NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
11/02/2003 40m OCWN CW Net – NCS/UEB checked in
IMW/6, KS6CW, KA6G, W7IB, VDP, NT, IOA/MM, and RND. UEB
spent sum time listening to CW SS, but no contacts, and Rick told IB that he’ll be
working in Rancho Cordova fer a few weeks, hw far frm Loomis? IMW had vy ‘lil QRN…maybe the sunspot
closed dwn the DX QRN! UEB was unable to copy
CW at QNI, and Rick was unable to copy Kathy’s weak sigs above the noise level. KA6G has been operating CW SS, wid 45 contacts in
2.5 hrs. so far! UEB suspected band changes
when he was unable to contact IB at his point in rotation.
VDP, watching the fires on TV, hoped that Ann was safe & well, and Larry
relayed to UEB that CW was QNX. NT reported
daughter’s hair-raising escape (near Temecula) while taking horses to safety in a
trailer. The trailer caught fire but was
extinguished by nearby firemen wid all OK! TV
don’t give the sense of real terror in the fire areas!
UEB heard IOA/MM at check-in, but was unable to contact him in the band
change. Wid 49 deg. WX at RND’s QTH, John
said it was gud to have clean air agn, and RND hoped that Ray’s horses didn’t
end up with hot hoofs!…HI!
11/05/2003 10m Phone Net – W6ZE/AF6C checked in
IXN and HHC. AF6C attacked the bougenvilla,
and it counterattacked wid allergy (maybe a cold!) Wid
impaired breathing thru his nose, AF6C told IXN that he had lots of trick & treaters
Halloween nite…IXN & Lee, too. HHC
& AF6C discussed digital camera methods classes, and IXN told OPs that EQ activity
seemed to be normal at this time. HHC,
munching on Diane’s popcorn, said that GZ was in England once more on
business, but that Steve wud be visiting the English ham club which he recently joined. And HHC said his company got two contracts which
will help to keep the company in operation. IXN
& Lee got their flu shots three wks ago, and HHC, AF6C, and IXN all discussed the
latest massive solar storms wid their associated proton events, sunspots, and magnetic
fields.
11/05/2003 2m Phone Net – W6ZE/IXN checked in
VDP, AF6C, JD, HHC, KFW, BSV, BWH, K1PC, and MIG. IXN
received a morse sig wid last three call letters ‘ADI’, but got no response on
request to identify wid name & location! VDP
is working on house chores plus preparing ham gear fer the next swapmeet. IXN relayed Jeannie Talcott’s telephone number
to VDP after Net. KFW discovered a burned out
meter movement in the Bird Wattmeter he picked up at auction. AF6C & KFW will meet to get Chris’
wattmeter working. And AF6C has written a
couple of articles fer future ‘RFs’! JD,
enjoying the Club Bfast & rain over the weekend, has VPP scouting the membership fer
new Club officers! HHC will relinquish editing
duties fer ‘RF’ to spend more time on Company business, and Ken said that we may
see more Northern Lights with the increased solar storms.
And KFW missed last Net…His youngest harmonic was busy presenting him
wid his 7th grandharmonic! BSV
& VDP will both visit the CalPoly Swapmeet to sell more ham related items, and KFW
gave the Bird we address for OPs wanting to download the Bird Wattmeter 43 manule. BWH wud like a copy of the manule, and Bob has been
vy busy wid a programmer frm Seattle getting his prior boss’s computer on line!
11/09/2003 40m OCWN CW Net – NCS/RND checked in
OIO, VDP, NT, IMW/6, and KFW. RND heard a weak sig in there, but he didn’t
come bk! IMW reported ‘on and off’
rain in Irvine…RND will hve to water the lawn. KA6G worked his usual 100 contacts, and RND
suggested that Jim get his pin frm ARRL. CW is looking forward to the rain, and Kathy QNXed at 9:30 AM to go to church. Will OIO’s water pipe hold?…Maybe Ann
will tell us nxt Sunday when she checks in frm the mountains. KFW’s harmonic gave him a 7th
harmonic, a beautiful 7 lb. 6 oz. girl!…Nw Chris has two more grandkids than RND! And RND wants to know if OIO’s mountain cabin
made it thru the fires! VDP checked QSL cards
fer a ham who Worked All States on PSK31! Frm
gloomy Goat Hill, NT reported that all horses were moved wid ease and things are bk
to normal.
