NETNEWS
by WB6IXN
4/04/2012 10M Phone Net
– W6ZE/KE6YHX checked in N6HC, WB6IXN, W6JTT, AF6C, and W6HHC. Arnie, HC, worked the VK9N Norfolk Island
DXpedition on 6M!!! IXN and Lee entertained their two nieces from N. & S.
CA. YHX enjoyed the 1st AF6C soldering class
last Saturday at HHC’s QTH held on Ken’s patio, and, Corey completed work on the
WX station…YHX was waiting to check into another Net.
JTT, QTH near the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, was down in the QRN at
IXN’s QTH. AF6C said the soldering class, held last Saturday at HHC’s QTH, went well.
Ken HHC said that the final equipment check for the Baker-to-Vegas Run will be held
next Saturday.
4/04/2012 2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in KE6YHX, W6JTT, KR6J, W6EDS(Scott), KF6EVX, AF6C, W6GMU, and
WB6NQW(Ron). YHX is now ready to continue work
on his seismometer. JTT resurrects an old
EICOM 718 and KR6J will graduate in May wid an associate degree in science &
engineering technology. EDS, Scott, checked in
and may visit us at a furure Club meeting. EVX
said that Gene Thorpe, KB6CFO, still needs 18 to 26 OPs for the Donate for Life program,
28th of April, phone 1-714-680-4258 if interested. AF6C worked alone repairing talking book machines
at Braille Institute today…COULD YOU VOLUNTEER HELP?...Contact Bob, AF6C, here on the
Net or at Club meeting! Scott, W6EDS, said
that Art Sheldon, W7ZE, will retire from work on Apr. 13…Art was a long time OCARC
member & Officer of the Club! GMU
announced that the Club meeting is next week, one week early to avoid conflict with the
Visalia DX meeting. Volunteers for field Day
setup, teardown, team positions, etc., contact Dee, N8UZE!
Ron, WB6NQW, ‘flew in and flew out’.
4/11/2012 10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C moved the Net up 5KCs to 28.380 MHz to remove interference from a QSO
already in Progress. AF6C checked in KE6YHX,
WB6IXN, W6HHC, N6HC, K6DNR, wid W6JTT still down on 28.375 MHz!. YHX completed more grounding at the QTH and Heard
Sanyo in Yokahama, JA, at 5/5. IXN also heard
Sanyo at 5/4, and Bob talked wid Corey Terrando, AE6GW, twice last week at Sam Ash Music
Store. HHC, catching up on his email, said the
pretrial test for the B to V Run went well last Saturday wid a couple of minor problems
solved! AF6C has most of the back
‘RF’s scanned and we will decide later the fate of the old paper copies. All OPs on the Net were copied by Sanyo, 2A1COR, in
Tokyo, JA, which, I believe, was our 1st distant DX contact in the new solar
cycle! HC, wid solid copy on Sanyo, is looking
forward to Club meeting Friday. DNR found us
on 28.380 MHz later in the Net!
4/11/2012 2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in K6DNR, W6JTT, KJ6LHA, KJ6UJA, KE6YHX, K6ICI(Reese), and
AF6C. DNR enjoyed the JA DX on 10m, and JTT
has bee resurrecting old gear. LHA said all
gear and the computers are working at present, and, UJA will enjoy a Disneyland visit. And IXN & YHX briefly discuss Corey’s
recent visit to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana.
AF6C serviced Talking Book machines at Braille Institute today, and Bob said
partner Bruce, DLA, is in Tunisia, and Bob said the soldering class will meet one hour
before regular Club meeting…AF6C is also loading old copies of ‘RF’ up on
the website. Reese, K6ICI, in Huntington
Beach, ‘flew in and flew out’…Reese, a Tech, has a vanity call.
4/18/2012 10m Phone Net
– W6ZE/AF6C checked in WB6IXN, KE6YHX, W6UX, W6HHC, K6DNR, and W6JTT. IXN applauded the lower gas prices and YHX
continues work on properly grounding his radio gear as he looks for polyphasers. UX reported 15m open to New Zealand, and Jeff will
travel to Visalia this weekend to learn ‘tricks of the trade’ at ‘DX
University’ from 9 am to 5 pm Friday. HHC
got the auto back after repairs and Ken continues preparations for the Baker-to-Vegas Run
over the weekend, and AF6C and HHC briefly discuss two radios to be used in the
Baker-to-Vegas event. DNR checks into Net
after the RACES Net and Bob kicks back to listen to the rest of the Net. JTT, busu wid general maintenance, is using the
horizontal ant. Tonite, and AF6C reports that 1993 ‘RFs’ are now up on the
website!
4/18/2012 2m Phone Net
– W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in WB9YCJ, KR6J, W6JTT, KE6YHX, KJ6UJA, KJ6LHA, KJ6VKF(Dennis),
KF6EVX. YCJ checks into Net, from high up in
the bleachers at Angel Stadium wid 5/9 sigs, wid 5/9 sigs at NC’s shack, wid a game
report. KR6J will be wid RACES this year fer
Field Day, and Kenan will finish school in six weeks. Kenan says the mobile
installation in the auto is stalled for needed switches.
JTT’s discone ant. was 2 S units below his regular ant. at this QTH. UJA & LHA ‘flew in and flew out’, and
VKF, a new Club member, is located in Costa Mesa. EVX
renew a call for ‘Donation for Life’ volunteers.
4/25/2012 10m Phone Net – W6ZE/AF6C
checked in KE6YHX, WB6IXN, W6HHC, N8AE, and K6DNR. AF6C
said the OPD had a good Baker-to-Vegas Run, coming in 42nd!…3rd
in their Division, and YHX is installing a new air conditioner in the shack. HCC, inundated wid pictures from OPs of the
Baker-to-Vegas Run, will spend time sorting out pix to be included in future Club web
pages. Ken said 276 teams competed in the B-to-V running race this year! IXN gave the number of major & minor tectonic
plates making up the earth. AE, wid a
’lil bronchitis, got home in time for din-din and check into the Net…Dee has a
cold, and Carl will travel up North tomorrow…An ignition problem in the auto kept
Carl away from Visalia this year. DNR checked
into the 10m Net after the RACES Net and could hardly hear Net OP’s, but he was 5/9
at IXN’s QTH.
4/25/2012 2m Phone Net – W6ZE/WB6IXN
checked in KE6YHX, KJ6LHA, KJ6UJA, W6JTT, K6DNR, AF6C, AF6CF, KJ6WZU(Jay), KJ6VKF. The early morning 3.9 mag. Event near San Juan
Capistrano awakened a sleeping KE6YHX. UJA
says now is a good time to visit Disneyland, and LHA is tuning antennas to match a kit,
and JTT also works on antennas at the Idyllwild location.
DNR & OPs discussed house & field mice and rats that occasionally
chew the insulation from our feedlines and antenna wires.
AF6C enjoyed the good casino food at Pahrump…And WZU & XYL were
also at the Pahrump location. OMZ continues to
work on his station in the shack, and CF, wid a busy schedule, checked in to hear the
Baker-to-Vegas news. VKF’s sigs were down at IXN’s QTH and we welcome Dennis, a
new member, to the Club!