December 17, 2011 1. K2SAB Steven,Northern NJ, Thanks Charlie! Note that Google Docs list is overloaded and we need to start a new page.....it's VERY slow. Off to breakfast! 2. NA5CC Charlie thanks, Steve.. TELL JIM!.. we've been telling him for a while, now! Sent an email, I will follow-up and put the history on the web page. OUT to local Ham Breakfast! 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO A tree fell over power lines and has been w/o pwr since yesterday at 1PM. Is using power plant to get on the net today. Hard time starting plant today. Raining and has a flat tire. 4. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 37 Degs 5. KF7NYM Steve NEW HAM Irvington, VA Icom 7200, home brew antenna 6. K3SLJ Len air mobile mid Atlantic returning from London 7. WA9AAA Doug Got a call from Paul KJ5CB yesterday 8. NP2XX Clive going back to live on the water tomorrow. Raining. 9. NP2NC Bob Received his amp ordered over ebay. Hasn't hooked it up yet. 10. KC8IQF Ron 38 deg. 11. KB1EKV Jim 12. WE4GP George 61 deg. Sunny. 13. WA9TIR Jim 28 deg. Snowed last night. 14. J85K Kumar (upgraded from J88CF) 15. K5KKV/1 Jim in VT.
December 16, 2011 Jueves. Definition of Calories: tiny creatures that live in your closet and sew your clothes a little bit tighter every night. (courtesy of Tony) 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls, NH 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Daughter and grandaughter had to change airlines on trip fm Bogota to Los Angeles and had to pay extra $100 for baggage on Virgin America and missed plane in Ft. Lauderdale. New electronic mouse traps are in place now. 4. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL Daughter came home from University of FL in Gainesville. Reapired Ethanol damage to 500 Vulcan so we can ride some bike today. 6 days left before going to Las Vegas for a couple weeks through the holidays. 5. W9MGM Les Delano MI off to the bank and grand kids school today. Basketball at night and caroling. 17 deg. Obama officially pulled USA out of Iraq. Two Christmas parties yesterday. 6. KC2LED Dirk Northern NY on the Canadian Border on 8 watts using Tentec Corsair II and Butternut vertical antenna. 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI New Spaceship being built in Nevada . Its called the Dream Chaser. Private and Government funded. 8. NA5CC Charlie Houston, TX via K3AVR remote, Spent last two days working in Houston due to all Christmas work. 9. K5LYN Lynn Austin, TX There is a town called West, TX. 10. N1DL Karl Naples FL Working on Barker Williamson antenna Jim brought from Bogota. Alcohol won't clean it so Jim recommends Acetone. Flew to Venice, FL yesterday. 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Went to the Seminole casino and celebrated wife's B'day and lost a couple hundred $. Marco Island is reported to be #2 drinking capital in the USA after Key West, FL. Curtis and Jim believe this to be in error as statistics may be taking total alcohol sold divided by reported population. Our permanent population is about 1/10th of total who are registered as full time residence. 12. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 28 degs and cloudy, Like talking on his handheld via homebrew remote HF setup. 13. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA took XYL to Dr. and bought $500 pills. 14. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ Sunny day at around 50 degs. 15. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 16. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL Hearing everyone very well this morning. Fishing yesterday was incredible in 10,000 Islands and caught about 50 fish and his arms are very tired. 17. NP2NC Bob St. John Virgin Islands 18. W1OJT Bob Hudson NH 19. W4GP George Seminole, FL December 15, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island, FL Said the Nazi hunters are giving their last try at digging out the last ones, but probably not many still around. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia. QSO with N2IRJ on Skype last night resulted in phone patch to W2AZQ Net NCO W2CET in Howell, NJ looking at him streaming video on QRZ.com. He uses Webcam 7 and coding on webpage to give live streaming of video. 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI saw program about Clyde Tombaugh who discovered Pluto with his homemade telescope. 4. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL 5. W1SWG Ed Naples FL 6. K2YED Scott 7. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 8. WA9AAA Doug xyl got a birthday package from Indian casino so they are going out there. 9. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote 10. K5LYN Lynn is listening on remote but no TX audio 11. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 12. NP2XX / M0C0A m/m Clive still has a couple of days of house sitting to do. Margo got bitten by a fire ant and had a violent reaction with hives and swelling. 13. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 14. K8OMA Larry Raining at 54 degs to get colder today December 14, 2011 Martes 1. K5MIR Curtis early net NCO had Jim and Lil over for a great dinner. Going to lunch today with Karl and Jim today. Govt. forcing parents receiving funds to take care of their impaired children to join a union. 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls, NH. expecting ice pellets and rain. Winter is arriving. 3. HK3C John Chia, Colombia. Used to play hockey without covering his ears in Canada during the winter. 4. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL Had a tasty dinner with Curtis and Betty at there home last night. Suspended a noisy wall wart to kill 3 S units of noise on HF so hopefully Curtis can hear better. Been using Team Viewer, a free program to repair friends computer problems remotely anywhere in the world. See http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling heights MI in Miami . He set the pencil down on the console and drove right up the pole! 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. NCO for most of reg. net. Has to leave at 1245 GMT (but didn't since xyl wasn't ready). Installed new electronic mouse traps, but found one dead mouse when he did that. FDA spending taxpayer dollars harrassing an online sperm donor claiming he was a "manufacturer of human cells." Commented on 4 prop model "helicopter" that is extremely fast and agile. 7. KB1RYL Ken Shirley, MA 8. N1DL Karl Naples FL Will have lunch with K5MIR Curtis and Jim K3AVR at the Olive Garden in Naples FL. Struggling with FlexControl Knob - keeps screwing up the control software. Drivers may not be compatible. There is something to be said for simplicity. QRT 9. KD1L Brad VT 10. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 11. WA9TIR Jim 12. WB2NBJ Ray 13. WA9AAA Doug 14. KE4VBU Bud 15. K4LWJ Ray 16. WA2ARS Mort 17.
December 13, 2011 Martes 1. K5MIR Curtis found line noise with Jim's help. Could only hear during early net. Charlie called him an "alligator" (all mouth and no ears) 2. K1AX Bob put on his holster and is off to work as a bailiff today. 3. NA5CC Charlie overdid it installing concrete pads yesterday. Has lots more work pending. Lots of coyotes howling last night. Mentioned that Chuck W1GZI in Smithville is now a Silent Key. He checked into the net occasionally. 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia spent yesterday cleaning up rats' nests and dead rats from Xmas decoration. 5. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL Pool pump and timer now repaired. Still have a long list but almost back to normal. Doug WA9AAA gave me a Intermatic timer as mine needs motor replacement. Has fine tuned his remote security camera. QRT 1255Z 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 49 Degs 7. WA9AAA Doug 68 degs says Marco Island is charging him rent for water meter and has paid for the paving in front of his house many times in taxes. Red Tide is killing mullet in his creek. Had to wash one off his dock. 8. WA9TIR Jim 9. AA9UF John rain and 37 degs in IL 10. WB2NBJ Ray been working on son's old 1969 DeSoto that is showroom quality. 11. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX. Says a person never really owns their own home these days due to taxes and home owner fees of various kinds. Is taking down his 75 meter antenna and will be installing new tower and beam at his new QTH 12. KG4WHC Elvis has a restored Collins now. Is still suffering from back pain and changing meds. 13. NP2NC Bob was heard but didn't come back to call. 14. W9MGM Les quick hello/goodbye December 12, 2011 Lunes 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights Mi It is the birthday of Robert Noyce a co-inventor of the micro chip with Jack Kilby . They originally worked for Fairchild Simiconductor but broke away and founded Intel Corp. with Arthur Rock main investor. Think how the world has changed since the invention of the Microchip ! QRT. 13:17z 4. K3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL Arrived back to Marco Island last night to find an lot of dead bugs and a musty house. 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO had to exhume a dead rat in attic before the net. Has to fix roof leak and fallen roof in rental house today. Protesters blocked major road in Bogota this morning. They are people flooded out of their homes. Wx drying up slightly. 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 8. KI4AT Scotty Ashland, KY Amatuer anthropologist since 1973. Learned it working as a comm tech for state police. 28 deg. outside. 9. NQ5H H Smithville TX 10. KB1WBS Dave SW NH 18 degs 11. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 39 deg. 12. NA5CC Charlie Smithville Tx daughter Teresa hit two deer and wrecked part of car. Going to decorate Xmas tree today. Emma had 102 deg fever for 12 hours but is ok now. 13. K3SLJ Len Air mobile en route to London 14. N1DL Karl 15. NP2XX Clive m/m house and dog sitting in St. Croix for friend in hospital. 16. NP2NC Bob water a bit cool but went for daily swim and had great visibility.
December 11, 2011 Domingo. "Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances." Dr. Lee DeForest. Father of radio and grandfather of television. 1. K5MIR Curtis daughter's boyfriend asked Curtis if he could marry his daughter.....maybe in one year. Curtis approved and said "yes." Looking at John's HK3C's website of Colombia 2. 9Z4FV Donald Trinidad. Didn't come back. 3. K2SAB Steven 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO. Told K1BBQ that Mr. Tupper invented Tupperware in New Hampshire. Spent all yesterday looking for a white blouse and black pants for his daughter in a shopping center and didn't find one place that had them. 5. KE4VBU Bud 6. WA9TIR Jim SARASOTA FLA. 7. K1BBQ Jerry Says that Ebay purchases made with postal money orders are backed by the US Post Office. They will go after anyone who doesn't send merchandise. 8. WA9AAA Doug Says that QUIBID.com is a scam. 9. KB3JWN Vijay 10. W2VE Bob. Howell, New Jersey. 11. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX "Microsoft" bought Skype??? :/( 12. NP2NC Bob concerned about Ebay purchased that hasn't arrived yet. 13. W9MGM Les 14. K5LYN Lynn Austin, TX going to buy furniture for new house today. 15. WA2ARS Mort 16. KC8IQF Ron
Dec. 10, 2011 Sabado Ran list IIII times 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Early & reg net NCO 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 27 degs 4. NP2XXM/M Clive Christianstad St. Croix Virgin Islands, Has changed his US call as the old one was from Nebraska. Looks like rain in the normally sunny Islands CKD Out 1313Z 5. K2SAB Steve Ramsey, NJ 30 degs. 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO last ½ hour of net and post-net. Got his clothes dryer resistance heater repaired with the bolt together technique from HK3AVR, but cut his thumb on a rusty clip. Daughter has had piano practice every day to get ready for concert in one week. 7. KB3JWN Vijay 8. KD5PNT Andy La Grange TX 9. N1DL Karl Naples FL very foggy and may rain 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDmdtcyDVlg&feature=related 11. N1UL m/m Ulrich Marco Island, FL aboard 12. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 13. K3JJK Lee First time back on the net after his heart operation. Not much energy....doing rehab.....losing steam. 14. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 15. K8OMA Larry Central Ohio 16. K4LWJ Ray 17. WA9TIR Jim 18. WB2NBJ Ray Gelndora NJ December 9, 2011 Viernes 1. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 35 degs, Wants to get a Flex 1500 with AM filters to operate lower bands on AM. 2. HK3AVR Jim Packing to leave Bogota for Marco Island, Got the dual pain window back into place but water was used to cool the hole cutting bit used for the antenna hole. I now have to get the humidity out of the chamber between the pains. The 1.5 inch ID. PVC fits perfectly through the glass and gives space for more antennas for VHF and UHF and Sat antennas. 3. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Aircraft to Bogota and other locations are flying a little slower to save fuel. 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Has to leave a few minutes after 1300 GMT today. www.britishjames.com Excellent and simple. 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Emma is sick with 102 Fever all day yesterday so Charlie stayed home from Houston. 6. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 25 degs this morning 8. WI2ARD Jeff South Philadelpha PA G5RV on the roof 9. WA9TIR Jim 10. W9MGM Les 11. WA9AAA Doug 12. KB3JWN Vijay 13. NP2NC Bob 14. KC8IQF Ron 30 deg Sterling Heights mi 3 inchs of snow on the ground 15. N1DL Karl flying every day recently. 16. KB1EKV Jim December 8, 2011 Jueves. Holiday in Colombia 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO. Clothes dryer doesn't heat. Went to lighting of the candles in the El Rosal plaza last night and had fireworks shot off on both sides of him exploding overhead. Folk dancing presentation and music in the rain. Old Bogota lake is filling up and flooding stores. 2. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 27 degs had rain and snow. Taking XYL to Dr. to get new meds. 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Went to travelling Vietnam vet memorial. 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Doc removed Plavix (Blood Thinner) from his meds 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Packing up to travel back to FL on Sunday. Rally tied of the months of rain and horrible traffic. Have improved my physical condition with so much walking as there are no taxis due to rain and never available during rush hours. 6. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Still dreaming of the May 2012 moto trip through Colombia. 7. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 8. KM4MI Mike via K3AVR remote Mike went to the snow storm in Naples FL where they take tons of ice and make snow for the kids to play in. 9. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL going back to Chicago. 10. WE4GP George Seminole FL 11. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 12. W9MGM Les Cindy has been pain free for a while. 13. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC CKD Out 14. NA5CC Charlie Emma is running a 102 deg temp so won't be on much. 15. K9ZKJ Don Naples FL getting out well but having RX problem 16. KN4KL ED Virgina Beach VA December 7, 2011 Miercoles Pearl Harbor Day. Happy 62nd Birthday H NQ5H! 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island got the net going today. 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO for early net and part of reg net. 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO last ¾ net. Bogota flooded in many areas with more rain predicted today. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 7. AA9UF/M John 29 degs. cloudy on the way to work in Champagne ILL at a machine shop. 8. NA5CC Charlie 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 48 degs rain and snow coming pm 10. HK3C John 11. KB1EKV Jim has been flying a 2 seater Lanceair plane 12. WA9AAA Doug His XYL bought 1 share of NFL Green Bay Packers stock. 13. WB2HIF Art 14. WE4GP George 15. WB2NBJ Ray raining 16. K5LYN Lynn new house escrow closes Friday. 17. MOCOA/mm Clive in St. Martin enroute to St. Croix 18. NP2NC Bob did his 1 mile daily swim but still has residue of a cold. December 6, 2011 Martes 1. K5MIR Curtis NCO for early net 2. WA9AAA Doug saw History Channel program on UFOs with interview with Colombian Navy Captain who told about UFO over ship. All electrical systems stopped until it left. 3. K1AX Bob 4. K5MIF Steve played 3 gigs in Everglades City. 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for reg. net 6. NP2NC Bob 7. NA5CC Charlie Knew Ron Johnson who investigated UFO propulsion and died mysteriously during a meeting after he drank a soft drink. He was a good friend of WV5X Dr. Joe, a blind ham who sensed paranormal things. 8. HK3AVR Jim ? was there on Google Docs but didn't ck in. 9. KC8IQF Ron http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8936066/Iran-capture-of-US-spy-drone-would-be-significant-blow-to-military.htm 10. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 59 Degs rain 11. KJ4VFB John 12. WE4GP George 13. WB2HIF Art 14. K8KOT Herman December 5, 2011 Lunes Joe Grant KK9TT recommends the book "Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State" 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia About one hour ago, worked JA3CZL in Japan and eight US stations on 40 meters with 5/9+ signals. Where is Joe KK9TT? 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL with high noise level 3. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH recommends the small portable electric radiator type heaters filled with oil. 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI This is a link to the xm25 airburst weapon . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-n7i7hsKA&feature=endscreen&NR=1 QRT 13:12z 5. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 6. AA9UF/M John 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia 10. WE4GP George FL 11. KK4AFH 12. K5LYN Austin TX 13. WA9AAA Marco Island FL. 14. K3SLJ Len 15. K8KOT Herman 16. December 4, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3AVRJim Bogota Colombia NCO for early net and 5/6 of regular net 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 3. K2BKT Mike Broklyn NY QRT 1255z 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 43 degs 6. K9ZKJ Don Naples FL 7. N1DL Karl Naples FL during a lot of flying 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Raining for 7 days 9. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL 10. NA5CC Charlie Smithvile TX sun starting to coming up at 1300Z 11. J73CAJ Conrad Dominica Island Reports that Joseph has been very busy and he has not seen Joseph lately 12. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL worked NA5DV aboard the battleship Texas. 13. N2IRJ Marty Jackson NJ via K3AVR remote 36 degs. with high 56 degs. will freeze on Friday night. 14. KJ4REK m/m Lee aboard Brigadoon II anchored in the 10,000 islands at Panther Key. 15. KJ4IDFm/m Dave on Brigadoon II with Lee, was in the ham classes Jim and Mike KM4MI gave in Marco Island. 16. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL 17. K3SLJ Len in PA been doing a 18. KB3JWN Vijay Gathersburg MD 19. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 66 degs in Marco this morning 20. WE4GP George Seminole FL 21. N5TLW Jack Mata Gorda Bay TX FT 900 inverted V between Houston and Corpus Christi TX 22. KD0NQM Jim Colorado Springs CO 23. N1UL Ulrich Marco Island FL December 3, 2011 Sabado 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island waiting to sell house and move into golf course bungalow. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia. 3. NA5CC Charlie long Friday in Houston and took daughter to dinner. When driving in Texas don't forget it is a full days drive across Texas. Eating breakfast and then leaving to have breakfast with the hams. 4. KC8IQF Ron going to see if 10 mts is open as Jim Jim says. 5. WE4GP George moved to Seminole, FL from Madeira, FL 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 7. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, Spent most of the day yesterday waiting for my number to come up to go to a desk and change my address on my tax information. Had to walk home in the rain as no Taxi's were available. 8. K2SAB Steven 30 Degs F in Ramsey NJ 9. KE4VBU Bud 25 Degs Blue Ridge GA 10. KB3JWN Vijay Has installed a new Zero- Five antenna. See http://www.zerofive-antennas.com/ I think this is the antenna Vijay is using http://www.zerofive-antennas.com/24-foot-10-40-meter-no-radial-stealth-hoa-multiband-vertical-antenna-5kw-unun 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 12. K1CGZ Paul Maine November set a record for warmth in Maine. 13. K3SLJ Len in PA on vacation. Will be flying down to Naples and Marco Island in a new airplane around Christmas. He will visit various Spiderwebnet members and show off the new airplane. 14. December 2, 2011 Viernes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Going to change address with various government agencies today. I must go in person and fill out some forms. 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL a little worried about traveling Non-Rev down to Bogota in Feb. for a motorcycle trip. 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI hears the Chinese are building many long tunnels (3,000 MILES long) and arming themselves with lots of nukes. (also will have 4 big aircraft carriers by 2015). USA can monitor what people are doing in shopping centers through their digital cellphones. http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/28/news/economy/malls_track_shoppers_cell_phones/ Battery can be made by pickles. 4. KB3JWN Vijay Gathersburg Maryland bought a new 05 antenna and will try it on the net this weekend 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. 28" rain in Oct/Nov. Commented on computer using IP location to give you reports on all commercial aircraft activity over your QTH. Govt. going to reimburse daughter for theft of her cellphone but charges dropped on female attacker. Told about video of man who hand made an entire 12 cylinder engine in miniature. 6. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote. Pickle juice relieves cramps and Charlie Horses. 7. AA9UF/m John 34 degs cloudy 8. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL heat wave at 61 degs with north wind. Got stitches out and doc gave him a clean bill of health after doubling his medicine for high BP. 9. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL Ham club meeting and other ham activities this week end. 10. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX Feeding all the cats and dogs this morning. 11. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX 12. WB2HIF Art 13. NP2NC Bob St. John. Passed through Harrisburg, PA and spoke on phone with Lee K3JJK who is recovering from heart operation. He's recovering well and is moving his ham set to a location more comfortable for him. We hope to hear him back on the net soon. December 01, 2011 Jueves 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota The day finally arrived yesterday and I turned over my house where most of my kids were born and raised and where Vidcom became a leading edge wireless company. Lost 25 lbs. during the sale and moving. Is rapidly gaining them back aided by Ron Viejo. 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL. Gained back ½ the pounds he lost last year. Bungalow that was sold for 600k now on market and may only sell for 150k now. 3. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH running to get the court house to play bailiff and open as it will be a busy day. QRT 1225Z 4. AA9UF/m John Bellflower IL FT857D small Tarheel II (has ckd in once before but not on master list). 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge 20 degs Has an armadillo visiting and digging up the yard. 6. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 40 degs. Still doing siding on containers and construction and underbrush cleaning projects. 7. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Rained every night for 5 days now. Too many zzzzzs last night....finally got 8 hours sleep, but got up late this AM. Lost 2 lbs. on the first day of his concentration camp diet. El Rosal turned back house to him that they had rented for several years. Has it rented for what could be called an "upscale" restaurant in El Rosal...hi hi. 8. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 58 degs so has his long johns on. 9. N2IRJ Marty Jackson, NJ via K3AVR remote changing audio settings 10. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX Still replacing plumbing fixtures, ceiling fans and now will re-tile some bathrooms for his daughter who just gave birth to a 8lb 2oz boy in Sugarland, TX. Mike says during the depression they were called "Hoover Hogs" and are good barbequed. 11. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC XYL left oil in frying pan and heat too high and burned it up setting off the smoke alarms. They had to open all the doors to air out the house. Also found pin holes in copper plumbing. 12. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX Inspection on the prospective new house was good with only few minor issues so negotiations will continue. 13. K8OMA Larry Central Ohio had his summer home in FL broke into and a small flat screen TV was taken. 14. WB2NBJ Ray 15. W9MGM Les 16. WA9TIR Jim 17. N1DL Karl commented on website that HK3ZOR sent him that gives data on all commercial flights over your QTH automatically. November 30, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia TODAY IS THE DAY! Finally we will hand over the house to the architectural firm to start demolition. Tomorrow I start working on the apartment and changing my address with many government agencies. 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH rebuilding the electrical 3. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Has decided 4. HK3C John John Chia, Colombia Great new call "HK3 Colombia" CKD Out 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia Harry has been put on a special diet for kidney health....no red meat, no green leafed vegetables, no tomatoes, no sugar no white bread......no fun. 6. HK3SA/YA Phil Kabul Afganistan via K3AVR remote snow on the mountains 7. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Has been raining for 3 days and now with snow and flood warnings. 31 degrees . 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL overcast high 50's 10. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 46 degs no sun 11. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 37 degs. no snow 12. MM0DCJ/ J21m/m Margo and Clive M0COA Antigua Had a visitor last night as heard some tiny feet on the deck and chased down a mouse and evicted overboard. 13. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC 6010KHZ 5910 KHZ are a couple freqs. for the stations Ray installed in Colombia they can be heard in USA at certain hours. 14. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 15. N0YD Tom St. Louis via K3AVR remote, Winter finally arrived at 27 degs. Just had power go off and back on and everything reset, so tnx & 73, Ckd Out 16. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 17. WB2NBJ Ray 18. K0KHW Frank Minn. set record for driest Fall in history. 19. KB8NOD Ron Dayton OH 100watts and inverted V antenna. November 29, 2011 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Early net NCO. Still searching for the right "smart" TV 2. M0COA Clive Antigua 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville Tx Had lunch with K5LYN yesterday in Austin. 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 5. W9MGM Les Delano MI 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. NCO for main net. Fixed a couple problems with washing machine but still has one more to go. Car battery needs to be replaced today. 7. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Worked last night until 2130 with the junk men loading the latest and last mountain of equipment. Made me sad to see about 50 working UHF radios go to the trash but the governement decided to take 470-512 Mhz for HD TV and are not practical to move back to 450-470 Mhz. Paper recyclers took 40 years of collection of service manuals for a 1000 different radio equipment. I kept all my Collins and other real vintage manuals. 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 35 Deg snowing 9. N2IRJ Marty Jackson NJ via K3AVR remote 10. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afgnistan via K3AVR remote sitting in his medial office with a little cabin fever after not running the roads anymore. 11. KB1EKV Jim 12. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL 13. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX Working on a FEMA claim to see if he can get them to pay for his lost septic system. 14. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 15. KB3JWN Vijay Gathersburg 16. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL Looking after 17. TI8II Carlos Punta Arenas 18. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote Ameritron Amp went south 64 degs and fishing almost every day from the beach and sharing the beach with the surf kit riders November 28, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3AVR Jim NCO for early net. Bogota Most of the house is now empty and the 1350 lb. Denyo power generator will be moved out today. Still have 4 very nice lab benches selling for $40 each. Am trying to give away more desks. QRT 1240Z 2. K5MIR Curtis 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for regular net. Has to fix leak in rental house roof outside and piece of fallen roof inside. XYL is yelling downstairs that he has to fix leak in washing machine NOW and also cold water inlet faucet that isn't passing water. 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/ this link is an emergency Radio Reference for the U.S.A. if used right you can hear them to. There are street car tunnels under Washington DC finished in 1947 abandoned in 1960 . http://www.dupontunderground.org/ QRT.13:19z 5. W9MGM Les 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL has a new HP computer 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 8. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL just arrived back from Sarasota from visiting his kids. 9. N1DL Karl Naples FL S-9 +10 in Bogota. QRT to go flying. 10. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX Had to break the ice off of the livestock water! 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 12. WB2NBJ Ray 13. K5LYN Lynn, Austin TX November 27, 2011 Domingo 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL. NCO for early net. Still looking for an LED "smart TV." Mentioned old funny book about Baja Calif. called "Thank God for Mr. Gomez." 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Taking Sabrina to the airport and meeting the last truck to move the last load to storage. QRT 1148Z 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO for regular net. Heavy thunder, lightning and rain yesterday at the farm. Bought 40 100yr old Spanish roof tiles for 25 cents each. Galeras volcano near Pasto threatening to erupt. Floods in other areas of Colombia. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights mi New Mars Mission Robot to find out if life has been on Mars before. In advanced planning stages.QRT.13:17z 6. KE4VBU BUD Blue Ridge Ga 59 Deg rain, snow expected tomorrow. 7. MM0DCJ/v21 Margo Antigua. Many mega-yachts around them. 8. K2SAB Steve. Mentioned that Boston family was from French Canada and Chatham-Kent genealogy web site. 9. NA5CC Charlie 1.2 inches rain yesterday, while butchering the wild hog! 10. J73CAJ Conrad 11. WA9TIR Jim bought a new HP computer yesterday. Local museum has a Christmas tree lit up using power from an electric eel. 12. K4LWJ Ray 2 people were probably drowned after contact with electric eel years ago in Loma Linda lake in Colombian llanos. Ray found a bag with money and notes he had while being held in the jungle. His captors gave them back to him when he was released. 13. WA9AAA Doug 14. KB3JWN Vijay
November 26, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota 1130Z for another Ground Hog day (for those who saw the movie) that is the only way I can describe it. It all ends Wednesday afternoon no matter if I am ready or not. The demolition by the new owner will start in about a week. QRT 1211Z 2. K1AX Bob HamptonFalls NH 3. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Have to pick up daughter's last report card for the 2nd grade this morning. Went to HK3AVR's QTH yesterday, picked up the repaired amp and hauled away a couple of treasures that Jim was eliminating from his inventory. 3 cows and 4 milk cans stolen from a neighbor last Wed. Told about hearing 1945 explosion in La Jolla when an ammo truck's brakes started the vehicle on fire. 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX going to butcher a wild hog today that was caught in a ham's trap (not antenna trap). Told about owning various sized roll top desks. 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 7. K4LWJ Ray Waxha, NC 39 deg. 8. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota, FL 9. K5LYN Lynn Austin, TX Sellers accepted his offer on a house so it looks like he may be moving again if all goes well. 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 48 deg. Grandaughter has party today. 11. M0COA Clive Antigua 12. WA9AAA Doug got back yesterday from Ft. Lauderdale and Boynton Beach, FL where his son is building a house in a gated community. Celebrated grandson's 1 year BD. Temporary NCO @13:15Z - 13:30Z 13. K0KHW Frank 14. N1DL Karl 15. KJ4ZMV Terrance, Louisville, KY November 25, 2011 viernes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 3. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO for main net. Bogota sabana is flooded with limited access to certain areas. Going to pick up linear from Jim today. 5. KE4VBU Bud .Blue Ridge Ga 25 Deg 6. KC8IQF Ron A woman in LA pepper sprayed the crowd to get into the Walmart Black Friday sale first. QRT13:25z 7. WA9TIR Jim His cold is improving. Lots of Black Friday shopping news on TG 8. KB3JWN Vijay
November 24, 2011 Jueves. Happy Thanksgiving. 1. K2SAB Steve In the middle of a bathroom remodel project. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Many roads into Bogota are either flooded or closed. Reported that Lee K3JJK is now back at home after 10 days in intensive care following a 6 hour operation to unblock a clogged artery found after his lower body went completely numb. 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 32 deg foggy 4. NA5CC Charlie Cooking in the kitchen during the net. Mystified the net telling about Chess Pie and a Buttermilk Pie. Won't tell us details but says it's delicious. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights mi . 36 deg. The Turkey is in the oven. 6. W4KCH Chuck TN 7. KC8IQF Ron 8. WB2NBJ Ray 9. WA9TIR Jim his voice reflects that his cold is still affecting him. 10. M0COA Clive in Antigua. Had a nice sail under starry skies. 11. KB3JWN Vijay November 23, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 2. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 3. W9MGM Les Delano MI 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO. Caulked bathroom shower and toilet yesterday but still sticky. 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia ckd out 6. K1AX Bob NH 7. K4LWJ Ray NC ckd out 8. M0YCM Les Negril Beach, Jamaica going to celebrate Thanksgiving at a French restaurant. 9. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX got a "new to me" Nikon D1x SLR! 10. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA got a haircut for Thanksgiving family meal. 11. KJ4VFB John FL 12. KC8IQF Ron MI New book out by Peter Switzer [ Throw Them All Out ] details how big companies sell APO stock to Congressman to bribe them. Nancy Pelosi made $100,000,000 in 4 hours from stock offered to her by Visa when she was working on credit card laws. In committee. Many in congress doing the same. 13. NP2NC John 14. WA9TIR Jim had a visit from Art WB2HIF and wife yesterday. Still has a cold. 15. WA2ARS Mort has a cold and cough today. Has new handie talkie. Trying to read and understand Chinese-English instruction book. 16. KB3JWN Vijay in MD 17. WB2NBJ Ray NJ November 22, 2011 Martes 1. K5MIR Curtis doing emails 2. K1AX Bob ckd out has bailiff duty today. 3. WA9AAA Doug had to save people across the canal yesterday. They were yelling for help since they were locked out on the balcony in the strong sun with the front door open. Found snake by the trash can and kicked it. The snake reared up and struck out at him. Girl at cigar store told him that 1million butterball turkeys were recalled since they forgot to put butter on the balls. 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO fixed toilet inlet pipe yesterday. Has to fix toilet seal and other projects today. Electric stove with problem. Power out all day yesterday and this morning 1100-1200 GMT. K3JJK Lee hasn't checked in for 10 days. Did he migrate to FL for the winter? 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA. Thawing out his turkey for Thanksgiving. 6. NA5CC Charlie lots of rain yesterday. Hooked up antennas after the storm. 7. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Counting down 7 anxious days to turning over the house to the new owner for demolition. Still have the 20kw Denyo Japanese generator to sell quickly. One of the finest pieces of equipment I have owned. Still about a semi trailer load of gear to move. may not be back on the net until after Dec.1. 8. WA9TIR Jim has a bad head cold this morning and clogged up. Art WB2HIF is going to meet him for lunch today. 9. KC8IQF Ron overslept this morning and arthritis bothering him. Has a meeting this AM. 10. M0YCM/6Y5 Les on the beach at Negril, Jamaica with his Big Bamboo. 11. KJ4VFB John 12. WB2NBJ Ray
November 21, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. NCO Power will be out all day here. Has to replace cut off valve for water going to toilet. 2. K5MIR Curtis 3. K1AX Bob early net NCO 4. NA5CC Charlie 5. WA9AAA Doug 6. K5MIF Steve 7. KK4AFH Harold, Pt. Lucie, FL 8. KB1EKV Jim November 20, 2011 Domingo 1. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH Been flying "glass Cockpit" (digital) gauges for many years but still likes analog "steam gauges" and finds teaching analog much easier and quicker to understand. High cross wind at the airport so have more time for the net. 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL restrung the Carolina Windom antenna yesterday with the help of Doug WA9AAA. 3. 9Z4FV Donald San Fernando Trinidad, Has been many times to FL but does not know Marco Island, 27 C degs in the shack this morning. Donald is also KJ4VKN in Opa Locka FL. (North Miami) A couple of more weeks for the hurricane season so counting down the days. 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia 5. KB3JWN VIJAY Gathersburg Marlyand 35 degs. F ,Rig Kenwood TS-530S 100w into a short vertical 12 ft. long. Working to contact more DX lately. 6. HK3AVR Jim Bogota , Colombia 7. NA5CC Charlie SmithvilleTx 8. M0COA m/m Clive aboard Sailing Yacht Revid anchored behind the Witches Tit in at he bay San Martin Island 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterlng Heights MI Can't really hear Harry this morning. 10. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 11. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Possum bit raccoon to get food that Bud set out. 12. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 52.0 Degs F, leaving to church soon. QRT 1327 13. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC 14. KM4MI Mike Marco Island FL via K3AVR remote 15. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afganistan via K3AVR remote 16. KJ4REK m/m Lee Marco island FL 17. W5KIS Warren Bethany,OK Disabled ham with some RF feedback. Has to wait until local hams come to help repair the problem.
November 19, 2011 Sabado. 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Will be short timer today. Is going to daughter's school presentation this morning. Last day of school yesterday. Vacation time until Jan. for kids. QRT 1210z 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia 3. N2IRJ Marty Jackson, NJ 4. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island via K3AVR remote Last night Curtis found his antenna had fell down. 5. M0COA m/m Clive Sam Martin Island No rain last night and a beautiful 6. KD8MWR Lew Cincinnati OH 7. K2SAB Steve 8. MM0DCJ m/m Margo Moored near the "Withes" Tit south side of French San Martin 9. W9KTO Bob .IL 10. WB5HVH/m Jim Lagrange TX with 10 watts on the mobile on the way to ham breakfast with Charlie and the Bastrop /Smithville hams. 11. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw 12. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 13. November 18, 2011 Viernes. Friends are like bras...close to the heart and always there for support. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO for early net. Lots of birds back around his qth. 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 3. HK3ZOR Harry Rosal, Colombia later net NCO. Had busy day yesterday, missed the net, and will only be on early net tomorrow. Have to go to daughter's school program early. 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL got a growth removed from his neck yesterday and which required a 1inch cut down to the muscle with 6 stitches. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 29 degs will be 44 degs high today. QRT13:11z 6. KD0ACR Dick YANKTON SD 28/52 today The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog. Have started to build a 1935 Ford wooden model from a scale drawing. Also, have `plans for a 1930 Packard, 1928 Ford "Roadster" and a school bus. I didn't order a plan for a steam engine; which I will build from the photo and put my Unimat lathe gave to me by a Ham friend (I just paid freight.) to use. Plans are from Toys and Joy store. QRT 7. KB5LKE Mike waiting for his daughter to have his new grandson 8. N2IRJ Marty via K3AVR remote Has been traveling to Johnstown PA. Trying to get Skype remote working for 20mtr. 9. M0COA m/m Clive Rainy squally day in San Martin. Going to make water. 10. K0LWJ Ray Waxhaw 11. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 20 Degs 12. NA5CC Charlie Houston via K3AVR remote 13. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 14. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afghanistan via K3AVR remote. Trying to pick a master lock this AM. 15. WA9TIR Jim going to ham club mtg today 16. K8OMA Larry 17. WB2NBJ Ray November 17, 2011 Jueves 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Got up at 1000Z to try out the 2el Steppir on 40 meters. Worked Kit JA9CZE on 7.152 with ⅝ report. More of my new antenna pix have been posted at https://picasaweb.google.com/115623524936917687461/ApartmentTowerAndAntennaInstall Got around to changing my QRZ listing this morning and hope to add more pix soon. 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Looking for an I-5 laptop as Bettys will not bootup. 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&safe=off&q=g61+hp&gs_upl=3361l9677l0l10236l6l6l0l0l0l0l361l1524l0.1.3.2l6l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=948&bih=489&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3133381672921238255&sa=X&ei=gvrETrj1I4PL0QHB3pmBDw&ved=0CDwQ8wIwAQ 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL got the parts for his Maytag washer and finished the repair. All ok. 5. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 18/47 today. The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor. 6. K5LYN Lynn 7. NA5CC Charlie has finish his roof and got a lot of exercise and now has many sore 8. AA9UF/m John Home QTH IL Yaesu 857D screw driver antenna 100 watts 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 41 Degs 10. N2IRJ Marty Jackson, NJ Trying to get an HF remote system like Jim uses into operation. 11. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afganistan via K3AVR remote 12. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 76 degs 13. K0KHW Frank 14. WA9TIR Jim 15. KB5LKE Mike 16.K8OMA 17.K5MIF Steve 18. K9ZKJ Don
November 16, 2011 Miercoles 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Decommissioned the old Wilson "System 1" 4 element wide spaced yagi and 5 element 6 meter yagi yesterday, a sad day after 30 years of good service. Will leave the antennas and 90 ft. steel tower with the house to be torn down as no one wants to purchase it. Actually my tower is now higher at 11 floors high but smaller lower gain antenna. QRT 1300Z 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL trying to buy a new Vizio LED TV with WiFi 240 HZ 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Jim found shorted 6LQ6 tube in his linear and replaced it with a good used tube. Harry says Jim's old QTH looks like it still has enough communications equipment to suppy a military battalion. Harry is looking for 4ea. 6LQ6 tubes to replace the set. Anyone have some spares for sale? La Jolla, CA real estate that sold for $1.745 million in 2006 is on the market for $1.2 million now (-31%). Ordered electronic mouse traps from Amazon.com. Downpour in Bogota yesterday. 9 million bonuses given to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac execs for causing all the financial problems. "Secret Access" program on Nat. Geo. told about CIA drone program in Afghanistan; 234 missions and 1800 killed (including many innocent civilians by accident). 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, Mich gunman fired at White House last week. Secret Service is looking for person of interest. They found a car with AK47 and bullets at the White House.QRT 13:00z 5. K3DOS Dave near Baltimore, Halethorpe, Maryland 200 watts in vertical. QRT 1230Z 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Opened his Maytag washing machine to find the water leak problem and ordered parts to repair. Watched a "You Tube" on how to change the seals. Would have never known how to change the seal without watching the video to know the spanner nuts were left hand thread. 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA raining and 62 degs 8. MM0DCJ M/M Margo Aboard "Revid" in San Martin, Moored behind "The Witch's Tits". 9. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX Sore back after lifting many sheets of steel roofing. May go to ham lunch today and give the back a rest. 10. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX Spaying all the cats to be kitty free. 11. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 12. K8KOT/m Herman 13. WB2NBJ Ray Lt. Col. Ollie North's platoon was saved by shelling of enemy nearby in Vietnam War by battleship New Jersey. He visited the ship last week. City gave him big trash container. 14. K8OMA Larry 15. WA9TIR Jim November 15, 2011 Martes. People rearely succeed unless they have fun at what they are doing....Dale Carnegie. 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Short timer today. Have to hit the road to Bogota. 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia, Biggest worry this week is to sell my Denyo 20KW (Japenese industrial grade) super silent diesel 3 phase generator with only 1125 hours. Also still have a 50 ft. heavy duty aluminum extension ladder to liquidate. New antenna is working well 3. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Running the big QRO 2500 amp into a Carolina Windom antenna at about 30 ft. 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 5. W9MGM Les Delano 6. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 23/46 today. Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Severe weather coming so may have to shut down. 8. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 63 Degs 10. KJ4ZFK John Bristol TN 11. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX 12. KM4MJJ Fred 13. K8OMA Larry Central Ohio 14. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 15. K0KHW Frank 16. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL November 14, 2011 Lunes. Another holiday in Colombia 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, 2 element Steppir is now in operation with some cleanup to finish today. First short QSO with K5MIF Steve on Marco Island FL, second LX1AX Luxembourg , third EI9FBB Ireland , forth JJ1RDX Japan. I still have lots of noise peaks running up and down the band from some system that is blanketing Bogota but I think I like this antenna! 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL QRT 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI still recovering from flu.QRT 13:21z 4. M0COA / NP2XX (US Call) and MM0DCJ Clive and Margo St. Martin Island 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga, 59 Degs 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 8. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 28/56 today. The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. I agree de HK3AVR 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Forgot to take blood pressure pills yesterday, ate BBQ ribs for lunch and all greasy Fritanga for dinner (sausages, various meats, potatoes fried in grease, etc.) followed by ice cream cake topped with whipped cream. Did OK until 5AM when had severe stomach pain and cold sweats. Hit the toilet with the runs and passed out and cut head when he hit the floor after taking two steps. OK now but still a bit queasy. Ordered two electronic rat traps from Amazon.com. after doing away with a mouse last night using an old shoe. 10. NA5CC Charlie Still has flu. Had fever yesterday. 11. WB2HIF Art Did Vet Day parade Sat. 12. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX 13. NP2NC Bob 14. WB2NBJ Ray November 13, 2011 Domingo 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island NCO Early Net. Going to replace 7 yr old car battery today. Doug WA9AAA helped him find problem with Heil headset. 2. K1AX Bob Was on same senority list at US Air. 3. NP2NC Bob St. John, USVI. Uses an electronic rat trap to electrocute rodents. 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO regular net. Found 3 dead rats in attic but heard another one chewing wood last night. Made wife a 5min cake in cup birthday muffin today with daughter. 6LQ6 tubes in linear amp may have burned up. 5. M0COA Clive moved to San Martin Lagoon and has better reception (and transmission) 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota, FL 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX used .22 cal. rat shot to shoot rats. Dogs that eat Texas toads foam at mouth like rabies. 8. KE4VBu Bud Blue Ridge Ga 46 Degs 9. W9MGM Les Has problem with woodpeckers making holes in bird feeder poles. Is going to paint the poles with a mixture of water+flour+turpentine+Jalapeno and other peppers+Tabasco sauce. 10. KC8IQF Ron explained scam about electro magnetic free energy machine. 11. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 31/56 today Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. 12. K5MIF Steve Convention attendee at Everglades City offered him a parcipation in their new "office." He declined because he thought he'd eat up all the profits. November 12, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO early net. Am very happy that Net Flix is now in Colombia and it actually worked on the crappy DSL internet I have from ETB the phone company. My helper to put up the antenna once again begs off with a pain in his knee and promises to come tomorrow. Guess he wants more money to complete the job. $50 a day in Colombia is a very good rate for this work. 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL now has the Carolina Windom antenna up with the help of Doug WA9AAA 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Going down to the beach today to Metro Beach at Lake St. Clair to watch the freighters go by and have dinner. Hijacker in Turkey killed by special forces team. Magnetic generator machine is a scam. 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for most of net. El Rosal Colombia. Explosion at military ammunition base near Tehran, Iran heard and felt 45 kms away. Got roof fixed in rental house. Skyrockets from recent Fair blew a roof tile off and caused a big leak that caused a section of the roof to fall. 5. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL going over to the Civil Air Patrol for a QRT 1231z 6. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX Completed one faucet change at his daughters house with two more to do today. 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga, 23 Degs. Going to make acorn bread with flour and save liq 8. KG4WHC Elvis 9. K3SLJ Len in PA 10. N1DL Karl Been flying this week with new autopilot and button to do a 180 deg turn automatically. 11. NP2NC Bob St. Johns Virgin Islands 12. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 13. K3JJK Lee 14. KD0ACR Dick more problems with computer. Blankety - blank PC!!!!!! 13. K3JJK Lee 14. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 15. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL. Petted the tail of a 12ft. Burmese Python he saw on the side of the road coming back from Everglades City. 16. WA9TIR Jim November 11, 2011 Viernes. Happy Veterans Day! Today is 11-11-11. 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Jim (HK3AVR)-please tell Lil Happy Birthday from me! Got lucky cooking a seafood mix yesterday. It turned out great on top of pasta. His linear amp. died during the net. No response. A fuse????hopefully? 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota via K3AVR remote QRT 1311Z 3. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC Ray short timer QRT 4. K5MIF Steve Marco island FL 5. K4MIF Donna Marco Island FL QRT 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga, 24 degs Brrrrrrr. 7. NA5CC Charlie Houston, TX..via the k3avr remote 8. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX going to change out all the faucets in three bathrooms for his daughter today. QRT 9. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 32/61 today Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. MSN free program FIX-IT actually worked and I am now connecting to the internet at 54 Mbps versus 10 Mbps. 10. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 12. K5MIR Curtis 13. KC8IQF Ron 14. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg
November 10, 2011 Jueves 1. HK3AVR Jim short time sent out mail with tower install pix 2. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. NCO. Yesterday was a "bad luck" day, but nothing serious. Today started off with farm worker saying he had to separate a rooster that was fighting with others in his pen. 3. KC8IQF Ron European economic situation is deteriorating. 4. HK3SA/YA Phil Kabul, Afghanistan via K3AVR remote. Cold, rainy and grey skies. Been up since midnight. 5. MM0DCJ Margo and M0COA Clive aboard Sailing Yacht Revid will be in St. Croix in Jan/February 6. WB2HIF Art Intermittent signal. Going to be in Veteran's Day parade. 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga, 41 Degs 8. NA5CC Charlie yesterday installed skeletal roof on structure between two buildings at house for workshop and storage. 9. K5LYN Lynn going to look at a house today. Looks interesting. 10. WA9TIR Jim 11. K4LWJ Ray working on 4 element dipole antenna for commercial Peruvian radio station. Antenna will take up 2 acres. 12. WA9AAA Doug 13. KB5LKE Mike had at least 100 lbs of acorns drop off his trees. Will investigate making acorn bread on internet. 14. K9ZKJ Don 15. K8OMA Larry 16. K3JJK Lee 17. KD0ACR Dick November 9, 2011 Miercoles 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota antenna job rained out yesterday. Rained so hard the old house /office almost flooded. Got a note from HK3OZ who is doing well after his surgery. 2. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 3. W9MGM Les Delano Going to debate party at son's house tonight to watch Repub. debates. 4. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Via K3AVR remote, Had problem getting the Carolina Windom back up and needs a tree climber. 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal .6 inches rain last night. 18.1 inches rain in October. 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 39 Degs installed a couple runs of new coax for HF antennas 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville,TX On Eagle watch! 8. MM0DCJ Margo San Martin Island West Indies have had the boat in the water for a week. Winching Clive up the mast to do some work. Happy Birthday Margo!!! 9. WA9TIR Jim Going to a hobby fair at his RV park. 10. K8DWI/VE3DWI Tony 11. K3JJK Lee 12. WB5HVH/mobile qrp Houston 13. WB2NBJ Ray 14. KB5LKE Mike going to build 500 ft. of cedar fence at son's place. 15. K8OMA Larry Delaware today.
