Transcriptions 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.

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[Speaker:MAN] And 6 Katie.

Speaker A: Hello, Ken. This is KK7DDI in Tonaca, Nevada. This is Ken.
Speaker B: I'm sorry, I guess my volume was a little low. I heard Did I hear DBI in somewhere in Nevada?
Speaker A: Yeah, Kilo 7 Delta Bravo India in Tonopah, Nevada.
Speaker B: Okay, how are you doing up there? Tanaka, Nevada. Well, we've been doing pretty good.
Speaker A: Uh, it's got kind of warm today. The temperatures are rising. I guess we're going to get in the 80s 90s, and it ain't thrilling me, I'll tell you that. Of course, you've probably got better weather down there.
Speaker B: Well, I do, yes, but no, I know that that area up there in Nevada is very nice. As well. Um, well, it's slowly warming up for you, I guess, and slowly cooling down a little bit for us. Yeah, we didn't—
Speaker A: it went right from winter to summer, and we didn't get much spring. It was pretty short, I'll tell you that. But we'll take it. We could sure use a lot more moisture than we got this winter. We haven't had an extra lot of moisture, but we could use some.
Speaker B: Um, I know you have a river close by, right? Does that river get much flow from any snowfall, Milpaas? I guess it's not even a river, it's a creek or a wash.
Speaker A: Yeah, there's a, I'd call it a wash.
Speaker B: It comes down through here, but we haven't had any snow to run off.
Speaker A: That's the trouble. We haven't had a lot of winter at all. Very few snowstorms at all this winter, so Our watershed is kind of weak this year.
Speaker B: Oh, that's a shame. It just always seemed like Ely in the wintertime always had lots of snow in it, on it, when I, when I would drive through there. Um, huh, all right.
Speaker A: Y'all, last winter, Pee Dee really got hammered. They had a lot of snow. We, we went up there a few times and they had snow everywhere. But, and the Oaks just north of us It usually gets some snow, and they've had, they had some pretty good snowstorms there, but not like they usually get. It's been pretty sparse. I guess they got a foot one, one time this winter, and that's about it, and it didn't stay very long.
Speaker B: Yeah, I think I told you about my getting stranded out there on the Basin Highway, Great Great Basin Highway. Um, I didn't even want to go that way, but I had to because the other route south out of there was definitely in bad shape. So I was forced, and probably the one and only time I had to go down the Great Basin Highway Yeah, I got stuck out there for 23 hours. I think I may have told you about that. And one thing I'd like to mention is the Nevada Highway Patrol, they did an absolutely amazing job getting everybody out of there. Evacuated everybody over to the Methodist Church there.
Speaker A: Yeah, I'll bet they had quite a few chances to do that, cuz that, that place, when it snows, it can snow there. It can be a dangerous place all the way across them mountains. It can be pretty nasty up in there.
Speaker B: Well, I hope you get some more moisture. We get lots of moisture here. We get tropical rain, tropical rainstorms, thunderstorms that blow through here every other day or so. I think we had a real good one blow through here, uh, yesterday morning. Uh, yeah, so no, we don't have a water—
Speaker A: we don't have a water problem here per se. Well, send some of it up this way. We could sure use it. If I knew how to do a rain dance, I'd be out there dancing, but I can't dance a lick. I couldn't. I got 2 left each. We'll just have to wait and see what comes.
Speaker B: Yeah, all right. I should look up your county and add it, add it to, uh, Taiwan.
Speaker A: I think I'll do that.
Speaker B: All right, well, good, good talking to you as always. Um, I don't, I don't hear you on here much, but I don't get to chime in here much either. So, all right, Ken, well, you take care. Um, I need to finish up what I'm doing. I think the wife wants to finish a movie we started started last night. We just did our dinner dishes and I may talk her into coming in here and finishing up our movie. But again, good to hear you and hope to hear you on here more. You take care. N6KNE here, Chinooka, Columbia.
Speaker A: Yeah, Tim, that's been good to talk to you. I don't get on the radio much. I have a breathing problem, so I don't get on here too much. That's Lincoln County in Nevada, if you look it up. It used to have its good years and bad years, and this is a bad year. You guys have a good night. Enjoy your movies. This is KK7DTI. 73.

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K and 6, SOF.

