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PCL NET SCRIBE OCT 2 2023
WX4QZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
KE4TP, Paul, Florida (Connection Issues)
NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop)
NT5R, Charley, Missouri
VA7RBP, Rick, Canada
KX4AC, Carl, Florida
KF5JRV, Scott, Arkansas (Lost Wi-Fi and Router Links)
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma
**
WX4QZ:
I ran a D-Star Net for a fellow ham who
has been battling Covid-19 for a week.
He was lamenting that the net was less
than an hour, and only three dozen
checkins, but half of them were short
time. He felt that many repeater owners
were still unaware that the net had
moved long ago, but we had put out
several announcements on it. I had to
remind him that folks check into a net
because they WANT to, and NOT because
they HAVE to...and that this is a HOBBY,
and it should NEVER take priority over
things like church, health, family, job,
or honey-do's. I told him if he's burned
out, he needs to take a break, but if he
is that discouraged for lack of checkins,
he should end the net. I did that with
the QCWA CQ100 net last Friday.
WalMart may have the lowest prices, but
they also have the lowest quality of
delivery. For the second time, they messed
up a delivery order, leaving out several
food items, and delivered several food
items that I didn't order, cared for, or
could cook/use (they were given to some
local area friends, who brought me 1 16
pack of Ballpark Hot Dogs to go with the
4 dozen buns that did come in), but my
order for 2 16 pack of Ballpark Hot Dogs,
2 24 packs of cheese slices, a bottle of
ketchup, and a bottle of diet cranberry
juice were never delivered.
I tried to start a return on the app, but
failed; and was told to call a number
instead. I spent 30 minutes working to get
credit for all of the non-delivered items
restored to my HMO benefit and debit cards,
and they gave me a $25 credit on my next
order of $45. I told them if this happened
to me again, they'd have to give a year of
free delivery (a $100 value), or I'd never
shop with them again. It was the store,
the driver, or both, to blame for the screw
up.
Some friends also took me to a local square
dance with a 50s theme and a burger cookout,
so I was given several spare burgers and
buns for food. I have to wait until my next
disability award payment arrives in the
morning, before I can do any more online
shopping. The out of stock items, I could
understand, but not the mis-delivered ones.
We're supposed to have storms Wednesday into
Friday. I was hoping to go to a local college
campus BBQ picnic on Wednesday, but if weather
is an issue, I'll skip it. We won't get much
rain, but will get cooler weather for a few
days. I also need to make a Post Office Box
run this week.
I have 3 doctors appointments this month...to
my urologist on Friday, my PCP next Wednesday
(he's retiring next month, so I have to get a
new one, and do a consultation with them),
then have to set up an appointment for the
podiatrist. I likely am about to become type
2 diabetic, and that will be a major game
changer. I'm already on Lasix twice a day, so
I spend most of my time in the little ham's
room (hi hi).
I had to take some Tylenol earlier for pain,
and they knocked me out for about 3 hours. I'm
still groggy, so I may wait to post the scribe
until the morning, and just go to bed. My lawn
guy will be here in the morning, and I have to
be up just after sunrise. Not sure if that'll
be my last mow until next spring, or if I'll
get one more mowing done in November. I'll be
glad for the winter dormancy, as that'll save
me some money for other bills.
I'm still OFF of Hamshack Hotline...I have to
see how the bills will shake out, before I get
a new router or extender. I could not figure
out how to set up the WiFi on the special phone.
**
NS2B:
GE All!
A good week! We're having Indian summer - I had
to break out my shorts and t-shirts for the next
few days. Supposed to be back to normal, cold
and rainy, this coming weekend.
Not much new to report here - still playing
hamword.
Getting geared up to do Pumpkin Patrol for
Halloween. I've done that for a few years now.
Time flies when you're having fun, I guess.
Forgot to mention i got my flu shot today. So far,
no ill effects - we'll see what the night brings -
nothing else here - everyone have a good week.
NT5R:
ge Daryl and everyone
Just returned midnight Thursday morning from a
couple weeks on road and short trip before that.
High school buddy wife put on 80th surprise
birthday party. He had no clue until just before
we started, 46 were there, including his brother
from central Tennessee.
>From southeast Kansas after party we headed on
west and ended up in Colorado then far southeast
Wyoming.
Beautiful weather there and here since return.
Hollered "NT5R Foot Mobile" hiking up couple
mountains in Colorado and couple other places,
no one returned my call. Anyhow was fun.
Some photos of WWV towers just north of Fort
Collins, Colorado, impressive.
Email to fellow on Youtube recorded guided tour
of facilities few years ago. MAYBE get out there
sometime for tour.
Derby Kansas (Wichita area) Radio Shack store
good selection of ham equipment and fair prices.
Purchased used Kenwood D72, sweet rig, built in
tnc, aprs, gps, dual band duplexer. Appears not
used in a bout five years, really clean.
Daryl and Bob, thanks for all you do with net
and node.
Small Radio Shack store in Berryville AR. One
rack of RS part inside beauty shop type store.
Still have Radio Shack sign front of building.
Rick, belated Happy Birthday to Arlene.
Carl, hamsticks work well specially 20 Meters
and higher. MFJ sells adapter (or you could
build) to use two hamsticks as rotatable
dipole. Works and can null out noise sometimes.
Did see some fresh snow top of Pikes Peak last
week.
everyone have an awesome week.
VA7RBP:
We're having our Thanksgiving Dinner next Sunday
at our Daughter's, so Monday I'll probably be
here...
Ok, last week, it rained most of the week, so
most activities were indoors.
I worked on my Pi NODE, fixing the USB port
juggling issue when you plug in new USB devices,
installed QtSoundModem and adusted the
configuration to get it going, and updated it
when changes came out.
