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Gears holds a free Morse code class every Wednesday night, 6pM at the Golden Beaver Distillery still house at 2420 Park Avenue. All are welcome to come learn Morse code W6R, H, C repeater check 2.

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And 6 ntm. I thought I heard lzw from across the room. Well, you made the firewood run, Roger. Well, Heather, didn't take you too long to round up that. Oh, heck, man, it's just.

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It just keeps getting better even though it. It. My cup runneth over already, so. Yeah, I couldn't ask for anything more. My. My sweetie's down to about 95 days or something and. Yeah, then we'll go see the world. Well, we'd like to move. Yeah. Yep. Like to go see some places and do some hot rodding and. And some music ventures and you name it. Check out the United States just in case we forced get forced to move. But it looks like things are going to straighten out here real short, like.

Well, just in case, I mean, you know, if, if somebody like new scum is going to continue to ruin California, the next governor, we might have to get out of here. But. Yeah, it's just nice to have something in mind so you don't not waiting at the last minute. I know it. But he's. Oh, Trump. Straightening things out left and right. I don't know what your news looks like over on your end, but. Yeah, looks like Minnesota. You know, Minnesota is going to get straightened out here in the next 20, 30 days. They did a nice job with.

DC and they're getting ready to do New York. So if they want to want to be weirdos f a f o.

Well, Buddy Brown, he's. He's a good one to watch. Constantly being biblical with, backing up with his point of view. He thinks the devil's already. Has already started to walk the planet. You know, that's biblical. It's gonna get tough. You can see how many people are abstract with abstract minds. For that many people to be acting that way, I can't help but think there's some type of a bigger force controlling that.

Yeah, I. You can't see. You can't see that from the main street, you know, from Skyway. And I've been on the back streets there. I haven't noticed anything that was shiny. I'd have to spot it. I'd have to spot it from the forest ranch side or something, so I knew where to go.

Oh, it's interesting, if nothing else. You know, if you ever get a real wild hair. Yeah? We could go looking for it. Might be fun.

Oh, damn it. You're driving your pickup. So? So you didn't get more than road rash, huh?

Neosporin. Nothing better on road rash than Ian's Neosporin. Well, I'm glad you didn't get breaking no bones or. Or ended up in traction somewhere.

You've been riding long enough. I'd trust your judgment. Yep, and it doesn't take long for a leaky hydraulic or. Or deep diesel. Wears out pretty quick, but hydraulic fluid. Boy, it'll sit there for a while. Yeah, well, just goes to show, people. Could happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone.

Yeah. I laid one down on its side, only for about 10ft, and a Volkswagen pulled out in front of me. And as soon as the wheels hit the Volkswagen, it folded the bike up and the foot peg went through the door and the bike's handlebars hit the top of the roof. My hip hit the top of the roof and I did a couple flips and came down sitting down. Broke my tailbone. Didn't break any actual bones, but, yeah, I couldn't sit down for a couple of weeks. Hot tubbing it every day. Sometimes two or three times a day. Yeah, and I got pretty lucky. No road rash, nothing.

Well, thank the good Lord. Lucky nobody was coming the other way. Sliding.

Yeah. So how'd you get it home?

That's right. Yeah, well, motorcycles keep you young. That's what I think. Or. Or whatever it is you enjoy doing, that's the object of life. Pursue the happiness. So just stick with it.

Hey, by the way, that was why I wanted to come out there last night or night before on 3900. What's up with Jonathan? Well, I always knew that six, seven years ago they were. They were keeping him alive. So I talked to him about eight months, maybe a year ago, and he said he was hanging in there. We didn't get any deeper on it, but. Yeah, so I got his number and everything. What about Alex? I haven't heard Alex.

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I'll run into them. I keep meaning to get out there. We got a whole lineup of shows to watch at night, you know. I converted over to spending the evenings with my sweetie. So anyway. Yeah, you don't have any sleepless nights. So you don't go turn your radio on and come up to 97, the top of the band there. But you'd run into us. I haven't heard Larry in Idaho for a long time either.

Yeah, he's fishing. He'd like to be able to run back and tell some of the guys that there was some type of negativity on 3900. One way or another, he's just fishing. He's not doing all that good himself, but he hasn't been doing good for three or four years. So I was just up there, excuse me, at his place, what, two months ago or something like that. So he looks alright to me. I talk to him every morning.

Yeah, we all. We all do that. What about John up there? I haven't heard him. I used to catch him in the morning from time to time. The John that lives pretty close to you.

Yeah, Well, I used to catch him in the morning, you know, seven, eight, nine o' clock in the morning, talking to his brother down there by. Well, south of me, anyway. Around the Bay Area. Yeah. I wasn't gonna remember, but. Oh, yeah. Well, that's good. At least I know he's still kicking it. And. And what about Mark out in Forest Ranch? Not Forest Ranch, but Forestville. Well, you know, out there in the Russian river, up there, Monterey or something. Yeah, he don't come talk to us too much. I just heard him about three weeks ago. Yeah, I'm not.

Sure. What's going on with that? I'll just have to stop by. There. Let me see. So Mark is in his name. Lives out there by Monteria or whatever. Right on the river, right up on the hill. He was putting a motorcycle together about a year ago. You know, he built guitar amplifiers for a while. No, he lives in a little community. He's not that far from the water. I know you know who I'm talking about. I just haven't made it clear to you. Yeah, he bought a motorcycle just down the hill. He used to build guitar amplifiers. Little pig nose.

Roger. Yeah, we went by his place. We went by his place last time. We went north on 1101 and 1. Yeah. And hung out with him and his sweetie for an hour or two. That was fun. Can't even remember his name. That's. That's not too good.

Yeah. Steven down there in Chico, he's been practicing, too.

Yeah, once you get the bug. And I'm not talking about the key. Yeah, well, so much for catching up on the people. Anyway, that arrests my mind a little bit. And then 6 ntm. From the flatlands. Huh? Huh? I gotta turn around here, look out the window, see what kind of sunset we got. I don't see. I don't see anything. Very impressive. A little bit of orange.

Oh, Roger. Oh, I will. I've had the itch a couple times in the last couple months, so. All right, Very good. Drive safe. Good hearing you. Yes, indeed. N6 NTM.

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The Gears. Monthly general membership meetings are held on the third Monday night of the month at the Butte County Public Library, 1108 Sherman Avenue in Chico. Doors open at 6pm and the meeting starts at 7pm all are welcome to attend. W Fix RHC Repeater Check 1.

Wa7kqs, n7huv, n7huv, and wa7kqs. Good copy again, rich. Sounds good at my end. Okay, thank you. Looks like I'll be ready to do net control. All right. I'll be standing by. Wa7 kqf, n7 at uv.

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The Gears Net will be held Tuesday night starting at 7:30pm all amateur radio operators are welcome to join in on the net.

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Deers holds a slow speed Morse Cognat on 40 meters every Thursday night starting at 7pm Frequency of 7.44 plus or minus if the frequency is in use. All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to join in the net W6 RHC repeater check 3.

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November 6th. Whiskey. Whiskey hotel. Wp6axm repeater.

Calling all stations. Calling all stations For Amateur Radio operators, this is N60NY. Neil and Sutter, your net control for tonight's Net. The following net is held every Monday evening at 1900 hours local time on the WD6XM repeater by the Yuba Sutter Amateur Radio Club. The purpose of this net is to distribute club related information, promote interest in amateur radio, and promote effective NET operating procedures. All hands are welcome to join us. The CTCSS tones 2 EC. This is for Peter A12373 Hertz with a positive offset. This is a directed formal net, so please direct all traffic to M60 on the.

Line your net control station for tonight's net. Any stations with emergency or priority traffic, please identify. Now. All of our you amateurs. Both club members and guests will be invited to check in. But first we'll take check ins from our club officers and board members. Followed by those wishing to make announcements. So starting off, I'm looking for Our president, John Ki6urdf. This is John Kilo, India 6 uniform Delta Foxtrot. Hoping everyone had a wonderful week for Thanksgiving and be safe throughout the rest of this week. Thank you, John. I got you checked in. How about our vice president? Key.

Oh. Give me a second here. Okay. Kn6ijd. Secretary Linda KK6SOZ Good evening, Neil and Minette. This is KK6. KK6SOZ. When they knew the city. Yeah. I have one announcement tonight, and that is that tomorrow night is the Christmas party. It's going to be in the same place as our regular club meeting, the Methodist Church in Marysville, but an hour earlier. So It'll come at 6pm it is a potluck, so please bring a dish to share. And if you already know what you're going to bring, you could tell us when you check in. And that will give everyone an idea what's already being brought. So we don't have too much of any one thing. I think there was a year when we had almost all desserts.