Yeah, KN6SONN6GRT. Hey Mike, hey, we're just up here just sitting around. Um, yeah, the Bay Area, I'm watching Bay Area News, 86°. Well, I've got 83 right now. Yeah, well, I understand 83°, but San Francisco 86°, that's pretty hot. Yeah, yeah, I would think my daughter would like it, but I'm not sure. Yeah, I remember when we lived down there off of, uh, uh, Millbury, uh, it would get up to about 92, you know, like in September or August, something like that. But we always sit there and watch that fog roll over that hill, and that would come like turn the air conditioner off. Yeah, um, yeah, it's a crazy, crazy world right now. I've got the news, the sound from the news on behind me from the TV, and oh my God, a lot going on. Well, over in the Middle East there, they're shutting the oil off, and I don't know if you've been by a gas station lately, but we paid $6.76 or something like that a gallon for diesel down south there. Well, one thing that happened was today was the Israelis bombed— surprised everybody and bombed, uh, a— and like it was described as a gas field, a place. I don't know if that means, uh, a natural gas field or a place where they, uh, make gas or get gas. I don't know. You don't take gas out of the ground. Of course you gotta— it doesn't make sense to me what they said, but something to do with gas. If it's gasoline, then yeah, we're even in worse trouble now as of today. Oh no. Well, I mean, I'm, I'm not professional. I don't know for sure either. I'm kind of guessing like you did. That was over in Antar, I believe, how you pronounce it. And it was a history, uh, Iran refinery. It's supposed to be the largest one in the— I think it's the largest one in the world. And Israel blew it up. It's going to take 5 years to get it back online from the damage. And then Israel got on the news and was saying, okay, we're not going to do it anymore. 5 minutes later, Iran blew up a couple refineries in North Israel. So there you go. Oh boy, so yeah, that's gonna— that's gonna make gasoline go through the roof, I would imagine. Well, I mean, this is just what I think I know. I don't know for a fact, so don't take it for a fact. But what I heard, that the United States has took the sanctions off of Russia. So Russia is making money hands over fist by selling their oil. Um, and of course that's funding, I guess, Ukraine. And it's just a big circle, you know. It's, it's kind of crazy. If, if people hadn't got killed, and, uh, if you understand what I'm saying, if nobody got hurt, it'd be laughable. But people got hurt, got killed, and it's not Really funny at all. Yeah, they had to be desperate to, uh, and, uh, they are idiots to, uh, take the sanctions off of Russia, uh, regardless of what's going on, because, uh, you're right, that money is going to go to buying weapons to kill Ukrainians, and that's terrible. Yeah, so I mean, that's the way I was, you know, like I said, I'm not a, um, I'm not up on it. I don't know how it is over there, but yeah, they got a bunch of troops headed that way, and I don't know what all is going to go on. And I quit trying to guess. I just sit and watch. Well, if I'm not mistaken, was it, uh, uh, the guy that started the, uh, Vietnam War, um, Anyway, who was that? Well, actually, the Vietnam War started back in '58 or '57. The French went in there, and then we started— John F. Kennedy started sending advisory people to keep South Vietnam. The French pulled out, I believe, but we went in with just 500 troops. They killed some of our so they put more in there and they put more in there. And they got up to something like, I forget what the total number was, but yeah, it was just a mess back in 1964. Then Johnson took it over and it lasted all the way to 1975. Yep, and I almost ended up getting drafted to go there. And I probably would have enlisted as a, if I had been put as a 1A, I think they called it, then I would have probably, and not been able to change it, then I would have gone into the Air Force. Yeah, you're right, 1A, you're on your way. Now I'll tell you, I remember those days very, very good. 1964, I was like in 3rd grade or something, and '64, '65, I was up there at Rollingwood High School— no, Rollingwood Elementary School. You know, my recesses, I'd walk out there and all us kids would sit there and watch the Arlington of the West. And they would have 10, I guess you call them, yeah, 10 funerals all day long. And as a kid, we would see the 21-gun salute until we figured out what it meant, and then that was shocking. Oh yeah, huh. Yeah, we lost, uh, my, my, uh, my family was real friends with, uh, another family and they lost their son to friendly fire. So yeah, it was a rough time for all of us. Yeah, after, uh, in about '69 we moved to, uh, Oklahoma in a small town in the late '68, '69, and they were coming through there and just gathering people up— not gathering people up, they would get their lottery numbers, scribble lottery numbers, and you get called up for the draft. Yeah, that was about the time I was going through it, and They had this one year where they had this huge filibuster and my number was big enough that I just said, okay, even though I was in college, I decided to try to become a 1A. And I believe I was successful if I remember right. Filibuster— when the filibuster was happening, uh, they didn't call anybody up. So what— by the time the filibuster was over, uh, they hadn't called me up, and so they lost their opportunity to call me up because of that. Yeah, well, I graduated there, oh, '73, and that when the Kushner had got the ceasefire, if you will, that manner of thing, with Hanoi. And, but it took till '75 to get everybody out of there. And so that's the reason I didn't get drafted, because we got out '73 and then the war was basically over with. They were with the drawing, and so then they actually stopped drafting aggressively like it was. Yeah, and if the way the timing worked out, I probably would have been there during that time if I'd been drafted right towards the end when all the crazy stuff happened, I would have been there. Oh, when Saigon fell, right? And they were having to fill up the aircraft carriers with people and on and on and on. It was, it was an absolute, absolute circus. Yeah, I had a lot of, lot of good, good friends, um And actually, I guess you could say I'm pretty proud of that. To say I am a friend of his, he was— he graduated, I believe, in '68. Walked off the stage and walked over to the recruiter, because they had recruiters right there in the high school. When you graduate? He said, I want to join up with the Marines. And they said, well, here's a $2,500 bonus. You can spend the summer at home, and then we'll take you to wherever. They took him. He goes, nope, I want to go right now and give that $2,500 to his mother. And he went over and he went, did 3 tours, got shot 3 times, and wanted to go back, and they said, no, that's all for you. Yeah, wow. Um, well, hey, I gotta go because I just heard a bunch of really crazy noises outside from the sheep, and I gotta find out what's going on. So anyway, really good talking to you. Yeah, okay. All right, well, take care of yourself, Mike. We'll, uh, talk to you after a while, or tomorrow, the next day. All right, talk to you later. K, see you. Yeah, my sheep are having lambs, and there was some crazy noise out there right outside. Something hit something, I don't know. So I gotta take a look. Talk to you later, N6GRG.

Gears 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 next W6 RHC repeater check two.

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

System 12, link up. K6LNK, System 36. No mountain range.

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.

Los Angeles, link up.

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: 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.

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.

System 2, link up.

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KN6SLF.

