Vern started his bulletin service back in the early 80's, even before 1800-1900 was fully opened to amateurs. He used to run it 7 days a week, following the Gateway 160m Net. Vern ran net control using AM, but nearly all the check-ins were SSB.
Later, the net was only Wednesday night, but the bulletins were still 7 days a week. Then finally he started doing the bulletins on Saturdays only. I think the problem was finding a control operator every evening. Unlike Glen, he didn't trust using a Radio Shack timer. Apparently, the net has been defunct for may years. He now calls the bulletin service the "Gateway 160m Radio Newsletter".
The station runs 500 watts input, with just a little less than a quarter wave vertical, and 120 quarter-wave buried radials in the ground system, and he claims close to 100% coverage of North America.
I have met Vern in person many times at the AM forum in Dayton. I can claim some credit for his present station. When he was ready to put up the big vertical, he didn't have a base insulator. I happened to know about a used broadcast station base insulator for sale at Madison Electronics (now defunct) in Houston. I relayed the information to Vern and he purchased the insulator and put up the tower.
I have heard very few complaints about his bulletins. He is careful to follow all the Part 97 rules regarding bulletin transmissions, so there have not been any issues with the FCC.
He starts the bulletins in mid afternoon hours before sundown, and runs until nearly midnight. He explained that he starts in the early afternoon in order to already be on the air before there is any other activity on the band, to avoid finding the frequency in use when skywave propagation opens up in the late afternoon.
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