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NS2B > ALL 19.11.24 02:40l 67 Lines 3319 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 15535_NS2B
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Subj: PCL Packet Net Summary for November 18, 2024
Path: IW8PGT<IZ3LSV<I0OJJ<EA2RCF<LU9DCE<VA3TOK<VE3KPG<N9PMO<NS2B
Sent: 241119/0137Z 15535@NS2B.#WNY.NY.USA.NOAM BPQ6.0.24
PCL Packet Net Summary for November 18, 2024
Checkins:
NS2B Bob Penfield, NY (sysop/nco)
N5VLZ Daryl Little Rock, AR (courtesy checkin)
KE8QPX Mike Lamont, MI (early checkin)
KX4AC Carl Melbourne, FL
VA7RBP Rick Castlegar, BC
KF5TVG Bob Broken Arrow, OK
NT5R Charley Reeds Spring, MO
Commentary:
KX4AC Carl : GE All. It has been a pleasant and quiet week. The weather has been good,
KX4AC Carl : and I got out for a walk or two. No rain to speak of. I saw late in the
KX4AC Carl : week that the ISS was broadcasting images again. I always seem to discover
KX4AC Carl : this late; I missed several opportunities, but I did manage to capture several
KX4AC Carl : decent images over the weekend. Otherwise, I have been busy organizing
KX4AC Carl : next year's health insurance and other things related to my planned retirement
KX4AC Carl : in late January. There is always something more to do!
KX4AC Carl : I guess that's about it from here. Back to net >>>
VA7RBP Rick : Good evening Bob and all on NET!
VA7RBP Rick : It's been a really slow couple of weeks here.
VA7RBP Rick : I have only been doing my PACTOR and ROBUST PACKET sessions
VA7RBP Rick : in the mornings on 40M and 20M, my NETS that I call, and lots of reading sci-fi books.
VA7RBP Rick : And mucking about with Arduino projects.
VA7RBP Rick : I thought about doing some SSTV to catch the ISS transmissions, but I had taken down
VA7RBP Rick : the antenna for some other PACKET stuff.
VA7RBP Rick : The weather has been rainy off and on over the past couple weeks, and we had
VA7RBP Rick : our first snow on Saturday night. Fortunately it didn't stick, but soon we will be in the
VA7RBP Rick : thick of it. That's about it for me, so BTU Bob >>>
KF5TVG Bob : GE Bob and all on the net!
KF5TVG Bob :
KF5TVG Bob : had a very strong line of TStorms roll thru here early this morning,
KF5TVG Bob : and all the local schools cancelled classes. By 8:30am people were
KF5TVG Bob : wondering why they cancelled, and more importantly, what they were
KF5TVG Bob : going to do with a houseful of kids all day! Hi Hi
KF5TVG Bob :
KF5TVG Bob : Earlier today I started updating a "portable" repeater I built 6-8
KF5TVG Bob : years ago. It has a RPi3B+ with allstar (hamvoip) software, a mobile
KF5TVG Bob : duplexer and a couple of old UHF Motorola radios. I'm trying to
KF5TVG Bob : get the customizations from back then into the latest hamvoip
KF5TVG Bob : environment, and having a few issues. The text-to-speech and
KF5TVG Bob : the email/sms is not working yet. Hope to get it figured out soon.
KF5TVG Bob : If not, I'll stick with the previous setup.
KF5TVG Bob :
KF5TVG Bob : That's all for now. BTU Bob>>>
NT5R Charley : ge everyone
NT5R Charley : returned late Thursday from couple weeks on road (Cancun and Cozumal)
NT5R Charley : so some catching up with stuff
NT5R Charley : afaik no freeze yet but forecast later this week
NT5R Charley : 70 f yesterday so had good hike
NT5R Charley : picked some Alaska peas from garden today, peas still flowering buy like the last edible for season
NT5R Charley : playing some with VARAC chat, couple stations nearly 100 miles away 2 meters
NT5R Charley : can connect with jpole and 10 watts, efficient mode
NT5R Charley : so btu Bob>>>
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