NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
7/07/2004 10m
Phone Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in KB1GZ, CCD, VKZ, JD, HHC, and CCE.
IXN & Lee were up in San Jacinto Mts. in vy hot WX.
7/07/2004 2m
Phone Net
W6ZE/HHC checked in JD & CCE. Ken and Kenan discussed the great antenna-modelling
class being offered by ARRL. Some OPs were probably still recuperating frm FD, or,
they were busy getting ready to fill time slots at the Ham Radio Booth at the Orange
County Fair!
7/11/2004 40m
OCWN CW Net
NCS/UEB checked in IMW, KS6CW, KA6G, RND, IB, GVG, OIO, VDP, and NT. UEB and XYL took a long walk yesterday, leaving
Rick a bit tired today, and IMW, wid much work to get done, flew in and flew out. CW said that OPs who worked W6MTC on FD can receive
a QSL card by sending their SASE to the address posted on QRZ.com. KA6G enjoyed his Net introduction by NCS as the
station in Mickey Mouse Land
And Jim thinks his interference he experienced
yesterday came frm a ham neighbor! RND, still
riding a bicycle a lil each week has been watching the Tour de France every morning
early. No QNI fer IB last week
Casey was
on an RF-unfriendly beach!
But IB enjoyed working UEB and GVG on Saturday. GVG will miss Net next week
Hes off to
visit friends in
7/14/2004 10m
Phone Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in LDC, CCD, NOL, LNX, IXN, VKZ, HHC, BSV, and BWH. LDC (just back from vacaction) had an icy
snow fall at the Montana campsite on June 4, and Larry, wid the freezer now full of big
wild trout. He had company at the campsite on FD, preventing Larry frm
participating! CCD asked LNX fer freqs. in use
at the Orange County Fair Booth, and NOL gave a rundown on JAYs two gold medals won
at the USA ARDF Championships
Congrats Jay! JAY
will be off to the Czech Republic in Sept. to take on the world!
dGud
luck, Jay! NOL told HHC that Jay might be able
to speak on ARDF at a Club meeting early next year! LNX,
operating frm the Ham Booth at the OC Fair, told OPs that Gordon, NOA, and two old-timer
US Navy radio operators has stopped by the Booth. BWH
& BSV also checked in frm the Fair, and BSV told AF6C that he used 50W pwr to operate
the satellite frm the FD site. AF6C got LNX
E-mail on Register clippings fer FD, and Bob put out a call fer the MISSING FD LOG BOOK! VKZ will soon install a new closed circuit TV
system to allow him to read and write
Several OPs volunteered to help Frank. IXN thanked HHC fer NC duties on 2m last week, and
IXN told HHC & AF6C that web page photos of FD were g-r-r-reat! BWH is waiting to see if the judges at the OC Fair
award the Ham Radio Booth any ribbons!
7/14/2004 2m
Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in NOL, LDC, LNX, AF6C, HHC, JD,
BSV, MIH, MIG, and TWA. NOL is busy working
contests on weekends, and Richard said that JAY is working on his DXCC. LDC flew in & flew out to help the
XYL wid the backlog of mail they accumulated over vacation.
LNX, BSV, and BWH manned the Ham Booth at the OC Fair, shutting down at 11
pm., and LNX liked the open space provided by the G-shape arrangement of tables in the Ham
Booth this year. AF6C got a pedometer fer a BD
present
Now Bob can keep an accurate count of his 10,000 steps/day!
And Bob
reminded all OPs abt Club meeting Fri. nite. NOL
& HHC talked abt W6JAYs power-point presentation at the upcoming ARRL
Convention, and how to move frm power-point to a slide show to DVD. CCE suggested to HHC that we might hve band
captains meet after Club meeting to critique FD operations.
JD spent the afternoon manning the Ham Booth with PFA and Bob Tegel, wid the
Fair judges visiting them during this time! MIH
and MIG told OPs abt MIHs sisters wedding, and the 6 hr reception at the QTH
wid 140 guests! TWA is recuperating frm a
heart attack last week
All OPs wish Charles a quick recovery.
7/18/2004 OCWN
40m CW Net NCS/UEB
checked in IMW, HKT, KS6CW, KA6G, OIO, VDP, and NT. NCS
QSYd to 7084 KHz to avoid QRM frm a SSB QSO on Net freq. UEB needs an interim NC on 7/25
Hell be
working in Sacramento! And, after good morning
to all, IMW 73s and is off to work. HKT
just spent 4 days at Two Harbors on Catalina Is
Good swimming, hiking, 2m DX
contacts, and, last nite, Homer talked to the battleship Missouri! CW is just trying to keep cool, and KA6G discovered
that power lines are the source of his noise!
And Jim said he had a gud MTC Net
yesterday. OIO, using 50W and a vertical,
spent the weekend working the OC Fair
Shell close the Ham Booth tonite, and
pick up gear on Tuesday. VDP, losing the
battle wid growing things around the QTH, says the WX is too hot!
