‘Evening, all. Unlike the hash of last night’s DSTAR carnival, tonight’s 2m FM was very successful & info was abundant! Several international excursions in the works with stations heading out to the UK, Prince Edward Island, Austria and Iceland! We’d love to hear from world travelers on the Wednesday DSTAR nets, if the DSTAR Reflector system is available, that would be terrific as well.

Traveling with LifePO4 variation of lithium batteries, RF interference from pesky RF & non-RF sources, classic transceivers still blasting from the past. Lots more that you didn’t need to miss!

Club meeting is tomorrow night, in person and on Zoom (same link as always), perhaps dinner before (Port City food truck?), check Discord. And remember the September club meeting is pushed a week to Sept 18. That’s to allow for 25th Anniversary 9/11 observances.

25th Anniversary.

The IILW, International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend is this Saturday and maybe also Sunday at Columbia Island near the Pentagon. Check with Sean K4KBK or watch Discord for info.

https://www.lighthouse-weekend.international

And there’ll be another Special Net, this time on Mon, Aug 24 at 7:30pm. A joint Net again, with ARC and the Mount Vernon club. Watch for details.

Stations muscling in strong this evening were:

KQ4CMA Jeff / W4HFH Net Control

N9AWG - Marnie

KR4CPB - Jeremy

NH7XJ - Tom

AA4HS - Mait

K3DCA - Alex

KI4D - Don

KR4AHM - Joe

W2HAC - Sven

K4KBK - Sean

WD4ADF - Bryan

W4JJ - Jack

KQ4WOI - Mike

KQ4AJP - Dennis

Labor Day IS IN THREE AND A HALF WEEKS, so squeeze what you’re able out of the summer of ‘26, and we’ll start toweling off and gearing up for autumn.

Hope you can join us next time.

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Jeff KQ4CMA

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