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Subj: PCL NET SCRIBE FEB 23 2026
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PCL NET SCRIBE FEB 12 2026
N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop)
VA7RBP, Rick, Canada
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma
KX4AC, Carl, Arizona
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N5VLZ:
GE All, and welcome to the Feb 23 2026 PCL Net.
No early checkins.
Net order is Daryl, Bob (NY), Rick,
and whoever else shows up.
I was tired from a weekend hamfest trip, so I skipped a
local square dance special, to be here tonight. I had a
good time at the Lawrence County Winterfest in Hoxie;
but I lost my resistance, as I did too much inductance
on food, reaching my capacitance rather quickly...and on
the way home, my pants flew south for the winter...or
they wanted to work the low bands. What didn't help is
that my ride won a grease gun (hi hi). We laughed and
made snide remarks about it all the way back home...which
was good, as he had stopped by a northeast Arkansas
cemetery, to visit the graves of family members. We were
able to check into the Razorback Net on 80 meters on the
way home, but the bands were noisy.
There was only 1 main dealer, D And L Electronics, plus
a table with the ARRL, and The Razorback Net. Most of
the rest was "a flea market boneyard" with "worthless
boat anchor doorstop gear" that goes from one hamfest
flea market boneyard to another...and they'll never sell.
There were a bunch of youth hams there, from a club in
Cherokee Village, that has had over 3 dozen new young
hams get their license in the last few months, and they
are starting a new class next month. Since the average
age of hams is 66, it's refreshing to know that there
are young people getting into the hobby. A long time
Arkansas ham, Bob Herrell, AJ5C, became a Silent Key
on Feb. 18...he will be missed.
They had a pie and cake auction, but being borderline
type 2 diabetic, and feeling the caffeine that was in
the chocolate items, I passed on that. A little girl
and her family at the table next to the one that I was
manning for the Quarter Century Wireless Association
wanted a certain cake, and when she won it, she ran up
to the front to get it!!
Our tornado season starts on Sunday, and I'm hoping to
do a severe weather Simulated Emergency Test on March
4, between 11am and 2pm Eastern Time...but it depends
on the weather. I will know for sure if I can do it by
next Monday...one will be able to listen to it on the
Broadcastify platform under Arkansas Skywarn. And on
knowing for sure, if my disability comes in this Friday,
I'm going to book a bus trip and 3 nights hotel to the
Huntsville Hamfest in August. I would've liked a longer
vacation, but this will save me some money, and allow
me to get away from things for a few days.
They gather on Friday night at the 88 Buffet, there in
Huntsville. It offers Asian, American, Seafood, and more.
One ham said "if you come to Huntsville, I'll buy your
dinner Friday night"...I wonder if that means I can go
for broke?? (hi hi). I will be in my Trains Conductor
outfit on Saturday...and if the W5KUB Live Cam is there,
I will be sure to stop by there to make my presence
known (hi hi).
Area Waffle Houses during the overnight hours Friday and
Saturday, no longer offer dining room service. Instead,
you have to order via a walk-up window. I guess a spate
of robberies, and drunks making a mess forced them to do
this. My ride and I went up to a Waffle House in Beebe,
and I had 2 eggs over well, hash browns, toast, with some
grilled chicken...it was the best grilled chicken I had
ever eaten!!
I picked up some handouts on Formal Written Traffic, and
for the Razorback Net. If I can find a closer node on
remotehams.com, and can use it for the few HF Nets I want
to check into, I am looking into the possibility of doing
HF Nets. Doing that, and Formal Written Traffic, are two
things I've wanted to do with the hobby.
The Time change is a week from Sunday, March 8, to "Dumb
Stupid Time" (hi hi). Most net times won't change, but
the UTC Times will be an hour earlier. For those who do
the time change, but their net is on UTC Time, checkin
time will be one hour later. If you forget to "spring
forward", you'll be an hour late for church, work, school,
appointments (medical and otherwise), ham radio nets, etc.
Whew!! That was a lot to cover.
GE Bob (OK), and Carl. Bob (OK), you'll be after Rick,
and Carl will be after Bob (OK).
GE Bob (NY), are you snowed in?? >>>
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NS2B:
GE All.
Nah, we got lucky and all the bad weather went east of us.
I've been watching the weather channel, as I'm sure you
have, those east have gotten hammered.
Good to hear your HF activity is picking up!
I'm still puttering with that Meshtastick node I put
together. I've found location is everything with that
gadget. Here at my QTH I can get 10 or 11 neighboring
nodes. If I take it over to my YL's QTH I get 110+ -
crazy! I always thought I lived in an RF blackhole, now
I know!
Still working on this weeks Hamword.
Not much else going on.
BTU Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Bob, I just discovered I hadn't started the logging/capture
buffer, but it's on now (blush!). I was watching Ryan Hall,
KJ4WHM, and the groundhog is laughing, saying "I was right,
you fools!!" (hi hi).
That's crazy on location. FB on Hamword.
