The Group is growing and continuing to be an influence in the QRP Community. We're now over 700 members. Just a few short years ago who would have thought that we would have that many members by

All right! 72 Johnny

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I enjoyed the net this morning. I got a call in the middle and lost out... Will be there a couple more times then back to work Ur rig sounded good fine signal... de Paul N0NBD Sent from my iPad

Gm Terry and the group: Sorry abt that, i had another net right beside you, and the 4 station was very strong. I was on the 2n 40 with the fresh beta Freq- mite installed. My choice of filters were

40M was in good shape again this morning, and I enjoyed using theCyclone. Thanks to Jerry, Johnny, Marshall, Lou, Paul, and Wayne for theQSOs, appreciate it. Morning QSOs are a great way to start

In general terms the natural gas supply is very reliable especially if your concern is electrical outages. The biggest postulated threat to the natural gas supply (from natural causes) is an

Someone made a comment about not being able to make a QSO beyond 1k milesafter sun up. So I did a little RBN test this morning. de dx freq cq/dx snr speed time WZ7I

Hi Wendell, Every source of service of any kind is subject to failure. Natural gas is a heavy hitter here - in widespread use. I started paying attention to service outages, availability, and costs

We have at least one natural gas compression station near us. It is located away from towns. I believe the compressors may run on natural gas (taken from the line), but will have to check to make

I'll be using the Cyclone on 7122 in the morning about 8-8:15 or so. Hope to work a bunch of Four Staters with it. It's plugging along nicely and is a joy to use. cu

Ge Gary Thanks for the Qso! I was trying to scoot away from where Terry was ! Your Ns 40 sounds nice. 72 HNY Johnny AC0BQ -- QRP....."more smiles per watt"

Terry, your Cyclone sounded good. Running my NS-40 @ 7W. You had trouble getting my call-lots of QRN. Will try to get into the net tomorrow nite. Gary/KF7WNS

Calling CQ. ---------------------------------- Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA0ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com

It is sort of like being on the grid, or not. You are far better off not being on the grid. Every thing has it's own fate. Shawnr kf7yff

I was thinking about long term emergency situations. I assumed that natural gas via pipelines would be reliable, but if the pipes must be pressurized for the system to work, perhaps the pumps that

On 12/30/2013 2:20 PM, wmorrill@... wrote: Question - Do natural gas lines ever shut down? Are they pressurized with air,

Natural gas uses compressors to maintain the line pressure, those compressors require electricity to pump but they have backup systems in case electrical power fails. You would never ever want air

Question - Do natural gas lines ever shut down? Are they pressurized with air, and if so, how reliable are the pumps? Wendell

The gensets at work are all scheduled to exercise approximately 30 minutes each week. They are fueled by propane so condensation or fuel degradation isn't the issue. They are monitored by an alarm