NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
04/2/2008 10m Phone
Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked in CF, IXN, GEN, and HHC.
CF asked GEN if he received his email abt SKYPE, and, Nicolas finishes the
kitchen renovation project! IXN turns over
findings on John Christopher to AF6C & HHC. AF6C
lists Net check-ins fer last Wed., and Bob tells OPs that the Club will be buying a new
tower. HHC fills OPs in on the big COAR
meeting concerning plans fer the upcoming Baker-to-Vegas Run…25 hams were present
& will be participating, including el Presidente, WP!
HHC will be wid the communications group at
04/2/2008 2m Phone
Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in GEN, AF6CF, HHC, AF6C, FKX, and KØBWH via SKYPE. HHC gave last Net check-ins list to IXN, and Ken,
running 3 computers, caught a glimpse of BWH on SKYPE, and, wid AF6C & IXN discussing
weed control, HHC said it sounded like the ‘Farmers’ Net’! GEN said that 40m was booming in tonite, but wid
QRN at S6! CF is vy glad that the kitchen
refurbishing is finally finished, and AF6C will plant sum tomatoes this year,and wid his
new drill press, Bob will be making sum porch repairs.
Tomorrow, AF6C & DLA plan to repair reading machines fer the visually
impaired. BWH, wid 34 deg. temps in
04/9/2008 10m Phone
Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked in GEN, CF, CCD, IXN, and HHC. GEN hears
04/9/2008 2m Phone
Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in GEN, KI5BJS(Brad), HHC, TWF, and AF6C. GEN had gud sigs on all OPs tonite, and Brad, BJS,
in
04/16/2008 10m Phone
Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked in HHC, IXN, and KI6JVU(Andre), in
04/16/2008 2m Phone
Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in AF6C, HHC, and BWH via HHC(SKYPE). BWH told OPs that he can hear the Net via Global
Tuners/X-Tuners at Long Beach…Just bk frm delivering a load of fuel, BWH plans to
feast on sum pizza…Bob told OPs that XYL Linda won’t be home until Apr 22 due to
the death of her brother…Bob is having a ’lil high wind but the WX is terrific,
and Bob is anxious to try out his late purchase, a 49-50 vintage John Deere 5 HP tractor
fer sum Spring planting on 35 acres! HHC said
OPs leave Sat. to set up communications centers at Baker, Pahrump, Shoshone, Sandy Road
Valley, and the Las Vegas Hilton, where the Baker-to-Vegas Run will end…A cross-band
repeater will allow communications between OPs on both sides of the Nevada mountains…HHC,
AF6C, and CF will be located at the Pahrump center. AF6C
has cleaned out the tool shed on the ‘back 40’…Now to mount the new drill
press! AF6C then aired the Apr. 11 ARRL Audio
News…Director of the National Hurricane Center praises
ham radio on its past & continued service to NOAA…Kansas passes,
and the Governor has signed into law, HB2805, a PRB-1 bill that limits any community
restrictions on antennas, antenna heights, etc., which restricts the use of amateur
communications for emergency services!…Tnx, Bob!…Audio News ended at 22:00 hrs.
local time.
04/23/2008 10m Phone
Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked in CF, HHC, N1AB, and IXN.
CF heard all sigs FB tonite and he was part of the communications support
group fer Baker-to-Vegas along wid AF6C, HHC, WWK & APH, DDE, N8WP, DLA, and CJZ. AF6C’s knife, left at Pahrump, is in HHC’s
possession…A collapsed OPD runner is now OK after treatment at the Pahrump Hospital.
HHC inquired abt Carl Gardenias’ presentation at Club meeting Fri. eve., and
IXN told Ken that Carl spoke on ham language & shortcuts used on the air…Coming
up this weekend, HHC & Diane & neighbor are off to a bridge party in Palm Springs,
and, later this year, HHC & family will be off on a motor home trip to Yellowstone…Ken
said that OPD placed 4th in its Division in the Baker-to-Vegas run. IXN said that KFWB made periodic announcements on
Baker-to-Vegas during the event. HHC also has
AF6C’s soup and oranges left in Pahrump, and AF6C told IXN that he has ARRL Audio
News ready to air on the 2 meter net.
04/23/2008 2m Phone
Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in HHC, CF, AF6C, N9QE(Larry), and EVX. QE, frm Harbor City,
said that 25 ARES OPs frm Fontana helped wid Baker-to-Vegas communications. AF6C, during a 20 minute wait fer a seafood dinner
in Pahrump, deposited sum pennies in a slot machine and hit a jackpot!…That bought
Bob to badly needed slide switches fer the IPOD! IXN
will send CF an email wid info. on David Corsiglia, WA6TWF, who has volunteered to speak
at a future Club meeting.
04/30/2008 10m Phone
Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked in N8WP, HHC, IXN, GMU, CF, HC, and GEN. El Presidente, WP, checked in, and, wid noise on
the band, Willie ‘flew out’ after saying HI to OPs. HHC & Diane spent last weekend in Palm Springs
playing Bridge wid friends and dining at John Henry’s Restaurant…BWH has the
computer turned on in Sheldon ND., but no Bob Buss! IXN
tells OPs that he expects Steve, KI6PMR, in Orange, to check into the 2m Net tonite, and
AF6C is preparing fer his sister’s arrival frm the East Coast come Monday. IXN then looked fer any Club info on NO6W…nil!…And
IXN also checked old NARSmen records wid no success! AF6C
will air the late ARRL Audio News, and IXN has weak audio gain on GMU’s sigs tonite. Since John L. Reynolds, NO6W’s call has been
re-assigned, John is either a ‘silent key’, or is unable to operate on the air
any longer! Too bad BWH/Æ wasn’t at the QTH tonite, for HC, on a ‘doctor job’
near Fargo, ND, was only a few miles NW of Sheldon, ND.!…Arnie said that QSL cards
for the Clipperton DXpedition are not yet available, and, HC will be speak to the Club in
Oct. on the St. Brandon DXpedition. CF told
OPs that the 7.5 version of the antivirus program AVG has been discontinued, but that the
8.0 version should be available without further charge.
AF6C got the new drill press mounted & ready to go, and Bob put together
a new work stand. GEN shud be able to make the
final move to New Mexico by the end of May…Now Chet will have to climb those new
telephone poles that he installed to put up his antennas!
04/30/2008 2m Phone
Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in HHC, GMU, GEN, FKX, HC, CF, AF6C, KFHQC(Fred),
W6HCM(Craig), and KI6PMR(Steve). HHC sees
"traces" of KØBWH on SKYPE, but Bob
must have been to a bingo game…HI! HC had
been in Wheatland, ND, abt 25 miles W. of Fargo…HHC will send BWH an email. IXN let OPs hear seismic waves on 163.795 MHz frm a
4+ mag. event in the Anza-Borrego area near Palm Springs.
GMU cudn’t copy too well thru the QRN on 10m, and GEN agreed. FKX, enjoying the break in the heat, said his
geology class had a great time on their visit to study rock formations, etc., in Grand
Canyon…Now Doug is looking forward to Field Day!