November 8, 2011 Martes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia Early net NCO Short time today as I hope to be bolting the three sections of aluminum Texas tower to the building and assembling the 2 element Steppir antenna on the roof. 2. NA5CC Charlie Enjoying the wildlife prevalent on the river in front of his house. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for regular net. Saw "Contagious" movie with middle daughter yesterday and was in heavy rain storm. 4. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga, 34 Degs 5. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL drove back to Marco from Blue Ridge and was very tired last night. Moved Liliana's car back to Jim's house. 6. K3JJK Lee Miller's Law: Insurance covers everything that doesn't need coverage. 7. WA9TIR Jim 8. K4LWJ Ray 9. K5LYN Lynn lost the bid on a house in Austin. Has to find another one. 10. KC8IQF Ron http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/08/city-block-size-asteroid-2005-yu55-to-buzz-by-earth-today/ 11. K0KHW Frank got back from trip to see his daughter. Was close to Scott's N9IM's QTH (rip). 12. 13. 14. November 7, 2011Lunes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota via K3AVR remote in Marco Island FL, Changed my headset as found headset mic had failed so keyboard mic became Holiday today in Colombia but we will be back into moving mode with another trailer load of stuff to the apartment while traffic is very low. Sure hope we have no rain, looks very overcast. Brother KE0DU had a 5.4 earth quake in Kansas area.QRT 1231z 2. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 33/49 today. The only reason people get lost in thought is because they are in unfamilar territory. Left Skype, may be QRT 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 31 Degs +10 into Twin cities 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Went to local fair with clown bullfights (no killing) and Gabriel Arreaga the cowboy singer with a large band and dancing horses. Band was so loud his chest vibrated along with the rest of his body. Took 1&1/2 hours to set up the sound system. Ears are still ringing. 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Charlie probably mobile taking Emma to school 6. W9MGM Les Delano MI 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MN 8. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls, NH 9. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX XYL retired from Macy's and now maybe getting more involved with Elizabeth Arden 10. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL 67 f degrees heading to 76 f 11. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota, FL 12. K8DWI Tony Sarasota, FL
November 6, 2011 Domingo. Daylight Savings changed last night in the USA but we in Colombia stay on same GMT so don't change the net time. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO for early part of net. Long weekend in Bogota as tomorrow is a holiday, therefore Bogota is very quiet as many have left town to holiday houses and farms. Assembled three sections of Texas towers aluminum light weight tower on the apartment building roof. Started raining so assembled boom of two element Steppir with 30/40 loop in the apartment ready to add control cable and elements. Computer gives priority to its keyboard mic and not headset so causing a bad echo. Jim is working to change it. 2. K2SAB Steve Uses GE timers to reboot routers and cable modems at 0200 to make sure all remains connected to the internet. 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. NCO for most of net. 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 5. NP2NC BOB saw an 8 ft. manta ray in Francis Bay, St. John while snorkeling. Wounded Warriors spent one week there and had a cookout yesterday. Andy Rooney died yesterday. 6. KM4MMJ Fred Naples FL Needs Jim to tell him how to fix the DF Johnson at CAP that went down. Stuck in "self test." 7. J73CAJ Conrad Dominica East Indies. Says to say Hi to Karl if he checks in. 8. KD0ACR Dick 39/53 today. Handle a stressful situation like a dog, pee on it and walk away! I am often stuck in a "Self Test" mode when I roll out of bed. I am awake - I am not awake - I am awake - I am.............................................................................! My dad and uncle were fire fighters. If you look me up on QRZ, you will find my web site for the Sioux City, Iowa fire department, I have been writing the history of the department. 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga, 31 Degs 10. KM4MI Mike Marco Island FL via K3AVR remote 11. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 5.6 Earth Quake last night in Okla. 44 miles North East of Oklahoma City. 12. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL trouble with time change so just got out of bed. 13. K3JJK Lee 14. Kb5LKE Mike 15. K8DWI/4 Tony Jim's WA9TIR's neighbor.
November 5, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. NCO for last part of net from 1330gmt Short timer on early net to 1215gmt. Have to take daughter to evaluation test for new school. NQ5H H says TX drought is worse than the 1930s Dust Bowl era. Alfonso Cano, head of the FARC guerrillas, was killed by the army in Colombia. Sold record 4 dozen eggs yesterday. Production is increasing. 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO first part of net. From the apartment on the K3AVR remote 3. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD 38/62 today. When I was younger, all I wanted was a nice BMW. Npw I don't care about the W! -:) 4. HK3AA Alan Bogota loaned Jim my new 2 el Steppir in the box so he can get on the air from the apartment , Leaving to Via de Leyva to the weekend house in the old Spanish colonial city 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA fog is so thick you can not see your hand in front of your face 6. K1BBQ Jerry NCO until 1315 gmt Concord NH Snow total was 22 inches and many lost power as the trees still had leaves so caught snow and broke branches over the power lines, 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA, 38 Degs Fog 8. NA5CC/m Charlie Arriving to breakfast in Bastrop with all the Hams and will try to get some pix on his phone. 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Andy Rooney died and Cano, present leader of the FARC in Colombia was killed yesterday. 10. K9ZKJ Don Baching it for a few days 11. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL happy to be back and just got out of the north country before the big snow storm 12. K5AW Mike air mobile 30 min from TX in AL on way at 37000ft to NY. Clear WX. Mikeis a Captain with Continental airlines and lives in Conroe TX 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K4LWJ Ray 15. HK3SA Phil Bogota Leaving back to Kabul Afghanistan tonight. $200/mo for family health care insurance. Paid $220usd for a CAT scan. Sinus problem is a fungal infection. Has calcium deposits instead of straight bacterial drainage. 16. KJ4VFB John cat scans in the USA are $5000 and up each. November 4, 2011 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO. Cubans can now own homes. The USA is doing their annual permanent visa lottery for 50,000 visas for "under-represented countries". 2. KC8IQF Ron saw documentary on paramilitaries forcing people off their land in Colombia. 3. WA9TIR Jim going to be in Sarasota, FL until April. 4. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD 30/53 today. Sometime I wake up grumpy ….... and some days I let her sleep! The P3 Orion dates back to 1959. 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, Ga, 41 Degs 6. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX wife retires from Macy's today and will celebrate with co-workers. His niece is going to change from flying jets to P3s (747 Navy equivalent) at Corpus Christi. She made 8 landings on the USS Eisenhower. She graduated from Texas Tech 7. AB8N Joe, AL 8. CP8XA Ivan, Rurrenabaque, Bolivia. Was off the air for 19 months while his license renewal was being processed. Has moved to a new location 6 kms from his farm. Expecting lots of rain this month. Using ground plane antenna. 9. K3SLJ Len back from a short trip to Scotland where he compared making Scotch to Tequila. 10. K5LYN Lynn will find out if he got his house bid accepted at 5PM. 11. WB5HVH Jim Mobile 12. WB2NBJ Ray 13. K3JJK Lee 14. WB2HIF Art 15. NA5CC Charlie...called in and disappeared???? Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end the faster it goes! Novembre 3, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO Have decided to abandon the 30 year old Wilson 4el Yagi, CDE rotor, 5 el 6 meter beam, and 70 ft. of tower on the house after doing the math on cost of removal. I will use the extra time to install the tower and two element Steppir on the apartment in the coming two weeks. I don't want the building to rescind my permission if I do not do it ASAP. 2. KD0ACR Dick Yankton 21/52 degrees today. I am so old that when I eat out …................ they ask me to pay up front. I have a robotic dog to play with my organic dog. -:) QRT 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 4. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL QRT 5. KT4SP Glenn Western NC 6. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 7. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO for last 40 min of net. 8. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX 9. KJ4VJZ Ray Palm Coast FL, My Buddy KJ4VFB 78 years old and retired. 10. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 47 Degs 11. NA5CC Charlie 12. WB2NBJ Ray has whistling QRN today. 44 deg. now and going up fast. 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K5LYN Lynn. Waiting for his bid on a 3 br 2 bath house to be accepted or rejected. 15. HK3SA Phil His dog Estrella ate 1 lb. of Jim's chocolate but didn't die luckily. She's passed rubber gloves and other strange items and lived before. November 2, 2011 "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a terrible warning.....Linda Varonin." This day in history (1952)...the US explodes first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota (early NCO) would like to have for Christmas an Array Solutions watt meter with VSWR amp PTT protection. See http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/powermaster.htm 2. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD 22/46 today - no snow but raining. I was always taught to respect my elders. Now I don't have anyone to respect. Hear that!- Jim I have the MFJ digital SWR/WATTMETER which display average or peak power, has a alarm, shows forward & ref and frequency. 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO last part of net. 4. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 45 degs running Tokyo High-Power 2.5 and love it, cleaned out internal water lines of dish washer to improve function, waiting with 22 rifle, on pheasant to return to bird feeder area...thinking Thanksgiving treat. 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, Ga Steps and picket and light are done 28 Degs outside. 6. KJ4VFB John Port Orange, FL Likes his Ameritron AL-811H amp 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX wishing for a new amplifier realizing if we wishes on one hand and does something else in the other, the something else wins! 8. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX 9. K5MIR Curtis Blue ridge, GA 10. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ. Lost power and went to tx from his truck. 11. K5LYN Lynn SmithvillAuste, TX QRT 12:47z 12. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote summer time is making its last stand at 78 degs. yesterday. Too long to get to me so we lost our Skype connection. 73 13. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA. Going to send Harry some spare time. 14. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI. Commented on 767 landing without gear down. Secret Service prrohibited his freind from flying his programable hovercraft (2 mile range) whenObama ws in town. 15. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL Went to the vampire yesterday. Feeling under the wx. 16. K0KHW Frank Plymouth, MN November 1, 2011 This day in history (1947) Howard Hughes pilots his "Spruce Goose" for its only flight near Long Beach, CA. 1. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Awakened to 47 degrees with slight wind QRT 12:59z 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia (early NCO) Equipment is moving out too slowly as I have only about twenty five days left to clear out everything. Have begun giving away many items. There are not that many people who need Heliax hangers. Thierry HK2SM, HK3SA Phil, Allen HK3AA, and Jim HK3AVR are going to get together for donuts and coffee. QRT 1240Z 3. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD 36/61 today - snow tomorrow! Cdr. Wesley Ruth - will be 98 in 4 days and has an iPad. He was one of the pilots who got a scout plane off the ground after the 2nd wave of Japs hit Pearl Harbor. He had a Marine with a Springfield rifle aboard for protection. He was awarded the Navy Cross. He was from Desmit, SD. I'm not old. I am chronlogically gifted. -:) 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 2.6 million people out of power yesterday but now down to1.6million today. East Coast. FBI caught 10 Russian spies planted in the USA using dead persons' IDs. Chinese are going to USA to give birth, get citizenship, go back to China and later send kids to USA for school and to bring family to USA. Qrt13:07z 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. (NCO) Had fun taking daughter to El Rosal for Halloween and put on his traditional mask. One kid asked him why didn't wear a mask for trick or treating. Must have been thousands of kids in about a 4 block by 4 block area. Japanese inventors made a beach ball sized aircraft that can hover and go from zero to 60kph horizontally and land precisely. Cost is $1,400 from commerically available parts. Idea is to use for search and rescue. http://www.tvkim.com/watch/1456/kims-picks-flying-ball-goes-anywhere?utm_medium=nl nl6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 26 Degs today will work on the steps and install pickets and put in some more steps in. 7. KD1BL Brad 15 of 25 maple syrup trees near house damaged last year from bad storm. Now getting ready for Feb. harvest. Recovering from injury earlier in year. 8. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Trees are still gorgeous. 9. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL all the kids out for Halloween got soaked when heavy rains came. Raised in Pocono Mts. and remembers Halloween as a kid. 10. NA5CC Charlie (the voice of Texas and the 5' 8" 150 lb Magician of Smithville). 10,000 people on Bastrop streets for celebration last night. Planning to build a straw bale house. Explained difference between straw and hay. 11. N2IRJ Marty via remoteN2IRJ Marty Jackson,NJ. Got hit with heavy snowstorm. Ran entire Liberty Net last Sat. night since NCO didn't show up for first time in many years. 12. K3JJK Lee Daylight Savings starts 12 Nov. October 31, 2011 Lunes Spiders are radio active on Halloween 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota. NCO had to get up early to drive from the apartment to the house as Monday is one of my no drive days from 0600-2000 local. 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Cleaned up workshop and painted bathroom ceiling. Bogota has it's first ex-guerrilla mayor...Gustavo Petro. China offering to back France and Germany to help bailout bankrupt Greece, but wants lots of control of Europe economy. It may end up owning Europe.....already has a good start in the USA. 4. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD Temp today 27/64. You know you are to old to Trick or Treat when: You keep knocking on your own front door. Gees! I am getting confused switching between the Remote and the radio to listen. Miami cop got arrested for going 120 mph off duty. 5. K5MIR Curtis packing up for trip back to Markup Island. 6. KE4VBU Bud 27 degs cold outside, cats will not go outside. 7. WB2NBJ Ray 8. K1AX Bob 9. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX. Gigged flounder last weekend with hams but everyone forgot the coax cable so no dx. 10. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 72 degs this morning, no rain yesterday but supposed to rain again today, Packed bags to go to Wisconsin and visit the kids. 11. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote. Going to FL in early Nov. Had 6" snow. 12. KM4MI Mike via K3AVR remote 13. KC8IQF Ron 737 in route from Japan copilot went to switch the door lock open to let the pilot in from the restroom and hit the rudder control. The plane took a nose dive but recovered, 14. K3JJK Lee 15. HK3SA Phil Bogota October 30, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO early net. Spent second night in new Penthouse apt. in Bogota. 2. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 62 degs Moved snow blower to front of garage and ran it for about 5 minutes and my generator to make sure they were ready for Mother Nature. Never under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative at the same time. 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. If Exxon-Mobil made 41% profit last year, what would be the price of gas if they made a "reasonable" profit? Projecting population growth in the world to 2050 the water supply will have to increase by 80%. Daughter Vanesa is working 4 days for the Col. Registrar of Voters during elections for mayors today. Getting 10-17 eggs/day now and kitchen filling up. Need to find more buyers. Fossil domesticated rooster bones found in China and dated to 8,000 years. 4. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 36.3 degs. QRT 1230gmt 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Brrrrrrrrrrrrr 27Degs 6. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH 1.5 ft. of snow which is unheard of for many years! Will get the snow blower out to cleanup. Chickens have stopped molting and starting to grow their feathers back. Jerry will send snow pix out to net today. Has Coydogs in his area ...combo of coyote and domestic dog. Saw a Red Fox yesterday near his house. 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 69 degs. this morning, watched firework display shot off at the Marco beach and heard about Marco Island Music Festival but cost $15 so didn't go. Found a 17 ft. Burmese python in the Everglades with a 76 pound deer in its stomach. There are so many now thriving in the Glades. Spoke with Paul KJ5CB yesterday. Red Fish are biting. 8. J73CAJ-Conrad Dominica Island East Indies 9. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX Put an offer in for a house to move out of garage apartment. 10. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Cold 37 degs. Emma had a bad night after watching a scary movie last night. 11. M0COA Clive via K3AVR remote is back in St. Martin 12. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Went to a wedding where the Marine Corp anthem was played on Bag pipes. 13. KD5PNT Andy La Grange, TX October 29, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO with HK3AVR 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO with HK3ZOR on the remote TS2000 in Florida as Ispent the first night in the new apartment where I will not have an antenna until early March. The radio room is very hard and causes a lot of echo on the remote. Need some egg crates. 3. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD The Snap Crackle Pop in the morning, ain't my Rice Krispies. Temp today is 29/62. 4. K2SAB Steve Ramsey NJ 5. N2IRJ Marty via K3AVR remote 6. KP4PRI - Robert in Maryland. Via K3AVR remote. Snowing in the greater DC area today! Good Morning all! . 7. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL Had a wind storm take down the dipole last night. 8. K8JK Art 9. N1DL Karl Naples FL 10. WA9TIR Jim 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 5.5 inches during the night. 12. NP2NC Bob 12. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 14. K3JJK Lee 15. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 16. NA5CC/m Charlie QRT at breakfast with the Hams in Bastrop TX 17. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 35 deg today. 18. WB4NLD John Kingston Springs TN 19. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia Going back to Kabul Afganistan in one week on Nov. 5th 20. KB4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 39 degs and hopefully will warm up later. 21. K9ZKJ Don Naples FL October 28, 2011 Viernes. Mastery is not measured by the number of terrible things you eliminate from your life, but by the number of times you eliminate calling them terrible. 1. KJ4VFB John Port Orange, FL QRT 12:55 QRT 2. HK3AVR JIm Bogota NCO for early net and first ½ net. Got most of the furniture out of the house and moved into the apartment which took until 5:00pm and then had lunch. Have queen box springs and dining room buffet in parking place as it will not go up stairs or elevator. Going to donuts with Phil HK3SA this morning. Gave Phil a bunch of VHF radios so we can mount a VHF system at the Indian police outposts on the Colombia Amazon. I hope to get some of the net members involved in this project. Maybe some members will help us install this system late next year. We will be looking for help from various angles to get batteries, solar panels, coax, and antennas. 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga 50 degs rain QRT 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI. Chinese caught hacking into USA military satellites. 32 Deg.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-27/chinese-military-suspected-in-hacker-attacks-on-u-s-satellites.html 5. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal NCO for last ½ hour of net. Daughter off to school dressed as a princess for early Halloween party. 7. W9MGM Les Delano, MN making breakfast...QRT 13:34z 8. K8OMA Larry going to winterize everything since frost has arrived. 9. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Contest this wkend....problems for net?? 10. KD0ACR Dick Yanton, SD Temp today 36/54! I'm retired: I was tired yesterday, and I am tired again today. Trying to get Skype up on Windows 7 to listen to remote in Marco Island. 11. KB5LKE Mike Guy,TX 56 degs 12. WB4NLD John Kingston Springs TN. Out of work for 18 months, but had one good project recently. Temp. dropped like a rock last night.....winter is coming. Lost his father and ham friend this year. 13. WA2ARS Mort near Orlando FL Pouring down rain now, but warm. 14. WA9AAA Doug Red fish are biting in FL 15 to 28 inches QRT 15. VA3AZ Dave QRT 16. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ Works on the Battleship USS New Jersy which is in Canden NJ as a museum ship. Ray restores all the old electronics and transmitters and receivers. He also works at the ham station on Board with the call NJ2BB. NJ2 Big BattlEship 17. K3JJK Lee expecting snow tomorrow. Off to grandmother's house QRT 18. NP2NC Bob 19. KI4SCV Jimmy, Georgia 20. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL. October 27, 2011 Jueves 1. NA5CC Charlie Emma has sore throat so no school today. Is out in the container doing spring cleaning. 2. HK3ZOR Harry Recent flash flood washed his stream intake water system away and took neighbor's calf downstream and it drowned. Spoke with Paul last night in Assisted Living Facility. He's ok after his fall and hitting his head, but Judy had bad break at wrist. He's moving to new facility next week where there's a ham. He's excited that he can put up an antenna there. Harry once owned Commodore 64 computer. Still raining. 16.5 inches of rain in Oct. so far. Prior record was 11 inches. 3. WB2NBJ Ray 4. KC8IQF Ron Tulip Computer bought Commodore years ago and still is making computers. Original Commodore 64 had profit margin of around $400 for many millions of units. Still has the crud, but improving. 43 deg. Raining Qrt 13:08z. 5. N1DL Karl May be the first to fix new computer program glitch. Once owned a Radio Shack 100 computer. 6. K8OMA Larry 7. WA9AAA Doug Went fishing. Water supply to dock sprung a big leak. Only lasted 1 yr. Water bill may be $400-500 this month for 7,000 gal lost. Hurricane looks like it might disintegrate before arriving to Marco. 8. KE4VBU Bud built 16 ft. of handrails and stairs. 9. KD0ACR Dick Temp today 31/55. Will try to upload picture of my best buddy. My 1st PC was a Tandy Model 1; which I still have - also still have a Tandy laptop. Used to go to Dr. but he always found something wrong with him. Now just goes to the vet and he says Dick has fleas. He knows where they came from. 10. KB4LKE Mike used to walk 1 mile to grandmother's house when he was 3 yrs old to eat breakfast. She used to tell him if he came too early that Bloody Bones ghost would get him. Had to chase a Border Collie out of his yard. It climbed the fence. 11. K3JJK Lee 12. WA9TIR Jim 13. HK3SA Phil Man caught Amazon Indian who robbed a neighbor and was contracted by administrator's wife to burn down his house and the Amazon Queen. Still free the area. 14. CP8XA Ivan Bolivia 15. K5LYN Lynn October 26, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5MIF Steve Marco Island, FL. Went to "edible clothing" seminar at NAPES convention where he played drums in combo. 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia NCO early net New Telephone number for Paul KJ5CB 505-508-3581 Please call him as he is in the institution and wants to hear from net members. It looks like this is where he will be staying. He has his big desktop computer and Skype but has been having trouble operating Skype. Told about panic situation when he was exploring a drain pipe under a road and got stuck....barely managed to go backwards and get out. 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL Hurricane Rina slowly headed towards Yucatan, but may head east and go over Cuba. Cruise ships are changing courses. QRT 13:19z 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX Going to see what he can enjoy on the river . QRT 13:23z 5. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 35 degs. this morning. 6. N1DL Karl Naples, FL 7. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Had coffee....eyes open. New TOTO intelligent toilet gives your weight, body mass index, urine analysis, blood sugar and shows results on wall monitor. Obama's dog attendant makes $102,000/year. La Jolla Light newspaper reporter wrote and wants to interview him regarding an article on Bird Rock history. Large amount of cash found in Cali by police. 8. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD, 29 degs. this morning and will get up to 50 degs. Still working several hours each day to get computer optimized. His dog cuddled him last night and seemed very concerned....abnormal behaviour for that dog. Had him worried a bit since dogs have a sixth sense about things. 9. VA3YB Armin , Barrie, Ontario via K3AVR remote QRT 12:28z 10. KD5LKE Mike Guy, TX. Had cat neutered....more to go. 11. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville, IL. 12. HK3SA Phil Bogota, Colombia 13. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 14. K8OMA Larry Delaware, OH new antenna and 500 watts. 15. WB2NBJ Ray slept in again late. 16. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 17. NP2NC BOB St. John, Virgin Islands. Mentioned "Fly by Wire" book that he says is not good info. Definitely likes Boeing with pilot control emphasis better than Airbus with computer emphasized controls. 18. KK5WZ Jim Smithville, TX.....call out to him with no response. His truck literally melted in front of his house during the big fire.
October 25, 2011, Martes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia. NCO early net After raining for days the sun has actually shown itself this morning! Phil HK3SA back from Amazon. Farm administrator's wife left him and had someone try to burn down his house and boat as revenge to put blame on administrator. 2. K3JJK Lee 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. NCO part of normal net. Spent ½ hour getting Lisa off to school....should have been 5 min. project. Heavy rains in Bogota area, but not at his farm. Two police killed in Bogota when they investigated an abandoned bentonite bomb in a trash can. Weasel killed a baby hen yesterday.....poison placed to get rid of problem. 4. VY1YB Armin in Ontario via K3AVR remote packed the tuba and redy to make the trip to Naples FL CKD Out 1215z 5. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 39 degrees high will be 59. Very poor propagation this morning - not hearing much. QRT! 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 7. K3SLJ Len Pensauken NJ Been very busy with training for new aircraft and hoping all gets back to normal soon. Went to NJ shore marsh on his moto and found a large aluminum platform with a bench to sit for lunch. Going to Scotland Thurs. thru Sunday. 8. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX off to school with Ema and then to the dentist. 9. N2IRJ Marty via K3AVR remote building a Skype remote 10. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Wife Betty has decided she can stay a few weeks longer in Blue Ridge before heading south to Marco Island FL. Nice wx with nights in the 40s. 11. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ Temp 9.2C 12. KC9SVJ Matt, Woodstock, IL 13. N1DL Karl lots of snowbird traffic in Markup Island 14. WA9AAA Doug just back from annual visit to the vampire. Keeping an eye on new hurricane forming. Going to Wisc. on 1 Nov. to baby sit grandkids. 15. K5LYN Lynn
October 24, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3AVR Jim 2. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga Bear was back Saturday nite, got antenna tuner back from mfj took 30 days to get it back 3. KD0ACR Dick Going to try and insert a photo of Gavin's Point Dam, the last Dam (one of six) on the Missouri River. I live a couple of miles below it. The photo (I hope) shows the Dam at a record release of 160,000 CFS causing major flooding in South Dakota, Iowa and Missouri. At one time I was told to be ready to evacuate. In the 15 years I lived here, I only seen two flood gates opened - never all of them. The walkway is 15 feet above the river and at the peak release you would get wet if next to the guard rail. Looking into having a Special Event at Mt. Rushmore - maybe at the top of it if possible. 4. KJ4VFB John Port Orange, Fl. OFF TO WORK! See you guys. QRT 12:32z 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI QRT:13:30z 6. KJ4QXN Rusty, Orange City , Johns Buddy Port Orange QRT 7. WB5HVH/m Jim QRT 8. NA5CC Charlie 9. W9MGM Les frost last night, beautiful sunrise, watching #3 grandson tonight play football in the Mall of America Dome downtown QRT 12:57z 10. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA . QRT 11. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX QRT 12. WB2NBJ Ray 45 degress this morning 13. WA9AAA Doug QRT off to Dr. office. 14. K0KHW Frank Ray Rising and Joel Stolte in Minnesota for missionary week at Maple Plain Community Church. QRT 15. HK3ZOR Harry Col. army killed one of top FARC guerrillas who was responsible for about 30% of their drug trafficking income. Has to go back for 2nd blood test for glucose tolerance after the net.......very hungry! Went to restaurant yesterday called Islamorada on mountain near Sopo yesterday to eat Mahimahi with daughter but waitress said they didn't have it that day so ate swordfish and shrimp and listened to singer Andres Cepeda who owns the restaurant. 16. KD5LKV Mike 17. NP2NC Bob saw program on Colombian Hormigas Culonas....edible insects segment. October 23, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Worked Palau on 6 meters around 2350z for a new country on the magic band ! Had to watch out for Black Snakes in chickens nests when he collected eggs as a kid. 2. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH picking up massive amounts of leaves. Now has a tractor for the job. City sends trucks around just for picking up leaves. Chickens moulting now.....they look terrible and no new eggs until new feathers come in. QRT 3. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 45 degrees today and will get to 70. Finally worked T32C (E. Kiritimati - Christmas Island). QRT 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. House is like a mini-hotel with visitors. One beautiful rooster died suddenly yesterday. Cleaned up his PC yesterday so now it's optimized. 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Loves his D-104 mic now using a crystal cartridge. Remembers using the carbon cartridge and having to bang it on the desk to get audio output back up to par. His sister's daughter's K-7 Ranch is one of biggest Beefmaster cattle ranches in Texas. 6. N1DL Karl Naples FL Remembers changing frequencies on crystals with toothpaste grinding, cleaning and remounting. 7. J73CAJ Conrad Dominica Island 8. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 66 degs. this morning, installed new tubes in the Henry amp. and gained 300 watts. 9. KD4IQC Lincoln Vero Beach via K3AVR remote. Planning his 100th BD party for next April in Vero Beach and invites all of us to join him drinking his daily Old Crow at 430 pm which he attributes to his longevity. 10. WA9TIR Jim. Tony from Canada is visiting him. 11. 12. 13. 14.
October 22, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia. Power out at 0634 local time. Will see if can get power plant working. Pwr back at 0735 local. BP up yesterday so will undergo a round of tests and Dr. appts. No symptoms of anything bad. Mother in law ill so spending some time here. 54 deg. 2. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL had fun with dx yesterday since band opened. 64 deg. 3. N1DL Karl Naples FL QRT to Mars Net with big Navy operation. 4. NA5CC Charlie remote from ham Ham breakfast in Bastrop. 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Is catching the Bogota crud. Worked a bunch of Europeans long path on 10 meters last night. 6. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 42 degs this morning will get to 65. My PC is really slooooooooooow! 7. KC8IQF Ron KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 36 deg this morning.QRT:13:26z 8. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL Painting this morning 9. NP2NC Bob St. John Island, USVI 10. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote, World Series Fever, Check out 1327 ckd out 1329Z 11. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL Working on an FT-757GXII for Robert N2CGA, installing new memory battery and display and met bulbs. 12. K3JJK Lee 13. WB2NBJ Ray October 21, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO for most of net. 62 degs. in the shop this morning due to all the rain and no sun. QRT 1312z 2. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal NCO for last ½ hour of net. ETA 1300 GMT has school run today. Still only has one phase of 3 in house. Only .1inches of rain last night....muddy outside. One local rose green house operation went out of business. About 50% of people in El Rosal are employed by flower growers. 4. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 45.3 degs. outside 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI QRT13:16z 6. W9MGM Les Delano Has 4 grandchildren visiting so will have to go fix breakfast soon. 7. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL QRT1318 8. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD Currently 32 this morning - will get to 65 today. 9. NA5CC Charlie Houston via k3avr Remote CKD OUT 1300Z 10. K8OMA Larry in Ohio on Dipole this morning 11. KJ4ZFK John Bristol TN G5RV Junior antenna 12. K3JJK Lee 13. NP2NC Bob October 20, 2011
October 19th, 2011 1. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights Now monitoring 28.637 during the dayhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-18/exotic-animals Really likes his Win Utilities computer program. 2. K1AX Bob Hampton falls NH Ten Ten number on 10 meters 05057. Ready to throw up something. 3. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL. Going to a gig at Lebo's next weekend and has his cymbals s soaking outside in a secret solution to take off copper oxide 4. N1DL Karl Naples FL Rain, rain and more rain. Mentioned a zoo keeper let out all the animals and committed suicide. There are 40 + dangerous animals running amok south east Ohio. CKD OUT 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia (early net NCO) 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. NCO for last ½ of net. Had a nice visit with Phil HK3SA yesterday and HK3BB Lelia. Phil going to Amazon today and back to fixed site in Afghanistan in a couple weeks. Saw nice wood model of raft that daughter Cyd is going to use to sail down the Colombian Amazon and do DX hamming. Rained every day for many days. 11.5 inches so far in Oct. at El Rosal farm. Almost a record. Wash. D.C. has 1000 financial lobbyists and only 60 consumer lobbyists. Intl. banker friend said that corporate executive salaries are way out of line and have to be cut. Not fair to investors or other employees who get laid off to pay for corporate jets and lavish parties for top executives. 7. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX CKD OUT 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 58 degs. rain company coming in Thursday. Vietnam shrapnel in leg set off metal detector at courthouse. 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Now has Ubuntu Linux running in the shack except wireless card. Had to lower antenna due to storm. 10. NA5CC Charlie Texas A&M promoting GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). 11. K0KHW Frank Ckd out 12. WA2ARS Mort had insomsia for many weeks and missed the net. Last night had a good sleep. 13. K3JJK Lee 14. WB2NBJ Ray power lines buzzing today. Not gud wx today. In sleepy mode today. Talked to Russian ham on 10mts yesterday. Prop. picking up. 15. KI4KBO Robert, Rebo, VA. Blind ham. 16. K4LWJ Ray going to MN tomorrow and back to NC on 2 Nov. 17. NP2NC Bob
October 18, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia dual watching 28.6370 Mhz 2. W9MGM Les Delano, MN now monitoring 28.6370 on dual watch, new "front loading" washer working well..far less water, less natural gas (clothes spun to just damp-quicker for drying), less salt for softner, no belts or gear box, easier on clothes than top loader agitation. Don't know why it took me so long to switch to a front loader! Apple sold over 4 million IPhone4S in first 3 days of initial offering. QRT 12:48z 3. K5MIF Steve Marco Island, FL also monitoring 28.6370 during the day, expecting cold front with some wind gusts and rain may stop after days of rain. 4. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD 36 degs this morning. My FT 2000 has dual receivers which I only use for SPLIT - never occured to me to listen to other bands while on another band. 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX. Frustrated with Google Docs...gets "slow script" message. 6. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville, IL Must go to the Doc in about 10 minutes 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL Downloaded Ubuntu Linix on a USB stick 8. KF4MJJ Fred Naples, FL 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia on generator power for 3 out of 5 days now. 10. KC8IQF Ron 11. WB2NBJ Ray 12. KE4VBU Bud 13. K5LYN Lynn 14. HK3SA Phil going to visit the Amazon Queen for 5 days and maybe set up a hotel in Leticia 15. K3JJK Lee 16. October 17, 2011 Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires each citizen to prove they are insured.... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. Colombian holiday today....Dia De La Raza. 1. W9MGM Les lot's of campaign money going to be spent for presidency. Going to paint soon. QRT 13:14z 2. K5MIF Steve Marco Island, FL Happy to know the Steppir motor resistance reading are available on the website to check control cabling. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia had .7 inches rain last night. Two US trained ex-Colombian Special Forces soldiers discovered training Mexican Zeta drug cartel. 4. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA. Bear stole trash can but abandoned it in the woods since it only contained one empty wine bottle. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI Anti gravity transportation talked about in Werner Von Braun Video in the 1950s. Microsoft bought Skype. 6. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL. Has Dr. appt. to talk about his colon. QRT 13:01z 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL upgraded his computer and had problems. 8. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia Installed 11ea. new 3.5 inch Stanley brass hinges on the 90 lb doors that were used the most to bring them back up ⅜ inch and came up one short from the store. 9. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC going on trip to MN. 10. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 11. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD 12. AH2AH John Ft Myers Beach, FL Commenting on the death of Julio Mario Santadomingo who was a progressive entrepreneur who started Avianca airlines, Bavaria Beer, and many companies throughout Colombia and South America. He amassed about 8.4 billion dollars over his life. Part of his life he lived in New York City. 13. KM4MI Mike Marco island, FL via K3AVR remote May be evicted from his rental house as the owner has been collecting rent payments and not paying mortgage. Mike runs his computer repair business out of his apartment and has tons of stuff. Had first Medicare physical after 65th BD. 14. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX . Emma caught a catfish yesterday. 15. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 16. K5LYN Lynn Austin, TX Living crammed into the small garage apartment. October 16, 2011 Domingo 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ QRT 12:31z 2. W9MGM LES Delano, MN XYL home from hospital after surgery that lasted 5 ½ hours. Three hours were spent looking for a suture needle the robotic surgeon lost near the liver. , sunrise fantastic this morning...receiving a new front loading clothes washer this afternoon. QRT 13:01z 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. leaving for 30 minutes, will return after all chickens are fed and watered. Record 7.5 inches rain flooded school and took out fence. Some neighbors have pumps 3 feet under water. Power out yesterday and day before. Ok now. Miss Angola, who won Miss Universe contest is Colombian from the Choco. 115 yr old woman who died willed her body to science. Her DNA is different. She didn't have any artery blockage or Alzheimer symptoms. Her mind was in the 60-70 year range. The geologist who convinced us that a meteor caused the disappearance of dinosaurs now decided that volcanic emissions were a bigger factor. 4. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD Have set up a Gmail web site - but haven't made much progress adding stuff to it! 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota,Colombia New master bedroom carpet installation finished at 1930 last night. That concludes major changes on the apartment except for all the details and touch ups. I am sad that the HF antennas and station will have to come down in about 10 days, then again my new QTH may be less noisy. It will be the middle of 2012 before I have an antenna on the apartment building. Saw documentary about how beer affected the history of humanity. View from my new apartment living room window. Likes his HP DM4 computer with I5 processor, 750 HD. $599 in USA. 6. NQ5H H Smithville, Tx Happy to be spending the Weekend on his hilltop farm while wife does her gardening. 7. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC QRT 8. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, Tx. Emma went fishing and almost caught a snake that went for the bait. Saw Blues Bros. movie. 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Bud 36 degrees and still dealing with a bear as he has stolen a garbage can. 10. NP2NC Bob St. John, Virgin, Islands 11. K3JJK Lee 12. HK3SA Phil Going biking, donuting and up the mountain for a drive. October 15, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO 2. KG4YOE m/m Terry Solomon Islands 48 ft. Flew with Paul KJ5CB and called him to chat a couple days ago. 3. K3SAB Steve Having a cup of tea and will send email Spiderwebnet telling how your home Web page and picture sites can be added to Spiderwebnet pages. 4. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH Building a new set of stairs off the back deck 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 6. WB2NBJ /m Ray On the way to work on the battleship New Jersey CKD Out 1236Z 7. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD Hope to start working on a web page today! Captain Glen Wallace WWII fighter pilot day journal web site: http://www.kilroywashere.org/003-Pages/GlenWallace/GlenWallace.html 8. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL 9. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL Played at the Country spot in Naples FL last night so a little slow this morning. There were plenty of biker girls with a lot of leather gear. Riding club was called Dikes on Bikes. 10. K8OMA Larry in and out QRT 11. NA5CC /M Charlie Arriving to ham breakfast 12. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO celebrating Cardinal victory 47 degs. Ck out 1319 tnx 13. K3JJK Lee 14. HK3ZOR Harry power out due to storm....using power plant. October 14, 2011 Viernes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Traveled to US Embassy with my wife to try and get in and arrived at 0830 after 45 minutes of rush hour bumper cars traffic. I decided I was not going to speak Spanish on this trip to maximize my chances of getting in. Got to citizens services gate and contract guard spoke no English. Showed my passport and appointment page printed off the internet which was for the 18th at 0830. I had put the appointment page inside a large ziploc bag so it was hard to read and she did not notice the appointment was not for this day. Got to the security block house about 80 yards in where another contract guard who did not speak English caught the mistake and tried to explain in Spanish why I could not go in. I played dumb and kept showering her in explanations of my problem to which she kept repeating "no Englise". Finally she called someone inside the Embassy and I was asked to pick up a phone on the wall and dial 0 where I spoke to another Colombian woman who spoke English and told me there was no possibility of getting in until my appointment day. After much insistence I finally said " I declare an emergency situation and need to speak to Vice council or higher authority. I spoke to a person in English who called and let me in where after a couple hours I got my three pages notarized for $100.00. One last note, The US Government does not take the $100 bills they issued ! I had to pay in Pesos at a very poor rate. I was told a US citizen cannot get into any Embassy in the world after June 1, 2011 without the web page appointment. Appointments are booked about one week in advance at this date. 2. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD. Looking into buying a 21" Dell Touch screen PC. It has only the line cord plugged into it and is wireless with wireless mouse & keyboard. No tower - Disk Drive, etc, built into monitor. 3. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia Daughter Cyd turned 13 yesterday and got a Blackberry for bithday 4. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL Working on finding a bucket lift work on antenna system. Grabbed a sweet banana from his tree....yummy. 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Bear made two visits last night and attacked the two garbage cans and was able to wedge one under the truck. 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia With heavy Parrot QRM this morning. Fox news apologized for yesterday's announcement that Obama was going to apologize to Japan for dropping an A bomb on them during WWII. 7. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL going Monday for another colonscope. Art told the doc this was his last chance to kill him 8. KD0DGZ Paul Cotton, MN on the Canadian Border 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Developing his new website at http://sites.google.com/site/wa9aaaweb/home 10. KC8IQF Ron 55 degs and overcast 11. K8OMA Larry Back home in Ohio transmitting on the wire antenna this morning 12. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 13. K0KHW Frank had serious sinus cold, much better now. 46 deg in Plymouth, MN 14. K4LWJ Ray 15. K3JJK Lee 16. KG4WHC Elvis 17. October 13, 2011 Jueves 1. Not checked in HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Must get paperwork notarized at US Embassy to close sale on my mother's duplex. I called citizen's services yesterday around 1300L and it rang about 15 times before what sounded like a marine guard answered. I started explaining my problem but he pushed a button and sent me to an information recording which was in Spanish only. The message said I had to go an online website to schedule an appointment and gave the address so fast I had to listen 5 times to get it. My first thought was what if I was an American visiting Colombia and needed help? Would I understand a word of the answering machine? I did go online as instructed to register for the first appointment available which was 0830am the 18th three days after contact closing date. The agent on my house says I can be sued for hotels, furniture storage, pet kennel, and many other related expenses caused by the buyer. Liliana and I are going to the embassy as we both must sign and try to get in so will not be on the net. I have been told they will not let me in to notarize the three signatures even that they charge $50.00 each notarization. I am appalled and wonder why I risked my life in Vietnam and donate 1000's of hours a year to Civil Air Patrol of the US Air force. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO has buzz saw QRN. Parrot QRN from the kitchen. Still has hydraulic fluid leak from power steering reservoir. Shorted wires changing wall plug last night and sparks flew. 3. WB2HIF Art waterlogged this week. He has banjo string QRN 4. KD0ACR Dick 5. NA5CC Charlie Has Fog Horn QRN 5. K5MIF Steve Has buzz saw QRN. Nephew's home school teacher taught him Kama Sutra (live demonstration). Is going to play at female biker bar tonight. One gal has a jacket patch that reads "Dykes on Bikes 1%." 6. WA9TIR Jim QRN is 23 second interval. 7. KE4VBU Bud has Electric Razor QRN Bear is back, Got trash cans made a mess. 8. WA9AAA Doug Says the QRN is phased radar. Says free and easy websites available on Google Gmail or Google Docs. Click on "Sites" on the black bar of this Google Docs site and follow instructions to create your own free web site. Is watching kid movies this week with XYL.....Rio and Out of Season. Suggests fast breakfast by beating two eggs, pouring them in a coffee mug sprayed with oil spray and cooking 45 sec. in microwave. Bacon placed flat between 2 pieces of paper towels in microwave also cooks fast and crisp. 9. N1DL Karl put new battery in his plane. Going to Qtr. Century Wireless club lunch. Recommends a Chinese walkie talkie for 70cc-2mtrs. Costs around $60. See on Pg. 113 of CQ magazine. 10. WB2NBJ Ray 11. K4LWJ Ray working on paperwork for importation of equipment for radio station project in Peru. 12. K3JJK Lee 13. TG9AWS Steve had great visit to rubber plantation. Owner going to plant another 26,000 trees October 12, 2011 Miercoles 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Early NCO until 1250z, Phil HK3SA and I installed 48 inch 75 lb. Kobe range hood in my apartment and hope to finish this morning. Carpet to be installed in Master bedroom tomorrow to complete all major work on the apartment. I hope to start moving this week end. 2. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Still sick, Doc gave him some injections that 3. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 55 degs. Starting to get light at 1237z , Loaded Google Chrome to run Docs. 4. K5LYN Lynn/Austin TX Hopefully will have the Time Wave DSP unit connected to the old Swan 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville Tx 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 54 deg light misty rain.fog 7. AB4ZR/m Dave NC DX70 Hustler with high power coil on the back bumper. QRT 1340Z 8. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Leaving on a road trip to CT to join Betty and may stop to see Len K3SLJ in PA. 9. K8OMA Larry at the lake where it is raining this morning, Reports Art K8JK has a Steppir antenna box that is toast due to a varmint chewed the control cable of antenna. Jim recommends purchase of new SDA-100 controller as it is protected for these problems. QRT 1344z 10. K3SLJ Len in PA on a dipole, having breakfast 11. HK3ZOR Harry lots of hail on highway outside of Bogota. Lisa got out and played with it until hands froze. Parrot in house and screaming "Papa" in the background. Eating soft boiled eggs with "ruda" (Rue) herb mixed with salt. 12. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 13. WA9TIR Jim Climbed the tower to 70 ft. yesterday for the first time in three years. Feels good he can still do that ! 14. W9MGM Les Delano, MN...bought 3 clothes washers in 4 days...believes ordering and delivering arrangements are finally corrected. Getting up @ 3:30 AM tomorrow morning to take XYL for surgery that is suppose to relieve some of her continual pain disorder 15. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 16. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 17. KG4WHC Elvis Dixon, KY gave update on Scott's N9IM family. Was playing with new Pomeranin dog. His other one was stolen. Served in 82nd Airborne with Scott 18. HH2SAU Yezen? Haiti October 11, 2011 Martes. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Saw Phil HK3SA yesterday and he helped me sift through some of the communications equipment in the warehouse. Phil will halp me install a 48 inch range hood to day in 2. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 58 deg. light rain 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 5. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL Worked DX Expedition T32C Christmas Island TX 7.072 RX 7.185 http://www.t32c.com/ QRT 1210Z 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 7. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA May be leaving tomorrow to CT to be with Betty taking care her Mom's Death matters. 8. KG4YOE M/M Terry Browne Lost track of Paul KJ5CB but now got all Paul's info from HK3AVR. Sailing around the world and in Annapolis MD today. Went to Army-Navy Academy with Paul in Carlsbad, CA. 9. K1CGZ/m Paul in Portland Maine on the way to work. Leaves changed colors this past weekend. QRT 1236Z 10. WA9AAA Doug friend from Ft. Myers coming to visit with computer problem. 11. N1DL Karl Naples FL 65 year old pilot had to ditch plane he was ferrying from CA to Hawaii. Only had 14 miles to go to get to Hilo. 12. WB2NBJ Ray 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K5LYN Lynn mobile near Giddings, TX to pick up Collins power supply. Going to let burned out property sit until grass grows again. No plans to refit at present. 15. K4LWJ Ray working on northern Amazon basin. Peruvian radio station project. Land leveled and permit granted for 2 acre spot. 16. NP2NC Bob October 10, 2011 Lunes Columbus Day in the USA and Dia de La Raza holiday in Colombia on 1 of 2 of Harry's calendars but not on Jim's that shows it next Monday. In 1962 AF1 put into service for the president. 1. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Must leave in 35 minutes to open apartment for the wood floor finishers. Finished the halogen light installs for a total of 31 installed. Been to Home Center 5 days in a row. ckd out 1251Z 3. HK3SA Phil Bogota With a bad voice this morning not sleeping well after getting back from Afghanistan. QRT 4. K0ACR Dick Yankton SD now on Google Docs but lock up due to ethernet card driver problem. 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Went to food fair and ate too many free samples. Had Peruvian lunch. Georgia Fish & Game placed deer decoy that was shot 1,000 times out of season. Colombian Julio Mario Santodomingo died at age 87. He was worth 8.5 billion dollars. Hackers threaten to close Wall St. today. Protesters outside trying to do the same. 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 55 degs rain for next 3 days just chill out for the day 7. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC. Has sore throat. QRT 1215z 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI. Coptic Christians and Muslims fighting in Egypt. Sick with flu.QRT.13:17z 9. W9MGM Les Delano MN, 71 degrees with full sun. QRT 13:04z 10. K1BBQ Jerry Hartford NH went to the beach yesterday and was 85 degs! 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Doug calls the flu the KLUNK. 12. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA back from Leeds AL. to the Barber motor sports park and watched antique motorcycle races. Highlight was a race where all bikes were over 100 years old. Wife Betty morther died in CT so will be traveling soon. Worked for Ross Perot in his past life. Went to restaurant in Birmingham with neon sign "No Farting." Leaves changing in Blueridge....beautiful scene. 13. K3JJK Lee "It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look behind and regret." 14. WA9TIR Jim runway lenghtened at O'Hare causing more flights over his QTH. 15. AH2AH John 16. WB2NBJ Ray October 9, 2011 Domingo 1. N1DL Karl Naples FL Running Icom 7800 this morning and put of screwdriver antenna on the roof. Now starting an antenna farm on the condo roof 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Removed twenty old eyeball 60 watt bulb ceiling lights mounted in holes in the ceiling and mounted smaller 50 watts 120 VAC halogen fixtures with supplement rings to cover the larger hole. QRT 1325Z 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, Ga 49 degs this morning. Going to work in the garden today. 4. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH 85 degs. today so going to the beach about 60 miles east. Water will be cold but beach warm. Welcomes Phil back to this side of the world. 5. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia Enjoyed 6. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL now has a 8 element quad for 2 meters SSB. Loves to work the openings mostly eastern USA. 7. K2SAB Steve Ramsey NJ 40 degs. this morning 8. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Hesitant to operate this morning as there is a RAIN STORM ! Pouring since 0530 L 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL Talked about gold in Ft. Knox. Picked up fallen avocados from Curtis' K5MIR yard. 10. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL Using his home brew UHF remote access to the HF, sounds good. 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Considering drying wood business for unused chicken house. 12. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX Via K3AVR Remote , Rain and lightning in Austin so has the rig off. 13. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD 14. KB1EKV Jim Northern Maine closing up the camp for the winter and heading back to Groton MA. 15. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg PA October 8, 2011 Sabado 1. K5MIF Steve Sign over Leebo's bar says "If it's tourist season why can't we shoot them?" Bought a $15 fuse. Played at country bar last night and Pagan motorcycle club arrived and asked them to stop playing while they held their meeting. The tip jar was full when they left and Steve made more in tips than he got paid for playing. Computer started playing a CD with no owner command. Wants HK3AVR Jim to know that his Marco house watcher reports all clear and no problems. 2. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal NCO Has to take daughter for entrance exam for new school at 1230gmt, but she is scared and crying.......may be a problem. Kids!!! Cancelled exam....daughter won today. Will stay at old school. Harry will be here for most of net now. 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL. 73 deg. beautiful day but no bananas and pinapples are not doing well either. 4. KD0ACR Rick computer not talking to his radio. 5. K2SAB Steven Have to run! 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI has sore throat and not feeling well. Says Pres. Obama plans to pull troops from Afghanistan. Will the war continue using contractors ? 7. NA5CC /m Charlie Went to Ham breakfast in Bastrop with K5lYN and many other area Hams. 8. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Had coffee with Phil HK3SA and showed him my new apartment. Showed Phil 9. KC2QFJ Steven Rhode Island, Audio visual production work. 10. HK3SA Phil Bogota Back from Afghanistan for about a month. Buying a new wardrobe. Going to help HK3AVR with his move. 11. KK4AFH Harold Port Saint Lucie FL 12. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg PA 13. KB4NET Bill Camping out operating portable, was about 40 degs. but warming up. 14. KG4GPJ Larry 15. K4MIF Donna has bananas on her tree for HK3AVR Jim when he gets back. 16. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 17. AB4ZR/m Dave Cary NC Alinco DX-70 Hustler antenna with high power resonator. October 7, 2011 Viernes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Anyone need a 6 meter duplexer 2 meters tall and 80 cm. square? Its new and originally cost $12,000 by the time it arrived to Bogota. Junk price is $60 US. It really hurts to toss working Aerotron 110 watt VHF repeaters and 90 watt Motorola Micors. Looking forward to visiting with Phil today. QRT 1246Z 2. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL. HAD to go to Harbor Freight. Explained how to take chuck off a Mitsubishi ¾ " drill. Going to play with The Brothers Whiskey at the Country Spot at Golden Gates. The owner asked him what type of music he played and Steve said sometimes a combo of Country + Rap. The owner said "What is that?" Steve Said "Crap." 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA. 48 degs. Took picture of his fat bear. 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. National strike today in Colombia. China is doing more business with Cuba and selling them many buses to upgrade transportation. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI. Told about secret facility close to his house with large underground facilities. Train full of alcohol exploded in IL and town was evacuated.Qrt13:22z 6. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD. Was production mgr. for Diston Co, Still fighting with getting all the computers to talk to the new router with security activated. Used to ride a Francis Barnett moto. Can see him on it at QRZ.com. (see details) 7. N1DL Karl Naples FL Almost caught up. Reading about a Jap D2T beam antenna. 8. HK3OZ John Chia Colombia. 9. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC QRT 1232Z 10. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Glorius day and leaving in a few hours to the Leeds, Alabama sports park for vintage motorcycle races. One event is for bikes built before 1911. 11. WA4ARS Mort 12. HK3SA Phil back in Bogota, Afghan cooks use same oil for fish, beef and chicken. QRT 1350z 13. NA5CC Mob. Charlie 14. K3JJK Lee 15. NP2NC Bob St. John USVI Really enjoyed riding on the Blueridge Parkway near Boone, NC. 16. WA9AAA Doug 73 deg this AM. Trying to fix a watt meter. 17. WB2NBJ Ray 52 deg October 6, 2011 Jueves 1. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI http://video.pbs.org/video/2117159594 about Top Secret security growth in USA since 9/11. 17,000 secret facilities now. Ckd. Out12:38z 2. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island Fl. Cloudy waiting for rain. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia. Steve Jobs died at age 56. Hand grenade went off at Calle 95 and Cra 15 in Bogota and injured 4 people ½ block from HK3AVR QTH. NQ5H "H" is ok and safe from most recent Bastrop fire. K3JJK says health insurance didn't cover people who were attacked in their home by a bear in PA. Watched very interesting Planet Earth series about Rivers all over the world. 4. N1DL Karl Naples Fl. Blue Ridge neighbor took picture of bear who broke into a 100# drum of animal food and ate part of it. 5. HK3SA Phil back home in Bogota from Afghanistan via Dubai. Brought back two fox hats for xyl and daughter. Many British families on same plane going to Orlando. 20 ton Dodge vehicles were breaking down before he left. Roads are very dangerous south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Still suffering from sinus problem and dry throat. Enjoyed read book "Spycraft" about history of CIA devices though the years. 6. HK3OZ John Chia, Colombia. went to Bogota and has to go back again today. 7.WB2NBJ Ray Riley Hollingsworth retired from FCC gave talk at ham club meeting last night and congratulated hams for their work. 8. WA9AAA Doug new roof antenna is working fine. 69 deg and clear skies today. 9. NA5CC Charlie 10. WA9TIR Jim 11. KD0ACR Dick SD fighting with his computer since yesterday. 12. KT4SP Glen NC Local man prosecuted for shooting bear on his property out of season. 13. KE4VBU Bud had a bear hanging around his house that wanted to climb into his house and play Goldilocks but finally slept outside. Fish and Game people take $1500 gall bladders out of bears shot in season since it's used to make Viagra. 14. K4LWJ Ray 15. K3JJK Lee 16. HK3AVR Jim 17. TG9AWS Steve just back from dog walk. Enjoyed Harry's HK3ZOR Memorie's of Bird Rock article. Should make it into a book. Going to a rubber tree farm today covering Mayan ruins.