I have an HF PACKET port on my Pi NODE now
sitting on NET105...unless I'm using the radio
for something else.
Worked on getting rig control for my FT-890
working on the Pi node. Got HAMLIB to work for
rig control, with help from the bunch on
groups.io, still need to get rigctld to start
auomatically on boot up.
And it was Arlene's birthday on Friday, so we
did dinner at a local restaurant.
Saturday, it was the usual breakfast and coffee
sessions with the radio club guys in Castlegar
and Nelson, and our Tech Club meeting in the
evening.
Sunday, I drove to Fruitvale to drop off an
antenna and pick up a tripod from one of the
guys, and we fiddled around with trying to
get a speaker-mic going on an old HT.
Today...I made an appointment to get the snow
tires put on, we're getting snow on the high
mountain passes now.
Arlene says thanks for the Happy Birthday
wishes!
FB on on the hamsticks, Charley! My back ups
are 80M, 40M, 30M Hustler Mini-dipoles and a
6M hamstick mini-dipole using the MFJ-347
mount, on a 18 ft rotator mast, and yesterday,
the guy I was visiting showed me his set-up
for Hustlers with attached radials at the
bottom, they work pretty good!
OK, that's all I have. Everyone have a great
week, stay well, 73 until next time. Thanks
to Bob for hosting! BTU Daryl
KX4AC:
Good evening everyone
We have had a lot of rain here lately, but
I was able to get a little outdoor work done
on the weekend. Saturday was clear enough to
take my usual walk, and I see that most of
the work on the small dam over the nearby
Eau Gallie river seems to done. All the heavy
equipment is gone, and the dam looks finished.
It blocks about half the river with a spillway
(weir?) over the other half. There is a "look
out for manatees" sign, too ... I did not know
they came up the river here, I should look out
for them.
I finally got the antenna mount I ordered from
MFJ, Fedex seemed to have lost the first one,
but MFJ was good about replacing it. I got it
setup on the car with a 20M hamstick and took
the FT-991A out to check it out. Not too bad,
it was good enough to talk to North Carolina
and Lousiana. I should probably think about
getting a screwdriver antenna, but the hamstick
is fun for now. Since I am in a ground-floor
apartment the car is my best bet for HF.
Still playing HAMWORD. I like it.
A quick clarification. The manatees I was
talking about are the big sea-cow kind of
things. We have sting rays too, but they are
different.
I will likely be AWOL next week. The local
ham club meets the second Monday of the month.
Also, we have a local hamfest next weekend. I
will be back in two weeks to let you know how
it goes.
Charley, thanks for the info on the MFJ mount.
I will definitely look into that.
73s to all.
KF5TVG:
GE All!
Weather is starting to cool a bit. Today high
was 89 and the rest of the week will have
highs in the 70s. Yea!
Picked up contacts from Liechtenstein and
Lithuania on 15m ft8 today. Hope they confirm
thru LOTW soon. I'be been chasing VR2XMT
(Hong Kong) for the last 10 minutes or so,
but he doesn't hear me. Have been stalled at
134 DXCCs for awhile now.
I told the developer of HAMWORD, Mark, N5HZR,
that we picked up a couple more players, based
on the conversations here on this net. He was
delighted! Told me there are now hams all
around the world playing. I need to get started
on this weeks word. Last week got it in 2 tries,
but the week before it took me all 6 tries.
Ditto on the flu shots and HB wishes to Arlene.
Many thx to Boss Bob and Daryl for running the
net and providing the equipment. 73 all!
**
Replies From WX4QZ:
Bob (NY), it's supposed to warm back up here
after a few cool days this weekend. The changing
of the seasons. FB on HAMWORD...I'm spending less
and less time at the computer, with the vision
and pain issues. I got my flu shot last month.
Charley, FB on the travels...glad you're back
home. And, FB on the friends surprise birthday
party, the nicer weather, "NT5R Foot Mobile",
the WWV tower photos, and the YouTube facilities
guided tour. Saw the article of a few Radio Shack
stores coming back. No ham gear stores in Arkansas
that I know of; closest one in Paris, Texas. We'll
have to ask the other Scott (Berryville) about the
area Radio Shack. FB on the Kenwood D72. And, I've
used those Hamsticks in the past myself. I remember
seeing Pikes Peak from a distance when the local
collegiate choir went out to Colorado Springs 40
years ago.
Rick, FB on the Thanksgiving at your daughters
next week, but bummer on the weather. I'm seeing
snow in some of the higher elevations...so the
snow tires are coming in handy. FB on the Pi NODE,
and related hardware. Happy belated birthday to
Miss Arlene...hope the dinner was good. FB on the
radio club guys with the eatings and meetings. GL
with the speaker mic and the antennas...and FB on
the hamsticks setup.
Carl, bummer on the rain, but glad you could get
some outdoor work and your walk in. I saw references
to the Eau Gallie River on the Brightline train
construction videos. Yeah, you need to avoid the
manatees...thanks for the clarification. Glad you
finally got the antenna from MFJ, and got it set
up. As funky as the HF bands can be, you have to
make do with what you have. I haven't done anything
with HAMWORD. We'll give you a courtesy check, next
week...just email me your response, and I'll put
them in the scribe.
Bob (OK), part of the weekend here won't get out of
the 60s, and it'll be in the 40s Sunday morning. FB
on FT8 contacts on 15m...GL on getting confirmation,
and the contact from Hong Kong. FB on HAMWORD...too
bad I don't have the strength to do it, and not sure
if I could do it with just RMS Express for my WL2K
messages.
**
Daryl, WX4QZ
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