Rough outline for first PTRS local net test

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+<!-- cSpell:words Baofeng CTCSS GMRS Hillsborough Icom Kenwood NVIS PTRS Skywave -->
+<!-- cSpell:ignore AndFlmsg Contestia FlDigi Prepper -->
+# PTRS Net Attempt 2022-08-27T20:00-04:00
+
+## Goal
+
+Test out local network communications. Specifically, find out who can hear me from my house in Hillsborough County.
+
+## Schedule
+
+- Announce net start on Matrix/Telegram.
+- Call out on Pats Peak - [K1BKE Repeater][4]
+  - Repeater output 146.895 MHz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, FM (repeater input 146.295 MHz, CTCSS 100.0 Hz, FM)
+  - using 60 watts
+  - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on K 1 B K E for a couple  minutes."
+- Call out on VHF Ham Prepper frequency
+  - 146.4200 FM
+  - using 60 watts
+  - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on one four six decimal four two simplex for a couple minutes."
+- Call out on FRS 17 / GMRS 3
+  - 462.60000 MHz FM
+  - using *ahem* 2 watts
+  - "This is John Three monitoring on F R S seventeen for a couple minutes."
+- Call out on CB 3
+  - 26.985 MHz AM
+  - using *ahem* 4 watts
+  - "This is John Three monitoring on Channel Three for a couple minutes."
+- Call out on 80m Voice (SSB)
+  - 3.990 MHz LSB
+  - using 100 watts
+  - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on eighty meters for a couple minutes."
+- Call out on 80m Voice (AM)
+  - 3.990 MHz AM
+  - using 50 watts
+  - "This is November Zero Charlie Alpha Lima Lima monitoring on eighty meters for a couple minutes."
+- Call out on 80m Digital
+  - 3.990 MHz USB
+  - using ~40 watts
+  - Contestia 4-250, 1500 Hz on the waterfall
+  - [FlDigi][1] with optional [FlMsg][2], or for Android, [AndFlmsg][3]
+  - Brief text "Hello Radio de N0CALL"
+  - Brief blank form message with "Hello Radio de N0CALL"
+
+## Radio and Antenna Used
+
+Icom IC-7300 - 100 Watt HF Ham radios - home made End-fed Half-wave (EFHw) 80m inverted-V sloping from ground to 40 feet
+Cobra CXT385 - FRS hand-held - Fixed Antenna
+Baofeng UV-5RV2+ - Ham radio hand-held - MFJ-1754 Dual-band 144/440 ground plane mounted above two-story roof peak
+Cobra 19 ULTRA III - CB radio - home made End-fed Half-wave (EFHw) 80m inverted-V sloping from ground to 40 feet
+Kenwood TM-281 - VHF Ham radio - MFJ-1754 Dual-band 144/440 ground plane mounted above two-story roof peak
+
+## Glossary
+
+AM
+: Amplitude Modulation (Encode low-high sound by varying output power less or more)
+
+CB
+: Citizen's Band ~27 MHz
+
+CTCSS
+: continuous, tone-coded squelch system
+
+FM
+: Frequency Modulation (Encode low-high sound by deviating the transmit frequency lower or higher)
+
+FRS
+: Family Radio Service (Blister pack, Walmart, low power, camping UHF radios. Fixed antenna.)
+
+GMRS
+: General Mobile Radio Service (FCC family license, high power, UHF radios. Repeaters allowed.)
+
+HF
+: High Frequency 3 - 30 MHz
+
+LSB
+: Lower Side Band (left half of AM signal with carrier suppressed. Used by Hams below 10 MHz.)
+
+NVIS
+: Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
+
+PL
+: Private Line (Motorola proprietary term for CTCSS, not "private")
+
+PTRS
+: Pine Tree Radio Society
+
+SSB
+: Single Sideband (half of an AM signal with the central carrier suppressed. Commonly Upper Sideband, except Ham voice below 10 
+MHz.)
+UHF
+: Ultra High Frequency 300 - 3000 MHz
+
+USB
+: Upper Side Band (right half of AM signal with carrier suppressed. Used by Hams above 10 MHz and everyone else everywhere, 
+including digital.)
+VHF
+: Very High Frequency 30 - 299 MHz
+
+Watts
+: Measure of power named after Issac Watts, inventor of the steam engine. (Yes, watts convert to horsepower.)
+
+<!-- ## Links -->
+
+[1]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/fldigi/ "FlDigi Files"
+[2]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/flmsg/ "FlMsg Files"
+[3]: http://www.w1hkj.com/files/AndFlmsg/ "AndFlmsg Files"
+[4]: https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/details.php?state_id=33&ID=3423 "RepeaterBook"