Anyway, I'll start that off. And I am bringing pumpkin bread back to nick w e6a x n receiver. Thank you, linda and I got you checked in. How about our treasurer june and 6d ey. Board member Joe at 9bd? There's N9BD Joe and Dobbins. And I sent an email out about the Christmas party and asked for answers on how many people and what they were bringing. And I actually didn't hear from anybody direct off the email. I've only heard from a handful of people that said they're going to be there. So we do need to know how many are coming so we can plan accordingly. So when you check in, please let me know. Thanks. Thank you.

Yeah, Joe, I got you checked in. Yes. When you check in, please indicate whether you are coming to the Christmas party or not, how many people, and if you're bringing anything, what that is. That'd be much appreciated. Thank you. How about board member Bud, KK1, Bud, Kilo, Kilo 1, Bravo, Uniform, Delta. Good evening, Buck and the Net. This is Bud and Tugger. And yes, I am coming to the front, Luck. And I'll be bringing two people, and I've already talked with Joe what I'm bringing. So we got that down. Thank you. Back to Net Control. Thank you, sir. Got you checked in. How about board member Devin and 0dve? Board member leonard ko6dvv? This is leonard ko6dvv in browns valley, and I will not be able to make it to the.

Thank you, sir. Got you checked in. How about board member and VE coordinator? Paul and Six Wow. Sorry. W6PNH. Hey, thanks, Neil. This is Paul in Yuba City. W6PNH. And I believe so far I've got Carla and I will be at the Christmas party and I we haven't decided. We're either bringing Mac and cheese or a tomato beef soup. So one of those two. And I did have a correction as far as the next fox hunt. Devin N0DVE has agreed to do a couple of hunts for us. And I think I put out on the Aries Net the other night that the next one was on the 6th, that would be this Saturday, but that was incorrect. And the 13th is the normal scheduled Fox Hunt. And so I believe that's what Devin has in mind.

And hopefully we'll get some announcements from her either later or next week. But the plan is she'll be running the next Fox Hunter 2, at least back to net W6B and H. Thank you, sir. And I'll definitely make a notation of the change for the Fox Hunt. Much appreciated. How about our Repeater trustee, Dave? WD6AXM? Good evening. This is Dave. WD6AXM Good evening, Neil. And the group? Unknown. Not unsure yet about making the party. I've got a couple of prior things which may or may not come up, so if I'm there, I'll see everybody there. WD6AX thank you, Dave. I got you checked in. How about our VHN editor, Curtis? KF6VFB.

Our other vhn editor, marcia ki6bsn. Net Control Coordinator Chris KK6VZD Good evening, good evening. This is Chris KK6VZD in Yuba City and I regret to say that I will not be able to attend the Christmas party. My choir is still practicing up for a for our concert Christmas concert coming up the 13th and the 14th, and I gotta say I still need the rehearsal, so I'm gonna have to give my priorities to that this time around. But wish I could be there. Hope you all have a good time. If you want to come hear some corral singing again, 13th December at 7 o' clock and.

Fourteenth at four o' clock in the afternoon at St. Andrew Presbyterian in Yuca City. Thank you, thank you Chris. And I got you checked in sir, and I might pick you up on that. I might show up out there on, you never know. Our Aries coordinator, which is myself N60NY. I have nothing for the necessity mean other than I too unfortunately will not be able to make the meeting or the party due to work restrictions. So they made me a supervisor. So now I'm working odd days. So with that being said, unfortunately I will not be able to make it. Moving on, I will now check for our ARRL section manager J&6SAC. Are there any others who would like to list forward.

Bulletins or announcements for this or for tonight's net, please identify now. This is Ki6ujx. Michael and Linda. Go ahead with your. Your announcement or Bolton. Michael, N60MI. I just wanted to say I'll be at the party and I will be bringing home brew. Mashed potatoes. That's it. Thank you, sir. Are you going to be a party of one for tomorrow or are you bringing any others with you? Party of one. Thank you very much, sir. Any others with any bulletins or announcements before we move into member check ins, please identify now. Now, this is November 6th, Charlie. November.

Yankee Net Control proceeding to the check in portion of the net. Everyone will have an opportunity to check in, but first I'll be calling from a current list of club members followed by a call for any guests. All participants, please remember to check in with your full call sign, name and location. If you do not hear your call sign and think it's absent from the number list, please check in during our call for guests and contact KK6SOZ Linda, our club secretary. Starting off, I'm looking for AJ K6AJH. Daniel and six apx, Bob and six bob.

Bennett k6cel. Leroy kj6ekm. Ed ko6dvl this is ed ko6dvl in Loma Rica and I did not get an email about the Christmas part, so I'm not sure if we can go or not. Okay, yeah, we're sorry you didn't get the email, but yes, it will be tomorrow at 6pm at the Methodist Church here at Maryville. If you are able to go, send Joe an email and let him know. Much appreciated. I do. Have you checked in? How about Avery Ko6.

Dvt. This is avery ko6 dvt in yuba city with no traffic. Thank you. Got you checked in. How about jocelyn ko6tvu? Jocelyn checking in from. Thank you, Jocelyn. Got you checked in. How about Paige Ko6epu, Cora ko6epv, Ben ko6fhn?

Todd Ko6gri? Yeah, this is Todd Nomerica. Ko6gri. Party of two with the fruit salad. Tomorrow night. I'm out. W E6A X N repeater. Thank you, sir, for your party of two with fruit salad. And we've got you checked in. Thank you. How about Ernie KN6GTN. Howard kd6gqs or gxq? Kd6gxq. Chuck ki6hk, Walt and 6h n?

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S. Don kn6i j e. Steve ke6inw. Mike kk6isq. Joseph k6jfp. Okay, here's somebody who's got key up right there. Joseph. Those of you K6KFP, please.

Please come back. Hearing nothing. I'll move to Joe, AK6JN. Joe, AK6JN out of Williams, California. And unfortunately, I will not be able to make it to the party tomorrow night. Sorry, just guys wish I could. Not a problem, Joe, but we got you checked in anyhow. Thank you. This is November 6th, Charlie, November Yankee, your net control station for this evening. Moving on, looking for Carla, K6KDS. Yes, Neil, this is Carlin, K6KDS in Yuba City. I have nothing for the net tonight, and Paul already covered what we're bringing. And so we'll see everybody at the party tomorrow. Back to you. Thank you. Carla got you checked in. How about Darryl? Kfw.

Doug 86 Lok Good evening Neil the Net Kilo Delta 6 Lima Oster Kilo Doug here on sunny Nimshu Ridge tonight. Well, it's not sunny now, I guess. Anyway, I'm apologize to Joe. I thought I responded with and I won't be able to attend. I know I responded to a couple of different emails that I won't be able to make meetings or whatever, but apologize Joe. I meant to if I didn't get it done. Have fun you guys. I won't be coming to the party tomorrow night. 730 Happy Holidays KD6 Lok. Thank you Doug. And happy holidays to you as well. And we'll forgive you for not making a point.

Party, but I got you checked in anyhow, good hearing you out there. How about bill kn6mlt. Tom Ko6mo? This is Tom Ko6mo, Yuba City. I'll be coming to the party. I'm going to bring some type of entree. I haven't decided yet what it's going to be, but still thinking about it. Back to you, Net Control. Thank you, sir. And you're going to be a party of one, or are you bringing anybody with you, sir? Oh, yeah, party of one. Thank you. Thank you. And I got you checked in. How about jeff kn6mxd, David kb1 nde?

David wa1ner. Ryan k6rcm. Patrick kn6rt8 good evening, this is patrick kn6rth in brown valley and I will not be able to make it to the party. Thank you, sir. Got you checked in. How about stan n6sg. Stanley k06 sml?

Rosalind kk6sov. West wv6sww. Lester kk6syv. Pet kn6ped. Michael Ki6ujx this is Michael Ki6ujx in Lincoln. Linda, excuse me. And I too did not get an email.

Sorry to hear that, Michael. Do you have the specifics on it, by any chance? Yes, I'm the one bringing the mashed potatoes and I'm coming by myself. That's right. I just looked down at my notes and there you were. Thank you, sir. Yeah. So if you're not getting club emails, please let us know. That way we could definitely get you the club emails if you're a member. Definitely. So we will let our club secretary and the board members know so we get that rectified. Thank you. This is n60 nike, continuing on, looking for robert k6vnr, Alford kk6s v o s.

Robert86vu. Claire Ki6vwg. Paul k6wap. Matthew kn6wnr. Kathy N7WVW this is November 7th winter. Can you take your whiskey? Kathy and Linda, I will be coming party of one and I will bring some type of dessert.

