NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
7/03/2005 OCWN 40m CW Net NCS/UEB checked in IMW/6, KFW,
GVG, KS6CW, RND, KA6G, OIO, NT, VDP, IXN, and IOA/6/MM.
We were glad to hear NT bk on the air frm Corona del Mar, and Ron check in
marine mobile frm Santa Rosa Island, abt 46 miles frm the coastline off Ventura! UEB and family had a FB trip to Michigan, wid the
daughter returning home next Sat
And Rick accompanied IMW & JIL on a great
off-highway trip yesterday near Hemet. IMW said the trip was up Thomas Mt
(IXN:
Thomas Mt. is located on the south side of Garner Valley in the San Jacinto Fault Zone). KFW will leave next Sunday for a trip to the East
Coast. Chris will return late in August. GVG, using a balcony mounted whip ant.in Newport
Beach, welcomed UEB bk, and had gud sigs on Net OPs. NCS
then asked RND to call KS6CW
RND then relayed Kathys report to NCS
KS6CW
had vy weak sigs on OPs. KA6G, hving problems
wid the keyer, QNOed. OIO worked FD with a
Races Group, and it took Ann 2-½ days to recover
old age, maybe, says Ann
HI! NC then asked RND to call NT
OPs listened to
Rays first QSO frm Corona del Mar, and Ray will check in nxt week wid a better
antenna
RND gave NT a Nets welcome bk and turned the Net bk to NC. VDP, wid a FB field day last weekend, welcomed NT
bk to the Net, and Larry said there was a gud 6m opening on FD. IXN said that brother Lee hurt his back putting up
ants. at FD, so we have been visiting the chiropractor!
IOA, taking a break frm Jeep-ing, is hanging out on the water
Ron gave
the QTH as Santa Rosa Island, wid a log of IOTA. (NC note: That would be NA-144).
7/06/2005 15m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked
in HHC, IXN, and CCE. AF6C was born on July 4th,
and IXN was born on July 5th! AF6C
had a visit frm his sister frm back East, and a surprise visit frm his nephew! El Presidente, HHC, hooking up the 2m rig in a
hurry, volunteered to be NC fer the 2m Net next Wed, as IXN will be vacationing in the San
Jacinto Mts at the nieces mini-ranch. PEQ
told HHC that 2m & 440 MHz hve been experiencing tropo-ducting, and CCE, running QRP
tonite, told OPs abt a FB block party over at WK6Os QTH on the 4th
And
Kenan wished AF6C & IXN a happy BD. Then
IXN 73d to go out and spray fire ants before the 2m Net!
7/06/2005 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in JD, HHC, VDP, CCE, KTS, AF6C, and BWH/m. IXN
tnxed HHC fer accepting 2m NC duties next week, which Ken will conduct frm the Orange
County Fair! JD, at home & over to the
sons home, watched fireworks on TV, got a door fixed on Sat. morning, thus missing
the Club Bfast. HHC said that PEQ was hearing
tropoducting on 144.170 MHz beacon, and Ken caught one beacon just breaking the squelch! HHC, preparing to put FD photos on the website,
asked AF6C if he has received any FD pix frm AJE
AF6C replied negative, and Bob said that his nephew visited the QTH over the
4th , but had to leave to play golf in Las Vegas.
VDP, HHC, and AF6C had a brief discussion about how much distance would be
involved in a 5 sec. error in latitude, as discussed in a Heull Howser CA. Gold program on
a geographic marker. And VDP said that the
Club should investigate wire ants. vs towers & beams fer FD, and tower & beam
erections are becoming more difficult for aging hams!
CCE still loves his obnoxious illegal fireworks displayed by
WK6Os neighbors block party, wid a live band and a gud barbecue! KTS said that his call was previously owned by his
uncle, fer 50 yrs, in the state of Wash
Then David announced a Tech License Class to
be held in Huntington Beach Aug. 26, 27, and 28
If interested, call W7KTS. IXN & BWH agreed on the fireworks war
zone in Garden Grove, and BWH had family in frm Indaina & Santa Barbara, wid
kids 1mini-camping in the backyard. CCE
is looking fer a GROL exam location, and AF6C then aired Newsline file #1455
ARRL
opposes new Fla. law that allows police to arrest an illegal broadcaster without FCC
authorization, and the San Diego Gas & Electrics BPL experiment is on hold at
present!