Speaker A: Are you steaming up there?
Speaker B: Oh, I would say between steaming and warm.
Speaker A: Yeah, so what you been up to? I just got home a few minutes ago.
Speaker B: Well, I got this, uh, 2-meter up there, and then I started on the 10 and 20 and got about halfway through it, got tired and quit. And so I got the pole up, but, uh, gotta still run the coax through the roof and all that good stuff.
Speaker A: That's cool. Well, you're sounding okay. A little bit of white noise. How do I sound coming back to you?
Speaker B: Uh, you're sounding pretty good, actually. Pretty clear. Uh, yeah, I'm, I'm coming back from where I usually talk on this repeater, uh, 25 watts. I'm back down to 4 and doing real good with it.
Speaker A: Okay, well, that would explain why, uh, yeah, I'm not hearing you. I'm hearing you fine, but, um, there's noise behind you. So I bet you if you went back up to like mid-tower or something, uh, you'd be doing real good.
Speaker B: Yeah, let me see how this sounds. Hold on a second. Okay, that's 25. How's that sound?
Speaker A: Oh yeah, that was much better. Still a tiny bit of noise back in there, but Hardly distinguishable now.
Speaker B: Yeah, this is what I usually run on, um, and then I was talking to Mike earlier and I went down to 4, you know, to the low, which is 4 watts, um, and I seem to be getting into it. So I, I'm not sure, maybe it's all these trees they took out.
Speaker A: That could be. Well, you were getting into it with the low power, but you were just noisy, that's all. And maybe that's just conditions, you know. Maybe earlier, or whenever you talked to him, it was different.
Speaker B: Yeah, maybe. Yeah, were you on that 5.2 net?
Speaker A: Uh, not today, no. I just got home a few minutes ago. I've probably missed it for a couple weeks now. At this time of year, it's been tough, uh, right now with this weather to get home much before 8. It's too much to do.
Speaker B: Yeah, no, I tried to, uh, check in and apparently they heard me. They didn't know who I was. Somebody came in and said, some, I guess, is trying to check in. And I was listening to them, so it could be all these trees they took out.
Speaker A: Yep, it could be. So, uh, fill me in on the details. Yeah, what have you been up to? I know that you were down there Arizona for a while. So, and I know you got back, uh, well, not too long ago, but obviously now you're up on the hill.
Speaker B: Yeah, almost double with you there. Yeah, we, um, we spent, uh, probably about a week down there around Red Bluffs, mourning and stuff, and then, uh, we got all our stuff move back up here. And, uh, like I said, I'm in the process of, uh, putting everything back up like it was. And, um, you know, I can't believe how warm it— warm it is up here.
Speaker A: Oh yeah, yeah, we have the doors open and fans going here in Chico. So yeah, it's, uh, like almost 90 degrees or something today. Um, supposed to be warm tomorrow, but maybe a couple degrees cooler than today.
Speaker B: I don't know. Yeah, that's what the wife was saying, that was going to be like 10 degrees cooler on Saturday, I think it is. But anyway, okay, if, if it is, it is, and if it ain't, it ain't. But, uh, yeah, we were down there at Coorside and, um It got, kept getting warmer and warmer. Got about 92 and it was getting, you know, per the weather it was going to get up to 100. And we said, nah, we're not going to do that. So we just took off and come on home.
Speaker A: Yeah, probably a wise decision. Been a real mild winter. We had that one time frame I know Mineral got a little bit of snow then, but for a few days or a week there. But anyway, yeah, aside from that, I don't think there's really been that much snow.
Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, the gas prices— we've been, you know, we've been down there since December 15th, I think it was, and usually the fuel, you know, I'm talking Diesel now, um, it's usually about maybe $2.89 to $3 there in Quartzsite, um, but it, it never did get under $4.10, I think it was, and then it start raising to $4.50 and stuff like that. Of course, when we got over towards the Bakersfield and Calinga in there We paid, oh, I think it was $6.85 a gallon. That hurts.
Speaker A: Well, that's the going price it is now around here, I think, around $6.
Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, but you don't, yeah, the only thing is it doesn't have 1,000 miles looking ahead. At us, you know. I really feel for those, uh, owner-operator truck drivers, um, you know, they got $1,100, $1,200, $1,500 fuel bill every time they pull in.
Speaker A: Well, I don't feel nothing for them. They're passing it on. I mean, they're already used to that kind of stuff. They've been adding fuel surcharges on things, so yeah, they pass it on. And, uh, You and I consumers end up paying it. Yep. So one way or the other, if we're going to consume things, we're going to end up paying it. Yeah, maybe they eat it for a little bit, but for the most part, the guys I know are just putting fuel surcharges on everything.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's what FedEx and UPS and Old Dominion, um, they didn't waste any time when I was working for them. They just put a 15% fuel charge on and kept going. But the owner-operators, the old boy that owns his own truck, he's got to go through some pain to get the broker to get the fuel charge for him.
Speaker A: Yeah, so the load board guys, okay, well, yeah, so, well, hopefully the companies are going to offer to pay more for the shipping, right? So that the owner-operator can get paid more, or else he just doesn't take the job and sits on his hands and waits for another job that'll pay.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's correct. But anyway, nevertheless, it was a lot of fun down there. I mean, too, I got into that solar panel like I told you before, and I never did get the 10 and 20 meter up, and I got the 2 meter to talk around town there and stuff. But other than that, you know, we're just up here just with the windows open like you, and you know, it's I don't even know what it is. It's probably 75 degrees here.
Speaker A: Well, I wish you'd try one of these if you don't have one. And I don't know, because, you know, it's been a little bit, but one of those like verticals, uh, the vertical, uh, like it'll do a 20-meter or whatever, you know. I can usually set one up in about 5 minutes, and you might be pretty surprised what it can do for you. it'll be a little bit different radiation pattern, you know, so, uh, it may get you further out, um, because of the takeoff angle. And yeah, they don't cost a whole lot of money for the, one of the cheap ones like I've got, but, uh, yeah, now they do sell some more expensive ones, like a couple hundred bucks, uh, for like that, uh, Radiodity, uh, with a 40-meter coil or whatever. So yeah, there's some that are more expensive, I guess, but this one that I use a lot of times on, uh, on POTAs, you know, only cost me about $45.
