NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
08/03/2011
10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in N8AE, N6HC, N8UZE, W6HHC, WB6IXN, KE6YHX, KI6VEN, K6DNR, and
WB9YCJ. HHC is back from a short trip to the
Sierra Nevada, and AE has been taking pix at the Bolsa Chica Game Preserve. IXN says Lee will bring rattle snake pix with him
at next Club meeting. HC, wid a busy sched
ahead, is looking to Nov. & Dec. for recuperation time, and Arnie Checked into the
Anacapa Island mini-DXpecition last weekend.Arnie & OPs announced that the OCARO Booth
at the OC Fair once again took a Blue Ribbon for publicizing amateur radio to the public! UZE had nothing to do wid the rattlesnake that AE
saw at the Bolsa Chica Game Preserve, and WB9YCJ & KB6CJZ both checked into Net from
K6F at the Orange County Fair. Wid the knee
healing well, HHC will get an article from W6UX for the Club newsletter concerning the
DXpedition wid W6GEP & AD6RI to Anacapa Island. It
was good to hear Phil, VEN, on the Net once again after he elevated his antennas, and DNR
was really impressed wid the young teeage balloonist ham & his presentation at last
Club meeting!
08/03/2011
2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6GMU, K6F(Orange County Fair), AF6CF, AF6C, KE6YHX, N8AE,
K6DNR, KR6J, W6UX, and N6HC. El Presidente GMU
& IXN briefly discuss the Leonid & Perseid meteor showers, and Paul & AF6CF
will be at the OC Fair Booth come Saturday. and Don, KE6BXT, checks into Net from K6F. AF6CF built a frequency meter that is small and
easy to use! AF6C said that HHC didn’t
check into Net because the 2m rig is still in the car…AF6C is installing a drip
system for the plants, and Bob is taking physical therapy to control shoulder muscular
pain. YHX got a new WX station and it is doing
FB!...Now it’s barometric pressure on the Net! AE
will bring rattlesnake pix to next Club meeting. And
UX reported that he, GEP, and AD6RI worked all continents at last weekend mini-DXpedition
to Anacapa Island. KR6J didn’t like the
OCARO Booth location and he talked wid Gordo abt moving it next year. N6HC came onboard to congratulate UX, GEP, and RI
for a successful mini-DXpedition, and joining the ‘Big Gun’ DXers gang!
08/10/2011
10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in N8AE, N8UZE, KB6CJZ, WB6IXN, W6HHC, KE6YHX, and W6JTT. AF6C, still eating din-din, successfully trimmed
the bouganvilla avoiding the prickly thorns!...And Bob reported that PFA is doing a ’lil
better. AE put up a hummingbird feeder on the
balcony and hummers are now visiting AE & UZE… Carl & Dee were at the OCARO
Ham Booth last Saturday, and Carl hasn’t received a operator’s schedule for ham
radio operations for Aug. on the Queen Mary. CJZ
was at the OCARO Booth last Wednesday, and when Robbie visited PFA, he was sleeping. IXN and HHC cudn’t copy JTT…Sam checked
into Net from Idyllwild! AE told HHC that he
didn’t take pix of the Ham Booth…He was busy helping UZE giving ham license
tests. IXN finished Brian Greene’s book
on the New Reality and parallel universes…WOW!...Physics has advanced beyond anything
I taught in high school! YHX checked in and,
shortly thereafter, went out for din-din.
8/10/2011
2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6GMU, W6UX, KJ6LHA, AF6C, W6JTT, and KR6J. The OCARC congratulates both W6UX & K6GEP, Jeff
& Tim, for a very successful mini-DXpedition to Anacapa Island!...Now to prepare for
another event, a possible Club contest for the CA. QSO Party come September! GMU & AF6CF may join IXN at the OCA meeting
this Friday evening at Chapman College. A
wrenched back prevented UZ from going to the OC Fair last Sunday, and LHA just got back
from a two-week trip up the coast to an onion festival, Grants Pass, Eureka, and coming
home the inland route. AF6C has installed a
drip system in front of the QTH, and Bob has to go to Braille Institute headquarters for a
course on the new book reading machines repair & maintenance.
8/17/2011
10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in K6CCD, N8AE, KE6YHX, WB6IXN, W6HHC, W6JTT, and K6DNR. CCD checked in on an old time Radio Shack rig wid
Q5 sigs…It was good to have Tom back on the Net wid us!
AE joined us after typing away on Spacebook, working CCD just before Net,
and talking about the summer tornados in the Midwest.
YHX gave OPs the WX report and discussed gel cell battery Output wid AF6C. IXN agrees wid AF6C on rotating NCs for the Club
Nets, and Bob reads a couple astronomy nes items to OPs.
