NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
2/01/2004 40m
OCWN CW Net
NCS/UEB checked in IMW/6, KS6CW, IOA/6, KA6G, IB/6, OIO, GVG, RND, VDP, NT, and
HKT
Gud check-in, OPs! NCS tnxed all OPs
fer the smooth QSY to 7097 KHz. UEB, getting
over a bout wid the flu, made his 1st JA contact wid JA1NUT in Mohka City, Japan! IMW had a few test QSOs wid Henry, the tube
transmitter, and Ian thanked all who helped wid the tests, and Ian said it sounded like he
was receiving VDP multiple path! CW said that
the Net freq. was too close to W6ADO
NCS suggested that Kathy use filters if
available. CW & mom went to the choir
festival and sang frm 9AM to 3PM, then went to
the CERTS/RACES banquets. IOA, at his shop station
in Oxnard, worked France this morning
on 17m! KA6G, after cleaning the shack, said
it made all sigs sound better, And IB copied all sigs in Loomis wid light rain falling and
temp. abt 42F, and Casey hear Rich/N6UT calling during QNI!
Rich did not hear NCS
UT said his ears were worn out! OIO reported gud sigs on all in Barton
Flats
Wid a temp of 22F and much frost, Ann was waiting fer a backhoe. GVG reported all OP sigss 5NN in Bonsall. Roy missed the
past few weeks due to travelling. RND enjoyed
working the Henry, had a great BD party on Wed., and planned to watch the big
game! VDP cleaned the shack, had a QSO
wid a FISTS station in Wisconsin, wid temp
there 17F! Wid a cheery day on the Hill,
Ray sent the college horse bk to Fresno State
Wid
half of the ant. on the roof
?
(Wheres the rest of the ant., Ray!?) HKT tried to call IMW twice yesterday
unsuccessfully, I still learning to send left-handed, and had a gud trip to Laughlin.
2/04/2004 10m Phone
Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in IXN, HHC, and VKZ. All
OPs were glad to hear that VKZ is bk frm Oregon and settled in
his trailer! AF6C, wid the old Apple II GS
packed away, has been transferring 5 ¼ in. disc data to CDs. KTS told IXN that he will take his ailing
microphone to AF6C for further surgery, and IXN & AF6C briefly discussed
the future of the Hubble Telescope. HHC &
Diane were out feeding their faces during the famous breast exposure at
half-time during the Superbowl game, and HHCs computer hiccupped today,
sending out many copies by E-mail, of the same joke
Needless to say, repetition is
the mother of study!! And HHC will soon be
busy taking a ARRL antenna modeling class. Then
Ken told us that he got away cheap on the vacuum valve repair to the auto that caused the
engine to rev at 3000 rpms! IXN said that
brother Lee has a doctor appt. tomorrow, and VKZ is glad to be bk in the
Southland!
Frank said that he cud write a short book on his medical experiences thus
far! Able to walk short distances, Frank
propels himself around in a wheelchair once he tires
Welcome bk, Frank!!
2/4/04 2m Phone Net
W6ZE/IXN checked in AF6C, JD, VKZ, HHC, and BSV. HHC
will attempt to pick up VKZ and transport him to the Club bfast come Sat. morning
It
was gud to hear Franks gentle voice once agn on the Nets! JD had a meeting wid the CORE group, and Lowell
told OPs that the Baker-to-Vegas Run, Apr 24-25, is looking fer communications volunteers. VKZ described the swimming escapades of his dog
when it discovered that it likes water! HHC
told OPs abt upcoming Club speakers, and Kens repetitious E-mail joke was briefly
discussed. HHC said that XYL Diane is off to a
gem show in Tuscon this weekend. BSV has had a
hectic week travelling to several customer sites in the LA area, and Carl will be working
a desert race in Lucerne Valley this weekend.
2/08/2004 40m OCWN CW
Net NCS/UEB
checked in IMW/6, IB/6, KS6CW, KA6G, OIO, KFW, RND, IOA/6, VDP, and NT. Mother Nature decided that UEB shud radiate
horizontally polarized!
