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PCL NET SCRIBE JULY 22 2024
N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
NS2B, Bob, New York (Backup Net Control/Sysop)
KX4AC, Carl, Florida
N3MEL, Glenn, Pennsylvania
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma
**
N5VLZ:
For those who think I'm lying, in that
I'm here, I have a good explanation. :)
I originally was going to have a sleep
study done tonight into Tuesday, then
a urologist appointment on Tuesday; but
the threat of thunderstorms made me go
ahead and reschedule both of them, as
I didn't want to be standing outside
with my metal walker, with pouring rain
and lightning, while I waited for the
transportation. Good chances of storms
exist into early next week, then the
heat looks to return. At least my lawn
guy is due on August 1, and I need the
lawn mowed, and bushes trimmed. I'll be
glad when the dormant time from late
fall into early spring arrives, when I
won't have to worry about getting the
lawn done. I wish I had the resources
to kill all the ivy my late Mom planted,
as that stuff is far worse than kudzu.
Plus, I'd get a big tree in the front
yard cut down, as I'm afraid it'll fall
on the house one day. And, I saw where
Ryan Hall, who does live YouTube feeds
during severe weather, is a ham, KJ4WHM.
I finally got set up on Exam Tools, and
was able to create new sets of exams, as
Team Leader for the UALR Ham Radio Club.
However, I have to wait until next month
to get more paper and ink. The cost of
paper isn't too bad, but the ink costs
more than the printer!! And, both HP and
Canon have it set to where if you try to
use] less expensive "generic" inks, the
printer will not take them, and it'll
shut down. I saw where my new set of
Extra Class books from ARRL/VEC arrived
in the Post Office Box today, but I'm
going to wait until storm chances lessen
a bit, before making the trip.
I had to order some more groceries, with
the most essential items of cough drops
and toilet paper!! My throat gets very
dry and scratchy when I'm talking doing
all my traffic nets, and every house has
to have (as my late wife termed it) "bum
wad" (hi hi). With getting the groceries
(back to a peanut butter and grape jelly
diet) that'll cover me through August, I
hope to find an inexpensive probate
attorney, to transfer my late brother's
assets to one of his ex-wives, who has
taken over the bills and the property.
She did so much care for him after the
freak motorcycle wreck 17 years ago that
nearly killed him, so I have no problem
letting her take over. From what she told
me, his pickup truck and mobile home were
filled with the stench and stain of both
tobacco and nicotine, as well as used
cigarette butts, and empty beer cans,
so it's rather nasty, to say the least.
Both she and her daughter are cleaning
things
up, and she will sell in a "yard sale"
what she doesn't want, and then split
the money with me...although I'm not
expecting to get much, if anything. It
has been 3 weeks since he shot himself
in the head, and I'm the last one of my
family left. The family Christmas letter
this year will be difficult, to say the
least.
And, if Christmas in July shopping wasn't
bad enough, it is now Back To School Time.
I'm so glad I finished college 41 years
ago, but I go back to the local campus to
do ham radio license exams 4 times a year
with their ham radio club, and to the fall
campus picnic in September or October, where
they have a free catered lunch (so much for
"there ain't no such thing as a free lunch"
(hi hi)), and music by members of the campus
band. I have to take Lyft up there, as I quit
driving over 2 years ago due to dry corneas
and blurring vision without warning (I'm in
no danger of going blind), but at least I
don't have to worry about finding a parking
space, as it's usually held on a Wednesday,
while the fall classes are in session. The
campus has sure changed in the 40 years since
I was going to school. Back then, it was a
commuter campus, with no dorms...but there
are now big parking decks, and several dorms
around campus.
There is a glitch on Facebook, where I can't
originate posts/message threads, unless I'm
the moderator/admin for the group...but I
can reply to posts started by someone else.
I've gotten no notice of "Facebook Jail", and
I've had the same problem on my Android
smartphone, plus with Microsoft Edge, Google
Chrome, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox. I have
sent Facebook several messages, but no reply
has come back yet. I have rebuilt the registry
on the Windows 11 computer several times, but
that doesn't solve things, either. It definitely
is a Facebook issue, and I wonder if anyone else
is having this problem??
My local square dance club will be having a
"celebrate summer dance" Saturday night, with
watermelon and hot dogs during the dance. In
southwest Arkansas, in the community of Hope,
they do a big watermelon festival each August.
