[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Alexandria Radio Club Weekly 2m Net Report - 12.5.2024

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Once again, I was laughing in my shack during 2m excitement, which served a double purpose of keeping me warm in the backyard shed!  I can't pass all my notes but here are few:

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25' whips and EFHWs
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Don't throw away those old speakers...they may just work with your modern radio
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St. Lucia Day, singing, coffee and holiday family rituals
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DSTAR failure and accusations of collusion and glitter to impede amateur radio
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Counter accusations of fake news warranting a call sign change
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Actual news that the DSTAR issue on 12/4 was a system outage and not a directed energy weapon
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Actual energy (directed or not) hitting the repeater during the net that still could not stop the 2m excitement.
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Net controllers still needed for January
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Several new Hams and Members!!!

Lineup of Radio Superstars of the evening:

KO2THF - Skip as W4HFH Net Controller
KC7OVS - David
N8IK - Ian
KK1ZZ - Wade
N2KFA - Pete
KE4WGI - Brian
KI4D - Don
KC3AOO - Bjorn
KB3DQI - Mike
KQ4ZCO - Austin
W2HAC - Sven
WA9HS - Howie
K4KBK - Sean
WD4ADF - Bryan
KQ4YGT - Edward
W4JJ - Jack