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Subj: PCL NET SCRIBE SEP 9 2024
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PCL NET SCRIBE SEP 9 2024
N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop/Early Checkin)
KX4AC, Carl, Florida (Early Checkin)
K0WAV, Scott, Arkansas
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma
VA7RBP, Rick, Canada
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N5VLZ:
GE everyone and welcome to the Sep. 9, 2024 PCL Net.
Early checkins from Bob, NS2B, and Carl, KX4AC.
Net order is Daryl, Scott, Bob, Rick, and whoever
else shows up.
My full comments are in the scribe to save time (as
well as the other early checkins), and to make it
easier on the eyes of all on the net. I have past
net scribes only from August, 2024. In my having to
reinstall Outpost, no other prior net scribes are
available. If you want a summary of them, please
email me at n5vlz@arrl.net -- I am glad that I
saved the setup hints file, so that made the Outpost
reinstallation much easier!! This paragraph will be
the only thing that I will copy and paste tonight...
as I may royally screw things up otherwise (hi hi).
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NS2B:
Nothing new to report here.
Getting packed up for the NASCAR weekend. The weather
looks promising...cool evenings. I probably should
take a hoody or 2 (hi hi).
Radio wise, nothing new happening here. A couple of
local guys are starting to develop an interest in HF
packet. We'll see how far that goes. Got the node
hooked up pretty solid into Scotland recently.
That's about it for me!! >>>
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KX4AC:
GE all! It is hard to believe it has been a month again,
but it is time for my local ham radio club meeting, so I
am sending my post by email this week.
The Melbourne hamfest is on October 11, so this month's
club meeting is dedicated to organizing that. I am sure
they are still looking for volunteers, probably for
everything. In past years I helped man the talk-in
station, so I may do that again. I love going to the
hamfests, and seeing all the junk for sale, but there is
always so much I wish I could buy, that I wind up not
buying anything, except an overpriced hamburger!! Sometimes,
there is a forum I am interested in, but the forum list is
not out yet.
We got some good news for our packet station this week. We
got our end up and running last month, but we had poor
connectivity, because both of our south-going peers also
went off the air. One of them is now back up, so we have
much better access to incoming bulletins.
I guess that's about all for tonight. I hope you are all well.
73, KX4AC back to net >>>
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N5VLZ:
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Labor Day Weekend.
Our next net holiday isn't until Thanksgiving Week, then
we're off for Christmas and New Years Week.
I'm not going back to a Food Bank ever again. They mean
well, but this is the second time I have been burned with
expired/rotten food, and I had to throw so much out (never
mind that I was nearly eaten alive by mosquitoes). So now,
I'll do my gardening at the area Kroger and Wal-Mart stores
(hi hi). Plus, what this Food Bank had was far too much for
just one person, and my icebox wasn't big enough for all of
it.
It was a nice weekend, with highs in the 70s and lows in the
50s. The remnants of what will be Hurricane Francine will
affect Arkansas on Thursday, but the worst will be south and
east of Little Rock. We do need the rain, as we're under
moderate to high fire danger, with some burn bans...but too
much rain at harvest time is bad for the farmers.
On Facebook, I saw a hilarious T-Shirt, that a ham had bought
at the Huntsville Hamfest in August...noting "I'd do more
housework, but my wife keeps taking me to these [darn]
hamfests". That goes with the T-Shirt that notes "Do Not Try
To Cure This Ham" (hi hi). The thing is, the ink has about
washed out of the shirt. I was in silkscreen printing for at
least 18 years, and I guess it depends on the way the garment
is printed.
A friend had prepared a new computer for me...but the string
for the activation key was different than the software, so it
was worthless (never mind I wasn't about to pay Microsoft $200
for a new license). He is sending a new setup...a new UPS, an
HDMI cable, and a nice headset mic, which was part of the stuff,
arrived around midday Monday, and the rest (a W11 Pro system with
a mouse and keyboard), should be here by Thursday. Support for
W10 ends in just over a year. He also sent some paper, so I can
print up a few things, but I'll need to get more ink next month.
At least October should be the last time I'll need lawn mowing
until the spring. The new BBS software (GT Power 20) will run
with DOSBOX, so the legacy doors should be able to run under
Windows 11 (at least I hope so). He will pick up the "worthless
setup" when he comes back through the area in October.