11/12/2003 10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in LDC, IXN, HHC, and LNX. AF6C
joined the crowd…He misplaced a curtain rod and cudn’t find it! LDC is off wid the Elks fer a dirt bike weekend in
the Ft. Irwin area near Barstow. And Larry thinks he found his intermittent…a
malfunctioning antenna switch! LDC also has
memories of past ham days restored as he cleans old ham gear and parts out of the shack. HHC is putting the finishing touches to Nov.
‘RF’, and AF6C will send another article to Ken fer the Newsletter. AF6C & HHC are also fixing broken links on the
website. IXN had to shut down temporarily
during the lightning storm, but returned to the Net later…Bob was busy fixing a
4-position fan switch. LNX got a versatuner on
line and Matt’s sigs were greatly improved!
11/12/2003 2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/IXN checked in JD, LDC, MIG, AF6C, BSV, VDP, KFW, HHC, and KG6RER, Paul. JD reported flooding in Compton & Lynwood frm the storms,
and Lowell
said OPD will hve open house frm 10 AM to 2 PM come Saturday. LDC
has had vy ’lil rain at the QTH, and Larry is looking forward to a ‘dirt
bike’ weekend! MIG, MIF, and MIH all
launched rockets, and watched others launch J, K, L, and M rockets at a rocket
organization site. And Kevin, MIH, is NC fer
the Boy Scout Net on CLARA repeater at 7 PM on Sat. eves. HHC
and AF6C, watching a football game, missed the lunar eclipse, but it was clouded in
anyway! BSV got thru the harmonic’s 6th
grade math in time fer a check-in, and VDP told BSV that an OP in the microwave
organization might be interested in his transverters.
KFW had abt 5 min. of thunder, lightning, and rain at the QTH, and AF6C will
bring the BIRD meter movement to Club meeting fer KFW.
HHC enjoyed meeting MIG at the auction, and Ken sent congrats to MIH fer NC
duties wid the Boy Scout Net. Paul, in South Pasadena, broke
into Net to make a contact, and, they QSYd to another freq.
11/16/2003 40m OCWN
CW Net – NCS/UEB checked in IB, GVG, KS6CW, KA6G, KFW, VDP, NT, RND, IMW, and
IOA. UEB tnxed RND fer handling NCS last week, and Jill fer compiling Net sessions notes. And Rick will be handling secretarial duties until
further notice. IB, in Loomis, gave NCS a 529
wid QSB, welcomed UEB bk frm business travels. GVG
is glad to be back frm not-to-exotic Seattle as Roy reported FB sigs frm all! CW
has now attacked the piano wid great vigor, doing well wid her lessons, and KA6G, in the
Sweepstakes, battles Tennessee Valley Indians on the telephone! KFW will soon be climbing to fix a troublesome HF
antenna, and VDP had a slow day at the Cal Poly Swapmeet yesterday. The recent rain has germinated a new weed crop on
the ‘Hill’, and NT reported gud sigs frm Net stations. RND enjoyed the bright morning sun as he reported a
FB QSO wid OIO and KFW yesterday! IMW checked
in late…He was helping Jill retrieve her car keys locked in the car, and K3IMW, Ian,
needs PLL info for an IC-745! IOA checked in
frm Ventura Harbor as he
prepared to go sailing, giving NCS a 599 and reporting gud sigs on all OPs!
11/19/2003 10m Phone Net – W6ZE/AF6C checked in
OGO, LDC, KB1GZ, and HHC. OGO got a new Heil
mike fer his YAESU rig…At his present settings, Doc’s audio emphasized treble
freqs. and suppressed base response. LDC had a
great time in the desert over last weekend, and Larry is nw preparing fer the yearly
potluck, dirt biking, outing on Thanksgiving wid the family in the desert…Nw, bk to
the plumbing nightmare under the sink! AF6C
replaced sum .1 mfd 1200V caps in the SB620 analyzer he bought at the Auction. And Bob got an audio oscillator working agn. GZ is looking forward to sum rest over TG weekend
and the upcoming Christmas holidays. IXN is
treating scaly skin wid effudex to prevent skin cancers frm developing, and Bob read a
couple of space science items frm the Sirius Astronomer. IXN told HHC that he
hadn’t received his snailmail copy of ‘RF’ as yet, and Ken was busy fixing
a ‘Bill Gates’ problem wid Tech Support…a pointer to a Digital Certificate
got corrupted!