OIO
said that Larry can help her remove a fallen tree at the cabin anytime! NT cudnt confirm NCS inquiry if he was
on freq
.Ray said he was on 7.085, or thereabouts
HI!
7/21/2004 10m
Phone Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in VKZ, CCD, NOL, IXN, HHC, and XO.
VKZ and AF6C applied power to a power cable wid a short at one end, barbecuing
it!
Frank assured AF6C that the smoke had finally cleared away! And AF6C said the SWR bridge connected to the
shorted cable, was not damaged
OPs moved Franks ham gear in order to install a
new reader device, and Frank 73d to play wid the new reader. CCD managed to drop hot solder on his legs, causing
Tom to do the hot solder ham dance! NOL
told OPs that the OC Fair Ham Booth won the Best of Show ribbon, then Richard
said that JAY won the Hiram Percy Maxim Award, which he will receive at the SW Div.
Convention in August
Congrats, JAY! IXN
was interested in the new wire stripping method by barbecuing mentioned above
AF6C
provided IXN wid the surprising details! HHC
told OPs that Art Goddard, ARRL SW. Div. Director, is retiring this year
We thank Art
fer a job well done! HHC got a shop manual fer
the new auto, and now Ken is off to Caltech fer a couple of days to take a class in
Product Development. VKZ passed along tnx to
AF6C, CCD, and HHC fer help wid moving the ham gear and seeting up the new Reader
equipment. And HHC & OPs thanked AF6C for
collecting, processing, and sending Club FD scores off to the ARRL. XO told AF6C that he did not see the Club logbook
fer FD
(Keep looking, OPs, someones got it somewhere!) XO and the square dance group performed at the
Orange County Fair, then Bob stopped by the Ham Booth fer awhile.
7/21/2004 2m
Phone Net
W6ZE/IXN checked in JD, MPW, NOL, TWA, AF6C, and BWH.
JD had trouble hearing ZE
His squelch was up too high!
Lowell didnt
make the 10m Net, he was unclogging the potty and on the COAR repeater fer awhile. TWA checked in wid a raspy voice and kicked bk to
listen to the rest of the Net. JD flew
in and flew out, and MPW and IXN discussed the new UMTS World System for cellular
telephones, wid cell xmitting locations moving up frequency frm 2 GHz to 3 GHz, using a
power range frm 100W to 800W! NOL used an
over the poles path to work Rashish in the United Arab Emirates
Richard
said that JAY has 75 confirmed DXCC contacts, and NOL also gave OPs sum gud tips towards
insuring return QSL cards frm DXCC contacts! AF6C
has been doing a lil programming that runs under UNIX, and Bob said that he has abt
250 DXCC contacts. BWH confirmed an E-mail
sent by AF6C, and then Bob described vy hot communications duties wid the 15-team Mojave
250 Death Race, wid David, ,from
OCARC, also helping. Then BWH aired Newsline
File #1405
Watch fer ARRL to propose a no-code entrance level exam fer prospective
hams, and watch fer special events stations operating K1USN aboard the museum ship, the
USS New Jersey (a battle wagon), in Salem, Mass
The event will include abt 77 museum
ships on all HF bands, wid concentration probably on 20m
There will be teletype
operations, too!
(Tnx, BWH, fer Newsline!)
7/28/2004 10m
Phone Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in VKZ, KB1GZ, HHC, and IXN. AF6C
worked on the car, took a walk, and polished off a cool shower, all before Net tonite
Bob
asked OPs if a Lessons Learned Frm Field Day meeting cud be held sometime next
Sat. VKZ said Starbucks was too far away fer
him
And Frank cudnt find connectors that he needs
VKZ needs to contact CCD
And
Frank is using his new reading machine to read abt proper operation of controls on the
rig. GZ told OPs abt the trip up in N. CA.,
the high Sierras, and San Francisco. HHC said
the business class at Cal Tech was excellent
And Ken mentioned seeing Cal Tech &
JPL antenna farm
Then HHC mentioned that he is checking out IPs fer more webpage
storage at a gud price
Ken cudnt make a meeting at Starbucks
Hes
taking Diane on a promised R&R trip come Sat. GZ
mentioned that he had been at the epicenter location of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake,
and IXN & AF6C told Steve to get a copy of Robert Iacoppis book titled Earthquake
Country, to learn abt the history of Californias moving real estate.
7/28/04 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in JD, MPW, AF6C, AJE, BSV, and KMW/m. JD participated in a COAR group exercise sending TV pix back to DLA at the Orange PD. MPW is busy wid the transition of AT&T to SBC Singular, and wid this heat, Frank 73d to kick back on the couch. BSV said that there are sum European Ips wid high storage capabilities at gud prices! AF6C noted that AJEs ant. was at half mast! AJE told OPs that he lowered the tower while he was in Medford, OR, to prevent any possible wind damage John also told OPs that he had made copies of the FD pix. KMW is a member of the Anaheim RACES group, and Virgil had gud mobile sigs at NCs shack.