WD6AXM TX (146.085 MHz) recordings for 2026-03-20

Speaker A: KK6VZD mobile.
Speaker B: WE6AXN repeater. KK6VZD, KO6PGY, good afternoon, Chris.
Speaker A: Good afternoon, good afternoon. I have come to the conclusion that I'm probably going to have to get up in the morning anyway. Maybe a little later than normal, just so I can, you know, talk to the people that I normally talk to at 7:30 in the morning.
Speaker B: I was thinking that just the other day. I was like, where is— am I gonna have to take over and do the morning check-in or whatever? I checked in more regularly, but, uh, I don't start work till 8:30 in the morning, so I'm not on the radio in the morning as much.
Speaker A: Well, yeah, so I gotta, I gotta get up. Well, actually, I could probably catch Pete most anytime during the day because he's in the same state. He's in retiree. But Ernie, you know, that's his commuting time, so I have to get up so I can catch Ernie while he was commuting.
Speaker B: Or not, or you can sleep in. I'm sure you'll do that a bit too.
Speaker A: Yeah, I'll tell Ernie we'll have to change our rag chewing time to lunchtime.
Speaker B: There you go, just call it the lunch hour. But then again, on the flip side, I mean, you've been getting up at God knows what time for 30-plus years for work, and you'll probably continue to do that for a while. That's going to be a hard cycle to break.
Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got to thinking about it.
Speaker B: I was—
Speaker A: and, uh, I've been— I've been steadily employed for the past 52 years. Hey, that's a blessing for sure. Yeah, I had a short break there when we had a layoff and I was off. It took me a few, a couple of months. I think it took me 3 months to find a job. But other than that, you know, that's pretty good actually.
Speaker B: Yeah, definitely. I've worked since I was 16 off and on, more on than off. But, uh, yeah, one day I'll get to retire. I'm looking forward to it. But, uh, I'm gonna enjoy what every day brings, and we'll just— I've gotten real good at, uh, tuning out things that don't, don't bother me, or that do bother me but I can't fix it. No, change, change the subject.
Speaker A: Yeah, so yeah, I've decided that, uh Well, I tell you what, today was a total waste of time at work. I didn't do anything and I didn't feel like doing anything.
Speaker B: Well, that's partially on management's plate for not giving you work that you could be doing. They basically, off of what you said a while back, that they've pretty much written you off. They're not going to train you to do anything new. They're not going to really go out of their way to, uh, give you gainful employment, which is a darn shame, because like you said before, you're willing to put in the work.
Speaker A: You're there.
Speaker B: I mean, might as well get something to do. It'll make the day go by faster. But counting ceiling tiles and, uh, paint chips that are missing, I guess that's an option too, huh?
Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, actually they did give me something to do, but, but, uh, I kind of like— I'm not doing this. It's going to be a waste of my time. They sent me a— me and another guy— they sent us a list of IT equipment that they're showing is still on the books, but it's actually been gone for a very long time, and they want us to find out what happened to it. And I'm just looking at this list thinking, it's gone, it's been gotten rid of, the majority of it anyway. I can tell you, you know, that these 20 computers are gone. They were, they were disposed of. And why in the world I should go around the county to say I've looked and I can't find them, I, you know, that, that's just like, I, that's a waste. Not doing it.
Speaker B: Probably those old Radio Shack Tandy computers anyway. Who wants those? They're not working well anymore. But yeah, they, uh, even with our county, they don't, uh seem to keep track. Every 6 months to a year, we have to send an email with all our sensitive items, our computer monitor ID number, the— or the tag that they put on it, county property, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Speaker A: And it's just a mess. Every 6 months? That's ridiculous.
Speaker B: Yeah, I agree. And but, uh, when I first started working, we had to— when we ever— whenever we went to get supplies like pens, paper, paper clips, all that. We'd have to sign out everything. So I went in there, I was like, I took 15 staples, I took 13 paper clips, I took 4 pens and 3 sheets of paper. They didn't like that. We don't do that anymore.
Speaker A: Oh yeah, oh yeah, well, okay. So, uh, I don't know what I'll be doing tomorrow, maybe just what I was doing today, twiddling my thumbs. And then I'll have one week left and it'll be really weird. All of next week will be really strange.
Speaker B: It's not something they train you for. Boy, that guy cut that corner any closer, he was going to take me out and I'm sitting on the corner of the street.
