A "Just In Case" Radio Club
Good Evening,
Reminder that we will hold a club meeting this month on Saturday December 19th, 2020. We will be finalizing the Ballot for our upcoming club elections as well as having a presentation from Jeff Crawford on “Experimenting, prototyping and building.”
This meeting will be held virtually. Please check your e-mail for the meeting link.
The most famous 2 meter net was held at it’s normal time tonight. There were 11 people who could make the time to check in:
No formal traffic was received or transmitted. Some discussion around the upcoming winter weather, the Geminid meteor shower peak tonight, satellite ops trailer, drone assisted antenna installation, working and school from home.
The next net is tomorrow at 8pm on 220mhz. Check out the web site for the latest information on that net.
Everyone have a great week.
73!
John
W5ODJ
The Net was convened at 8:30 PM Local on 145.31 77 Hz. Check Ins:
W5ODJ has posted instructions for the Digital Watering Hole, held Sunday nights 7:30. The net was secured at 8:58 73 KI4AD
80m – 3675 KHz on 04DEC 2020 Open 0100Z
Listening 3815 KHz for General class ops to check-in
QNI:
K3WD Bill
W5ODJ John
K0ZR Jeff
W0MPM John
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Closed 0122Z
10m – on 28.405 MHz open 0124Z
W0MPM John
W5ODJ John
K3WD Bill
KE4S Dave, NCS
Closed 0129Z
Conditions on 80m not the best tonight. We had good conversation anyway about our recent individual ham activities. Conditions on 10m were much better. Thanks to all who checked in, and we hope to have others join us next week.
The Net was convened at 8:30 PM local on 145.31 77 Hz. Check Ins Follow:
Tubes were discussed. Tube night at 3938 Khz 8 PM, you need at least 3 tubes. Russian tubes. Audio Tubes. The net was secured at 8:55. W5ODJ followed the net with an excellent discussion of HF Digital for the Digital Water Hole Net, 7:30 PM Sundays.
The net was convened at 8:30 PM local on 14531 77 Hz. Check Ins:
Discussions included the excellent presentation at the last LARG meeting by Bob Heil of Heil Sound, what we’re having for Thanksgiving dinner, and to make sure and get your dues in by Jan 1, 2021. The net was secured at 8:50. 73 & Happy Thanksgiving!
The net was convened at 8:30 PM Local. Check Ins:
There was general discussion of the historic SpaceX Crew-1 launch. N4PDY announced that there would be a special guest presenting at the next LARG meeting. Bob Heil, of Heil Sound, will discuss microphones. AK2M demonstrated the Icom 750 to Boy Scouts. There will be no LARG Holiday Party next month, but there will be a LARG monthly meeting. The net was secured at 9:02 local.
The following are for sale from SK LARG Member Dick’s (W2YE) estate:
Manufacturer Model Description
ICOM IC-706 MK II G HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver
ICOM IC-756PRO III HF/50MHz All Mode Transceiver
ICOM IC-756 HF/50MHz All Band Transceiver
Alpha` ETO 91B HF Linear Amplifier
ICOM IC-7600 HF/50MHz Transceiver
Hallicrafters S-85 Receiver
National NC300 Shortwave receiver
Viking Valiant II Transmitter
Emtron DX-3 HF Linear Amplifier
Heathkit SB-1000 Linear Amplified
Heathkit SB-200 Linear Amplifier
Coax Cable Free! Lengths to 150′. Andrew 1/2″ heliax, LMR400, RG-213U
Contact Col Miller [email protected]
80m – 3675 KHz on 13NOV 2020 Open 0100Z
Listening 3816 KHz for General class ops to check-in
QNI:
K8SYH Bill
K3WD Bill
W5ODJ John
W0MPM John
KE4S Dave, Net Control
Conditions much better tonight than the Tuesday CW net.
Closed 0121Z
10m – on 28.405 MHz open 0122Z
W5ODJ John
W0MPM Gracie (with John)
K3WD Bill
KE4S Dave, NCS
John MPM had some help for this one.
Closed 0128Z
Check-ins tonight from Bill K8SYH, Jeff K0ZR, Dave KE4S, Chris KT9N, and a welcome to new member Brian W1FOX. Conditions not very good tonight so we chatted briefly about the CW Sweepstakes contest over the weekend and closed down. Please join us next week – the low bands should be improving in the coming weeks.