Thank you. Kathy, I got you a coming party of one with some sort of dessert. Much appreciated. And I do have you checked in. How about Wes and 6 WWH? Yes, this is November 6th. Whiskey Whiskey Hotel west in Marysville. I have nothing for the net. Thank you. I won't be able to make it. Thank you, sir. Guys, you checked in. How about Phil K6WWL? Wade kn6wx? Good evening, neil. Unfortunately I work tomorrow night, so I won't be able to make it. So sorry about that. Anyway, this is wade city, kn6wx back to you. Thank you, wade. And I got you checked in, sir.

Sir. How about dan kn6drs. W E6A X N repeater this is net control. November 6th Charlie November Yankee. I will now take calls from any visitors to the net or late member check in. As a reminder, please check in with your full call sign, name and location. I will be calling by alphabetical groupings determined on the first letter of the caller suffix. For example, my call sign of November 6th Charlie November Yankee would fall through or fall into the Alpha through Echo section because my suffix starts with Charlie. So with that being said, any visitors or club members with Alpha through Echo, please come now.

Kilo oscar 6 bravo, gulf yankee, paul in calusa with no traffic. Thank you, paul. Got you checked in. Next check in. Alpha, threco, kilo oscar six alpha, uniform bravo. This is james. Just outside marysville. I got no traffic tonight. Thank you, james. Got you checked in. Next check at alpha turco. Any visitors or club members? Alpha through Juliet, please come now. This is J6BLM in Yuba City, no traffic.

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Thank you, Gary. I got you checked in. Next. Alpha through Juliet, please. Hey, neil. This is john up in east lorville. Kilo six hotel, foxtrot papa. No traffic present. Back to you. Thank you, John. Got you checked in. Next visitor. Alpha through Juliet. Any visitors, Alpha through Op her. Please come now. Kilo, november 6, mike delta zulu, mike in kelly bridge. No traffic back to net control.

Thank you, Mike. I got you checked in. Next check in. Alpha through Oscar. Any visitors? Elsa through Tango. Please come now. Thank you, Ryan. I got you checked in, sir. Anybody else? Alpha through Tango. Please come now. Let's open it up. Alpha through Zulu. Come on. Come all. Alpha through Zulu. Please. Tell them now.

This is mike. Kd9pr. Elbow and scenic. No traffic. This is fantastic. Did you see phoenix? Like phoenix, arizona, Hard time. He may have picked up the wrong mic or had the wrong channel in there or.

This is claire. Kilo india 6 victor, sun city, lincoln hills, california. Clara, got you checked in. Next check in please. Thank you so much. You're welcome, sir. And we had a double with Claire. If you could come back to me please. N60NY net control. There any further guest check ins please come now. This is net control. November 6th Charlie, November Yankee. Moving on to tonight's swap shop. This portion of the net is dedicated for.

Somebody else's desktop. What are you doing, Ken? I'm just playing around with this Skyworm crap. I completely deleted it from the Carla admin hub de added it. Just trying to get it to do what it's supposed to do. So far, so good. How are you? So I'm not crazy. I did hear somebody from Phoenix. I think that's what I heard. I was kind of in a rough spot, so it was a little spotty, but that's what it seemed to sound like. Okay. Have you been?

Both members and guests to list their available HAM related items only. You may list an asking price for your item or items, but all negotiations and transactions must be conducted off this repeater. Additionally, if you are looking for HAM related items, you may announce your wants during this time. Stations with listings and or wants for tonight's Swap Shop may identify now. Hearing None. This is the net controller and 60 my. I will now move to the HAM Help portion of the Net. This segment is provided for amateurs who need answers to HAM related technical questions or who may need assistance with HAM related projects. Additionally, anyone who has a handy hint for the general interest is welcome to share.

Okay. Had a few days off there for, you know, that holiday they celebrate over here, something about turkeys and people are turkeys or something like that. So that was nice, but, you know, weather is kind of ugly. But hey, you know, still didn't have to work and got paid for it. So, you know, what more can you ask? Oh, yeah. Isn't that the penguins and the Native. Native Americans. Native Indians or something. Isn't that what that holiday is about? Of course, with the pilgrims. Oh, it's a turret. They'll remember the. The native. Okay. I'm glad you had a couple of days off. Yeah, they don't.

Any stations with listing for ham health. May I identify? Now? Kk6Soz has one more announcement. Go ahead with your announcement. Linda. I don't believe we mentioned earlier in the announcement that there's going to be a lot of prizes at the Christmas party tomorrow night. So just a reminder for those who are coming to bring some dollars, there's going to be quite a few drawings expecting it. Thank you, Linda. If I didn't have to work, I would definitely be there because I know during the Christmas party there's a lot of good things being raffled. So definitely. Thank you, Linda. Is there anybody.

They don't do that here, but Thanksgiving thing here. But we still did it. We made ourselves a nice, nice late afternoon, early evening dinner and all is good. We've had a couple of thunderstorms blow through here last night this morning and sounds like we've got another one coming ready to hit us here pretty quick. I hear the, the thunder off in the distance and I see some flashes in the sky. Looks like we're going to have another thunderstorm tonight. Ah, cool. Make sure you go run around out there buck naked and wet your feet and touch some metal, you know, antennas or towers or rods or something if you can, and key up at the same time. Woohoo. All right. Hey, I gotta jump out and get some gas here. Sorry about that. Maybe I'm fully.

Hold on, let me regather myself for a second here. Okay, so this is N60NY, Neil, your net control station for this evening with a last call for late check ins. Was a KE6INW. Yeah, a farm. Thank you. It's Stephen and Gridley, no traffic. And I might possibly be able to go tomorrow night. So that would be just me. Thank you sir. And I got you checked in. Any further check ins for this evening, please come now.

Of it, too, but at least I got to put some in the gas tank. So I think you know. But I'll be back in a bit in 6 mpt. All right, well, it's already late here. I gotta take care of some animals and give one of them some medicines, and I'll be calling it quit for the day. All right, good to hear you. And I'll be listening just for a couple of minutes before I turn the volume down and head to bed. N6 candy Colombia. Sound like you said Fusa Gaga. Like Lady Gaga. Pusa Gaga. Her cousin. All right, sounds good. Step it out. And six mbt it.

Is there anyone else with other questions or comments before I close the net? If you'd be interested in becoming a Net Control Operator for this net, please contact Chris@kk6vzdrrrl.net or you can contact any of our other you with Sutter Amateur Radio Club Officers or Board members by email located@board ysarc.net a master copy of the Net Control Station Guide is posted on the Club's website at www.yubus sutterarc.org. actually, I believe it's Arc Net. When I have to get clarification on that, I know I did YSR.

I'll say it slower. Fusa gasu ga fusa gasuga. Yeah. I like lady yaga better. Okay.

Net earlier and that worked. So I would try that one as well. This is this net is held every Monday at 1900 hours local time on the WD6AXM repeater. The repeater is located at 2100ft atop South View, approximately 12 miles west northwest of Yuba City in Sutter County. The repeater covers the surrounding northern Sacramento Valley and beyond until next week. This is November 6th. From early November Yankee Neal in Sutter, California, thanking you all for who have checked into tonight's net, both sighting clear and returning the repeater to normal amateur use. This net is now closed.

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Well, that's pretty cool. You guys have moved the net over to the 14652. Dang, that's nice. So at least I'll be able to hear you really well. KN6MGK. Sounds to me like you guys are trying to cause a ruckus out here. N6NTM yeah, you know, he would probably actually get more people checking in if he did in that hump. 5:2. You know, a real channel, a real ham frequency. Do I have to wash my hands? All right, back to you guys. N600TM have a good evening, both of you.

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Have a good evening yourself. Just chewing on a piece of beef jerky. Kilo. November 6th might go kilo.

Yeah, I quit reminding my wife. She's sitting here telling me, Yeah, my attitude tomorrow. It's like we lived at the coast in Chico, but it wasn't today, so I was always this evening. Yet I don't know that I will, but I should let you know if you really want to do a check. It's been nice all day, so I'm kind of reluctant to think that it would be anyway. So maybe it was foggy up your way, because we probably sent it up there.

Yeah. Meshtastic node with J in the hopes that he figures this stuff out. So maybe you can get one of those, too. Put it. Get a note and put it up. If he figures it all out.

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Qst, qst, qst. This is K6KU. Open Sacramento Valley traffic. This net's part of the national traffic system and the purpose of this net is to relate more traffic into and out of Sacramento Valley and to provide the standard merch net. This is your direction. Please make no transmissions without provision and control. All stations are in the west of state. Stay on frequency to execute. Next troll k6 kuo unless you're located Western Road. W6 RHC repeater check 3. If there's any station with mercy or fire, at least come down. R3 station for traffic to release.