October 5, 2011 Miercoles 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia. NCO for early and first ½ net. Made progress yesterday as removed various commercial antennas from the main tower but was stopped by rain. Ordered Pentek Reverse Osmosis 3500 system to install under sink in kitchen for perfect drinking water. 2. N1DL Karl Naples FL Has to remember how to operate the different equipment and remember all the security codes 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO for last part of net. India will market a $50 Ipad in December. 4. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH, Birthday today 66 Has been very busy at the airport with classes and flight instruction. 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Q=6. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SD, Put security on his WI-FI yesterday and now cannot access internet on main computer, Ipad still works ok. 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Changing oil in the truck today. QRT 1251z 8. WA9TIR Jim Bensonvile IL 9. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX another fire started last night and was moving toward NQ5H QTH went from 0 to 1000 acres in 3 hours fanned by high winds. Now reported 25% contained. 10. K8OMA Larry Lake Erie QRT 1255z 11. K5LYN Lynn Austin Tx 12. WB2NBJ Ray Gelndora NJ 13. NP2NC Bob 14. KC8IQF Ron U of Texas at Dallas has a video of invisibility cloak that makes things disappear. 15. K3JJK Lee 16. WA9AAA Doug
October 4, 2011 Martes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Hope to strip the 20 meter tower of all commercial antennas and leave ham antennas a little longer. CKD out 1310z 2. NA5CC Charlie 3. KE4VBU Bud 36 degs today 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights mi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqAFuy6dd0M&feature=related 5. KD0ACR Dick Yankton SD has been advised he may have to evacuate due to Missouri river flooding. 6. KD1BL Brad, NW Vermont -- Foggy day here out 12:35 7. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ Had a ceremony at the Battleship New Jersey as one of the old crew members last request before death was to be fired out of one of the large guns. His cremated remains were fired into the Delaware river. 8. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia just for a minute. My daughter is still doing homework and have to take her to school afterwards......very late. 1300gmt...still here behind the lick log. 9. W9MGM Les Delano MN it's difficult to winterize when the temperature is in the mid-eighties 10. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Blue skys and now 74 degs. 12. WA9TIR Jim 13. K3JJK Lee October 3, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota with only Florida remote as I am connected to some ones unprotected Wi-Fi from my new apartment where I have to open for workers. Will be removing all the company antennas from the tower and leaving only ham antennas for a while longer. Harry needs a pair of TV Ears. $50 and great for watching TV while other half is in bed wanting to sleep. ckd out 1231z 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville Tx 51 degs. this morning 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Confirms Karl N1DL is in Naples FL 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 33degs. had the fireplace running last night and this morning. 7. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 8. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg PA 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 10. AB8N Joe Lilian, AL 11. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 12. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC 13. KD0ACR Dick Yankton, SE So. Dakota 14. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL fondly remembers his 8 years in Colombia mostly on the north coast in Barranquilla and the Guajira State adjoining to Venezuela.
October 2, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota NCO Phil HK3SA arrives back to Bogota from Afghanistan Oct. 6th. 2. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 36 degs. this morning 3. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC 42 degs. 4. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ, overcast, good day at the battleship yesterday ckd out 1233z 5. AB8N Joe Lilian, AL gulf shores of Alabama 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI leaving Z to church Ckd:Out 13:34z 8. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL ckd out 1343z 9. K5LYN Lynn Smithville Tx 10. K3SLJ Len Pensuaken NJ Will be around most of the day on the freq. 11. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Helped K5LYN Lynn take down the remains of his 60 ft. Rohn 25 tower that was very near the wall of the house when it burned. 12. N0YD Tom St. Louis via K3AVR remote 42 degs. Ckd out 1324z 13. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 71 degs and windy from the north 14. K3JJK Lee 15. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afghanistan via K3AVR remote in Marco island FL., leaving on Oct. 4th to arrived around Oct. 6 to Bogota. Took 13 days to film the 42 minute episode of man Woman Wild called Amazon Maze. 16. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL
October 1, 2011 Sabado 1. WB2HIF Art Fleming island FL Has 6 element tri-bander antenna he's going to give to Bob K1AX at the Hamfest in Orlando next year. 2. K1AX Bob NCO for early net, daughter was one of 20 accepted to NH special work experience law program. She may not have to take the test to become a lawyer if all goes well with the program. 3. KC9ATV Ben Galitia IL 4. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA went to high school football game last night. Phone call with Jim HK3AVR cut short last night when Lil discovered the money from house sale never got to their account. Panicville set in and Jim went from happy to frantic. N1DL may have left for Naples? Went to neighbor Pete's place and saw a black bear on the road. 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 6. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH chicken report says laying is still intermittent. Squirrels are eating all the chicken food. 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Downloaded Man Women Wild, Amazon Maze, and saw the Amazon Queen at the very end of the episode. 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue ridge GA 41 degs 9. HKAVR Jim Bogota Removed the 40ft. aluminum tower with Cushcraft 3el A3-WS 17/12 dual bander yesterday and have some sore muscles. Bank transfer problem turned out not to be a problem....all ok. Still searching for offices to move Vidcom Ltda. , my company. 10. K3SLJ Len Switching over to new 6 core processor computer and 8GB RAM of memory and solid state with 1 TB drive he built himself. It was purchased in a package at New Egg.com . This took a couple days but is very happy with the new computers speed. Add, - Jim, the processor is an AMD Phenom II X6 3.2 GHz, motherboard is an ASUS M4A88T-MLE See http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.692922&cm_sp=DIY_PC_Combos-_-692922-_-Combo which is the same but only 4 GB RAM. It must be assembled at that price. 11. K1CGZ Paul Wiscasset Maine Using a friends internet remote radio ckd out 1321z 12. K3JJK Lee 13. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL made graham peanut butter squares with wife. 14. N1OXG Brian Harpswell Maine, Has been listening before but never checked in.
September 30, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Moved one trailer load of VHF and UHF radio stock from office to my storage room in apartment garage area. Hope to take down second tower with 17 and 12 meter Cushcraft A3WS today. Will have big 4el tribander another 30 days. ckd out 1300z 2. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL with the antenna at about 65 ft. and 100 watts now 20 over S-9 in Bogota ckd out 3. KC9ATV Ben Galatia IL had an XYL emergency and may be back. ckd out 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX going to swap meet in Belton in convoy. 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia will be back after school run. I will return! 6. K3JJK Lee off to the heart doctor for a checkup. ckd out 1205z 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Cool temps at 47 degs. New laptop's working good. 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Comments that our electrical power grid is in trouble and needs to be revamped. Got the virtual tour to air force museum and really enjoyed this link and his Freemake format conversion program. 9. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL Running Docs on Apple and works well. 10. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 44 degrees during bike ride this morning...winterizing, fountain is empty, sprinkling system is blown out, rain gauges in garage. Believes we will lose more ham frequencies as spectrum is more in demand for Internet and etc. Having lunch with K0KHW and his xyl, Ginger. ckd out 12:57z 11. K2SAB Steve with a new Hiel mic / headset wanting audio reports ckd out 12. WA4ARS Mort ckd out 13. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA. Betty in CT. Going on a motocycle ride today but will be cool. Supposed to be freezing tonight. Cleaning lady had to call his phone from the front door. 14. WA9TIR Jim ckd out 15. K0KHW Frank Plymouth MI, check QRZ for a nice pix of Frank's shack. Very dry and nice wx. 16. WA9AAA Doug overcast but warm this AM. Power grid is subject to cyber attack and is worrisome. This is not a video only a screen shot. September 29, 2011 Jueves. Phil's boat in Amazon during Man Woman Wild filming for TV program. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO for most of net. Will start taking down the 35 ft. aluminum tower with 17 & 12 Cushcraft A-3WS antenna and taking the first trailer load of radio stock to the apartment garage storage room. 2. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC 3. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 4. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Sunny today 5. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 6. K5AW/m Mike on the ground in Philadelphia will check in when in the air. 7. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 8. WA2ARS Mort Apopka FL has an antenna coax problem but cannot climb a tower anymore. Wife Roberta got her General ham licence. 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Getting cool, about ready to close up the pool. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/28/space-radiation-expected-to-rise-for-airline-passengers-and-astronauts/ 10. NA5CC/m Charlie Running Sky Command from mobile 11. N2IRJ Marty Jackson NJ via K3AVR remote, Lost antenna elements, rain gutters, and other damage from hurricane Irene 12. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 13. W9MGM Les Delano MN Forcasted 30 deg. temps so preparing for winter. 14. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal NCO for last few minutes of net. Traffic blocked for 10 min. on way back from school run due to truck and bus accident. 15. K5LYN/m Lynn Smithville Tx 16. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg PA 17. WA9AAA Doug September 28, 2011 Miercoles 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ worked Austrailia this morning about 1153Z 2. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Working with the software program mentioned yesterday to make DVD's even with photos. 4. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Thinking a lot about the moto trip next May in Colombia. 5. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX off to cut a tree that fell down blocking his sisters driveway blocking her car. 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA bear showed up and ate the deer corn about 1930L and left. 9. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Phil HK3SA should arrive in Bogota about 7-8 days from now. 10. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia Only one phase of electrical power in the house since yesterday 0900L. (came back ½ hour after the net closed). 11. M0COA Clive London UK Traveling back through Atlanta Oct. 28th on the way back to the Revid on the hard in San Martin. 12. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K4LWJ Ray 15. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX Has received $285K so far on insurance claim on fire losses. September 27, 2011 Martes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia (early NCO) Going to get lights and hitch on old 1993 Mitusbishi Montero to start hauling trailer for moving. CKD out 1247z 2. NA5CC Charlie helped as NCOSmithville Tx going mobile shortly to take Emma to school. Wildfires in Bastrop 95% contained now. 3. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL rained 4almost 4 inches yesterday in Marco and some streets were closed. 4. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Had to buy two new laptops and router as everything cratered at the same time! 5. K5LYN Lynn Austin, Tx Bought a new Sony Google TV and enjoying Internet content. Got insurance money and looking for a new house in Austin. 6. W9MGM Les Delano MN will be short time washing machine transmission is showing leak error. 7. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL Went to a Bass Tournament and had a great time and caught a 2.2 lb. bass and lost a 4 ft. alligator Gar. 8. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL helped as NCO having a problem with getting replacement canvas for two patio chairs. 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 51 degs. , Found a piece of software called Freemake Video Converter. Converts to dvd in all formats . i downloaded a history channel episode in 10 parts put them in and it made them one, on a dvd. http://www.freemake.com/ China going to launch their own space station. 10. KC8TAZ ?? ckd out? 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. NCO for last 50 min of net. Saw 17 min of Man Woman Wild taped at Phil's Amazon River farm. Colombia will assign 700mhz band to broadband at end of 2012. USA spends 2 billion dollars/week on military and wars. CNN now is covering some of the Wall St. protests. Saturday the Discover and Animal Planet satellite channels were off the air due to solar activity. 12. K3JJK Lee 13. KD5TUP/mob. Tools in western TX camping for a couple days and looking at petroglyphs on way to New Mexico. September 26, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia NCO for good part of net Guy taking down 8 meter sat dish damaged the roof seal so it rained on my side of the bed Saturday! Hope the sun comes out to dry the roof so I can make a temporary seal in the roof. It only has to last another 90 days and this beautiful house will be replaced by a building. 2. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. No school run today. Teachers have a day off as well as students.Recommends movie Source Code. 3. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville, IL Orlando Hamcation dates 2012 is February 10,11, and 12th. The swap tables are paid for in prime location same as last year but all on the same aisle. Jim reports the Man Woman Wild filmed on Phil's Amazon property aired last night. Crew lived aboard the Amazon Queen during filming. 4. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH Looking forward to Hamcation in Orlando. ckd out 1217z to make a military fly over today. 5. HK2SM Thierry Bogota Colombia returning back to Santa Marta at noon today. Purchased another historic house to remodel into another bed and breakfast. 6. KB4NET Bill Waxhaw NC on Carolina Windom antenna, Had to get a new roof like most in the area after heavy hail storm. 7. W9MGM Les Delano MN Mentioned Kudsu problem see http://www.maxshores.com/kudzu/ A beetle was brought in to eat kudzu but may cause another irreversible disaster! 8. K8OMA Larry Delaware OH Hot Dog was invented in Ohio 1900. 9. WA4MOE Moe Plenty of rain and fall garden is doing well. NC was the home of first Krispy Kreme doughnuts. 10. NA5CC/m Charlie Dropping Ema at school and will be back on. 11. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ Highest concentration of shopping malls in the world. 12. K5LYN/m Lynn arriving to site of old house to meet insurance adjuster. Hudson car burned and roof fell and crushed it. 13. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Taking Betty to Atlanta airport as her mother is not doing well. 14. K3JJK Lee 15. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL via K3AVR remote Lightning is heavy so antenna is disconnected. 16. K0KHW Frank Waxhaw NC September 25, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. NCO for various parts of net. Continuing problem with rats in his attic and chicken house. Lisa made 2 presentations as circus performer and alien at school Family Day but power went out so her 3rd presentation as an angel was cancelled. Saw TV programs last night about Ingrid Betancourt's 6 years in the Colombian jungle as a kidnap victim and also one on Mono Jojoy head of FARC getting killed by army in Operation Sodom. 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia. (Early NCO) Finished basic install replacing Yaesu FT747GXII mobile with Icom 706MKII but no amp connection as Icom requires an interface to key amp. Returning from El Rosal Alan HK3AA and I broke into a pile up and chatted with Vinney MM0CXZ , Received a 5/9 signal report! He was exited to work a HK3 mobile. 3. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH Leaves are starting to turn in NH and fall in the back yard. Got rid of squirrels eating chicken food by buying his xyl a BB gun, but they run like heck when she opens the sliding glass doors. 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL. The 100 lb. carp jump out of the water since they don't like the sound of outboard motors. A FL barracuda jumped out of the water and bit into the tendons of a man. A woman also a while back got lacerated from one. 5. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC ckd out 1235Z 6. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL near Chicago with many electronics projects on the list after church. 100 pound Asian jumping carp in Chicago River. Government is worried about these carp getting into Lake Michigan so trying to get rid of them and encouraging people to eat them. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc-e8EGkLMo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdcQ56OpxNE . 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX . Had a great time at Austin Gun Show. Bought 22 Cal Heritage six-shooter and .410 shotgun. 8. K3JJK Lee Celebrating 6 years on Spiderweb net Today! 9. KP4PRI Rob via Google Docs in MD. Listening but can barely hear the net. RC-Hello to all! I can only listen to you guys on the weekend, due to work schedule, but when I can get an antenna worth a damn I'll attempt to join you. I'm suffering from S6 noise level and an indoor stealth antenna that works only locally at best right now September 24, 2011 Sabado Tom N0YD has a birthday today! 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Going to Family Day at Lisa's school. Going to make an attempt to see HK3ZVR and HK3AA but probably will not cross paths. Band went completely dead for NCO at 1250gmt. Very strange conditions. Will monitor for last ½ hour of net but doesn't hear anyone. 2. K1AX Bob replaced his antenna that blew down during last big storm. 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Leaving in about time normal net starts to go mobile and pick up HK3AA. Have swapped the FT757GXII out and put in Icom 706MKII . We will be traveling while monitoring 14.347 until we arrive to one of Harry's neighbor's house Bert HK3BOG. Will arrive around 1015am EST if anyone is still on the air to chat during the trip. Comment: Any problems with Google Docs is caused by your computer or connection. 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Mother's 80th BD. U.S. satellite came down in Pacific. Heathrow Airport has new Bubble Transport that you program for your destination. Ckd. out 12:56z 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Working with Karl N1DL to improve loop performance. 6. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA. Took his Land Rover to the car wash after Georgia red mud stuck to his car after visit to Bud's QTH. 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Going mobile to Austin Gun Show today. 8 K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Gearing up for Smoke and BBQ Rib dinner cook off. Prizes are Ball jars glued to ceramic candlestick holders and called "Red Neck Wine Glasses." 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL. May go over and see if Curtis' avocado tree has any fruit. (band went completely dead at this point for most on the net) 10. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC 11. KC9ATV Ben ILL 12. WB2NBJ mobile Ray going to battleship New Jersey 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL This day in history (1845)...first baseball team organized as Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of NY September 23, 2011 Viernes 1. HK3AVR JIM Bogota Colombia (early NCO) ckd out 13001z 2. HK3AA Alan Bogota Colombia in and out for an early meeting ckd out 1210z 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA QRT 1258z 4. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC just got home from 10 days in Peru last night, he was coordinating to install a new broadcast station on 4810 KHz. CKD OUT 1210z 5. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 7. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 8 N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA but operating the Naples remote 9. K5AW air mobile Mike leaving Quito Ecuador going to Houston TX 408 NM west of Bogota 10. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX 11. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ ckd out 13:12z 12. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 53 degs and rain looking for a barrel for a p9r 9mm Parabellum 13. NA5CC/m Charlie in Houston CKD OUT 1237z 14. KD1BL Brad, Fairfax Vermont -- saw Skype use for first time 73 15. W9MGM Les Delano MN watering trees and lawn 16. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote 49 degs this morning, enough winter already Ckd out 1300z 17. K8OMA Larry at the lake house OH 59 degs and raining QRT 18. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last ½ net. El Rosal Colombia 19. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA September 22, 2011 Jueves You can't clear up the water until you get the pigs out of the creek......Old West Virginia Hillbilly saying. Sounds like Congress? (K3AVR) 1. HK3AVR Jim (Early NCO)Bogota Colombia, Apartment update: Two new 30 gal. hot water heaters installed yesterday. All the damage caused by roof leaks is repaired and ready for paint. Sure hope the roof sealing done by building administration is perfect. . Bath tile is ¾ done. Friday new tempered glass door to be installed. Count down 60 days house must be empty but apartment must be ready to start moving. Using 1KW on 4el tribander at 90ft. CKD Out 1311Z 2. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA On the new loop antenna this morning. Delta loop is stronger in Bogota and dipole better in Marco Island at the moment. 3. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA on the Naples remote - QRT at 1247z 4. K3SLJ Len In St. Claire PA Catching up on paperwork 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Saw Bald Eagle while Charlie was talking about one. 6. W9MGM Les Delano MN NCO for first part of net. Has been out for 4 days, Using 1.5KW 7. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL Vet meeting tonight and bass fishing this wkend 8. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Saw a beautiful Bald Eagle on log on river. 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Ckd:13:09 z 10. WB2NBJ Ray Woke up on the right side of the grass, Wx is 73 F 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. NCO for last ½ net. FEMA at Bastrop fire not liked by some local volunteers who worked for firefighters and not the Fed. govt. Peaceful protesters on Wall St. being arrested for wearing masks in public and writing in chalk on the sidewalk. 12. KM4MI Mike via K3AVR remote spent 4 hours on phone with Comcast problem. 13. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote Enjoying straight runs on his Trike.....twisty curves demand slowing down dramatically. 14. K3JJK Lee Can't hear Bogota today. 15. WA9TIR Jim speaking to net while watering the lawn. September 21, 2011 Miercoles "A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked" (unknown) 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO 2. M0COA Clive London UK via K3AVR remote 3. KB3GCQ Adrian Galeton PA 4. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA QRT at 1228z 5. K8DWI Tony at QTH of Adrian KB3GCQ 6. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL Interested in N9IM Scott's ham equipment. 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL turned $100 into $200 at Seminole Indian Casino and had a nice lunch. 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA tree man cut limbs off and has to clean up after him. 9. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Going to Romeo meeting tomorrow. Fall has fallen in GA. 10. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 500lb+ alligator (12 ft long) caught by kid in FL with pole. Requalified for concealed weapon as retired law enforcement officer. Went to meeting and didn't like the predictions for civil problems in FL in 6-10 months. 11. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 12. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX 13. HK3OZ John Chia Colombia checked out at 1254Z 14. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI. Still working with experts to develop software to predict earthquakes by analyzing radio static. 15. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO for last part of net. Bogota mayor may get 5-15 years prison for extorting road construction contractors for 8-10% of cost of project. Oil production in Colombian llanos stopped due to worker strikes. 16. K3JJK Lee 17. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City. earthquake very close to him in Santa Rosa. 18. K0KHW Frank forest fire 200 miles from him still raging. September 20, 2011 Martes Dienstag Tuesday "If you die in an elevator don't forget to push the UP button" (Lilly Tomlin) 1. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA QRT 1245z 2. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 3. K2SAB Steve 4. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 5. W2EWK Eugene, Long Island, NY 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL His microwave went west. Tx Charlie for being NCO. 7. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA QRT 1230z 8. NA5CC Charlie TX 9. WA9TIR Jim, IL 10. KC8IQF Ron MI 11. WB2HIF Art FL 12. WB2NBJ Ray NJ 13. HK3ZOR Harry Just to say hi today...have to go east this morning early. 14. K3JJK Lee 15. K0KHW Frank 16. K5LYN Lynn 17. KJ4TSO Jim 18. KG4WHC Elvis September 19, 2011 Monday Montag Lunedi "Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers." (Janis Joplin) 1. HK3AVR Jim (early NCO)Bogota Colombia Saturday night birthday party, shared with two other B'day boys, was a great success. The Tequila and drink consumption was way down (age Group) and we had a great Lasagna dinner with Milkyway cake for desert. Sat around and talked while listening to great 60-80,s music until 2:30am ! ckd out 1300Z 2. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA QRT at 1243z 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Daughter home with day off today, but I forgot and got up at 5AM. IP security camera up and working. Colombian DAS (like the FBI) is being dismantled and agents are selling secret info on the street. Obama to speak on proposed deficit solution this morning. 5. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL Worried that his 3 el Steppir is not acting right 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL cause of one air crash at show was due to modification to make plane go faster. Second air show crash was between two planes. XYL off to get a full body scan and skin inspection. 7. WB5HVH/m Jim 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 6.9 Earthquake in Nepal India. 9. WA9TIR Jim Heathkit going back in business for home electronics and even ham stuff again. See http://www.heathkit.com His brother, ret. American airlines pilot who flies with the Confederate Air Force, visited and knew pilot who crashed. Roofers coming today. Roofers coming today. 10. NA5CC Charlie overcast but no rain. Going to pick up 51 ft crankup tower from Jim. 11. K0KHW Frank large fire about 200 miles from him. 12. K3JJK Lee September 18, 2011 Sunday Sonntag Domenico. Colombian Valentine's Day. "Common sense is not so common" (Voltaire). Question of the day: Did HK3AVR survive his birthday party? General consensus that Summer is over and Fall starting . 1. N1DL Karl, Blue Ridge, GA Went to hillbilly 4x4 outing to put his Landrover LR4 (traded in his Hummer for this SUV) to the ultimate test over adverse road conditions. Needed to balance the car so invited Curtis to sit in the passenger seat and absorb some of the bumps in co-pilot's seat. Karl's rear end (on his body) is still hurting. (QRT 1243z) 2. YN4MBH Mike, Nicaragua. Is from TN. Working for 14 years with the Mosquito Indians installing radio stations. Wife is studying to be a nurse and will join him when she finishes. 3. K5MIR Curtis. Blue Ridge, GA. Enjoyed going with Karl on the muddy off road tour to see GA hillbillies drinking beer, smoking cigs and breaking their axles. (QRT 1244z) 4. KE4VBU Bud, Blue Ridge, GA 5. HK3ZOR Harry, El Rosal Colombia. Stepson gave family a box of chocolates filled with Jose Cuervo tequila for Dia de Amor y Amistad. (NCS second half). Battling mice and rats in chicken house and main house. 6. K1CGZ Paul, Peace island, ME 7. K5MIF Steve, Marco Island, FL 8. NA5CC Charlie, TX went river rafting yesterday in coold water with daughter Emma. Son is coming for a visit. 9. K1BBQ Jerry, Concord, NH. The wx switch has been thrown to cold position. Neighbor cat killed moles and left them on his porch. 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, Mich went to 25th anniversary surprise party for friends. 11. K0KHW Frank enjoyed 11 trip to Colorado. 12. WA9AAA Doug 13. W9MGM Les going to plant 12 trees 200 ft from house tomorrow....6-9 inch trunk diameter. Enjoyed visit with Ron on trip. 14. KC9ATV Ben IL Going to sleep today. 15. WA9TIR Jim 16. K3JJK Lee
September 17, 2011 1. HK3AVR Jim sharing NCO duties Bogota Colombia HK3AA Alan is back in town last night with some party supplies for the big joint birthday party tonight. Damn disco next door is still thumping at 715am this morning. I won't know how to sleep in the new apartment without the noise! 2. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 3. HK3ZOR Harry sharing NCO dutiesEl Rosal shivvering in the shower waiting for the water to heat up.....out "now....wife warmed him up with her hair dryer. Wayuu Indians complaining that govt. officials gave them Spanish last names that were disgusting such as: drunk, coitus,urine, telephone, iron scratcher, pig head. toothpuller, small pockets. 4. HK3OZ John Chia Colombia agrees WA9AAA has a great signal - checked out at 1300Z. 5. K3SLJ Air Mobile Len Nearing St. John, Newfoundland from Ireland. Stayed at Tylney Hall hotel and really enjoyed it. ckd out 1240z 6. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA feeding racoons with dog food. 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights Mi 54 degs F this morning. Is horrified by the Reno Nevada air show accident. 9. NA5CC/m Charlie Smithville TX on the way to Ham breakfast in Bastrop 10. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 11. HK3AA Alan Bogota Colombia Just arrived from 2 weeks in the USA visiting sons and grandsons. 13. KA4PNT Ron Naples FL on FT-897 with internal battery at 20 watts on tripod antenna. 14. September 16, 2011 Viernes Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. (Arthur C. Clark) 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia (early NCO)Phil HK3SA called from Kabul to tell me he was back from the most dangerous run they make with only one injured. The gunner fell down into the vehicle when they hit a crater in the road and injured his back. This is the last time Phil will have to go on this delivery before he leaves back to Bogota around first of October. 2. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA (QRT 1238 Z) 3. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ Still working to restore HRO receiver for the battleship New Jersey 4. HK3OZ John Chia Colombia checked out at 1257Z NCO for first ½ net 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Ckd:13:09z . 6. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 7. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 10. W9MGM Les Delano MN 11. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 12. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal NCO for last ½ net. Received copy of email to a close friend from a structural steel engineer who seriously questions the official govt. explanation about the way the 3rd building WTC7 (do you remember that THREE buildings collapsed?) fell down on 9/11/01. It housed CIA, IRS and other govt. entities. He said the only way it would fall straight down would be from professionally placed nano-thermite aluminothermic explosives placed in critical places to cut vertical steel beams at a 45 deg angle. Traces of that type of explosive and beams cut at 45 deg angles were found in the debris and videos show an outward explosion on the lower floors before it fell. 13. W1URV Bob Medway, Mass 14. AH2AH John Fort Myers Beach, FL Remembers fondly his 8 years in Colombia spending most of his time in Barranquilla and the north coast. 15. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 16. K5MIF Steve September 15, 2011 Jueves All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO first part of net Happy 64th Birthday Jim. 2. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL no mangoes this year. Not happy that snowbirds are coming to leave trash all around. 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX Fire is 75% contained. 1554 homes destroyed. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge Ga Morning to everyone, Waiting for tuner had ten turkeys come up to feed and still trying to figure out chat. Yes i can hear you 7. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA lost internet to remote in Naples, FL 8. KG4WHC Elvis Selling Gear from N9IM 270- 318-0651 is there a list available? 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. NCO last part of net Friend Dale is in shack with him this morning. Bogota airport closed for 30 min due to swallows sucked into a jet engine. 10. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afghanistan via K3AVR remote. Finished last dangerous mission and waiting to return to Bogota. 11. WA9TIR Jim. Has debris problem from people throwing trash out of cares. 12. K3JJK Lee September 14, 2011. Be who you are and say what you feel.....because those that matter......don't mind....and those that mind.....don't matter! 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia. NCO for first ½ net. About 2:00pm guests arrive to start Birthday weekend for various friends with the party Saturday. 2. KE4VBU BUD can not tx SWR are too high,new tuner on the way MFJ993 will be here Thursday or Friday shipping old tuner to MFJ for repair only 5 mos old and they said they would fix it or replace it. We will be glad to get this mess fixed up. good morning to everyone. 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX Off to take Ema to school. Jim KK5WZ found melted jewelry and pistol frames melted in his safe after the fire. 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL. Friends in Racine, Wisc. called fire dept. thinking the Minn. fire was local. 5. KB3GCQ Adrian Galeton PA spent 14 days in Amsterdam. 6. KD1BL Brad Fairfax VT -- Phone call --73 7. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 8. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL 9. WA8VSJ/m Art Marco Island FL 10. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO for last ½ net. Missed opportunity to have lunch with HK3AVR yesterday and HK3BOG but saw Jim's house and said Goodbye to it. Miss Colombia lost Miss Universe contest for not wearing underwear. Miss Angola was 1, Miss Ukraine 2 and Miss Brazil 3. 12. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL. Told about 1970 when last Jap holdout from WWII surrendered on Guam. 13. WA3AOP Richie 14. WB2HIF Art sent email about 500k evacuated from Manhattan Island via sea during 9/11 attack.....bigger than Dunkirk. 15. K3JJK Lee 16. KC8IQF Ron 17.
