[K3CAL] CARA Weekly Net Notes 3/16/2026

[ERIK Johnson]

Club Net every Monday at 730 PM on
146.985 and 444.950 repeaters (currently not linked)
Lunch Bunch every Wednesday at 1130 - various locations.
Breakfast on Saturdays - various locations
Club Meeting on the 2nd Thursday 730PM
AUXCOMM Digital Mode Practice in the process for being rescheduled
Non Club events:
TalkAround Tuesday at 8 PM - frequency on KC3QQD's page at QRZ.com - usually begins on 50.130 USB
Far-out Friday Night Net 730 PM on 50.130 USB W3EME is Net Control
Mid-Atlantic DMR Net Thursday at 800 PM on Maryland State DMR Talkgroup 3124
GMRS Net Sundays 730PM on Prince Fredrick repeater 462.650 (input is 467.650) and PL tone is 110.9 check in and test your equipment and help us to test its coverage area.
 
KC3WRX: Busy day today iHop 1130 Wednesday
KB3WFV: still on backup repeater. Controller is the last spare. Need to consider replacing equipment due to aging of gear. Dues are due – please use the website.
KC3QQD: 147.195 back on the air along with the GMRS repeater (St. Mary’s channel 3) and the DMR repeater.
N3AE: Auxcomm meeting Thursday 7 Pm at the EOC– planning for NVIS Day April 25. Localized set up on 40m or 80m
W3PQS: got wet, still expecting winds. Working on 6m repeater. Hoping for extra donations towards new equipment / upgrades.
N3PPH: has been doing FT8 and waiting out the bad weather.
AC3KX: hoping for a nice week but it will probably be cold.
G0JKN: programming an antenna switch and exploring mesh networking (Meshtastic).
AB3LE: has had to burn a lot of wood to stay warm.
W1AJW: clouds are moving very fast. We will see how accurate the weather forecast.
Shorty: making bread with sourdough and has many eggs. Glad there were no severe storms.
Repeater problem occurred
K3OCM and KD3CQH were not able to comment.
 
Respectfully submitted
Erik-KC3QQD
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