[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] ***REMINDER*** July Net Control Solicitations And Other News...

[Bryan Pettigrew]

CQ All-

As you are staying in and remaining cool waiting for the evening start of
ARC Field Day, just a reminder we still need net controllers for July's
DSTAR Wednesday and 2m Thursday nets!

DSTAR:  3 (WA6MPR), 10, 17, 24 and 31 July.   As a reminder, N8IK will be
out of town on the 10th, so need a volunteer to take his place.
2M: 11, 18 and 25 (WA6MPR) July

So please let me know ASAP if you're willing to take a net (or two, or
three like KQ4CMA... :-) )

73- Bryan WD4ADF

Bryan A. Pettigrew (Grew)
WD4ADF
(C) 619-278-8067
(p) bryan.a.pettigrew at gmail.com
Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-pettigrew-mba-9b39739


On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 10:47 AM Bryan Pettigrew <
bryan.a.pettigrew at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> CQ All-
>
> It's that time of the month to start looking for net controllers for
> July!!!   DSTAR Wednesday dates are 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 July.   2m
> Thursday nets will be 11, 18 and 25 July (we will cancel on the 4th for the
> Federal Holiday).    Of note, N8IK will not be available to take the DSTAR
> net on this Wednesday night (19th) so need a backup controller to take over
> as well as 3 and 10 July.
>
> ****REMINDER-ANNOUNCEMENT***  *This Thursday night we will conduct
> another exercise simulating the degradation of the 2m repeater and will QSY
> over to the 220 machine to conduct the net.  This will be the SOP for
> Thursday evening:
>
> -Sometime in the early part of the net I will call out "EXERCISE EXERCISE
> EXCERCISE,"  announce the simulated degration of the 2m machine.  All
> stations that are listening and have 220 capability should QSY to that
> repeater and we will conduct one round of check-ins and comments on 220.
> -I will need a backup controller (KQ4CMA... are you interested?) to assist
> in getting stations over to 220 who have the capability.
> -Once one round of check-ins and comments are complete, I will announce
> that the 2m repeater is back up to full operation and all stations will
> return to the 2m machine.  For Round 2, we'll pick up the stations that did
> not check in on 220 and continue the net as normal.
> -At the conclusion of the net I will return the 2m and 220 repeaters back
> to normal amateur operations.
>
> If there are any questions about this, or if you want to conduct a quick
> 220 check between now and Wednesday, please send me a note separately
> listing your time and availability during the evenings for a quick QSO on
> 220.  The reason why we are conducting these exercises is to use the other
> repeaters and to help ensure all of our equipment is ready to operate on
> different frequencies if the situation demands it and still be able to
> communicate with minimal disruptions.
>
> NET CONTROL CLASS-  I've not gotten a lot of interest in this, so this
> will be my last all call to see if there are at least 4-6 operators
> interested in doing NCS training this summer, most likely in August.  If
> there is no interest for the summer, I'll put out the ask again for a
> potential Fall session in October.
>
> 73's and we'll see you down the log!
>
> Cheers,
> WD4ADF- Bryan
>
> Bryan A. Pettigrew (Grew)
> WD4ADF
> (C) 619-278-8067
> (p) bryan.a.pettigrew at gmail.com
> Find me on LinkedIn:
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-pettigrew-mba-9b39739
>