NETNEWS JANUARY 2013

1/2/13 10m Phone Net

W6ZE/AF6C checked in WB6IXN, KJ6OML, W6HHC, W6JTT, N8AE, and KE6YHX. AF6C & OML enjoy a day off at Braille Institute, and Bob puts new license plates on the auto. IXN is glad to see Penn State suing the NAACP, and Bob likens HHC’s computer crash to ‘going over the digital cliff’! OML, wid a BD 1/15, plans a motorhome trip to Florida, and HHC comments on OML’s strong sigs tonite. JTT is back from Idyllwild where he completed upgrades at that shack, and, be sure to read YHX’s article in the Jan. Newsletter. HHC will reload 3 programs to complete work wid the new computer, and, AE wishes a HNY to all…AE, enjoying time off, has been putting the new camera thru its paces photographing wildlife and he and UZE recommends the movie ‘Lincoln’ to all.

1/2/13 2m Phone Net

W6ZE/WB6IXN checks in KE6YHX, W6JTT, N8AE, KJ6UJA, KJ6LHA, KJ6OML, WB6EGR(Kirk), KJ6UJT(John), and AF6C. YHX starts school again at the end of the month, and IXN will try to find his old calculus book for Corey. JTT ended up wid 8 in. of snow in Idyllwild but did install sum new equipment, picked up an EICOM for the shack, and, is glad his son is out of Afghanistan! AE thoroughly enjoys photography saying it is a great hobby as Carl places photographs of wildlife on SpaceBook. It was great to hear Ping’s strong voice back on the Net after her bout wid colon cancer, and LHA was glad to have UJA back in the shack! OML plans to leave in the motorhome Fri, night for R&R in Florida, and Kirk, WB6EGR, checked into Net from Rancho Verdes. Also, John, KJ6UJT checked in from Tustin. And Bob, AF6C, will bring a weed from the yard to IXN at next Club meeting…IXN thinks the same weed is growing in his yard!

1/9/13 10m Phone Net

W6ZE/AF6C checked in WB6IXN, W6ATB(Greg), W6JTT, W6HHC, KE6YHX, and K6DNR. IXN warned OPs abt a very cold nite and day ahead, and AF6C & Bruce worked on Talking Book machines at Braille Institute today…Tomorrow Bob & his neighbor will race to see who can take Christmas lites down first! OPs welcome Greg, W6ATB, in Orange, to the Net…Greg plans to attend the Club Bfast come Saturday. HHC and CORE RACES OPs met to begin plans for the Baker-to-Vegas Run this spring, and, Ken, beginning work on a new DATV board, has a design meeting this weekend. YHX checked in, left the Net, but came back later, and DNR, down wid the flu, had 5/9 sigs at IXN’s QTH tonite. JTT got the new rig up & running wid FB sigs…Ham work held up at Idyllwild by ‘white stuff’ on the ground! And, there’s going to be a new washer & dryer installed soon at the AF6C QTH!

1/9/13 2m Phone Net

W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in KE6YHX, N8AE, W6ATB, AF6C, W6JTT, KJ6LHA, KJ6UJA, N6NBV, and KF6EVX. IXN will give YHX a calculus book at next Club meeting, and AE, not working at present, hones up on his photography skills wid wildlife in natural settings…Find Carls’s work on Space Book. ATB, Greg, wid 5/9 sigs at NC’s QTH, will join us at the Club Bfast come Sat. And AF6C has wall damage from a roof leak in the laundry, finished the Jan. Newsletter today, and gave ATB instructions to get to Club meeting. JTT is enjoying his son’s return from Afghanistan, and is glad the 300 lb. deer statue has been moved to the front yard at the Idyllwild QTH! LHA is not looking forward to 20 deg. WX by Saturday, and UJA, doing well, is limited to lifting no more than 5 lbs. after recent abdominal surgery. IXN apologizes for skipping NBV’s comments…He was unable to understand EVX’s comments regarding the upcoming tennis tournament in Fullerton, and in the interim, IXN failed to ask for comments from Steve!

1/16/13 10m Phone Net

W6ZE/AF6C checked in WB6IXN, KE6YHX, W6HHC, W6HC, K6DNR, and W6ATB. AF6C asked IXN for RFs dating from 1990 – 1986, and Bob got a new 2-side scanner. AF6C also said that Club archives are up on the website! IXN said that asteroid Toutatis approached Earth orbit about 8 moon distances on Dec. 12, 2012. YHX joined AF6C in buying a new water heater, and OPs gave congrats to Corey on his 1st article on grounding and lightning protection of ham radio installations. IXN said hard copies of old RFs are scanty in the Club History (1953-1975), and, HHC said that the 2nd prototype of a DATV Board is ready to go!...And Ken, any chance of getting the OP wid the 160m mobile installation to bring it to a Club meeting for our inspection? And HC congrats YHX on the station grounding article in the Newsletter, and, Arnie teaches an OP how to use ‘Log Book of the World’. DNR, still wid high QRN, is back on the G5RV, and we hope to see Bob at Club meeting come Friday. ATB, getting directions to the Red Cross in Santa Ana, plans to be at Club meeting Friday evening.

