WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz) recordings for 2026-01-05

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November 6th tango delta golf testing.

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Speaker A: This
Speaker B: is w7x
Speaker A: ray zulu calling the oroville amateur radio society. Sunday night net. This net beats Sunday evenings at 8pm local time. Good evening to all. This is jim, your net control for this session and. Well, let's see who's out there. Stations wishing to check into the net, please call now. This is w7x ray zulu, november 6 tango delta golf
Speaker C: 6 hfp, ko6bgy, kilo,
Speaker B: bravo 9 mike, yankee foxtrot, 76b&h. Okay, 87 uhf. This w7x ray zulu.
Speaker A: I had a little problem here between the impaired eyesight and getting off the home row of the keyboard. Anyway, I have n6tdg. Good evening, jeffrey, k6hfp. Good evening, john, k06bgy. Good evening, paul and kb, kb9myf. Good evening, jeff. And could I get those who called in to do that again in hopefully in sequential order? W7xz whiskey 6 papa, november,
Speaker D: hotel. Kilo 6 kilo delta, Sierra,
Speaker B: Kilo Delta 7 uniform, Hotel Boxcraft.

Speaker A: This is W7X Ray Zulu and thank you for your patience. In addition to the previous aforementioned, I have W6PNH. And good evening to you Paul and. K6kilo delta sierra. Good evening carla and kd7y uhf. Good evening ron, do we have any additional check ins to the net? This is w7x ray zillow. Charlie. Oh, there's the ship made in there. Kc6flb. Good evening, lanson. Got you checked in. Any other additional check ins to the NASA w7x ray zulu? Nothing heard. I'll shift to the roundtable mode here and give me a chance to clean up my log entries a little bit. In the meantime, N6TD. Jeffrey, you're leading off tonight and you'll be passing it to K6HFP. John, you'll be passing it to KO6BGY. Paul from the U, it'll go to Kilo, Bravo 9, Mike, Yankee Foxtrot and Jeff from you it'll go to W6PMH. Paul from you to your significant other there and K6KDS. Carla from you to KD7UHF and Ron, you'll be passing it to Lamps, KC6FLB. Hopefully nobody's got any questions questions about that N6TDG. Jeffrey, it's your nickel. W7X Ray Zulu and the net.
Speaker B: Hello Jim.
Speaker C: N6TDG. Well, I've been spending the last several days with trying to program my little Raspberry PI and marry it with an old Kenwood D700. I'm creating a a Digipeter and Igate and then after that a whole nother setup for Packet and the WSJTX symphony of software. Anyway, without the help of Groak, I don't think I could do any of this because it can be extremely frustrating. I guess I'm sending out packets now but they're not showing up yet on aprs fi. Anyway, I'll pass it over to John, the K6 AFP. This is November 6th, Tango Delta Golf,
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Speaker D: TDG and the net. This is K6HFP. John up in Orville. Thanks, Jeff. Well, good to see everybody that showed up on Zoom. It was a decent session tonight. Time flies on that. On that Zoom all the time, so. Went by pretty quick. Hope everybody had a nice new year. Obviously it was nasty weather for fireworks and stuff, so we didn't really see too many.
Speaker E: Definitely hurt some, but
Speaker D: with the wet weather and stuff it was kind of a perfect time for people to shoot them off, I guess. But not too Many people did
Speaker C: even
Speaker D: though it's not supposed to be done. I know but people always do it anyways not much on radio this this week I was gonna say it'd be. It'd be cool to start testing out that digipeter that you're setting up there Jeff that'll be kind of cool to play with. Try to get my radio programmed and stuff for it. I don't do too much digital work but that'll be. That'll be cool to mess with
Speaker E: Other
Speaker A: than that
Speaker D: I guess that's all I got for now. Whoever's needing to upgrade get your study and then gonna be having a test session coming up in March for the ORES group so that'll be cool Details to follow I'm sure and I guess that's all I got. Hope everybody's having a good night and a good week coming up here and I'll pass it over to Paul K06BGY and the net K6 8HFP.
Speaker E: K6hfp ham ko6bgy thanks John.
Speaker D: I had not.