AF6C announced the Friday nite Club talk will be on APRS. DNR, hearing all OPs, checked out Club meeting
site, and copied thru QRN tonite. JTT, also
wid high QRN, cud not copy all OPs. HHC,
monitoring the Net, checked out strange wiggles on AF6C’s sigs.
8/17/2011
2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6GMU, KR6J, W6UX, W6JTT, N8AE, K6DNR, KE6YHX, AF6CF, AF6C,
KJ6LHA. IXN said brother Lee will bring
rattlesnake pix to Club meeting Fri. nite, and El Presidente GMU is looking forward to the
APRS program at Club meeting Fri. eve. IXN
congratulated GMU & AF6CF on joining the Orange County Astronomers…OCARC is well
represented in the OCA wid IXN making the 3rd Club member in the group! KR6J has gud sig reports wid the new 2m antenna,
will miss Meeting Fri. eve., and is going back to school in the Fall. UX is looking forward the the Club’s CA QSO
Party/Portable in the Park event…Check out details on the Club website!...And Jeff
said that if you are traveling cross-country, check out repeaterbook.com to find repeater
sites along your route. JTT was surprised wid
communications wid the Net from 125 mile distant Idyllwild last week. AE’s last name conjured up IXN memories of
Geologist Dr. Art Flint, who taught Seismology at Chapman University, And Carl will be
bringing some pictures to Club meeting Friday nite. DNR
checked in, kicked back, and is listening to the rest of the Net. YHX looking forward to Club meeting, has been using
APRS for 5 yrs. CF, LHA, and IXN briefly
discussed the very short life of security codes. AF6C announced the death of
long time Club member, Elmer Thomas, W6PFA, who helped service talking book machines at
the Braille Institute…We need a replacement volunteer!...If interested, contact AF6C.
8/24/2011
10m Phone Net
– With no formal Net tonite NC was assumed by Arnie, N6HC, who checked in W6JTT and
NI6E.
8/24/2011
2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/IXN checked in N8AE/m, W6JTT, K6VDP, K6DNR, KJ6LHA, KJ6OTQ, K6MOP, KJ6OML, and
AF6CF. Wid UZE home reading and watching TV,
Carl checked in mobile in the Tustin area where he was buying a ’lil dessert. JTT commented on his 10m check-in wid HC &
N6IE, Peter. DNR checked into Net just after
leaving the Westminster RACES Net, and LHA wondered why the 5.3 Colorado EQ didn’t
receive as much attention as the 5.8 Appalachian plateau quake in VA. KJ6OTQ ‘flew in and flew out, and Mike, K6MOP,
did likewise. Gene, KE6OML, described a homemade antenna, and plans to join the Club
at next meeting. CF, busy as usual, checked in
at Net’s end.
8/31/11
10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in N6HC, KE6YHX, WB6IXN, W6HHC, W6JTT, and K6DNR. HC doesn’t
need a reminder email to remember the Club nets on Wednesday evenings…IXN said YES to
the email since he finds it difficult to remember the days of the week! The tally will come later…a 1 meant useful, a
2 meant somewhat useful, a 3 meant not useful. AF6C
said his sister in the Boston area came through the hurricane OK with a power outage and
trees down on the property. YHX fixed a rig
tuning problem, and IXN still proposes rotating NCs for the Club Nets. HHC told OPs abt very successful DATV communications between here
and Melbourne, Australia, last Friday. JTT
voted a 1 in the email survey, and DNR finds the email net reminders very helpful.
8/31/11
2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6JTT, W6GMU, KR6J, KE6YHX, AF6C, K6VDP, W6HHC, KJ6OML,
KJ6LHA, AF6CF, KE6DNR, KC6EVX, and KF6CBS. JTT
has a sig problem wid morning glories growing on one leg of the dipole! GNU reminds OPs of no Board meeting…reason…HAMCON! KR6J is back in school taking one class and will be
bicycling for exercise and upcoming team competition.
YHX volunteered to take over 2m Net as NC next week, and, Corey offered to
act as volunteer Net Control on a future 10m Net!...TNX, Corey! AF6C & IXN briefly discuss rotating NCs for the
Club Nets, and Bob tells OPs about the Braille Institute new digital readers which he an
DLA will be servicing…Want to volunteer some help?...Call AF6C for more info. VDP, bk in OC, cud only hear HKT, Homer, on the CW
Net (7.086 MHz) in AZ last Sunday. HHC told
OPs abt very successful DATV communications, using 1.2 GHz, SKYPE, repeaters, etc., to a
DATV QSO Party in Melbourne, Australia. Congrats
to Gene, KJ6OML, and the XYL…Gene passed the General test and the XYL passed the Tech
test! LHA finds the email Club Net reminder
useful and CF plays wid USB to a computer. EVX
checks into Net from Anaheim wid gud sigs, and DNR finds the email Club net reminder vy
useful. KF6CBS ‘flies in & flies out’.