Speaker B: Yeah, I'll tell you, you know, since you're talking, you know, mentioned the vertical, uh, we were out walking the dogs and, um, I walked up and here's this, you know, you know how big a campsite is, you know, in an RV park. He had a vertical like you're talking about, and he had wires on the ground. And I asked him, I said, how good does that work? And he says he's talked everywhere. He, you know, and that was a multi What he had was, I guess it was 20 to 80, something like that. I don't remember exactly, but it was a multi-frequency there. And, you know, plus he had a 2-meter hanging out there, you know.
Speaker A: Yeah, my cheap one will do 20 to 6 anyway, but yeah, you just have to make adjustments on the a whip, you know. And then the other one I have that, yeah, costs more money, has a coil, has a 40-meter coil that you put in if you want 40 meters, and you can tune it for 30, and of course 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6. So, but that one, that one did cost more money, so you'd have to spend probably— if you didn't want to build something, you'd have to spend a couple hundred dollars to get one one like that, but they're pretty neat for portable operations and they fold up into kind of like a flute case, so it's really tiny. So it'd be perfect for like, you know, going on your quad and going up to that place you like and just putting your radio up on the air real quick.
Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, I'll tell you, Steve, what was funny is, and the reason I stopped talk to him, is he had a 2-liter Coke bottle over the coil. I don't know if he was trying to camouflage it or what, but he had the bottom of the bottle cut out and the whip went through the top. And he had it sitting there, I don't know Wow, check this guy out. Anyway, I stopped talking to him for a little bit, and he was telling me that he's down with the HF, and you know, he talks to Brazil or whatever, wherever he talks. But yeah, he was a nice guy. He goes down there and stays 2 or 3 months, you know.
Speaker A: Okay, well, you can look up the reason for his Coke bottle. Some of those, I'll have to remember, it is the cheaper ones like I've got. If you get a coil like some of these less expensive coils made in China, they have— the way they've built them, they have some dissimilar metals in there, and any kind of moisture that gets in there over time can corrode, corrode, and then change your, you know, connections and, you know, just make a mess of the coil. So I'm pretty sure what he was doing was protecting the coils getting moisture. KN6NGK.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's what it looks like. I, of course, I didn't ask him why he had the Coke bottle over there, but it was over a coil, so you're probably right. Um, yeah, like I said, uh, most of the ham Operators, the president of the club that used to be the president, he was no longer. I went by and seen him and he goes, well, everybody's pretty much got old or quit talking, and the ones that hadn't quit talking died. I thought, oh boy, you're really good news.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, that's happening. We just lost another guy over here in Paradise. His name was Ernie or Ernest. I think he's one of the original founders of the club too, back in 2015. But, uh, you know, he was elderly, uh, and he was suffering quite a bit from a few different illnesses, you know, or what do they call that, debilitating, you know, diseases that are not really curable. He just tried to, you know, uh, handle it type of thing anyways. And, um, he was just really not well off, and, uh, he made the decision— I mean, this is what I was told anyway— to stop taking his medications, and he didn't last very long after that.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's too bad. But, uh, yeah, you know, like I said, um, I think the club that used to meet here in Quartzsite now, I believe this is— he said something about it turned into breakfast, uh, and they really don't— it doesn't seem like everyone's on, or, you know, they, they use it. You hear them on there every so often, they get on, get off, uh, but the rest of them are over in Blythe, and that was— that's a big club over there. And then of course here you get the guys with the, uh, side-by-sides and all that stuff out in the desert.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, I'm friends on the air, if you know what that means, with the one main guy who's, uh, the prepper over there in Arizona. I don't know exactly where he lives, I guess, but He's the Tech Prepper, KT7RUN. Anyway, he does a lot of JS8Call. He has a YouTube channel, does a lot of stuff. So, pretty neat guy, really smart, you know, smart as a whip and younger. But anyway, so I'm not surprised, you know, Arizona has a pretty good-sized group of people who do self-reliance. Speaking of that, like Paradise here on the 28th. We're having a booth over there for the Paradise group, and, um, it's, it's a— what they're calling a homesteading fair where they're encouraging self-reliance. But it's a fair at the Elk's Lodge, and, um, you know, I guess there'll be people just doing a variety of different things and showing, teaching, and learning, and so on. So I don't know what kind of draw it'll be at the Second annual, so they had one last year, I guess. So they're calling it a homesteading fair.
Speaker B: Yeah, that, that'd be kind of neat. Uh, you know, that's— I guess you live off the grid, is that what they're pretty much, uh, teaching and whatnot?
Speaker A: Well, in general, I think self-reliance, or becoming more self-reliant, doesn't mean you're necessarily off the grid, but let's just say you're trying to do more things for yourself or whatever, and maybe even try to develop a little bit of a community of folks who help one another, you know, type of thing. So, like, as an example, say someone has a freeze dryer you know, of your group or your friends. And then you have a bit— like this year I had a big harvest of probably a couple hundred pounds of persimmons. So it took my wife quite a while, you know, we were doing it for about a month, picking persimmons and cutting them all up and dehydrating like maybe half a dozen or a dozen persimmons every day. So That took quite a while to go through them all. So maybe it's all different kinds of things like canning and pickling and who knows what. I mean, I've never been to one, but I guess I'll be there this year because I wanted to help the president of our club and nobody else didn't seem to want to help him. So maybe it'll turn out okay. But yeah, we're putting up a station and, you know, hopefully talk to folks who are interested in emergency communications.
Speaker B: Yeah, don't get me wrong, I mean, I said off-grid, to me that's a good thing. Um, you know, there's a lot of people, especially younger people, that are, uh, you know, learning solar panels and buying 10, 15, 20, 30 acres out in the middle of nowhere and building their house. And I mean, they put a lot of money in it. They sell everything they got in the city and, you know, have a garden. And like you said, my sister, she cans, or she used to. She's moved back to town now. And my wife, we want to get back there and for, uh, for my sister to show her how to can and preserve food and stuff like that too.
Speaker A: Well, I haven't canned anything this year, and, um, if I canned something last year, it would have been probably relish.