GE Rick, how was your week?? >>>
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VA7RBP:
Good evening Daryl and all on NET!
I guess it's been a couple weeks since last on, last week was
Family Day holiday.
Still not doing a heck of a lot, mostly looking after the wife.
Her knee replacement surgery is now two months down the road,
she's doing well, good progress.
The weather here has been mild, temps between 15F and 45F, had
a couple of snow falls that didn't amount to much. I've been
going for walks a couple times a day to attempt to keep from
just sitting around doing nothing.
On the radio front, still just doing 40M and 20M PACTOR in the
mornings, calling our NOON-TIME NET Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Friday, and another 2m fm net ON Monday evenings, along with
checking into an 80M OLIVIA 16/1K NET on weeknights, and doing
the equipment checks at the PREOC in Nelson on Wednesday nights.
I am still going to investigate Hamtastic stuff, just haven't had
the $$ to buy something to play with, car repairs....
Well, that's about all I have so BTU Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Rick, FB on Arlene's recovery, the weather, and the walking. I did
some walking at the hamfest, but not much. FB On the nets, equipment
checks, and Hamtastic Stuff. We are only one step away from being
rich...all we need is money (hi hi).
GE Bob (OK), how was your week?? >>>
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KF5TVG:
GE Daryl and all on the net!
This was a slow week. Had Allergies and/or a cold and just didn't feel
like doing much. :(
Bob (NY) glad you are making progress with Meshtastic!
Rick, glad to hear Arlene is continuing to improve!
Daryl, your news about Waffle House closing dining area during overnight
hours brought tears to my eyes. Last time I was in one was mid 90s in
Bentonville, Arkansas. I was on the HP sales/support team for Walmart,
and we took a break around 3am,and went for waffles. It was full of people,
and the cigarette smoke was thick enough to cut with a knife. Oh Yeah, the
tears just now was thinking about that smoke! Hi Hi
That's all for now, BTU >>>
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N5VLZ:
Bob (OK), you probably thought you were getting cancer of the eyeballs (hi hi).
These idiots were apparently hassling and abusing crew members as well. Nobody
has belief in RESPECT anymore. Bummer on the allergies...pollen season is soon.
GE Carl, how was your week?? >>>
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KX4AC:
GE All on the net!
Well, been busy lately, but not really sure where the time seems to go.
I took the car through the car wash a little while ago and forgot to remove the
mag-mount antenna before I did. BANG! Ripped the coax in half and the antenna
flew off onto the ground. Managed to patch the cable and got the radio working
again, but gotta remember next time to take down the antenna! Serves me right
for washing the car anyway (hi hi).
I have been playing a little with both GMRS and DMR, but for my money it
still seems like most of the activity around here is on either 2m or 70cm.
I discovered that a local hobby shop has those laser-cut wood kits from a
company called ROKR. They are very intricate. No glue, all tabs and slots.
I just finished a cuckoo clock kit. Very cool.
I guess that's about all for now. Back to net >>>
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N5VLZ:
Carl, sounds like a ham radio horror movie..."Attack Of The Killer Car Wash"
(hi hi). At least you were able to get it back together. I'm sure you're not
the only one who has done that.
I had thought about GMRS, but I'm so busy with other things, I can't see the
need to get involved in that.
FB on the laser cut wood kit, and the cuckoo clock kit.
That's it for round 1, back to the top for final comments.
Bob (NY) thanks for the use of the BBS...anything else?? >>>
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NS2B:
I keep forgetting to mention I got my GMRS license last year because a non-ham
buddy wanted to play with radio. He ended up losing interest. Such is life!
That's all for me - everyone have a good week - 73 >>>
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N5VLZ:
Bob, bummer on the GMRS deal...but there's plenty of other stuff to keep busy
with. Thanks for being here.
Rick, anything else?? >>>
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VA7RBP:
That's it for me. Everyone have a great week, stay well, 73 until next time!
BTU Daryl >>>
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N5VLZ:
Take care, Rick...glad Miss Arlene is recovering nicely.
Bob (OK), anything else?? >>>
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KF5TVG:
Nope that's all for me. Hope all have a great week! 73 and BTU >>>
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N5VLZ:
Have a good week, Bob...see you next time. I wonder if there's a Waffle
House in Norman?? (hi hi).
Carl, anything else?? >>>
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KX4AC:
You guys are making me want Waffle House now. It has been a long time
since I have been to one ... I need to find one close by.
That's all for me, other than to say that we are in are nice weather
time of year. Been out with the HT on foot-moble a couple of times.
Need to do more of that. 73 to all till next week. >>>
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N5VLZ:
Carl, I saw a meme where some of the letters on the sign were burned out,
so it looked like the "Affle Hoe". That one must be in the red light
district (hi hi). Thanks for being here.
That will do it for tonight's net...next time we meet, it'll be March
(wow!).
Everyone stay safe, healthy, weather aware, and radio-active, and we'll
see you next month. 73 and GN DE N5VLZ >>>
Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Little Rock, Arkansas
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