September 13, 2011 One of the antennas on the Cazadores mountain is our English language 2 meter repeater mounted around 1987. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia Another dark morning in Bogota. Looking forward to doing little starting Thursday on my birthday and tending Guests through the weekend. 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 3. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA via internet remote from Naples 4. N1LIU William Oakdale CT ¼ wave wire FT757DXII 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 6. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA ckd out 7. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL 8. N0YD Tom via Marco Island remote (checked out1303) 9. PJ7GIL Bobby San Martin Island FL suffered a bad car accident and was up all night with some bleeding. 10. WA3AOP Richie Fishing Creek NJ 11. KC8IQF Ron 12. N0RMB Garry Springfield Mo 71 Degs. and may rain 13. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg PA 14. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL 15. KI4PQY Frank Jasper GA September 12, 2011 Lunes.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tmlxhood/Memories/Hawaii.ht 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, Early NCO, Found I have to replace two hot water heaters in the apartment and found various other defects to be repaired before moving in. Bathroom conversion from tub to shower begins today. ckd out 1318Z 2. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX. Taking Emma to school. 4. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 7. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Removed MFJ antenna tuner from line as it is intermittent 9. KC4VMO John Venus FL Via K3AVR remote, Been traveling around Mexico and Panama for work ckd out 1240Z 10. K3SLJ Len air mobile 400 miles west of St. Johns Newfoundland 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. 12. WA3AOP Richie Fishing Creek, NJ via K3AVR remote 13. K5LYN /m Lynn 14. HK3OZ John Chia Colombia jjj September 11, 2011 Domingo. Ten years ago today the Twin Towers were attacked. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia. Ten years ago today he was stuck in MIA airport ready to board a flight for Bogota when all flights were cancelled. Took him 4 hours to get his bags and rent a car to get home to Marco Island. 2. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 5/9 in Bogota with the new wire loop. Receiving many compliments on signal compared to the dipole. 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia news says Bastrop fires are only 50% contained. 70k people displaced from their homes either permanently or temporarily. Cliff Robertson, actor, who was raised in La Jolla, CA died in NY at age 88. Found two dead rats in attic. Ten years ago today Paul KJ5CB broke into the net and told us that a plane crashed into the Twin Towers. We thought it was an accident at first. Had car stolen at gunpoint 10 years ago last night. 4. K1BBQ Jerry Concord, NH starting to get cold. Chickens still happy. Going to move their condo closer to his back door for easier access during the winter. 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge ,GA Went to the Blues and Booze festival or Blue Ridge Festival. Made an impression on the populace with Curtis and xyl. Looking forward to motorcycle ride possible second half of may starting from Bogota. 6. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afghanistan via K3AVR remote , Just got back from an early morning mail run going up with no problems but returning a tanker truck was run off the road and someone had thrown a Molotov cocktail. Met some Colombian military pilots and mechanics and was happy to chat with fellows from home. Really surprised them that he was from Bogota. CKD Out 1320z 7. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX Made it into his houses and found only piles of rubble with stumps smoking and trees ready to fall so did not stay long. Found his cat alive in culvert with feet burned so took to to vet hospital. 8. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Went to Booze and Blues Festival yesterday. CKd out 1255z for bkfast. 9. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote Scrambling to get remote head on rig reset since has connection problems between units in shack. Watched Chinooks make 5 minute runs dropping water including 45 seconds in the river to load water. 10. KC8IQF Ron 11. N9NRX Rodney Warsaw IN temp A/G Second transmission as a general operator 12. K8OMA Larry 13. KG4GPJ Larry Warne NC 14. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City 15. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL Was Listening for most of the net. September 10, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, Wow 64 degs in the radio room this morning! New low! Now have the keys to my new apartment and workers will start the changes and repairs on Monday. 2. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Congress is a group of Baboons. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%20congress%20of%20baboons 3. K2SAB Steven Ramsey, NJ, Back! 4. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL getting great signal reports from the new loop antenna. 6. KB1EKV Jim Maine Puting on the storm windows as it was 40 degs this morning. Will be moving to Marco Island soon until spring. 7. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 8. HK3OZ John Chia Colombia (10 miles north of Bogota) - checked out at 1257UTC 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 54 degs. and foggy 10. NQ5H H Bastrop TX 1400 families with no home after the Bastrop fires. 11. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw NC Will look for Collins power supply for Lynn as he lost his in the fire. 12. K5LYN Lynn Austin TX living in his garage apartment and will have Internet on Monday. Using Swan 500C 13. K5MIF STEVE Marco Island FL working on tube guitar amplifiers for a music shop on Marco. 14. KD1BL Brad -- NW VT -- Sunny today!!! Hearing no stations now. 73 for today at 21:03Z 15. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City 16. HK3SA Phil on from Kabul before Internet connection dropped out September 9, 2011 Viernes. This would have been HK3WOP Howard's birthday today. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota 2. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights , MI Starting to get cold in MI, frightened buy the cost of the President's new jobs program. 450 billion Dollars to pay for program they would have to raise the debt ceiling again to pay for it. 3. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL using a new 71 ft. delta loop antenna this morning, 35-40 ft high at apex and 15 ft. on horizontal portion getting good reports. 5. KD1BL Brad NW Vermont -- Foggy morning -- Docs working real well this morning -- check out IObit's "Game Buster" -- makes Docs snap, crackle and pop! It's a freebie. 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Rdige GA 7. KB1EKV Jim Maine Mid 40's last night, congratulates Doug on the signal from the loop. Daughter has 100 chickens and isn't strong enough to break necks to kill them so sticks them in the door and slams it. 8. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote made it out of Smithville to Houston with no problem. Found a video going up Cottletown Rd. to Hudson Drive which is the street Lynn's house on. This video is is on You Tube and will try to forward it out to the Spiderwebnet. 6-7 local hams lost their homes, 5,000 people displaced 1,000 homes burned in 35,000 acres. Pat and Tools can help find out if locals lost homes. CKD OUT 1255z 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Cow that gave birth is down for the third time now. Waiting for vet again. 10. WB2NBJ Ray 11. K5LYN/m Lynn Austin TX , will be in Bastrop area around noon to give more reports on fire. 12. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL 13. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg PA With a boil water order due to floods. He will take a vacation to a drier area. 14. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 53 degs this morning so stayed in bed a while longer. 15. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala 16. HK3SA Phil Kabul via K3AVR remote. Will be back in Bogota on 5 Oct. but has some hairy missions between now and then. September 8, 2011 Jueves 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO first part of net. 2. WB2HIF Art 3. WA9TIR Jim 4. KB1EKV Jim 5. K4LWJ Ray 6. KC8IQF Ron Les W9MGM visited him yesterday. 7. KJ5CB Paul Albuquerque via K3AVR remote. Going to ham breakfast this morning. 8. WB2NBJ Ray 9. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last 50 min of net. Website for donations that are used to buy food for Bastrop Fire Victims: https://secure3.convio.net/cafbtx/site/Donation2?df_id=1240&1240.donation=form1 10. KE4VBU Bud Racoons raiding his food storage area. 11.K5LYN Lynn 1400 homes lost in Bastrop TX. Insurance will cover his losses. Lost 3 homes and forest. Is going mobile to see if he can get into his place. Went to Charlie's place yesterday. 12. K3JJK Lee 13. NA5CC Charlie fire is 30% contained. Only 1 in 10 homes in Colovista area survived. No wind now. Fire changed direc direction and is now moving NE. His shopping center lost the 3 remaining buildings from last fire and all improvements by leasees. Mike KK5WZ lost his home ½ mile from Lynn's place. One fatality next to Lynn's property. ckd out 1255z 14. N0YD Tom St. louis via K3AVR remote 15. W9MGM Les via K3AVR remote in a motel driving on to Toledo today. QRT 13:33z
September 7, 2011 Miercoles 1. HK3ZOR Harry earlybird non-check in. Foto of Harry's turkey doesn't compare with Karl's bear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6USnFf5PvM Coordinated after the net with Charlie and Lynn in Bastrop mobile in fire zone. Communications transmissions about the fire can be monitored on internet at http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=529 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Very worried about all our ham friends in Bastrop County. 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 4. K2SAB Steve Ramsey, NJ Wants to hear from the Bastrop County hams to put something on the web site. 5. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA, on his Icom 7000 this morning at 100 watts 6. WA9TIR Jim in the RV at Castle Rock county park WI , Little water and no sewer but right on the Wisconsin river. Will bWill there a few days. Lots of sites 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Ckd13:17 will be listening 8. K5LYN Lynn Is live in the mobile can't get in to his burned homesite. Now mobile 1300z Reports all around Bastrop was burned. Lynn can't get in on first try...now going south on Hwy 2104 to try road #2. Tools at Park Rd. 1C where it crosses Cottletown road. People arrested when they try to cross the barricades. 9. NA5CC Charlie via cell phone fighting fire as the bulldozers cut fires lines to attempt to stop the burning fronts. CharliCharlie's place was not burned. He got to his place this morning and found just a few embers near his house. 10. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge , GA Going to ROMEO lunch group today (Retired Old Men Eating Out ) 11. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 73.2 Degs 12. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 13. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls, NH Moderate rain this morning 14. W9MGM Les via K3AVR remote in Detroit, MI, to see Chrysler Museum today. 15. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA Heart goes out to Bastrop County hams. 16. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 17. KJ5CB Paul came in via remote courtesy of Jim after the net. September 6, 2011 Martes Mittwoch "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other" (Abraham Lincoln) 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia Cloudy and overcast day in Bogota. Early net NCO 2. W5RIM Julius Ridgeland Mississippi, Used to work Howard Webb on 15 meters and has a QSL card from Howard. They spoke a lot about the Mississippi area. Julius will try to find the QSL card. 3. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA 4. N1DL Karl on remote in Naples, FL QRT at 12:30 z 5. KE4VBU Bud 6. WB2HIF Art Fleming island FL 7. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville, IL Loading up the fifth wheel for a trip the next few days and plans to check in from the camp grounds. 8. K5LYN Lynn Bastrop TX Lost everything at the home site to the forest fires. Is well insured. Sherwood Forest is north of the fire and has not been affected so far as it is upwind. ckd out 9. NA5CC Charlie Austin TX Was forced to leave his ranch and is in Austin last night. Left at 4:00pm yesterday and suspects all was taken by the fire again. Charlie says he rebuilt before from the remains and will rebuild again. 10. KB1EKV Jim lots of flooding in VT and ME. Bridge out on Rt. 27...going to Sugarloaf Mt. 11. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last 50 min. Commented on 1950 TV program Captain Video and His Video Rangers. 12. KM4MI Mike Marco Island Fl via K3AVR remote, Working on getting a fiance visa for his girlfriend from the Phillippines to come to the USA. 13. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Is going to work with geologists on a plan to predict earthquakes using static electricity monitoring. 14. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 15. K3JJK Lee 16. K4LWJ Ray was expecting a storm that didn't materialize.
September 5, 2011 Labor Day Net started 1200z "Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God" (Henry Kissinger) 1. K2SAB Steven, Ramsey, NJ - Watering done. 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, off to doctor. 3. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA QRT 12:30 4. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Looking for motorcycle rents in Bogota or Medellin Colombia for a trip in April. 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA Feeding the Turkeys when they come and call for breakfast 6. KD1BL Brad recuperated from cataract operation almost 20/20 -- Now using Chrome -- much better so far!! 7. NA5CC Charlie Central Texas is on FIRE, Patrolling his ranch for fires. has jumped the river heading towards Gonzalas. Fire is 6 miles wide and 60 miles long. 8. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL on the floor where he fell while trying to pick something dropped under the desk. Not hurt but waiting for Donna to come and help him up. 9. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL 10. AA8CC Chet Buckhannon, WV ckd out 11. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville , IL 12. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 13. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Asst. NCO 14. K5LYN Lynn Staying in Austin not able to return to his house in the woods. Fireman says his place is not burning yet. 15.WB2HIF Art 16. KC8IQF Ron NCO Ckd out 13:35z 17, KD5TUP/M Tools 18. NQ5H H 19. K1BBQ Jerry Concord Mass 20. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL 21. HK3ZOR Harry cow can't stand up after birthing last night and calf born backwards died. Another calf has bad diarrhea. Vet just left so I got in at the end of the net today. Off to do some butchering. September 4, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3ZOR Harry (NCO) El Rosal Colombia. Beautiful ½ moon in clear sky last night. 2. K1AX Bob going to local airport for a day of festivities including flour bombing contest of outhouse. CKD Out 3. W9MGM Les Is preparing for his road trip tTues. to Detroit , Muncie , and Indianapolis about 1900 miles. Will have an eyeball QSO with Ron KC8IQF on Wednesday. Canned 75# of beans yesterday. Ended up with 60 qts. Ckd out 12:46z 4. N1UL Ulrich Patterson NJ, looking forward to returning to Marco Island in September. XYL sed hello to the net this morning. He's writing a paper for ARRL on Software Controlled Ham Radio. 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, headed to the airport to take daughter Karla and boy friend to the airport. She is returning to Las Vegas. Next year has plans to unwind after all his travelling this year and travel. 6. K8OMA Larry Strong storms came through central Ohio last night. 7. KD1BL Brad waiting for next storm today....maybe 1-3 inches rain. Ground is saturated. Many farms wiped out in his state and 17 bridges washed out frm hurricane Irene. (Now testing my 'edit' capabilities.) Another test at 10:33 to ee if I can still edit this doc, and it works! Need more memory for my laptop, no doubt about it! 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 9. NA5CC Charlie recovering from visitors yesterday...went down river and had BBQ. Very burned...(not BBQ...his body). 10. KG4GPJ South West, NC 11. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 12. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, Fl 13. K3JJK Lee 14. N1DL Karl Remote out of Naples FL from Blue Ridge GA Looking for info on a camera for his Bear Cam 15. K0KHW Frank Plymouth, MN - Fall weather has arrived-- very beautiful sunny day at 56 degrees 16. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL Will be camping after labor day so will be 17. K3SLJ Len in PA FT-847 into a dipole this morning. 18. YV5AJE
September 3, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Called his son in Las Vegas to remotely operate his computer to solve a router problem with his security camera. 2. K2SAB Steve CKD Out 1240z 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Saw interview with Spaniard who holds the record for fastest matematical calculations. He set the record in the world's highest city...La Paz, Bolivia. HK3AVR Jim said that our mutual friend Robert Raisbeck, who died from a brain tumor, had that mathematical capacity about 1 week before he died. 4. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH Little damage from hurricane Irene but out of power for a couple hours. 5. KB3JWN Vijay Maryland Near Washington DC Kenwood TS 440S chkd out 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 7. N1DL Karl via remote Naples FL Wants to set up a live bear cam 8. WB2NBJ/ mobile Ray on the way to the battleship New Jersey 9. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX out feeding the animals this mor 10. WA3AOP Ritchie via K3AVR remote got his Honda Gold wing back after being converted into a Trike by the Layman company. 11. K5MIR Curtis going to Blues & BBQ today. 12. KC8IQF Ron 13. KA4PNT Ron Naples FL QRP Yaesu FT-817 on mobile antenna on a camera tripod 14. K3JJK Lee 15. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL September 2, 2011 Viernes This day in history (1945) Japan formally surrenders aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending WWII 1. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA ckd out 2. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 3. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA 4. HK3AVR Jim (early NCO) in Bogota Taking my daughter Karla and boyfriend Greg to Chia where John HK3OZ lives. We will go to a very neat resturant called Andres Carne de Res http://www.andrescarnederes.com/ video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-U2uh3crwU . We will also visit the salt cathedral first http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/regions-places/south-america/colombia_saltcathedral.html 5. W9MGM Les Delano, MN...Ckd out 6. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX...Ckd out 7. NA5ED ED ...Ckd out 8. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City, Guatemala 9. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island, FL 10. HK3ZOR Harry (late NCO) El Rosal, Colombia 11. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville, IL 12. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL peaceful day on Marco...Ckd out 13. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 14. KE4VBU Bud 15. AH2AH John 16. K0KHW Frank
September 1, 2011 Jueves. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. (Benjamin Franklin). 1. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO for first part of net 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 4. KA4VBU Bud BlueRidge GA Icom 718 and G5RV ckd out 1240z 5. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 66.9 Degs F 6. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 7. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO after 1300gmt 10. N0YD Tom Saint Louis MO via K3AVR remote 11. KM4MI Mike Marco Island FL via K3AVR remote 12. K3JJK Lee 13. 14.
August 31, 2011 Wednesday, Mittwoch Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota ColombiaNCO for first part of net. No remote radio this morning something is out at the TS2000 remote base. Karl TNX for use of your Naples remote. CKD out1308z 3. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA (got my remote in Naples, FL going for HK3AVR as CAP remote is down)ckd out 4. M0COA Clive London (Gosport?) UK via HK3AVR sitting in the radio club to chat with us on the remote ckd out 5. K1AX Bob, Hampton Falls, NH working with a 130ft counterpoise as antenna 6. WA9TIR Jim 7. NA5CC Charlie in car- pleasantly cooler ckd out 8. K5LYN Lynn ckd out 9. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afganistan All is well but heading out on a mission now. ckd out 10. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL CKD out 1310 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO for last ½ hour of net. 12. K4LWJ Ray chd out 13. KC8IQF ???ckd out13:04z 14. K0KHW Frank 15. August 30, 2011 Tuesday 1. NA5CC mobile Charlie Smithville, TX must plant a 'hole' before it gets too hot 2. K5MIF Steve Marco Island, FL looking for a 12AU7(or equivalent) tube for an audio amplifier 3. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI Delta info for Doug http://www.google.com/search?q=delta+loop&hl=en&safe=off&biw=948&bih=489&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=aN9cTvWU 5. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 7. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 8. HK3AVR JIm Bogota, Colombia getting blood drawn this morning, still has bursitis 9. KG6NXX Jon Paso Robles, CA 10. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island, FL 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Going to Bogota this morning and running around in circles. 3rd day of the flu....didn't knock it yesterday with Sinutab. 12. AH2AH John Ft.Myers Beach, FL 13. K5AW Mike Conroe, TX via K3AVR remote 14. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 15. N0YD Tom St. Louis, MO via K3AVR remote 16. M0COA Clive Gosport, London, UK 17. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC August 29, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia Daughter Karla arrived with boyfriend Greg from Las Vegas. We walked around Bogota and then drove up to Casa Brava overlooking Bogota for dinner to celebrate Karla's 29th Birthday. Pix are on my Picasa https://picasaweb.google.com/115623524936917687461 Doc appointment ckd out 1300z 2. KB3EJW Dave Philadelphia PA Icom 746 pro High Sierra vertical antenna 3. KJ4VFB John Port Orange, FL Married to Colombiana for 23 years but has not been back to Bogota for some time. CKD out 1300Z 4. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 59 degs this morning 6. WW0L Dean Athens AL 55 degs this morning short time 7. K4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 8. NA5CC/p Charlie going to replace A/C on daughter's house. Temp hit over 110deg. record again. 9. WA2ARS Mort Apopka FL CKD Out 10. K3SLJ Len Back from China but had to fly back into Charlotte NC due to and drive 8 hours back home 11. K4LWJ Ray 12. WA9TIR Jim 13. K5LYN Lynn CKD out 14. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL Battleship 59, Massachusetts has been restored. 15. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Had to stop at police station and notify them about suspicious characters going to farm next door. See www.walkingtheamazon.com for story about man who spent 859 days walking the entire 6,000 mile Amazon River from source to the mouth. Harry's dog got on the bus with his daughter and her aunt last night. The driver and aunt had to push the dog out the door. Dog was at farm when Harry arrived later. Saw interview with female CEO of Pepsico. She's from India and very impressive person. Diamond prices are skyrocketing due to Asian buyers 16. K3JJK Lee August 28, 2011 Sonntag Sunday Dimanche Domenico "Men are wise in proportion, not to their experiences, but to their capacity for experience." (G.B. Shaw) 1. N1DL Karl in Blue Ridge, GA blue sky, sunshine and no wind - todo el mundo disfrutar del domingo y estar a salvo! QRT/QSY at 1245 zulu 2. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Overcast and cool. http://www.cuevana.tv/peliculas/3310/inside-job/ Watched last part of internet movie "Inside Job" about the causes of the USA financial crisis. Highly recommended. Very sad to see what went on and continues to go on in USA. Univ. of Cal. tuition has gone up from $650/yr in 1977 to $10,000/yr now. Why? Has 1st day symptoms of a cold. 3. N1UL Ulrich, Upper Saddle River, NJ, in the middle of Hurricane Irene with wire antenna. Has been in Europe for a while and not on the air. 4. WB2NBJ Ray, Glendora, NJ 5. WE9D ED, Palm City, FL 6. K2SAB Steve, Ramsey, NJ lost some window screens and many branches down at his QTH. 7. K1AX Bob, Hampton Falls, NH at this time only 20 mph wind and rain 8. K8OMA Larry, OH on the lake 9. NA5CC Charlie, Smithville, TX Went to see the Trash Project and the trash truck ballet. Was 95deg at 10:30PM last night. Using the Kenwood D-7 hanheld for the Sky Command but wants to purchase a Kenwood D-72 which has higher capacity battery and GPS. 10. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Went to big anniversary party of Lil's cousin in Rio Frio and got back to house after midnight. He and Lil finally remembered that they had a 33rd anniversary on 24th July. Will go to Emergency room this morning to see if they will drain my right elbow of fluid (Bursitis) caused by extreme trauma falling off the jet ski a couple months ago. 11. KM4MI Mike Marco Island FL 12. KC9IQF Ron Sterling heights MI 13. W9MGM Les 14. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 110 degs. yesterday and 95 degs F. at 1030 pm 15. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC 16. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH Preparing for hurricane Irene which is in the New York area but will arrive to Jerry's QTH about 2:00pm. Cannot crank down the T-40 aluma tower due to a stuck locking finger and cannot climb it himswelf due to back problems so will cross his fingers and hope the winds are dropping after Irene is over land. August 27, 2011. "Enjoy life today........it has an expiration date!" 1. HK3AVR Jim in Bogota, Colombia Made it to Bogota with 5ea. 50lb. bags and 2ea. 30 lb carry ons as Lelia HK3BB brought one of the checked bags with us on the same flight. Used his Iphone with boarding pass on trip down from USA, but image doesn't stay on screen for very long. 2. HK3ZOR Harry in El Rosal. UAL and Continental pilots will use IPADs instead of chart books and flight manuals. Mitt Romney is going to bulldoze his $12 million La Jolla home and start over. Says it doesn't meet his needs. Harry and daughter won homemade kite contest at school for longest tail. Wind was good but 5 kites got entwined with theirs and had to cut the twine. 3. K4LWJ Ray Wachaw NC CKD Out 4. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA CKD Out 1300z 5. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 6. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA back pain this morning and waiting to get back to Naples to fly his aircraft. In the interim is flying his simulator. Bears and turkeys visiting him these days. 7. KM4MI Mike Marco Island FL via K3AVR remote 8. NA5CC/M Charlie on the way to the coffee shop for ham breakfast in Smithville 9. KE4VBU Bud, Blue Ridge, GA Had 400 lb. sow and cubs around the last month or so visiting foraging for food. 10. HK3AA Alan Bogota Colombia, Headed out to Villa de Leyva Colombia, 3 hrs. north of Bogota, this weekend to see how construction is coming on a Kiosko for the garden which will have a mountain view. Alan will be going to the USA on the 2nd of Sept. to return on the 16th for Jim's and friend Patrick's Birthday party the 17th. HK3AA place in Villa de Leyva Where is the HF antenna? 11. K3JJK Lee 12. WA9AAA Doug 13. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Commenting about the hurricane hitting Washington DC in the war of 1812 when the Brits burned the White house the hurricane generated rains helped put out the fires. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwOEMy5pg2g 14. K0KHW Frank Fall is coming 15. 2R August 26, 2011 Freitag Friday FLASH: Elvis reports this morning that Scott N9IM had a heart attack yesterday and became a silent key. 1. HK3ZOR Harry, El Rosal NCO 2. KG4WHC Elvis 3. N1DL Karl, Blue Ridge, GA 4. K5MIR Curtis, Blue Ridge, GA 5. KC8IQF Ron, Sterling Heights, MI http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9573163.stm 6. KE4VBU Bud, Blue Ridge, GA 7. WA9TIR Jim, 8. KE4VBU Bud 9. WB2HIF Art 10. K3JJK Lee 11. K0KHW Frank 12. WB2NBJ Ray 13. K4LWJ Ray August 25, 2011 Donnerstag Thursday Jueves "Optimimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous" (Admiral Rickover) 1. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 2. W9MGM Les Delano, MN going boating tomorrow, Wx is 59F and calm this morning 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI ckd out 13:16z 4. K2SAB Steve Ramsey, NJ 5. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia (NCO) propagation down today...with 5 stations @ s-0 7. N0RMB Garry Springfield, MO 8. K3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL on a 21 ft. marine vertical antenna with 150 watts as all other antennas are retracted. Can't hear Harry. Will have visitors in Bogota for 5 days so may not make it on the radio for about a week. John HK3OZ ,call me when you are in Bogota to pick up the RG-174. ckd out 13:25z 9. TG9AWS Steve Guatamala City Guatamala 10. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 11. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA August 24, 2011 Miercoles Mittwoch Wednesday "success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches." (Admiral Rickover) 1. K3AVR Jim (NCO) Marco Island, FL ckd out 12:58z 2. N9IM Scott Zion, IL 3. HK3SA Phil Kabul, Afghanistan via K3AVR remote Very tired after late night missions Has two other bad missions in the next couple days. Counting the days for October 2nd when he will return back to Bogota. CKD out 4. M0COA Clive London, UK via K3AVR remote ckd out 5. N0YD Tom St. Louis, MO 3AVR remote ckd out 12:28Z 6. W9MGM Les Delano, MI WX is 67F and windy, 2nd largest state fair in the US starts in St. Paul tomorrow, will be returning a Craftsman mower with a leaking gas tank to Sears for full refund. I'll not buy another mower from Sears! These large retailers are still responsible for their supplier's junk! 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 8. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville, IL Listening yesterday but had a mic circuit switching failure. Waiting for the furnace installation team to return and repair a bad installation. 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX 11. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, IL 12. WA9HIR Bill Berwyn, IL 13. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 14. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA ckd out 13:00z to go to MARS net 15. AA8CC Chet Buckannon, VA 16. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia 17. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 18. AH2AH John Fort Myers, FL 19. KE4VBU Budd Blue Ridge, GA 20. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL August 23, 2011 Martes 1. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL, (Early NCO) Spent last week with all the kids and grand kids back in Marco island at the same time in years. Worked with Sabrina KJ4BMX to pack her up for school in University of Florida yesterday and she arrived safe in Gainesville FL. Closing the house to leave Friday for Bogota until Early December. 2. K1AX Bob with grandson Liam in his lap, Liam wants to eat the microphone. Bob has been very busy. 3. HK3OZ John Bogota Colombia, procured a New MK5 field Yaesu and SP-80 speaker with modification by BHI with DSP audio RX. This will be a backup rig to the Icom 7700. See http://www.bhi-ltd.com/ . 4. K5LYN Lynn Bastrop TX, area breaking a record of the most day over 100 degs. F in one year. 5. W5JYM/m Jim in northern Oklahoma, First retired at 39 years old. Now travels in 40 ft. RV and works at the same time. Uses TS2000 and also works FM satellites from motor home. His home is Sugarland TX. 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Watching Irene approach Florida 7. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA 8. W5OMM Jim Quinion Lake (Canyon Lake), TX 9. N0RMB Garry Spingfield, MO 10. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO for last 50 min of net. 11. WB5HVH/m Jim 12. WB2NBJ Ray bruised his bone (shin) slipping on ladder on battleship NJ. 13. WB2HIF Art 14. NA5CC Charlie 15. K3JJK Lee 16. KC8IQF Ron 17. W9MGM Les August 22, 2011 Lunes 1. N9IM Scott got son situated in college with ROTC scholarship. Going to teach Baptist survival/hunting class on 3 Sept. Has Army survival training and can live off the land with his boys and Elvis if had to. 2. N1DL Karl had a nice outing yesterday. 3. KC8IQF Ron said Gadafi has apparently been deposed. Says the wing walker he saw at the airshow on Sat. died on Sun. falling 200 ft. to the ground. 4. K5MIR Curtis has to go pick up his xyl. Ckd out 5. KJ4TOF Bill 6. NA5CC Charlie Came home after CA trip, looked at his cattle and said "No Bull!" Later he found the bull had died. Sent picture of him on his tractor with walkie talkie and cup of coffee all ready for the net. 7. HK3ZOR Harry NCO after 1240 gmt. Commented on his daughter's small role in movie Silencio en El Paraiso. Had a long Skype call with Phil HK3SA and got lots of details on his dangerous suicide mission work in Afghanistan that he said were ok to share with the net. Says he has to go through the areas where the Russians were ousted by the Afghaniies. Two books written about that area and how both the Russians and the Afghans know it is strategic. Says he's equipped with outdated equipment and even his Glock and M4 were made in Pakistan. Body armour is obsolete. Saw 30 vehicles blown up or burning at side of road in one area they passed controlled by Taliban. The USA lost 40 soldiers around there during the past 2 weeks. He's very afraid of his drivers since they go at high speeds and make other drivers get out of their way to keep the convoy going. One of his drivers killed a civilian pedestrian recently. Colombian pilots fly USA helos there on 60 day rotation. Still has to survive another 40 days and several dangerous runs before he gets transferred to a safer area or returns to Colombia. Has gone 2,000 miles this past month on the mail runs. Vehicles are constantly being worked on by mechanics, but overheat and have problems due to extreme conditions. Says his group was formed to avoid getting Americans killed . 8. AB8N Joe 9. WB2HIF Art 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville temp. going to set all time record for days over 100deg if goes over 100 for 2 more days til Wed. 11. K3JJK Lee 12. K4LWJ Ray on Collins rig today. 13. KE4VBU Bud 14. WA9AAA Doug 15. WB2NBJ Ray August 21, 2011 Domingo. Witnessing the Democrats and Republicans bicker over the U.S. debt is like watching two drunks argue over a bar bill on the Titanic. This day in history (1888), William Burroughs of St. Louis patents the first successful adding machine in the United States. 1. NA5CC Charlie says Disneyland has a new Calif. Adventure theme park where the old parking lot used to be located in front of the main entrance. Trams, rails, buses used from satelite parking miles away moves the visitors. Saw Graumin's Chinese theater and muscle man with snakes on him in a G-string on the sidewalk. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia. got Skype message from Phil HK3SA who says they had a nasty incident. Also that Colombian pilots crashed a helicopter but all were safe. Accidentally inhaled fumes from superbonder type acrylic glue and burned his throat. 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL Smelling smoke from Everglades fire. Burt Reynold's FL home is in foreclosure. 4. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Japanese visitor leaving for airport in a few hours. WX is 61degrees f & calm. Septic pump used to elevate brown water to evaporative mound failed, to be fixed tomorrow. Headed to church later. QRT @ 13:12z 5. WB5HVH Jim Bastrop, TX Sitting on new homesite and trying to plan home. 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 7. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI Reported on air show yesterday. Saw a helicopter land on top of a triplane and a wing walker go out and sit on the runners. Has to go to church now. 9. WA9TIR Jim got new furnace installed. 10. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 11. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA watching bears 12. K0KHW Frank Headed to church later 13. KY4JW Jim in Monticello, KY. Math skills have degraded since he started using hand calculator in late 1960s. Thinks computers are dumbing down the population. 1" rain a week ago was first rain in a very long time. Says tropical storm headed for FL. August 20, 2011 Sabado. 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO. Recommends "Inside Job" movie on internet about how the USA got into the financial crisis www.cuevana.tv/peliculas/331/insidejob/ Also recommends a TED 10 min speech at www.wimp.com/filterbubbles/ telling about how Google secretly uses 57 of your personal attributes to custom design responses to your search. The system is called Filter Bubbles. Each person receives a different page one. Says HP is going to sell its computer division and stick to selling software. Middle daughter has bit part in new Colombian movie called "Silencio en el Paraiso." Trailer supposed to be on internet, but Harry can't find it. IBM has a new microchip that mimicks the human brain. 2. WA9AAA Doug he's the house chef. XYL is off to buy groceries. Gold up to $1852 and silver at $52. 3. K1BBQ Jerry going to move his chicken house closer to his house so he can get to it easier 4. VE3BXN Joe wife died last month after 60 years of marriage. Very lonely for him in Ontario, Canada. 5. K5MIR Curtis Saw Fannin HS football game last night. Tied score. 6. N1DL Karl went to Fed. gun range in NC. Two trees fell across road. Many bears around his QTH. Bear season starts soon with 2 bear limit. DX to Europe, Japan and Asia good yesterday at this time. 7. WB5HVH Jim mobile in Houston, then Sugarland. Using a 706 Icom + AH4 tuner + 102" whip antenna 8. WB2NBJ Ray mobile going to battleship NJ. 9. KG4WHC Elvis 10. K3JJK Lee local radio club had 300 members at one time. Last meeting 4 showed up. Same in surrounding areas. August 19, 2011 Viernes. Foghorn QRN heard by nearly all the net today. 1. K5MIF Curtis turned 74 years old yesterday. Went to unclaimed baggage sale but didn't buy anything. Much hype, few neat things. Got Maxxis tires for his ATV. 2. KE4VBU Bud raccoons and deer around today. 3. KC8IQF Ron going to Air Show at Selfridge Air Base tomorrow might get to see F35 Strike Fighter. 4. WA9AAA Doug Jim gave him a squirrel cage blower for microwave. Tried mowing lawn yesterday but got ushered inside due to rain. Gold went over $1800/oz and gas went down to $82. Marco Island buying gold. KJ5CB has trouble with left eye, but had lunch with Corrales ham friends. All else is ok. Sent Paul a mic that goes with his Vietnam flight helmet. 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Stepson going to sell his Kawasaki Ninja bike. 2 explosions at British Consul in Kabul. Hope Phil isn't close. Eating strawberries he got from neighbors yesterday. Talked again about 269 lb. gold nugget in Australia. 6. WA9TIR Jim getting new furnace today. 7. K5LYN Lynn in Austin today. Spending about ½ time there. 8. K3JJK Lee had coffee yesterday with Bob NP2NC 9. AH2AH John has had med. problems to deal with in early AM and also visitors. Enjoyed article HK3ZOR sent around written by his Dad W6XM about signal comparisons on sailboat. Some SWR prob. Asked if anyone has heard from Paul KJ5CB. 10. WB2NBJ Ray August 18, 2011 Jueves 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Rod Beverley, N4DIO, an early Spiderweb Net member is a Silent Key as of 12 July 2011. He retired from the FBI as head of 45 foreign offices. Phil HK3SA changed his Skype foto to show a vehicle burning in Afghanistan, but no description. Stock mkt down 200 pts. and Obama going on 10 day vacation. Canada-Colombia free trade agreement in effect now. Friend in Australia north of Melbourne lives very close to spot where world's largest gold nugget weighing 246 lbs. was found in the 1800s. It's called "Welcome Stranger nugget." Saw video of Bogota made in 1946 and also saw article about all the motos in Bogota. 2. WB2HIF Art Daughter who works for Verizon broke her ankle. Verizon on strike. 3. KE4VBU Bud Replaced truck shocks yesterday. 4. WA9AAA Doug blossoms falling off tomato plants. Steve K5MIF 5. KC8IQF Ron told about Chief Pontiac fooling the British and slaughtering them at Ft. Mackinaw. 6. WB2NBJ Ray wind or animal knocked over his garbage can. Rain has stopped now, but lightning prevalent. 7. KP4LV Hector in Manati, Puerto Rico 89deg now. 8. K0KHW Frank 9. K3JJK Lee 10KB5HVH Jim Lagrange TX 11. KB1EKV Jim in ME August 17, 2011 Miercoles 1. WA9TIR Jim going to take antenna down and leave RV park. Will back Sat. or maybe Fri. 2. N1DL Karl went to high security Arnold AFB TN and saw wind tunnel. Relaxed in Nashville afterwards. 3. KE4VBU Bud went to VA hospital yesterday for ck up. Neighbor's raccoons chewed hole in door and ate food in kitchen. 4. KC8IQF Ron told about 75 cal rifle. 5. AA8CC Chet 6. KY4YW Jim 7. HK3ZOR Harry NCO USA customs found 600k cash hidden in tortilla presses bound for Colombia. 8. KG4WHC Elvis installed new speakers in wife's car. Got Collins S line rig and Drake Twins. Very happy. 9. KB4NET Bill 10. K5LYN Lynn going to install steps to storage building. 11. WA9AAA Doug 2" rain in past 2 days. lots of local QRM. 12. K0KHW Frank spent a few days with his daughter. 13. WB2HIF Art 14. KB1EKV Jim 15. K8HQY Jim pedestrian mobile Panama City Beach. About ¼ mile into his walk. August 16, 2011 Martes. Fantasy is only reality turned inside out. 1. K5MIR Curtis NCO for first part of net. Goin 2. KB5HVH 3. KE4VU Bud fed his wild turkeys, fixd A/C on truck and going to medical ck up today. 4. WA9AAA Doug 5 WA9TIR Jim 6. K1RPK Rich 7. WB2HIF Art saw 10 Extreme Airports in the World TV prg on History Channnel 8. N8HQY Jim pedestrian mobile on Panama City beach 9. AA8CC Chet 10. WB2NBJ Ray 11. K3JJK Lee 12. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last 45 min of net. Middle daughter went to Intl Kite Festival at Villa de Leiva Sunday. 13. KY4JW Jim in Monticello, KY. Worked 34 years at Belden Wire and Cable and repairs PCs. August 15, 2011 Lunes This day in history (1969) Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in upstate NY. 1. K1AX Bob Hamptons Falls, NH took his PC26 Fairchild airplane to Portsmouth airshow at Peasi AFB. Had sign on it "Jets are for kids." Rain today. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia. Has been reading a few of his Dad's articles from 3. WB5HVH Jim Bastrop, TX 4. K5LYN Lynn Bastrop, TX QRT 13:09z 5. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL 6. AA8CC Chet Buckannon, VA 7. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 71 deg. 8. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA 61 deg. Mentioned "sling box" that enables one to watch "home based" cable service from a different location. 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 10. K8OMA Larry Marble Head, OH on Lake Erie QRT 1252z 11. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 12. W4PTA Pete Blue Ridge, GA 13. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Japanese student of 1979 (15 years old at that time) is visiting again this Friday. This will be her 6th visit in last 32 years. Thanked Harry for the 1955 pix of "Adventureland" in Disneyland. Looking for a powered mini bike for XYL for traversing back roads, camp ground on property, and for getting the mail. 14. K3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL QRT 13:03z 15. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 16. N9IM Scott Zion, IL August 14, 2011 Domingo 1. N9IM Scott NCO Bought son new computer for college and went to astronaut Lovell's restaurant for coffee and free dessert. Going to buy a 2 Terrabyte $89 external hard drive. 2. HK3ZOR Harry Told about Huitoto Indian in La Chorrera, Col. who is trying to find out what happened to two Indians taken to London in 1911 to protest the cruel treatment during the rubber boom in Colombia. 3. K5MIF Steve Has explosive stomach after relieving wife from lunch making yesterday and going to a Mexican restaurant. Also his sewer line plugged up (not due to Steve's condition). 4. NA5CC Charlie wakes up to the sound of coyotes in the distance. 5. AA8CC Chet QRP on batteries camping in W. VA. Sitting around the fire. Coyotes howled close to campsite last night. 6. K5LYN Lynn many trees down along the highway. 7. K4LWJ Ray mentioned that he repaired Catholic padre William's radio in La Chorrera, Colombia. 8. KG4GPJ Larry in NC. Had rain to break heat spell. 9. K3JJK Lee 10. W9MGM Les Son and wife went to LA and left grand kids with Les. 11. W6SFG Bruce mob. in Lynchburg, VA. Got his W6 callsign while working for NBC TV in Glendale, CA. Using 1.5 mt. Screwdriver antenna and 60 watts today. Going to church. 12. WA9AAA Doug 13. KP4LV Hector in Puerto Rico 14. N8HQY Jim Pedestrian mobile on the beach at Panama City, FL using a backpack. 15. KC8GHN Adam in W. VA. 16. K1CGZ Paul in ME barefoot 100watts into a summer home. 17. K8OMA Larry 18. K3AVR Jim 19. K3SLJ Len 20. KC8QDQ Jeramy Gloster Ohio, 4 el beam 100w Icom 756 pro August 13, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO for last part of net 2. WB2NBJ/m Ray 3. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL NCO for most of net 4. K3SLJ Len 5. N9IM Scott Zion 6. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 7. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA going with W4PTA and XYL to Monte Luce GA to a vineyard to test some wines Delaniga GA 8. KB1EKV Jim Maine Wants to get a can-am three wheel vehicle to ride with the moto boys. 9. WB5HVH/m Jim Using a 102 inch whip tuned with a small Icom tuner and single wire output to whip. On his way to Ham breakfast in Bastrop. 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX on his guy wire dipole 11. KP4CG Carlos Agudilla P.R. NW coast of Puerto Rico TS430S, BR30 mic, Kenwood TL922 Amp and G5RV am 12. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI In middle of 9 day meteor shower. 13. AA8CC Chet Old friend of HK3SA in West Virginia camping portable on battery QRP 14. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH 15. KD5KT Andy La Grange TX 16. WA9AAA Doug 17. 9Z4FV Donald 18. K3JJK Lee August 12 2011 Viernes 1. WB2NBJ Ray helper NCO for while 2. K3AVR Jim NCO Marco Island FL for first ½ net. Yesterday after net main air conditioner outside unit relay was stuck on. Had to replace 35 amp relay but had a spare. Air handler drain pan is now leaking water into kitchen ceiling. Yesterday afternoon hot water heater started leaking but drain pan contained leak. Will cost $600 for replacement as I just don't have the time! Seems to be coming in more than threes! I did get my QRO HF2500DX amplifier which Steve K4IM helped me pick up from a friend of Curtis who brought it from Blue Ridge GA. Now must find time to wire 240 VAC. 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI, Watched a program on new radio observatory ALMA in Chile above 16000 ft. https://science.nrao.edu/facilities/alma 4. K3SLJ Len Purchased new Oddessy AGM batteries for a couple of his motorcycles and found the cranking power to be much improved over OEM manufacturers batteries. 5. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO Just finished teaching the semester so now has a little time to get other things done. Reconnected the ham station and Jim reports 10 over S-9 in Marco Island FL. 6. K8OMA Larry Marblehead, OH on lake today. 7. HK3OZ John Chia, Colombia Is operating a new radio today using Heil mic with HC-5 cartridge. Audio reports were very good. 8. WA9TIR Jim Going to daughter's home where new Mexican exhange student arrived fm Mex. City 9. K5LYN Lynn in Austin apt. with high SWR (2:1) today with driven element only of Cushcraft A-3 dipole over metal garage roof. 10. K8JK Art With 20 over S-9 signals in Marco Island 11. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last part of net. Brazilian Indian tribe missing. Also USAF Falcon HTV2 plane missing at 12,600mph. Daughter stepped on bee and got stung yesteray. A bee may have stung a cow also since part of belly is swollen and painful. 12. W9MGM Les 66 deg going to pick up a new boat prop. Old one hit a rock. Happy his 8 yr old water heater is still ok. 13. WB2HIF Art Happy his 25 yr old water heater is ok. 14. WA9AAA Doug 80deg. George Soros' girlfriend suing him for 50million for renigging on promise of buying her an apt. in NY. TV program about 4 top animal killers of humans. #1 was Australian Box Jellyfishh 15. K5MIR Curtis Stratfor intelligence news letter tells about Brazil and transport problems. Is in mourning for his cat who may have died from diabetes. Was late today since had to bury the cat. Sent amp to Jim in Marco Island. 16. K3JJK Lee August 11, 2011 Jueves 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ worried about the government funding for the New Jersey battleship. 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX on Sky Command remote handheld. 3. HK3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL, No remote radio this morning as something is wrong with the internet connection at the airport. Curtis K5MIR found a friend going to Naples and sent my QRO HF2500DX amp I purchased. It is to arrive this afternoon! 4. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island, FL 5. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA Took the pix Jim sent out with his I phone. Jim comments "not bad!" 6. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville, IL relay for WB2HIF this morning 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL received a call from KJ5CB Paul and he is doing well in NM but 8. K3SLJ Len St. Clair, PA Dropped his "Rocket" motorcycle off at the dealer for service get ready for some more serious riding. 9. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Life Line Check up today including the XYL; Training son on pulling boating out of barn, launching, piloting, re-trailering and backing boat into barn 10. HK3OZ John Bogota, Colombia 11. N3GDK Gil Grand Lake, Maine FT100 12. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia 13. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 14. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 15. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 16. N9IM Scott Zion IL Elvis is visiting and making his VA Hospital appointments. 17. KB1EKV Jim August 10, 2011. Miercoles. "Pretty Darn F*cked"...comment by former Obama economic advisor Cristina Romer on the US economy after the downgrade. 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 2. K3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL Has the IP color security camera working in Marco house so it can be accessed by computer or Iphone anywhere in the world. 1200-1300 Z NCO first ½ net 3. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 4. NA5CC Charlie using Sky Command feature of TS2000 and a hand held so he can do other things while taking his turn on the net. 5. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island ,FL 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL also using Sky Command on a Kenwood TS2000 7. KM4MI Mike Marco Island FL via K3AVR remote 8. KB1EKV Jim Eustis, Maine "Get usless in Eustis" 5 grand children in the cabin so will be QRT 1255Z 9. K3JJK Lee 10. K5LYN Lynn 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 1300- NCO last ½ net. Discovered that La Jolla pillbox where he played as a kid was a WWII Base End Fire Control Station used to give bearing to enemy ships to a Command Center for Pt. Loma 16" gun battery. Warned travellers that Bangkok duty free stores have scam with the police. The clerk sticks an extra something in your bag and the police arrest the victim for shop lifting and charge them a heavy fine to be released. Happy to see the stock market rebounded after Black Monday drop. Commented on Ron's email about the computer virus that destroyed Iran's nuclear program for at least a year. 12. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Had a great lunch with Pete W4PTA, Bud KE4VBU, and Karl N1DL. 13. WA9TIR Jim August 9, 2011 This day in history (1945) US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki, prompting Japan to surrender in WWII. 1. K3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL NCO. All kids going to be home for vacation for a while. 2. KB1EKV Jim Maine ckd out 3. NA5CC/Port Charlie 4. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX More 105 days in the forecast 5. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA 6. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA. Trust no one in Belize City. Stock mkt. supposed to go up today. 7. VE3BXN Joe Guelph, ON...60 miles west of To 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA will have lunch with Curtis K5MIR , Pete W4PTA and N1DL. 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 10. K8OMA Larry 11. N8ZCS Jim Martinsburg, WV 12. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 13. KB5EVC Scott Palestine,TX Kenwood TS140 Palstar tuner and dipole 14. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia (late NCO) 15. K4LWJ Ray Waxhaw, NC QRT 16. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 17. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville, IL August 8, 2011 Lunes 1. K3AVR Jim NCO for first ½ net. Finished the house rebuild in Las Vegas (Sumerlin) Every thing is perfect with back lawn to be installed in a couple weeks. Returned to Marco Island last night. Memorial Service for my Mom was excellent in KS. Have almost three weeks to host my children's visit to Marco a week and to work on things here. I am sure hoping to have life slow down a bit near the end of the year so I can get back to some Ham radio! 2. N9IM Scott Zion, IL 3. KD1BL Brad Rainy day which is needed 4. KB1EKV Jim In Maine this morning at the cabin 5. NA5CC Charlie Needs rain as is having to irrigate to grow grass for the cattle 6. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 7. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Visited Pete W4PTA last night and had smoked his ribs. 8. WA4MOE Mo Had a lightning strike take out a bunch of equipment 9. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afghanistan Via K3AVR remote. Lelia's BD today. Lost 4 vehicles under heavy fire same day as the Seal tragedy. 10. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. 61 yr old woman swimming 165kms from Havana to Key West. May take 3 days. Saw that buying gold bullion on margin through OTC brokers is now prohibited in the USA to citizens. One rooster and a chick died yesterday. Cows doing well...finally paying the bills with the milk. August 7, 2011 Domingo. The best things in life are fee until the government finds out and taxes them. 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia mentioned 30 Americans killed in helo crash shot down by Taliban SW of Kabul, Afghanistan. 22 were Seals. Going to be scary to watch economic news on Monday when people begin to search for "safe" investments. Indications are that Europeans will buy more US Treasury Bonds which will lower interest rates and increase national debt. Study shows that people who live 95-110 years get there from their good genes and not from doing anything special. If you have "bad" genes you can extend your life eating "correct" foods, but chocolate, coffee, beer, wine and eggs aren't that bad. They have good qualities. Told about Jetman flying over Grand Canyon last May and video of him tied to his wing. 2. NA5CC Charlie Forest fires near H's QTH. Summer Fest yesterday and nice lunch in Houston. Saw D72 handietalkie at the Fest and will buy one. Looked at Flex radios. 3. WB2HIF Art 81 deg. going to 95 deg today. Pool at 91 deg....like swimming in hot soup. Hair getting wet from sweat while swimming. Neighbor's tree fell on trailer building so he moved it out from there. 4. WA9AAA Doug made some guacamole yesterday with 99c special on avocados. Typhoon Maifu heading for Japan and China. Kids camping in The Dells, Wisc. with water parks and watching hamburgers cooking in a famous restaurant window. 5. K2SAB Steve 6. K5LYN Lynn in car going to Schulenburg, TX to ride in parade of motor assisted bikes with 40 others. 7. K3JJK Lee Satellite following space station coming right over HK3ZOR QTH at 1300gmt today. Can listen on 2mts a 145.950. Info at NASA.gov Has nine 2mt. handhelds. 8. K4LWJ Ray Using a 1976 Collins KWM2A rig today. 9. KC8IQF Ron enjoyed email about robotic bird that HK3ZOR sent him. Says govt. has robotic flying insects. Worried about S&P rating of US Treasuries and what will happen to the world. 10. KG4GPJ Larry 70 deg now. 11. WA9TIR Jim radio has timer on it for the net. At home QTH now, but going back to Portage soon. Wife's cousin is manager of Duck Boats at The Dells, Wisc. August 6, 2011 Sabado. Gold is money.....everything else is credit...J.P. Morgan. This day in history the USA dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 1. K5MIR Curtis his Marco Island avocados are ½ grown now according to Doug. Liliana told him about their move and how Jim wants to store lots of ham gear in their new place. 2. K5MIF Steve going to be in film shoot 19th and practice tonight for Rayford Stark musician video at Lebo's. Rayford's real name is Thaddeus Frumkin. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO. Chickens laying 15 eggs/day now. Colombian tel co UNE going to install more public telephones with cheap rates. Had 2" rain during the past few days. Commented on 101 year old woman who still drove her old 1930s Packard and can change spark plugs and oil. 4. WA9AAA Doug concerned that his tomato plants might not have fruit and is still waiting for free avocado to ripen after a week or so. Army is laying off 5-6,000 civilian workers. 5. K1BBQ Jerry- only one chicken laying eggs. Had a nice summer, but it's almost over. Tomatoes and string beans growing but not ready yet. Looking for Colombian Osso Buco recipes for his wife. 6. N1DL Karl-first day without a cane yesterday. Is doing great. Looking into magnetic loop antennas. Found old German antenna book. Interesting reading. Invited a retired USAF Lt. Col. to his home who had flown F101 and F104s. The man tried out Karl's Flight Simulator program and crashed 1 mile from the runway on approach. 7. K3JJK Lee said a satellite would be going over Colombia and transmitting at 1350 today on 145.950. 8. K3SLJ Len finished his 3 week training course on new jet. 9. N9XFD Ric portable in Wisc. park 100 mi north of Wilwaukee. August 5, 2011 Viernes 1. K5MIR Curtis in foggy Blue Ridge GA 2. N1DL Karl suffering from chiggers in Blue Ridge. Back is better today. May walk without cane if all goes well. ckd out. 3. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge ckd out 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last 45 min of net. commented on new robotic seagull that flies like a real bird flapping wings and computer controlled probably. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI. Stayed at Bavarian Inn at Higgins Lake, Mich. and swam in lake. Perfect day. 6. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 7. K3AVR Jim in Manhattan KS via K3AVR remote departed Las Vegas 0840 after a successful house rebuild and move in with my son and arrived to KS about 1645. Working with a very nice wireless IR IP camera. Will send info to the net on a feature loaded $100 internet security camera . Mother's memorial service today at 7PM. 8. K5LYN Lynn in Austin with a SWR of 2.5:1 on the driven element of his yagi mounted over the metal garage building. The metal roof is loading the dipole element too much. 9. WA9TIR Jim 10. K3JJK Lee 11. KC5RY George (Jorge). San Antonio, TX Was born in Bogota, Colombia, moved to Miami and then father moved to SF CA (Clayton) with the airlines. Retired from U.S. Air Force after 25 years. Was in Desert Storm, Desert Shield and Panama. Father Jorge Patino was a ham in Bogota. Is now 96 years old. 12. HK3SA Phil Kabul Afganistan via K3AVR remote. Still doing scary Pony Express type things. August, Guaguest 4, 2011 Jueves 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last 45 min of net. Things have been hectic here. Spent 9 hours sitting in car waiting for mother in law to see two doctors at the clinic yesterday. Commented on 3D printer that copied a complete human head and a motorcycle. 2. WA9TIR Jim HOT HOT HOT 3. NQ5H H gave up Maritime Marine Net Controller job. Too much work. Heat causing crisis for energy and close to rolling brown outs. Exterminator coming for extermination of Brown Recluse Spiders and other nasty things. 4. N9IM Scott NCO for first portion of net. Told story about being on a dock with his sons and Brown Recluse Spiders all around. Set thermostat for 80...is having rolling brown outs at his QTH. Would like a copy of the latest Spider Web roster. 5. KJ4VFB John ckd out 6. NA5CC Charlie going to be a heavy equipment operator today. 7. WA9AAA Doug waiting for rain from storm over Haiti. Mangoes dropping. Told about 3D printer. Wife going to have a colonoscopy next month. 8. W9MGM Les Going to 87 deg today. Ready to go to County Fair to work the Gideons International booth with wife for 4 hours. 9. KB4NET Bill in NC. Fixed radio and is trying it out. Had 100 deg temp for a while now. 10. K3JJK Lee 11. K0KHW Frank hot but humidity going down. 70 ft. pine tree down to 40 ft. now due to high freak winds. 12. K4LWJ Ray August 3, 2011 Miercoles 1. ???? August 2, 2011 Martes 1. KB1EKV Jim 2. K5MIR Curtis helped Pete W4PTA put up new antenna yesterday. Karl is using cane for pain again. Gone to sling bullets at targets with a deputy sheriff. Definition of a Texan: A Mexican on his way to Oklahoma. 3. WB2NBJ Ray went to Union picnic with lots of good beer and ice cream on Sat. 4. WB2HIF Art Had to put dog down since it ate a Hershey bar. 5. NA5CC Charlie finally below 100deg, but getting up to 106deg. 6. K5LYN Lynn 7. HK3ZOR Harry Toyota's profits went down 99.4% from last year. Production should be back to normal in Sept. Ford is recalling 1.1 million trucks. Deadly radiation detected at Japan's damaged nuclear plants. At center a person would die 2 weeks after a 60 second exposure. Did Hillary Clinton actually give the Ok to Iran to make nuclear weapons or is it a falsehood floating around? Gave update on Phil in Afghanistan.....very dangerous runs. 8. N9IM Scott NCO 9. KC8IQF Ron 10. KG4WHC Elvis 11. K4LWJ Ray 12. K3JJK Lee August 1, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. Update from Phil last night: He is one of 6 gringos in his compound with about 30 employees. Fijians are drivers and Bosnians are the mailmen. Taliban and others set various types of explosives along the roads and set them off with cellphones or wires. Phil has to go on runs with his group and isn't even making as much as his first "cushy" job at the Baghdad Airport when he was in Iraq. I told him it's time to come home and write his autobiography. Mentioned article by Citigroup saying gold might go as high as $5000/oz. if world economic situation deteriorates much more. Mentioned serious armed conflicts in Somalia and Syria yesterday. Told about many vehicles and people celebrating Virgin de Carmen patron saint day in Bogota yesterday. Saw Midnight in Paris movie by Woody Allen and enjoyed it yesterday with his middle daughter. Beginning to get lots of positive feedback on local history article he wrote and published on the internet. May be able to get to the Spiderweb net earlier since the school is closing the gate to all kids who come late. it might get his wife to get ready earlier. Only reason his daughter got in today was that Harry picked up Lisa's teacher on the road waiting for a bus. She was very late with her daughter and the gate guard let the car pass. 2. WA9AAA Doug 3. K5MIR Curtis going to an antenna raising party today. 4. KC8IQF Ron commented on lack of reports on Afghanistan status. Is going to a nice lake and then to Mackinaw for his 35th anniv. on 14 Aug. Going to be 92 today. 5. KE4VBU Bud 6. K1AX Bob Commented on Caribbean Airlines crash in Trinidad. 7. K4LWJ Ray checked out to talk to the insurance adjuster. 8. NA5CC Charlie going to Hollywood with daughter. 9. K3JJK Lee July 31, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal, Colombia cold last few days with rain last night...says KK9TT Joe is currently in Columbia, CA. Getting feedback from "Memories of Bird Rock" article at http://db.tt/4vgTHPV An old neighbor remembered that Harry's Dad gave him engineering books and a SW radio BC-455 that he wished he still had it. Harry didn't remember that the fellow lived so close. 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX hot and no coffee. 4" of rain in Houston Friday!...electric fence (500 ft) is up and is working well preventing livestock from "messing" around the the house 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL saw in newspaper that CAP had drill in Marco Island. Says Jim K3AVR is still in Las Vegas fixing his son's icemaker. Has to cut down dead trees. Going to leave for Kansas on Thurs. and to Marco Island next Monday. 4. NR5T Doug in Columbus, TX about a stone's throw(50 miles) from Charlie NA5CC. Retired internal auditor. 5. W9MGM Les Delano, MN son & xly return from Huntsville, AL this evening after 20th H.S. reunion at Von Braun Civic Center, boating may begin tomorrow morning, hawk landed in bird feeding area last evening but left without any prey, was largest bird ever seen in our little bird sancturay QRT 13:40z 6. K3FWG Frank Mahanoy, PA in Dougall Co, PA 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 8. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 9. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 10. KG4GPJ Larry Warne, NC 11. K3AVR Jim Las Vegas via K3AVR remote, worked with chain saw in 100 degree heat yesterday, will be back in Bogota 8-25/28 time frame 12. N0YD Tom St Louis via K3AVR remote, experiencing 100 degree WX 13. KM4MI Mike via K3AVR remote. Owner of house he's in is selling it, so will have to move. 14. KG4WHC Elvis looking for someone to refurbish a Collins KWM-2 line up with 30L-1 July 30, 2011 Samstag Saturday Samedi Sabado Doyobi Xingqiliu Sabato Zaterdag Loerdag 1. K5MIR Curtis read about original BlueRidge parkway development and its route. 2. K2SAB Steven, off to breakfast....send you a email Harry. 3. WA9AAA Doug picked a 3 lb. mango. Record for him was 4#...now 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO ckd out 1300gmt 5. KC8IQF Ron 6. K5LYN Lynn off to Flatonia, TX for breakfast 7. K8JK Art going to ham lunch today 8. K3JJK Lee 9. KB1EKV Jim 10. K3AVR Jim Listening from Las Vegas may speak latter but don't to wake my grandson. Seems very quiet on the net at 1310Z 11. KB3GCQ Adrian July 29, 2011 Viernes Friday If at first you don't succeed - make a second effort; you may be surprised with success. HK3ZOR may be in here early but will not be around for the regular net today so is leaving a smile for you:
1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia 2. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA 3. N9IM Scott Zion, IL 4. W9MGM Les Delano, MN will be watching grandchildren while son attends 20th high school reunion in Huntsville, AL 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 6. KY4JW Jim Monticello, KY tower work to do today to free cable 7. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA returning a seaweed hat to a friend 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 9. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA hazy foggy morning in the mountains 10. WA9TIR Jim 11. K5AW/air mobile, Mike nr Bogota July 28, 2011 Thursday 1. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL 2. W9MGM Les Delano, MN will be fertilizing lawn today, boating maybe later, WX to be 85f, calm wind 3. WA9AAA Doug (NCO) Marco Island, FL mentioned mountain lion hit in traffic in CT after traversing a great deal of the mid west. 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI much rain lately, checking antenna today for wind damage QRT 13:23z 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX may need electric fence around house to keep "cow patties" off yard 6. KY4JW Jim Monticello,KY works for Belden mfg., laments over economy and lack of statesmen in government, shared story of camera film being destroyed by airport x-ray 7. WA9TIR Jim mobile/traveling in Canada 8. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia ANCO (After Net Control) for a while. Has been up since 4AM to take mother in law to get Dr. appt, see a lawyer and take daughter to school. Still needs new tire...tomorrow early has appt. in Bogota. Won't make the net. July 27, 2011 Miercoles. When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. 1. WA2ARS Mort Apopka, FL sent interesting video to the net on WWII P-47s 2. WB4QIP Thornton Hendersonville, TN 3. N9IM Scott (early NCO) Zion, IL QRT 13:55z 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX went mobile. went down river with a ham yesterday and had a blast. Saw lost of wildlife....but did'nt say if it was the same wildlife that Steve seeing while playing the drums at Lebo's bar. 5. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX QRT 13:09z Still really hot about 105 deg. 6. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 7. W9MGM Les Delano, MN lawn mowed yesterday and rain today QRT 13:33z. XYL Cindy not doing very well. 8. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI mentioned improved artificial intel on military robots 9. WA9TIR Jim mobile, traveling 10. WA9AAA Doug (mid NCO) Marco Island, FL 11. HK3ZOR Harry (late NCO) has Clive (M0COA)on Skype. Afghan suicide bomber had bomb in turban and and after using his head he lost it. Had to buy a wheelchair yesterday for mother in law who is now staying whith him. Went to town yesterday to buy a tire after other errands, but ran out of time and had a blowout after picked up daughter from school. Told method of starting a fire under emergency conditions focusing the rays of the sun on tinder through a clear plastic bag of urine or water. Said that Colombian snow capped mountains will lose all their snow withing the next 30 years. Warned of bogus Facebook email going around about video of Oslo bombing. Has to fix back door lock since wife slammed the door too hard and the key jammed inside. 12. WB2HIF Art Flemming Island, FL 77 deg. 13. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 14. K4LWJ Ray QRT 13:10z. Says that Moe's (WA4MOE) brother was killed when a train ran into his car. 15. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA. Has difficulty walking due to back pain possibly due to excess weight. 16. MOCOA Clive ckd in via Skype. Says its boring in England. July 26, 2011 Tuesday 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ QRT 13:34z 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 3. WA9AAA Doug...NCO Marco Island, FL Tx for standing in the gap, Doug! 4. WA9TIR Jim mobile 5. VE3DWI Tony Desbarats, Ontario 6. W9MGM Les Delano, MN went boating yesterday and will be mowing lawn today 7. K3AVR Jim in Las Vegas, NV via I-phone Skype through Marco Island, FL CAP remote, spent the day with daughter Karla as she had the day off from the Mandarin Oriental hotel banquet department. We looked at houses in Southwest Las Vegas and Mountains Edge. Today will be 1400-1800 awaiting delivery of new GE dishwasher from home depot. WX 92 f and dry (quite comfortable) 8. K0KHW Frank Plymouth, MN 9. N9FQC Ed Crivitiz, IL 10. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA July 25, 2011 Lunes 1. K5MIR Curtis...NCO.....did a great job holding the net together today...tx. 2. K1AX Bob 3. WB2NBJ Ray 4. WB2HIF Art 5. NA5CC Charlie was a city boy in Houston until 1980 but spent wkends in Smithville learning ranching. 6. WA9AAA Doug 7. N1DL Karl 8. KC8IQF Ron 9. WA9TIR Jim 10. VE3DWI Tony 11. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last 20 min of net. Dogs killed a small opossum. Saw rat climb into roof last night. Two quail haven't re-appeared. Rob KP4PRI has a new job in Wash. D.C. and will be leaving xyl and daughter in PR for a monthly visit. Will try to ck in via Skype and the remote when Jim is available. Is taking rig to D.C. but not sure about antenna possibilities. Has sick cow with eyes swollen shut. Mentioned that when Soc. Sec. has a surplus it has to invest excess in US Treasury Bonds that pay interest. That increases the National Debt. 12. K4LWJ Ray 84 deg. had to call Roto Rooter man yesterday. July 24, 2011 Domingo 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia (NCO) has mother in law and stepson's friend staying over the weekend. Tire has large bulge in it so off to the tire store next Tues. Listened to ex-state dept. policy maker debate about how to retreat from Libya and Afghanistan. Helium being used to kill Kudzu in Georgia in experiment. Hugo Chavez back in Venezuela. Six shot in Texas skating rink. Mentioned the Naval Armed Guard and it's specific training during WWII. Anyone with any info about Pacific Beach anti aircraft training station please contact him so he add some info for article he's writing. 2. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI has been in hospital attending wife who's blood glucose went up to 400. She's diabetic. Scarcity of lithium darkens the Li battery future. Mentioned Toyota will be building a "Tesla" electric car. Ckd. out 13:20z 73's 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL Rain went around them and didn't fall. Commented on white spot on meat from Harry's calf that died. Norway bomb destroyed building. Chinese fast trains collided killing 30. 4. WA9TIR Jim still at same camp site. VE3DWI Tony visited him on Canadian/Mich. border. says Joe KK9TT is in Anaheim, CA now. 5. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Wx calm, overcast & 62 f, heading for church later, will be joining Frank K0KHW for lunch before heading to the county jail. 6. KJ4ZEF Charles Concord, NC 7. K0KHW Frank Plymouth, MN heading for church later Ckd out 13:28z 8. KG4WHC Elvis Dixon, KY. Back hurts......bad night and rough morning....to sleep at 3AM and up at 08:10. 9. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 10. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 11. NQ5H H Bastrop, TX looking for 103 degrees f today 12. W4DIH Dennis ? born in Mich. Lived on Columbia St., …....Mich. 13. KG4GPJ Larry Late check in. His uncle joined Seabees in WWII at age 42. 14. KC9QLB John? in GA but from Mich. in 1980s-90s. Had electrical business. (NB: Les..I may have Dennis and John's names reversed) July 23, 2011 Sabado 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. NCO. Has sick cow and mother-in-law. Drove 3 hours to pick her up and take to emergency at clinic yesterday afternoon. Spent 8 hours sitting in car with daughter waiting for doctors to complete diagnosis and treatment for knee and hip bone degeneration. Got home at 1Am and up at 0530. Has two wild quail on farm now. Black and yellow bird pecking on window and fighting with his reflected image. Stepson's friend broadsided on his moto by a car with bulletproof darkened glass. Is between life and death in the clinic. 2. N1DL Karl Blueridge, GA Having fun flying his own plane on computer simulator and also planes he flew in the past. Bear fell into his bush after tripping over his ground wires. 3. K5MIR Curtis Blueridge, GA Showed Pete how to control his new SteppIR antenna. Black bear ran across the road near his pump house but he didn't see it. 4. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL. Chavez in Ven. running country from Cuba. Father bought land in Wisc. for deer hunting and found out that B1bombers flew low to bombing range close by. Bad thunder storm 5. KG4GPJ Larry in Smokey Mts, NC. Going to cut wood now. 6. WB2HIF Art ½ inch rain. 80deg now. 7. NA5CC Charlie Daughter not feeling well this morning. Going to stick around house today. Going to be very hot and humid today as has been these days....maybe 106 deg. 8. K0KHW Frank thunderstorm approaching....waiting for over 100 deg today. 9. WA9TIR Jim 10. K3JJK Lee had tea with Bob 11. K4LWJ Ray "Long Winded Joker"- Waxha NCvery hot and humid. Working on house. Has to install new roof and call Roto Rooter man and get new rug for ham shack. July 22, 2011 Viernes 1. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA (initial NCO) 2. W9MGM Les Delano, MN re-wiring motor reverse switch for metal lathe today, mowing today also. Thought today was Tuesday while Harry's XYL thought yesterday was Friday. What day is it anyway?3. K5MIF Steve Marco Island, FL music gig tonight-attending wildlife conservation party with a shaved beaver contest.4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX Going to take kids to Orlando and Disneyworld this summer. North part of his land has feral hogs that rut up the road. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 6. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge, GA 7. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia (Wrap-up NCO) Daughter dressed up today as Colonial woman to celebrate (late) Colombian Independence Day (20 July). Kids at school were playing Spaniards and Indians instead of Cowboys and Indians. Two quail came to his farm today. Calf died yesterday from exploded intestine. Spent hours butchering it. Found strange white spot on leg muscle meat with smell of medicine. Calf was only 4 days old and no one on farm gave injection.....maybe cattle rustlers gave tranquilizer to steal it and were scared off?? Iran shot down US drone spy plane. 6,500 jobs being cut at Cisco. USA spending 770 million of taxpayer money to repair Egyptian mosques. July 21, 2011 Jueves July 20, 2011 Miercoles. Colombian Independence Day. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. July 19, 2011 Martes July 18, 2011 Lunes. July 17, 2011 Domingo. Don't walk where there is a path.....Go where there isn't a path and leave a trail.....Emerson. Disneyland opened on this day in 1955. July 16, 2011 Sabado July 15,2011 Is that Scott? July 13, 2011 Miercoles July 12, 2011 Martes 17. AE3B Dan on the Canadian border runung portable at the lake. July 11, 2011 Lunes This day in history (1767) Vice President Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton purposely July 10, 2011 Domingo July 9, 2011 Sabado July 8, 2011 Viernes July 7, 2011 Jueves. This day in History: 1989-Hawaii annexed to the USA; 1964-The Beach Boys had #1 hit "I get around"; Hoover Dam completed. July 6, 2011 Miercoles 4. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL going on 19 Jul for extra heart beat ck up. Also beating his drums on 15 July at wet Tshirt contest at Lebo's bar in Everglades City.
July 5, 2011 Martes. This day in 1776 the Continental Congress printed the Declaration of Independence. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Most gas stations will now take full semi trailer height but occasionally my antenna finds a low one out off a country road somewhere! Looked again at the favored apartment to purchase but could not get the key for the roof to see if I could put up an antenna. Plan to write into the purchase agreement permission for a moderate HF antenna. 2. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL working on 100 watts as the amp is in process of modification. Had cardiac problem with extra beat. Is taking it easy these days. 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX. Answering calls from police today re animals. Went river rafting yesterday and had BBQ with many people. 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal Colombia. Stimulus bill cost taxpayers $278,000/job created or saved. Stepson hit a hole with his moto, bent the rim and damaged brake system. Daughter's BD today. Bought her a new bicycle and watched her face when she saw it this morning with card attached to it. 5. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX, Spent Saturday and Sunday in Sherwood forest marching in the 4th of July parade. Won a prize. Fireworks were canceled in 99% of Austin, Smithville area do to fire danger. 6. W9MGM Les. Delano, MN Saw 8 fireworks displays. Took 2 dogs to son's house to accomodate large party (26 people) at house. T-storms heading toward qth. 7. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL. Vandals broke 2 more sprinklers. Had to call cops since he's lost 7 so far. 80deg now. Most of FL fires are out now. Expecting rain today. 8. KE4VBU Bud Blue Ridge GA fixed toilet and ceiling fan. 66deg in Blue Ridge. Lightning yesterday. 9. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville, IL. Got lawn mowed. 1 Chicago fireworks display for 15 min....impressive. 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI new Google social network may be used to pry into private lives. Went swimming and bowling. Ckd out 13:11z 11. KJ4DBB Steve Clearwater, FL. Son married in Slabtown, PA (no. central) 12. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 13. KB3P ?? 14. KG4WHC Elvis wife and 2 sons watched 3D Transformers movie. Shot off some fireworks. Oldest daughter has good job now. Built bonfire in backyard and grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. Getting his blood sugar under control. 15. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 16. K7WET Ken in Coleville, WA new General class. QRZ says Spokane Valley, WA?
4th of July 2011--Monday. HAPPY BBQ'S AND FIREWORKS. 1. KC1EKV Jim mobile going from NH to Maine....now passing Portland, ME 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO was attacked by a rooster yesterday. Chickens killed a nasty rat. Asking for rooster assasination techniques. FARC leader narrowly escaped a Colombian army attack on his HQ. 3. K2SAB Steve commented on new Internet Explorer (?) that works well. 4. KE4VBU Bud cleaned house. A relax day. 80-90 ft. hardwood trees make it difficult to put up antenna. Blue Ridge population is about 15 thousand. 5. WA9AAA Doug going to grill turkeyburgers. Wife doesn't like mesquite grilled brisquet Texas style. Hugo Chavez back in Venezuela and singing. Is a chicken killing expert, but used a funnel, blow torch and automatic plucking machine. Managed a couple thousand in his earlier years. 6. KC8IQF Ron storms. Boat sunk in Baja Calif. with 44 on board. 7. W1SWG Ed in Naples 8. NA5CC Charlie. Bought new trolling motor and went up river in Bass Tracker 13 ft. boat. Going to float down the river with the multitudes. Killed 3 4 ft.+ water moccasins in past few days. 9. HK3AVR Jim Bogota. Suggested to Harry that he use "Open Office" to save .doc files in .pdf format. 10. WA9TIR Jim 11. WB2NBJ Ray Nice time at son's home last night. 12. N0WWY Jeff Ft. Myers FL 13. WA3AOP Ritchie via K3AVR remote 14. K3JJK Lee 15. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 16. KJ4REK mm Lee Marco Island July 3, 2011 Domingo This day in history (1863), the Battle of Gettysburg ends with a Union victory. 1. HK3ZOR Harry (NCO) EL Rosal Colombia on a dairy farm near 8600 ft. in altitude 35 KM west of Bogota. Trying to handle mic in left hand, icecream cone in right hand and work Google Docs at the same time. 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Beautiful day in Bogota with blue skies and sun. It is a long weekend here also (Puente in Spanish- translation= bridge) and another coming soon when Colombia's Independence day arrives on July 20th. 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Doug has a canal out back with his fishing boat on a moterized lift. Two green herons on his boat had to be discouraged with water hose as they leave unwanted decorations on the boat. 4. W9MGM Les going to Target concert today and 4th of July party tomorrow. Ckd out 13:23 5. WA9TIR Jim Near Chicago IL says if you have an old FCC 1st or 2nd. class Radio telephone license you can file out a form on the FCC site to get a new FRN number to update this license. 6. N9XJE Dan 50 Endeavor, WI 50 mi north of Madison WI 7. W4RBW Frank in Naples FL ckd out 1335z 8. NP2NC Bob on St. John U.S.V.I. 9. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI power went out for 2.5 hours during BD party and 97deg wx. Ckd out 13:02z . 10. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 81 degs in north FL and will be into 90's today. 11. KD4IQC Lincoln Vero Beach FL via K3AVR remote 99 years old will be 100 years old April next year. 12. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote "Americas oldest pilot" retired from fire dept. Told about test for ladderman and hoseman with ice cream cone in hand. Flys with Civil Air Patrol in Cape May county. Richie also gives advanced motorcycle driving courses. 13. KM4MI Mike via K3AVR remote 14.K3JJK Lee 15. ZP6XD Dean, Asuncion, Paraguay 16. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge GA using a 2 el Steppir July 2, 2011 Sabado 1. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights ckd out `1307Z 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Watched National Geographic movie with Alan HK3AA called Restepo about a Colombian boy in the US Army who was killed in Afghanistan and had a firebase named after him. Mom's funeral scheduled for 30 June. ckd out 1321z 3. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 4. WA9TIR Jim near Chicago IL 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL Dipole fell out of the Mango tree 6. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 7. K3LJ Len air mobile in the north Atlantic returning from London. Gets the new aircraft in a few months and will not longer have to stop in St. Johns to refuel on the Europe run. 8. NA5CC Charlie Mobile on the way to ham breakfast in Bastrop TX ckd out 1300z 9. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote looking forward to fireworks 10. WB2NBJ Ray mobile in the middle of Camdon NJ on the way to the New Jersey to work on the battle Ship. ckdout 1308z 11. N9IM Scott 12. K3JJK Lee
July 1, 2011 Viernes. In 1941 the FCC authorized the first TV commercial. It was the Bulova Watch Co. 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Mom died yesterday late afternoon in Manhattan KS of lung cancer and it is a long weekend in Colombia and with 4th of July it will be very hard to get back to KS for the memorial service so will try to schedule later as Mom requested instant cremation. Tnx for all the support of my Ham Friends! ckd out 1315z 3. KC8IQF Ron 4. NA5CC Charlie in Houston via K3AVR remote. QRT 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA went to breakfast yesterday with all the Blue Ridge heat birds. Snow's BBQ in TX is a target for his next visit to visit his Dad. Has to get his stove fixed today. Going to BBQ a slab of ribs for July 4th. 6. N9IM Scott Saw a green sky then tornado tore down trees and one antenna, but reattached to tower. 7. W9MGM Les High temp-95deg and 80% humidity. Working on Boundary Waters pix. Camping with grandsons is over-folding tents up today. 8. K5LYN Lynn here til top of hour then off to move stuff again. 9. KE4VBU Bud attending to yard work today. 10. K0KHW Frank 11. KG4WHC Elvis Needs another MRI for back problem. Looking at 92 deg with 95% humidity. 65mph wind and rain. Pollen and ragweed heavy these days cause sinus problems and dry throat. Worked 10 states on 2mtrs. with 14 element yagi. 12. WA9TIR Jim lots of hail. 13. WB2NBJ Ray June 30, 2011 Thursday JUEVES 1. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 3. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 4. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX 5. KJ4WZV Robert Brooksville, FL 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 7. K3SLJ air mobile Len headed to London 8. K5AW air mobile Mike over Honduras 9. WB2HIF Art 1&1/2 inch of rain in Flemming Island, FL 10. HK3OZ John Bogota, Colombia 11. HK3AVR JIM Bogota, Colombia 12. N1DL Karl Blue Ridge, GA 13. HK3ZOR Harry Bogota, Colombia June 29, 2011-Miercoles 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal took kids to La Vega swimming yesterday. Fly infestation in house from some kind of dead animal in the attic (mouse?). Going to Bogota today. 2. WA9AAA Doug given an upside down tomato plant. Gloomy and overcast (the day that is....not Doug). Space junk passed 1,100 ft. from Space Station forcing astronauts to get into emergency vehicle until it passed. 3. K5MIR Curtis saw that Clive and Margo were on Skype....talking to him at Royal Naval Submariner's Radio Club in England. 4. KC8IQF Ron meteorite came close 7000 miles to earth and may have improved communication propagation. Fire endangering Los Alamos lab with 20,000 barrels of radioactive toxic material in non-protected area. Good propagation last night to Norway. 5. WB2NBJ Ray 77deg today. All went well last weekend at Field Day. 6. HK3OZ John checked out 1254Z 7. NP2B John ST. Croix looking for Clive M0COA 8. KB1EKV/mob Jim in Maine breaking up in mobile in New Hampshire 9. K34VBU Bud in Blue Ridge. Raccoon visited trash last night. 10. NA5CC Charlie going to get car fixed. 11. HK3AVR Jim short timer. His mother is slightly better this AM. 12. N1UL Ulrich in Marco Island-usual fast in/out 13. N1DL Karl Blueridge-has many chigger bites in areas he doesn't want to mention over the air. 14. M0COA Clive via HK3ZOR Skype connection. June 28, 2011 - Tuesday 1. N1DL Karl in Blue Ridge has groundhogs and other wildlife just outside the house. Karl seems happy to be back in Blue Ridge but now changing batteries and restarting all the equipment that suffered during their absence. Early net NCO. 2. K4VBU Bud in Blueridge got rid of raccoon problem but mother bear and cub still around.She took 5 trash bags from his truck yesterday. 3. HK3AVR Jim in Bogota Back from Villeta Colombia, traffic was not too bad as we departed at 1000 and arrived Home at about noon. The highway was nice except for where the 6 or 8 geological faults cross the highway between Villeta and La Vega. Had bear problem when living in Valdez Alaska. They liked to sharpen their claws on the side of his mobile home slitting the siding. Good DX to Europe yesterday afternoon on 20 and 15 meters! Saw good movie: Bureau of Adjustment. 4. KC8IQF Ron Afghan bank is very corrupted. Head testified and life was threatened so he went to the USA. China going to pick up European debt. Mother in Law coming to visit for a few days. http://www.asylum.co.uk/2011/06/27/video-ufo-definitely-spotted-over-london-definitely-real-defi/ 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Had nice lunch with middle daughter in Bogota yesterday. May take youngest daughter down the mt. to a swimming pool. Nice clear sky last night but very cold. 6. HK3OZ John in Chia 7. NA5CC Charlie ham friend from MD coming down today. Doing cleanup around the house. High humidity. Has 4-5 gal. of mesquite bean juice in his frig. Made grape juice yesterday. 8. W9MGM LES Applied 2 gallons of Round Up on driveway this morning. Preparing for camping out tomorrow evening. 9. WA9AAA Doug Kept awake last night 'til 1:30 AM by party near the house 10. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA, On - off switch on AL-811H is stuck in the on position so unpluging is the only way to turn it off. 11. KB1EKV/mobile in Honda Oddessy in Maine Has some RF feedback for some reason. 12. K3JJK Lee 13. KB5LKE Mike 14. WB2HIF Art 15. KG4WHC Elvis
June 27, 2011 Lunes--holiday in Colombia 1. NA5CC Charlie on the river yesterday. Clothes in the wash. Mesquite beans collected last night to make jelly for Christmas gifts. 2. KC8IQF Ron 61deg and sun now. Public Intelligence website shows sensitive satellite Photos. http://publicintelligence.net/raven-rock-mountain-complex-site-r/ 3. WA9AAA Doug watched movie Lonesome Dog about cattle rustlers in Texas and its development. 4. K5LYN Lynn 5. KB5LKE Mike Back from long Field Day weekend 6. HK3ZOR Harry NCO took daughter to ice skating yesterday....maybe to swimming pool today. Hail damaged friend's strawberry crop. 7. WA9HIR Bill rain....and waiting for heavy storms and maybe hail. 8. KE4VBU Bud in Blue Ridge. Has raccoon and bear problem with his trash. 9. WB2HIF Art has broken sprinkler head...suspects kids vandalizing. Xyl goes for therapy today. 10. W9MGM Les slept in late today. Sunny and 68f. Souris river is 4 ft. higher than normal. Flooding expected. Cindy has no pain today. Going camping in his backyard on Wed. Can hr Ron in MI meaning N-S propagation is less than average 11. K5MIR Curtis hasn't seen Karl this trip but will have a neighborhood park meeting in a couple days and should see him them. 12. KG4WHC Elvis appreciated Charlie's help getting his new rig set up. 2mt band was wide open last night. Back hurting today. 13. WA9TIR Jim no work today. 72 deg. Has to wash car today. 14. HK3AVR Jim Listening from Villeta Colombia via Marco Island FL remote radio. The internet is is poor but seems to be supporting Ham radio Deluxe, Skype and Google Docs simultaneously . Will be returning to Bogota this morning. 15. K3JJK Lee in Harrisburg, PA Had breathing problem but better now. 16. K2MAF Emmett Niagra Falls 17. N0YD Tom St Louis MO via K3AVR remote lots of rain...5" a couple days ago..has summer cold. 18. HK3OZ John Telmex telephone system and Cablenet internet was out yesterday. Changes have been made to TX audio and reports are good. 19. HK3SR Ray via K3AVR remote and Jim's internet in Villeta. June 26, 2011 Domingo (during ARRL Field Day) 1. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA discussed his train ride pictures. Going on another ride on 9 July. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is seriously ill in Cuba. His family is flying to to see him. 2. HK3ZOR Harry Bogota, Colombia NCO. going to the big BOG today (Bogota). Commented on TV prog. on gar fishing on Trinity River, TX. 3. W9MGM Les Delano, MN pythons in FL may migrate further north. 4. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX. 14 ft. gator found in Bastrop this year. 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL. TX lawyer caught a 14 ft. 900lb. alligator in Trinity River. 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI mentioned 18 wheeler & Amtack wreck (6 dead) near Reno, NV Ckd Out 13:03z 73,s 7. W2IQ (KJ4BHF) Gloria Eastern TN (in & out, is participating in ARRL Field Day) 8. N0KAB Gene, Pueblo, CO running old ham equipt. including Hammarlund. 9. WB2HIF Art, Flemming Island, FL 10. WA9TIR Jim, Bensenville, IL 11. NA5CC Charlie, Smithville, TX 12. N0WWY Jeff, Ft. Myers, FL mentioned July 16th hamfest in Colorado Springs, CO 13. KJ5CB Paul NM (nw Albuquerque parking lot today for field day) June 25, 2011 Sabado 1. N1DL Karl arrived in Blueridge braving 120 miles of smoke from fires. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO saw juvenile horse competition yesterday. 3. K2SAB Steven, heading for breakfast top of the hour. 4. WA9TIR Jim 5. KC8IQF Ron Ckd. 13:18z 73,s 6. K5MIR Curtis xyl taking him by the neck to a flea market today. 7. HK3OZ John 8. N1UL Ulrich - just arrived Marco and is taking a lot of pix with his new "vintage" R9 Lieca camera 9. NA5CC Charlie at the coffee shop for ham breakfast. 10. WA9AAA Doug got 1000 ants of his pool. Working on quartz crystal clock. 11. HK3AVR Jim Will be loading up for Villeta but will not be on HF as I have not had time to repair the old Yaesu FT747GX II mobile rig. The three 30PF plastic trimmers in the BFO alignment are failing which is the same problem HK3AA had on his FT747GX. I will change them to ceramic. 12. KC0RBT port CO Jim 30 miles west of Ft. Collins, FT817 on a dipole June 24, 2011 Viernes 1. HK3OZ John - listening at 1152Z 2. KE4VBU Bud - Blue Ridge GA 3. HK2SA Phil leaving Bogota on Sunday for USA and off to Afghanistan about 5 days later. 4. HK3AVR Jim Looking at apartments and having nightmares thinking of what ham gear I must ditch to fit some of my stuff in a reduced space. Not very happy as not even sure I will be able to mount any reasonable HF antenna system. I may have to use only remote transcievers. Sorry to see Phil going away for a year. See K5MIR and K4PTA railroad pix on my Picasa site by clicking on my pictures on left side of Http://www.spiderwebnet.net . 5. K5LYN Lynn 6. HK3ZOR Harry 7. KJ4VFB John gearing up for field day 8. K8OMA Larry Marblehead OH at the lake Erie house 9. N1DL/m Karl on I75 near Macon GA 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 11. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA 12. VA3ORTm/m Randy aboard "Nirvana Now" in the San Blas Islands Panama diving a different coral reef. 13. W9MGM Les 14. K3SLJ Len air mobile north of Boston left Teterboro about 1200z on the way to London. 15. WA9TIR Jim 16. AH2AH John 17. WA9AAA Doug 18. N0DFP Bob 19. K3JJK Lee 20. KG4WHC Elvis June 23, 2011 Thursday Jueves 1. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 2. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia running around trying to find a place to move. Hope to visit with HK3AA Alan this evening. Sorry about my TX audio as something seems to have changed but will work on it. I will try to send out K5MIR's Rail 4. N9IM Scott tested his son's hot rod truck up to 130mph but has to improve performance. 5. K1AX Bob returned from taking plane to Pensacola. Storms gone. Waiting for field day weekend. K1R for field day. 6. KC8IQF Ron Lots of rain. Ancestors were all in railroad activities to Wabash LIne. 7. HK3OZ John - am b-a-c-k 8. W9MGM Les back from 1500 mile drive to Indiana funeral. Has another one near home. Lots of rain. Rivers flooding in entire area. Muncie Indiana firefighter died. 9. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX very busy Moving as fast as possible to Austin 10. NA5CC Charlie 1.5" rain. Going to pick up BBQ for friend who is losing his grandson from car accident. 11. WA9AAA Doug - Marco Island. Son and wife left after visit to celebrate Doug's xyl's retirement. 12. N1DL/m Karl 10 miles south of Tampa on I75 going to Blue Ridge GA 13. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 14. K5AW Mike Listening only on K3AVR Remote, Very Busy 15. KB5LKE Mike 90 mile drive to funeral yesterday. 16. W1SWG Ed S. Naples FL 17. K8OMA Larry 20mph winds. 18. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote. Retired Philly firefighter. 19. K3JJK Lee 21. KB3VWO Bob Maryland June 22, 2011 - Wednesday-Day after summer solstice....longest day of the year. 1. K5MIR Curtis early NCO. 74 yr old old fart. 2. WA2ARS Mort rode motos for 60 years. Organized Orlando Hamfest for 6 years, but not anymore. 3. HK3ZOR Harry giant solar flare yesterday. 4. KC8IQF Ron Says about 20-30 govt. highway officials ripped off taxpayers taking a round the world tour to look at traffic signs. Ckd 13:25 z 73,s 5. NA5CC Charlie WB5HVH Jim's grandson was hit by a vehicle while he was crossing the highway with a friend. May not make it. Rain last night....very welcome. 6. HK3OZ John joined the "old fart's club" last Sunday. 65 years young (a.k.a. 19). 7. WB2NBJ Ray 8. HK3SA Phil will leave for Afghanistan in 5 days for "austere living conditions." 9. HK3AVR Jim in Bogota. 2 hours going thru immigration and customs and taxi. 4,000 people coming in for church conference of some kind. Going to Villeta this weekend. 10. K5AW Mike in Houston, TX. Will be in Bogota about 28 July. 11. W4PTA Pete in Blue Ridge went with Curtis on railroad trip last Sat. 12. WB2HIF Art 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K0KHW Frank raining in Plymouth, MN
June 21, 2011 - Tuesday 1. HK3OZ John in early but didn't come back...yes he did and very strong. 2. KB5LKE Mike Good harvests continuing from his garden. Historically dry season. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO. Was in heavy hailstorm in Bogota yesterday. Got up at 0430 today and didn't go back to bed. Was reading about ancient man in San Diego written by George Carter who moved to Bryan, TX to teach at Texas A&M about 70 miles from NA5CC. 4. NA5CC Charlie Said many movies have been filmed in Smithville and area. Water crisis in towns west of Austin. Should be 106deg today. 5. K5MIR Curtis Was reading an article from San Antonio newspaper about Smithville. Jim K3AVR is enroute to Bogota today. Sent railroad trip pix to Jim to send out to net. 6. N1DL Karl on IPOD with distorted audio. Reduced power and improved audio. Apparently RF getting into the system. He had a hip pain last Thurs. and went for an MRI. 7. K8OMA Larry up at the lake with a good antenna, but severe storms on the horizon. 8. WB2HIF Art 9. WB2NBJ Ray Looking for a nice day. A bit overcast. 10. KG4WHC Elvis Already 80 deg. this morning. Looking for 88 or so. 11. K3JJK Lee 12. KC8IQF Ron 13. K0KHW Frank very high local noise level now abated. Rain yesterday and more predicted.
