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

[Bryan Pettigrew]

CQ All-

Hope everyone is staying warm and dry during this snow day!

A few changes since my last email to the club:

-Ian will not be available for the DSTAR net for the 25th, so I'll need a
DSTAR controller for the end of the month.
-Three 2m Thursday nets still need controllers.  Please sign up if you're
interested, otherwise it's gonna be "dead air nets" for most of the month.
-There's increasing interest for some/all of the special nets, but not
enough to get any or all of them hard scheduled for next month.

***IDEA*** Since most people will be stuck working/chilling at home
tomorrow, I was thinking about hosting a "pop up" net on 2m around noon.
Any interest?

73,
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 Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM Bryan Pettigrew <bryan.a.pettigrew at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> 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
>>
>