Speaker A: I generally try to do relish every year. Grow some cucumbers and bell peppers and onions and try to get all that stuff to come at the same time. And then generally I still have to go to the store to pick up something else to go with it. But I sure like my own sweet pickle relish. I can control the ingredients, you know, the sugars. And I usually use apple cider vinegar for the— pickling medium. And just when you have something, you want some relish on top of it, I like to open my own can. I don't like the store-bought stuff that's full of high fructose corn syrup. So I tend to do that every year, but I've canned peaches and pears and fruits and lots of tomato sauce and all kinds of stuff like that. But I just use the water boiling method. And I've opened stuff 10 years later that's still good. Not saying that's what you should do, but I'm saying I have.
Speaker B: No, I know that you have to be careful with it. You got to know how to do it. If you know how to do it, you're all good to go. But if you're like me, no, I wouldn't try it unless somebody showed me how to do it. My wife would tell me how to do it. But no, when we were in the Bay Area down there, Millbrae, we had a fairly, eh, not that big of a backyard. But my wife wanted to garden, so I said all we have to do is dig it up, go for it. And we planted corn, tomatoes, I don't know, squash. We had a watermelon and a pumpkin. Growing. And our next-door neighbor, when the corn got, you know, got probably 7 foot tall, 6 foot tall or so, the next-door neighbor's wife told her husband, says, "Look at that, they won't cut their weeds growing there." He said, "That's corn." And he told me about it. He was laughing at her.
Speaker A: Well, I've been improving my soil and my gardens up in Paradise every year. I'd have to look back, but I think I'm on my 4th season now. And it's getting better. Some things are getting better. Some things still have some failures, like this year when that snow came in and wiped out my cauliflower. I had already had a couple, but I had a couple more I wanted to eat. The snow just laid up on top of it and I didn't like that at all. I still ate one, but we had to roast it and it was okay that way. But it was— I still, I love— I'm not really that big of a fan of cauliflower. You grow your own and you can let it go to full ripeness and it tastes sweet and it looks pretty good that way. But so this year I didn't really get to enjoy it too much. And my broccoli, and it made it through that snow no problem, and it started getting bigger, and then all of a sudden this heat came and everything bolted. So I really only got 2 or 3 meals of broccoli out of that whole thing. And I grow all my stuff from seed, so that's the practices I've been doing. I get the seed and sow it and sometimes transplant the stuff, and so it ends up being quite a bit of work. And then when you have something like a weather take you out, that kind of sucks. KN6NGK.
Speaker B: Yeah, KN6SLN. Yeah, up here, um, all we have is a small— uh, we made a small above-ground planter box, if you would. Um, I guess it would be 6 foot by 4-foot, and my wife tried tomatoes and, uh, I don't know what all, you know, some small stuff. And, uh, and she got some tomatoes. Didn't grow very good, of course. You know, it's kind of hard to grow stuff up here, but she got some, not much, you know.
Speaker A: Yeah, I think it would just be about picking the right stuff for your area. Like the broccoli and stuff right now, if you had some fresh broccoli starts and stuff, your weather is not as hot as here anyway, and it would have probably been providing for you. You know, kind of the winter slash, you know, cabbages and brassicas and things like that would have probably provided pretty well for you. Tomato had you been able to put it in early enough up there. So this year anyway. But then I bet you right now, if you, if you put the— I wouldn't normally have said this, but I mean, the way this weather has been, seems like if you put tomatoes in like, say, a grow bag, you know, right now, that maybe if, if you were going to get a frost, you could drag it somewhere to cover it or something. I don't know, it seems like maybe this year would be a better year for getting tomatoes for you.
Speaker B: Yeah, you're probably right. Um, yeah, we did— we got a lot of work that we're going to do over this place. Um, yeah, we, you know, this really is the last time that we're doing it. Um, but, you know, like right now we're working probably every day. Um, when I say we're working every day, I work about 2 2-3 hours and call it a day, just getting things back together. And, uh, you know, and that's what we're up to right now.
Speaker A: Yeah, well, uh, Mike, I'll be up in Paradise tomorrow. I've already got my trailer with some stuff in it, um, and I'll leave fairly early. I'll probably leave by by, by, so, 8:15 to start doing whatever I'm gonna do. Um, here I pick up some more materials or whatever, but then, um, there's a ham radio group up there that meets at about 10, so I'll be with them and I'll probably be busy with them until about noon. I get back over the property around 12:30, and then, um, I've been staying until about 8 o'clock. So working there. I'm actually pretty tired out today, so, and that was from the day before actually. So anyway, um, so I have to recover a little bit. But, uh, anyway, um, yeah, it's pretty hard to, um, pretty hard to let these good days go to waste.
Speaker B: Yeah, they're actually good work days, uh, Yeah, I'll tell you, we had almost— I bet you we still have a quarter wood left. And we left it, you know, thinking we were going to come back in April and it'd probably be cold here. You know, that's the way it normally was. And I don't even think we uncovered it. It's still covered up. We're just using the wood that's on the porch.
Speaker A: Yeah, I was going to say, well, maybe next week if it gets a little cooler, you'll just have to snuggle in with the wife a little bit longer in the morning.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's what we, uh, you know, like, that's the only wood that we've been burning since we've been here. And we've been here a week and a half, almost 2 weeks. Um, it is maybe throw a couple logs in there and set them afire and let them burn out. And that just takes the chill off in the morning when we get up about 5, 5:30, 6, something like that. And, uh, you know, it's just really weird weather. You know, I hope a big earthquake or something like that don't come.
Speaker A: Oh yeah, well yeah, well I've got my ideas as to why it's this way, but nobody out here on the air wants to hear my tinfoil hat scenarios.
Speaker B: Yeah, well I just I think it's, uh, to tell you the truth about it, I think it's just a cycle, you know what I'm saying? But who am I? I don't know. And there's nothing really to do about it, so you just kind of go with it.
Speaker A: Well, that's the truth. Yeah, there's nothing really one person or we can do about it. But yeah, there's a guy up there in Redding has his website Geoengineering Watch. His name is Dave Whittington or whatever. So he talks about climate change and geo— they call it geoengineering these days.
Speaker B: Yeah, you know what's really strange? Um, now see, southeastern Oklahoma, they used to get ice. I mean, yeah, uh, they, uh, I'm going somewhere with this. So they used to get ice maybe once as far as, you know, sleet, rain, that kind of stuff like that. Uh, maybe one year they'll have maybe one day of snow or something like that, but we're sitting out here in 73 70-degree weather on top of this mountain where we supposed to have 3, 4 foot of snow in the— on the driveway, or maybe at least 2 feet. We don't have any. They got a foot of snow, uh, I think it was the last month or so, and it paralyzed them because like I said, they're not equipped for it.
Speaker A: So did you make it out to Oklahoma?
Speaker B: Oh no, no, I didn't go. I— we just went as far as Quartzsite. But I'm saying my sister and brother— I mean, yeah, my sister and brother. Well, my 3 sisters a brother lived back there, and I was talking to him. They said that, uh, it was like this, uh, it came an ice storm and a snowstorm, uh, that's in southeastern Oklahoma, that's down in Texas almost, um, and you know, I think the weather pattern has moved off the— up here off the Rockies back there, that's the way how they Yeah, better definitely change station. That's the one. Maybe, uh, maybe we'll get a white weather out here.
Speaker A: Oh yeah, that'd be something, huh, where you are have tropical weather.
Speaker B: Yeah, well, I'll tell you what, Steve, it's, uh, what is it, about 8 o'clock? No, it's about quarter to 9. I better let you go get some rest, and, uh, I'm going to start shutting everything down and, um, and we'll, we'll be on the radio tomorrow or the next day or something like that. So we'll talk to you.
Speaker A: All right, yeah, we'll catch up with you later. Thank you, have a good evening and sleep tight. 73, KN6MJK.
Speaker B: All right, talk to you later, KN6SOS.