Get ready fer quantum encryption, using photons. It is a new type of program and process to stop
internet snooping!
Tnx, AF6C!
7/10/2005 OCWN 40m CW Net - NCS/UEB checked
in IMW/6, IB, GVG, KS6CW, OIO, RND, HKT, VDP, KA6G, NT, and CCE. NCS experienced weak sigs on GVG, CW, and NTs
xmissions, and Rick had a nice QSO yesterday wid a OP in Michigan that he met on the W8UM
2m repeater
And UEBs harmonic has returned frm her trip wid a new iPod. IMW has been busy building a glowbug rcvr to go wid
his tube xmitters. IB, wid heavy QRN &
QSB, was going to work OCWN frm Fort Bragg, but conditions favored the northwest, so Casey
worked Washington & Oregon. GVG, in
Bonsall & copying most sigs at 57, was also hearing sum Mexican SSB. NC cud not copy KS6CW, and OIO was mighty glad that
the forest fire did not harm the cabin in the mountains! RND,
enjoying the summer WX, said the 40m band had picked up a little at the QTH. HKT missed last Net
Homer was enjoying the
dirt roads in Ariz. & eastern CA
HKT worked FD fer two clubs, wid 5 hrs of CW
operating & logging! VDP, wid lots of QRM,
will be operating the OC Fair next Wed., and KA6G may hve QRMed VDP fer part of VDPs
xmission, but Jim apologized, hoping that he has the keyer working properly now. NT, and the Net, were both experiencing weak sigs
frm each other
Ray is using the famous invisible antenna! CCE checked in and then kicked back to listen to
the Net.
7/13/2005 15m &
2m Phone Nets IXN and brother Lee were vacationing in the San Jacinto Mts. Both Nets convened at the Orange County Fair
Amateur Radio Booth, and Net summaries will appear in the 7/20/05 netnews reports.
7/17/2005 OCWN 40m CW Net - NCS/UEB checked
in IMW/6, OIO, VDP, NT, KS6CW, KA6G, SQL, and IB. UEB
wid sum QRN on IBs sigs near the end of Net, got bk frm his hot & humid business
trip to Chicago last week
Now Rick will be working on the lawn sprinklers later
today. IMW, wid family illness, got the
homebrew tube rcvr working last Sunday, and Ian hopes to have a complete tube station on
the air soon. OIO will head bk to the
fairgrounds this afternoon to close up our booth for another year, and Ann hopes to get
sum new recruits fer woodcarving! VDP operated
at the Orange County Fair last Wednesday, and last Tues. nite, Larry heard 6 commercial CW
stations, wid KPH running a vy loud 5 kW! NT,
using a temporary set-up and still unpacking at the new QTH in gloomy Corona del Mar,
hopes that Ian and family are feeling better! CW
thanked all Net OPs who gave her sig rpts via e-mail last Sunday
Kathy went to the
O.C. Fair Friday and saw the telegraph display by Christie, KÆIU. KA6G, still fine
tuning the keyer, must work on the antenna rotator so that he can turn his quad ant. W6SQL, QTH in Roseville, was using 12 watts frm a K2
Marc
was using an inverted V ant. up 8ft fer his 1st check-in to the Net. IB, wid heavy QRM & QSB and a temp. forecast of
106 F., gave NCS a 419 sig rpt
SCN noted that local QRN obscured much of Caseys
QSO
IB welcomed SQL to the Net.
7/20/2005 15m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked
in HHC, IXN, and CCE. The 7/13 15m and 2m Nets
were held at the Orange County Fair. Many hams
and possible future hams talked on the air! Tnx
to JD fer providing 2m comunications wid a group of young people at the Fair! AF6Cs sigs were weak tonite, as was the band
in general. And OPs discussed briefly the
OCARC labeled shirts that they picked up at I-Initial in Tustin. IXN & Lee got bk frm the San Jacinto Mts. where
they experienced 100+ temps. each day! HHC, NC
fer 2m last Wed. at the Fair, checked in JD, VDP, WK6O, AF6C, and CCE
And we thank
the PEQs, Christin & Dan, fer a well organized events at the Booth. OPs then discussed the probability of simultaneous
band openings on 6 and 10m. AF6C & IXN put
a damper on the inaccurate Mars close approach Internet E-mail. CCE, wid a headache, was contact #27 on the 50th
Disneyland Anniversary check-in list.