I understand they had at least 80 vendors and flea market tables
at the 54th Annual Mena Hamfest at Queen Wilhelmina State Park
in west Arkansas this past weekend; it was a record for them; they
had great weather and attendance (it is the oldest hamfest west of
the Mississippi River). One of the hams is trying to revive a chapter
of the QCWA in Arkansas; I hope it'll be the one in Little Rock. I'm
already their VHF+ Net Manager, and Net Control for their Sunflower
Net on Saturday morning, and their Digital Net on Sunday afternoon.
I also am checking into maybe doing the audio version of their Journal
for HandiHams, done for the visually impaired. It looks like I again
will be guilty of violating the N.A.V.Y. command -- to Never Again
Volunteer Yourself (hi hi).
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GE, Scott...how was your week?? >>>
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K0WAV:
GE Daryl and the chat, tnx Bob for the landing spot.
Last week was interesting. Got AC fixed, got XYLs Jeep fixed, and got
a broken window fixed....not a whole lot of time to play radio.
I did see a PSA regarding the FCC web site and how there is now a 3rd
"CORES" spot that requires your info if you need to renew your license.
So, I got that sorted.
Time to get back to playing radio... with the equinox coming up the F2
and D layers should start improving even more and the fun will be good!
btu Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Scott, FB on the fixing up things. I don't have to worry about renewing
my license until just before Christmas 2033. Hope conditions will start
improving as we head toward winter.
GE Bob...I hope you saw my spiel at the start...I can email you the back
scribes from August, but I think anything over 30 days old scrolls off
the BBS. How was your week?? >>>
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KF5TVG:
GE Daryl and all on the net!
Daryl, no worries on the back scribes.
Today is my xyl's birthday and one of my grand daughter's birthday, too.
We had a pretty low key day, but will celebrate soon.
I made a couple of OU lightboxes with my 3d printer this last week. Word
is out across several family friends here, so looks like I could make a
dozen or so and still have demand. Joys of living in Norman OK!
Have been trying to make contact on FT8 with JY5IB in Jordan, and ZD7CTO
on St. Helena Island this evening on 20m. No luck so far.
That's all for now. BTU Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Bob, first, happy birthday to the XYL and your granddaughter.
Todd Yakoubian, W1BSE, chief meteorologist at KARK Channel 4 in Little
Rock, has his meteorology degree from OU, and I saw a video that at
every OU home game, between the 3rd and 4th quarter, they do a nice
tribute to the late Toby Keith (courtesy of the red, white, and blue)...
very impressive.
GL on the FT8 contacts...as I told Scott, I hope conditions improve as
we approach winter.
GE Rick...hope you haven't had to do water restrictions as they have
in Calgary. How was your week?? >>>
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VA7RBP:
GE Daryl and all on the NET!
We are on well, and live beside a river, so water isn't an issue.
It was a typical week here, mostly read my book, got out for my walk,
had a few lunches and BBQ dinners with friends.
Not much radio play...I do some PACTOR on 40M and 20M in the mornings,
and OLIVA 16/1K NET on weeknights at 0300Z, and that's about it.
My PACKET NODE doesn't see much traffic until Winter, when the snow and
ice coats the propagation rock, and I get a few connects from the next
town over and NE Washington state. Yup...pretty boring...
Well that's about it for me, so BTU Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Rick, glad you don't have the water issues...the BBQ dinners sound
good. I'm only on the air for nets myself, but found a 6m net with
Echolink connections. Since I don't have RF gear, that gives me
another option. Hopefully, conditions will improve soon.
That's it for round 1...back to the top for final comments.
Scott, anything else for us?? >>>
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K0WAV:
Nothing to add. btu >>>
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N5VLZ:
Scott, thanks for being here. Bob, anything else?? >>>
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KF5TVG:
The Toby Keith tribute just started this year. Pretty cool! He was
a huge fan and grew up in Moore, OK (town between OKC and Norman).
Well, just after I said i was trying to contact guy in Jordan, he
came back! Hope he confirms thru LOTW.
That's all for now. Hope all have a great week and 73. BTU>>>
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N5VLZ:
Thanks for being here, Bob...hope that station confirms via LOTW.
Rick, anything else?? >>>
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VA7RBP:
Nope, that's it for me. Everyone have a great week, stay well, 73
until next time. BTU Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Thanks for being here, Rick...have a good week.
That will do it for tonight's PCL Net. NS2B and KX4AC should be back
with us next week. I'll post the scribe sometime tomorrow morning.
Have a good week, 73 and GN DE N5VLZ >>>
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Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Little Rock, AR
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