June 20, 2011 Lunes 1. K5MIR Curtis early net NCO. Scenery on RR trip was different on every part. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO had a nice salmon filet for lunch and relaxed all Father's Day. 3. KE4VBU Bud in Blue Ridge, GA lives where needs 4wd vehicle to get home. 4. KB3VWO Bob between Annapolis and Baltimore, MD retired from Caterpillar 5. K3SLJ Len camped at motorcycle show. Loaded up camping equipment and went on his Triumph Rocket. 6. K5LYN Lynn ckd out to work in the heat. Has been over 100 deg for past 15 days. 7. KC8IQF Ron All four of my kids and all four of my grand children yesterday tired out.Ckd 13:24z 73,s 8. WB2NBJ Ray going to get his ears lowered today. Truck still not fixed. Had a nice affair Sat. night with good food and too much beer. 9. WB4NLD John in Kingston Springs, TN 10. W1SWG Ed in Naples 11. KG4WHC Elvis walked and fished wall of dam over Ohio River and hooked a catfish that broke 125 lb. line. 12. W4PTA Pete with audio problem 13. NA5CC Charlie out in the sun and on the river yesterday. Daughter cooked all 3 meals yesterday. 14. K0KHW Frank 15. TG9WS Steve starting to rain in Guatemala 16. N5KOU Shannon, Forth Worth, TX 17. K3JJK Lee in Harrisburg, PA 18. HK3OZ John in Chia - ckd out at 1324Z June 19, 2011 Domingo. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! 1. N9IM Scott NCO 2. WB2NBJ Ray Turned 82 yesterday! Happy Birthday! Grandson graduated from HS also yesterday so had a double party. 3. KC8IQF Ron 4. K5MIR Curtis enjoyed his 85 mile railroad trip yesterday. 5. K2SAB Steve, off to the rain locker... 6. HK3ZOR Harry His xyl surprised him by waking him out of a deep sleep last night thinking he wasn't breathing. Sat on his balcony yesterday afternoon and listened to great music from a large party on the next farm. 7. WA9TIR Jim searching the internet for a 32 gal. temp. holding tank for black water from his RV that is used to transport the waste to an authorized dumping area. 8. KB4NET Bill 9. KI4YWU Tim 10. HK3SR Ray has another 2.5 weeks before he moves to the USA 11. HK3SA Phil back from the Amazon. Had first hot shower in 2 months last night. Going to Afghanistan around 25 June via Nevada for prep. training in weapons, etc. Took Man-Woman-Wild TV crew (14 people and 600 kgs equipment) to Puerto Narino, Colombia. Theme of program was a couple visiting an old military friend (Phil) on the Amazon. They took a canoe, some supplies,and supposedly got stranded. Along the way, struggling to survive, they encounter large tarantulas, deadly spiders, a snake, piranhas, cucha fish, and Joy Joy grub worms. Finally Phil comes to the rescue on the Amazon Queen boat. The show's star Mike is beginning a new program "One Man Army" in July. 12. K0KHW Frank 13. K3JJK Lee 14. KG4WHC Elvis has lots of Charlie Horse's from yesterday's fishing trip. He caught a 50 lb Spoonbill and couple of 35 and 40 lb. other catfish. 15. NA5CC Charlie.....suddenly disappeared....Charlie may have fallen off a Horse? June 18, 2011Sabado 1. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL 2. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Told about 2,000 yr old Ajanta caves with monasteries cut into the cliffs in India. No rain for a couple days now. Commented on Art's (WB2NBJ) email about the smallest petrol engine in the world that may replace batteries in watches and laptops. It runs 2 years on 1 drop of lighter fluid. 3. WA9HIR Bill Berwyn IL 4. WA9TIR Jim Bensenville IL has all new tires for his RV. Only lasted 2 years. 5. NA5CC/m Charlie on the way to ham breakfast in Bastrop TX 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 7. KJ4VFB John says local Indians own a store and were caught stealing goods from Walmart to sell at double prices at their store. 8. K3JJK Lee 9. WB2NBJ Ray truck has broken brake line. going to BD party today. No battleship today. June 17, 2011 Viernes 1. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal NCO School's out...I can be here on time again! 2. HK3OZ John in Chia. Flooding has subsided 3. K3SLJ Len in PA house. Has been on some very long trips. Just got back from Paris. Going to Triumph Come Home bike show. Going camping. 4. KB5LKE Mike feeling much better. Nice morning but thunderstorm expected. 5. K3AVR Jim Marco Island, FL Cutting off the broken dock piling today to get Jet Ski lift working. 6. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA, anxiously awaiting the rail trip this Saturday. 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling heights MI http://scotthaefner.com/beyond/mothball-fleet-ghost-ships/ 8. K8OMA Larry beautiful morning 9. KG4WHC Elvis rode bike yesterday and got allergy attack from pollen. Rain expected. 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX using insulated guy wires on tower as his antenna now. 11. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote. Weighs 14 stones. Had fun dx to Australia. The website for IC 7000 mic problem www.7000mic.com 12. KT4SP Glenn in NC goes to Marco Island sometimes. 13. VA3ORT/mm RANDY and Dawn in Panama aboard Nirvana Now" checks into marine net at 6.209 usb 1315z. Having a great time diving for food and pleasure in the San Blas Islands. 14. VE3DWI Tony in Sault St. Marie, Canada friend of Randy VA3ORTm/m and will see him in July. 15. K0KHW Frank 11,000 street rod cars 16. TG9AWS Steve Rainy Father's Day in Guatemala today with cake. June 16, 2011 Thursday 1. K3AVR Jim - big storm last night - no internet today 2. K5LYN Lynn 3. NA5CC Charlie 4. KC8IQF Ron - Stirling Heights, Michigan Ckd. Out 13:10z Lightning. 5. KJ4PNX Alan - Stewart, VA - foot hills of the Blue Ridge - signed at 1307 6. HK3OZ John - Chia NCO for first ½ of net. Happy Birthday to xyl Rosie tomorrow. 7. N1DL Karl - setting up equipment prior to departure on Saturday 8. K0KHW Frank - MN 9. HK3ZOR Harry - El Rosal NCO for last ½ net 10. TG9AWS Steve 11. K3JJK Lee 12. WA9TIR Jim 13. KG4WHC Elvis
June 15, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX waiting for Charlie to arrived to take down the tribander at the home place which is being sold. 2. NA5CC Charlie getting the climbing belt on to go up and remove the triband antenna for Lynn. 3. K3AVR Jim Must complete the second piling lift and transfer the Jet Ski to this lift for hurricane season as the piling holding the primary lift has broken off at the deck level. ckd out 1209z 4. K5MIR Cutis - Blue Ridge,GA 5. HK3OZ John - Chia 6. KC8IQF Ron - sunny nice day Ckd. Out 12:57z 7. K2SAB Steve - NJ - 60 degrees and lots of rain in last few days 8. WB2HIF Art - temp is 81 9. K5LYN Lynn - has taken beam down and is on a dipole (S7 in Bogota) 10. K3JJK Lee - June 14, 2011 Martes 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. says Phil HK3SA is in Leticia...will arr to Bogota in 1 week....then off to Afghanistan (better pay than Iraq and more dangerous). WILL NOT BE HERE TOMORROW....HAVE TO RUN TO BOGOTA EARLY. 2. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL watched the movie "Idiocracy" made in 2006, a bit over done but this may be where we are going! Still looking for flights to Bogota this week or next. ckd out 1324Z 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX going to help Lynn take down his antenna. 4. WA2ARS Mort Near Orlando FL 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge FL tomorrow is the train car trip. See NORCA for some beautiful pictures of the maintenance rail cars. 6. KI4OVA Gustavo ckd out 1246z 7. K5LYN/m Lynn on the way to Austin TX 8. W9MGM Les Delano MN. Went into the Boonies with 3 other canoes and friends to live off the land fishing, but fish didn't cooperate. 3 ½ hours paddle to reach their cars. Going to be gone for two weeks celebrating many things. Says Detroit has really gone down the tubes and sent email with details. 9. KI4KBO Robert in Culpepper VA Blind ham since birth 10. KB5LKE Mike Still with a bad voice. 11. KG4WHC Elvis fighting RF feedback problems early in the net. Has some new microphones to try out. Rained last night. Has 60 lb. watermelons in his fields. 12. N9IM Scott 13. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 14. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MN 15. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City Guatemala. Reports Dinis VA7DIN is at theFarkarar atoll in the French Polynesia. 0230gmt Dinis comes on 14.347. 16. K3JJK Lee 17. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 18. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote June 13, 2011 Lunes 1. K3AVR Jim (early NCO ) Marco island FL 2. K2SAB Steven, One phone call, not sure I will be back. Thanks! 3. KG4WHC Elvis with a horse voice, rebuilding power amps and reorganizing shack, wants to learn Sky Command setup. 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX operating remote from his handy talkie via Kenwood Sky Command system 5. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Will be going 40 miles on a maintenance rail car group trip on Saturday to a BBQ restaurant. 6. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 68.5 degs 7. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX will be removing antenna from house to be sold Wednesday. Lynn is moving to Austin. (out to the mobile) 8. VE3SPQ Larry Fauquier Ontario Canada on the 49th 9. HK3ZOR Harry (late NCO) 10. K3JJK Lee 11. K6JFS John on a homemade fan dipole Lee Co. Al 12. KI4OVA Gustavo Miami June 12, 2011 Domingo 1. K3AVR Jim NCO for first ½ net. xyl in Bogota has laryngitis and bad sinus infection. I will go to Bogota later this week. 2. WB2NBJ Ray Has installed a sprinkling system for the lawn. 66.6 degs. ckd out 1245z 3. KB5LKE Mike has bad respiratory infection. Probably got it from his xyl. 4. K5MIR Curtis Run down from antique shopping with Betty. Has very hurty hip and feet from mucho walking. 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last ½ net. Has very hurty hip from sitting on his butt writing all day yesterday and last remnants of 8 mo. old sinus infection. 6. KC2HBR John Queens NYC Kenwood TS2000 100w multi band ham 11-12 years 7. K1BBQ Jerry His brother had operation on neck with blocked vein. 8. KB9TNZ/m John DX70 on a hustler antenna 9. N0YD Tom St. Louis via H3AVR remote Set up three cruises South Pacific, Austrailia, and then world cruise. Out 1312z 10. WA9TIR Jim Working three days a week so has not been able to meet the net much 11. NA5CC Charlie now has antenna pointed in a direction to hear net members. Had crazy house full of kids for Teresa's birthday. River rafting, boat and go carts. Now comes the cleanup. 12. HK3OZ John in Chia 15 miles north of Bogota, with new 5 band Hex beam by K4KIO at about 50 ft. John reports the antenna seems to perform better than the "conventional" Traffie HexBeam design, particularly front to back discrimination (10 to 12 db better than Traffie design). SWR is amazingly flat. One other difference - elements are #14 covered flex weave wire as opposed to bare #20 wire on the (Traffie) model. BTW, cost of K4KIO model is approx $600 vs Traffie model at $1200. Happiness is! 13. AB8N Joe 100 watts - In Alabama 5 miles west of Naval Station Pensacola 14. K3JJK Lee in Harrisburg, PA 15. N3KKF Bill in Osgood, IN - QSL cards filled in for Jim and Phil, HK3SA 17. N0WWY Jeff in Ft. Myers, FL June 11, 2011 Samstag (a.k.a Sabado) 1. HK3OZ - John in Chia Colombia. CUL - off to the rain locker - 1235Z 2. K3AVR Jim Marco Island 1203z early NCO Preparing the house for a long absence and looking for a cheap flight to Bogota. 3. HK3ZOR - Harry El Rosal, Colombia 4. NQ5H H Bastrop TX Out 1255z going to record 78s on CD using Audacity program and a USB plug from turntable. 5. KJ4DHJ - Chuck in Florida - 30 miles south of Tampa 6. KB1EKV Jim in NH in and out to class reunion out 1238z 7. N3QIG Michael near Reading PA 8. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO Planing future cruises to the Pacific, then to Australia.Out 1330 9. KG4GAD/M Fred Orlando FL Private eye going to see if someone is in a place where he shouldn't be. 10. NA5CC Charlie 11. K3JJK Lee says that our bicycle mobile from England is going to move to Wash. DC since his wife got a job there. 12. KC9RTX Jack 8Mi from Carlyle,Illinois using TS450S with G5RV 13. KC2HBR John Queens NYC Kenwood TS2000 hand mic Multiband vertical top at 45 ft. 14. K2SAB Steven, Off to the dump. Ramsey has a shed-it day. Not sure if I will be back before the net ends. 15. K5LYN/M Lynn had a ham breakfast 16. 6Y5TR Donald Jamaica Yaesu FT2000 2k amp, Marshal mic. 31 ft. vertical 17. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 18. WB2ELD Art NJ Icom 718 and ground mounted vertical going to Pocono 500 races tomorrow 19. KC8IQF Ron 20. N3IGO Jim Scranton PA 21. N3KKF Bill Osly IN June 10, 2011 Viernes 1. K3AVR Jim Marco Island back for a week to take care of the house and pay bills. 2. HK3OZ John Chia, Colombia, 15 miles north of Bogota, with new 5 band Hex beam by K4KIO at about 50 ft. John reports the antenna seems to perform better than the "conventional" Traffie HexBeam design, particularly front to back discrimination (10 to 12 db better than Traffie design). SWR is amazingly flat. One other difference - elements are #14 covered flex weave wire as opposed to bare #20 wire on the (Traffie) model. BTW, cost of K4KIO model is approx $600 vs Traffie model at $1200. Happiness is! 3. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ. 4. K8OMA Larry on the lake with 90's for the last few days but will only be 75 today. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 6. N0DFP Bob Saganaw MN Says go to QRZ to find info on Dini VA7DIN 7. K2SAB Steven, Ramsey, NJ 8. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 9. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge GA Going on a ride of 60 miles on a railroad hand car converted to electric drive. See NORCA for some beautiful pictures of the maintenance rail cars. 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX Train aficionado wishes he could take the trip with Curtis K5MIR, Has been so busy moving to Austin TX 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 12. K0KHW Frank 13. K3JJK Lee 14. WB9WJE Tony Chicago IL runs a computer shop June 9, 2011 Jueves 1. WB2HIF Art 2. WB2NBJ Ray getting new sprinkler system installed today. 3. KC8IQF Ron 100deg yesterday in Sterling Heights and 103deg in his car. New Stephen Speilberg movie "Super 8" comes out tomorrow. 4. K1AX Bob was in early but ckd out. 5. NA5CC Charlie Installing A/C unit today. His oldest daughter is celebrating her BD today. Over 100deg days now. 6. K0KHW Frank port/0 today again. 7. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. Went to a beautiful farm to look at a cow to buy yesterday and had a nice walk. Terrible flood and landslides in Haiti killing more people there. May be poor propagation 8-10 June due to large solar flare. June 8, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5MIR Curtis 2. NA5CC Charlie 3. K3AVR Jim Arrived at QTH K5MIR Blue Ridge GA 1200 am after leaving Manhattan KS at 0800 yesterday in my mothers car loaded with all my stuff and her old family pictures stored at her home for 40 years. Leaving to Marco Island today. 4. K5LYN Lynn 5. WB2NBJ Ray 6. K1AX Bob 7. VA3ORT m/m Randy in San Blas Islands 8. K5AW Mike 9. K0KHW Frank 10. WB5HBH Jim 11. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. Commented on Alva F. "Beau" Kitzelman, the father of a friend of his, who was an analytic mathematician who did software programming in the early 1960s reducing update times from 6 seconds to ⅙ second for interballistic missles and also translated ancient Sanskrit texts looking for relationships to modern Physics. 12. KC8IQF Ron 13. K3JJK Lee 14. HK3SR Ray 15. June 7, 2011 Dienstag, Tuesday Wit does not take the place of knowledge. 1. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA early NCO 2. NA5CC Charlie Daughter going to the movies and raquetball today. 3. N1DL Karl, Naples, FL Apple announced a new operating system "LION" to be available in July - got to get it and try it out. Germany is getting out of nuclear power and closing all plants by 2010. They are going into wind, solar and methane generation systems. His suggestions to help USA economy: 1. Reduce corporate taxes. Companies settle where taxes are lowest. 2. Delete unnecessary reporting and regulations. Small businesses are swamped by paperwork. 3. Pass more flexible labor laws. Countries allowing shorter work weeks and temporary help are more successful than the USA. 4. KC8IQF Ron Japanese nuclear reactor leaking into the ocean. Three cores melted. 5. KB3VWO Bob, Chesapeake Bay in and out 6. N9NAQ/m in and out 7. N0DFP Bob, Saginaw, MN 8. AE4TN Jim, Cleveland, GA 9. HK3ZOR Harry, NCO for last ½ net. China building 400 nuclear reactors within the next few years. XYL was caught by a trout while fishing yesterday. The rest of the family retaliated and caught 5 trout for lunch. 10. WB2NBJ Ray, NJ Battleship NJ is restoring old mechanical computers for fire control. 11. K0KHW/0 Frank Took his canoe out and kept limit of 6 Northern Pike yesterday. 12. K4CQW/7 Quint, Idaho mobile retired from Armed Forces, relocating to Idaho 13. WB2HIF Art, FL 14. K3JJK Lee, Harrisburg, PA 15. June 6, 2011 Lunes 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Impressed with CNN program GPS and analysis of aid to Pakistan and the basic problem in the USA being lack of employment and what happens to people who have been unemployed for more than 2 years. 2. NA5CC Charlie going to take daughter to town to play racquetball and lunch with cousin for his birthday. 3. K1AX Bob just returned from bringing an airplane back from Calif. 4. K5MIR Curtis commented that Pakistan needs military aid to help protect itself from India. 5. KB5LKE Mike wife is doing better today.. granddaughter is going to Dr. to check out "lumps" in the lungs. 6. WA9TIR Jim recommends the Comet H4-22 for Lynn's Austin temp antenna. 7. K5LYN Lynn Busy with the "move" to Austin. "listing" the property today. Says that President of Yemen fell and the Al Quaida may take over. It is a serious situation. 8. WA9MGM Les A church missionary in Yemen may have to leave soon. Google is still getting attacked by hackers. 42% of married partners hide purchases from their partners. 9. K2SAB Steve 10.WB2HIF Art 11.KC8IQF Ron lots of QSB today 12.HK3SR Ray 13 K3JJK Lee 14.K0KHW Frank 15.NP2NC Bob 16.KG4WHC Elvis Kenwood 2000 today. RF getting into his audio...
June 5, 2011 Domingo 1. K2SAB Steve has recovered bout 80% from his spinal surgery. 2 x per wk to therapy. Hopes to get left numb hand working again. Has job selling Google apps and other things. 2. HK3ZOR Hary NCO still nursing a small chicken that was attacked by a mother hen. Situation improving. Lots of rain. 3. K8OMA Larry ckd out. had 40 people at granddaughter's graduation party at his house. 4. KC8IQF Ron temp in the 90s. Puyehue Volcano has Erupted in Chile Evacuation of 3500 People. Ckd Out :12:26z 73,s 5. WA9TIR Jim says that Joe KK9TT left San Francisco for Durango and is going to Las Vegas via Bryce Canyon. Joe had lunch with Paul KJ5CB. Paul has problems working ham rig and thinks he can see well enough to buy a car for himself and drive again but people close to him says that isn't a good idea. Found an old QSL card from silent key and early Spider Webber Herb K3BAT. He died Jan 11, 2002. 6. KB5LKE Mike wife still has bad upper respiratory infection. 7. K5MIR Curtis says K3AVR spoke with KJ5CB Paul. He has problem operating ham radio. Is watching a UTube movie of of Scenic Cruiser buses. in low 90s in Blue Ridge. 8. K1BBQ Jerry Sonia, his xyl, keeps chickens out of garden using a hose and spraying water on them when they wander too close. 45 deg now but was in 90s last week. 9. NODFP Bob new QTH is Saginaw, Minn. Has a new 380 ft. loop antenna and using 100 watts today. Got 500 ft. of 12 gauge wire free. 10. NP2NC Bob getting ready for trip to PA soon and will try to operate from Lee's station K3JJK. 11. W9MGM Les went to Minn. State Univ. for a visit and celebrated his 45th wedding anniversary by visiting the Hormel Spam factory. One factory is in Austin MN and the other in NB. It's mainly pork. 12. J73CPL Clem in Dominica. Is a bit high in freq and distorted. 13. K3JJK Lee 14. K0HKW Frank portable 0 on Lake Superior 15. KP4PRI Rob lots of rain. Took his 4 yr old daughter to a party. 16. N0WWY Jeff 95 deg in Ft. Myers. 17. KJ4VFB John in Pt. Orange, FL 18. NA5CC Charlie son had car problems and needs Dad's car. 99 deg in day 70 at night with high humidity.
June 4, 2011 Sabado Samstag Samedi If you want to annoy your neighbors just tell the truth about them. 1. KC8IQF Ron read that $44,000 paid for 200 year old champagne found on ocean floor.Qrt 13:21 2. WA9TIR Jim going to spread topsoil in area where tree was removed. Xyl lost 60 lbs. via Weightwatchers. 3. 9Z4FV Donald is Customer Service Engineer for heavy equipment, nautical machines, biomed equipment and does repairs on much of it. Very wet in Trinidad. Rainy season now. 4. KB5LKE Mike wife sick so will not make much noise this morning. Has respiratory infection. 5. NA5CC Charlie mob fly in in La Grange. Hot. Going to ham breakfast 6. K5MIR Curtis new tort law in TX limits silliness in the courts. Call fm Jim K3AVR re house sale in Bogota. Buyers are waiting for Jim to arrive. Jim's mother is very bad so he will stay there a bit longer. Roy Quintrell, developer of his neighborhood in Blue Ridge, GA died this week. James Arness of Gunsmoke died. 7. N1DL Karl getting ready for the trip to Blue Ridge, GA in a few weeks - the plane stays in Naples. 8. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Dr. Death (Jack Kevorkian) died at age 83. Latinos in USA are organizing a political party that will be called The Tequila Party (no joke). Went to see a cow for sale yesterday at a farm that produces 2,900 liters of milk/day. Pouring down rain now and rained 1.1 inches yesterday. QRT 13:15z 9. K3JJK Lee June 3, 2011 Viernes 1. K5MIR Curtis NCO for first ½ net. 2. K5LYN Lynn ckd out. In Austin apt today. 3. WB2HIR Art 78 deg earlier today 4. WA9TIR Jim 5. KD1BL Brad Google Docs scribe today...Thanks Brad...going to cut trees today and practice fly casting in prep for brother's visit next week. 6. WA9AAA Doug 7. KB3VWO ? 8. KP4PRI Rob 9. K8OMA Larry 10. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. Daughter going to be on vacation soon so will be able to get to the net earlier in a few days. 11. NP2NC Bob told how to fly an airliner through a storm and what the Air France pilots did wrong to cause the crash between Brazil and France.
June 2, 2011 Jueves 1. KB5LKE Mike goin' fishin' Friday night. Hurt his side slipping on a spray can 2. NA5CC Charlie NCO for first ½ net . Hot and dry. Son back from swearing into the Army. Going to head to Ft. Benning, GA for bootcamp. Sitting under elm tree watching birds 3. WB2NBJ Ray routine Dr. appt. today. 76deg temp...warm day today. Good ham club mtg. in Williamstown last night. Getting cranked up for field day and 15kw generator in shape. He's in good shape for the shape he's in. 4. KC8IQF Ron special community survey people showed up again and said he only had to answer the questions he select Ckd 13:22z 73,s 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. 6. KP4PRI Rob helped Harry HK3ZOR clean up and speed up his computer yesterday. 7. NP2NC Bob lots of bugs around. 8. KG4WHC Elvis June 1, 2011 Miercoles 1. KC8IQF Ron Acer UX series computer coming out soon. Predicted to take 45% of market. 2. WB2NBJ Ray 3. KB5LKE Mike picked tomatoes and squash and beans yesterday. 4. K5MIR Curtis NCO for first ½ net 5. NA5CC Charlie going to ham lunch today. Strained a muscle yesterday. 6. WA9AAA Doug Space shuttle flew over Marco. Wife going to retire soon. 7. K5LYN Lynn very busy movi 8. KP4PRI Rob 9. W9MGM Les 10. WV8USA Chris in W. VA 11. HK3OR Harry NCO for last ½ net 12. K3JJK Lee 13. WB2HIF Art very dry May 31, 2011 Martes. It's not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what type of life you have lived. 1. WB2NBJ Ray went to bank and came back to net with his pockets full. 2. W9MGM Les NCO for first part of net. mentioned this day in history in 1889 was the Johnstown flood where 2,200 people lost their lives. Sheila Charles, one of Ray Charles' 12 children by 5 women, sang in Les' church last Sunday. She is the only one of Ray's children to go into the music business. 3. NA5CC Charlie his ancestor Billy Claiborne lost his wife and daughter in TX and moved to Arizona to join an outlaw group that was in the OK Corral gunfight. He died and was buried in Boot Hill there. 4. K5MIR Curtis going to "carry" Clive to the Atlanta airport today. 5. MOCOA Clive Georgia mobile. going back to Gosport via London. Will try and ck into the net via the Navy ham club shack. 6. KC8IF Ron 7. WB2HIF Art 8. K0KHW Frank 9. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last part of net. Mentioned that Marty N2IRJ was in the Johnstown, PA flood in the 1970s. 10. K3JJK Lee had another painfree day. Said that the 1889 Johnstown Flood was caused by rich people building a faulty dam. 11. NP2NC Bob just got back from swimming. May 30, 2011 Lunes, Memorial Day. 1. K5MIR Curtis NCO for first ½ net 2. WB2NBJ Ray going to do yard with with xyl 3. KB5LKE Mike went fishing with ED ( Charlie's brother) no fish just good boat ride. 4. NA5CC Charlie 5. M0COA Clive 6. K8OMA Larry ckd out 1300 7. KP4PRI Rob 8. N0WWY Jeff 9. N9IM Scott son was awarded a college ROTC scholarship worth $120,000 10. KC8IQF Ron Ckd OUT 13:10z 11. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net 12. WB5HVH/m Jim 13. WA9TIR Jim first time he's seen the sun in quite a while and should be 80 deg today. 14. N0DFP Bob rainy day. Community helping friend's roof repair. His friend was paralyzed after falling off a roof. No word from Dinis. 15. K3JJK Lee 16. NQ5H H 17. NP2NC Bob
May 29, 2011 Domingo, Zaterdag 1. NA5CC Charlie sold some cattle a few days ago. Is waiting for daughter to return to house from her tent where she spent the night. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO commented on the many apps on his wife's new Motorola Atrix 5G. It's 10x faster than his laptop computer and has 10x the capacity. Very impressive. Recommends the History channnel program "The President's Book of Secrets." Going to ck out Project Northwoods regarding Cuba around 1967. Hadn't heard of it before. 3. KC8IQF Ron mentioned that Lockheed Martin had a cyber attack. 4. J73CAJ Conrad 5. NP2NC Bob 420 whale sharks 6. K3SLJ Len enjoying a relaxing spell and fixing up the house. Victory bike didn't start today. Is going back to NJ later today. 7. K5MIR Curtis practicing his English and teaching Harry and Clive that the Texas plural of Y'all is All Y'all. 8. M0COA Clive operating from K5MIR QTH. Flew over oil spill in Caribbean yesterday going to Atlanta from St. Croix. 9. KD1BL Brad in Vermont. Raining and very wet everwhere. 10. KP4PRI Rob entire family feeling under the wx. If you wish to see a great movie describing the near collapse of our financial system in 2008, see the movie "Too Big to Fail." Based on what forced the bailout of AIG and the TARP fund mess. 11. WA9TIR Jim 12. VE3DWI Tony in Ontario. If you go to a site called "Jamster" on your cell phone U can expect a monthly charge of $10. Reply to their email with the word "STOP" in it and they take you off the list. ckd out 13:24z 13. KG4GPJ Larry in NC about 20 miles from BlueRidge, GA 14. K3JJK Lee had first pain free day in 4 months. Says Nasonex helps sinus sufferers smell and taste better. 15. N0WWY Jeff in Ft. Myers 16. K8OMA Larry at The Lake waiting for wiener roast and storm showers. 17. KG4WHC Elvis took xyl on a late night bike ride.
May 28, 2011 SAMSTAG, SABADO, SATURDAY The reason ideas die quickly in some heads is because they can't stand solitary confinement. 1. K5MIR Curtis 2.HK3ZOR Harry NCO in only for a few minutes today. (anyone have a full list for today?) 3. KI4QUD or OUD? 4. K1BBQ Jerry 5. KB5LKE Mike 6. NA5CC Charlie 7. N0WWJ Jeff 8. KD4ZUL John 9. KG4VNI Ernie in Kaplan Co., FL 10. K3AVR Jim
MAY 27, 2011 VIERNES, FREITAG The members of the smart set never get that way by listening to on another. 1. KB5LKE MIKE wants to go fishing since Charlie's brother caught 3 limits of Speckled Trout during the past few days. 2. W9MGM LES first ½ net NCO 3. K5LYN LYNN very busy today. Was in and out. 4. WB2NBJ RAY looking at high lawn that needs urgent attention. 5. KC8IQF RON still Raining after 2 weeks. Ckd Out 13:05z 6. HK3ZOR HARRY NCO last ½ net. Harvested 12 liters of honey. More in near future. Still rainy. ½ inch yesterday. Are there still 3 lane highwaysin the USA? Commented on the compressed air car article sent out by Charlie NA5CC. 7. KJ4VFB JOHN mobile going to work in the jungle. Cloudy. 8. N1DL Karl done flying for the week - some rain expected today 9. NA5ED Charlie ( NA5CC) local noise in Houston at brother's home. 10. W9TIR Jim 11. KP4PRI Rob 12. K3JJK Lee survived the vampire again. Says PA still has many 3 lane roads. 13. NP2NC Bob Long Island had many 3 lane roads. MAY 26, 2011 Jueves 1. KJ4VFB John NCO for first ½ net. ckd out for work 2. W9MGM Les people hospitalized for eating a toadstool instead of a mushroom. GM hiring 2500 new employees for new car in Mich. Had 7 inches of rain recently. Mississippi river level is critical. 3. KB1MGY Arnold 4. WB2NBJ Ray 5. VA3ORT m/m Randy near Panama in Caribbean. 6. NA5CC Charlie next to last school day for daughter Emma. about ½ inch rain last night. Hail also. Nice wx now....found lost car keys yesterday and will make duplicates. Is washing car. 7. NQ5H H building more detectors and busy. Said a burglar in Oregon got scared when he learned that the owner was outside with a gun so he locked himself in the bathroom and called 911. 8. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net Told about US Govt. experimenting for many years cloning emotions (EEG brain waves) and being able to wireless transmit those emotions back to a person to recreate the feeling again. More rain last night. 9. WA9TIR Jim K2SAB Steve is visiting Jim today. Raining. Was sick during trip to Dayton. 10. NP2NC Bob 11. K3JJK Lee 12. KG4WHC Elvis was working tornado net. Storms all around and had nearby a couple mobile homes "explode." 13. KB5LKE Mike went to bed late at 1 AM and got up late 14. HK3SR Ray May 25, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5LYN Lynn checked out to work on deck before it got to hot 2. KC8IQF Ron Ckd. Out 13:04 Lightning. Posted many HamVention pictures on the web. Heavy rain and thunderstorm. 3. KB5LKE Mike NCO for first ½ net Charlie's brother caught lots of fish and inspired him to go fishing soon. Made a cassarole from his garden squash. 4. WB2NBJ Ray concrete work done now. 1st part of project. 74 deg now. 5. NA5CC Charlie cows treated yesterday for various things in pen and had a wild day with the bull that escaped to neighbor's farm. Bull downed a horse and rider and dented two trucks. Charlie jumped around so much dodging the bull that he lost a set of keys....no duplicates. Bull finally back in his own pasture. 6. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. Rained 1.1 inches last night. Told about new fireretardant product called Fireice. It is a natural product that can be sprayed on a person's body to escape through a burning house or sprayed on a house (cost $400/house). A person can cover their hand with it and will not feel a 2000deg blowtorch. Can be washed off with water in 3 days. 7. N0DFP Bob 8. N9NAQ/mob Kevin in Joliett, Illinois going to work 9. K3JJK Lee 10. ???maybe N4UCR or N4EG0?? 11. N5KOU Shannon mob in truck near Boyd, TX. Second day cking into the net. Is president of Texas Minutemen who patrol the Mexican/Texas border and host of a radio show once a week called "The Frank and Shannon Show". 12. 9Z4FV Donald in Trinidad. Has been very busy this past week. 13. HI7VGE Victor May 24, 2011 1. N1DL Karl, Naples FL giving flying a rest today 2. KC8IQF Ron good weather today. Still has bronchitis. Says stealth Blackhawk helicopters have blades cut so wind goes up to silence them. 3. WB2NBJ Ray, NJ has some concrete work done around the house today 4. K1AX Bob NH not copying Ray, band still long, very little sunshine lately. 5. VE3DWI Tony taking the dog to the kennel for a trim 6. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net 7. N1IOM Paul VT cloudy and 57 F with 3.5 inches of rain - soggy! 8. K8OMA Larry OH using a 40m dipole today 9. KF4MJJ Fred Naples, FL actual QTH Golden Gate east of Naples 10. N0DFP Bob 11. KB5LKE Mike daughter will have a boy around the end of November 12. K5MIR Curtis 13. KB2MUQ Paul 14. NA5CC Charlie cattle penning this morning. Waiting for cowboys to arrive. 15. W4NLD John enduring bad rains. 16. KP4PRI Rob 17. K3JJK Lee 18. NP2NC Bob 19. N5KOU Ken in Boyd, TX 20. HK3SR Ray 21. WB5HVH Jim 22. K3AVR Jim via K3AVR via K3AVR remote , sitting in a hospital waiting room in Manhattan KS while my Mom has her lungs vacuumed out . Hope to be back in FL around June 5th to pay bills and then head off to Bogota for much of the year. 23. KG4WHC Elvis Has a newly rebuilt amplifier, that looks new ,running at 900 Watts May 23, 2011 Lunes. "I have lived long enough to see things for a second time and know that my decision was correct the first time" ...Josh Billings Tornado destroys 75% of Joplin, MO....Also Minneapolis hit. Note: Greetings from Jim K3AVR in stormy Manhattan KS. looks like another severe T-strom cell is going to cross the remains of Joplin 0930 EST. The worst storms are missing this area so far. Spending every day with my Mom who I moved into skilled nursing while many family members are visiting. She is in no severe pain after brain radiation a few weeks ago. I will check in when the remote HF is working again. Hope everyone is well! de Jim K3AVR 1. NA5CC Charlie has a lot of bull to deal with, but not today. 2. VE3DWI Tony. ckd out 13:23z 3. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH very bassy mic but 4. K5CLC Chris Georgetown TX 5. WB2NBJ Ray NJ 63.7 overcast 6. KJ4REK/mm Lee said martial law declared in Guatemala 7. VA3ORT/mm Vessel is Nirvana II Randy and Dawn off the coast of Panama 8. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal 10. WB2HIF Art 11 KB5LKE Mike 12.K3JJK Lee, Harrisburg, PA 13. KJ4VFB John 14. KC8IQF Ron 15. WB4NLD John in soggy TN with rain. May 22, 2011 Domingo. The World did not come to an end yesterday as was predicted. 1. W9MGM Les 60mph winds and pea hail yesterday. Daughter and her husband in Rome, then going to Florence, Venice and Milan. Les has 4 grandchildren and two dogs to sit soon. 3 ½ inches rain last night. Got boat out. 2. KB5LKE Mike still dry. Picked green beans and tomatoes yesterday. "fin'to" check out! 3. HK3ZOR Harry in El Rosal NCO washed car yesterday and can see the color of the car again. Told about 3D underwater pictures of Port Royal, Jamaica and the history of Henry Morgan the pirate and his rise and fall. Used cars in the USA are appreciating. Prius has gone up the most. GM cars most favored. 4. K5MIR Curtis going to Nashville with bike riding friends from Calif. Italy in Texan is pronounced "It-ly." 5. NA5CC Charlie had to fix well for cattle yesterday, then Sheriff called at 4am that the bull was out on the highway! the joys of farm life! 6. NP2NC Bob commented on cruise ship epidemics. 7. KC8IQF Ron caught a cold at Dayton Hamvention. Told about book about Germany at the time Hitler took over. Another group almost took over the country . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Valkyrie 8. K3JJK Lee 9. KG4WHC Elvis serious audio problem today.....got it solved and S9 now with 1100 watts out. 10. W5JJG Jim Dallas, TX 72 deg and humid today. May 21, 2011 Sabado 1. K1AX Bob in NH 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO picked strawberries from friend's field yesterday and should pick blackberries today. China going to build railroad parallel with Panama Canal in Colombia to transport coal from Col. and to transport Chinese goods manufactured in Colombia. Will not be much competition for the canal since 20-30 trains needed to carry the same amount as a container ship. 3. KB5LKE Mike going to Houston today with his wife. Picked first tomato today. Niece got her Navy wings. 4. K5MIR Curtis his butt is sore from many bike rides during the past 2 weeks. More biker friends coming for one day tomorrow. Then going to Grand Ol Opry land soon. Going to pick up Clive MOCOA in a week in Atlanta. XYL got back Monday. 5. KJ4REK m/m Lee just got back from drinking wine in Tuscany, Italy. Going to MD soon for grandson's Eagle Scout Award. 6. N1DL Karl in Naples, FL been flying all week in good WX after coming back from Europe where it was very expensive. (QRT 13:00 Z) 7. KC8IQF Ron went to Hamvention. Going to post pictures on net. 8. WA5GHR Bill in Freeport ,Texas 9. K3JJK Lee 10 May 20, 2011 Viernes 1.VE3DWI TONY 2.KB5LKE MIKE NCO for first ½ net. Garden has tomatoes, squash and green beans growing well. 3.KP4PRI ROB. I actually have bananas and pineapple growing in my back yard this year! 82 deg and raining like crazy. 4.WB2NBJ RAY 66.6 deg. Getting porch and steps reworked with new railing. 5.AB8N JOE 6.KJ4VFB JOHN 7.HK3ZOR HARRY NCO for last ½ net. Has to see if any blackberries ready for harvest today. Had vet over to look at sick cow yesterday. Wants to investigate more about how the Fed. Reserve System works buying govt. bonds. Says there will be at least an 8 year period in Colombia with very few new doctors since salaries are low for doctors in the mandatory health clinic programs and education costs rising. 8. K3JJK LEE has sinus pain in temple and forehead. Very hurty when he coughs. 9. K3SLJ LEN just got off ½ hour phone call with friend in Malaysia with cancer. Blood pressure medication has let people live longer and get another illness. Grass is very high and needs cutting. Commercial pilots are now being hired with only 1500 hours. May 19, 2011 Jueves 1. WB2NBJ Ray NCO for first part of net. Going to battleship next weekend. 2. K5LYN Lynn 3. KB5LKE Mike going to do cleanup today. Boys' day out while wife works late. 4. KC8IQF Ron leaves tomorrow for Dayton Hamfest 5. K3SLJ Len 6. WB4NLD John lots of heavy rain. Getting ready for Dayton Hamfest. Has been out of town for a while. Has listened but not enough output in mobile. 7. NA5CC Charlie going to Houston today. Inspecting his work on tower. Very damp with SE breeze which may bring thunder storm later. 0.6" rain a week ago. Needs much more. Says Phil HK3SA has several job offers and has to leave the Amazon Queen for Lelia to Captain and take the TV crew for filming in June. He's going to Afghanistan. 8. HK3ZOR NCO for last part of net. still very wet... 0.7" rain last night. 9. N0DLP Bob Dini went 25 miles and has 440 miles to go and wishes the net well. 10. K3JJK Lee May 18, 2011 Miercoles This day in History:On May 18, 1920, Pope John Paul II was born. 1. KB5LKE-Mike NCO for first 40 min of net. Has appt with sanitary engr. and will ck out. 3. WA9TIR Jim raining all week. 4. KC8IQF Ron 5. N0DFP Bob Dinis getting ready for 8 day cruise. Went 6. VE3DWI- Tony got his brakes fixed yesterday. 7. K1AX Bob Friday going to stocked fishing pond and picnic with many local kids for a fun day using debarbed hooks. 8. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. 3.4" rain during the past few days. Backed up info on his 250GB Passport external hard drive to his new Fantom Gforce/3 2 Terrabyte external hard drive last night. His daughter lost 18,000 news article entries in Excel format for a book project she was getting paid for. Road closed between Bogota and Bucarmanga due to landslide washing 4 cars off the road. Commented on fishing video in Indiana where 19 Chinese Carp (thanks for the ID Rob!) jumped into a fishing boat. 9. TG9AWS Steve warming trend....some overcasting.....maybe rain coming. May be going to Marco Island in June to visit daughter graduating to be a teacher in Guatemala. 10. K0KHW Frank warming to 70 deg for a few days. Liked Harry's email and article 11. NA5CC Charlie son's 30th BD today and spent the night near the radio. Yesterday he lost his internet and and cellphone. Many IPs (ITs?) not configured and lost. MAY 17, 2011 Martes 1. WB2NBJ Ray NCO for first part of net. Didn't go to battleship last Sat. 2. KB5LKE Mike went fishing caught about 21 speckled trout on Sunday evening 3. KC8IQF Ron still raining this morning. Too much govt. intervention in private lives these days. 4. N4CZR Bud in Jacksonville, FL. Lived and did Dx in Panama for 16 years. Retired. 5. KB2MUQ Paul 6. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. Heavy rain last night. Computer expert showed that birth certificate that Obama showed was faked using Adobe Illustrator. Miss. River now overflowing. Donald Trump decided not to continue in race for president. 7. W9MGM Les gorgeous 52deg and sunny skies. Green and greener. Xyl has bible study today. 8. K3JJK Lee very wet and election day today. 9. K5MIR Curtis lots of rain and fog yesterday on bike ride. Betty arrived yesterday so had pizza with Len K3SLJ and Bill Nixon. 1800 miles on motos these days. 10MAY 16, 2011 Montag 1. N1DL Karl NCO back from Europe - with the current Dollar to Euro exchange rate this is an expensive undertaking. ckd out. 2. K1AX Bob checks airmen and instructs with CAP as a volunteer, 3. VE3DWI Tony had frost overnight, enjoying his muffin and coffee. Is also a pilot. 14 yr old grand son fell and broke his hip. 4. KC2OVR Ed NJ is a veterinary - short time needs to go to work. ckd out. 5. NA5CC Charlie crisp and clear morning, had a little rain. Phil HK3SA has problem with trees growing up and not allowing him to put up an antenna this trip. 6. K9ZKJ Don Algonquin IL short timer 7. K8OMA Larry Delaware OH, short timer 8. AB8N Joe Lilian AL, Is familiar with the Algoma district and Wawa. Has been on the "Snow train". Lives near Pensacola. Used to live in Calumet, Mich. 9. W9MGM Leslie Delano MN, lawn mowing scheduled for today. Getting deck furniture dusted off for good wx coming. Canoe and boat are also ready. Lake Superior holds 10% of world's fresh water. 10. HK3ZOR Harry 11. K5LYN Lynn on 32S-1 Collins radio today. Little rain. 12. NP2NC Bob remembers Perdido Bay in 1957. Joe AB8N lives there now. Had rain last several days. 13. K3JJK Lee watched Space Shuttle launch this morning.