7/20/2005 2m Phone Net - W6ZE/IXN checked
in JD/m, KTS, CCD, CCE, HHC, and AF6C. JD met
a ham that may have a lot of ham gear available for the next Club auction! KTS, wid the flu & a cough last week, worked
the booth at the OC Fair
And David needs OPs to help with the MS-150 Event on Oct.
8-9, which starts at Huntington Beach State Park and ends on Sunday at Mission Bay in San
Diego. CCD worked the OC Fair last week, got a
new frig, spent a week at Lake Tahoe where Tom caught fish fer din-din! CCE told OPs that he enjoys ocean fishing, giving
AF6C & HHC an opening to suggest that the Club organize a future fishing trip as we
did in the old days! JD won a antenna
owl at Club meeting
It is now gracing Lowells dining room table, where it
sits staring Lowell down! KTS told
AF6C that he had not yet contacted Mr. Pett, and AF6C said that info. on Club T-shirts is
listed on the Club website. AF6C then aired
Newsline File #1457, and, as one ham put it, Jack is in the box!, referring to
Jack Gerritsen, who is now in jail fer terrorist threats to another ham & his
daughter
Tnx, Bob!
7/24/05 OCWN 40m CW Net - NCS/UEB checked in IMW/6, HKT, GVG, VDP,
KS6CW, RND, KA6G, NT, NU6T, IXN IOA/MM, SQL, and IB. UEB
said CW is about to depart frm ham licensing.
Adios to a good friend! IMW/6, wid FB Net sigs at the QTH, was able to copy
NT! NCS moved up freq. slightly to better copy
CWs sigs., and Ian told OPs that interest in CW is on the rise in Europe after CW
testing was dropped! And HKT, after going dirt
roads frm Jawbone Station thru Isabella on the west, camped in the Greenhorn Mts. GVG, in competition wid Mexican QRM, copied most
stations 57 in Bonsall, but Roy experienced an exciting lightning show wid a big power
failure but no damage. VDP is sweltering in
the heat, but sum breeze now. And KS6CW,
experiencing sum QRM, is looking forward to the ARRL Convention and the OCWN Luncheon. RND enjoyed watching Lance Armstrong win his 7th
Tour de France this morning, and John told OPs not to give up on CW just yet! KA6G is looking forward to the get-together in Riverside,
and Jim hopes that he finally got his keyer working satisfactorily! NT, working amidst the foggy, foggy dew
at Corona del Mar, is slowly adjusting to the new QTH
And Ray, still rummaging among
all the boxes, cant remember what he kept or gave away. NU6T is glad to be back, even wid the dead battery,
and sigs on OPs at about 555! IXN and brother
Lee spent the last 2 Sundays just north of Thomas Mt. in Garner Valley in the San Jacinto
Mts. IOA/MM, working QRP, reported 599 sigs on
all OPs at Santa Cruz Island today. SQL picked
up a nice J-38 key off eBay this week, and Marc finished building his KX-1 last nite. IB, checking into Net later, is expecting 100 deg.
temps today, and Casey enjoyed hearing IOA, NU6T, and SQL on the Net this morning
7/27/2005 15m Phone Net - W6ZE/AF6C checked
in IXN, CCD, HHC, and CCE. IXN had weak sigs
on NC until Bob swung the beam around, and IXN said that GW had talked wid XO, and that
XOs XYL is still recuperating frm medical problems.