Speaker A: I'm parked in front of my house. Knuckleheads. But yeah, that's definitely going to feel weird.
Speaker B: A lot of mixed emotions, and I'm sure you'll have a whole bunch of people, "Let's go get lunch." Well, hey, you know what, you never hung— you never talked to me while I was here. Now that I'm leaving, you want to talk? Yeah, that's not going to work well.
Speaker A: Well, I got a couple of people that have already said that, but they've been people I've known for a long time, so. But yeah, I don't know. I'm gonna give my personal contact information to a few people. Actually, I went out and made a business card with my personal contact information so I give it to them. So I don't have to worry about, you know, wasting time writing it down. Here it is, take it. But other than that, I don't know. I'm not even sure I'll go around my department. I'm on my last Friday and shake hands. Maybe, maybe not.
Speaker B: Yeah, you're not obligated to, that's for sure.
Speaker A: Well, you know, I got to looking at it today and, uh, it's getting the— it's the feeling I'm getting, the feeling today it's starting to— well, not starting today, but it came up to me. It's like, this is a totally different department, completely different. And, you know, so my world really no longer exists there.
Speaker B: I had someone today, one of the guys I worked for, one of the clients, he told me, he's like, Paul, you're not saving the world, but you're making a difference in mind, and I was like, you know what, thank you.
Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, that's good to hear. Yeah, you know, it's interesting, um, there's a fair amount of people that I walk down the hallway and say hi to that live in— that work in these different departments, and they're all like, well, how many days is it today?
Speaker B: As if they really cared. Maybe they're waiting to move into your cubicle.
Speaker A: No, no, no, these people are, you know, they're interested. I've known them for quite a while and they're interested in there. I guess they're happy for me. Um, yeah, kind of nice.
Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, you've made an impact with a lot of people whether they admit it or not, and so we'll see how that goes. But, um, yeah, it's just I don't know, we get so caught up in our day-to-day that everyone at work, and it's like all of a sudden, like when we have our all-staff meeting, it's like, oh hey, I haven't seen you in forever, and then you start mingling. And but then when you go, hey, can you help me with this report?
Speaker A: Uh, I'm busy. Yeah, well, well, I'm home and I got about a half an hour before I'm supposed to head out the door again. My wife said she was going to cook some Brussels sprouts so I'd have something to eat before we had to leave again. So I'm gonna go inside and see if I can, uh, catch some leftover corned beef and, uh, get ready for tomorrow. So I'll talk to you later. Have a great evening. 73, KK6VZD, clear.
Speaker B: 73, Kilo Oscar 6 Bravo Golf Yankee, clear. W-E-6-A-X-N, repeater.

Speaker A: Calling all stations, calling all stations, this is N0GDE, Devin in Linda, California, your net control station for this evening's net. Welcome to the Yuba-Sutter ARES net for Thursday, this lovely summer day of March 19th, 2026. All licensed amateur radio operators are invited to this net. This net meets every Thursday night at 1900 hours local time on the WD6 AXM repeater. The CTCSS tone to access this repeater is 127.3. I am now placing the Yuba-Sutter ARES team on Level 2 emergency status for the duration of the net. This is a directed formal net and all traffic is to be directed to or through the net control station. If it is necessary to interrupt the net for emergency or priority traffic, please identify the traffic by saying "emergency," "priority," or "break break" and state your callsign. In the event of an actual emergency requiring the services of the Yuba-Sutter ARES team, members should tune to this repeater or 146.460 MHz simplex. And await further instructions. For more information on areas in this area, please contact our EC Neil, N6CNY, or one of our AECs. That would be Robert, K6VNR, Brandon, KM6JID, Paul, W6PNH, or myself, Devin, N0DBE. You may also contact our Sacramento Valley Section Manager, JN6SAC. Information and training materials may also be found at sacvalleyaries.org or arrl.org. Is there an operator on frequency who is willing to act as a backup net control station this evening? As backup net control, please have a copy of the net roster and script on hand. Anyone willing to be backup net control, please come now.
Speaker B: W6PNH, I can back you up, Devin. Thanks for taking the net.