Speaker E: I have not done much I did talk to Pete M Man I can't
Speaker D: even do this right now Pete N6IWH
Speaker E: out there in Chico Yesterday on my travel to Yuba City from Calusa it was not much rain but the wind was something awful and then anytime a semi drove by I'm driving a little
Speaker D: tiny Mitsubishi Eclipse 4 door
Speaker A: 2 door
Speaker E: coupe with the fastback or hatback, whatever you want to call it getting tossed
Speaker D: around a little bit.
Speaker E: It hugs the road but it's enough to keep you alert with two hands on the wheel but other than that not much else going on here. Slowly setting for the general upgrade and with that I will. I forgot who I was passing it to I didn't write that down Anyway I'll pass it on to the next guy or gal k06bty Happy New Year to all.
Speaker A: Go ahead Jeff.
Speaker F: Yeah, not a whole lot going on here in Orleans just. Just hanging out. Not much the rain and the bad weather but when it clears up I'm
Speaker A: going to do some work.
Speaker F: My 10 meter antenna turned out once I got it up at the new spot the SWRs were off and it's a little bit too short so I gotta take it down and lengthen it probably about 6 inches and put it back up and try that but this is a not up very high so that's easy to do but nothing else
Speaker E: going on
Speaker F: he be 9 my and also I forgot to write down who it goes to next
Speaker E: well I'LL take it from here. W6T and H I think I was next and haven't been on the radio
Speaker A: a whole lot but
Speaker E: I guess it was last month now but I built a little handheld 2 meter yagi with the idea of fox hunting with it and so far I did one fox hunt here with Devin and the Yuba City group leading and it worked out well and we did have a test session on Saturday here and one one guy from Faro come and test with us and he got his technician and I'm looking forward to joining you guys in March for a session so that all sounds good. I'll pass it over to Carla. K6KDS.
Speaker G: Yes this is K6KBS so I've been off for the last couple weeks I'm a teacher so I had a little vacation time and I've been working some FD8 and finally getting to do some work on 80 meters so that was kind of fun to get to add that. And yeah I'm also looking forward to coming up for the your testing session. Paul and I will be there to help out with that and so we're excited about that and I think that's about it so I'm going to go ahead and pass it on to the Ron KD 7.
Speaker B: Well thank you this, this is Ron KD7UHF here in Oroville and haven't been doing much on the radio. I got in an accident here at home. I got kind of banged up so I'm walking around with a with a cane and recovering very nicely so with that I haven't got much else so I'll pass it on over to Lance KC6FLB.
Speaker D: Thank you ron. Down Got a few contacts stops in Sydney, Australia and Brazil, Missouri and Albany, Illinois and made one JA call that was a contact that was really good. These days you really have to be really patient to wait for an opening especially when you got a strong signal. Either a pile up on that one station or these guys are putting out a really good key zone but other
Speaker E: than that it looks like forward to
Speaker D: the upcoming testing session Hopefully I'll be ready for it and definitely got to get that repeater up. I'm looking forward to getting the gang together see if I can get enough guys together to get that all taken care of. So with that I'll just go ahead and give it back to net control
Speaker A: KT6FLD, KC6FLB and the net W7X Ray Zulu. Okay Lance, very good and and for W6PNH. Paul, thanks in advance there I'll do what I can to promulgate the word about it for March for the for March and call for it to come together about 6pm or so and I'm hoping I can get transportation down there to the venue and all that for that meeting. In the meantime I'll see if I can get the word out to prospective licensees and those particularly interested in upgrading as well. And Joe N9BD also made mention of passing along to Gears and Gars and the Paradise Club that a VE session will be available that particular day. Anyway, we'll work at it from that standpoint. Anyway, are there any additional check ins to the Net the Space W7X Ray Zulu.
Speaker E: 76pnh with a comment?
Speaker A: Go ahead Paul.
Speaker E: Yeah, well with the idea of spreading the word in mind I will I'll post that test session on hamsteady.org and with the ARRL. So if anybody is searching for an in person session in that area, maybe they'll find us that way too. So I'll get a message to you confirming when that's in place and if it helps you can refer people to that info as well. So yeah, I'm looking forward to hopefully getting a good turnout. That'd be a lot of fun.