Roll call follows. Kf6 obi, kf6 obi, mike and willows with no traffic. Good evening, mike and welcome back. Kg6kuo's calling. No traffic. Kg6tso. Good evening, lester. In the group, this is kg6tso. Batsby with no traffic. Thank you, betty. Kf6djy. Good evening, lester, kf6djy, bruce and chico. No traffic. Good evening, bruce. Thank you. K6rcs. 6pmd, kilo, echo 6, papa, mike, dango, russ and gerber. Good evening. Let's join the group. And I have no traffic.

Good evening, rush. Thank you. Kc6 ufc, kc6ufe. Bill in traffic. Good evening, lester. Bill. Thank you. Kn6pww. Kn6pww. Jamie and chico with no traffic and good evening, lester and the net. Good evening, jamie. Thank you. All right, that's the rollers I have. Do we have any lead members or visitors wish to check in? No further traffic or ticket. This is KG6KUO, closing segment of electronic. This net makes daily at 2100 hours local time through the W6RC repeater 146 by 8.5oh megahertz. All spaces are excused. I'd like to pick to a bumper chase.

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Well, I'm shutting it down. But I think Paul out there was wanting to know. Is it foggy outside? Nope, not really. But it is crisp and cool down in Chico. Good evening, everybody. Good night, Kilo. November 6th. Mike, golf. Kilo is clear. Dang. Are you on hf? Because I didn't hear anything earlier. In fact, it was a pretty dead band. We get there at 3:30, there won't be anybody else out there for about another 15 or 20 minutes. See, there's no sense of getting on there before 4 o'. Clock. 3:30 to 4 o'. Clock. I can easily wake somebody up like you. All right. I'm back to Northern Exposure. Good evening. Sleep tight. You're watching that old show.

That was a good show. I think a lot of several of the cast members are passed away, though, by now. Like Ann Heche. Take the guy who plays Maurice. I think he's bad, that he's passed. I'm sure he passed. Maybe Fleischmann's still out there, though. Yeah. And Maggie or whatever. Yeah, I remember the cast members. We watched that about two decades ago, if I remember right. It was like a little soap opera thing. But yeah, Ann Heche, she died. She took some too much alcohol and drugs. I think that got her. All right, good night. We're watching some Western or something. Kilo November 6th. Might go off. Kilo Clear. The new season of Landman. N6 NTM. Good night.

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K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

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Hello world from state 6. Poc mobile. Katani 5, system 26, link op. System 2, link up.

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K6lnk system 36 snow mountain range. K6jjd.

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What do you mean? It's 3 o' clock in the morning and 6 and TM.

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Citywide coverage. All right, Switches to channel, please.

Next thing I got to do is get a. I got to pay the license fee, which is $30, and get my call sign.

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K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

Is there anyone listening to the system that can give me an audio report?

Good morning. N6 Kne here. That last station. Your audio was unreadable. You want to try it again? I started doubling with you. My bad. Try again. Yes, this is KI7 in Mesquite, Nevada. I just wanted an audio check and where your station is located.

Your audio sounds a little bit distorted. Maybe it's over modulating. It's kind of hard to tell. And the name here is Ken. And I am in Pusa Gasiga, Colombia, or just Fusa Pusa, Colombia, South America. Okay, Ken, how are you accessing the system? Are you on Echo Link All Star or what? Yes, All Star connected to the. Excuse me. The Carlo system there in California ds. All start. Your audio was a little better that time. I think maybe your microphone just may be a little bit hot.

Go ahead. Yeah, this is. I'm on a repeater on fm, so it's. It's kind of a weak repeater, but I'm driving through Mesquite, Nevada, on our way to Marysville, Utah. Okay. All right, now your signal, your signal sounds good. Into the. It's just your audio may be a little over modulated. Okay, I copied Mesquite going into Utah, but you're getting close. All right, enjoy and enjoy your drive there across the Bonneville Salt flats. Take care n6kne. And again, I'm in Busa, Columbia. It.

Okay, Campbell, thank you for coming back to me. And you. Have a good day. Ki7z.

My bad. You're on the 15. Never mind the Bonneville. I was thinking. You were. You were up on. Up on the 40. Yeah. Well, enjoy your drive through the canyons. How about that? Take care. M6KN.

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Oh, I'm sure you were listening, but that's a good one. N6 NTM that's a pretty good deal In Idaho. Anyone who helps ice, identify and ultimately deport an illegal from Idaho gets free beer for one month at the Old State Balloon. And you can find that on x.com under old state Saloon. Is that all? Is that so cool or what? N6NTM Good morning. And 44 degrees up there in good old Magalia.

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K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range.

Well, well, well. Hey, I just heard some news that Jimmy was in the hospital. Dennis. Good morning. Well, dehydration is what got. No, You know, I think I got a phone number for him. I'll do my best to remember to call him sometime today.

Yeah, the elevations here helps. You're looking pretty strong, too. Well, yeah, the last. The last time they took all they can take. I remember them saying that was over a year ago. I remember him saying there wasn't any more to take. That was it. Yeah. His wife's been heck. Hecka blessed, no doubt. She's got to enjoy those. Those grandkids for, you know. I mean, I'm sure that's probably what's helping her stay alive. That and the good Lord, of course.

I don't know. I don't care to find out. Tell you the truth, most people died from. From cancer in my family. All but my grandmother. So I'm thinking somehow I got urging. Yeah, but more than 50% of that is so slow moving that you'll die of something else before it catches up with you.

Oh, yeah, I heard of it, too. And the stuff that does move faster, the radical stuff that don't take long at all.

I didn't want to ask you yesterday, but across my mind, and I wished I had it. But I'm glad you shared that with me anyway. Well, I would say it's prayers answered.

That's fine. I never heard of that.

Roger. So I do set the square chip. When I know I'm talking to a mobile and it starts dropping out, I back it off. But yeah, this, this elevation here and the antenna on top of a tree on top of everything else, I hear stuff way down there. I mean way down there. So yeah, I have to run a squats. Otherwise I'm only usually hearing the loudest stations or periodically mobiles that hit high spots.

Yeah, I was. I'm glad you shared that, too. That way I could hear the difference. So the. I would think your side, you're. You're talking off the side of the roof there would be better than the back. What's that, about a 6 inch spike? It's working all right.

Yeah, That's a way to save some money. Happy Picket fenced a little bit right there. You still get out there on 3900 at about the same time? 7, 8 o'? Clock? Yeah. I'll do my best to come out there tonight.

Hey, good morning to you. And then 6 ntm. Yeah, you did come up there right when you were saying there's a little rise right there. Started hearing you a lot better.

How much wood do you think you're hauling? Half a cord. Nice.

Oh, yeah. Yep. Within the first five miles before you start going uphill. Yeah, they like that little spot, especially that little dog leg at the end of the long straight.

Good morning. This is kilo. November 6th. Mike, golf kilo from Kiko. Hope everyone's having a great day. KN6MGK on 36, Michael.

Did I tell you yesterday, over there in Idaho, in Eagle, Idaho, they got a bar there that if you know. If you know an illegal Mexican and you turn them in, Annie gets deported. They'll give you free beer for a month, Dennis.

If they have a big enough following and enough people chime in there, if they hadn't haven't committed any crime. If they pay taxes or have a job, which is pay taxes, they won't mess with them. They're just, just after the, the ones that are causing trouble.

Yep, and a million other aspects. All the prices, everything will go down. Medicare, insurance stuff, you betcha.

We, we gotta have them. The, the truth is the majority of them are hard working people and they'll do jobs that, that the other people won't do. A lot of that farming stuff, you know. Yeah, we gotta have my. This is supposed to be land of the free. It's not that hard to follow the rules and the laws and, and do it correctly. And if, if you're not willing to at least do that, you're too lazy to be here.

All right. Good. Good hearing. Good hearing. You catch later. Dennis and 6 ntm.

Did he. Did he hear you, jay? I got to talk to him yesterday, too, for a little bit. I had a sneaking feeling he might have stayed in Orland last night. He might have been over at Mark's.

Yeah, I. I have two security doors here, but they're screened. Not the cheap screen, but actual security. All steel. Yeah, real easy to mount and stuff. But if you're looking for something to keep the weather out as well, this won't work for. I put one on the side of Lori's potting shed, and, man, it works good. It's got a dead bolt and everything. And they're cheap, they're free.

Well, I got three of them. They had him in the go to the scrap metal pile down there at, at the asphalt plant. And I made a quickie phone call and they said, have Adam. I loaded them up, hinges and everything. The whole, the whole, the whole caboodle. And one set is even French, French style doors, Got the center post and everything.