Speaker A: Thank you, Paul. This is Devin, N0DBE, your net controller, and I will now call from a list of members of Yuba-Sutter ARES, starting with our leadership. And just to say This is kind of a last-minute thing, so I hope I have the right list. So we'll see what we get. First of all, we'll give a shout-out to Neil, our EC in 6CNY. Our assistant EC, Paul, W6PNH. I know you're out there.
Speaker B: Thanks, Devin. Paul in Yuba City, W6PNH, and nothing for the net tonight.
Speaker A: Thank you, Paul. How about Brandon, KM6JID, our other assistant EC? Assistant EC Robert, K6VNR. District EC Carl, N6CKV. Section EC Michael, KK6ZGB. ARRL Section Manager Jay, N6SAC.
Speaker C: Well, thank you very much.
Speaker B: Good evening everyone, this is Jay, November 6 Sierra Alpha Charlie. Uh, very happy to check in tonight, and we will have a Darsection net. It's going to be immediately following this net here, and we'll start right here on this repeater, and of course we'll QSY over to an HF frequency after that. But everybody, uh, stay cool and stay safe. This is N6SAC.
Speaker A: Thank you, Jay. This is a non-training net tonight, so we'll move on to general membership, starting with Greg, K6GAB. Bud, KK1BUD. Carla, K6KDS. Yes, this is Carla, K6KDS in Yuba City. Nothing for the net tonight. Back to you. Thank you, Carla. I've got you checked in. How about Kim, KN6KIP? Matthew, KN6WNR? Ernie, KN6GTN? Grant, W6JIB. John, KI6UDF.
Speaker B: This is John, Kilo India Six Uniform Delta Foxtrot, and I have a question.
Speaker A: Go ahead, John.
Speaker B: Yeah, are we going to participate in the Be Prepared Fair up in Loma Rica this year? It's on April 15th from 5 to 7:30.
Speaker A: I haven't heard anything about it, but that's a good question. We can pass that on to Neil.
Speaker B: Okay, I got the information from Facebook, um, and, uh, yeah, it's going to be, uh, like I said, in, um, Romarica, the Foothills Lion Club at 5667 Fruitland Road, Romarica. So anybody up there can stop by, and when I say anybody, anybody, whether they live up there or whether they live down here.
Speaker A: Great. And you said that was April 15th?
Speaker C: Yes, that is April 15th.
Speaker B: Not just Tax Day, but be prepared.
Speaker A: Okay, that's coming up pretty soon. All right, let's move on to David, WA1NER.
Speaker B: Good evening, Devin and the net. WA1NER, David, Yuba City.
Speaker C: I have no traffic.
Speaker A: Thank you, David. How about Brad, KM6RIW? So good evening, Devin, and thank you for taking the net tonight.
Speaker B: This is Kilo Mike 6 Romeo India Whiskey. That's Brad in Overta with no traffic.
Speaker A: Thank you, Brad. Move on to Ryan, K6RCM. Justin, K0OX. Daniel, N6APX.
Speaker C: Good evening, Devon and the net. This is Daniel, N6APX, in Yuba City, standing by.
Speaker A: Thank you, Daniel. How about Wade, KN6WX? Chris, KK6VZD? Okay, I will now call for neighboring ARES team members. I will start by calling from a roster of frequent members, and then we will call for further neighboring ARES members to check in. So we will go to Dan, KF6HHH. AXM repeater.
Speaker B: Good evening, Devon and the net.
Speaker C: This is Kilo Foxtrot 6 Hotel Hotel Hotel, Dan in Woodland, Yolo County Aries.
Speaker B: No traffic.
Speaker A: Thank you, Dan. Looking for Daryl, KM6 KFW.
Speaker B: Good evening, this is KM6 KFW, Daryl Woodland, also member of Yolo Aries. No traffic.
Speaker A: Thank you, Darrell. John, K6HFP.
Speaker B: Hey, good evening, Devin and Annette. This is John up in Orville, Butte County areas, Kilo 6 Hotel Foxtrot Papa. Um, hope everybody's doing good. No traffic for the net. Back to you, Devin.
Speaker A: Thank you, John. How about Patrick, KN6RTH? All right. Are there any neighboring ARES member visitors or ones that I didn't call who would like to check into this evening's net?
Speaker C: Uh, Kilo Papa 4 Mike Delta, Carol in Citrus Heights.
