[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] February 2026 ARC Net Control Solicitation

[Bryan Pettigrew]

CQ All-

I'm still looking for net controllers for the Thursday 2m nets!  Here's who
is in the lineup thus far:

DSTAR Wednesday:  All month N8IK
2m Thursday:  5 (OPEN) 12 (KQ4YGT)  19 (OPEN)  26 (OPEN)

Additionally, I've only had four stations show interest in any or all of
the "special nets" planned for next month as well.  If you're concerned
that all of the special nets will be held on Saturdays, that will not be
the case.  If it will help with participation, we can plan for these nets
on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday evening if folks are available.

Thanks for participating and we'll see you down the log!

~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


On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM Bryan Pettigrew <bryan.a.pettigrew at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> CQ All-
>
> Coming off of the momentum of last Friday's club meeting, I'm going to go
> ahead and get an earlier start for the "asks" for NCS' for February!
>
> DSTAR Wednesday:   4, 11, 18 and 25 Feb
> 2m Thursday:  5, 12, 19 and 26 Feb
>
> The numbers of our regular net controllers continues to dwindle, so if
> you've taken the NCS training within the last couple of years or if you've
> not taken the training and want to "grip it and rip it," you're more than
> invited to take on a NCS shift as well.   As a reminder, the training is
> not a "gatekeeper" process, it is provided to help those who have never
> operated a controlled net as the NCS to become more comfortable with net
> operations prior to saying "QST, QST, QST."
>
> SPECIAL NETS-  We'll try again for the "smorgasboard" of special nets for
> next month.   I only received responses from 4 members regarding one or all
> of the special nets that we planned on having for this month.   I'll put
> the same offerings on the table as the last request:
>
>    - One daytime HF net on 10, 20, 40 or 80 meters
>    - One 70cm net
>    - One 6m FM repeater net
>    - One 220 UHF net.
>
> At the last club meeting we had a robust discussion about the utilization
> of our club repeaters, and other than the occasional ragchew, scheduling a
> special net is one of the ways to encourage use of repeaters other than the
> 2m one.   If you're interested, please respond so I can gauge the level of
> potential participation before I schedule.   If it's only 4 or 5 people,
> probably not enough for me to make the effort to hard schedule.
>
> Thanks for participating... 73 and we'll see you down the log!
>
> ~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
>