MAY 15, 2011 DOMINGO 1. K1AX Bob told about CAP history and how uniforms were worn during WWII so that they would be treated like prisoners of war instead of spies in case of capture. Now uniforms are worn for insurance purposes. During WWII the "Damn Yellow Planes" as German submariner called them, forced German subs to submerge since they dropped 20 pound bomb on them. 2. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX Goin' wade fishin' with Charlie's brother and today is taking kids to breakfast. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal Colombia still raining every day. Explained how Amazon Pirarucu fish lives in highly tannic acid water in the calm backwaters and can easily capture smaller fish who are slow due to lack of oxygen in the water. Small Copeton baby bird flew into his window and was stunned. Daughter rescued it and is nursing it back to health. 4. K2SAB Steve severe thunderstorm passed yesterday, but no damage to radio. 5. NP2NC Bob plays piano for fun. Asparagus has cancer healing properties. 6. NA5CC Charlie crisp nice day. 5 dogs and his kids went river swimming yesterday. Big dog got swept downstream and stuck in poison ivy and had to be rescued. 7. N0WWY Jeff in Ft. Myers FL bottom blew out of water heater and flooded parts of property. 8. KC8IQF Ron just in/out today...has to go to church. 9. K3JJK Lee some light rain. 10. KD1BL Brad has continuous rain this week. 11. VE3DWI Tony 45deg. going to cut up a tree and clean mess from recent storm. Watched 3 hour TV program about fishing for Pirarucu in the Amazon, Nile Perch and Sturgeon in Vancouver. May 14, 2011 Sabado 1. KC8IQF Ron Went to son's graduation from Firefighter's School yesterday, but had to evacuate the building for 40 minutes due to a fire. The program was delayed, but went off ok. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Rained 12 hours solid. Cows up to their ankles in mud now. Jim K3AVR picked up Eric last night and got Liliana off to Ft. Lauderdale and then to Bogota to sell home and clean out the house before October. Nothing heard from Phil HK3SA but should be back in Bogota. 3. K5MIR Curtis great grandfather was mayor of Savannah, GA. Had nice moto trip with Len K3SLJ and Bill Nixon. Saw many quaint GA towns and played tourist. Clear blue skies all the way. Went to Blue Ridge Brewery for lunch and got drenched by rain because "other guys" ordered a dessert. 4. K3SLJ Len thinking about his retirement home in the future. Enjoyed his "Curtis" and trolley tour. Went from PA through W. VA and a total of 1800 miles on bike trip. 5. KJ4VFB John in Port Orange, FL Got 3 computers to play with now. 6. K8JK Art in missed the net for a couple weeks. 66 deg and overcast. Incessant rain. 7. HK3OZ John in Chia, Colombia 8. K8OMA Larry in Ohio 9. NQ5H H in TX says the army was training for Iraq with flags and turbines. Wind came up and blew a tent into his farm. 10. NP2NC Bob in St. John. Decrease in bee population may be due to increased use of microwave communications and cellphones. FBI raided St. John back country and one specific town and caught 7-8 drug traffickers via helicopters. 11. K3JJK Lee 12. WA9TIR Jim 13. May 13, 2011 Viernes FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH 1. WB2NBJ Ray 60deg at present. None of his grandkids have married yet. Is waiting to be a great grandfather. Battleship had many visitors yesterday and fired a blank which made lots of noise for the tourists. 2. KB5LKE Mike NCO for first ½ net. Going to Houston to SE Texas Amateur Club meeting tomorrow. Then going to Sugarland to daughter's home to help install a ceiling fan. Won't be here for the net. Oldest grandchild will be 18 in August and going to join the National Guard. Had rain last night. 3. KC8IQF Ron son graduates today from Firefighter Academy. Thunder storms in area. Worn out from grandchildren visit last night. 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. .8inches rain yesterday. 5. K3JJK Lee wanted to be the 13th check in on Friday the 13th at 1300gmt but not enough check ins today due to very poor propagation. 6. NP2NC Bob Took his car on the ferry to St. Thomas to buy food much cheaper. Big FBI drug raid on St. John netted 6 captures with helicopters flying through the valleys. 7. K0KHW Frank 8. K4UVC Bob in Melbourne, FL. Remembers talking to Marty last time he checked in. May 12, 2011 Jueves. 1. NA5CC Charlie Came in early but is now in restaurant having breakfast 2. KB5LKE Mike daughter saw scan of her baby to be born in Nov. Light rain. 3. WB2HIF Art ash from Okeefenochee swamp fire around his area. Going to therapy. 4. WA9TIR Jim has chest congestion and can't talk much. 5. KC8IQF Ron 6. VE3DWI Tony NCO for first ½ net. terrible thunder storm with micro burst yesterday. Big tree fell on house nearby. Lots of tree damage. Getting over chest congestion. 7. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last ½ net. Raining. Cousin's son Dan Marriner is chief designer and partner for new clothing line using USA labor since 97% of clothes bought in USA are imported. His website is www.alexmaineus.com Daughter at Book Fair today. China and Japan hold ⅔ of USA national debt. Some of the rebels supported by NATO and the USA fighting in Libya are Jihadists who fought against the USA in Iraq and Afghanistan. 18.3% of 2010 personal income in the USA came from Federal funds....that's scary! 8. K0KHW Frank had 88deg wx recently but has cooled off now. 9. K3JJK Lee 10.WB2NBJ Ray 11. N0DFP Bob says Dinis is going to leave the Marquesas on Monday. He and Mike had nice QSO with him last night. 12. AH2AH John lived 14 yrs in Guam working for NASA and then for others. Says that the story about virgins paying men for the service of deflowering them is a bit exaggerated.
May 11, 2011 Miercoles. 1. KC8IQF Ron received a suspicious survey from "American Community Survey" in the mail (Ray WB2NBJ also received one) asking many personal questions. 2 . NA5CC Charlie 3. KB5LKE Mike has to water the garden every day due to dryness. NCO for first ½ net. 4. KB3VWO Rob 5. K1AX Bob 6. KF4MJJ Fred 7. K8OMA Larry 8. N0DFP Bob says that Dinis is leaving the Marquesas and going on next leg (700+ miles) of his round the world cruise. 9. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO for last ½ net 10. WB2NBJ Ray 11. K3JJK Lee going in for pre-surgery appt. for sinus operation May 10, 2011 Martes. The more you do for others, the more you gain for yourself. 1. K3AVR Jim Manhattan KS via K3AVR remote. Mom's condition is declining rapidly so will move her on Thursday to nursing unit. 1220 ckd out 2. K1AX Bob ckd out Early net NCO 3. NA5CC Charlie Near Bastrop TX NCO for part of net. via sky command mobile to base. Charlie now has his TS2000 connected to the computer and ready to use remotely via Ham Radio Deluxe. 4. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX still very dry....18" behind normal rainfall. Windy also. NCO for part of net. 5. K8OMA Larry 6. WA2ARS Mort Orlando FL 7. WB2NBJ Ray ** Ckd out ** 8. KP4PRI Rob ** Ckd out **. 1240 Bye Guys! 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MIRaining all night.Ckd:13:21 11. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. 12. KJ4DBB Steve Clearwater Fl 13. K3JJK Lee 14. WB2HIF Art hot and dusty. Fires in the Okeefenokee Swamp. Going to therapy. 15. NP2NC Bob low pressure wx system over Colombia, but moving north to Costa Rica. 14.
May 9, 2011 Lunes 1. WA9TIR JIM 2. KB5LKE MIKE 3. NA5CC CHARLIE going to take leftovers to ham widow friend. Has Kenwood via computer now. 4. KC8IQF RON got traffic ticket??? 5. VE3DWI TONY ckd out 1325z. 52 deg. Too 87 yr old female ham friend out for Mother's Day. 6. WA2ARS MORTON 7. K5LYN LYNN 8. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Col. NCO commented on Hilary Clinton's picture being removed from group picture of men in Situation Room. Mississippi River at all time high. Daughter was pickpocketed yesterday by a 45 yr old woman who was caught by a security guard. She got her Blackberry back. Harry's mother in law is in the clinic so family lunch was made by all at home. 9. KD5VHF Mike in Smithville, TX 77 deg. 10. K3JJK Lee 11. N0DFP Bob says Dini and Veronica are still sailing around the Marquesas. 12. NP2NC Bob going shopping on St. Thomas today. 13. WB2HIF Art going to therapy 3 days/week (wife) so has missed the net. May 8, 2011. Domingo. Mother's Day. 1. KB5LKE Mike in Guy, TX 2. WA9TIR Jim planning to go to Dayton Hamvention on 15th May. Dreading the truck route he has to take to get there. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO will spend part of today taking wife to see her mother in the hospital undergoing various tests. 4. KC8IQF Ron says that Osama ran the Al Quaida operation with finger drives sent via couriers. Ckd Out 12:48z 5. KD1BL Brad in good health. Lilacs beginning to bloom. Lake Champlain is 144 miles long and water level is 4 ft. above flood level. Landslide at power plant took out towers and lines. 6. W9MGM Les using 65 watts today. Short timer. Has pheasants and turkeys running through his yard these days but no coyotes. 7. NP2NC Bob 8. KB1EKV Jim mob on Rt. 1 to Wash. D.C. has loose connection and intermittent vox. 9. NA5CC Charlie recovering after a late night (2AM) party at his qth. Went to swapfest yesterday. 10. KF5JUH Rich in NM. 11. K5LYN Lynn went to Healing Arts Festival yesterday. 12. HK3OZ John water in Chia has gone down 1 meter. 13. KD5VHF Mike . has new Kenwood TS 520 radio. 14. KG4GPJ Larry in NC with 56 deg. wx. Recovering from car accident. A woman ran a red light and hit him. Now has a new car courtesy of insurance company. 15. N0DPF Bob got lots of rest last night after Hamfest lookielou yesterday. May 7, 2011 Sabado. 1. K2SAB Steve going to download Google 11 that has vox commands over internet capacity. 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Apple Ipod 2 being introduced to China. 10 chicks born from 13 eggs under the hen. Phil HK3SA working on Amazon Queen. Will return to Bogota 11 May. Crew from TV program Man, Woman Wild left for CA and will return for filming during last 2 weeks of June. Computer mouse now being made into finger rings. 3. KC8IQF Ron commented on War Dog used during Osama raid. Says Detroit Muslims complaining about problems going across the border. 4. KD5LKE Mike 2 ½ inch cracks in the ground from extreme dryness. Going to give away last puppy so will miss ham breakfast today. Wife is mgr. at local Macy's. Big family reunion tomorrow. When a kid the family had 100-300 chickens, 4 cows and min 15 hogs. 5. WA9TIR Jim Steve K2SAB will visit him after Dayton 6. K1BBQ Jerry still getting 2 eggs/ day from 2 hens. Has a fox in the neighborhood. Next week going to a trade show at mouth of St. Lawrence River and stay in a cottage and visit inlaws. Gas in NH is $3.92 compared to $4.76 in Bogota. 7. K3JJK Lee going through the woods to grandmother's house for Mother's Day 8. HK3SR Ray 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. May 6, 2011 Friday, Vrijdag 2. KB5LKE MIKE was Houston Firefighter and arson investigator for many years. 3. VE3DWI Tony Ontario 46F and rain. Mennonites going to pick up cut wood from him. ckd out 13:30z 4. WA9TIR JIM *a telepathic check-in into the future.... outer limits theme song please..... (a belated Happy Birthday from HK3ZOR if I forgot to send my best wishes on May 1st, the correct day. Also a belated Happy Sinko de Mayo! That's the anniversary of the sinking of a ship full of mayonnaise in Mexican territory) NCO for first part of net. 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO from 1252. Was in downtown Bogota yesterday. 6. W9MGM Les warm wx coming soon. Lots of nice rain. Getting ready for lawn mowing season and new flower garden. 7. N0DFP Bob 8. KC8IQF Ron 9. K3JJK Lee 10. NP2NC Bob 11. KF5JUH Rich 12. 13.
May 5, 2011 Thursday, Donderdag "Words in haste do friendships waste." (Mark Twain) 1. K1AX Bob, Hampton Falls NH 2. KB5LKE Mike, Guy TX (NCO) 3 WA9TIR Jim, Bensenville IL 4. 9Z4FV Don, Trinitad & Tobago 5. WB2NBJ Ray, Glendora NJ 6. WA4RVD Bill, Nebo NC 7. N0DFP Bob, Duluth MN 8. NA5CC Charlie, Smithville TX 9. WB2HIF Art, Fleming Island FL 10. KB4NET Bill, Waxhaw NC 11. WB5MS Mark, Smithville TX 12. K3JJK Lee, Harrisburg PA 13. KB3VWO Bob, Pasadena MD 14. VE3DWI Tony, Ontario 15. NP2NC Bob, St John VI 16. W4ZH Jeff, Pensacola FL Icom 746 Pro
May 4, 2011 Miercoles May 3, 2011 Martes May 2, 2011 Montag, Lundi May 1 ,2011 Domingo, Sonntag MAY DAY today. In 1970 the USA hit 200 million population. Now it's over 300 million. April 30, 2011 Samstag, Saturday April 29, 2011 Viernes April 28, 2011 Jueves, Donnerstag,Thursday. HK3ZOR will not be here this morning. 73 to all. Self-conquest is the greatest of victories. (Plato) April 26, 2011 Martes Dienstag Dinsdag April 25, 2011 Lunes, Montag, Lundi, Monday Language is the dress of thought! (S. Johnson) 1. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls, NH 2. W9MGM Les 3. WB2HIF Art xyl slowly recovering from shoulder problem....3 x week therapy. 4. N1DL Karl Naples, FL Blue skies, day off from flying (out at 12:43 UTC) 5. N0DFP Bob in Duluth MN 6. NA5CC mob Charlie saw cow stuck under tube fence and notified owner. 7. HK3ZOR Harry in El Rosal (MOC=master of ceremonies) 8. HK3SA Phil Leaving for Amazon in 48 hours. (out at 13:05) 9. M0COA Clive, Grand Case, San Martin. Had surround sound and surround feeling when looking at Titanic DVD last night. Rain, leaks and winds during viewing. 10. WA9TIR Jim Bensonville IL 11. K3AVR Jim Marco Island FL got a cold, leaving for Kansas on 4th mother very ill, family all to gather. 12. KK9TT Joe mob, near Corpus Christie, TX with lots of wind. May be 90 deg today and will be visiting the aircraft carrier Lexinton today. Joe and Lisa really enjoy crawling around the old Navy ships. 13. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL April 24, 2011 Domingo EASTER BUNNY DAY 9. KE5EYQ/4 mob Brett in TN April 23, 2011 Samstag Sabado. St. George's Day in England.
April 22, 2011 Viernes (Spanish), Freitag (German), Vrijdag (Dutch)
April 21, 2011 Jueves. Expect the unexpected but never expect the worst. 1. WA2ARS Mort has to go Dr. ckd out
April 20, 2011 Miercoles (Wed.) April 19, 2011 Dienstag, Tuesday
April 18, 2011 Montag, Lundi, Monday 24. April 17, 2011 Domingo. Lincoln is 100 years old today (KD4IQC, not Abraham) and Harry's sister is 65. April 16, 2011 Sabado (Spanish ) April 15, 2011 Freitag Friday
April 14, 2011 Jueves Donnerstag
April 13, 2011 Miercoles "Wednesday" 09:45 UTC SFI = 110 A=16 K=4
APRIL 12, 2011 "Martes" Tuesday Dienstag
April 11, 2012 Lundi Words should be employed as the means, not as the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. (Sir J Reynolds) 1. N1DL Karl, Naples FL looks like humid hot day today again in SW FL 2. K1AX, Bob, NH hot day today expected, but 55F now 3. NA5CC Charlie found his problem - was a RG58 cable - antennas survived storm 4. KB5LKE Mike 73F expecting high 80s 5. K5MIR Curtis, Blue Ridge, GA dark clouds, expecting rain after a hot day yesterday 6. N0DFP Bob 7. KP4PRI Rob, Puerto Rico. Did boat show this weekend. Serious boat envy! Checked out 12:44 UTC. 8. N2CGA Robert, Marco Island 9. WB5MS Mark in Smithfield TX 10. HK3SA Phil Bogota 11.VA7SKM/mm Steve 12. KC8IQF Ron 13. MOCOA/MM CLIVE 14. HK3ZOR HARRY 15. VA7DIN/MM DINI 06 49' s 102 13 w Speed 7K ,winds 12-14 aprox 900 s/sw Galopagos 13:32 Z true course 250 Net Closed 13:35
April 10, 2011 Sonntag Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. 1. K2SAB Steve Spinal surgery scheduled for Wednesday to restore feeling on left side with a . 2. HK3ZOR Harry 3. NQ5H H Still waiting for "inertia" of the government to get moving … to get them off to Japan. 4. K5MIR Curtis 5. J73CAJ Conrad 6. WA9TIR Jim 7. NA5CC Charlie 8. W9MGM Les 9. KB5LKE Mike 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI near Detroit, Waiting to see what his new Grandchild will be named. CKD OUT 13:03z 11. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Hopefully will be leaving tomorrow to get back to Marco Island FL 12. N1UL Ulrich 13. KJ5CB Paul via K3AVR remote Has a firm offer on his house in Marco Island. Will be staying in the retired facility for a couple more weeks. 14. K3JJK Lee 15. KJ4DDB Steve 16. HK3SA Phil Bogota 17. N2CGA Robert Marco Island FL 18. VA7DIN Dini abaord Vida Nova 1318 z Just came out a serious squall at 06 09S 99 54W. Will finish sewing the foot of the sail today if good weather. Dini is coming up on 14.347 Mhz on schedule at around 0130z work friends. He will be coming on earlier but passing traffic to various boats and his traker station Peter in CA. 19. N0DFP Bob Runs the Maratime Net at 14:300 has been following Dini 20.
April 9, 2011 Samstag The things that a man does not say often reveal the understanding and penetration of his mind even more than the things he says. (Robert A. Millikan) 1. N1DL Karl, Naples, FL NCO getting ready to load new firmware into the Alpha 9500 linear amp 2. NA5CC Charlie, TX will be calling from the mobile soon 3. WA9TIR Jim, Sarasota, FL His XYL says Harry's rooster is cocky. 4. KC8IQF Ron, Sterling Heights, MI has new grand daughter since yesterday ckd. out 12:28z 5. N2CGA Robert, Marco Island 6. K5LYN/mobile Lynn, last day of Renaissance Festival 7. HK3ZOR Harry, NCO from 1245 gmt. will be here short time - has to attend daughters school function and take daughter to piano lesson. Rooster became aggressive and attacked his wife.......maybe time for fresh chicken soup? .7 inches rain last night. Students expected to demonstrate today in front of US Embassy in Bogota against US involvement in Libya. cked out 1300. 8. M0COA Clive, St. Martin, FWI 9. K1BBQ Jerry, Red Sox beat the Yankees. Temp agreement between Repubs and Demos to keep govt. running until next Fri. 10. K0KHW Frank 11. VA7DIN Dini at 5 deg 17 min S 98 deg 12 min W. Had squall last night. Not pleasant. 12. KK4AED Howard, FL 13. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia 14 TG9AWS Steve April 8, 2011 Viernes. News Bulletin from Tools KD5TUP in Texas: "Lost the barn with tools, some radio gear, and all the other stuff one keeps there. Also lost the cabin that the oldest son built. I'm going back today to survey the rest." (Forest Fire) Life is a series of problems. Either you're in one now or you're coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota, Colombia has wiring problem in house 240 VAC line shorted to the hot water heater caused a melt down. 2. N1DL Karl Naples, FL was at Marco Island ham luncheon yesterday CKD Out 3. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota, FL 4. HK3ZOR Harry in and out. Heavy hail in Bogota caved in some roofs. 5. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX 6. KB5LKE Mike, Guy,TX Enjoying retirement working in the garden trying to keep the birds out but the stores are out of plastic owls. Will check the next town 7. VA3RLG Ron portable Trenton, ON on G5RV 8. W9MGM Les Delano, MN QRT 12:59z 9. K5MIR Curtis Blue Ridge, GA arrived fine and seems like the equipment is working well 10. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote, in Houston, TX today 11. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 12. W4LFK George Marco Island FL Leaving back to Roanoake, VA a week from today. 13. VE3DWI Tony Sault Ste. Marie, ON 14. KK4AED Howard The Villages, FL 15. N0YD Tom via K3AVR Marco Island remote,St. Louis, MO Ck out @ 1301 16. K3JJK Lee 17. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 18. VA7DIN m/m Dini abaord Vida Nova 04 38S 095 58 W 2,570 K miles to go. With good wind and one reef in the sail doing speed over ground 7 kts with 20 KT gusts. 19. HK3SA Phil Bogota April 07, 2011 Jueves Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. 1. N1DL Karl returned from visit to Naked Lady fly in community - yesterday was best flying weather in years. 2. HK3ZOR Harry came in at 1246gmt. NCO from 1250 on. 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Spent a large portion of the day changing bad plastic trimmer caps in Phil's Icom IC-745 and begining alignment. 4. W9MGM Les QRT 5. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX 6. NQ5H "H" Bastrop TX 7. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 8. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 9. N2CGA Robert Marco Island FL QRT 10. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL QRT? 11. N3IGO Jim Has been three years since last check in. QRT 12. N1UL Ulrich Marco island FL 13. WA2ARS Mort Near Orlando FL 14. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote. Says that a forest fire burnt up outbuildings and barn owned by Tools KD5TUP. His home is ok. His email is tools22@gmail.com 15. K0KHW Frank Looking for W9MGM but missed him by seconds 16. N2IRJ Marty via K3AVR remote. 45deg. in Jackson, NJ 17. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia 18. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 19. HK3SR Ray 20. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL 21. VA7DIN/mm Dini & Veronica S 04 07' W 094 02' Motoring 23. KK9TT Joe Marco Island - taking down HF antenna today for season. Leaving town this weekend. Lots of last minute packing, errands. PC misbehaving -- shuts itself off unexpectedly. Have eye on perhaps a Mac for replacement. Coach at nearby RV park as we load and test. CHD out 13:35. 24. WB5HVH Mobile - Jim near Bastrop TX on I-10. 25. N1EZZ George Akron OH 26. K3JJK Lee 27. WA9AAA Doug in Marco Island FL
April 6. 2011 Miercoles. Life is like a hot bath: The longer you stay in it, the more wrinkled you get. 1. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX 2. NA5CC Charlie Smithville Tx going to the local ham lunch & re couping from yesterdays tower work 3. K1AX Bob Early NCO 4. WB2ARS Mort 5. W9MGM Les QRT @ 12:47 6. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island 7. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia (NCO most of net) Was very happy to hear Paul KJ5CB. 8. KJ5CB Paul via K3AVR remote is spending 30 days at an assisted living facility to give Judy a break for her to spend time with her mother who has Alzheimer's and recently had a bad heart attack. Paul will be home in a couple weeks. He has his dog Calypso with him. 9. M0COA m/m Clive in San Martin Island 10. KC8IQF Ron 11. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 12. K3SLJ Len Malaysia via K3AVR remote on his Ipad with international plan and Blackberry ear buds. 13. WA9TIR Jim not heard by NCO 14. KJ4VFB John Port Orange Fl. 15. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL built a new J-pole 2 meter and 70cm antenna from QST which flat across both bands. 16. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia NCO for last 15 min of net. Commented on deep sea creatures washing up on Japan shore after tsunami, war in Ivory Coast, rubber tree boom in Colombia, rise in Colombian stock market, strengthening of Col. peso and release of toxins under armpits being blocked by anti-transpirante deodorants. 17. K8KOT mobile Herman no reply to call from NCO 18. VA7DIN m/m Dini aboard Vida Nova 02 51 S 093 03W (in the middle of nowhere) 19. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia is working on a Skype patch to HF radio so Veronica can communicate to her son. 20. K3JJK Lee 21. TG9AWS Steve
APRIL 5, MARTES, "Tuesday" (11:52 UTC) SFI= 113 A=7 K=2 1. HK3SA Phil (Net Control) 2. NA5CC CHARLEY working handy, driving to EAST Texas to take down a tower. 6hr drive. Using "Sky Command II " to transmit linked to HF from Handi. See how Charlie is using Kenwood Sky Command www.hamstation.com/.../Kenwood%20Sky%20Command%20PPT.ppt . 3. KB5LKE MIKE Guy Texas Newly retired 4. WB2NBJ Ray Wind and rain last night. Donates time to work on the Battle Ship New Jersey 5. NQ5H "H" Works with cosmic ray detectors. May be going to Japan. 6. J73CAJ Conrad G5RV up 35 feet 7. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Working hard to get gear ready for sale see https://picasaweb.google.com/hk3avr/CommunicationsGearForSale?authkey=Gv1sRgCLChqcD36JTYPQ# and https://picasaweb.google.com/hk3avr/Motorola2210B?authkey=Gv1sRgCLH33M3Hmc7zGA# This list should grow every day until I can't get anymore into this album. 8. K5LYN Lynn Last weekend at Sherwood Forest, 41 9. W3XAF Ken 2006 last check in, near Washing DC, Served in the AF with a navigator named Robin Hood.. Also Served with Johnny Cash in Germany in 54'. 10. M0COA m/m Clive San Martin Island Margo is returning to England for a while, Margo has other Yachters wifes (teh Neighbors) keeping a watch on Clive. 11. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL via k3avr remote 12. KJ4REK Lee Sailing Budweiser Regatta this weekend. Going to "Taco Tuesday" ham radio lunch on Marco Island today at Magarita's.. 13. K3SLJ Len via K3AVR remote on I pad from Malaysia with limited bandwidth with international plan. Len is spending time with his friend who is getting Chemo for cancer. Len will return on the 11th of April. ckd out 1307z 14. K5MIF Steve Marco island FL on dummy load 15. HK3ZOR Harry Heavy hail and rain in Bogota yesterday. Interested in $90 2 Terrabyte external hard drive suggested by HK3AVR. 16. W9MGM Les QRT 13:09z 17. KB1EKV Jim Marco island FL Very busy with Civil Air Patrol and trying to purchase a short sale house on Marco Island. Getting work ready fro Jim upon his arrival to repair Steppir at CAP and install new mobile radio in the new CAP van. 18. VA7DIN/mm Dini aboard Nova Vida 01S 92W in transit. 19. KP4PRI Rob 20. TG9AWS Steve Guatamala City Has been keeping up with Dini aboard the Vida Nova. 21. K3JJK Lee Not hearing many stations Net Closed at 13:56
April 4, 2011 Montag 1. N1DL Karl sunburned from the airshow - looking like a lobster QRT 12:35z Started the early net today. 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls, NH 3. WB2YVY Kurt, NY left the net 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for main net. Commented on 2,000 robots being used in Afghanistan war. The X47B drone is the most advanced robot being used now. Amazed at increase in use of paper after he began using the computer back in 1988. So much for the "paperless society" predicted for the "computer age." 6. K5MIR Curtis getting ready for trip to Blue Ridge, GA Commented on the AOL problem. Going to drain his hot tub and close up house. 7. HK3AVR Jim NCO for early net. Today is repeater duplexer day. I will be dusting off and taking pictures of 440-470, 225-240 mhz , 148-174 cans and ,various preselector cans to put up for sale. 8. NA5CC Charlie Is really enjoying the Kenwood sky command using his handheld running around the area operating the TS2000 remotely. Colorado River is rising next to him. His island is gone now. Going to take down a tower in E. Texas to pay for daughter's new gocart. 9. W9MGM Les Making saw dust today for wainscoting in one of the spare bedrooms, deck furniture moved from barn to deck. Most flooding of streams and rivers receding. 10. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota, FL 11. KB1EKV Jim Needs a bilingual electrician handy man to make a trip into the mountains of Honduras for the Cape Cares dental clinic. The 240 VAC air compressor that powers all the pneumatic tools is failing. 12. M0COA m/m Clive San Martin. Margo leaving tomorrow for England. 13. K0KHW Frank Plymouth, MN - Rain/Snow/Cold but Spring is coming! 14. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL lousy fishing recently off his back dock. 15. KJ4BMY m/m Richard Aboard sailing yacht Dance Aweigh with home port Marco Island, FL 16. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 17. KK9TT Joe Marco Island. Beginning a new land voyage next week to explore unknown frontiers as well as known frontiers. Have you seen the live feed of nesting eagles yet? Very interesting: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles. 2 eaglets just hatched; another coming soon. CKD out 13:27z 18. VA7DIN m/m Dini leaving the Galapagos Islands (Isabella) 19. K8KOT mob. Herman in Savannah, GA. High winds hamper RV travel. 20. TG9AWS Steve in Guatemala City April 3, 2011 Domingo 1. WB2NBJ Ray 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO 3. J73CAJ Conrad Dominica Island 4. KB5LKE MIke OUT 5. K5MIR Curtis 6. N9FQC Larry Sterling, IL 7. M0COA/FJ m/m Clive San Martin Island 8. KJ4DBB Steve 9. KK4AED 10. K8KOT mob Herman between Miami and Savannah, GA waiting for wx in OH to get better. 11. NA5CC Charlie 12. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Unhappy I will have to send Liliana back to USA on the 9th but I will have to stay until I can get a seat to return space available. Am having 13. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL Had a great BBQ party at Civil Air Patrol and has new people for ham tech class 14. N1UL Ulrich Marco Island FL on vertical marine antenna with 150 watts. The new pneumatic mast has arrived but needs to be installed. 15. KG4GPJ Larry NC 16. KC8IQF Ron 17. KI4KBO Robert in Reva, VA 18. W4TTB Maggie Marco Island FL using Ulrich's station in Marco Island FL with three element Steppir antenna at 55 ft. 19. HK3SR Ray 20. VA7DIN/mm Dini Veronica put in a new QRZ photo for HC8GR They are leaving this morning for the Marquesses a distance of 3,010 miles. 21. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia worked K5AW aeronautical mobile around 0100z who was in route to Guatemala City. Mike will appear again on 14.347 sometime today and tomorrow 22. W9MGM Les 23. KJ4ZEF Charles N.C. 24. TG9AWS Steve Guatemala City 25. N2CGA Robert NET CLOSED AT 13:47 UTC 26. WA9TIR Jim
3. April 02 , 2011 Sabado 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL, Talked to N1DL Karl at Sun n' Fun air show in Lakeland FL and standing water was so deep only one entrance was open with long lines to get in. Video of Lakeland show at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzQUwZe1p3U 2. HK3AVR Jim Went to dinner with HK3AA at WOK restaurant and found portions are more expensive and smaller than before. Disturbing when it was our favorite restaurant. Video of Sun n Fun storm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WyD7gPWTes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNt1BKqF3a0 3. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX going down to Christmas bay to teach a friend how to use soft plastic baits as taught to him by Ed, Charlie NA5CC's brother. Last year they caught more than 500 trout. 4. HK3ZOR Harry 5. WB2BNJ /m Ray 6. K1BBQ Jerry 6 inches snow yesterday after finally saw the grass last Thurs and let chickens out for first time this Spring. 7. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote At the QTH of his brother na5ED, Houston TX 8. KJ4DBB Steve Clearwater FL. 300ft. Sheriff's towers fell during recent tornado. Two ham friends also lost free standing towers. 9. NQ5H "H" Going to Far East with 3 detectors to monitor nuclear power plants. Pollen attack powdering his trees these days at his ranch. 10. K5LYN Lynn /m Near Austin TX on the way to the last weekend of Sherwood Forest renaissance faire . 11. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights near Detroit Ck. Out 13:22z. 12. KG4WHC Elvis 13. KG4GPJ Larry going out to do yard work. 14. VA7DIN Dini m/m aboard Vida Nova will be diving today to clean the bottom of the boat. Departure delayed due to Dini's stomach ache. Will depart to Marquesas's about 3000 miles and about 30 days on high seas. Anchored next to National Geographic Ship Endevor 15. K8JK Art back from trip to a funeral 16. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia 17. N0YD Tom St. Louis via K3AVR remote. Saw Napoleon exhibit at museum. ck out,73 18. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 19. NJ2BB Dave (N2UDA) aboard the battleship New Jersey. Ray WB2NBJ also running the station 20. HK3AA ALAN Bogota Colombia 21. K3JJK Lee 22. VE3RIA Andrew in Bradford, Ontario 23. K8KOT Herman mob. 24. N3KKF Bill Osgood Indiana, 25. N0WWY Jiff Ft Myres FL G5RV antenna 26. HK3SR RAY 27. KK9TT JOE - Marco Island FL - experimenting with Open APRS XL for iPad. 28. N1UL Ulrich aboard Dragonfly Plus at the dock in the Yacht club with normal S-9 marine noise level Net Closed at 13:57 UTC April 01, 2011 1. WB2NBJ Ray ckd out to misa 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 3. W3XAF Ken Ft. Washington, MD CKD Out 1240z 4. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO. Telling everyone to update their lives and activities on Google Docs. Had a 2.5 ft. Corn snake fall on his shoulders while trimming a palm tree in Marco Island. Has a lifetime of accumulated treasures to dispose in Bogota. 6. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote 7. KJ4VFB John, Port Orange Checking out Early (WORK)! 8. WB2HIF ART Fleming Island FL 9. NQ5H "H" Bastrop TX 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 11. KB5LKE Mike Guy TX 12. K8KOT Herman Miami FL 13. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 14. KP4PRI Rob. Pictures of Airplane Damage in Tampa: See p2&3 of 4. http://www2.tbo.com/photoalbum/2011/mar/31/severe-storms-march-31/ And for those of you who wish to track what earthquakes happened in the last 24 hours around the world - see : http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html 15. M0COA m/m Clive San Martin Island 16. HK3SA Phil no internet today. 17. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota Radio Club 18. KD1BL Brad NW Vermont 19. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL 20. KK9TT Joe Marco Island Fl. CKD Out 13:31z Storm in Lakeland FL site of Sun 'n Fun air show caused plenty of damage. Here's photo gallery: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150192388678623&id=192081688622&aid=358039 Several stories from local paper here: http://www.theledger.com/ 21. KK4AED Howard Central FL, Lost flag pole in the storm, Looking for W9MGM 22. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal. Colombia been sooo busy with medical and family matters. Barely missed traffic jam in Bogota Wed. in front of National University when students threw explosives in tin foil into traffic during protests against new Govt. rulings regarding education. 23. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL No fish caught yesterday.....maybe better luck today. 24. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 25. VA7DIN Dini aboard Sailing Yacht Nova Vida , will depart Galapagos tomorrow to Marquesas. See http://vidanova35.blogspot.com/ 26. HK3SR Ray
Maerz 31, 2011 Donnerstag 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Liliana is doing well and will return to "Eveready Bunny" mode probably tomorrow. 2. NA5CC Charlie 3. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 4. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Looking forward to the move to Blue Ridge GA next Tues. or Wed. 5. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI Ckd. Out 13:18 z 6. NQ5H "H" Bastrop TX Net control on 14.300 Sunday 1500 CST. See http://mmsn.org/ 7. N1DL Karl Naples FL thunderstorms expected in pm QRT 12:40z 8. WB2NBJ Ray, NJ Glendora NJ 9. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 11. J73CAJ Conrad in Roseau, Dominica having health challenges 12. M0COA Clive aboard sailing yacht Revid, Saint Martin Island, FWI 13. N0YD Tom St Louis via K3AVR remote, trying out the SDR radios, Tomorrow will visit St.Louis History Museum to see visiting exhibition on Napoleon, Tnx for Remote Jim 14. KB4NET Bill Foust Waxhaw 15. WB2TGY mobile Bob Naples FL 75 watts 16. WB5HVH mobile 100watts on a hamstick 17. NP2NC Bob 18. KJ4DBB Steve Clearwater FL 19. VE0LIN Linda and Jeff 300 miles north of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) or (Isla de Pascua) See http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html 20. KK9TT Joe Marco Island FL Removing the motor coach from storage this weekend to test ham system and check out all land yacht systems. Joe and Lisa will leave I-70 to I-10 and west to Pacific around the 10th of April. See http://www.newmarcorp.com/models/luxury/Mountain%20Aire Tnx, Jim! CKD 13:48z 21. VA7DIN/mm Dini See http://vidanova35.blogspot.com/ Net closed at 13:53 UTC HK3SA March 30, 2011 Miercoles 1. N1DL Karl going to Sun n Fun for air show QRT at 12:08z 2. K1AX Bob flying t o Sun n Fun 3. VA7DIN/HC8 Dini, See http://vidanova35.blogspot.com/ Operating from El Junco DX station at the top of the volcano crater on San Cristobol Island Galapagos Islands. Stayed all night at the "finca" and worked a lot of DX with the fantastic station. Took a short ride on the fuel tanker that supplies fuel to the Galapagos Islands. See http://hc8n.info/ 4. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, Liliana is home from the cervical disk replacement but still has a very sore throat from anesthesia airway and headache. 5. K5MIR Curtis, Marco Island going over to Ft. Lauderdale today 6. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 7. KB5LKE Mike, Guy, TX Kenwood TS2000, Heathkit SB200 amp and Mosley TA33M antenna. 8. NA5CC Charlie base and mobile 9. K5LYN Lynn 10. M0COA Clive m/m FJ an Martin Island Heavy rains on the Island last night rained out the artisan market. CKD out 1250z 11. KC8IQF Ron CKD out 12. KM4MJJ Fred Ckd out 1255z 13. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL fishing but not much catching. ckd out 1300z 14. WB2NBJ Ray 15. KP4PRI Rob 16. HK3SA Phil 17. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 18. W9MGM Les 19. HK3SR Ray
March 29, 2011 Martes 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota The Surgery was a complete success so far, as Liliana has the sensation back in her fingers of her right hand, no phantom pains in her shoulder blade area, so presumable the strength in her right arm has returned as well. Liliana may be discharged today to rest at home a couple days. 2. W9MGM Les Delano MN 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 4. HK3SA ( on at 12:30 UTC NCS ) 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL Has been working with the local electric company and can now hear well after they found and replaced the HV lightning arrestor arcing about 4 blocks away. 6. KC8IQF Ron Mt. Sterling MI 7. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 8. M0COA/FJ M/M Clive San Martin Island 9. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ CKD out 1244z 10. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL 11. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL 12. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL ANTENNA PROBLEMS ON TX. 13. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL really enjoying the QRO amplifier on the FT-950. It is geat to be heard well! 14. K9ZKJ Don via K3AVR remote Marco island FL 15. N0YD Tom St. Louis via K3AVR remote, Skype fone disconnect, Signing out, 73 16. K0KHW Frank Minnesota 17. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL 18. KB5LKE Mike Guy, TX 19. KK9TT Joe - Marco Island FL CKD out 13:53 20. VA7DIN/mm Veronica and Dini Galapagos Islands Archipelago 600 miles west of Ecuador near the Equator will be going to the highest point on St. Cristobal Island called "El Junco" which is the QTH of Guido HC8GR and the club DX station. This highest point is also the edge of an extinct volcano crater lake. Don't mess with the Iguanas as they eat Cactus and are very prickly. See http://www.ecuador-travel.net/galapagos.site.junco.htm
21. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal, Colombia. 22. NP2NC
Maerz 28, 2011, Montag 1. N1DL Karl pitch dark sky, thunderstorm warning, 60 mile winds forecast, fog creeping in 2. HK3SA Phil in and out - on the way to US Embassy Bogota 3. W9MGM Les NCO 4. KC8IQF Ron 23 degrees 5. K0KHW Frank 6. M0COA/mm Clive M0DCJ Margo 7. WB2NBJ Ray temps still below freezing, going shopping today 8. NP2B John 9. NA5CC Charlie 10.K8OMA Larry QRT 13:14z 11. KJ4REK Lee tied up at his dock in Marco Island, FL 12. KK4AED Howard Orlando, FL 13. MM0DCJ Margo 14. K5MIR Curtis 15. VA7DIN DINIS Galapagos, Islands 16. KF4MJJ/m Fred 17. KJ4YFH Happ Silver Springs, MD 18. K5LYN Lynn March 27, Domingo 1. HK3ZOR Harry NCO in El Rosal, Colombia. Has early appts. Monday and Wed. in Bogota. 2. W9MGM Les ckd out 3. WA9TIR Jim daughter and family visiting him and going to fair today. 4. NQ5H H watched night turn into day from his house this morning and propagation follow the daylight. 5. KD1BL Brad. Son John got his General Ham ticket and is considering asking for his granfather's callsign. Son has 4,500 maple trees and in middle of 3 week harvest season. Has 20 barrels (33gal/barrel) of maple syrup. 6. M0COA m/m Clive eating French croissants in lagoon in San Martin. 7. KJ4CGC Walt in Moulton, AL 8. NA5CC Charlie 9. K5MIR Curtis 10. KB5LKE Mike plowing up a garden these days. 11. NP2NC Bob dry. Going to Harrisburg, PA Thurs. Also NYC. 12. KK9TT Joe - ckd out 13:25z 13. HK3SA Phil. Says Jim HK3AVR's xyl Liliana's surgery is postponed until Monday. She is in pain in the hospital now. 14. VA7DIN/mm Dini Will be touring the Island today. Swam with 2 mtr long sharks and turtles. 15. KJ4REK m/m Lee sailing with spinnaker and will arrive in Marco Island about 5:30PM today. 16. K3JJK Lee 17. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Liliana still has not had the cervical disk surgery due to an infection which is now being treated. She is on a ringer drip with heavy pain meds and antibiotics. The surgery is scheduled for Monday 0930. Interesting fact is flowers are not permitted in the hospital as bacteria can be come into the hospital on the flowers. We are very happy with health services and Colsanita service in Colombia. See http://portal.colsanitas.com/portal-web/web/colsanitas .
March 26, Sabado 1. N1DL Karl in/out early today. 2. K5MIR Curtis xyl did a nice job cleaning up his ham shack yesterday. 3. K2SAB Steve only heard once at beginning of net. 4. KC8IQF Ron concerned about radiation spreading from damaged Japanese nuclear plant. 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO until 1305. Taking daughter to piano lesson. 6. MOCOA m/m Clive 7. WA2ARS Mort in Apopka, FL. Finally got his antenna back up. Short timer. 8. KJ4REK m/m Lee underway motoring out of Key West channel towards Marco Island. Said to tell HK3AVR that he saw Jim Heltzinger living on his boat for the past 4 years in Key West. 9. WBHVH mobile Jim going from Bastrop to Smithville for ham breakfast. 10. NQ5H H had dinner with Paul and Judy at Mexican restaurant. Paul's conversational skills are good, but multitasking skills are a problem. He needs ham friends to set up radio and lock on freq and settings. H's detector worked during and after the trip. Had a good trip. 11. WA9TIR Jim 12. VA7DIN Dini says there is a very tall tower with 4 all band 4 antenna array for the Galapagos Ham Club. Land donated by Don Guido and funds supplied by USA hams including W6NL. See it at http://hc8n.info/ 13. HK3SA Phil took over NCO at 1305 in the middle of heavy ham contest QRM. Says Jim HK3AVR is at hospital with xyl Liliana awaiting surgery this morning. 14. K1BBQ JERRY March 25, 2011 Friday 1. KJ4REK m/m Lee aboard Brigdoon II at anchor in Key West 2. N2CGA Robert Marco Island FL 3. KB1EKV Jim Marco island FL very busy with Marco Island Civil Air Patrol. 4. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 5. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 5. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Scared to death as wife Betty has decided to clean his harm shack, 6. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia NCO first part of net. Will be out until Tuesday morning as I will be in the hospital with Liliana during her recovery from cervical vertabre surgery. CKD out 1322Z. 7. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights Mi reports major reactor breach in Japan will effect area for years to come. Ckd.13:21z 8. N0YD Tom St. Louis via K3AVR remote 9. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 10. VA7DIN Dini m/m Galapagos Islands 11. M0COA Clive m/m aboard Revid in St. Martin Island & MM0DCJ Margo. Clive is off playing with his dingy. 12. KB5LKE Mike Guy ,TX which is SE TX. First day of retirement from being a Deputy. 13. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia NCO last part of net. ATC fell asleep at Reagan AP, Wash. DC and pilot had to land without clearance. H had dinner with Paul KJ5CB and Judy last Wed. All ok there. 14. WB2TGY mobile Bob retired 15 years 15. KK9TT Joe Marco island FL. Loves his IPAD 2...much improved over first one. 16. K3JJK Lee 17. KP4PRI Rob. Had magnitude 3.1 earthquake today; 2.6 yesterday. Hoping they don't continue to build tomorrow! 18. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia 19. WA3AOP Richie via K3AVR remote Had cancerous prostate removed. Chairman of firemen commissioners. Age 70.