Speaker A: Thank you, Carol. I've got you checked in. Any other neighboring areas members? Okay, I'll now call for visitors to the Net. I will start by calling from a roster of frequent visitors and then we will call for further check-ins. Give me just a moment here, please. Okay, we're gonna start with Doug, KD6LOK.
Speaker B: Good evening, uh, Devin and the net. Kilo Delta Six Lima Oscar Kilo, Doug here on too hot for Doug, Nimshew Ridge. That's probably where I better leave it. Thanks for doing the net, Devin. 73 all, KD6LOK.
Speaker A: Thank you, Doug. Yeah, if it keeps going like this with the weather, it's going to be a crazy, crazy fire season, so keep your hats on. All right, how about Linda, KK6SOZ? Good evening, Devin and the net. This is Kilo Kilo 6 Sierra Oscar Zulu, Linda in too warm Yuba City. Back to net. Thanks, Linda. How about Mike, KN6MDZ? Tom, KO6MO. Jim, KJ6PKQ. Dan, KN6DRN. Paul, K06BGY.
Speaker B: Good evening, this is Paul, Kilo Oscar 6 Bravo Golf Yankee, in Colusa with no traffic. Back to net control, thank you.
Speaker A: Thank you, Paul. How about Michael, KI6UJX? Dave, N6ORB.
Speaker B: This is N6ORB, Dave in Martinez, where it's nice and warm.
Speaker A: Thank you, Dave. Looking for James, K06AUB. Leonard, K06DVV.
Speaker B: This is Leonard, K06DVV in Browns Valley with no traffic. Back to net.
Speaker A: Thank you, Leonard. Good to hear from you. How about Kathy, N7WVW? This is November 7 whiskey Victor whiskey, Kathy Maynard. Let's listen to the next night. Thank you, Kevin. Thank you, Kathy. Looking for Jeff, KB9NYF. Mike, K6NBD. Joe, AK6JN. How about David, KB1NDE? Okay, well, that was my list of frequent visitors. Are there any other visitors who would like to check into this evening's net? And please come very slowly with your call sign. Thank you.
Speaker B: Kilo November 6 Papa Whiskey Whiskey, this is Jamie in Chico. Sacramento County Areas Reserve.
Speaker A: Okay, we had a double there. Jamie, can you go again please?
Speaker B: Kilo November 6 Papa Whiskey Whiskey, Jamie in Chico and with Butte County, sir.
Speaker A: Thank you, Jamie. And the next one that doubled with him, please.
Speaker B: Thank you, Jim. You're doing the, uh, UBSERnet. This is Michael from Kilo November 6 Bravo X-ray X-ray from the North Hills Radio Club in Sacramento, Sacramento County Area Reserve Station with no traffic. 73.
Speaker A: Thank you very much. I've got you checked in now. Any other visitors?
Speaker B: Kilo November 6 Mike Delta Zulu. Mike in Kelly Ridge, no traffic. Back to net control.
Speaker A: Thank you, Mike. Next visitor, please. Good evening, Devon. Mana here, Kilo Alpha 6 Echo Tango Bravo. I have no traffic, thank you. Back to net. Thank you, Mana. I've got you checked in. Next visitor, please. Okay, are there anyone with announcements or comments? If so, please come now.
Speaker C: Okay, before MD.
Speaker A: Okay, go ahead. Do you have a comment?
Speaker C: Yes, this is Kilopop for Mike Joseph Carroll, ARL Pacific Division Vice and I will be conducting the ARL Sacramento Valley Section Net on this repeater immediately after this ARES Net closes, and all are welcome to join us. Back to you, KPFRMD.
Speaker A: Thank you, Carol, for the information. Are there any other further or late check-ins?
Speaker B: Kilo India 6 Uniform Juliet X-ray, Michael Devon in Linda, like you, late check-in.
Speaker A: Thank you, Michael. It's always good to hear from my neighbors. Any other check-ins?
Speaker B: AM6RIW, comment.
Speaker A: Go ahead.
Speaker B: Roger, Devin, just wanted to make a reminder for the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club ham Hamfest and swap meet, which is going to be held on March 28th. That's a Saturday at the historic Bloomis train station. So there's going to be a lot of good things up there. I encourage everyone to attend. This is Brad, KM6RIW.
