2m Simplex (146.520 MHz) recordings for 2026-03-20

Yeah, how you doing, Jim? Um, hope I didn't wake you up, but, uh, I'll, I'll keep in touch with you. I don't want nothing to happen to you. This is Tom W6JS, or called the Freebie from Denny's, and we'll be hanging around.

N6NTM, John of Magalia. Good evening to Jim and Nanette. Yeah, I'm watching TV. I don't really have anything for you guys anyway. Merry Christmas, everybody. N6NTM.

Speaker A: Yeah, Jim, this is W6JS. I had, believe it or not, ham radio related to my car. I had a problem where the gauges are, they run on 5 volts, and that really surprised me. But it's an old car, 1960 Rambler, and they use the, uh, then you don't, they don't use an alternator, they use a generator back then. So the swing of the voltage is too much for the gauges, and I talked to, uh, Jim Matthews, and he says they make a regulator, a voltage regulator you can do that. So I looked online and oh my God, yes, the thing works from 12 volts to 24 volts input and 5 volts output, which I need it, and it's good for 10 amps and it's water encapsulated and don't have to worry about any getting wet or anything, and it's only like $9. I couldn't believe it's so cheap. You can't build it for that. So I'm happy about that. Other than that, that's all I have. This is Tom, W6JS.
Speaker B: We're clear.
Speaker A: KC6USP, Bel-Azepay, good evening and glad you're there, Jim. I get worried when you old guys don't show up.
Speaker B: So, 73s to the net. Back to you.

Jim, you had a visitor come on when you started talking. Maybe they'll come back to you.

72 degrees. So it's going to feel a little warmer today. Could get up to 82. And 6 AM. No sunlight yet. Good morning.