[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] ARC Weekly DSTAR Net, Jan 24, 2024

[Jason Palma]

So no "tree" either? How about "fife"? Totally cuts out "wun". :)

Jason
WA6MPR

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:06 AM Jeff KQ4CMA via AlexandriaRadioClub <
alexandriaradioclub at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Ian discussed that “niner” was specifically an ICAO aviation instruction,
> and never intentionally adopted in amateur radio. It was useful during the
> war due to confusion between “nine” and the German “nein”.
>
> —
> Jeff KQ4CMA
>
> > On Jan 25, 2024, at 8:40 AM, Jan A. Maas <janmaas at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > Hi: Why not "niner" on ham? (Asking for a friend.)
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Jan KB2LRX
> >
> > Jan A. Maas
> > Cell - 347-920-0030
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Cook <kq4cma at icloud.com>
> > Sent: Jan 24, 2024 8:37 PM
> > To: ARC Forum <alexandriaradioclub at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] ARC Weekly DSTAR Net, Jan 24,
> 2024
> >
> > Nice 20 min net tonight on DSTAR, with some familiar stations. A couple
> of us still trying to crack 62B, I learned a bit about flutter causes, and
> got an answer to why I don&rsquo;t hear 9 as &ldquo;niner&rdquo; on ham
> radio. Great chat, all. And remember that WINTERFEST is this weekend!
> >
> > Stations this evening were:
> > KQ4CMA Jeff, net control
> > W9TCE Ted
> > N8IK Ian
> > WA9HS Howie
> > K4KBK Sean
> > WD4ADF Bryan
> >
> > The ARC DSTAR net is every Wednesday night at 8pm local time on the
> W4HFH repeater, at 145.380, using an offset of -0.6 Mhz (144.780), and no
> PL Tone is required on DSTAR. We&rsquo;re also connected to DSTAR Reflector
> 62B during the net, if you&rsquo;re out of town or checking out your gear.
> >
> > See you next Wednesday!
> >
> > &mdash;
> > Jeff KQ4CMA
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