Speaker A: Thank you, Brad, for that reminder. That is a great hamfest to go to. I always have a lot of fun there. Any other check-ins? Okay, well, let's wrap this up. Thank you to all who checked in to tonight's net. I invite you to return and check in next Thursday. We would also like to thank Dave, WD6AXM, for the use of this repeater. This is N0DBE, This is Kevin, your net control station for tonight's net, wishing you all a good evening while returning the Yuba-Sutter ARES team to its standard Level 1 state of preparedness and the WD6AXM repeater to normal amateur use. This net is now closed. N0DBE, clear.
Speaker C: QST, QST, QST, calling all radio amateurs. This is Kilo Papa 4 Mike Delta, Carol in Citrus Heights, California. We will be calling the ARL Sacramento Valley Section Net at this time. QST, QST. This is Kilo Papa 4 Mike Zulu, Carol in Citrus Heights, California. Very good evening and welcome to the ARL Sacramento Valley Net for Thursday, March 19th, 2026. When announced, this net will meet on the third Thursday of the month immediately following the 7 PM Yuba City, uh, Yuba-Sutter ARES net on the WD6AXM repeater, 146.085 MHz, with an input of 146.685 MHz and a PL tone of 127.3 .3 Hz. After the close of this VHF net, our HF net will immediately follow on 3880 kHz lower sideband. All licensed radio amateurs are invited to check in. We will ask for check-ins in the following order. First, we'll start with section appointees and officials, then club presidents, then ARL members, and then any other radio amateur to check in. Again, this is the ARL Sacramento Valley Section Net. Now, uh, we're putting a call

Speaker A: for any section appointees or officials. Any who wish to check in, please come now with your call sign, uh, phonetically. Over.
Speaker B: November 6 Sierra Alpha Charlie. Alpha Echo 6, uh, Julie Golf.
Speaker A: Okay, in that group I have Alpha Echo Six Juliet Golf and November Six Sierra Alpha Charlie. Uh, any other, uh, section officials wish to check in? Okay, nothing heard. Uh, next, are there any club presidents who would like to check in at this time?
Speaker B: Yes, this is Kilo 6 Kilo Delta Sierra, Carla, president of the Yuba-Sutter Amateur Radio Club. Kilo Kilo 6 Mike Victor Juliet, Dave or Carl, N6CKV, Elk Grove, Florin, also ARRL members.
Speaker A: Okay, I think we had a double there. I had, first of all, K6KSK, Hubert Sutter. I had KK6MJ representing the Elk Grove, Florida Amateur Radio Club. Who was the other station? This is James, AE6JG for the River City Arcs. Okay, thank you. I've got you, James, both for affiliated club coordinator and now for River City Arcs president. Are there any Any other club presidents? Okay, uh, station trying to check in. You were very weak, uh, very scratchy. Can you try, uh, again a little slower, see what we can make out of Sorry, couldn't copy. Maybe later on you can get in. Uh, okay, are there any other club presidents that need to check in at this time? And nothing heard. Are there any ARRL members who wish to check in at this time? Please come now.
Speaker B: Kilo Delta 6 Lima Oscar Kilo, Doug, Nimishew Ridge, Northern Butte County. Whiskey 6 Papa November Hotel, Paul in Yuba City. Good evening, Carol and Manette, this is Kilo Foxtrot 6 Hotel Hotel Hotel, Dan in Woodland. Hey Carol, this is John up in Norville, Kilo 6 Hotel Foxtrot Papa. November 0 Delta Victor Echo 7 in Linda. Whiskey 4 Yankee Sierra Will in Sacramento.
Speaker A: Okay, let's take a break here. That last station, Will, can I have your call sign one more time?
Speaker B: Whiskey 4 Yankee Sierra.
Speaker A: Thank you very much, Will. I'm going to go ahead and acknowledge the others who also checked in. Kilo Delta 6 Lima Oscar Kilo, Whiskey 6 Papa November Hotel, Kilo Foxtrot 6 Hotel Hotel Hotel, Kilo 6 Hotel Foxtrot Papa, and November 0 Delta Victor Echo. Very good. First of all, are there any corrections on any of those call signs? Okay, nothing. Are there any other ARO members who wish to check in at this time? Please come now.
Speaker B: November 6 Papa Golf Quebec. Whiskey, Jamie in Chico. No traffic.
Speaker A: Okay, let's take a break here. I got November 6 Papa Golf Quebec, then the station in Chico. You doubled with someone else, but can I have your call sign first, Chico station?
