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home | newest check | boards | help index | log | ps | userlogin | send sysop | slog | status forward | bcm news | users | version | remove cookieN5VLZ > ALL 14.04.26 12:21l 507 Lines 13114 Bytes #8 (0) @ WW BID : 49113_NS2B Subj: PCL NET SCRIBE APR 13 2026 Path: JH4XSY<N3HYM<KA3VSP<WB4WPF<GB7BED<NS2B Sent: 260414/0313Z 49113@NS2B.#WNY.NY.USA.NOAM BPQ6.0.25 PCL NET SCRIBE APRIL 12 2026 N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe) NT5R, Charley, Florida (Portable) NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop) K0WAV, Scott, Arkansas KX4AC, Carl, Arizona KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma VA7RBP, Rick, Canada KR8X, David, Texas (New Checkin) N3MEL, Glenn, Pennsylvania N9AZZ, Flip, Illinois (New Checkin)(In And Out) ** N5VLZ: GE All, and welcome to the March 16 2026 PCL Net. Early checkin from our traveling ham, Charley, NT5R. Net order is Daryl, Bob (NY), Scott, Carl, Bob (OK), Rick, David, Glenn, and Flip...and whoever else may show up. With my erratic internet connection, I chose to move my comments to the scribe...I hope things are better next week. If I'm using iptelnet for this net, or Echolink, the VPN has to be turned off. It's a bit of a nuisance, but I'll make it work. I hope everyone had a good Easter, and didn't eat too much candy (hi hi). I was kept busy doing square dancing website updates, and preparing the new audio transcript for the latest QCWA e-Journal. Two very interesting articles were in this month's issue... the history of Radio Shack (before it was acquired by Tandy Corporation), and "The DXCC entity that never was". The week was so exhausting that I slept much of Saturday, since I didn't have any nets to run. But yesterday, I ran 2 nets, checked into a ham radio club Zoom Meeting, and checked into 4 others... 2 of them via remotehams.com -- the bands were lousy as usual. We need rain badly down here, but it looks like most of the rain will be in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. We are supposed to get storms from Wednesday night into Thursday, plus Saturday and Saturday night. Other parts of the country are getting blasted by severe weather, including tornadoes, and very large hail. Ryan Hall, KJ4WHM, is live on his YouTube Channel right now. Much of Arkansas is in severe or exceptional drought. My lawn man is coming by in the morning, as the weeds are growing faster than the grass. Two weeks from today, April 27, marks 19 years since I lost my XYL. I'm going to need emotional support and my hobbies to pull me through that day. I saw a video on YouTube from "America By Rail" with coast to coast trip from Washington, DC, to Chicago, IL, to Emeryvile, CA, along with several excursion lines along the way. One of the young ladies in a scene from the Dining Car looked a lot like my late wife. My license exam team is doing a test on May 2, the last one we'll be doing before the current Technician Class Pool changes. With scheduling, we had to work around graduation day on campus, as traffic is a nightmare on that day. I'll print up some new exam books next week. I'm starting to save money for the Huntsville Hamfest trip...can't believe it's just over 4 months away. I just hope that the event won't be disrupted by weather or something else...as that's getting toward the peak of hurricane season. I'm not looking forward to the long bus ride, but it was better than driving. I'll still have other regional day trips to Shreveport, LA, and Mena, AR...but I'm wanting a break for a few days. A fellow ham in Illinois, N9NJS, who refers to us as "hamsters", came up with new alternate phoentics for his callsign suffix. He said a fellow ham could not remember his callsign, so he came up with "Not Just Sexy". I told him I was going to send him a laundry bill...or "That's What She Said"...as he's now known as "a sexy hamster". With friends like us, you don't need any enemies (hi hi). GE Bob...how was your week?? >>> ** NS2B: GE All. Yep, a good Easter - we went out to MaryJo's daughters husbands brothers place. Sounds like a comedy skit! Good eatin' and fellowship were had! Not much new happening around here - still pondering Hamword. HF has been in the pits, so nothing going there. That's all for me - BTU Daryl >>> ** N5VLZ: Bob (NY), FB on the holiday eatings and HamWord. I concur with the poor HF conditions. GE Scott, how was your week?? ** K0WAV: Hello Daryl