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

[Aaron Kahn]

Sounds like fun.  Will try to tune in if not shoveling snow.
Aaron

On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM Bryan Pettigrew <bryan.a.pettigrew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >
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