6k u o k and 6tw w 6r h c repeater check.

QST. QST, QST. This is K6PMT opening the Sacramento Valley traffic Net. This net is part of the national traffic system. The purpose of this net is to relay traffic, formal traffic into and out of the Sacramento Valley and provide a standing emergency net. This is a directed net. Please make no transmissions without permission of net control. All stations are requested to stay on frequency until excused. Net control this evening is ke6pmt. Rudson, Gerber. Is there any emergency or priority traffic? Is there any traffic to be listed? None. Roll call follows. Ks6obi, kf6obi. Mike and willows. No traffic. Good evening, mike. Kg6k.uo, Kg6 ksl. Ks 6kjy. K6rcs. KK6PMT is here and calling. Roll. And no traffic. KC6UFE. KC6UFE. Bill in Cape. No traffic. Good evening, Russ. Thanks for jumping in. Good evening, bill. No problem. KN6 Aww. KN6 Pww. This is Jamie back in Chico with no traffic and. Good evening, rest of the net. Good evening, Jamie. Okay, that as well as I have. Are there any late members or visitors wishing to check in at this time? Yeah, this is K6K. I was on the wrong frequency. No problem, Lester. We got you and Bessie checked in. So any others wishing to. Any other visitors or members wishing to check in? Hearing none. I'll close the net. This is K6PMT closing the Sacramento Valley traffic net. This net meets daily at 2100hours through the W6RHC repeater on 146.850 MHz. All stations are excused. I'd like to thank those that checked in and the Golden Empire Amateur Radio Society for the use of the repeater. This net is closed at 2106. This is K6PMT. This net is. The net is clear. This is KG6 KDO. Thank you very much for running it. Okay. You need me to let you know how many we had checked in? Yes, go ahead. We have a total of six. Thank you. K6pmt.

