A "Just In Case" Radio Club
The Net was convened 8:30 PM local on Dulles Radio Club repeater KI4AD 145.31 77 Hz. Check Ins:
Happy July 4th to all!
Club meeting (virtual) 3rd Saturday of July. Leesburg 4th of July parade was today. 13 Colonies special event this week. The K2B special event station is Virginia and some of our members are operating it. The net was closed at 8:46pm. 73
The Thursday net was called at 20:00 local time. Those who participated:
| KE4S | Dave |
| K8SYH | Bill |
| AB3KC * | Collins |
| K3WD * | Bill |
| W0MPM * | John |
| W5ODJ * | John |
Topics were Field Day, 13 Colonies, the recent local weather and PVRC among others. The band was in good shape and signals were strong in spite of the storms and static crashes.
We continued our discussion to 10 meters at 28.405 mHz. That band was in decent shape too.
It was good to hear everyone on the air tonight.
73,
John
W5ODJ
The Net was convened 8:30 PM local on Dulles Radio Club repeater KI4AD 145.31 77 Hz. Check Ins:
The topic on this Field Day weekend was “What did you do on Field Day 1957”. K2BFY described his 1957 field day using a 2M AM Gonset. Others talked about what they did this Field Day. The traffic jams coming back from the beach were also discussed. 73
The Net was convened 8:30 PM local on Dulles Radio Club repeater 145.31 77 Hz. Check Ins:
The topic on this Father’s Day: ” Is/was your Father a Ham, and if not, what was his favorite hobby?” The LARG meeting Saturday was in person. Hopefully, they will continue to be. 73
Thursday SSB Net 18 JUN 2021
open 0000Z on 3675 KHz
Listen 3816 for General class ops
QNI
K3WD Bill
KoZR Jeff
N4PD Paul
KE4S Dave, net control
closed 0020Z
Open on 28.405 MHz at 0021Z
QNI
K3WD Bill
N4PD Paul
KO4NMN Kevin
KE4S Dave, net control
closed 0030Z
Great conditions on both bands tonight: 75m quiet, 10m open to VP9. Don’t forget the LARG meeting on Saturday AM, followed shortly by the Stew Perry Topband Challenge contest on 160m CW.
There were 3 participants of the digital net tonight:
We had a nice long digital chat on various topics including what was being planned for Field Day 2021. Paulson is working on a remote 2D station to contribute to FD this year. Also talked about birds and bees, neighbors, long walks, grounding rods that don’t want to go into the ground (surprise) and many other things.
The 2 meter net was attended by 9 folks tonight. Lots of new hams using their license to share some time with all fo us. Those included:
As with the digital net we covered a range of topics from learning CW for Field Day 2021 to politics. It was good to hear all the new hams on tonight. I wish we didn’t have to mess with COVID and could have a Field Day like the good ole days. Hopefully this will sort out this year and we can get back to normal.
Everyone have a great week. See you on one of the nets coming up.
73
W5ODJ
Thursday SSB Net 04 JUN 2021
open 0000Z on 3675 KHz
Listen 3813 for General class ops
QNI
KE4S Dave
W5ODJ John
K8SYH Bill, net control
closed 0021Z
Open on 28.405 MHz at 0022Z
QNI
W5ODJ John
K3WD Bill
KE4S Dave, net control
closed 0040Z
We had 12 check in to the 8:30pm Sunday net on 145.31 MHz.
KI4AD Evan
N4PDY Mike
KK4AHY John
KO4NMN Kevin
W3VAR Chuck
KO4OCN Mike
K3WD Bill
KO4PXG John
W4PMP Chris
W6SJ Dave
KO4MBI Eric
AB3KC Collins (Net Control)
Monday will be the first in person luncheon at Wegman’s in Leesburg (1130hrs). We discussed the MFJ 849 watt meter; operating digital on 6m; Chuck was looking for help operating satellites; announcement for 6m net on Wednesday; antenna talk; and plans for showing our gratitude on Memorial Day.
Be Safe! Have a great week!
Thursday SSB Net 28 MAY 2021
open 0000Z on 3675 Khz
Listen 3823 for General class ops
QNI
K3WD Bill
K8SYH Bill
KoZR Jeff
N4PD Paul
NZ2K Paul, NJ
KE4S Dave, net control
Very nice signals on this band tonight.
closed 0030Z
Open on 28.405 at 0031Z
QNI
N4PD Paul
Ko4FBM Jose, FL
K3WD Bill
KE4S Dave, net control
10 meters is open to FL this evening!
closed 0045Z
Summertime signals are coming to life in the evening as Solar Cycle 25 starts climbing. Join us next Thursday if you want to get an introduction to HF operations. 73 de Dave KE4S
The Net was convened at 8:30 PM local on 145.31 77 Hz by Henry K2BFY Net Mgr/Net Cntl. Check Ins:
73, Henry [email protected]