NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
03/07/2007 10m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C
checked in IXN, N1AB, HHC, and GEP. IXN
reported on increased seismic activity frm Ridgecrest past Lake Isabella to the
northeastern end of the White Wolf Fault. OPs
then discussed the early daylight savings time to begin this weekend. N1AB, installing a new cable, asked OPs fer
stripping length fer a PL-259, and, Steve will have a new Club roster ready by the end of
the month. AF6C now has badges made fer new
Club members and finished editing an audio file frm 88 megs to 22 megs! HHC & family had a fun skiing trip in the High
Sierras and Ken emailed a couple of FB roadside pix of roadside scenery to OPs!
(Ed.
note: the steam vent was vy interesting!) GEP, wid badminton sched. cancelled, checked into
Net, and Tim told OPs that he worked a Contest last weekend.
03/07/2007 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in AUL, KTS, AF6C, HHC, and KØBWH via SKYPE on the side wid HHC. AUL said that he has received most articles fer
March RF, hving just received one frm PEQ, Dan
Nicolas now awaits
The Prez Says
And, do not send email to AULs old email adr, it will
delete all attached files! HHC sent AUL 3
articles and a template of a WORD article to AUL. KTS
told IXN that he is a broker, not a lender, in the real estate market, and David is
preparing fer MS activities that begin next month. KØBWH,
checking in frm Sheldon, ND, wid a 19 deg. temp and abt 20 of snow, plans to put 2
acres of sweet corn in fer himself & his neighbors on a community plot
Bob will
also plant field corn on the farm, probably for use in making ethanol
Some corn is
used for cattle production in the area
And, the RR whistle is blowing as Sheldon
businessmen try to get BWH on the Town Council! AF6C,
wid an ARRL Audio News ready to air, is designing a control box for the HAM-M rotator. HHC, glad to see KTS at the Watson RC meeting last
Fri. morning, congratulated AUL on the upgrade to General, and, Ken reported on the
familys FB vacation at Mammoth
(Great pix, Ken!)
AF6C then aired Mar 2 ARRL Audio News
There is an avalanche fer ham license
upgrade applications since CW was eliminated
ARRL is backlogged already wid test
results awaiting to be checked and forwarded to FCC fer new tickets!
ARRL says that
the Manassas BPL interference problem still exists, and the League is now questioning FCC
test results which supposedly led the FCC to give Manassas BPL a clear bill of
health!
Tnx, Bob!
03/14/2007 10m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C
checked in IXN, LDC, JD, KTS, and HHC. IXNs
atomic clock changed to daylight time wid no problems as did most OPs clocks. AF6C got the ant. rotator control box working, and
Bob is now refurbishing an old DM-501 multimeter. LDC
sets his own clocks by hand, and LDC and XYL plan a train trip to the Grand Canyon in
April
And Larry is trying to find a spot for the chart he won at the auction. All three of JDs clocks changed
automatically, and Lowell, enjoying the cool air coming in the open door, will soon
venture upstairs to get ready fer the 2m Net. KTS,
going up to San Barnardino fer St. Patricks Day, will attend Fri. eve. Club meeting. HHC, arriving home late and checking into Net, wid
a high center of gravity glass of wine on the side, inadvertently bumps the glass which
succumbs to the pull of gravity, depositing the wine on the rug!
Wid the mike in one
hand and the other hand, along wid Diane, ridding the carpet of the wine, joins AF6C in
telling IXN about a 5 stage tuned low pass filter
Then Ken told OPs that work is
proceeding on removing ants. frm SK W6NGOs tower, and, after the mast is removed,
the tower will be ready for shipping to its new owner.
03/14/207 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in JD, KTS, AB, AUL, VDP, HER, AF6C, KØBWH (via SKYPE), HHC, & IEB(Stan). JD kept the house closed up all day and opened the
doors around 4:30 pm. fer a cool-down
Lowell & XYL were out shopping during the
day so JD will kick bk and listen to the Net.
KTS and a friend will be off to the Santa Anita Racetrack on St.
Pattys Day, and AB is preparing fer Field Day and looking forward to Fri. eve. Club
meeting. OPs enjoyed having Stan, KD6IEB, frm Costa
Mesa, check into Net. But AUL cud not hear
Stan, and, Nicolas had family house guests misplaced during the Villa Park/Irvine Park
fire! VDP, wid the XYL at the new AZ QTH
watching sum construction on an outbuilding and preparing for the future move, will return
to AZ in a couple of weeks. AF6C told VDP that
the Club needs a replacement for him for the Awards Committee
And AF6C told VDP that
he cud add the 955 to the junkbox. After 35
yrs, AF6C discovered that the motor capacitor fer the ant. rotator had developed a high
power factor!
And AF6C got his ears lowered today. HHC, wid BWH via SKYPE on the side, spent Sunday
afternoon wid the Orange RACES group in El Modena Highschool (Red Cross shelter) working
the Anaheim Hills fire. BWH said Sheldon, ND
was having beautiful WX, wid bare ground now showing thru the snow at the QTH, and geese
in the air flying north. AF6C and OPs
complimented AUL on a FB RF fer March, and then Bob aired March 9 Audio
News
You can be a member of the ARRL Diamond Club fer $75/yr, or buy a brick engraved
wid ur call fer the Diamond Club Wall at $350/brick
Read all abt it at www.arrl.org
AZ and MD hve bills in the legislature
that wud extend PRB-1 protection against CC&Rs
23 states hve already adopted
PRB-1 protection!
Tnx, Bob!
3/21/2007 10m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked
in LDC, IXN, GMU, HHC, KTS, K6DER(Brian), N1AB, and KØBWH.