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System 32, link up.

Broadcasting live from Red Mountain at an elevation of 3,673 feet, this is Sac Valley's original 105 machine, W6GRC, with a PL tone of 110.9.

K-86 GOC Mobile Santa Rosa. System 26, link up. K-6LNK, System 36. Snow Mountain Range.

Good evening, this is Houston 16 VR monitoring from Sillamore via Hayward.

System 26, link up. K6LNK, System 36. Snow Mountain Range.

Settings, link on

3.6.3. T-9 link check in.

Speaker A: K06FDI, K06FDI from KT6BDO.
Speaker B: KG6CDO clear.

K06 FTI. K06 FTI from KG6 EDO.

Los Angeles link up. K6LNK system 36. Snow mountain range.

W6r h c repeater check 1.

Fill your coffee cup and join us for the Coffee Break Net Daily at 7:30 AM here on the W6GRC repeater.

K6LNK, System 36, Snow Mountain Range.

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.

All right, coming up to the next bend here, grabbing the cup. Nice, 64 degrees once I come over the hill. WB68KV, uh, Mobile. System 19 link up.

Man, I'm enjoying this light traffic. WB6JKV Mobile, nobody.

Los Angeles, link up.

Node 51018 connected to node 405480.

Speaker A: Okay, so you'll see if I get a tone.
Speaker C: Courtesy tone from the machine system.
Speaker A: KSFQB.
Speaker B: Good morning, this is WB6RVE, David Lima's net control for the Sacramento Valley Skywarn net. This net meets 5 days a week, Monday through Friday. The repeater is located near Grass Valley. The purpose of the net is to share weather information between interested amateur radio operators. We invite any amateur who is interested to report his weather roll call as complete. In times of emergency, this information is forwarded to the National Weather Service. Are there any announcements for the net? Uh, you're on the wrong repeater there, uh, Dave. AI6US standing by for the coffee break net on the W6EK 2-meter repeater. Ah, thank you, Brian. Have a good coffee.
Speaker A: WB6RBE.
Speaker C: And thank you for that, Brian. Good morning, this is the Coffee Break Net. I am Tom, November November 6 Hotel. Welcome to the 6th anniversary of the Coffee Break Net on the W6CK repeater, all-star node 51018, Echolink, and on Wires-X. We do this every morning. We do this every morning from 7:30 AM Pacific time to 10 AM Pacific time. Sorry, I'm doing something else here. Anyway, I don't see myself coming up here on Supermon. Brian, am I making the transmission on here?
Speaker B: Yes, you are. Good morning, and I have some stats to announce at the top of the hour, so back over to you. Thank you very much for running the 6th anniversary net, AI6US.
Speaker C: Okay, very good there, Brian. Thank you for that. Yeah, Supermont is not showing me as being transmitting here, so that's sort of why I was confused. Confused. I'm coming through on here in All-Star. Anyway, this is NN6H and this is the Coffee Break Net. And like I said, we do this every morning from 7:30 until 10 AM Pacific time. This is the 6th anniversary. We've been doing this for 6 years. So all the kudos out there to all the net controls and especially to Brian, AI6US, who started this 6 years ago as kind of an experiment for a couple months and it has continued on. I guess one of the stats probably that Brian will mention is we've had over 73,000 check-ins. Amazing for a net like this. This has been going on strong. We do this every day of the year pretty much. There's a few exceptions. I think we had one or two issues with equipment where the net has been down. Then other times we have given it up for some of the races here in the Tierra Fidel, some of the races that come through, the horse race question. In the foot race, and so they use a repeater for that for safety and emergency communications. But otherwise, it's been on every morning, so thank you for all the net control operators out there and also all the people that check in. I mean, without people checking in, we would not have a good net there. So anyway, we'll be inviting net control operators to come in and maybe give their stories, and also you to give your stories, maybe what your favorite moments are of the Coffee Break Net. What you enjoy and things like that, and maybe just different stories and also people that have passed and we can talk about them too. Anyway, that's what we'll be doing here for the next 2.5 hours for the Coffee Break Net. And so I'm going to start out here, and by the way, this is where the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the fish are jumping. That's Bill K, FKK. Silent Key, we want to thank him, and he was a regular, so that's how we remember him. All right, uh, as we generally start out here, let's do a quick in and out. We'll do quick in and outs, uh, and again, if you want to, you know, mention, uh, you know, some favorites about the Coffee Break Net, uh, you know, you're welcome to it. So this is Tom, November November 6 Hotel. Who's out there?
Speaker D: Good morning, Tom. Kilo Golf 6 November Lima Whiskey.
Speaker A: K3K3 Tom KC8 Fox Queen Victor Mark Ohio.
Speaker C: November 6 Charlie Kilo Victor. Kilo Oscar 6 Kilo Mike Romeo.
Speaker B: November 9 Romeo Echo Sierra, your all-star is definitely working. Kilo Delta 6 Charlie Delta Quebec, Rick, North Island.
Speaker A: Hello, Delta 3 Alpha Juliet November, KD3HAN. Alpha Kilo 6 Sierra Quebec.
Speaker B: And Alpha India 6 Uniform Sierra would like to make it in before the top of the hour. We have some repeater work to do. Thank you.