CCD gave a freq. of 147.150 MHz fer those interested in listening to Space Shuttle
communications, and Tom said he'll see OPs at the Club potluck Sat. fer an
eyeball
Then Tom got the din-din call. AF6C
got an E-mail frm PEQ telling Bob to tune to 144.170 MHz to hear a Hawaiian beacon ducting
into CA! HHC did not hear the Hawaiian 2M
beacon tonite. HHC TNXed AF6C fer putting OC Fair pix up on the website. HHC mentioned the recent 20m rescue of a sailboat at
sea, telling OPs that BPL would most certainly have interfered wid rescue communications! Then HHC brought OPs up-to-date on recent
salt-water fishing boat inquiries. CCE said
that a recent Club visitor, Alan Bullock KD6LCL, visited him at work to check on audio
accessories fer his HT
Then Kenan said that he had repaired a sub-woofer circuit in a
home theatre system, and, he also picked up a Howard Sams book on electronic
repairs
And CCE suggested a fishing 101 course for those not familiar wid
ocean fishing. HHC, AF6C, CCE, and IXN then
had a round robin on fishing reels, line, and poles!
7/27/2005 2m Phone Net
- W6ZE/IXN checked in JD, N1AB, CCE, KTS/m, HHC, AF6C, and BWH. JD & XYL are staying close to the house &
cell phone as they await news of the birth of a new grand harmonic, either over the
weekend, or, on Monday! N1AB spent last week
visiting family bk in a humid, hot 97-98 degree New England!
And wid ABs
youngest harmonic getting her Tech ticket, AB now has a complete ham
family!
Congrats, Steve! CCE is looking
forward to a ocean fishing trip, but first comes the Club potluck at the PEQs come
Saturday! KTS checked in mobile at Main St.
& First in Santa Ana
David spent 3 tours of duty at the Orange County Fair Booth,
telling OPs that the Booth received Best of Show Award!
Now KTS must
spend sum time touring the MS 150 Bike Tour route, the event being scvheduled fer Oct.
8-9. HHC welcomed N1AB bk frm vacation. Ken
said that 446.120 MHz is also carrying Shuttle communications. HHC is busy trying to
schedule a fishing trip fer interested OCARC members!
AF6C wonders what a fishing license will cost, and then Bob had a power supply
problem while recording Newsline File
So Newsline xmitting duties was shared by the
two Bobs, AF6C & KD6BWH! Newsline File #1458 mentioned the FCC scrapping of code fer a
ham license, and, that the Boy Scout Jamboree will be operating ARS K2BSA during the
jamboree!
Tnx Bob & Bob!
7/31/2005 OCWN 40m CW Net - NCS/UEB checked in IMW/6, KS6CW, IB,
KA6G, RND, VDP, OIO, IXN, IC, SQL, GVG, and NT. UEBs
XYL returned frm a business trip to Toronto, and the 16-yr old harmonic started her 1st
job this week! IMW, pleased wid QNIs this
morning wid lots of gud sigs, went to TRW swapmeet, but left before it got too hot
Now
Ian is preparing fer a trip to the Isle of Man in Aug.
CW will be on vacation for most of August, but Kathy will be wid us agn on
the last Sunday of the month. IB, wid a temp
of 77 deg. in Meadow Vista, and planning to get to the horses before the heat, said that
SQLs K1, running 4W, is being heard all over the West.
KA6G, wondering why Net sigs are abt 15 db above normal this morning,
reported a not-too-bad temp. of 92 deg. F yesterday. RND,
wid a temp of 75.6 deg. F at the QTH, and gud sigs on all, sends congrats to Rick on
having all the YLs and XYLs working in the household!
VDP continues to rummage thru oceans of ham gear parts at the QTH, and OIO,
scraping several years of rust streaks on the van, ended up wid a hole 15 x 1 ½ inches
Repairs
will include fiberglassing and Ann hopes to be finished next week. IXN has to keep his eye on black, furry aggressive
jumping spiders hiding in the garden flowers, and AE6IC has a grandharmonic at the Scout
Jamboree, and Fred says the shack is a mess
They are redoing the floors! SQL, using 12W in Roseville, hopes OPs can hear him
NCS
gave Marc a 559 wid QSB. GVG, using a mobile
whip, reports much traffic along the beach wid summer tourists. NT, wid weak sigs at NCS QTH, is still
adjusting to the new QTH.
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