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Yeah, I better say good morning before I get too involved on HF again. No, bug. Oh, good morning, Paul.

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K6lnk system 36, snow mountain range november 6, golf romeo, golf 36 local. Good morning.

The gears. Monthly informal breakfast is held on the second Saturday of the month at 9am at the Farmer's Skillet, located at 690 Rio Lindo Avenue, Chico. All are welcome to attend W6RHC Repeater Check 2.

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Kn6mgk on vhf. I already shut my hf equipment down. Yeah, yeah, your signal was pretty strong from Everybody was strong, but all the short, short distance ones were pretty strong today. Yeah, yeah. I was looking on the Utah and I was coming in pretty good in Utah also, and so are you and so was Yankee Hotel Charlie. And actually both you and I were stronger than him in Utah, than Golfpapa anyway. And usually Golfpapa is pretty loud, so I found that pretty interesting. Well, when Golfpapa first turn came on, he was not running his amplifier and could barely get to Bravo Golf Delta or Echo X Ray Tango. So that was interesting. But.

Yeah. Great conditions for I guess what would be considered to be the non DX short stuff. That's basically Arizona is still considered to be kind of short for 40. But anyway, yeah, can't complain. And yeah, it's interesting with the weather. I used to do the weather and then I had one. There was one situation where they went in a real quick, quick weather and I just couldn't get myself together. I volunteered to do it and then they couldn't get myself together to do it. But yeah, I'm switching over to JSA Cult as we speak. And interesting stuff. Stuff going on with JSA Call I've had a question I wanted to ask you for a while, but you know that.

TTP group? Well, some of the people were saying don't use alcohol. What was that about? Well, I don't think that's the TTP group necessarily. I haven't heard him say that. I've watched every video that he puts out. I think. I guess I can't say every because I could miss one here and there. But for Gaston in Arizona, he does some interesting things and he's working on some interesting projects. So anyway, yeah, I don't think he's said anything about not using all call. I know that his most recent video he on purpose. Well, he on purpose wanted the heartbeats to come back to him. So he just put a heartbeat out there and it came back to him, which gave him the indicator of where his antenna was reaching. And then he was able to use that information off of JS8.

To extrapolate other Windlink DX stations in that area where he could hook up to to be able to send emails out. So he used JSA call in order to give him like general call areas of those stations. And he found out like he's in Arizona, this other one was in Tennessee that could hear him. And so he found a Windlink station in Kentucky which was like maybe 100 miles away or something. And so he could use that station for his Win link messages. So enjoyed that video. That's the most recent one I've seen. And again, he would have wanted people to come back to him so he could have a better indicator of locations where he was getting and getting a good signal back to you. Was he by can't use in Windlink? See, some of the guys are using are relying on V8.

Jeff for winlink. So which was he was using JSA call for winlink or what was he doing? No, he was using a variety of programs. But let's say the one he was using for winlink was VARA hf. VARA hf. So but he used JS8 to find the area where his antenna was reaching other people like on 20 meters. So in other words, like the way the Windlink program works is it'll tell you all the stations that are close to you. Well, that doesn't do you any good if you're in Arizona and if you've got a Windlink station 50 miles from you and you're on 20 meters, there's a chance, there's a good chance that you won't be able to hit that one. So the Windlink program is kind of defunct in that regard. So he was showing a way of finding out who you could hear, you know, simply by using J.

And heartbeats to get stations coming back to you. Look them up, you know, and be able to find out, okay, this one's in Tennessee. So let me find a WinLink station in Tennessee if I can, because I can get in over there. And then that's how he was sending his email through VAR HS, through that particular Windlink station on 20 meters that was, say, in Kentucky. Well, from what I've seen, you might be better off using FT8 to determine that sort of thing rather than JSA. But you gotta like. You gotta like FT8 enough to use it. I don't bother with it, but. But, yeah, the Vera is a very, a very good way to do WinLink, and I'll tell you why. I don't know how much you've heard about vera, but it.

As you send out a transmission packet, the station receiving it immediately does a packet check, and if it's not correct, it immediately sends back a thing to you that says, you know, send it again. So that's something that only Vera is the only one I know of that does that. There's not even a FT Digi program that does that, from what I understand. But I don't know everything there is to know about FT Digi, but I don't think any of the programs send out that correction packet. Yeah, well, I wish you would operate FTA a little bit so you could get a handle on what it does if exactly what's good for and so on, because.

In his scenarios a lot of times, like there's no Internet going, you know, so it's difficult to time your equipment. And FT8 isn't very good for that. And JS8 is way better for that. So that's why I would say, for instance, if you have no Internet, no timing on your computer, and you go on FT8, you won't hear any signals at all. They won't be decoding any signals. You could hear it on your radio, but you won't be decoding them because you're out of time. So the JSA program, as you know, without the Internet, there's several ways you can time it fairly easily, but regardless, you know, you send out a heartbeat and people will come back to you relatively quickly. You know, sometimes you might get eight, or, you know, you know the drill. But I think he only got four decodes at that one time. But sometimes you can get 8 decodes at once or something like that if you set a heartbeat at the right time. So anyway, you could obviously.

Do WWV, or you could just time your JS8 off of decodes or something like that. So I think he tries to show different methods of madness to get something done. And a lot of the stuff is in the works. That guy's in Arizona. Sounds like lots of people go to Arizona, huh? I mean, with Sierra. Papa Kilo, too. And on another note, what kind of boat does she have for sale? Have you looked into that? Back to you. No, I haven't. And I can tell you it's not one that's been tested in big seas and tested on a longer sail, because they just live on it in the harbor, and that's all they did with it. I've never heard of them ever going out, so I suspect it needs.

A lot of work. But from the living on board viewpoint, it's probably got everything working like the water system, kind of like an RV with a decent pec system and all that sort of thing. And pumps and everything are working well. They they wouldn't even have to use water storage in their water storage tanks because they've been plugged into water from the dock the whole time. So, yeah, that's probably one I would avoid. It just depends, though, on what it is. But yeah, and that's interesting that, you know, there's certain people that on our net that have been given a lot of latitude just because they're sitting on a boat, and yet they're never out in the water. And then there's others that are given a lot of land, too, because they they sailed 30 years ago. Golf Papa is one.

He did get around though, pretty well. But he's not really a sailor. He's into fast cars and stuff. So racing and that sort of thing, that's his whole life now. And a couple little horses on his property and that's it. Okay. So anyway, yeah, I, I used to, like I say, I used to do the weather on that and I might be able to talk if I really tried, I could get them to let me do it again. But lately I've been finding that I don't use an alarm and I've been finding that I, I finding that I slipped sleep in a little bit. Okay, well, hey, I gotta go, gotta go do something real quick. So lots of chat with you later. 7:3 for right now. KN6MGK yeah, great conversation on WinLink. I.

Need to get into winlink. Talk to you later. N6grt. I started to get into it a while back and found that the little computer I was using wasn't capable. But everything I've got is capable now. Talk to you later. N60RT.

It. The gears west repeater frequency has been changed. It is now on 1. 46.895 minus PL 123. I repeat. 46.895 minus PL123W6RHC repeater check 3.

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Good morning, kilo number six. Mike golf kilo.

N6wip kn6mgk. Going okay. Wanted to say good morning to you. I think you're probably going to have a little fun here in a little bit, but anyway, at least wanted to say good morning.

So you need a BNC female to sma something.

I would probably. But what you put on your antenna, I think that's what you're talking about. Probably right. Did you put an sma? Seems like that would have been an sma Female. On the antenna, I would think.

Yeah, but mostly what I see on the end of antennas is bnc because they want to quick connect other antennas because they prefer loop antennas, I was telling you, for, you know, directional finding. But anyway, so they want to switch back and forth to different antennas a lot of times. So they'll put like a BNC male on the, on the antenna. And so, yeah, obviously you need a BNC female to go into that.

Yeah. What really stinks is that on a lot of those connectors anymore, you have to buy them by the tins and stuff like that. You know, you pay for tax, pay for shipping. It gets ridiculous to just buy one little thing. I bought some from H Auto the other day. I just threw them onto an order. I mean, they wanted, like, $5 a piece for each one, plus tax and shipping, so it's ridiculous.

The biggest problem I think we have in America is that companies like Amazon's got it figured out, you know, versus all these other companies that end up going out of business, like ham, radium stuff. There's only a few of them left now, but because nobody wants to pay, I just need two adapters. They're $5 apiece, plus your shipping is $10, plus tax. So you end up having, you know, $24 invested in two little connectors. We can get them on air. You can get a two. Probably get a two pack on Amazon for $3.95, no shipping.