So she huffed, and she puffed, and Rick found his glorious
SD-20 tilted 90 deg. frm the vertical! IMW/6 is still wrestling wid 4-paws feline over who
gets the key!
HI!
And Ian told UEB that he wasnt using Henry,
due to a switching problem between transmit and receive.
IB, prepping fer a technical class, gave another OP his first CW QSO
yesterday. CW went QRT and was off to church
after giving tnx to UEB fer a pix of his ant. setup. KA6Gs 33ft. radiator wire ant.
solution fer weak NCS sigs at Jims QTH did not improve reception
(What do we
try next, Jim). OIO, in Chapter 3 of
Anns Adventures Aloft, was foiled agn as water once more seeped thru her
patchwork on the roof!
Ann then sent a roofer aloft, who spent more than an hour up
there!
(Stay tuned fer further developments!) KFW flew in & flew
out
Chris had a high SWR! RND,
running QRP, 10W to a dipole, told UEB that his sigs picked up when the ant. once agn bent
over to a 45 deg. angle during Net! UEB got a
589 sig rpt frm IOA in Oxnard, and Ron said
that Rick was getting sum pile-up practice during check-ins
HI! VDP, requesting the present position of UEBs
ant., hopes that the SA winds will soon go away, and NT, using his computer controlled
rig, didnt notice that Newtons law of gravity had pulled the lil ball
out of the mouse!
Problem quickly fixed!
HI.
2/11/2004 10m Phone
Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in IXN, LDC, KB1GZ, CCD, and HHC. IXN
was busy updating the E-mail address list, and AF6C is preparing fer a sister
visit
Shell be flying into Long Beach on an
Airbus. LDC said that there was vy
little wind in GG, and Larry says his rotor turns in one direction only! AF6C may have a manual on LDCs rotor. LDC has to get the oven repaired in the motor home,
and Larry is off to the desert fer sum dirt biking this weekend. OPs discussed the presence of hematite on Mars
after IXN read a short article on the subject to GZ. GZ
was sick on Sunday wid fever, etc
Steve went bk to work today. HHC, AF6C, CCD, and possibly LDC, will meet at
VKZs trailer at 4:30pm tomorrow to
repair Franks wind damaged ant. CCD, bk
frm a 4-day visit wid grandkids and friends, said that the revamped bathroom is just abt
completed. HHC approved AF6Cs preview
copy of Feb. RF, and AF6C & HHC briefly discussed signature fonts.
2/11/2004 2m
Phone Net
W6ZE/IXN checked in AF6C, KFW, HHC, MIH, MIG, and KD6CQS(Tom) in Covina. AF6C checked in, then departed to the kitchen to
get something to eat
Bob just got bk frm a rigorous physical exam! KFW was using a SB-100, at 50W, on 2m
tonite
armchair copy the whole way, Chris! And
KFW says well be using the new touch voting machines, come Mar. 2, in Orange County! HHC said the strong SA winds opened his gate and
blew open the garbage can lid! And Ken said
that he is still working on Feb. Club meeting program.
MIH, wid MIG in the background, said that hell be attending
Gordys Handy Hams Camp Courage program to get his General ticket
(Right On,
Kevin!) This program is advertised in QST for
disabled hams! CQS, Tom, in Covina had FB
armchair sigs in Santa Ana. Tom was using a FT-897 wid magmount ant., lighting
half the bars on IXNs rig
Tom expects to join us agn on the Net!
2/15/2004 40m
OCWN CW Net
NCS/UEB checked in IMW/6, IB/6, CW, KA6G, KFW, OIO, RND, IOA/6/QRP, VDP, NT, and HKT. UEB was running 50W on his KA6G
vertical
13 ft. of wire hanging frm the top of a 20 mast!
