
Don't worry if you're new to radio, we all start somewhere. And
don't get embarrassed if you goof up. Just don't act like a lid or interfere on
purpose. If we do interfere with an ongoing QSO or a net, please let us know;
we will move frequencies and try to prevent it from happening again.
We hope that the net will bring many hours of enjoyment to all.
73 and we’re looking forward to hearing you on the net,
N5EIL (Neil), KG4KCT (Charles), and W8LBO (Timothy)