thanks for NCS and Bob for the venue, Last two weeks was good. The Solars are weak. SFI 99, A of 4, and K of 0 so yeah HF is limping. Got the Clubs new System Fusion and Wires-X Repeater online finally. Node 79363 Room 89363. Room name is K5AA-Room Yeah I know the room name is lame but my brain was burned by that time of the process. haha And, I got volun-told to do the System Fusion and Wires-X presentation at the club meeting this past Saturday... So all I have, still recoving from the American to Japan thinking process translation that is Yaesu and their implementations. BTU >>> ** N5VLZ: Scott, "volun-told" is an extension of N.A.V.Y. -- "Never Again Volunteer Yourself". As was noted, I agree with the poor HF conditions. FB on the Fusion and Wires-X nodes. As for the brain burn, it's the Haven't Any Memory meaning of H.A.M. Rumor has it that Kenwood is getting out of the ham radio business, as they only appear to show up at Hamvention in Xenia...but not at Hamcation in Orlando or the Huntsville Hamfest. GE Carl, how was your week?? >>> ** KX4AC: GE All. Well, the Easter Bunny was good to me; Carrie hid a basket for me, it wound up being inside the clothes dryer. hi hi. Put in my first HAMWORD guess this morning (first for the week, that is) but have not checked in for the response yet. I do try to string it out over the week, but then I usually breakdown and finish it in one day. Oh, well. Just had the electrician in to prepare a space for the fiber internet modem ... assuming it ever comes. They are still running fiber throughout the community and running late as construction projects tend to do. Also, I wish HF would wake up a bit so I can play with my new portable vertical. That's about it for me. Back to net >>> ** N5VLZ: Carl, FB on the deal in the dryer...at least it was secure and warm (hi hi). I never did get to start HAMWORD. On the repair delay, it reminds me of a meme where the surgeon encounters a repairman who took awhile to fix a deal at his place. So, he told the patient "I'll finish things another day" (hi hi). Not sure when HF will cooperate. GE Bob (OK)...how was your week?? I know you're under the weather bullseye this week. >>> ** KF5TVG: GE Daryl and all on the net! Yes, always have to keep eye to the sky this time of year. After trying occasionally for over 2 years to get ft8 qsl from Delaware on 60m, finally got it this last week. Which means I have worked all states now on 10-80meters. WooHoo!! Now what??? Maybe try 6m or switch over to FT4??? Had a great Easter. After church, went up to Oklahoma City (about 25min from here) with daughter's family and had a great (not so traditional) Mexican dinner. Nice weather, beautiful Day! That's all for now. BTU Daryl>>> ** N5VLZ: Bob (OK), I think the geographic spot of the most tornadoes in the US is Moore, Oklahoma. Congratulations on getting WAS on 10 through 80 meters!! Whatever you think is best for another award. FB on the Easter dinner...I've known some folks who'd have pizza on Thanksgiving...whatever works for you. GE Rick, how was your week?? ** VA7RBP: GE Daryl and all on NET. We had a quiet Easter, the family was off doing their own thing. On Easter Sunday, Arlene and I drove up to Kaslo and had dinner at the Kaslo Hotel, a nice four hour drive there and back. On the radio front, HF has been poor, as has already been mentioned, but I have tried to do the usual 40M and 20M PACTOR in the mornings anyway. Calling 2M FM NETS on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, and doing the PREOC NETS on Wednesday nights in Nelson. Weeknights, I still try to do 80M OLIVIA 16/1K NET. Saturdays, I've been doing the breakfast and coffee sessions with the radio club guys in Castlegar and Nelson, and chores around the house. Last week, I started planting radishes and carrotts in our garden planters. The rhubarb has started coming up as well. Today, I received the new irrigarion conroller from AMAZON, and spent some time today swapping the wiring ifrom the old unit to the new one. Daytime temperatures are now into the 50s and 60's, but they are still getting down to the 30s at night. That's about it... so BTU Daryl >>> ** N5VLZ: Rick, FB on the Easter dinner, the ham radio things, the breakfast and coffee sessions, the gardening, and the weather. GE David...glad to have you with us. When you're done, type >>> and I'll take it back. ** KR8X: GE Daryl and everyone else I've had a pretty good week. After