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Yeah. By the time you calculate how much money you have invested in all your little parts and your time, you know, in Blake's time, whoever else is doing all this, you guys could just bought one Kraken and been done with the whole thing.

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System24linkop. At 7pmobile fan. Downtown San Francisco. You got a good signal here. Okay, didn't catch the call sign there. I think the delay is linked. May have cut it off, but appreciate the signal. Report there from South San Francisco. Coming in on system two there.

Yeah, I'm new to this. I just wanted to push the button. I can't lie, I don't have a call sign, but I'm working on that getting that license. Okay, well, reason two and look forward to talking with you. Maybe when you get that M7 tod mobile Spanish range.

Gears holds a free Morse code class every Wednesday night, 6pM at the Golden Beaver Distillery still house at 2420 Park Avenue. All are welcome to come learn Morse code W6R, H, C repeater check 2.

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Gears holds a slow speed Morse code net on 40 meters every Thursday night starting at 7pm Frequency of 7.44 plus or minus if the frequency is in use. All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to join in the next W6 RHC repeater check one.

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Kansas ln n6grg up in the beautiful redding area. What's going on? Oh, not a whole lot of nothing there. Go where you go. Yeah, we're just hanging out, enjoying the beautiful weather up here. Yeah, sure did. Sure did change when that fog went away. Yeah, you know, I don't. I don't think we got any fog up here. Now like I said down around just east of Main Street. I believe that's where start to elevate we get above the fog here. Yeah.

Not surprised. We went above the fog and I thought we'd be looking down on it. But by the time I looked back, we were so far past it that we couldn't even see it. That was when we go. When we went over 60. Summit? Yeah. Yeah. It's just a few summits across the other. When you come between those two mountains there, the only thing I remember about it is blizzards. You know it? Yeah. It's not a truck driver's favorite place, that's for sure. Yeah, one night I drove all. I drove all the way to the top without chaining up and just soft pedaling every time I spun county fuel.

Kept it rolling, got up to the top and you couldn't hardly walk, it was so slick. And then I thought maybe. Well, maybe I'll put some drag chains on those trailers there. Yeah, you don't want to. What do they call it where the cab angles right into the trailer? Jackknife, I guess they call it, and all that sort of thing. I saw a lot of that on the 299 when I was driving postal trucks. And the semis would. What they do is they, like, point the. Point the semi and keep. Get it. Get the inertia up and they could make it through the bad spot. But then if they had to stop or slow down, they got in trouble. Yeah, that's what usually happens there. Something stalls you and.

Something jump out in front of you or something of that nature, and you hit the brakes, then it's done. You're going along for the ride there. Yeah. And a jackknife can wipe out the whole process. It's all over. Yeah, we back out of Oklahoma, we ran through, well, up on the Siskius. We ran quite a bit going into Oregon, Medford, and ran quite a bit there. But tell you what, when you get out there on 40, which is relatively flat compared to what we have here, there's the hills, you know, up and down and stuff like that, all 40, but. But when you compare it to here, it's pretty flat over here.

You put about 6 inches of ice on there, 5 inches of ice, no snow, just ice. Then you have a problem. Well, the 299 down at generally the highway level along the river. Everything from Willow Creek to Redding, other than there's one peak have to go over and change required. Now, from Willow Creek towards Eureka, there's two peaks that are have chain required. You might as well just put them on, keep them on, go slow, because you can make it without chains. But the way California set up, they put up a sign says change required. Back when I got that ticket, it was only $70. I'm sure it's like 2 or 300 now. Yeah.

Yeah. I'm not sure what it is. Now. I know that they'll certainly give you a ticket. And, you know, a lot of those places, when I was driving, they, it would be slush and, you know, there'd be some swift spots, but as long as you use your head to kind of, you know, get off the fuel when you went through them, you'd be all right. But they make you put chains on and you'd be running on pavement. Yeah. Yep. And there's no way around it. You had to do it in California because they ticket you. Yeah. What me and this other old boy did, we got there by Rica, and we actually slept better than night because the road was closed. There was.

Motel rooms. It was like a circus. I swear. I pulled in there and I called my dispatcher from FedEx and I said, hey. I said, the road's closed. Are you going to okay me get in the room? And he goes, well, let me check. I go, no, there is no check. My wife already called and reserved this room, and there's five other people waiting on it. So either you say yes or no, because when I get online, that room is gone. Go ahead and get it. Yeah. And now what Ken Nke always said was Oregon was really easy going. They didn't slow down, stop the highway, and lift it up to the people to stay alive. And California is exactly the opposite. Yeah. You know, like I said, there was a.

We come off that hill, you know, right down into Wairica. And right there. Well, at Weed, that's where the roof is closed at, but there's nothing. You know, you can't go to bed there and Weed, unless you had a sleeper. And. Well, there was. I don't know, there was trucks everywhere. And in the morning when I got up, I had my truck all chained up before I went to bed. I got up, pulled out. I looked over there, and truck drivers fist fighting because they're. I guess they were trying to get out and they ran into each other or something. I don't know what they were doing, but like I said, it looked like a circus to me. Well, the one out.

Never forget. They close it down at Farnsworth, I think they call it Farnsworth or whatever they call that stopping point if you're going north. They shut down everything north of that. And that particular time, traffic started back up, and it was so tight with semis. They had a lot more semis than usual. And it was so tight with semis that the traffic was tight, three semis wide all the way to Red Bluff. So even a car almost couldn't get through. And those. And they were there for. They were there for two or three days. And the truck driver started getting really hungry. I thought, well, that'd be. I should start a pizza delivery business on my bike. Yeah. Now, what snowstorm is that? I know they had a few. That five was closed there at Redblock.

Well, I don't. I don't remember even the year it was a while back, but it was. I could probably eventually figure it out because it would be in the searchlight still, probably. But, yeah, it was pretty much historical. It was a big deal. And it was the. She grew. It was a serious problem. One year, this may be the year you're talking about. I'm not sure. But she was living at home with her parents, her other sisters as well. They closed down i5, and the people, you know, families or, you know, man and wife and stuff like that, they were asking people to take them in, and so I think they took a couple in so they could sleep tonight.

You know, without sleeping in the car. Well, see, the cars might have been able to figure out how to get off, but the truck drivers were so tight, they couldn't even get off. They couldn't figure out how to get by. It was solid trucks, and I figured I could get a motorcycle through it to make deliveries. But, yeah, it would be a tough situation. Nobody could get on or off the freeway. Yeah, yeah, that'd be. That'd be kind of fun. I always thought up here, you know, they have so much traffic and stuff. When I'm retired, of course, you know, I'm retired now, but is to build me a little coffee wagon and put it out there on the highway. Coffee or something like coffee.

Yeah. Any truck driver that was ready for what happened could really make a few bucks. And plus, everybody would really appreciate what he was doing and gladly pay the money for whatever he had. And what I would have is I've got this. High powered propane, dual, dual sided stove that I found. See, we used. I used to be a kayaker. They would go to these crazy places in the springtime that were big. They were really big, like out in the Salmon River.

And they'd be paid for by these big raft sales company. The primary one ended up being Wing, because Wing got all the government contracts and started building all these super high powered raft, like boats that had machine guns in them and everything. So they were really making a lot of money. And that was all for fun out there on the Salmon River, Nordheimer Campground. And so they'd hire these people that called themselves outfitters and they'd come out there and feed everybody and they had a whole lot of special things. And one of them was that that particular stove. They had two or three of them. And I have one of them now. Yeah, we.

Sorry about that. Anyway, when I was in the oil field there, we go out there, we take a load out there of sometimes acid or, you know, drill mud, condensate, all kinds of stuff. And what they do, they pump it down the well. So many barrels per hour or so many gallons per hour, and you may be stuck out there six hours. But during the winter time, what we do is we get soup and stuff in cans, put it on top of our manifold motor up there by the blower and just let it idle for about, you know, maybe a minute or two. And we'd have hot meals. And the only thing is, if you forgot and left it on there, you'd have a mess. Yeah.

We all did that. The trick was you had to open it or it would explode. Some of them would. So you made sure you went over there and had a pair of gloves to grab that can. Yeah, well, like I said, we. Sometimes you have to get creative when you got stuck out there. So it was one of those deals anyway. Did you hear me? I. Well, actually, my wife, she made me up some QSL cards. I believe that's what you call it. Oh, awesome. Yeah. What I do sometimes I'll get somebody that says, I gotta have a QSL card from you. I'm gonna send you one, and you gotta send me one back, and I.