Several years ago, someone had grown a 275
pound melon...plenty to go around, but you
better have the moist napkins handy, as it got
real sticky and messy (hi hi).
**
NS2B:
GE All!
A pretty good week so far. HF hasn't been
great, but I managed to get the node running
on Amprnet now. So I have 2 domain names for
the node now. ns2b.ddns.net and if you're on
amprnet, bbs.ns2b.ampr.org
So really nothing changes for anyone, but now
I have access to a whole new group of partners.
My portable FT8 project is just about together,
still working out cabling for it - I thought I
was going to run it with VOX - but that's not
giving me enough level control range, so I'm
going to cobble up a PTT cable. Hopefully, I'll
have this thing running in a couple days.
Hope your sleep study goes well Daryl.
And, Happy Birthday Carl!
**
KX4AC:
GE All,
Well, it is a quiet week this week. Too hot
to go to the parks, but I am taking a week's
vacation, because it is my birthday tomorrow.
My main plan is for a steak dinner tomorrow,
and maybe a trip up to Cocoa Beach just to
see the sights.
On the Ham front, I continue to do HAMWORD
each week, and started to look at Winlink
Wednesday. I should probably try to do that.
I need to figure out a better Winlink packet
radio path. We are still having trouble with
some of our packet links here. I looked at
the local node today, and it seems OK.
I may have to take a physical trip down south
to check whether there is activity on the nodes
we try to connect to.
I have several electronics projects still in
the works. I have the QRP amp mostly completed,
but it does not have the gain I expect. I need
to spend some time debugging to see what I did
wrong. Probably something stupid.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. Take care all,
see you next week.
**
N3MEL:
Good evening everyone, Happy Birthday Carl.
Daryl, you have a lot going on there my friend,
but don't forget the toilet paper!
The PKTNET for July started yesterday, and we
have 20 check-ins so far, and TY Bob NY for
your check-in as well. We continue to add new
stations to the growing Packet HF Forwarding
Network, we added a Fla station last week and
2 stations in Maine the week before. We have
RF coverage from Maine to Northern NC, We
should be adding a GA station soon, the goal
being to cover the East Coast before Fall.
If you would like to check in to the PKTNET,
it runs till Sat night 23:59 UTC, see your
local BBS for details.
**
KF5TVG :
GE Daryl and all on the net. Sorry I was a
little late getting here tonight!
You're right, this weekend is ham holiday,
and it should be interesting to browse the
flea market section, and sit in on some of
the technical talks.
I've been helping one of the younger hams in
the local club get ready to sell a few things
there. One is a "combo" pack consisting of a
Quansheng HT, a programming cable, and a better
antenna. He has bought quite a few of the radios
in bulk, including a mix of ones with different
external colors. I think he will do well with
them. He also has a bunch of the
"all-in-one-cables" with cases to sell. The aioc
makes it easier to use the Quansheng and other
cheap radios with a PC for winlink/vara fm, etc.
Daryl, wish you were coming over for it, but I
guess you might need some recovery time from the
sleep study. Maybe too "pooped out", so to speak!
Happy Birthday to Carl! Thanks to Bob and Daryl
for making the net happen each week!!
**
Replies from N5VLZ:
Bob (NY), I don't see any difference between
the ddns and the amprnet -- but even the Space
Shuttle had triple redundancy. FB on the FT8
project, and I rescheduled the sleep study for
July 30. I thought "sleep study" was what you
did in Study Hall (hi hi).
Carl, Happy early Birthday. Enjoy the steak
dinner, and the travel. FB on Hamword, and
working on a new Winlink packet path. GL on
getting the QRP amp working, it's usually the
small stuff that gives the most grief.
Glenn, life can be awfully crappy without
toilet paper (hi hi). FB on the PKTNET...glad
to hear of the increased check-ins.
Bob (OK), I've never slept well at the sleep
studies, as you're wired for sound...and with
being on Lasix, I'm sure I'll have nocturia
that'll ruin my sleep. I was at the Ham Holiday
several years ago, meeting Tim Duffy, K3LR, and
Bob Heil, K9EID (SK)...really a good event. I
hope the guy with the rigs and all in one cables
does well. And, we're glad to have the net here
each week.
**
Daryl, N5VLZ, Little Rock, Arkansas
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