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PCL NET SCRIBE MAR 18 2024
N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
KE4QCM, Tom, Georgia
K0WAV, Scott, Arkansas
NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop)
KX4AC, Carl, Florida
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma
WG3K, Eric, Pennsylvania
NT5R, Charley, Missouri
**
With Easter being a week from Sunday, on
March 31, the PCL Net will take the night
of April 1 OFF...and that's no April Fool
(hi hi). I've also decided to cancel the
March 31, 2024, QCWA Digital Net. Most folks
are likely going to be with their families
at church activities, then going out to eat
in their "Sunday Best"...better be prepared
for long waits at the food trough (hi hi).
But, the deadline for the monthly QCWA
Journal is the next day, and with the
"extended checkin window" that I have set
up for the stragglers, the deadline for my
monthly net summaries would be missed. As
the QCWA VHF+ Net Manager, that is extra
work and responsibility, but it does not
take that much effort overall. A fellow ham
in Arkansas is looking at trying to revive
a former QCWA chapter, or create a new one,
as there isn't one in Arkansas right now
(the closest chapter is in Shreveport). To
qualify for membership, if you were first
licensed as a ham radio operator anytime in
1999 or earlier, and are currently licensed,
you can join the QCWA. More details are at
qcwa.org -- they will have several activities
at Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio, just under 2
months from now. It sure will be different
without Bob Heil, K9EID, SK.
Severe weather affected Arkansas last Thursday
night, with a 1000 yard (10 football fields,
just over a half mile) wide, EF-2 tornado in
Hot Springs Village, about 30 miles southwest of
Little Rock. It was on the ground for 8 1/2 miles,
and while there was extensive damage, there were
no injuries or deaths. Unfortunately, areas of
Indiana and Ohio weren't as lucky. The parent
storm spawned a tornado warning for the Little
Rock Metro area, and many folks still have vivid,
horrifying memories of the near EF-4 tornado from
March 31, 2023, that hit west Little Rock, still
fresh in their minds.
There were also several reports of 2 to 4 inch
hailstones, and widespread flash flooding. We
have another chance of storms later this week,
as we get further into our tornado season. Before
then, a statewide frost and freeze is expected
overnight tonight. My lawn service guy is coming
by just after sunrise in the morning, for the
first lawn mowing since October (November through
February, the grass is usually dormant for winter).
The green grass was the only green I had for St.
Patrick's Day.
I may end up having to get a new printer...but
that must wait until next month, with the other
bills. I also have to purchase a power supply for
my Hamshack Hotline phone (the other phone quit
working). I'd prefer a printer scanner combination,
if I can get it. The ink cartridges are the most
expensive, and both Canon and HP have it where it
you don't buy their name brand cartridges, the
printer will shut down (they won't work with the
generic cartridges), and I wish that there was a
workaround for that. I wish I could get the current
printer working again, as I just bought a black and
color ink cartridge, and a ream of paper.
My D-Rats node is down right now, as the ratflector
that I normally connect to, is offline at this time.
I am trying to find an alternate ratflector to hang
out on. I have messages of the local area weather
conditions, and of the Excel Net List Spreadsheets
on my QRZ bio, once an hour on both, with several
files for download, but that's about it. I usually
leave it in "Unattended" mode, except during certain
nets.
I have no real plans for my 64th birthday on Friday,
but, I'm just not the partying kind, and never have
been. Besides, I had to quit eating most desserts,
as they were so rich, and they made me ill...but,
STRESSED spelled backwards is DESSERTS (hi hi). I
do have one less stress thing...the Cologuard test
came back NEGATIVE. I have to order some groceries
soon, or I won't make it until April. I have lost
some weight with conserving food...need to lose a
good bit more, though (don't we all!!).
**
KE4QCM:
Hello Daryl and everyone. Fine thanks. I'll keep it
short as I am trying to invite a local ham to this
net also.
Good evening from the Atlanta area. Glad to be back
on this net.
Thanks Daryl, enjoying this net.
Hope to work some 10m packet radio soon on 28.140 LSB.
Still promoting vhf packet radio in N. GA. 73 All. BTU >>>
**
K0WAV:
K0WAV : GE all on the net... we got 1.2 inches of
Rain and some Wind, thankfully that was all. No
damage here, although some in town had lawn furniture
displacement. :)
The downturn in temp is odd feeling for sure, since
just 2 days ago I was sweating out in lawn doing
first mowing and weeding chores.
Radio has been at bottom of list of things to do, so
nothing exciting to report on that front. I am still
planning on Mt. Vernon hamfest on the 23rd, hope see
some of you there. I will have my callsign cap on!
**
NS2B:
GE All!
Yeah, snowing now! True, I was looking at the local wx
service here and we're about 22 inches short for the
season. Not that I really mind that actually!
Nothing much new happening on the radio front. Been
revisiting my scanners and loading some new frequencies
to listen to. By accident I discovered the NY state
thruway authority to be an entertaining freq to listen
to. Especially during bad wx - you get all the scoop
on vehicles not doing well, etc.