1/16/13 2m Phone Net

W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6JTT, KJ6LHA, KJ6RUI(Charles), KE6YHX, AF6C, KJ6UJA, K6OXD, and N6HC. JTT, his son back from Afghanistan, had another set of hands to help work on a discone antenna, and LHA got the 1500W linear amplifier up and running. KJ6RUI, Charles, in Anaheim, ‘flew in and flew out’, and YHX ventures into bread making as he also assembles a mobile rig. IXN recounts his former ‘Zoji-Rushi’ bread making days, and, IXN & AF6C both have ancient laundry sinks that are very useful! UJA is revering nicely from recent surgery, and ATB checks out his backup batteries. WX will be excellent for OXD’s planned family camping trip this weekend honoring his 90 yr old mom! And HC & AF6C briefly discuss cleaning and refurbishing Bob’s old laundry sink.

1/23/13 10m Phone Net

W6ZE/W6HHC checked in KE6YHX, AF6C, N8AE, W6JTT, WB6IXN, W6ATB, and N6NBV. IXN sat down in an easy chair, fell asleep, and checked into Net late! AF6C, wid aq head cold, had HHC handle NC duties tonite. N8AE enjoyed the Club program on lightning grounding last Friday evening, and HHC is looking forward to Field Day meeting come Friday evening, commented on YHX’s article on station grounding, and no bends in grounding cable greater than 90◦. JTT was on the dipole ant. tonite and is in the process of upgrading the station. AF6C mentioned YHX’s slight break in transmission, probably in mike cord, and Bob said ‘lights dimmed’ when NGO talked on phone! ATB said IXN’s sigs were weaker tonite, and Greg likes to experiment wid antennas, putting up a new beam sometime this year. NBV wishes all a HNY from Mission Viejo, and Steve uses a 33 in. magnetic antenna. YHX is busy checking out his Emergency Pack.

1/25/13 2m Phone Net

W6ZE/WB6IXN checked in W6JTT, W6ATB, KJ6UJA, N8AE, KJ6LHA, N6NBV, KE6YHX, KF6NLY(Terry), KE7RXD/m(Loren), and AF6C. JTT does a ‘Ken Konechy’ on the discone ant…cleaning off the vines! ATB, an engineer for years now whiles away part of his time making bike sirens for police!...If you are good at kit building, contact Greg, he might be able to use you! IXN awaits the rain that hasn’t begun at the QTH yet, and UJA is progressing nicely from recent surgery. AE & UZE may be leaving us soon for their former QTH in Michigan…Dee’s company is moving back East. LHA is busy ordering radio parts from EBay, and RXD, Loren, checked in from the auto in Irvine. If I copied Terry’s call, KF6LNY, correctly, his license has EXPIRED according to FCC! RXD gave us a math site, better explained. com for better math understanding.

1/30/13 10m Phone Net

W6ZE/AF6C checked in KE6YHX, W6ATB, W6JTT, KJ6OML, WB6IXN, W6HHC, and N6HC. AF6C is cleaning up a CS-140S rig for some needy OCARC member!...And Bob is using the rig on the Net tonite wid gud sig reports. And AF6C, YHX, and IXN all reported post office problems! AF6C also walked into Braille Institute today to find 45 Talking Books awaiting service! YHX reported organized gangs stealing post office packages from front porches! ATB checked in telling us guests are on the way to the QTH…Greg gave the CS-140S a gud sig report. JTT, wid gud sigs, ‘flew in and flew out’. OML, under the WX wid flu-like symptoms, deleted Brailee Institute from his sched. today as did DLA who is recuperating from surgery. IXN saw another high speed chase idiot captured just before Net, and, Bob found N6VP, James Arthur, in Cerritos for an inquiring friend. HHC attended the 1st FD meeting for 2013, abt 17 people attending a very successful meeting! HC and HHC report the CS-140S off freq. abt 100Hz, and Arnie gives his talk on the Swain Is. DXpedition to a San Diego group last Sunday..

1/30/13 2m Phone Net

W6ZE/WB6IXN cheked in KJ6LHA, KJ6UJA, KJ6OMl, W6JTT, W6GMU, KE6YHX, AF6C, KG6OXD/m, KJ6MNL(Kerry), N6HC, and K6DNR. LHA & UJA deal wid medical problems, and, UJA won’t be back to work before August. OML brought the flu back wid him from his visit to the Northeast, and, YHX has a $100 package stolen from the front porch! And AF6C, wrestling wid sinus infection, missed the 1st FD meeting last week. OXD/m, checking in wid gud sigs, is looking forward to Field Day. JTT put a new power supply in the rig, and Sam reported 2 inches of snow in the Idyllwild Mts. last week. GMU completed 6 QSOs on 160m and found a hight noise level for 40m DX. MLN, Terry, in Trabuco Canyon, is a new General, and, he is using an old TS-510 rig that he previously used on CW! HC, kicked back listening to the Net, put in a pitch for volunteers to help at our great Field Day coming up soon! DNR, wid gud sigs, checked in frm the RACES Net.


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