Speaker A: Back to you. Okay Paul, and thank you for that and yeah I'd like to. I'd like to see this particular session as far as participation make it worth worth your while there.
Speaker E: Anyway,
Speaker A: I'll ramble a bit you while I've got it. Not too much going on here. I did get on FT8 yesterday for a little while there on 40 meters in the morning and made a couple contacts so I could say oh yeah now I've got a couple contacts for 2026 and one of them was the J8. So anyway the antenna was working and between the howling winds off and on in the rain we 6axm receiver now between the howling winds and the rain and all that I'm reminded of the old saying if your antenna stayed up last winter it wasn't big enough. Happy to report that the antenna is still not big enough and hopefully it'll stay that way for a while and aside from that not too much else going on here. Do we have any additional check ins to the nap this W7X rays. Nothing hurt at all. Run it back up the line. Does any other station have any additional comments for the Navy 7X Ray Zulu? Well nothing heard. Sounds like maybe we got it done tonight. Here I'll make this the last call for any late check ins or any unfinished business before closing the 2 meter portion of the net and giving 10 meters a try. For those who can this W7X Ray Zulu. Nothing hurt. Sounds like we got it done. Thanks to all who checked in tonight and thanks to Dave WD6AXM for the use of his fine machine on south butte. This is W7X Ray Zulu signing the 2 meter portion of the Oroville Amateur Radio Society Sunday night Net clear and going QSY to 28.450 MHz upper sideband. Good evening to all and Happy New Year. Thank you, Jim.

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Speaker A: Kn6gtn. Kn6gtn.wa7r&r. Good morning or afternoon?
Speaker B: Well, yeah, good afternoon to you as well. Dave. How are you?
Speaker A: Oh, I'm doing all right. I was sitting in front of the computer printing out the paperwork and had to look over the radio and make sure, you know, I wasn't on the wrong radio and make sure I heard what I thought I heard. Heard the correct call sign. So. Okay. Yeah, we're all good. And then I had to remember my own call sign. It's been that long? Oh, yeah.
Speaker B: Yep. I'm just having to head up to Chico to pick up some parts. So when it's raining, I'll tell you, it's still kind of a miserable day out there.
Speaker A: Yeah. I opened the front door, and the dog seen the rain. She said, nope, I don't want to go outside. She changed her mind real quick. She's like, nope, not having none of it. I can hold it some more. I was like, yeah, it's kind of nasty out there. W E6A X N repeater
Speaker B: so you survived all the holidays, I guess.
Speaker A: Yeah, I survived them all. I'm still upright and still functioning, so that's good. Yep. Now settle down for a new year and see what happens.
Speaker B: Yeah, it started off with a bang, didn't it?
Speaker A: Yeah, it kind of did, actually. Yeah, no doubt. So over here, speaking of bangs. Yeah. Closer to the casino, they light off fireworks and things like that on the New Year's and stuff. The dog was not liking that.
Speaker B: Yeah, I don't think I heard quite as much of that this year. I don't know what the deal was. Some years, I think it's a little more. More distinct. Of course, over by the casino would be a. That's a little different story. But, yeah, out in the country, I didn't hear as much going on this year as usual.
Speaker A: Yeah. In that area, it's usually not too noisy. But over by the casino, it can. It can be at times this year, it was. I was getting flashes through my window, crazy, like, wow. And the dog did not like that because my. My room's real dark, and so any flashing noise, shaking the house, she. She don't like that. Like lightning and thunder, she goes nuts.
Speaker B: Yeah. Very good. You got a lot on the agenda for today.
Speaker A: Not in this weather, I don't, but I will go. I'll be going to Chico myself. Gonna replace the. Well, order a new washing machine. It's under warranty. They decided to junk it out, so. Years old, but I bought the extended warranty on it when we bought it. So I got that finally resolved after a month. It works and then it don't work, and it works, and it don't work. You know, it just kicks a code whenever it feels like kicking the error code. So the technician came out the other day on Saturday, took a look at it and determined what it needed. And he already knew that if it come up that the option was to just junk it out, to junk it out. I didn't want to mess with it. So he had that option. He was cool. He was like, yep, he jumped it out for me. And that way I can just go. I get credited for the purchase price plus tax back and go pick out another one. Because they don't. They don't even make that model anymore. Two years old. It's crazy. But I'm covered, so it won't cost me. I basically eat the cost of the warranty. But I'll. That's about what I'll pay for another extended Warranty is another 140 bucks. So it's not too bad.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's not too bad. Kind of, kind of disappointing. It only lasts a couple years. Those, you know, back in the day, the old washers used to last, you know, a long time.