Speaker B: Kilo November 6 Papa Whiskey Whiskey, this is Jamie in Chico.
Speaker A: Thank you, Jamie. Kilo November 6 Papa Whiskey Whiskey, who is the other station?
Speaker B: Carol, sorry, Mr. Caller, thanks for doing that. This is KN6BXX, Michael and Carmichael, North Hills Radio Club. No traffic.
Speaker A: Thank you, Michael. Uh, Kilo November 6 Bravo X-ray X-ray, uh, uh, any further ARL members wish to check in, please come now. Kilo Charlie 6 Mike Hotel Tango, this is Steve in Sacramento.
Speaker B: Kilo Mike 6 Kilo Foxtrot Whiskey, Darrell in Woodland. Kilo November 6 Golf Tango November, Ernie from Bangor.
Speaker A: Uh, okay, and unheard. Uh, any other, um, any other radio amateurs whatsoever, members or not, who wish to check in at this time, please come now.
Speaker B: Kilo Oscar 6 Bravo Golf Yankee Paul in Colusa.
Speaker A: Okay, that's Kilo Oscar 6 Bravo Golf Yankee Paul. Thank you very much. Any other check-ins?
Speaker B: Kilo India 6 Uniform Juliet X-ray Michael and Linda.
Speaker A: Acknowledge Kilo India 6 Uniform Juliet X-ray Michael Linda. Any others check in? Kilo November 6 Delta Romeo November, Dan in Lincoln, President Lincoln Hills Amateur Radio Club. Okay, the Lincoln Hills Amateur Radio Group President Dan, Kilo November 6 Delta Romeo November, thank you. Any other check-ins? Okay, can you confirm that call sign Kilo Alpha 6 Echo Tango Bravo?
Speaker B: Over. Yes, KA6ETB.
Speaker A: Thank you for that. Uh, any other check-ins?
Speaker B: Kilo Kilo 6 Sierra Oscar Zulu, Linda in Yuba City.
Speaker A: Okay, got Linda. Kilo Kilo 6 Sierra Oscar Zulu. Any other check-ins?
Speaker B: November 7 with Vic whiskey, Kathy and Linda.
Speaker A: Okay, I'm not sure I got that. November 7 Yankee Victor whiskey.
Speaker B: November 7 whiskey Victor whiskey.
Speaker A: Okay, November 7 whiskey Victor whiskey, is that correct?
Speaker B: Roger that.
Speaker A: Okay, thank you for your patience with me. November 7, Whiskey Victor Whiskey. Any other check-ins? Okay, I'm not hearing any other check-ins, so at this time we will see if there are any stations with announcements for the net. First of all, I'll pass it over to November 6 Sierra Alpha Charlie. Jay, our section manager, if you have any announcements for the net, please pick it up.
Speaker B: All right, QP4MD, yes, this is November 6 Sierra Alpha Charlie. Thank you very much. Good evening, everyone. This is Jay. Just a couple of announcements here. Uh, first, uh, coming up next Saturday— not this Saturday, but next Saturday— is the Loomis Ham Fest. It's scheduled for March 28th. It will be held at the historic Loomis train station, and buyers are invited to show up starting at 7 o'clock. I hope to see you all there. We will have a station there— not a station— we will have a booth there, and happy to chat with anybody who would like to stop by. Also, as we look forward to the summer, there's a number of events that have been planned. Of course, Field Day is coming up June 27th and 28th. There will be a special event station for July 4th, America 250, and we will have a special event station at the California State Fair again in late July. And all of these events, you can participate in all of them. And of course, it's never too late to start planning for Field Day, whether you're going to work with the local club or your individual station, um, start planning now to be ready. And, uh, I'm looking forward to all the excitement this year, and I hope to see a bunch of you out at the hamfest. Thanks very much, Carol. This is N6SAC. W6AXN repeater.
Speaker A: Okay, thank you very much for that, Jay. Are there any, uh, uh, stations with questions, comments, or any additional information or announcements? If so, please come to your call sign. Are there any additional check-ins for the ARL Sacramento Valley Section Net before we close it? Check into our next ARL Sacramento Valley Section Net when announced. Of course, immediately to follow, we will repeat this net on the HF frequency of 3880 kHz lower sideband. Please join us there if you are able. This is Carol, KI4MD, ARL Pacific Division Vice Director. Now closing this net. 73 and good evening.

