[SMCARA] Winlink E-mail from Bob KA3OCS

[Grant Farrand]

Hi all, 
Just thought i would pass along a typical daily report from Bob KA3OCS
Bob is using his HF radio and Winlink to stay in touch thru E-mail and also you can talk to him on 7.268 at 8:00 am on the Maritime Mobile Net.
I am sure he would like to hear from everyone. You can E-mail him at ka3ocs at winlink.org or talk to him on HF.

73 
and.... In God We Trust !!!
Grant Farrand
gmfarrand at yahoo.com
Amateur  Call sign W4GMF
Virginia Fone Net #29
W4GMF Westmoreland Co.Repeater Sponsor  146.895mhz  (-)  pl tone 146.2


--- On Sat, 2/1/14, KA3OCS at Winlink.org <KA3OCS at Winlink.org> wrote:

> From: KA3OCS at Winlink.org <KA3OCS at Winlink.org>
> Subject: Update Friday

> Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 10:49 PM
> Fishers Bay, Great Guana Cay
> 
> Today was a great weather day. high pressure north of the
> Bahamas is the dominant feature and is producing steady
> 10-15 kts of east to south east winds and clear skies. that
> is good for me as it means i am in the lee of the island
> here. this little bay is protected from all directions
> except west and north west.
> 
> thought I might tell you how i spent my day today so you
> might get a feel for life aboard. 
> 
> I was up at 0615 am or so. the sun was not up but it was
> first light. the morning star was clearly visible to the
> east. probably a planet. I fixed my coffee as the first
> order of business. I have an inverter which allows me to use
> my small coffee maker with out having to start my generator.
> with coffee in hand I tuned into my ham radio code net that
> runs for an hour or so. I checked in there and then listened
> to what others had to report. we generally just tell each
> other what the weather is like in our area. there are close
> to thirty hams each day checking into the net from maine to
> florida keys. 
> 
> at around 730 am i switched my radio over to the single side
> band and listen to the waterway radio and cruising club net.
> today I had arranged to have our group of code operators
> check into that net as well. so the voice net was quite busy
> with a lot of people saying hello. not all of them are on
> boats but a lot are.
> 
> after all the nets I made breakfast. oatmeal with brown
> sugar raisins and milk, with a glass of orange juice and a
> fresh orange.
> 
> I then worked on my am/fm radio project while i ran my
> generator to charge the batteries and run the soldering
> iron. i spent about an hour completing another section of
> the radio. BTW i did find the missing resistor on the
> rug  next to my seat.
> 
> I then rigged up the sailing dingy and went for a good long
> sail. lester did not go with me this time but was watching
> my every move. he would bark loudly if i went too far from
> the boat. overnight one boat came in so i sailed over and
> said hello. they also had dog aboard and liked the beach
> here to walk their dog.
> 
> after the sail it was time for lunch so i made myself a
> sandwich and a diet coke with some vanishing oatmeal raisin
> cookies.
> 
> I read a bit from a book on basic electronics so i might
> understand what i was building with the kit. at 1 pm i tuned
> into the UNC vs NC State basketball game on Sirius xm radio.
> I'm so glad i got saT RADIO as i have yet to miss a game. I
> will catch the superbowl on it tomorrow.
> 
> after the game , unc won, i played the mandolin for an hour
> or so until it was time for a sun downer. made a bowl of pop
> corn and had a cold kalik beer as i watched from my flying
> bridge a few folks from a couple of new arrivals take their
> dingy ashore.
> 
> then i came down to send this message.
> 
> tonight i will cook two pork chops, rice and green beans for
> dinner with a couple of vanishing oatmeal cookies of course,
> and a cup of chocolate pudding. I will listen to prairie
> home companion and then go to bed.
> 
> that is a day in the life aboard Bonnie K
> 
> bob and lester
> 
>