LDC, wid visitors at the QTH over last weekend, will be off wid friends this
weekend to the Marines Open Beach at Camp Pendleton. IXN
is still searching fer info. on the 5-stage capacitor tuned Taylor low pass filter. GMU, in Cypress, had weak sigs at IXNs QTH. HHC, wid KØBWH SKYPEd in on the side, greeted
Brian, DER, whom Ken met, mobile, on 2m earlier. HHC
is working on a HF vert. ant. fer Orange RACES on top of the OPD building. And Ken is deep in preparations for Baker-to-Vegas
just around the corner! BWH has sum Spring
flowers poking up their leaves abt 2 above the ground in Sheldon, ND
Bob says
the WX is beginning to break and Spring is in the air.
KTS and KOS has a great time St. Pattys Day at the horse races at the
Santa Anita Race Track
And David attended a South County ARA meeting Mon. eve. DER, wid S9 sigs using a TS2000 and a Diamond
vertical ant. up abt 35 ft., was busy testing out his RF gear. AB, soldering a connector on a Q5RV ant., invited
DER to a Club meeting and to Field Day with the Club, and, Steve bought a new hexagon
treehouse structure wid see-thru screen down all sides, to be used at Field Day. AF6C, doing sum weeding arnd the QTH, and still
adjusting the new computer controlled antenna rotator control box, announced an ARRL Audio
News podcast fer the 2m Net.
03/21/2007 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in TZJ, AUL, KTS, JD, HHC wid BWH/SKYPE, GMU, AB, and AF6C.
TZJ, J.D. in Sun City, flew in & flew out. IXN congratulated AUL on a gud RF, and
IXN told KTS about new MS research up on the Web
David also mentioned sum test
sessions available fer upgrading
Give KTS a landline if interested! JD, living the good life taking side trips,
shopping, and enjoying the grandkids. HHC
enjoyed Nicks talk on Comet ants. at Club meeting, and Ken is busy installing a
Hustler ant. on the OPD building fer COAR operations.
BWH is taking off layers of clothing wid temps rising between 29 & 35
deg. in Sheldon, and, wid Spring just arnd the corner, Bob has now thinned out his heavy
winter beard!
And gas, at $3.10/gal. in CA is no match fer gas prices in Sheldon at
$2.45/gal.!
And BWH talked abt a new gasoline additive, CA40G, which is supposed to
give a 10% increase in fuel efficiency!!
(CA take note!) GMU got his new call letter license plates, and
Paul has been under the WX this past week.
AB flew in and flew out, and AF6C will build a new power supply
for selsun motors in the ant. rotator control box
Bob also picked up a couple of
MAF-154 power transistors, and, AF6C reported abt .02 of precipitation durin the
last rain
Bob then aired the 3/16/07 ARRL Audio News
ARRL VEC program growing by
leaps and bounds
June 23 & 24 is Field Day
Morse Code is still popular fer
FD (complete info. on ARRL website)
Going to Dayton Hamvention this year? Visit the AMSAT booth!
Find out more at AMSAT.org
Tnx, Bob!
03/28/2007 10m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C
checked in HHC, IXN, KTS, LDC, JD, DER, and HK. AF6c,
enjoying a bowl of popcorn, reported .02 of rain and 42 mi/hr winds at the QTH
during the last storm, and Bob said that while copying PSK-31 20m CW, the computer screen
delayed in printing the copy! HHC will try to
pick up Europe PSK-31 CW on 20m tomorrow. HHC
has slow scan TV software on the laptop but not on the desktop computer, version 1.04
MMSSTV freeware frm Japan that works vey well. IXN,
hving left last Club meeting early, missed the Club vote to investigate buying an 80
tower-trailer combo wid ancillary equipment open fer bids in Santa Barbara, and Bobs
garden plants assumed 45 deg. angles during the last storm!
KTS says the economy is improving, and David does not share the
profits of doom attitude in the real estate market. AF6C lost a few shake shingles during the last
storm, and Bob brought back old memories wid the 119 Carl & Jerry ham radio stories
popular in the 50s in Popular Electronics magazine.
LDC, under the WX wid gas(not the $3 kind) and diahrea, suffered no wind damage frm
the storm, and JD, wid all OP sigs loud & clear, said that Loren, LFD, would
temporarily house the Club purchases the tower-trailer combo. DER will join OCARC fer FD festivities, and Brian
will try to check into 2m Net tonite. HK
announced a RACES meeting at the Sheriffs Community Bldg. upstairs, featuring NOA
wid GPS, APRS demonstration Mon. eve. at 7:30 pm.
03/28/2007 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in KTS, JD, HHC, AUL, EVX, AF6C, and KØBWH (on side wid HHC via SKYPE). KTS does not share Bob Ms outlook, on the
mortgage industrys future, on KNX David also commented on the increase
in new hams since dropping the CW requirement for a ticket went into effect. JD, out driving during the strong wind storm, felt
the auto trying to move sideways on his trip to Fullerton
And JD has the MMSSTV
software on disk. EVX said the Gift for
Life 4K walk & run event, scheduled fer Apr. 28, needs more operators. Info. is up on the Club webpage and if you can
help, contact kb6cmo@arrl.net, or landline him at
(714)680-4258. AF6C talked abt the water
shortage in Orange County, the 42 mi/hr winds lifting shingles frm the roof of the QTH,
and telling IXN that ARRL Audio News is ready to air.
HHC, wid BWH on the side, announced Baker-to-Vegas Apr. 21 & 22, and
receipt of AULs e-mail
BWH and Linda, bk frm the bingo game, said the flowers
are sprouting and the grass is getting green in Sheldon, ND
IXN will check on the
elevation of Sheldon above sea level.
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