A Mobile's Run on the Net
The following are examples of actual runs made on the CW county hunters net. These are really a test of reality vs theory when running a county.
A Run Without a Net Control
This was the run of Grainger, TN made by WD3P/M in October 2001 transcribed from a tape made that day. This was a very simple run, no net control and no relays. And while I called it a pileup there was never a time when more than one person was calling at a time. That is very unusual. Notice the straggler at the end. Likely he had be working someone on the phone the net, or had stepped away from the rig and came back at the very end of the run. This run took place on the trip home from the 3M convention. Several counties had been run already and the net was busy with mobiles running themselves. I already knew that there was no net control. It was likely if a mobile was running I would have heard him or the pileup working him. So a quick QRL? was all that was needed to verify that the net was not busy.
- WD3P/M: CHN QRL?
- Silence
- WD3P/M: CHN DE WD3P/M GRAINGER TN QRZ
- The Pileup: KC0HFB
- WD3P/M: KC0HFB 559 K
- KC0HFB: R 559 UR 599 599 TU
- WD3P/M: 559 TU
- The Pileup: AI5P
- WD3P/M: AI5P 599 K
- AI5P: R 599 UR 599 K
- WD3P/M: 559 TU
- The Pileup: WC5D
- WD3P/M: WC5D 559 K
- WC5D: R 559 UR 579 K
- WD3P/M: 579 TU QRZ
- The Pileup: K5AAR
- WD3P/M: K5AAR 559 K
- K5AAR: 559 UR 599 TU
- WD3P/M: 599 TU
- Silence
- WD3P/M: CHN DE WD3P/M GRAINGER TN QRZ
- The Pileup: DE W3EYF
- WD3P/M: W3EYF 599 K
- W3EYF: QSL ALSO 599 TU
- WD3P/M: 599 TU
- Silence
- WD3P/M: CHN DE WD3P/M GRAINGER TN QRZ
- The Pileup: VE3KZE
- WD3P/M: VE3KZE 599 K
- VE3KZE: ALSO 599 K
- WD3P/M: 599 TU CHN LAST CALL WD3P/M GRAINGER TN QRZ
- The Pileup: KD8HB
- WD3P/M: KD8HB 339 339 339 K
- KD8HB: AGN BK
- WD3P/M: 339 339 339 K
- KD8HB: 339 UR 339 339 339 TU
- WD3P/M: R 339 TU QRZ
- Silence
- WD3P/M: NIL NEXT HAWKINGS TN DE WD3P/M
- A Straggler: W4VQ
- WD3P/M: W4VQ 599 K
- W4VQ: ALSO 599 CTY?
- WD3P/M: 599 IN GRAINGER TN BK
- W4VQ: FB TU
- WD3P/M: QSX DE WD3P/M
A Run With a Net Control
The following run was made in August of 2000 by WD3P/M in Currituck NC. Jeff, W9MSE was the net control for the run. It starts with WD3P/M checking into the net in response to a request for mobile checkins.
- WD3P/M: WD3P/M
- W9MSE: WD3P/M NR 1 OTHER?
- Silence
- W9MSE: CHN WD3P/M DE W9MSE 449 449 K
- WD3P/M: R W9MSE 449 UR 559 559 CURRITUCK NC BK
- W9MSE: R 599 AS CHN WD3P/M CURRITUCK NC GA
- WD3P/M: R TU CHN CHN DE WD3P/MN CURRITUCK NC QRZ
- The Pileup: K4PI
- WD3P/M: K4PI 599 K
- K4PI: R ALSO 599 K
- WD3P/M: 599 TU QRZ
- The Pileup: K?M0D?D??
- WD3P/M: WB0DPD 559 559 K
- WB0DPD: R 559 UR 449 449
- WD3P/M: 449 TU QRZ
- The Pileup: W9HR
- WD3P/M: W9HR 559 559 K
- W9HR: 559 UR 559 TU
- WD3P/M: 559 TU QRZ
- The Pileup: K0????
- WD3P/M: K0?
- K0EVE: K0EVE
- WD3P/M: K0EVE 339 339 339 K
- K0EVE: 339 UR 559 559 K
- WD3P/M: 559 TU QRZ
- WD3P/M: AGN
- WD3P/M: CHN DE WD3P/M CURRITUCK NC QRZ
- The Pileup: W2EZ
- WD3P/M: W2EZ 599
- W2EZ: ?
- WD3P/M: W2EZ 599 599 K
- W2EZ: R 599 UR 579 K
- WD3P/M: 579 TU QRZ
- The Pileup: KF8UN/M
- WD3P/M: KF8UN/M 559 559 K
- KF8UN/M: 559 UR 559 Q? TNX
- WD3P/M: 559 TU QRZ
- The Pileup: ??7RW
- WDP3/M: 7RW?
- Silence
- WD3P/M: QRZ
- The Pileup: AB
- WD3P/M: WB BZ 559 559 K
- Silence
- WD3P/M: WB BZ 559 559 K
- Silence
- WD3P/M: NIL QRZ
- The Pileup: A
- WD3P/M: WA?A?
- Silence
- WD3P/M: QRZ
- Silence
- WD3P/M: NIL QSP?
- Silence
- WD3P/M: ANY QSP?
- W9MSE: WE HAVE WD3P/M CURRITUCK NC QSP AB7RW AB7RW RST
- AB7RW: 229 229 229
- W9MSE: K
- WD3P/M: 229 UR 339 339 339 K
- W9MSE: K
- AB7RW: R 339
- W9MSE: GUD OTHERS?
- The Pileup: W6HOR
- W9MSE: W6HOR RST
- W6HOR: 229 229 229
- W9MSE: K
- WD3P/M: 229 UR 229 229 229 K
- W9MSE: K
- W6HOR: 229
- W9MSE: GUD OTHERS?
- The Pileup: KK4VN
- W9MSE: KK4VN RST
- KK4VN: 229 229 229 K
- W9MSE: K
- WD3P/M: 229 UR 339 339 339 K
- W9MSE: K
- KK4VN: 339 TU
- W9MSE: GUD OTHER
- Silence
- W9MSE: CHN ANY HV QSP FOR WD3P/M CURRITUCK NC QSP?
- Silence
- W9MSE: NIL LAST ES NEXT
- WD3P/M: TU CHN LAST CALL WD3P/M CURRITUCK NC QRZ
- Silence
- WD3P/M: NIL NW QSY 40 NEXT DARE NC DE WD3P/M
- W9MSE: TU CHN...........
And that was all there was to it. The run took less than ten minutes.
