NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
7/07/2010 2M Net WB6IXN
and Lee were in the San Jacinto Mts., so Corey, KE6YHX, volunteered to be NC fer the Net. (Tnx, Corey!) W6ZE/YHX
checked in W6GMU, N8UZE, WV6V, AF6PS(Loran), AF6C, W6KJC(Kris), K6VDP, and W6HHC
Nice
check-in, OPs! Bob, IXN, and brother Lee were
11 miles from the 5.4 mag. Borrego Springs EQ on Wed. afternoon, and the QTH shook
violently fer almost a ½ minute, opening cupboard doors and knocking objects off shelves!
7/14/2010 10m
Phone Net W6ZE/AF6C
checked in KE6YHX, W6UX, W6HHC, N6HC, WB6IXN, WB9YCJ, and KB7VEC. AF6C finished work on OCARC Field Day Scores, and
YHX continues remodeling a door. UX &
volunteer OPs will continue work on Michaels ant. project on Saturday, and Jeff had
50 contacts in the IARU Contest
UX will go mobile on 20 & 40m soon, and HHC TNX
AF6C for the Field Day Collage on the Website! HHC
& Robbie will give another DATV presentation at the TAPR Convention in Oregon. HC praised the June issue of RF, and
Arnie, wid a speaking engagement Fri. eve., said that Mike needs a ride to Club meeting. IXN TNXed Cory for 2m NC duties last Wed., and Bob
was only 11 mi. from the epicenter of the 5.4 Borrego Springs EQ! YCJ announced the opening of the Orange County Fair
on July 16, and the San Diego ARRL Convention near the Montgomery Airport slated for Sept. Barry, KB7VEC, in Ocean Shores, WA., flew in
and flew out! AF6C will air the ARRL
Audio News on the 2m Net tonite.
7/14/2010 2m
Phone Net
W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in KE6YHX, W6GMU, N6UZE, W6HHC, and AF6C. IXN & AF6C TNXed YHX fer 2m NC duties last
Wednesday
AF6C aired ARRL Audio News beginning at 20:57 pm local time & ending at
21:12 pm
Cory said the reconstructed door is sheathed in aluminum and weighs abt 50
lbs. GMU, AF6CF, and IXN all enjoyed the OCA
presentation on asteroids last Fri. eve., and GMU alerted OPs abt a very powerful X-ray
burst which temporarily interrupted a satellite communications! UZE worked Argentina during the IARU Contest wid a
dozen contacts or so, including CW. HHC &
Robbie will be participating in another TAPR Convention wid a DATV presentation come
Sept., and GMU will keep HHC up-to-date on Board proceedings involving the tower trailer. AF6C announced that Brad, KD7UV, was a SK, and Bob
aired 8 July 2010 ARRL Audio News starting at 21:07 local time
The ARRL is now on
FACEBOOK
A YL gets on the TV program JEOPARDY
Rising solar Flare
activity July 8 13
ARRL Audio News concluded at 21:23 hrs local time
Tnx,
Bob!
7/21/2010 10m
Phone Net W6ZE/AF6C
checked in WB9YCJ, KE6YHX, W6HHC, N8UZE, and WB6IXN. YCJ
worked abt 3 hrs at the Orange County Fair AR Booth, and YHX bought some new connector
cables at the `Candy Store, and Cory finished the door-covering project. HHC & Diane will soon be sporting a new patio
cover at the QTH
The overgrown jasmine bush helped spur on replacement of the aging
patio structure! IXN cudnt hear UZE
tonite
Dee was down in the QRN! AF6C will
have the TS-440 checked out fer proper operation, and Bob attended a wedding at the
beautiful San Diego Botanical Gardens last weekend
(1961+ years
girlfriends son got married!) IXN told
OPs that EQ activity sparked by the Rosarita EQ continues to move northward from Palm
Springs up through Ridgecrest!
7/21/2010 2m Net
YHXs new patch cables have improved communications a bit, and Doug, UX, just
finished a cable recording of the Wed. nite Concert in Tustin for Time-Warner Cable. VDP attended a hamfest in Williams, AZ, last Sat.,
met AA7DK, and went thru a gud rainstorm on his way back to Golden Valley, AZ
And
Larry say AZ TV stations are now going digital. HHC
& OPs enjoyed Chips program on a Wyoming Field Day last Fri. eve.!...And HHC
will be off the air fer abt 2 weeks while the new patio is being constructed!...Ken &
Robbie have finished the TAPR Digital Communications Conference paper to be delivered in
Sept
And Ken will return VDPs footswitch at next Club meeting. AF6C then aired the ARRL Audio News at 20:59
hrs
Hams may now legally handle communications during employee sponsored
non-government and disaster preparedness emergency drills (amended Part 97 rules!). See more on the ARRL Website
There are more
than 694,300 U.S. Hams!...Tnx, Bob!...ARRL Audo News concluded at 21:17 hrs local time.
7/28/2010 10m
Phone Net With AF6C
busy, Corey, KE6YHX, assumes NC duties. W6ZE/KE6YHX
checked in WB6IXN, W6UX/m, WB9YCJ, and N6HC. IXN
heard all OPs 5/9, and Bob informed Net abt EQ activity moving north into the High Desert. UX was parked on a hill in Irvine trying out the
new mobile installation, using a YAESU 857-D and a portable ant.,most OPs reporting 5/9
sigs, but HC had a lil noise on UXs sigs. YHX
wud like to see HHC & Robbie put on a DATV demonstration at the OC Fair, and Corey
trimmed his ant. fer better performance. Most
OPs dont think the Angels will make the playoffs this year, and YCJ said the Radio
Booth at the OC Fair, in the Promenade Bldg., is doing FB
Ken said the food is gud
but prices are high! YCJ also said most buildings at the Fair have been repaired or
remodeled. HC heard YHX seismometer
running in the background at the QTH
(IXNs was also running in the
background!)
An HC will undergo cataract
surgery in one eye in a couple of weeks.
7/28/2010 2m
Phone Net
W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in N8UZE, KE6YHX, W6HHC, N6UX/m, and K6VDP. UZE bought a new magmount 2m/440 magmount ant. and Dees
xmissions lit up all bars on NCs rig! And
YHX mounted the vertical on the flagpole, improving his sigs also
And HHC told Cory
that the grease he used on his coax connectors wont affect communications as long as
the grease is conductive. HHC is having the
patio cover replaced at the QTH, so Ken will be off 10m temporarily, and Ken said that UZE
is still not in a hot spot fer his QTF. UX
checked in mobile from behind the church on Orange-Olive Road, waiting to pick up the XYL. VDPs XYL reported 103 deg. in Golden Valley, AZ,
today, while VDP basked in much cooler WX here in Costa Mesa
VDP is still moving
stuff to the AZ QTH, feeding the cats, and repairing radios in the shack.
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