I have two hints for our July 31st 2017 net. First, have paper handy, and a pen or pencil. Second, know how to change frequencies and power on your radio! We will not just talk…we’ll work a little bit while we have fun. 2017 is a great year for surprise nets. Turn up your power, change your frequency, and have fun!
Don’t use a high-powered base station? No fear, you’ll have fun, too.
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Secret Life of Oxygen Tank 10024X-TA0009” and “Tour of the Constellation Scutum”
Net Control:
Tom KE5ICX
Our most important news is our next club meeting. We’ll be meeting at the Dallas Medical Center this coming Tuesday, August 1st. Our meeting program will be presented by Pete Loveall, AE5PL. He’ll cover all aspects of APRS, the Automatic Packet Reporting System. The board meeting is at 6:00 PM, the general meeting is at 7:00 PM, and both are free and open to the public.
Our nets tonight include SKYNET at 9:00 PM and our Afterglow Movie net at 10:30 PM. Tonight’s Afterglow Net doesn’t have a specific movie assigned for homework. Instead, we’ll be having a round-table discussion about what makes a good SciFi movie.
This coming Monday is a 5th Monday, and that means we’ll have a Surprise Net on the W5FC 146.88 repeater at 7:00 PM. Be prepared…for anything!
Our 2017 Field Day operation produced 540 contacts for a total of 3,188 points from contacts and bonuses. A summary of our logs is below.
The NTX AREDN Group will have AREDN-In-The-Park (AIP) event this Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 13:00-16:00 local time at Richardson’s Custer park,
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Soyuz Missions Continued” and “Tour of the Constellation Vulpecula”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
It looks like a quiet week in the world of ham radio. There don’t seem to be any major contests going on, but there is an interesting series of QRP “fox hunt” events taking place in the 20-meter band.
Our August 1st DARC meeting program will be all about APRS, and presented by Pete Loveall, AE5PL.
Looking forward to this time next month, it looks like there will be many special events on the air to mark the Great American Eclipse. Plenty of Eclipse information is available from NASA, too.
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