March 24, 2011 1. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 2. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 3. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL Reports fire at Miami Airport in a fuel storage tank 4. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 5. HK3AVR Jim Bogota early NCO Preparing Liliana and travel bag to go to Hospital tomorrow where we will spend the weekend. Liliana's neck vertebrae surgery will be possibly be Saturday morning. ckd out 1325z 6. NA5CC Charlie Houston TX Via K3AVR remote CKD Out 1315z 7. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL CKD Out 1245z 8. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 9. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 11 degs with snow has had a blizzard Wed. morning, took 3 hours to clear, ham fest in Buffalo this Saturday, will meet K0KHW Frank there QRT 13:31z 10. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 11. WA2ARS Mort Apopka, FL 12. KJ4REK m/m Lee anchored at Key West. Had wind last night but flat this morning so no sailing back to Marco Island yet. Only 110 miles back to Marco. 13. KP4PRI Rob Dorado P.R. North side of P.R. 14. N2IRJ Marty via K3AVR remote 15. KK9TT Joe Marco Island FL - can pay his fine in installments.On phone, back soon. I'm back … had a call from a client, sorry. 16. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia 17. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 18. N9FQC Larry Sterling, IL 19. VA7DIN Dini m/m aboard Nova Vida in Galapagos Islands. Will link up with HC8GR on the Island. Watching children swimming with the seals. 20. TG9AWS Steve QSO with VA7DIN on 14.121 and 7.073
Mars 23, 2011 Mercredi Net opened 12:30 UTC 1. M0COA/mm MM0DCJ MARGO Clive St Martin 2. KJ4REK/mm Lee Lost prop, fixed it. 3. KJ4VFB John 4. HK3SA Phil NCO 5. K5MIR CURTIS 6. KG2QH JOSE Not in QRZ. Wrong call? 7. WA9TIR JIM Now has the new Comet antenna dipole tuned but is close to trees. Still seems to have better signal than ham sticks. 8. KF4MJJ FRED Naples FL 9. KC8IQF RON Ckd.out 13:20z 10. NA5CC CHARLEY OPERATING NA5ED HOUSTON 11. HK3ZOR Harry tree fell on power lines day before yesterday. Power outage for 16 hours. 2" rain during last 2 days and rained all last night....still raining. 12. N0YD TOM 13. K3JJK LEE to doctor today and tomorrow. 14. WA3LDQ/m Bill Washington DC 15. HK3AA Alan Bogota 16. WB2HIF ART 17. NP2NC Bob St. JOHN needs rain very dry 18. N0RMB GARY in Springfield, MO 19. HK3AVR Jim. Liliana is going to have a neck/vertebra operation this weekend. 20. VA7DIN /MM Galapagos, rolling night at anchor. Sea lions everywhere even on the streets, they walk around with the people. Mars 22, 2011 Mardi on this day in history 1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book. this is a page of it 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Coriolis Effect see http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp There are hundreds of pages on the Internet discussing this effect caused by rotation of the earth. (Early NCO) G2G CKD out 1315Z 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island, FL 3. KJ4REK m/m Lee anchored at Marathon Key departing around 1315z for Key West 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling heights, Mi http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/view?q=section%3ASci/Tech&a=CuR3Uw57CRl6VM&source=news&type=embed Ckd. Out 13:16z 5. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island FL ckd out 1245z 6. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Snow almost gone, rain here, rivers will probably crest tomorrow and will reach 4-6 feet above flood level QRT 13:04z 7. NA5CC Charlie going with Lynn mobile to inventory gear of Silent Key 8. K5LYN Lynn 9. KF4MJJ Fred via iphone Naples, FL 10. KJ4VFB John Port Orange, FL 11. N1DL Karl Naples, FL ckd out 13:02z see new battery technology at http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nnano.2011.38.html 12. WA2ARS Mort Apopka, FL 13. KD1BL Brad Cambridge, VT 22 Barrels Syrup ready for market 14. HK3SA PHIL NCS Reports 15. MOCOA/mm Clive St Martin, going ashore to the Dutch side of San Martin Island 16. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island, Florida 17. N0YD Tom in St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote, now on RF 18. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ 19. VA7DIN Dini, Veronica Net Closed 13:45 UTC Mars 21, 2011 Lundi. God is the best inventor of all time since he took a rib from Adam and made a loudspeaker. (pardon the sexist joke, but it is a ham-related funny) 1. N1DL Karl hazy and foggy this morning in Naples, FL - like Tom's trip pictures - on this day in 1790 Thomas Jefferson became the 1st Secretary of State NCS 11:30 z 2. WB2NBJ Ray overcast in Glendora, NJ, had a good day Saturday on battle ship 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota great BBQ at Phil's house yesterday 3pm to 8:30pm NCS 12:04 z 4. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island, FL 5. NA5CC Charlie mobile 6. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island, FL CKD out 1217z 7. KF4MJJ Fred Naples, FL 8. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX 9. HK3SA Phil NCO for post-net session. Worked Dini VA7DIN m/m, Ulrich N1UL, and Steve TG9AWS great sigs at 2400-0100 z . 10. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for most of regular net. 4.7 quake near Armenia, Col. Amazon town called Nazareth isn't allowing visitors anymore. Japanese nuclear plants 2 and 3 are smoking. 11. W9MGM Les Delano, MN QRT 13:35 12. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island, FL 13. N0YD Tom via K3AVR remote, Cruise photos now on Picasa web album see https://picasaweb.google.com/tomac14/SoAmAntarctica2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCOP_65mN0qP5CQ# 14. KC8IQF Ron CKD out 1340z 15. MM0DCJ m/m Margo. Clive cleaning winches and Margo cleaning the galley. 16. KJ4DBB Steve Clearwater FL Tentec, 500 out, 17. VA7DIN m/m Dini aboard Nova Vida 11 miles to go to cross Equator presently 00 11N 88 55N 1258z, Will toast with 1 shot of Panamanian rum when crossing the Equator. 18. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 19. NP2NC Bob St. John, VI 20. KP4PRI Rob Dorado, PR 21. K8KOT Herman 22. K8JK Art Amherst, OH 23. HK3AA Alan Bogota, Colombia 24. KG4WHC Elvis Dixon, KY 25. HK3DFZ Fabio Bogota, Colombia qsy 14.337 with K8KOT 26. N2CGA Robert https://picasaweb.google.com/tomac14/SoAmAntarctica2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCOP_65mN0qP5CQ# 27. TG9AWS Steve 28. KP2G George St John, USVI Maerz 20, 2011 Sonntag 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island, FL early NCO. Reading book o28n historical places in Texas. Using hydrogen peroxide as a mouth wash has arrested gum disease and freshened his breath. 2. K2SAB Steve Ramsey, NJ 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia, Will now be staying longer in Bogota with more medical appointments for Liliana. My Pix are at https://picasaweb.google.com/hk3avr 4. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Flooding of the Crow, St. Croix, Minnesota, and Mississippi rivers are the topic of the day here in the Northland! Spent an hour at an inside hockey rink yesterday and froze my rear side...QRT at 12:28 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX Close 90 deg. F yesterday. Got hit on shin by a piece of metal. 6. KJ4REK m/m Lee aboard Brigadoon II in Blackwater Cay, FL. Still owns his bachelor car in mint condition.... 1964 Dodge Polara 500 convertible. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1964_Dodge_Polara_500_conv_front.jpg 7. HK3ZOR Harry NCO El Rosal Colombia. Hopes everyone saw the beautiful full moon that was at its closest to earth (perigee) in the past 19.6 year cycle . 8. KF4MJJ Fred Naples, FL Nada, Remote not tx? will try rf. 9. K1BBQ Jerry 26 F. now, but Spring is coming. 10. VA7DIN Dini m/m Aboard Nova Vida 02 09 N 87 39 W 208 miles to go to Galapagos making 5.5 SOG (Speed Over Ground) with current from north. See http://vidanova35.blogspot.com/ 11. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote I plan to post pix today sometime. I am on RF now since the battery in my Skype phone quit. Signed out at 1320z 12. M0COA m/m Clive and Margo Saint Martin Island eating fresh french bread from the french bakery. 13. NP2NC Bob St. John Virgin Islands 14. NP2X Fred in St. Croix. Friend of Clive. Caribbean Friends United By Amateur Radio Club Gallows Bay Station 15. KP4PRI Rob Dorado, Puerto Rico 16. K3JJK Lee 17. WA9TIR Jim 18. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia has been working Dini the past few evenings on 14.347 at around 23:45 UTC 19. KC0OKO Jim in SW, MO Maerz 19, 2011 Samstag. http://www.daylightmap.com/index.php shows daylight sunrise line. Matches propagation changes during the net for HK3ZOR. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota another dark overcast morning Had nice QSO with VA7DIN m/m around 2400Z made 119 kt. miles last 24 hours and 470 kt. miles to go. Ckd out 1328z 2. KJ4REK m/m Lee aboard S/Y Brigadoon II anchored near Key Biscayne FL. Departing for the Keys and on to Key West where they will spend three days. 3. KJ4VFB John Port Orange FL 4. HK3ZOR Harry NCO in El Rosal Colombia 5. N1DL Karl Naples, FL went flying yesterday in a very busy air space QRT 13:00z 6. WB2HIF Art Fleming Island FL 7. KJ4CDM Frank in NC heard lightly once but did not reappear. 8. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL Still working on his Comet rotatable dipole antenna as it is not tuned up yet. 9. KB5LKE Mike 45 miles South of Houston Guy TX 10. K5LYN Lynn mobile 10 minutes from Sherwood Forest Renaissance Faire near Austin TX 11. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI CKD out 13:30 z 12. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL drinking $100 a bottle of Cabernet wine from last night which was very good CKD out 1315z 13. N0YD Tom St. Louis MO via K3AVR remote One remote viewer has predicted an earthquake in the Madrid fault along the Mississippi river near St. Louis ckd out 1309z 14. M0COA Clive & Margo MM0DCJ aboard S/Y Revid at anchor in San Martin Island 15. K3SLJ Len air mobile in the mid Atlantic with about 5 hours back to USA 16. K8JK Art Amhesrt OH 17. K1CGZ Paul in Peaks Island Maine 18. VA7DIN Dini aboard S/Y Nova Vida 6.5 SOG 350 miles to go to Galapagos from Golfito Costa Rica. Calculates permits will cost $600 and $400 for fuel for 10 days. position 03 58 N 086 16 W at 1258z 19. NP2NC John St John Virgin islands 20. K3JJK Lee 21. NP2B John 22. HK3SA 23. J73CAJ Conrad Maerz 18, 2011 Freitag On this day in 1852 Mr. Wells and Mr. Fargo started their firm Wells-Fargo 1. N1DL Karl great day yesterday for flying - blue sky wall to wall and smooth air QRT at 12:15z 2. K5MIR Curtis "attacking" his tax return to get it done 3. WB2NBJ Ray 50F, going to a funeral later QRT 12:55z 4. KF4MJJ Fred Naples, FL ordered fiber glass posts to raise his antenna 5. HK3AVR Jim long weekend coming up, xyl needs to confirm that she needs surgery with 2nd opinion, will stay longer than planned in HK. CKD out 13:15z 6. KB3JWN Victor, Gaithersburg, MD, 1st time check into the net 7. KB1EKV Jim Marco Island 8. K8OMA Larry Naples, FL 9. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 10. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota. FL 11. K5LYN/mobile Lynn 12. K8KOT Herman Miami, FL 13. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI Osama bin Laden is in 6,000 year old smuggling tunnel near China, but can't find him. 14. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 29df Long term economic problems are just beginning in Japan 15. NP2B John St. Croix Virgin Islands 16. KJ4CDM Frank Booneville, NC 17. KB8AUK ART West Chester, OH (has checked in before) 18. KP4PRI Rob Dorado, Puerto Rico. Full moon tomorrow closest to Earth in the last 20 yrs. 19. HK3DBZ Fabio Bogota, Colombia 20. VA7DIN Dinis aboard Nova Vida . 5.41N 85.03W. 478nm to Galapagos. Currently motoring 2.0-4.5 knts of speed. Very light winds. Will put up drifter sail after net. Did approx 100nm yesterday. Typically do 120-130 per day under sail. Currently crossing the widest part of the doldrums. 21. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal to say a late Hello to the net. Mentioned remote viewer prediction of next major earthquake in St. Louis by Major Ed Dames. He predicted the Japanese quake, but said it would occur in 2005. Mentioned 22. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 23. N5AIE Tom Fox, Arkansas 24. K3SLJ Len airmobile leaving Peterboro, NJ going to Dublin, Ireland, another 5.5 hr flight 25. HK3SA Phil is the tail dragger today. March 17, 2011 Donnerstag 50% of all the people in history who lived to age 65 are alive today. 1. N1DL Karl Naples FL ckd out 1144 to go into the rain locker and on to the airport and fly 2. K1AX Bob... Hampton Falls NH on the payroll ckd out 1220z 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Looks like we will be staying in Bogota longer than planned as Liliana has a badly herniated disk in her neck that can cause leg control problems. Surgery may be the only fix so a lot of investigation and second opinions necessary. Negotiations on the house sale have going flat after japan disaster and stock market fluctuations have made builders cautious. 4. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 5. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 6. K8OMA Larry Marco island FL Reports water being dropped by helicopter but high winds are blowing the water as it falls so little water hit its mark yesterday. 7. HK3SA Phil Bogota Colombia "on line now" 8. WA9AAA Doug Marco island FL 9. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ spent most of the hospital getting checked for loss of memory 10. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 11. KP4PRI Rob Puerto Rico. Had a 5.3 magnitude earthquake yesterday morning. Puerto Rico trench, just north of us, is the deepest part of the Atlantic and is a subduction zone, just like in Japan, with an oblique subduction under PR. Check out the link for more interesting info: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03trench/trench/trench.html 12. WA9TIR JIM Sarasota FL 13. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia. Has good (compared to the past) Internet now. Waiting for vet to come and check cows today. 14. NQ5H "H" Bastrop TX will be visiting Paul KJ5CB in Albuquerque NM. BD is on Pearl Harbor Day, not 15th March as Skype has listed. Will be net control on Sunday 3:00pm CST on 14.300 mhz Maritime Mobile Net 15. VA7DIN Dini aboard Vida Nova on the way to the Galapagos Islands 07 06N 84 08W at 1300Z Veronica states they use Winlink for their position reports and can link directly to blogspot.com to update their daily log direct. Dini will be on 14.347 at 23:45 UTC in contact with a station in California, ham named Peter. 16. KJ4REK m/m Lee 25 23.7N 77 59.4W at 1318z aboard Brigadoon II between the Bahama Islands and Florida. Worked VA7DIN m/m to m/m. 17. KC8IQF RON Sterling Heights MI March 16, 2011 Mittwoch. 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Had a nice QSO with VA7DIN Dini when I ran into his on 14.309 last night. GT 2. lK1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 3. KC8IQF Ron http://www.vidanova35.blogspot.com/ VA7DIN Dini and Veronica's Blog. 4. HK3ZOR Harry Harry is back on line with internet. They installed a new antenna and directed to a different site 11 miles away but everything works at 1mb download 500 kb upload. Off to school 1208z 5. K5MIF Steve Playing drums various nights a week with various groups. Steve is repairing vintage tube guitar and bass amplifiers for music shops. 6. N1DL Karl impressed about the Japanese behaviour in a dire emergency QRT 12:19 z 7. N0YD Tom via K3AVR remote, Battery quit in phone, 73 sign out 1315z 8. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 9. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL has high noise level 10. K2MAF Emmett Niagara Falls FL CKD Out 1204z 11. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX Can hear anomalies in hams TX audio better as he has not DSP on RX with the Collins receiver. Ask Lynn for audio quality reports. 12. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL assembling the new Comet rotatable dipole to test today. 13. WB2NBJ Ray Good copy on Brigadoon II 14. KJ4REK m/m aboard Brigadoon ll motor sailing 7 -8 kts. departed to mainland FL around 1141Z 15. KB1EKV Jim Marco island FL via K3AVR remote 16. NP2B John St. Croix VI Looking for M0COA ckd out 1318z 17. VA7DIN Dini aboard Nova Vida leaving Golfito Costa Rica Leaving to Galapagos around 1330Z today. 18. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL 19. HK3SR Ray Bogota Colombia Arrived yesterday to repeater site to power line was not stolen but breaker box in the repeater building was corroded from the very wet conditions from all the clouds that cover the mountain much of the time. Repeaters are powered up and working. 20. HK3SA Phil March 15, 2011 Dienstag 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island, FL 2. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia Spent yesterday collecting all the paperwork to renew my residence card in Colombia. Link to my Picasa photo album https://picasaweb.google.com/hk3avr ckd out 1316z 3. N1DL Karl Naples FL (my Japanese call: 7J1AAR) 4. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH starting up ground school tomorrow so getting all the materials ready and flying an amphibian plane to a repair shop. Field too muddy now 5. HK3SR Ray Bogota Colombia Departing to Cerro Granada to replace the power line feeding the repeater building for the second time as someone is stealing the cable. The 2 meter repeater is an important link in the 2 meter national network. 6. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI QRT at 12:47z 7. NA5CC Charlie Smithville, TX 8. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX Agrees with Curtis as : it was all the old people who died and now it is our friends and family. 9. KJ4REK m/m Lee aboard Brigadoon II tied up at the dock Nassau Bahamas 10. M0COA Clive in the lagoon St. Martin 11. N0YD Tom St. Louis Back from 66 day cruise of around south America and the Falkland Islands. Tom will post all the photos to his Picasa web albums soon. It was the trip of a lifetime! Travel is Fun. Travel is Romance. Travel is Adventure. Travel is Exciting.Travel is Exhausting.Travel is Broadening. Travel is Fattening.Travel is Exhilarating.Travel is Frustrating.Travel is Work.Travel is Waiting.Travel is Learning,- About new Places.- About new Things.- About new People.- About Yourself. de N0YD 12. W9MGM Les Delano, MN 33 degs this morning, lost much sleep last night thinking about the people and devastation in Japan. TDIH (1916)...Gen. John J Pershing pursues Pancho Villa across Mexicn border. QRT at 13:26z 13. AH2AH John Ft. Myers Beach FL Reading all of N0YD travel blog and wanting to cruise again. 14. HK3SA Phil Bogota, Colombia 15. K5MIF Steve Marco Island, FL 16. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora, NJ will be exercising at the mall today 17. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 18. KB1EKV Jim via K3AVR remote Marco Island FL March 14, 2011 Montag 1. HK3AVR Jim (Early NCO) Bogota Colombia looking for Thierry HK2SM, Elevator motor noise is affecting reception 2. WA9TIR Jim in Sarasota FL Working to install a Comet H422 antenna which mounts in rotateable dipole or rotatable V formation. See http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamants/4778.html 3. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX QRT 4. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights MI 5. WA2ARS Mort Apopka FL chkd out QRT 6. N1DL Karl Naples, been flying yesterday incl. turns above Marco Island QRT 13:13 Z 7. K5MIR Curtis got back from St.Pete and slept in today 8. WB2HIF Art 9. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 10. W9MGM Les (North relay) Delano, MN with 13df beautiful hoarfrost 11. K8KOT Herman Miami, FL 12. KB1EKV Jim Naples, FL working on getting the Radio console computer back up so the HF remote radio will be accessible in Marco Island 13. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 14. KD5VHF Mike Smithville, TX 15. HK3SA Phil Bogota, Colombia Coax connector problems, working on it. 16. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA has an unusual +10 into Minnesota, feeling much better 17. K5LYN Lynn Smithville, TX Spent the weekend in the 12th century at the Renaissance Festival 18. KJ4REK/mm Lee aboard Brigadoon II anchored in Nassau Harbor Bahamas, about one week before arriving back to FL. May cut through the keys at Channel 5 bridge. 19. K0KHW Frank Plymouth, MN 20. KG4WHC Elvis 21. N1UL Ulrich NJ Worked Dragonfly plus on 20, 17 and 15 meters March 13, 2011 Sonntag 1. HK3AVR Jim Bogota , Early NCO Took Sabrina KJ4BMX and boy friend Jeff to the airport at 0500 to catch a flight to Ft. Lauderdale FL. Fastest trip ever! 20 minutes! 2. KJ4REK m/m Lee Aboard Brigadoon II anchored at Norman Key in the Bahamas Islands. Will pull anchor and start north about 1330z to arrive back in Marco Island in about a week. 3. W4FLB m/m Frank and W4TTB Magi on Dragonfly Plus on the way to Key West on another shake down cruise to see what breaks. Doing 8 knots but little wind. 4. KA1YBS/m Tim in NH copies well 5. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 6. J73CAJ Conrad in Dominica , looking for N1DL 7. K2SAB Steve doing a bunch of medical stuff spinal nerve pinch and will possible need surgery 8. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 9. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ ckd out 1228z 10. NA5CC Charlie Smithville TX 11. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights mi ckd. out 13:05 z 73,s. 12. K1CGZ Paul Peaks Is, Main 13. K1BBQ Jerry Concord NH Raising chickens and sometimes gets so many eggs he has to give them away. 14. NQ5H "H" Bastrop TX with the hour change may not be in much during the week. 15. KB1EKV Jim 16. K3JJK Lee 17. NP2NC Bob 18. M0COA m/m Clive and Margo in route to San Martin. Note: HK3SA Phil has high SWR so could not come up. March 12, 2011 Samstag 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 2. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH 3. WA9AAA Doug in Marco Island FL Says JT65 Format is the newest digital mode. See http://hflink.com/jt65/ 4. KJ4REK m/m Lee Sitting at Compass key marina in the Bahamas waiting for the winds as wind is out of the north. Wants to sail to Norman Key and on to Nassau. 5. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 6. K3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia 7. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 8. HK3SA Phil in Bogota, Desk mic fell off the table and broke the fragile Kenwood microphone cord again. Phil is soldering it at this time. VA7DIN is ok. I sent a letter to the net last night. 9. K1CGZ Paul in Maine via a friends remote radio TS440S on a 80 meters loop antenna 10. KJ4ADN m Bill in NC 11. N1DL Karl Naples, FL if you have ICOM rigs try out the new remote software RS-BA1 from ICOM 12. M0COA m/m Clive St. Croix Virgin Islands 13. NQ5H "H" Bastrop TX says Charlie NA5CC was in Houston today. 14. K3JJK Lee 15. KC8IQF Ron 8.9 Earthquake in Japan with Tsunami headed to west coast Hawaii soon and latter West Coast. March 11, 2011 Freitag 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 2. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 3. HK3AVR Jim Bogota Colombia 4. KF4MJJ Fred Naples FL 5. K5LYN Lynn Smithville TX 6. NP2B John St Croix VI 7. KB1EKV Jim Marco island FL Installed new CAP radio into communications console in Marco Island 8. KC8IQF Ron 9. M0COA m/m Clive St. Croix VI 10. W9MGM Les 11. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL 12. K8OMA Larry 13. K1AX Bob Hampton Falls NH At Hawaii at 1500 UTC 14. HK3SA PHIL 15. WB2HIF Art 16. KJ4VFB JOHN 17. WA4KNI JOHN NC 18. K3JJK Lee 19. 9Z4FV Donald 20 kj4dfb steve March 10, 2011 Donnerstag Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag (all week days in German) 1. K5MIR Curtis in Marco island FL 2. KP4PRI Rob Dorado, Puerto Rico 3. N1DL Karl expecting rain and windy conditions in Naples/Marco today 4. MM0DCJ m/m Margot, Christiansted, VI CKD out to go shopping 5. KJ4REK m/m Lee abaord Brigadoon II Islas del Bahamas 6. HK3AVR Jim in Bogota Still cold and wet in Bogota 7. W9MGM Les Delano, MN Snow season accumulation is up to 75.5 inches, QRT 13:16z 8. NA5CC Charlie, TX gremlin in the Amplifier, rig shutting off 9. K5LYN Lynn only 41F temps 10. M0COA Clive ckd out to go to town shopping 11. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island, FL 12. NP2NC Bob St. John, Virgin Islands 13. NQ5H "H" Bastrop, TX 14. N1UL Ulrich in New Jersey upper Saddle river says HK3AVR has a better signal in Bogota than Marco Island 15. HK3SA Phil Bogota, Colombia 16. HK3ZOR Harry El Rosal Colombia 17. K0KHW Frank 18. K3JJK 19. HK3SA PHIL Closed the Net at 13:37 UTC March 9, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5MIR Curtis in Marco Island FL enjoying the good weather in Marco Island and preparing to make the trip to Blue Ridge FL. 2. K1AX Bob in Hampton Galls NH International Space Station fly buy tonight west to east 2314 -2320Z 3. HK3AVR Jim in Bogota wants to sell generator separate from house sale. If time permits I will remove the FT-747GXII remote head HF rig used since 1994 from my Mitsubishi Montero and install my old Icom IC-706MKII to drive the Metron 1000 amp and a Hustler High power antenna. 4. KP4PRI Rob in Puerto Rico. Good propogation today. I noticed its always good when the Sahara dust is in the air between PR and the US continent. Want to see the cloud and how much dust crosses the Atlantic Ocean? Go to: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/winds/m8split.html 5. K5MIF Steve in Marco Island FL with the 3el StepIR in the air at 55 ft. and using his new Henry amp. 6. NA5CC Charlie mobile heading to Lagrange, TX 7. KF4MJJ Fred Naples, FL 8. KJ4REKm/m Lee Aboard the BrigdoonII taking a day of rest before returning north up the Bahama chain. Will be back March 28th. 9. W9MGM Les returned from Indiana where he was with his 92 year old father for medical procedures which were successful in opening his esophagus and upper stomach valve. He felt so much better that he bought a new Dodge Caliber which provides greater entry and exit ease. Repaired niece's hot water heater in Springport, IN. 10. N1DL Karl in Naples FL flying his carbon fiber Dynamic WT9 from Slovakia.QSY at 13:24 Z MARS 11. W9AAA Doug in Marco Island FL 12. KB1EKV Jim in Marco Island FL with his dipole behind 13. VA7DIN m/m Dini anchored in Golfito Cost Rica where they will stay two or three days doing some maintenance and resting for the trip south to Panama. 14. KC8IQF Ron Sterling Heights, MI Water Heater fixed , 900 $ in code improvement's. Raining and 34 Deg.Ck.Out 13:32 z.73,s. 15. WB5HVH m Jim La Grange TX building a 65 HP high wing kit aircraft 16. NP2NC BoB 17. HK3SA Phil in Bogota Colombia Late NCO 18. K5LYN Lynn in Smithville TX 19. K3JJK Lee Harrisburg, PA 20. KD5PNT Andy using 20-40 mtr dipole 21. N7IOC /mm Lee On cruise ship March 8, 2011 Martes Tuesday 1. HK3SA PHIL Net Control Bogota Colombia, Actually have a little sun this morning trying to burn off this rainy haze we have had for a week in Bogota. Down to 64.3 degs in the radio room, coldest in 30 years.
sherwood Forest Faire (aka: father time) March 6, 2011 Domingo Fighting DX contest QRM today again. March 5, 2011 Samstag/Sabado Still feeling a bit of pain in his back. Heating pad helped. QSY at 13:03 GMT 23. W2CGA Robert in Marco island 100 watts on a dipole antenna. March 4, 2011 Viernes 1. K2SAB Steve Early NCO 2. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL 3. WA9TIR Jim Sarasota FL Had lunch at Porky's with ham group. Joe and xyl got sick there twice so didn't eat anything. Jim touched Karl's new plane at CAP hanger. 4. NQ5H "H" 5. KJ4REK /mm Lee Bahamas aboard Brigadoon II Leaving tomorrow for Nassau then to Marco 6. HK3AVR Jim in Bogota Colombia NCO first part of net, Worked 10 meters with Thierry HK2SM until 2000 hrs. last night with various contacts to USA, Hawaii, Honduras, and Japan. Heard VK's on 15 meters but they were busy so did not break. The next few days will be good all the way up through 6 meters. Daughter Sabrina and boyfriend arriving to Bogota tomorrow for short visit. Heard various signals on 6 meters but my noise level here is too high. 7. NA5CC Charlie via K3AVR remote 8. VA7DIN mm Dini Still in Bahia Tamarindo Costa Rica and will start moving south again today. 9. WB2NBJ Ray Glendora NJ 10. KB1EKV Jim Dentist in Marco Island. Getting medical/dental teams ready to go to Tegucigalpa for short time help in Honduras. Does this 4 times/year. Has been doing it for 20 years... 11. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last part of net. 12. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL. 13. KC8IQF Ron in Sterling Heights MI http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=118723&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 14. HK3SA PHIL in Bogota Colombia Has Jim working on his old Atlas 210X which has no RX audio. Jim says he needs a IC CA3086 transistor array but may be able to jerry rig with outboard the IC NPN transistor. Anyone have a CA3086 14 pin DIP IC? 15. KJ4VFB JOHN Beginning Bike Week Daytona-one death so far. 16. K8KOT HERMAN Miami FL 17. N1DL Karl in Naples FL Working on his failed 12 VDC switching power supply but sees it as a complicated project without a schematic. HK3AVR says it is a complicated project with a schematic. March 3 , 2011 Jueves 1. K5MIR Curtis Marco Island FL early NCO 2. HK3AVR Jim NCO in Bogota Phil and I repaired drifty FT-747 GXII for Alan HK3AA who will hopelfully return to the air ASAP. I will remove remote head FT747GXII from mobile to repair the same problem and install Icom 706 in Mitsubishi Montero to control the drive to my Metron 1000 amp. 4. KJ4REK mm Lee aboard Brigadoon II in the Bahama Islands 5. NA5CC Charlie Smithville Tx 6. KD5PNT Andy La Grange TX 7. WA9AAA Doug Marco Island FL 8. NQ5H H Just got his Collins 30S1 amp repaired by replacing grid bypass cap. but not after ruining two 3cx1000 tubes with negative grid voltage. 9. KC8IQF Ron 10. N1DL Karl (QSY to MARS on the hour) 11. KJ4VFB John 12. HK3SR Ray 13. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last part of net. 14. VA7DIN mm Dini 15. K3JJK Lee 16. M0COA Clive mm St. John to Virgin Gorda today 17. W2HDI Arnie 0F. and lots of snow in Stowe, VT 18. K5LYN Lynn 19. W4LFK George 20. HK3SA Phil has mic problem...intermittent 21. NP2NC Bob 1. March 2, 2011 Miercoles 1. K5MIR Curtis May 10th is date for motorcycle trip. Early NCO 2. KP4PRI Rob Too ill to talk much today. Just listening. 3. NA5CC Charlie Kitchen duty today! out to the mobile! 4. VA7DINm/m Dinni repeated his report that Joe Fontes WQ6W is in Puerto del Sol, Nicaragua and owns a rent-a-room hotel called Porto Nica. (Portugal-Nicaragua). 5. HK3AVR Jim Arrived in Bogota last night after 14 hours traveling from Las Vegas. Took 1 and a half hours Will be an Bogota a few weeks or possibly more. Looking forward to seeing all my local ham friends. Primary NCO 6. WA9AAA Doug 7. KC8IQF Ron 8. WA9TIR Jim going to Bonita Springs, FL for an outing Thurs. 9. KF4MJJ Fred 10. KB1EKV Jim sponsoring duck race. Person who bets on winner gets a dinner at any restaurant in the world except Bahrain. 11. HK3ZOR Harry rained all night and still raining. Emailed Joe Fontes WQ6W but both email addresses are not valid. 12. WB2NBJ Ray Most tooth work done. Drinking coffee hurts. 37.8F with sun now. Most snow gone now in NJ. 13. KJ4VFB John 14. TG9AWS Steve 15. HK3SA Phil Late NCO 16. K3JJK Lee 17. K8KOT Herman Enjoying the new Kenwood TS480HX purchased at the Hamcation. The 200 watt output make a big difference in his signal reports. 18. KJ4REK mm Lee aboard the sailing cat Brigadoon II in the Bahamas. 19. N1DL Karl Had a 12vdc switching power supply go out on the station and had to repalce it. 20. HK3SR Ray Going to Leticia Colombia on the Amazon for one week. Arranged coffee with HK3AVR, HK3SA, and possibly a couple others at 1030 Friday morning in Bogota. 21. K0KHW Frank -5 degrees this morning! Winter is still here. 22. K5MIF Steve Marco Island FL 23. HK2SM Thierry in Bogota , Colombia will meet Bogota Hams for coffee Friday 1030. March 1 Martes ,2011 Note: K3AVR Jim with wife Liliana leaving Las Vegas 0600 to Miami and on to Bogota. Planned ETA home in Bogota 1000pm. March 1. (have a safe trip Jim.....Harry) 1. HK3SA PHIL (NET CONTROL) 12:10 UTC 2. K1AX BOB March 15 ground school start up 3. WE4GP/M GEORGE 4. HK3ZOR HARRY 5. K5MIR CURTIS 6. KC8IQF RONhttp://www.evalbum.com/786 7. KJ4REK /MM LEE Leaving north on Saturday. At regate in Bahamas 9. WA9TIR JIM 10. NA5CC CHARLEY Kitchen Duty today! (out to the car) 11. W4LFK George In marco Island , rig only 50 watts. Sold aircraft. 12. K5LYN LYNN 13. WB2NBJ RAY 14. M0COA/MM CLIVE AND MARGO St Thomas near the airport 15. K5MIF STEVE. Marco Island , six night of playing drums with band 16. K3JJK Art 17. TG9AWS STEVE GUAT. 18. VA7DIN DINI 19. KD5PNT ANDY 20. WA9AA ADOUG Marco 21. KD5VHF MIKE 22. KJ4YPX LARRY MISSIONARY IN BOLIVIA ..NOW TENNESSEE February 28, 2011 Lunes 1. K5MIR Curtis NCO first part of net 2. K1AX Bob 3. WB5HVH/m Jim Louisiana in route back to Texas with electronic equipment 4. KD1BL Brad maple sugar season ready to start. 5. NA5CC Charlie going to be mobile in a few mins. 6. WA9TIR Jim 46 years wedding anniversary yesterday. 7. KJ4VFB John shoulder bothering him. 8. HK3ZOR Harry NCO last ¾ of net. Recommends movie "Unknown." 9. K5LYN Lynn has line noise today. Had a good weekend at Sherwood Forest 10. WB2NBJ Ray 50.5F. most snow is gone now except in mall corners with black mounds. 11. KC8IQF Ron rained all night long. 12. K8KOT Herman 13. KF4MJJ Fred 14. K8OMA Larry 15. K5CLC Chris 16. K3JJK Lee Using Amoxiciline for sinus infection and a steroid. 17. HK3SA Phil sent out link to artic vessel missing. Talked to Jim HK3AVR who is off to Bogota in a day or so. Also news from Tom N0YD.
February 27, Domingo 1. N1DL Karl 2. HK3ZOR Harry NCO Colombian pipeline blown up again. Not common these days but was common in the 1980s. Four red crested Cotingas arrived at farm for the first time. Colgate in Spanish means "go hang yourself" only if there is an accent over the O. Normal pronunciation has the accent over the a. It doesn't mean the same thing. Commented on news about troops around Tripoli and Tobruk being the same as during WWII. 3. K5MIR Curtis told about voodoo priest who told a woman she would have good luck if she paid him $300 and had sex in his bed surrounded by candles. The bed and building caught fire and burned down. 4. W4YFJ Bob near Burlington, VT 20F. 5. NA5CC Charlie problem with Ham Radio Deluxe program. 6. KC8IQF Ron 40 mtr band open to France and England last night. 7. KJ4REK m/m Lee in Georgetown, Bahamas. Going to wx conference today. 8. HK3SA Phil brother in law in Florencia was shot in head by people robbing his store. In serious condition. Has info for VA7DIN. The Norwegian vessel Biserk in Arctic that was lost sent a radio message. Rescuers found an abandoned life raft 45 miles from signal location with no survivors. 9. J73CAJ Conrad 10. NP2NC Bob Ran the Eight Tough Miles race. A man from Ohio won with record 46 mins. 11. 9Z4FV Donald Clear skies in Trinidad. 12. NQ5H H getting loaded with a pair of 44s today. Somali pirates killed yachtsmen because their negotiation team didn't get back at a set time. 13. M0COA m/m Clive in St. Thomas. Took the $1 taxi to town for food. 14. TG9AWS Steve lived in Haiti for a year and never saw Voodoo there. Febrero Loco (Crazy Feb.) with rain/warm/cold cycles. Qadaffi transferred 4 billion dollars to a bank in England. 15. KP4PRI Rob doing roof work. 16. K3JJK Lee 17. HK3SR Ray
February 26, Sabado 1. K1AX Bob had snow and rain. Messy road system with ice. High may get up to freezing. Getting ready for hockey game with son. 2. K5MIR Curtis talked to Jim who is going to Bogota Mon or Tues. for at least 2 weeks. 3. HK3ZOR Harry NCO getting read to take daughter to piano lesson. Rumor that Cano, head of FARC escaped being surrounded by Colombian army by using a helicopter that Brazil sent to remove prisoners being released by FARC. 4. DJ2LR Ulrich in Munich 5. K5MIF Steve 6. K2SAB Steve 7. KJ4REK mm Lee in Geogetown, Great Exuma 8. NA5CC Charlie may get drizzle but will be a nice day. Had long day yesterday. 9. 9Z4FV Donald in Trinidad getting ready for Carnaval on Monday. 10. KC8IQF Ron in the snow. Commented on Gaboni air rifle and its 800 pounds of pressure. 11. K8KOT Herman in Miami. Wine tasting festival. 3,400 cars around and decorated trucks with music. Going to the Cays today. 12. HK3SA Phil Middle East is tense. Chilly. Rain yesterday. 13. WB5HBH Jim mob on 40 min drive to Texas Grill for a gourmet breakfast. Said the hams are better than the eggs there. 14. NQ5H H fogged in 15. K5LYN / m Lynn Sherwood forest today 16. VA7DIN DINI, Playa del coco...Costa Rica... 17. KD5PNT ANDY 18. K3JJK LEE 19 K8OMA Larry 20. KB1EKV FEBRUARY, 25 FRIDAY 1. K5MIR Curtis NCO first part of net 2. K1AX Bob questioned if Lewis and Clarke air rifle story was true. 3. KF4MJJ Fred 4. WA9TIR Jim 5. KJ4REK m/m Lee 6. M0COA m/m Clive in St. Thomas for the weekend. 7. W9MGM Les going to book signing tonight. His Dr. wrote book on state of USA health care. Has air and flintlock rifles. 8. KC8IQF Ron last space shuttle gone. 27F snow and 40mph winds. 9. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for last part of net. 7 new chicks born last night. 5 hens sitting on about 60 eggs now. 10. N4JHY Bruce in Georgetown, SC (spider capital of the world?) Using 1200 watts to fan dipole at 60 ft. 11. KJ4VFB John 12. WB2HIF Art 13. N1DL Karl QRT at 13:25 Zulu. 80% of Christchurch NZ is without water. Situation complicated there. 14. AH2AH John going on 7 day Caribbean cruise to Cayman and Mexico. 15. K8OMA Larry going on bike trip with group today. 16. K3JJK Lee 17. HK3SA Phil 18. VA7DIN/mm Dini steaming along going to Playa del Sol Coco, Costa Rica. Mike KD5VHF has friend Arnie, TI2SW who lives behind the Yacht Hotel in Santa, Costa Rica. Joe Fontes in Puesto del Sol, Nicaragua near El Salvador border. Had problem with rich owner of marina who convinced Navy to impound Joe's boat 2 years ago. He finally got it back and is anchored in the same place where the problem started. Everyone loves him there at Porto Nica Hotel that he owns and lives with a Nicaraguan woman. 19. KD5VHF Mike 20. WB2NBJ Ray 21. K5LYN Lynn FEBRUARY, 24 THURSDAY 1. K5MIR Curtis at foggy bottom. 2. KC8IQF Ron Gas in Mich. went up to $3.69 and going up to $4 soon. Exercise and swimming last night pooped him out. 3. WA9TIR Jim in Sarasota, FL going to do a ham install today. 4. VA7DINm/m Dinis already thinking of RV living after he does his round the world cruise. In Nicaragua and going to Costa Rica soon. Talked about www.loonsite.com but not understood by anyone. 5. HK3ZOR Harry NCO. FARC guy captured who held 3 North Americans prisoner and headed 1999 attack on Pto. Lleras. Still waiting for internet server to change transmitter and antenna....today is the promised day. Family on yacht that was killed by Somali pirates was distributing bibles around the world. 6. WB2NBJ Ray 7. WB2HIF Art wife came through shoulder operation ok and may come home today. 8. KJ4REK Lee m/m 9. K5LYN Lynn 10. W9MGM Les ckd in earlier to avoid the late fee. 11. KP4PRI Rob PR college strike still going on. Students taking desks out of rooms. 12. NA5CC Charlie heading to Houston late today. 13. HK3SA Phil Bisork yacht missing in Arctic and on www.explorersweb.com. Terrible after effects in NZ after earthquake. Commented on narcosub captured in Colombia and creative design. 14. KD5VHF Mike 15. W4LFK George 16. K8KOT Herman headed to 81F today. 17. 9Z4FV Donald overcast, gloomy and rain. 18. KD5PNT Andy 56F 19. N1DL Karl
February 23, Miercoles 2. K1AX Bob flying up to Sugarloaf, Maine today. 3. W9MGM Les 60" snow piles on driveway yesterday. Saw son play basketball last night. Calm today. 4. KP4PRI Rob 5. KJ4REK mm Lee 6. KB1EKV Jim kids at Sugarloaf, Maine 7. KC8IQF Ron -1deg. 8. HK3ZOR Harry NCO for most of net. Talked about Somalia pirates killing USA citizens, the death of Marty's N2IRJ's ex girlfriend from high school. An Army truck she was in turned over in Kuwait. (sorry about all the sad news today). An historic Girandoni air rifle used by Lewis & Clarke that helped change the course of history. Mentioned Tom N0YD and Robinson Crusoe Island and Bob NP2NC's son's fantastic collection of model airplanes. 9. N1DL Karl thick fog - living in a cloud. Friend in Christ Church NZ was thrown 6 ft. and all underground utilities broken during earthquake. 6 hours to get out of city. Gave Winlink presentation at ham club mtg. 10. NA5CC Charlie 11. K5LYN Lynn had fun at Sherwood Forest. Good music. Lots of pictures. 12. WB5HVH Jim mob 13. WB2NBJ Ray 14. WA9TIR Jim 15. K5CLC Chris 16. HK3SA Phil 17. KD5PNT Andy 18. M0COA/mm Clive 19. TG9AWS Steve FEBRUARY 22, TUESDAY SFI 98 A=9 K=0 Top news stories: Christchurch New Zealand earthquake 6.3, 40 aftershocks / Libya gov. losing control after 42 years, oil prices rising, Ghadahfi not in Venezuela as speculated 1. HK3SA PHIL Net Control 2. HK3ZOR HARRY 3. K5MIR CURTIS 4. KJ4REK/mm LEE 8-10 KN winds 5. NQ5H H 6. KB4VFB JOHN Went to Daytona 500 Having problems with r. shoulder 7. NA5CC CHARLEY Took down tribander for friend 8. N9IM SCOTT 9. W9MGM LES High snow, snowed in. 10.WB2HIF ART 11.N1DL KARL 12.VA7DIN /mmDINI AND Veronica..winds still blowing 13.KC8IQF RON 14.HK3DFC Fabio looking for 15.KD8AUK ART 16. WA9TIR JIM 17. TG9AWS STEVE 18. K0KHW FRANK 19 K8KOT HERMAN February 21, 2011 Lunes "Presidents Day US Holiday" SFI 105 A 8 K 3 February 20, 2011 Domingo. Happy Birthday to Tools KD5TUP from Harry HK3ZOR! February 19, 2011 Sabado, Samstag, Saturday February 18, 2011 Viernes. February 17, 2011 Jueves. HK3ZOR Harry may not be on the net this morning. Tight time schedule. February 16, 2011 Miercoles
February 15, 2011 Martes February 14, 2011 Lunes. Happy Valentine's Day everyone. HK3ZOR has to leave for the big city early today so won't be here. Please keep KB2MUQ in your thoughts and prayers during his pacemaker implant tomorrow. His heartbeat is 42 and needs to be stepped up. 1. M0COA Clive (NCO) |
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