I don't have two SL cards. I don't do that. I don't care. I'm. I'm gonna do this, and I'm gonna bug you to death, okay? And they do bug me to death. And so I found this website where you could make an online QSL card. You never did have a paper copy of it. Each one was custom made. And then you send that person a PDF and say, this is it. You print it out. And that's how I handle it. Yeah. Well, there was a couple guys sent me a. One was a homemade QSL card. Just a little postcard type deal. And then another one was fairly nice. And I got to think about that. I put it up a wall. I said, I got. I don't know, about 25, about 20.

20 contacts now and stuff like that. I said, well, to bring back the old spirit, the way they used to do it in the old days. That's how they used to do it. I said, I'm just going to send. I don't, you know, if they send me one, that's fine. That's fine, too. But I know I sent one. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. It's a whole custom that was going on forever and ever until I don't know what really changed. Started slowing down and, And a lot. They. If you look on qrz, what they'll say is eqsl. And that means they're doing like I did, where they're making a virtual QSL card.

Some of them are really nice. There's a whole bunch of sites that do it all for free. Yeah, you know, I mean that, that's, that's the way to do it. Just send an email, then you print it out, same thing. And you know, like I said, I, it's just something I want to do. I don't have to do it. I just, I thought it'd be cool. I'm gonna turn up about 25 of them and see how they work out. And then when I get down in courts, I hand them out, stuff like that. You know, there's a lot of guys down there that does the same thing. They either do like little business cards or something of that nature. But I mean, not everybody does it. I mean, I asked my wife, I said, well, I said, Cost $0.05 stamp. She goes, are you kidding? It's my boy.

Gears holds a free Morse code class every Wednesday night, 6pM at the Golden Beaver Distillery still house at 2420 Park Avenue. All are welcome to come learn Morse code W6RHC repeater check 2.

Yes, sir. And that's one of the reasons why they stopped. In fact, if it's DX situation, I've got one one situation right now. The guys in Antarctica. I don't know how you get mail from Antarctica to here. I might try to get one from him and. But I'd have to send him one of these. I don't have them, so I'd have to send one of these EQSLs. I'll bet at his QRZ side, he says he's saying EQS QSL also. So I'll have to talk to about that with him. But I knew him quite well when he lived in Fairbanks. He still lives in Fairbanks. He's only down there just to help the.

University of Alaska. They have, they have a thing going with Antarctic place. He's helping them out. Yeah, yeah, that's, that's quite a dream. You know, they have a. I know you know this. I heard that they had a Alaska net on 20 meters. Let me correct that. Not 20 meters, 80 meters. Well, they've got them on 20 and 80. The easiest one for us to get to is the 20 meter one. Yeah, yeah. Like I said, there was a guy on, he was over in Nevada, I think it was.

And on 8 meters and he was doing the net all over from the Bay Area all the way to Idaho, you name it. You heard him in there, I'm sure. Well, one of the people that I used to deal with that ran the 80 meter net part of the time. Usually there's a bunch of different net controls and he's slowing down a little bit because of health reasons. But he's back on now. I think he's spending most of his time on the 80 meter Alaskan net with the sailing net. You know, it's a boating net. And his call is Victor, Echo, Seven, Whiskey, Sierra. Mike, You know, don't quote me on this, but I think he was on there.

There was another guy doing the net and he was saying that he was getting healthy enough to take it back over or something of that nature. His name wouldn't be Markless. No, it's Bill or William. You can look him up on QRZ Victor, Echo 7, Whiskey Sierra, Mike. Okay, maybe it wasn't him. But yeah, they were talking the other night. I guess it was night before last when they had him. But anyway, they were coming in really clear because I guess there wasn't anybody on any other channels that I could hear. But on that 80 meters, I could.

Well, if it was a boater's net, and of course, they could have anybody, whether they're a boater or not, check in in Alaska. But if it was primarily a boater's net, then that would almost for sure be the one that I. That Bill's involved in. He's in. What do they call that? It's on the island of Vancouver. Vancouver Island, British Columbia. And it starts with an O, I think, and it's way up this inlet, and then there's an airport there, and they build fireplanes, among other things. Yeah, I've never been to Alaska.

I want to go though one of these days I'll make it up there. Well he'd been part of that 40 meter net for a long time also. He was, what he do is check in on the 40 meter net, Marine net and then say he had to go and switch over to the 8 meter net. He did that for years and we became pretty good friends. Yeah, well you know like I said I. Cambridge Island, I got a contact from there which to me that's quite a ways. I looked on the map where it's at, that's down on the other side of Cuba.

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Well, I've got him marked off here. Right where he is. I think I'm going there now. Yeah, this is it. And it's called Alberni. A, L, B, E, R, N, I. Alberni, comma, British Columbia is probably how you find it. There's a big airport there, right in the middle of British Columbia. That's what this guy. Where this guy lived when I first met him at the airport, because there was security at the airport. Yeah, I hear you there.

But, you know, like I said, it's just getting started on this thing and see what happens. But you know what? I was reading up or watching YouTube and that FT8, was it a target? Single sound card that goes in between the radio and the computer there? Well, I ended up picking up the one Steve said was everybody was using, and I was surprised. It's a teeny, tiny little thing and I've got it and it's called a digirig, and I'm not gonna recommend it till I've used used it. But that was for a radio that I now own that doesn't have a sound card.

I'd like to get all going because I think it'd be a great radio. It's 200 watts. 10 woods. Yeah. So you do have, have capability of getting on there. Yeah, I, I suppose that. Now, let me ask you this. Would that feed your logbook on your computer? I missed one word in that sentence just before the word on my computer. Yeah, with that feed. In other words, would that operate and just automatically fill in who you're talking to, where they're coming from? It doesn't actually fill it in for you. You gotta, you'll get the call and have to figure out.

Where they are, but FDA doesn't, nor does jsa. You get the calls and then you have to find out where they are. Like QRZ or something. Use QRZ or something. There might be some fancy program that does something like that, but the regular FT8 and JSA program doesn't do that. Oh, okay. That answers. Yeah, I didn't know quite how it worked. Like I said, I just, I seen it on there. I thought it was pretty interesting, you know, like, like you and Steve both were saying before I bought this 891 then a lot of the high end radio that I guess has a sound card already built into it. But yeah, I mean, it's just something to think about.

Well, it really makes HF interesting for me ever since I got into especially for me JS8 see, because even though JS8 some think it's a little complex and a little bit harder more work. You know, what it does is like it opens up things that no other mode has ever been able to do, including the most fancy modes out there like Vera. They make claims that they're doing what what's happened going on with jsa and they are not doing those things. And one of for instance, I received in my mailbox. Every JSA computer has a mailbox in it. If you have run that program and every GSA.

Program has a mailbox in it, so. And they're also capable of doing another thing that no other program has ever done, and that's a real solid relay, an actual relay from one, like, from one country to another or multiple countries. So I got a. In my mailbox, I got a message from a guy in England through Australia and into my mailbox saying, hey, I'm reaching you. This is kind of the long way of reaching you, but I made it all the way from England to Australia to you. Yeah, that'd be kind of interesting. Yeah. And these.

All this information is stored on the computer, whatever computer you run it. And I might still have it on one of my hard disk drives someplace, but because it's in a great big, huge text file. But what I did right after I got that is I put it. I made a YouTube video and put it on YouTube. And I photographed in the video this guy's call letters and everything. So I have actual proof of it because I made that video. Yeah. That's pretty interesting. They're putting computers with radios, of course. They've been doing that for quite a while now, I guess. Yeah. And, you know, they had a lot of different ways of doing it, and most of them, well, like.

One of the first ones was. Oh, what was that called? It was. It was prior to FT8, prior to JS8. Psk. Psk, I think 31 was what they called it. And it didn't do any of the messaging stuff. It didn't do any of the relay stuff. It just basic connect to a different. Send a message to a different ham radio operator and he'd send a message back. Almost like CW or something, except it was. Type it in. Well, that, that was pre. That was done pre. Pre JS8 and pre FT8. FT8 came out. And it. What it showed. They originally did this FT8 so that they could bounce signals off the moon because it was capable of super low signals, signals you couldn't even hear would register.

And so that was the next thing. And far and far more distant than CW people. And then the next thing after that was JSA call. Yeah, yeah, yeah. CW is kind of cool, you know, but crazy me, I mean, that's why I say I'm crazy. Think of it. I sit there and listen to it and try to write it down. Ain't no way. I mean, my brain's going to start that quick, and I'll be the first one to say that. Yeah. And it's a young people's mode, because young people have better hearing and better things going on with their brains. But if you pick it up, then you shouldn't let it go. Well, I did that. I was young, and I got it up to 13 words.