seeing all the messages about pacnet, I was able to setup a link and join for my first time. Pretty quiet here at the qth, just me and the xyl. My rms node was down with a bad radio, but the cable came in and now it is back on the air. Had issues with connecting to the CMS and it magically fixed itself. Didn't do much on the radio but I have been working with ohb.hamclock.app, the new backend server for hamclock. We are testing 4.23 beta 2 and soon it may be widely available. I've been working on a small prototype to allow users to specify the antennas being used for tx and rx so propagation will be closer to reality. That's about all for me. Thanks everyone. Back to Net Control. >>>> ** N5VLZ: David, we're here most Mondays, unless I'm doing Arkansas Skywarn...or during the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. We're glad to have you with us tonight. Glad the RMS node is working again...I have to connect to RMS Express for Winlink via a CMS. FB on the Hamclock app development. GE Glenn, how was your week?? >>> ** N3MEL: GE all, not to much to report from here a little under the weather today. Getting ready this months PKTNET that starts on Sunday, we be asking for NTS message this month. Should be a good test for the packet network. Also continuing to test the Winlink to Packet Gateway, so far its work well. That is all for not and btn>>> ** N5VLZ: Glenn, sorry to hear you're under the weather...hope you get to feeling better soon. FB on the PKTNET and on the Winlink to Packet Gateway. I guess we lost Flip, N9AZZ...but I'll log him. That's it for round one. Back to the top for final comments. Bob (NY), thanks for the use of the BBS. Anything else for us?? >>> ** NS2B: Forgot to mention of all things - my NAS died! I've been troubleshooting for most of the day - looks like it has a bad drive without reporting it! that's not good - ah well - i'll get fixed or replaced Everyone have a good week - 73 es GN >>> ** N5VLZ: Bob (NY), Bummer on the NAS failure...good luck on getting it fixed. Thanks for being here. Scott, anything else?? >>> ** K0WAV: Yes Yes, pollen is bad, may take up pollen mining if there is market for you... And on the net issues.... Skuttlebutt has it that we are experiencing lots of DNS and dDOS activities since the world events have kicked off. Be safe out there and 73 and GN >>> ** N5VLZ: Scott, thanks for being here. The weeds are growing, but the grass hasn't started that much yet. I had to turn off the POP and SMTP ports on the BBS, as hackers were slamming them, trying to use them as relay points for their email, and I also disabled uploads. Thanks for being here. Carl, anything else?? >>> ** KX4AC: I will add my "welcome" to David. It is always good to have someone new log in. 73 to all and GN >>> ** N5VLZ: Thanks for being here, Carl...see you next time. We are always glad for new checkins. We had 10 on the log tonight. Bob (OK), anything else?? >>> ** KF5TVG: Hi David! Come back and visit anytime! Love the "pollen mining" idea. Will have to use that. Thanks to Bob (NY and Daryl for making this net happen. 73 to all and BTU Net>>> ** N5VLZ: Bob (OK), they had a Pollen Storm Warning here with 4 inches of accumulation (hi hi). I guess we need to stake our claim (hi hi). Thanks for being here. Rick, anything else?? >>> ** VA7RBP: Nope, that's all I have for this week. Thanks for doing the NET Daryl and thanks to BOB for the BBS/CHAT space. Everyone have a great week, stay well, 73 until next time. BTU Daryl >>> ** N5VLZ: Rick, thanks for being here...see you next week. David, again, thanks for being here. Anything else?? >>> ** KR8X: Thanks Daryl for being NC. Thanks BoB (NY) for the node and for getting me setup with a link. Great to meet y'all. 73 to all and GN >>> ** N5VLZ: David, hope you enjoyed it...come back and visit us again soon. Since we lost Flip, N9AZZ, Glenn, you get to wrap it up tonight...anything else?? >>> ** N3MEL: No nothing more, good to see everyone one this evening. 73, btn>>> ** N5VLZ: Glenn, thanks for being here. Hope you get to feeling better. That'll do it for tonight's net. I'll prepare the scribe in the morning, while I wait on my lawn mowing guy to show up. Everyone stay safe, healthy, weather aware, and radio-active. 73 and GN DE N5VLZ. >>> ** Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Little Rock, Arkansas Please see my QRZ bio for more information.
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