NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
02/06/2008
10m Phone Net
- W6ZE/AF6C checked in CF, HC, HHC, GEN, and IXN. AF6C
stripped the bathroom floor and refinished it
Bob now has an irritated nose &
throat frm the dust!
And Bob has placed a 75th OCARC anniversary banner
& a dues paid update on the website. CF
& XYL are still eating frm the microwave
The new kitchen counter tops have not
yet arrived! HC is looking forward to the DX
Contest next weekend while watching Huell Howser tour a microwave site on TV, and Arnie is
looking forward to a DXpedition to Clipperton Island come March. AF6C surprised himself when he found a sought-after
connector at Radio Shack, and Bob told IXN that he has ARRL Audio News ready fer the 2m
Net. HC has promised to give the Club a
powerpoint presentation on the 3B7C DXpedition in the near future. HHC & OPs
told AF6C that his audio quality was FB tonite. Chet-GEN
told HHC & OPs that he enjoyed the eyeball-conversations at last Club meeting.
02/06/2008
2m Phone Net
- W6ZE/IXN checked in CF, AF6C, HHC, and FKX. CF
is recovering frm a cold and hopes that workers will finish kitchen countertops Friday. HHC told IXN that disasterous snow slides at
Mammoth are prevented by using a canon & dynamite to remove suspected loose snow pack.
Ken said that the choppy sound bursts
QRN heard between 12½ to 15 MHz may be manmade!
WB6FCP also detected a 360 Hz tone! FKX will hold a kick-off meeting tomorrow to
prepare 30 people, including his Geology at Different Environments students,
for an upcomong 6-day trip to Grand Canyon
They will all take 4 conditioning hikes
first. AF6C, resting his voice after
refinishing the kitchen floor, aired ARRL Audio News at 9:01 hrs.PST
The ARRL website
is being re-designed
NTIA continues administration policy of falsifying numbers
concerning Broadband Over Power Lines users, thousands upon thousands of users, while the
FCC says about 5,000 users!
ARRL Audio News concluded at 9:18 hrs. local
time
Tnx, Bob!
02/13/2008 10m
Phone Net
W6ZE/AF6C checked in CF, HHC,
02/13/2008 2m
Phone Net
W6ZE/IXN checked in CF, HHC, FKX, CCE, KØBWH/SKYPE (via
HHCs QTH), AF6C, and GW. CF has S8 sigs
at IXNs QTH tonite, and Nicolas said other OP sigs were weaker. HHC is looking fer a smaller turnout at Fri. Club
meeting wid the CW Contest in competition wid us! HHC said that Lowell-JD is
now in rehab. Linda wid her Coffee Clutch and
running the store, and ØBWH now calling bingo
games and making friends around the countryside, leads one to ask, When will Bob run
for Mayor of Sheldon, ND.?
Bob said that temps are ranging between 0 18
deg. F. at present, wid bare patches of ground showing in the snow fields. FKX knows all about ND WX, Doug spent 4 years in
WY!
Just bk wid his students frm a trip to San Onofre and the Christianitos Fault,
Doug is looking forward to the Grand Canyon trip. CCE
is now researching a new 1x2 call to go wid his new XTRA ticket
In LA on Friday,
Kenan will miss Club meeting. AF6C loaded the
IPOD wid ARRL Audio News fer 2/8/08 and aired the News starting at 21:06 hrs local
time
There are some rules changes fer GOTA stations on FD, including bonus
points
Watch QST for these changes!
Dont forget the ARRL DX Contest this
weekend, and the NTIA report on BPL is a snow job
There is no reliable data to
support their claim of 231,000 BPL users!
Tnx, Bob. ARRL Audio News concluded
at 21:26 hrs. local time. GW, wid more leisure
time at her new job, is once again playing wid a music ensemble at
02/20/2008
10m Phone Net - Wid HHC,
CF, and IXN checked in early, W6ZE/AF6C then checked in AB, WP, and KØBWH/SKYPE, frm
HHCs QTH. CF, wid S7 sigs, briefly
discussed the upcoming 75th
02/20/2008 2m
Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN
checked in N8WP, CF, AF6C, FKX, HHC wid BWH/SKYPE (frm
North Dakota), VDP, and GW. IXN is doing his
taxes, and WP just bought an F-250 Super Duty diesel truck which he plans to convert to
bio-fuel! Kitchen renovations have slowed at
CFs QTH
seems the old increase the budget routine after original
estimates has slipped into the turkeyworks! However
Nicolas & XYL hope to have the new stove installed and be cooking in the kitchen by
next month!
02/27/2008
10m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C
checked in CF, HHC IXN, and N5YRJ(Steve). AF6C
is working on some of his mothers financial papers, and Bob is getting a pair of
earphones repaired. AF6C & IXN briefly
discussed nasty weeds growing in their lawns, and AF6C and CF briefly discuss
Nicolas logo for the 75th anniversary of the OCARC. HHC and family are off for a week of skiing at
Mammoth this weekend, wid Ken picking up a new K-500 lip antenna mount to replace the
magmount that kept blowing off in high winds during the last ski trip. HHC was vy pleased wid the 7 prospective clib editors
lined up fer future issues of RF. YRJ
checked in wid gud sigs frm Mission Viejo after being absent frm the Net fer
awhile
OPs were glad to hve YRJs sigs bk wid us agn. Most OPs did not copy the QRN S5-S6 sigs at
HHCs QTH!
02/27/2008 2m
Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN
checked in HHC, CF, EH, and AF6C. AF6C told
OPs that he will air this weeks ARRL Audio News at Nets end, and things have
been bustling at CFs QTH wid kitchen renovations nearing completion, wid microwave
installation and cook-top & washer repairs bringing up the rear! HHC, wid no SKYPE tonite frm BWH in