Speaker A: WE6AXN repeater. Hi, this is K3 Delta November Papa, that's Kilo 3 Delta November Papa. Uh, is anybody on air here right now?
Speaker C: Good evening, Alpha India Six Echo Kilo.
Speaker A: Hi, this is K3DNP. If you were responding to me, it was really choppy. I wasn't able to make out the transmission.
Speaker B: Sorry about that, I must be too far away.
Speaker C: I hope someone else—
Speaker B: AI6DG, back to you.
Speaker A: Well, let's try a quick radio check on me. Am I coming through okay?
Speaker D: Roger, roger.
Speaker A: Perfectly fine.
Speaker B: Very good.
Speaker A: Thank you. Was there a net on this frequency a bit ago?
Speaker C: Yes, there were.
Speaker B: I believe it was the local followed by the ARRL section. Gotcha.
Speaker A: So I guess I just missed it.
Speaker B: Oh well.
Speaker C: It's been 85 or 10 minutes since the ARRL net ended.
Speaker A: Well, I'm new to this stuff, so I was trying to connect, but I guess they do this periodically.
Speaker C: I'm not familiar with either of those two nets. The club, I would assume, is weekly. I believe the ARRL is monthly.
Speaker B: Gotcha.
Speaker A: Well, thank you for the feedback, and I'm going to go wandering here. I've got my new little setup, so I'm testing it on different repeaters and that sort of thing. And like I said, I'm kind of brand new to amateur radio in general, so trying to figure it out.
Speaker B: Well, you're definitely getting into this repeater pretty well, and I'm surprised—
Speaker C: not surprised that I'm not getting in too well because I'm Um, down towards the Delta. I'm going down 160 into the Bay Area, so I'm quite a ways away from this repeater, I believe.
Speaker A: Do you know where the repeater is located?
Speaker C: I believe this is for the Yuba City/Merrittsville repeater, so it's probably somewhere up in that direction, but I am not absolutely positive. Maybe someone else could jump in. Or another possibility, if you could get the call sign of the repeater and of the club it belongs to, then go to the website for them. That would tell you probably quite a bit of info about the club, the repeater, and nets that are on it.
Speaker A: [SPEAKING GERMAN] Yeah, because I'm trying to figure out what my setup here is capable of doing.
Speaker C: What is your location? Because there are clubs that do a simplex net just for that. I'm thinking in particular of North Hills Radio Club. They have a series of nets on Thursday nights. Gotcha.
Speaker A: I'm in Carmichael, if you're familiar with the Sacramento area.
Speaker C: Area? Yes, I am. So go to k6is.org to their nets page. They'll have a list of the nets, and that will tell you which—
Speaker B: they do simplex tests on over the course of the month. Gotcha.
Speaker A: Well, uh, listen, thank you very much for the connection and the feedback, and, and, uh, I'm going to be, uh, switching out here. So, uh, thanks again.
Speaker C: You take care, stay safe.
Speaker B: This is K3EMP on 73.
Speaker D: K3EMP, I have a comment.
Speaker A: Hi, uh, sure.
Speaker D: Hey, so my name is Virginia. I'm KK6USH. I'm in Citrus Heights. I was also looking for the net that started at 7:30 on the WD6AXM repeater, and online it says that it's, uh, located in the Super Butte— excuse me, the Sutter Buttes. So I'm reading you loud and clear, probably because we might have a line of sight. Anyway, I was doing the same thing you were, trying to catch the net, and I guess I missed it too. So just a quick comment and a hello, and looking forward to hearing you again. This is KK6USH.
Speaker B: Very good.
Speaker A: Thank you, Virginia. My name is Gabe, and you've heard I'm in Carmichael. And yeah, in fact, I was I got messed up just in programming the net, excuse me, the repeater into my radio. Probably held me up because I'm not the greatest at programming.
Speaker D: Yeah, I like using the Chirp app. I am also not the greatest at programming. I can fumble around, it takes me about 3 weeks to figure it out, but I like plugging it into the Chirp app. Chirp, and that's how I like to program all my radios. I was also late because I was doing some yard work and just time slips away. So anyway, um, this is KK6USH monitoring.
Speaker C: Good.