And Rick
told OPs to visit QRZ.com to see IMWs pix of Henry(the tube xmtr). And IMW told OPs that Puffle is a
Bridge system used by the Puffle Club(explaining the Puffle Club
embroidered on Ians shirt in the pix wid Henry). Then IMW QNXed to go on a hike at 10 AM. IB reported 56N sig rpt fer NC wid slight QSB, and
Casey reported 56N fer IOAs QRP sigs, too. CW
reported Gud sigs on all, and Kathy is off fer a day in San Diego tomorrow. KA6G tnx Rick fer trying the ant. idea, and Jim
enjoyed UEBs nice touch answering
check-ins wid OM and
YL!
HI. KFW told OPs that Orange County will be using
the new voting machines called E-Slate, and Chris will be working at the polls, and KFW
told OPs that the high SWR last Sun. was caused by a bad ground! OIO hopes to be up in the mountains wid the QRP rig
next Sun., and Ann awaits for the next rain to see if the roofer has squelched further
adventures aloft! Last week, RND had a gud
time playing two Valentines Day dances, and John was sorry that he missed the FISTS Winter
Sprint. IOA was surfing at Leo Cabrillo Beach today
To
NCSs request fer power & ant., Ron was running 5W into a Force 12. VDP gave all OPs 5NN sig rpts, and Larry is
preparing fer the Cal Poly Swapmeet next Sat. Wid NT getting the
other half of his ant. aloft once more, Ray gave NC a 5NN sig rpt., on a vy fine day on
the Hill. HKT will be buying a Tacoma TRD
truck, and hell give the harmonic his Chevy 7R2
Homer said his daughter has
been judging horse shows at Fresno State.
2/18/2004 10m Phone
Net
W6ZE/LDC checked in CCD, KB1GZ, IXN, AF6C, and VKZ. AF6C
checked in and left Net quickly to be wid his sister frm Boston, and eat
din-din. GZ, LDC, and IXN briefly discussed
black hole event horizons, and HHC, CCD, and AF6C got VKZs ant. problem solved. VKZ has a couple of boxes of technical books to
donate to the Club, and Frank needs a ride to Club meeting Fri. eve. LDC got new windshield wiper blades (expensive!),
and Larry said they got .33 of rain in GG.
2/18/2004 2m Phone Net
W6ZE/IXN checked in KTS, W6KAT(Don), KB6UJW(Wayne), N6CCE(Ken), KFW, and MIG. We welcomed new check-ins Don, Wayne, and Ken to
the Net! KATS was watching his friend, Matt,
compete on American Idol
(Matt was selected as one of the winners!) CCE told KAT abt the Net (tnx, Ken!), and
KATs QTH is in Whittier, in LA County
(just over the OC line). Wid 150W, Don made
OPs rigs dance to his sigs! Don is
looking fer OPs who have an understanding of slow-scan TV.
UJW is involved wid Anaheim RACES, and Wayne is a member of
the Motorcycle ARC. They help out a charity
events. Check out their website at www.marc-hq.org . CCE,
wid armchair copy 5W sigs, hasnt set up his base station yet, and KFW said that his
OCWN problem of high SWR, turned out to be a bad ground connection on the vert.
Ant
Chris asked IXN if he received his snailmail copy of
RF
Affirmative, said IXN! IXN
and KAT talked briefly abt earthquakes on the Whittier fault.
2/22/2004 40m
OCWN CW Net NCS/UEB
checked in IMW/6, CW, KA6G, GVG, KFW, OIO, RND, VDP, HKT, and NT. The Net was visited by a SSB QRMer and duly ignored
by all OPs. UEBs buggy whip
ant. seems to be working well
after Rick foiled Mother Natures wind attempts to
horizonatally polarize it! IMW/6, wid
keyclicks, told NCS that he wasnt using Henry today
And Ian
re-installed the vertical using two bags of quickcrete.
CW liked the temp. Net freq. of 7095 KHz much better, and Kathy sent John a
QSL. KA6G wasnt used to sitting in his
metal shack listening to CW in the rain, and GVG gave all OPs 5NN frm the QTH in N. San
Diego County, wid the disappearance of the Mexican SSB QRM.
