NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
11/3/2010 10m
Phone Net W6ZE/AF6C checked in KE6YHX, W6HHC, N8UZE, K6MIV, N6HC,
W6UX, WB6IXN, AF6CF, WB9YCJ, and W6GMU
GUD CHECKIN, OPs! YHX told OPs not to forget to FALL BACK one hour
come Sunday, and Corey and AF6C hoped all had an enjoyable Halloween. HHC invited all OPs to the Portable in the
Park Club event come Saturday, and Ken & Diane ran out of candy on Halloween! UZE cudnt hear HHC tonite, and Dee was using
the TS-2000 she brought out from
11/3/2010 2m Phone
Net W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6UX, W6GMU, N8UZE, K6VDP, KE6YHX, AF6CF,
AF6C, and K6MIV. Wid the World Series and all
the politicos out of the way, we had another gud checkin on 2m! UX voted by mail by the 19th, and Jeff reminded OPs
to check out the Club website for Saturdays Portable in the Park Club
event. GMU said the new vertical wid 4
radials, setting out on the grass, did a FB job on 17m, and both Paul and IXN decided they
would not want to replace Earth with Mars as a permanent home! UZE is busy interfacing the computer & TS-2000
for Sundays CW Contest. VDP will leave
for AZ tomorrow and be back on Monday
Larry will check into the OCWN frm AZ Sun.
morning. YHX checked in mobile wid the HT from
a parking lot, and Corey had a good Halloween. CF,
picking up the wrong mike, worked late on Halloween, missed the trick& treaters,
and is now preparing for Portable in the Park come Saturday. AF6C will discuss trimming a Bird of Paradise
bush wid IXN after Net, and Art, MIV, flew in and flew out. AF6C then aired the Oct. 28, 2010 ARRL Audio News
at 21:04 hrs. local time
SUITSAT is no more!...The program is now AEROSAT wid 70cm
uplink, 2m downlink (see Oct. 28 ed. of the ARRL Letter)
Netnews concluded at 21:22
hrs. local time
(Tnx, Bob!)
11/10/2010 10m Phone Net W6ZE/AF6C
checked in KE6YHX, W6UX, WB6IXN, W6HHC, N6HC, and K6DNK.
AF6C will air ARRL Audio News on the 2m Net, and the two Bobs(AF6C &
DNK) recollect an old friend, Billy Hall, from back in the 70s, a former Club president,
who is still around on the bands! YHX is
searching E-Bay for a serial card, and Corey continues work on the seismometer. UX reported that 4 stations were active in the Club
Portables in the Park event
But for one power distribution problem, all
went well, the bands were open, good contacts, and a gud site for the Event! IXNs Dr. visit turned up a stone in his right
kidney, and HHC said the Portable in the Park Event was great fun, wid AF6CFs
solar power unit performing admirably! HC
& colleagues represented
11/10/2010 2m Phone Net W6Ze/WB6IXN
checked in KE6YHX, AF6CF, N8UZE, W6GMU, K6DNR, W6UX, K6VDP, W6HHC, and AF6C. YHX continued alterations on the Halloween Darth
Vader costume, and briefly described some electronic plans for his new seismometer. and CF briefly commented on the successful Portable
in the Park Event last weekend. UZE
worked the CW Sweepstakes last weekend, and GMU, reminding OPs abt the upcoming Christmas
Party, enjoyed 10m action at the Portable in the Park Event. AF6C & HHC awaits 1971 RFs from IXN
They
will reproduce them up on the website! UX
enjoyed Portable in the Park last weekend, saying that we had three visitors
at the Event
Now Jeff is off to AZ next weekend for the 109 mile Bicycle Race! VDP & IXN briefly discussed the excellent
opening on the 40m CW Net last Sunday morning, wid VDP operating in AZ. HHC, AF6C and DNR discuss the old Heathkit
Electronics Center on Ball Rd
wid Bob, DNR, working there frm 1970-1980. HHC then told OPs abt plans for COAR & SAPD
Emergency groups holding a joint venture this year for the Baker-to-Vegas Run in April
Ken
then reminded OPs of the Club Bfast & Board Meeting Saturday. At 21:18 hrs local time, AF6C aired the ARRL Audio
News for 11/4/2010
K1MAN is sued for violating Part 97 of the FCC rules, including a
large fine!...ARRL Audio News concluded at 21:34 hrs.(tnx, Bob), and AF6C and DNR
continued to discuss old Heathkit technology after Net.
11/17/2010 10m Phone Net W6ZE/AF6C
checked in W6HHC, WB6IXN, N6HC, KE6YHX, K6DNK, and W6UX.
AF6C gets an A-OK on his vision checkup, and Bob announced the
Leonid Meteor Shower before dawn. HHC said
that Gordon West has helped the Santa Ana ARDF group get organized wid an invitation for
area hams to join the Group! IXN will take
1971 RFs to Club meeting Fri. nite for HHC and AF6C, and HC experienced an intermittent
problem wid a mike cord, and Arnie said FD scores were in Dec. QST, also, the SC VHF
Contest score was the best in the nation! YHX
will be attending college classes Tues. & Thurs. starting in Jan., and Corey stocks up
on preserved food supplies for use in an emergency. DNR
plans to attend Fri. nite Club meeting, and UX & OPs discuss all-star baseball player
& ham, Joe Rudy, who might be found attending the DX Club Visalia meeting.
11/17/2010 2m Phone Net = W6ZE/WB6IXN
checked in W6GMU, KE6YHX, N8UZE, N1AB, N6UX, W6HHC, AF6C, KR6J, and AF6CF. GMU had poor reception at the QTH for the 10m Net,
and Paul is looking forward to Friday nite Club meeting on Emergency Preparedness. YHX will temporarily sidetrack repairs on the Darth
Vader Suit, and, the seismometer project, wid college & other irons in the fire at
present
And AF6CF said that Corey can copy the op-amp pages he needs. UZE, working on a couple of things from work, plans to Thanksgiving in the
11/24/2010 10m Phone Net W6ZE/KE6YHX
checked in W6UX, W6HHC, WB6IXN, and AF6C. UX
reported news on the 5 hr 50 min bicycle race at Tuscon, AZ, wid cloudy skies, 78 degree
temps in the afternoon, and lots of crashes, wid lots of law enforcement personnel helping
wid traffic! HHC discussed the power outage at
last Fridays Club meeting, and Ken expects Santa to deliver a new computer fer the
Shack at Christmas
HHC & Diane will TG at the daughters house. IXN & Lee are off to the nieces house, up
4500 ft, in the San Jacinto Mts. AF6C checked
in late after playing wid the Maytag gas stove
And Bob is printing up new badges for
the new Board. YHX and family will TG at home.
11/24/2010 2m Phone Net W6ZE/WB6IXN
checked in W6UX, W6HHC, K6DNR, KE6YHX, and KJ6LHA. UX
said that the Tuscon Bicycle Race netted 1.5 million for charities, wid 18 different
agencies participating, and 4 major races both short & long, and lots of OPs
participating wid communications. HHC and UX
discussed Jeffs 10-40m dipole wid excellent DX results. Then HHC and UX discussed 1.2 GHz DATV wid Jeff
showing interest if costs come down. LHA,
Jeff, has a source of ATV equipment if any OP is interested, and DNR will TG at home wid
family in. YHX and family will TG at home
and
Corey said that the J-pole ant. is outperforming the GP-9.