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Thursday SSB Net Report – Sep 24, 2Ø26

Thursday SSB Net Sep 24, 2Ø26
Open ØØØØZ Sep 25, 2Ø26 on 3675 KHz
Listen 3816 for General class ops
QNI
K8SYH Bill +5
KS1G Steve S7-S9
WØMPM John +1Ø
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed ØØ14Z

Open ØØ16Z on 28.4Ø5 MHz
QNI
WØMPM John
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed ØØ19Z

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Thursday SSB Net Report – Sep 17, 2Ø26

Thursday SSB Net Sep 17, 2Ø26
Open ØØØ1Z Sep 18, 2Ø26 on 3675 KHz
Listen 382Ø KHz for General class ops
QNI
KR4EON Nigel S9
KE4S Dave , Net Control
Closed ØØ2ØZ

Open ØØ21Z on 28.4Ø5 MHz
QNI
KR4EON Nigel S9
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed ØØ26Z
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Sunday 2M Net, 30 August 2026

Net commenced at 2000 local on the 146.700/146.850 repeaters. Check-ins:

  • W5ODJ John
  • WA4KBM Kevin
  • WA4TXE Dave
  • K3WD Bill
  • KO4ANI Mike
  • N4RAF Steve
  • W4PMP Chris (net control)

Topics tonight:  Great discussions on many topics.

Net was secured 2035.

73’s,

Chris, W4PMP

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Thursday SSB Net Report – Sep 03, 2Ø26

Thursday SSB Net Sep 03, 2Ø26
Open ØØØØZ Jul 31, 2Ø26 on 3675 KHz
Listen 3813 KHz for General class ops
QNI
N4CF Mike +15
K8SYH Bill +15
KG4UPR/M S9
K3WD Bill +2Ø
WD5ODJ John +1Ø
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed ØØ17Z

Open ØØ19Z on 28.4Ø5 MHz
QNI
W5ODJ John
K3WD Bill
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed ØØ23Z
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Fox Hunt

Our first fox hunt at Ida Lee Park was awesome. With temperatures in the 70s we got our steps for the day in while hardly breaking a sweat.

Three foxes were deployed, but one wasn’t transmitting (turns out it was most likely operator error who turned the switch off vs. on).

5 club members participated:

  • Steve KS1G
  • Ron KQ4IBI
  • Mike KO4ANI
  • Bryce KC6T
  • Steve N4RAF

After a brief intro, the fox hunters started hunting. One hunter was able to locate the 2 foxes in about 20 minutes. The other hunters took a bit longer.

Some lessons:

  • Turn on da fox
  • Make sure the frequencies sent out match the foxes
  • Rocks really do block RF
  • Mixing up deployment formats keeps the hunters on their toes – one in an ammo can, another a small pouch in a tall patch of grass and the inactive one up in a tree
  • Make sure your radio is on the right frequency for the fox you are hunting
  • Antennas on the foxes make a difference in how well hunters can receive them both on primary freq and 3rd harmonic
  • Turn the power up on the foxes

Thanks all for coming out and enjoying the morning. We’ll be scheduling another one in late Oct / Early Nov.

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Reston Century – 2026

Yesterday, 23 Aug, we supported the Reston Bike Club (RBC) Ken Thompson Reston Century.

It was beautiful day in the mid-80s with nice puffy clouds providing some breaks from the sun with a light breeze. The 100 milers arriving at Lovettsville didn’t even seem to be breaking a sweat.

With about 700 riders participating, 16 members of the club provided situational awareness and communications support to the race directors team from 5:30 am to 5 pm at the ride start/finish, 4 rest stops and SAG vehicles.

By tracking the SAG vehicles using APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) we could dispatch the closest SAG to a rider who needed support.

Great job today by all who supported the Reston Century.

Photos here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1mOVYAO70Msyzd-4RRxzI02IYzjTcOisF

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