NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
08/08/2007 10m Phone
Net W6ZE/AF6C checked in HHC, IXN, CF, HK, KE7JMC (Thatcher), K7QXG(Bob),
CCD, HC, W9TRH(Tom), and W7LJB(Larry). Wow!
10m
is starting to open up in the evening!
If you want to get in on the DX, get new 10-10
numbers, etc., you better start checking into the 10m Net!
AF6C didnt find anything exciting in the Club mailbox, and HHC, cool
drink by his side, just sat down to enjoy the Net, and telling CF that come Sat., a
different antenna will end Nicolas weak sigs! IXN
copied CF abt S1-S3 wid QSB. HK cudnt
hear KE6JMC, Thatcher, located on
08/08/2007 2m Phone
Net - W6ZE/IXN checked in JD,
WB6VUB(Mike), HHC, AF6C, CF, HC, WTQ, EVX, and
KTS. JD & XYL, wid son & family, ended
up at Chucky Cheese where the kids cud entertain themselves. VUB, in Long Beach,
joined us to talk wid former Boeing employees
JD & AF6C. HHC, after a HI to Mike &
Robert, described a MOXON antenna to IXN. Then
Ken reminded OPs not to forget the August 17 OCARC meeting.
AF6C told IXN that ARRL Audio
News is ready to air at Nets end, and IXN told CF that he didnt know who the
speaker will be at the OCA meeting Fri. eve. CF
is also looking forward to a 10m antenna
raising session at the QTH come Saturday! HC
told CF athat he has a used 18 AVQ HYGAIN ant fer sale, and, Arnie has been chasing a
lil DX, plus working the North American QSO Party on CW. WTQ flew in and flew out
Robert
has to get up early tomorrow morning. KTS
continues working wid loans, and David is preparing fer 2 MS events in Sept. & Oct. EVX asked IXN abt BPL in our local area. IXN told Robert that experimental BPL was in
progress in the
08/15/2007 10m Phone
Net W6ZE/AF6C checked in LDC, IXN, CF, HHC, HK, CCD, and HC. AF6C is getting a face lift on the streets and
sidewalks arnd the QTH, and DLA and Bob will be off to the Braille Institute to repair
some talking books machines tomorrow. LDC
& XYL spent the last week in
08/15/2007 2m Phone
Net W6ZE/IXN checked in CF, JD, KTS, KFW, AF6C, HHC, KØBWH/Skype, and HC. CF said
that his water heater decided to take a leak!, so Nicolas and a friend
replaced the errant water heater wid a new one. Wid
the high heat, JD decided to kick back and enjoy the Net.
KTS, up to his ears in mortgage deals, is preparing for the MS Walk on Sept.
7, 8, and 9, and, the Bike Tour coming up on Oct 13 and 14
David has been
participating in these events fer 25 years!
Congrats, David! KFW, bk home frm din-din at the Elks Club wid the
XYL, is playing wid a new laptop computer wid Windows VISTA.
IXN likewise has a new desktop loaded wid Windows VISTA. AF6C has ARRL Audio News ready to air, and IXN will
check out his MFJ-392B headset fer AF6C to see if left & right earphones exhibit the
same resistance. HHC SKYPED in BWH in Sheldon
,ND
Meteors werent the 1st thing on Bobs mind wid 4 or 5
tornadoes swirling arnd close by the QTH!
Bob escaped the damage although sum of his
neighbors did not fare so well!
But, anyway, the sweet corn is ready!
Wish we
were ther, Bob! AF6C then aired ARRL Audio
News fer Aug. 10, at 21:17 hrs. local
The Huntsville Alabama ARRL Convention &
Hamfest occurs Aug. 18 & 19
ARRL Teachers Institute reached 45 schools, 48
teachers pre-school thru adult, wid wireless
technology basics and robotics including teaching materials!
Congradts, ARRL!
There
will be no ARRL Audio News fer Aug. 17
21:36 hrs. local
Tnx, Bob!
08/22/2007 10m Phone
Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked in CF, IXN,
DHT, HHC, and HC. AF6C found sum slides of old
events frm way back, so Bob broke out his ancient slide projector, cleaned, oiled, and got
it running, and enjoyed sum old memories! IXN
reported on the bedlam, at
08/22/2007 2m Phone
Net W6ZE/IXN checked in AB, CF, JD, KI6KSI(Doug), AF6C, and HHC. AB, not feeling well, has had a busy week.
Steve may have picked up a lil food poisoning!
Steve has embarked on a project using a QRP rig wid solar power CF,
not hearing AB too well, hopes that Steve is recovering, and Nicolas hopes 10m OPs hear
strong sigs frm his QTH by Sept. 1! JD cudnt
hear ABs sigs too well, and
08/29/2007 10m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C
checked in IXN, DHT, and HHC. AF6C and DLA are
off to the Braille Institute to refurbish more audio books tomorrow. AF6C is busy putting together another
edition of RF, and IXN will write to Robert E. Haven, a former OCARC member,
in the pre-world war II days. DHT, formerly a
ham in the
08/29/2007 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in CF, AF6C, K6KSI(Doug) in HB, HHC, and oldtimer Al, KGM, in