In other news, I have and old Pennsylvania Long Rifle
that's been needing some TLC. I've got it torn apart
for a refinish. Built a new ramrod for it. It'll be
nice when I'm done!
**
KX4AC:
GE All. Yes, I enjoyed the local club meeting last week.
There was a presentation on a hardware/software system
that uses multiple antennas to locate signals. You mount
it on your car, drive around, and it triangulates the
source location. Interesting, but somewhat expensive,
so I don't think it will be in my shack anytime soon.
My packet station has been down for almost a week, but I
got it back up last weekend. Sunday before last I had the
bright idea of updating the OS to the latest release and
rebuilding everything so I was all up-to-date. The upgrade
did not go well and I wound up just reinstalling everything
from scratch. But that is all done now, and I am reasonably
happy with the result.
Weather here has been rainy today, but last weekend was
really nice and with good spring weather. I got out for a
couple of long walks with my film camera and developed and
scanned the pics Sunday afternoon.
**
KF5TVG:
Quansheng uvk5 radios are the rage here on the prairie, so
we had a club presentation about them last Saturday. It's
supposedly much cleaner output compared to a Baofeng at
similar price point of ~$25 from Amazon. There are 3rd party
firmware updates to improve/expand functionality. There is
also a 3rd party tool called "quansheng dock" that allows
programmatic control from a pc. We're looking at it to see
if possible to control frequency for tuning up satellites
and adjusting for the doppler effect as they travel across
the sky.
Received my "Century Club" certificate from Winlink Wednesday
group today in the mail. Participated 100 weeks. Yea!
Happy birthday Daryl!
**
WG3K:
GE all.
Been planning trips for the year and now I need to add one more.
The boy (KC3UJB) and his Destination Imagination team scored
second place at the Maryland State competition last weekend so
their next step is Global competition in Kansas City, MO in ~8
weeks. Not sure what the packet connectivity looks like up that
way. Looking for packet connectivity in northern Vermont and
western North Carolina for other trips this year.
Happy B-day!
**
NT5R:
ge everyone
good week here but cold ~28 f last night and likely colder
tonite, carrots, etc plated not yet sprouted so hope survives
-planted -- all cold weather stuff planted so far
Eric will check re your MO trip for rf access, I usually
Telnet when on road, sometimes from cell phone app
Scott, will look for you at Mt Vernon, likely have my pink
Panama cap and maybe red call sign badge
Have the Quansheng uvk5 and another will pick up at Mt Vernon,
amazing the firmware mods and hacks for it, out of the box
receives 50-600 MHz
Driving thru Tulsa OK area couple weeks ago and heard simplex
net on 222 band on rubber duck so good sensitivity there even
MANY YouTube videos on mods etc, someone even soldered in a
more powerful processor - hardware mod
Our Branson club just donated a comm trailer from Cox hospital,
we been cleaning and organizing getting ready for any emergency
and likely Field Day
Already several vhf/uhf radios ham and commercial and getting
donated hf rig also
So Happy Birthday Mr Daryl enjoy your special day
Thank you and Bob for eveything, always fun to type at you ALL.
Have an awesome week everyone
OH, Carl, I do lot of hiking and walking and some jogging/running.
Often take ht and do "Foot Mobile" fun when someone comes back to
me on radio
**
Replies from N5VLZ:
First, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!! Thunderstorms
might keep me QRT next week...and if so, Bob, NS2B, will do the
net for me...but we'll be QRT on April 1, for Easter week.
Tom, glad to have you with us. Sorry the other folks didn't make
it, but we're here most every Monday, except for the weeks of
Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and New Years. Let us know how you make out on 10m
packet.
Scott, glad the effects from the weather were minimal. The shock
on the temperatures is understandable. Have a good time at the
Mount Vernon Hamfest.
Bob (NY), that's amazing on the late season snowfall, and FB on
the scanner frequencies. Some hams are cleaning up their DMR
code plugs, to get rid of unused talk groups. FB on the long
rifle...keep us posted on the progress of rebuilding it.
Carl, FB on the club meeting and the presentation. It sounds
like something the FCC would use when DFing, and it'd be a bit
of an unfair advantage for those fox hunting. GL on getting the
packet station back up. Been there, done that, on the OS upgrade.
I've had to rebuild the registry on the Windows 11 laptop several
times in the last 6 months, but I think I finally have it working
the way I want it to. FB on the photography...Rick, KA2BSM, in the
Germantown, TN (Memphis) area...is also a photographer.
Bob (OK), FB on the UVK5 HT...amazing what all it can do.
Congratulations on the WLCC Certificate...but that was nearly
2 years of checkins!!
Eric, congratulations to your son's school science team. When
you travel, you may be able to get in via telnet...that's how
I get in. Hope you can get to take those other trips.
Charley, you get to have the carrots "plated" after you have
harvested and cooked them (hi hi). Enjoy the Mount Vernon MO
Hamfest. FB on the 222 Mhz Simplex Net, and on the Communications
Trailer. Hard to believe Field Day is just over 3 months away.
FB on the UVK5 rig and the mods.
**
Daryl, N5VLZ -- Little Rock, Arkansas
Please See My QRZ Bio For More Info
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