Speaker A: Well, you were doing something of more value than me. So, uh, as I mentioned, I'm going to be switching out right now. This is Kilo 3 Delta November Papa, and I'm stepping You have a good night.
Speaker D: KK6USH, clear.

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Speaker A: Oh, good morning, Chris. Got your day all started. KM6GTN.
Speaker B: Yes, yes, yes, yes. So good morning, good morning. I, I got to thinking, um, yesterday that I'm gonna have to get up in the morning just to get on the radio so that I don't, I don't lose out on on some of the chats that I have with various people.
Speaker A: Well, I'm sure you'll have plenty of opportunities to keep that alive, whether it's mornings or even now. You can probably meet new people in the hours that you would normally have been working.
Speaker B: Well, that's true, that's true. But it's, you know, it's generally the time that you and I get to talk, and me and Pete up in Chico. Although I think, uh, you know, Pete's retired, so if I get on the air during the day, it'll probably be not too hard to catch him.
Speaker A: Yeah, I'm guessing that's right. And I don't, I don't know, uh, even who all's out here during the day either. I'm often don't have the— I've got a couple radios in the shop. I don't often have them on, uh, on Sutter. Sometimes they're, they're on CAL FIRE a lot monitoring the fire activity. But, uh, yeah, so I don't know who all's out there during the day.
Speaker B: Well, I think David Wiener monitors, but, uh, yeah, I couldn't tell you who else.
Speaker A: Well, is it one more week? Is that what's happening here?
Speaker B: That's right. One more week and that's it.
Speaker A: Well, back when it was 30 and 40 days, why, it seemed like a while, yeah, but it creeps up on you.
Speaker B: Yes, it has. It's a bit weird thinking about, geez, 1 week to go and done.
Speaker A: Well, very good. You've put a lot of years in, and that'll be a good experience for you.
Speaker B: Yes, yes, yes. So to completely change the subject. Uh, do you have a generator for your house, and how much, uh, freeze-dried food do you have set aside for an emergency?
Speaker A: We've got several generators, and we have two of them that'll run our whole— yeah, we've got several generators, nice big diesel generators. Run very economically and do a good job of keeping everything powered up, even for our pump to pump the irrigation, uh, for the orchard. So yeah, we're set up as far as that goes. Uh, as far as freeze-dried food, we have several freezers full of food. Uh, should have plenty to— at least so we didn't go hungry right away.
Speaker B: Yeah, my, uh, my wife's in her Chicken Little mode this morning, and, uh, just, you know, she said, oh, we need to buy a generator, we need to buy backup, you know, food to have stored in case this thing with Iran turns really nasty.
Speaker A: I'll tell you what, your imagination can just run wild with all that, can't it?
Speaker B: I know. And you know what, she always had— has had kind of a, uh, she's, she's a glass half empty type of person. And she's had— always had a Chicken Little type, type of thinking. The sky is falling, the sky is falling, what are we gonna do?
Speaker A: For those of us who don't think like that, we need someone to keep us at least, you know, at least cognizant of that, that could happen.
Speaker B: Yeah, and, uh, I'm always loath to discuss that. I'm more of a glass half-full type of person. It's like, you know, what, what's, what's the chances of that? Slim to none. And, uh, I'm gonna spend all this money on something I never use. That's kind of the way I look at it.
Speaker A: Well, I'll tell you what, speaking of generators, they sure come in handy when we had those rolling blackouts, brownouts, whatever they called them. We never regretted having— and also when the fire came through and we had days, weeks of no power, generators came in super handy. I'll never regret having one of those on hand.
Speaker B: Yeah, I guess that's not a bad idea to have one. It's like, okay, so how big is big enough? Is more— I think is, uh, sort of where I'm thinking, you know. I know a friend who lives on a ranch, small ranch, just south of Yuba City, and he got a permanent one— I forget what the name of it is— installed, propane-powered. So he's got a big propane tank, and he's got this thing that'll power his entire house at if he needs to. I guess for as long as the propane tank lasts.
Speaker A: Exactly. They do use the propane. Well, I'm going to have to go. 73, Chris. I'm here at the shop. I need to get out and get this day rolling. So you have a good day at work, a good weekend, and we'll chat with you next week. KN6GZ.
Speaker B: GTM. All right, Ernie, we'll talk to you later. Have a great day. Maybe I'll pick your brain some more on this later. 73, KK6BZB, clear.

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