Speaker A: Yeah, they still, they're still working today, those old ones. Yeah. Just gotta watch your, watch your fingers though, you know. But yeah, they. Even the newer, older ones still going. They just don't make stuff like they used to. It's all built to, you know, last so many years. And then it's built to last. Usually it's warranty time and then kick the bucket. You know, they got generating revenue. They got to keep you buying products. They can't build them to last forever. That, that's not, that, that's not. That's not how they operate nowadays.
Speaker B: Yeah. And that mindset is across a lot of different stuff, not just washers.
Speaker A: Roger that. Yes. It's even in on our. It's even in. It's in everything. Our vehicles. You know, now you buy a, you know, you buy a vehicle for 50 grand and, you know, it's like subscription based. They want to charge you fees for features. It's like, I bought the car. I didn't buy a rolling subscription. But that's how they treat them, and that's what they do. It's. It's just crazy. It's like, no, I'm not paying no subscription fee. You know, I'll just use my remote in my hand to unlock the door. I don't care about using my phone to unlock the door or lock the doors. You know, I'm not paying no subscription fee for those types of things. You know, just not. Not doing it.
Speaker B: They find out you're from the wrong generation.
Speaker A: Yeah, no doubt. I don't mind paying for certain things. Just. It just depends. But, you know, you're not gonna nickel and dime me after I buy a vehicle, too. And then, you know, it's like, they might as well charge you a fee every time you start your vehicle. I mean, come on. It's just ridiculous. Well, that's what they're trying to do. Eventually they're gonna get to that point. Every time you start and stop the car, there's a fee. Especially in California. Well, you know, all too well, dealing with all the stuff you got to deal with and the regulations and all the hoops you got to jump through. My goodness.
Speaker B: Yeah. And if you would hope it would get better. Roll back some of this regulation stuff. But I've never seen. I've never seen any. You know, maybe I better be careful what I say about common sense in this state, but you don't see much of that nowadays.
Speaker A: Yeah, roger that. Yeah, if it was common, everybody would have it, right? That's the old saying. Yeah. Their. Their mentality is, you know, more regulation, more regulations. Good. It's better. Yeah. Okay. Backwards. And some of the stuff they do, they come up with is just totally like, don't we have bigger friction fish to fry then to be worried about some stupid little, you know, law or whatever that they create over here. This, you know, for something that's totally not even relevant, really, to be honest. And then. But yet, you know, they got to come up with some sort of law and regulation for it. It's like, geez, kind of like if you're out. No, you know, if you're out riding your sides or motorcycles out there in the wildlife area, there's speed limits, believe it or not. If you're out there riding out in the dirt and open area. Why is there speed limits? I mean, just things like that. I see I can see certain areas, you know, that would, you know, call for a speed limit. But I mean, if you're way out, it's like having a speed limit out in the desert, you know, it's like, what the heck?
Speaker B: Well, I'm entering Chico here. It's raining pretty hard, and I'm having to keep my eyes on the traffic about. I got pretty close to this semi before I saw his light, so I better put the microphone down here. In a little bit. Good chatting with you, Dave. You have a good afternoon, 73s, and we'll catch up with you in a little bit. KN6GTN.
Speaker A: All right, sounds good. Yeah, I had to exercise this radio. I haven't used it in so long. It just stays on monitors most of the time, so. All right, sounds good. Be safe. Yeah, I'll be headed over there myself. So, anyhow, WA70R and RCLAR.

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Speaker A: here. Mike November. Just verifying. This is the repeater we're doing in the Garsnet tonight. If anybody happens to be listening.
Speaker B: Repeater? Nothing heard, but I got my answer when the
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