KFW was just trying to stay dry, and Chris told Larry that he was unable to
attend the OCARC Club meeting. OIO went to the
mountains on Fri. It snowed all
day
Unable to get the chain tightners on Sat. morning, Ann came home when the road
was clear to discover that she no longer needs to go aloft!
The roof is no longer
leaking! RND made a few QSOs
yesterday
Rain always gets John on the air! Wid
5NN sigs on all OPs, VDP said that he is still going through parts frm a silent key,
amplifier-building Ham. HKT said that it had
been raining in Torrance all day Sat.,
including last nite, and Homer will be in Arizona next week. Wid the rain, NT is preparing fer the next weed
onslaught on the Hill, and Ray, working the WW DX Contest, found a couple of locals in far
places
W6SJ is C6A in the Bahamas, and (NCS missed call)____ is VP5M in Bermuda or
near there.
2/25/2004 10m Phone
Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in VKZ, CCD, IXN, and HHC. IXN
guessed correctly that tonites storm would veer off to the NE, and Bob & Lee
just got bk frm picking up a few bits at Homebase. AF6C,
watching the rain guage, started Net wid 0.04, and ending Net wid 0.07 of
rain, and Bob has started sanding off rust spots on his old auto. VKZ flew in & flew out
Frank
wanted to watch a PBS program on The Bombing of LA during the WWII era. CCD, finally getting the bathroom revamping done,
said that he was in Hollywood when the WWII
LA bomb scare took place. HHC, getting ready
fer a ski trip to Mammoth Lakes, didnt
hear his favorite carrier on frequency tonite.
And HHC & AF6C are both enrolled in an ARRL antenna modeling class via
the internet.
2/25/2004 2m Phone Net
W6ZE/IXN checked in KFW, AF6C, FUZ, AJE, and BSV. KFW
& XYL are off on a cruise tour of the Hawaiian
Islands come Mar. 6. And IXN & KFW briefly discussed OCWN news. AF6C, greeting FUZ and KFW, told OPs that he has
completed 4 lessons from his antenna modeling class. KFW
& AF6C then discussed transferring audio tapes & video tapes to CDs and DVDs. AJE checked in mobile on the way home frm work. John had already temporarily took dwn the quad at
the QTH to avoid damage frm the oncoming storm. Carl,
BSV, checked in oblivious to the falling rain
He was in the center of his apartment
wid no windows available. IXN & Lee were
glad to be inside the QTH on this nasty evening!
2/29/2004 40m
OCWN CW Net
NCS/UEB checked in IMW/6, KS6CW, KFW, KA6G, IB, OIO, RND, GVG, and VDP. UEB QSYd to 7085 KHz after strong SWB on the Net
freq., and Rick is working on an article hell submit to WorldRadio. IMW, on the air wid Henry, got sum
tubes fer Henry at the TRW Swapmeet. Ian
will miss next Net, hell be in Temecula. Both
UEB & CW viewed Passion of the Christ in different theatres, wid CW
commenting that this movie is a must see!
Kathy felt like she had
actually witnessed the Crucifixion! KFW told
NCS that he was ready fer Super Tuesday, and Chris cud not hear CWs
sigs. KFW & XYL will cruise to Hawaii soon, and KFW
QNXd to meet a friend. KA6G QNXd after telling
UEB that he likes Ricks ant., giving UEB peak sigs of 5NN! IB worked 9 countries in 45 min. in the DX Contest
on 10 & 15m, and Casey started his new job at WebEx in Rancho on Mar. 8. OIO will be working on the construction of her new
come-in-a-box computer desk, and RND, reading & taking it easy, had gud
copy on all OPs, and John wants to see sum more rain in our future. GVG said UEBs ant. is putting FB sigs into
Bonsall, and VDP, preparing to verify QSL cards fer a VUCC award fer a local OP, has been
fighting a cold the past week.
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