August is the month for getting ready for what comes next. For SEMARA next means lots of things: oil spill clean up, re-install the heating system, plan for the 75th Anniversary celebration, run the SEMARA Flea and Tailgate, just to name a few.

So, how about you? Have you tried 10-meters yet? You know that you can easily check out the propagation just by listening. Yes, there are simply loads of beacons, so high power but most low power. Don’t know who’s who. Simple, go to http://www.ten-ten.org/beacons.html and look it up by frequency.

If you are interested in 6-meters, one list is at http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/50.htm. You’ll also need a Maidenhead grid square map, since some 10-m and almost all 6-m and higher beacons give their location by grid square. Print the PDF files from Icom America.

For HF, the NCDXF/IARU Beacon Transmission Schedule can be found at http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/BeaconSchedule.html. It takes three minutes to go thru the list. WARC bands were added in 2005.

LOCAL NET ACTIVITY

Evertbody, check in to these local nets! 

2-m Roundtable “Camel” Net is held every evening at 7 p.m. on the SEMARA Repeater, W1AEC, 147.000+ with a PL of 67.0 Hz.

6-m USB Net is held Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. on 50.200 MHz. Bob, N1HCW (Acushnet) is net control.

10-m USB Net is held Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on 28.490 MHz. Bob, N1HCW (Acushnet) is net control.

3868 kHz SEMARA Morning Net is held weekdays from 7:30-8 a.m.

SUDOKU

Here’s something to keep you occupied while waiting for the 2-m net to start. Solution is on page 7.