11/19/2003 2m Phone Net – W6ZE/IXN checked in
JD, AF6C, KFW, HHC, HQP, and BSV. JD & IXN
are both having doctor’s exams, and Lowell reminded OPs about Friday’s Club meeting. After replacing a 6136 tube, AF6C got his audio
oscillator working once agn, and Bob also completed servicing the spectrum analyzer. KFW told IXN that no notes frm Sunday’s OCWN
Net were forthcoming as yet, and Chris finished replacing a shorted balun in the yagi ant. HHC said BWH had prepared a roster fer
‘RF’, and Ken said that Windows Tech Support costs arnd $35/problem. BSV just got finished helping the harmonic wid
homework as Carl kicked bk to listen to the rest of the Net.
It was gud to hear Linda, HQP, BWH’s XYL, on the Net tonite…HQP
updated us on the mailing of ‘RF’.
11/23/2003 40m OCWN CW Net – NCS/UEB checked in
KS6CW, KA6G, IB, NT, VDP, OIO, KFW, RND, JIL, IOA/MM.
UEB finished building the multi-part mast fer the Anza-Borrego expedition,
then he returned to Sacramento later in the day. CW
sent Happy TGs to all and QRT’d to go to Church.
KA6G reported bad QRN, intermittent, that he hears sum mornings! IB experienced QSB & QRN, wid possible band
change, and Casey has lots of leaves to rake up in Loomis.
NT's zoo on the ‘Hill’ is in gud shape, and VDP experienced rough
copy on OPs wid a QRN of S9! OIO ventured up
to the Barton Flats Cabin last weekend…Wid no lights, no heat, and no radio,
breakfast was eaten by candle light! KFW
replaced a balun on his HF triband Yagi, and Chris reported QRN at S8 today! RND copied all OPs OK, and John played wid QRP this
week, making a few QSOs. And RND welcomed
‘the gem of Irvine’, Jill, bk to the Net!
JIL was busy shopping fer T-Day food and a weekend in the desert, and Jill
reported IMW dwn fer the count…His back went out!
IOA/MM, operating frm his boat in Ventura Harbor, wants sigs like RND and NT.
And Ron wished Happy TG all around.
11/26/2003 10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in FMX, HHC, IXN, and N6VL, steve, in Buena Park. FMX is reburbishing a 40 ft tower he got fer a gud
price, and Paul 73d when the XYL was attacked by Tennessee Valley Indians! AF6C, FMX, and HHC discussed video cameras,
transferring video tapes to CDs, etc., and FMX and HHC will be host to family fer TG
festivities tomorrow. IXN & Lee are off to the San Jacinto Mts. and Indio fer the TG weekend,
and Bob reported gud sigs on all OPs tonite. VDP
gave HHC a list of items frm the NY6U estate which HHC transferred to the website. AF6C introduced OPs to ‘turducken’…a
TG dish? N6VL visited our site on FD, has an
EICOM 746, and 73d to watch Star Trek. FMX said that
IXN cud stand in front of the frig and get just as cold as he’ll be tomorrow without
going to the mountains!
11/26/2003 2m Phone Net
– No check-ins! All OPs were busy
preparing fer TG tomorrow!
11/30/2003 40m OCWN CW
Net – NCS/UEB
checked in KS6CW, KA6G, IB, OIO, KFW, NT, RND, and VDP. UEB experiments wid a non-resonant 40m vert. Ant. on a 6 ft.
cinder block wall. Most OPs gave Rick FB sig
rpts! IMW, JIL, and UEB & family just
returned frm a camping trip to Anza Borrego State Park where UEB
garnered a new state: Idaho. CW gives NCS a 599, and Kathy is looking forward to
finals next week?!! KA6G heard lots of DX on
20m yesterday, and Jim and IB are still experiencing sum fading on NCS’ sigs. And Casey TG’d wid family at his brother’s
place in Placerville. OIO will miss nxt Sun. Net…Ann will be on a
Christmas home tour wid Santa Ana College. KFW enjoyed the TRW Swapmeet wid VDP on Sat. NT, wid another gloomy day on the ‘Hill’,
expounded John’s contesting advice: If everyone’s check number is larger than
yours, then it must be time to change hobbies. RND’s
XYL treated him to breakfast and he ate too much!…John asked: Temp in the desert,
Rick?…Rick: I wore 5 layers at nite while working 40m!!
VDP, at the Swapmeet wid KFW, had fun looking arnd but didn’t buy much.
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