A minute, and then all these other modes were available, so I just stopped doing it and started doing everything else. That was a big mistake. Yeah, well, I don't know. That's. It's just something walking forward with it, you know, getting a sound card and doing that. Now I can type on the computers and text messages, email or whatever you want to call it. I think that'd be kind of cool. But, you know, it's just. Are there large community out there that has. That. Have FT8 or KS8? You mean one of those. These different modes? Is that what you're asking? There's large groups, yeah, there are a lot of people using that fta.

There's a lot of people because if you use it, let's say I get it and use it, if there's nobody on there then to receive it, there's no reason to have it. So that's why I was actually on the quite a few people out there. Well, here's the deal. For me, FT8, the first thing I tried was FT8 before JS8 even existed. And I wasn't too happy with what I saw going on because all the stations ever sent back and forth was like, you could put like one extra word like Steve will put the word pota in. I believe he puts the word pota in the stuff he's sending out. But it's basically, it's only your call letters and maybe the word pota. And he might be on there and gonna jump on and say, you know what you're talking, because I don't know what I'm talking about. But.

And I used to think, well, you could get a contact without doing anything. And he, both he and Ken said, oh, no, you gotta be there and do stuff. But you do very little. What you get for it is very little. Like, you don't even get the location. You just get the signal, amount of signal you're. You're being received at and the call letters, and pretty much that's it. Yeah. Let me end up like KN6SLs. Well, I, I can say this, Mike. I'm consider myself lazy on, on this and on that parts Parks on the air. I kind of like that, being a hunter, and it makes everybody happy. It makes me happy if I made contact. But I'm a hunter, and.

But they have to do all the work, you know what I'm saying? Well, you're going to be surprised because a database is being put together for you as a hundred. Whether you're signed into PODIA or not with an account, a database is being put together. So every time you do a hunt, your. Your callers are being put in this database. And then the minute you get your own coda signage thing, you know, basically it's an account. You don't pay anything or anything. It's just a spot where everything that has to do with you is located. All this, all these contacts that you got as a hunter are going to show up in that account. Yeah, I got a.

I got an encounter on parts on the air, and I'm, I'm going to mention, say there's like 10, 10 or 11 in there so far. And, and they put the, the activation person in the park. He's the one that entered all the data. I just went in there, read it. Yeah. Now, one thing that I did, I do, in addition to the POTUS stuff, sometimes I'll put it into my QRZ log, which is not automatic at all. You know, it's, I think if I believe you've got software that'll do a lot of automatic logging stuff, but I don't have that. So I go to QRZ and I just fill it out, and if I get it, I found out some details. I put it in within a half an hour.

The here's west repeater frequency has been changed. It is now. It is now on 1. 46.895 minus PL 123. I repeat, 46.895 minus PL 123 W6 RHC Repeater Check 3.

Of when I actually did the contact. If I put it in within a half an hour, then it qualifies as a contact. I remember you were talking about that. Well, that's the deal. According to Steve. It's a half an hour. I think it was, according to Steve, anyway, it's a half an hour. Yeah, yeah. I got like about 6 over the QRZ, you know, and that, that's me putting it in there. Some of, some of them I put the wrong time in there because I didn't quite understand where they wanted local time or they were wanting that UTC time. But now I know that they want the UTC time. So now it will work out pretty good. Well, I would just get it in there as soon as you can and not worry about the time. Let the system fill in the time and then you don't have to worry about.

About it, it's correct. And as long as you do it within a half an hour in order, if you just get there within 15 minutes and fill it out, it's all legitimate. It's all settled. You don't have to worry about making mistakes. Just let the system put the time in. Yeah, that's what I do. Yeah, I got you. Yeah. So, I mean, it's kind of fun, you know, it takes time to. Good stuff. But anyway. Yeah, my QSL cards. Yeah, I'm gonna have them made up probably by the end of the week when we go to Red Bluff, and. And then, like I said, I'll kick them out, see what happens. But anyway, Mike, I'm gonna have to eat for lunch there, so I'm gonna run, and we'll be talking to you and SBK and six sl. Amateur. Well, do you have a pen or a pencil handy?

Yeah, go ahead. I want you to write this down. Kilo, Charlie, 4, KC4. And then a forward flash, you know, a slash that's leaning to the right. Kilo, Lima, 5, Sierra, Echo, K, L, 5, SE. Okay, got confused on that. I got Kilo, Lima, five, se. Okay, whoever is a forward slash. Go. Okay, the first part is all one long series of letters and numbers. Okay? The first part is TKC4 and a forward slash. You know what a forward slash looks like?

Yeah, go ahead. After that, you put the KL5SE. So it's all. All one set of letters. And if you go to QRZ and look up KC4 forward slash KL5SE, you'll see what I'm talking about. And if you look at his log, you'll see my contact. Oh, okay. Yeah, I got. Yeah, well, you're. Oh, you mean on the one in Antarctica? Okay, gotcha. Yeah. So, yeah, we'll check it out and. But anyway, I'll let you run this BK and 6s. Okay. Yeah. And most of what he did is either FT8 or sideband. I don't see my contact on there right now because.

Apparently it has to go down a list of some kind or I don't know what's going on. Like, it's not showing. He's got 288 and it's only showing about 20. Anyway, talk to you later. N6TRT. And most of all of it is 20 meters.

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The gear's west. Repeater frequency has been changed. It is now on 1.46.895 minus PL 123. I repeat, 46.895 minus PL 123 W6 RHC Repeater Check 1.

Charlie, Alpha. Radio check. Radio check. November, Gulf and Stockton. You're sounding loud and clear. Well, I must be off the frequency a little bit. Sound like making mouth. Where are you located? 448.020.

That frequency. I'm not too familiar with the system. I'm not sure, but that's. I'm not sure if that's a coordinated pair or not. I feel like usually they. Engine 7525 or 00. Did you find this on a repeater listing? First I gotta figure out what's going on because I can barely understand you. How's my signal? Your signal is loud and clear.

This is WA7 key QSN Mesquite. Jim, if that's you, you're on the right frequency and you sound just fine coming through the mesquite repeater. And so does the other station, wherever he's located. Wow. I'm getting you with the. Basically the same as the other guy. Okay, I don't know what the issue would be because I'm hearing both of you fine. You should be. Should be able to hear the repeater. Okay? Because you're hitting it solid. All right? Anytime you say, like 1, 2, 3.

Every one of the like one is one with in it. Combined together, same thing. Every word has that little hash in it. It's got to be my station. But I don't see how it could be. But you never know. Okay, well, if you're listening on F, make Sure you're on FM mode and 448020 is the receive frequency right now. Could this be an issue with your hearing aids? No, I fired her many years ago. But no, I don't wear hearing aids. Okay. From my end, I can't tell what that issue is.

Sound just fine. I'll let you carry on there and try to troubleshoot that WA7K, QSN Mesquite. All right, I appreciate, but I'm gonna have to go for now. This Kilo Five Juliet Charlie. Thank you. For the other station on the radio, check and take out aca. Clear. This is November Six, Yankee, November Golf. Josh, over here. Mobile. On the way to Sacramento. Jim, I think your name is. What type of radio are you using? Is it new or is it used? Or is it Juki Duke? All right. I guess he already up and powered it down. This is N620, mobile.

Yeah. Everybody's sounding good on my end. I'm in Las Vegas on hypertosi. Everybody sounded good, so it must be just something with the link that sometimes happens on this system. The wake us is up. Las vegas station, this is n6yng. I see your mdt idea. What type of radio are you using? I'm using a motorola cp200d. That's what I'm using. K7kwf. I'm also on a motorola. I'm on an apx6500.

Those TP200Ds. Those are good radios. I have one of them. And the first. The first radio I made my very first amateur contact on was a TP200. No deep, just the standard one. But those are definitely the workhorses of a commercial world. And I. Your computer call sign is kilo7kilo whiskey Oscar. Is that correct? Kilo7, kilo whiskey foxtrot. Kilo 7 kilo whiskey foxtrot. Well, great to meet you. This is November 6th Yankee, November Golf N6YNG. Based in Los Angeles. Currently approaching Sacramento City. So, is you a fan of Motorola equipment, or is that just the radio you had on hand or. That's an interesting radio choice. They're not exactly DC radios to use on ham.

Oh yeah, this is a good radio. It's an old goodie. It even works good on dmr. I really love this radio. You can pick, sometimes you can pick these up for like 50 bucks. You know, it's only 16 candles so they don't have a lot of channels, no display or anything like that. But it's, it's a nice little radio though. It works pretty good. Yeah. The fact that it has no display, I mean that's a really difficult situation because I mean I struggle to remember what I have programmed in my six speed channels because I don't use it frequently enough. And the other thing too is I started out with a 4 channel CP200 same radio, almost no DMR and no display. And having to walk back to the computer and, and open up the CPS anytime I wanted to change any of the four channels was kind of a pain. Have any other radio.