Speaker C: Okay, very good. Lots of check-ins here. And yeah, Brian, I thought you had mentioned that you wanted to be at the top of the hour, but I can actually put you first here to give you— you can give us the stats. So I have AI6US, I got AK6SQ, KJ5GWN, KA3AJN. Uh, that's right, the call sign, Anna, you're, you're stopping. Uh, and I got the CDQ Rick, got an NRS, got KO6KMR, uh, N6CKV Carl, I got KC8FQV Mark, um, but then I have, uh, uh, K83, I didn't get the station there, then I got Then I got K6NLW Frank. The KE3 station, can you come back again please?
Speaker A: Yes, this is KE3 Victor Golf Mike.
Speaker C: Okay, KE3 Victor Golf Mike, got you there, Jimmy. Okay, anybody else that I'm missing from this first round of quick in and outs? I'm amazed that I got all of the kerfuffle that was there. Alright, so let's go ahead. I'm going to go to Brian first. Brian has some statistics and stuff, and I know he has some things he wants to do on the repeater system, so I will go to Brian. And yeah, Supermod is now working. Yeah, that was kind of weird when I started out. I did not see myself come up and I kind of wondered if I was actually talking to anybody. Anyway, after you there, Brian. And you're going to tell us about this. And this is amazing, 6 years of the Coffee Break Net. Congratulations. AI6US and N6H.
Speaker B: Hey, good morning, Tom, and everybody on the net. No, good morning to everyone. Coffee Break Net started 6 years ago today. And it was just an experiment to see if folks would join in with the conversation. We have a lot of nets out there where you just check in and give a proof of life or a weather report. That isn't what we are about. We are about conversations. And it started 6 years ago today. So here are some numbers, quite interesting. The folks that jumped in there were people that weren't even around at the beginning of this net. So I'm just going to run by some numbers here. We've had over 70— we've had over 73,000 check-ins. On the books we have 7,280 approximately. So I'm going to let it drop and then I'm just going to run through the top 16 that have had made over 1,000 check-ins. Over the past 6 years. Okay, these are the top 16. These are the list of stations that checked in over 1,000 times in the past 6 years. WA6E with 1,005 check-ins. KN6GAA, Frank. 1,015. KN6WQU, Dan, with 1,137. K4LGI, our good friend Sam out of Denver, with 1,161. KB7DFP, Ken in Twin Falls, 1,189. Next up will be a silent key that we're recognized if he had— uh, Frank, uh, became silent key about 2 years ago and he's still in the, uh, over 1,000 check-ins. KA6FKK with 1,230 check-ins. Rest in peace because you are where the sun is always shining, the birds are singing, and the fish are jumping.
Speaker A: Break.
Speaker B: WB6BJN with 1,236, but I will nominate him for the most airtime outside of a net control. K6DLK, aloha Dan, with 1,272 check-ins. KB6SSN, Tom, with 1,399. And Mike, K6YMM, 1,417 check-ins. Our good friend from Never Neverland, W2VX, with 1,478. Um, and then, uh, let's see, KC6SLE, 1,524. 1,524 check-ins for Graydon. Into DIY, Patrick, who has been a tremendous help to our net through the years and to the, the all-star community in general. Thank you. And we always say good afternoon to Patrick into DYI with 1,563 check-ins. Another silent key, rest in peace Ray, comment. Yeah, KK6AM with 1,810 check-ins. Rest in peace, Ray, where the sun is always shining. N6CKV, number 2 position with 1,914 check-ins. Way to go, Carl! In the early days, you were giving us the COVID reports, and you have just been a rock-solid supporter of the Coffee Break Net. Number 1 position With 2,139 check-ins, it's— back to you, Tom.
Speaker C: Okay, I think my radio is broken because I did not hear the number 1 check-in. But yeah, congratulations to all those on the list there. I mean, that's amazing. So who was the number one check-in?
Speaker B: You know, I don't know, maybe that was deliberate. I, uh, I know you can see it on your list there because I typed it in there, but I'm gonna leave it out there for a moment. I wonder who the number one check-in was with 2,139 check-ins. Back to you, Tom.
Speaker C: Okay, well, we can open up to find out if anybody else wants to guess who the number 1 check-in is. So who— anybody have any guesses?
Speaker A: K06TH, maybe?
Speaker B: K06TH?
Speaker C: Yes, and you with 2,139 meters.
Speaker B: Greg in 1939, and Greg was one of the drivers behind, "Hey, let's put together a database." And this kind of started out with some just health and welfare checks during some wildfires and then snowmaggedons and other events. We just kind of fine-tuned this into what it is today. But anyway, that's kind of a big Thank you to all the net control operators. We certainly, you know, this net is not because of a person or one or two people. This is because it is a village and it's a wonderful group of folks. And primarily I want to thank all of the net control operators who step up and take that day or take days or take, you know, just run this net and have great conversations. So thank you to all the net control operators and thank you to everyone who checks into the net. 6 years and running strong. Back over to you, Tom.
Speaker C: Okay, very good there, Brian, and thank you for doing that. Thank you for starting this up, having this as an experiment. Thank you for Lynn, your wife, for putting up with it. Maybe she didn't think it was gonna last, but yeah, no thank you. And yep, so Brian does the net 3 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We have Theta and Jerry on Thursday, myself on Friday. We have Orion AI6US on Saturday, and we have Jeff KW6U on Sunday, as well as we have a couple alternative net control, we have W1ATV, Aaron, We have WB6BJN— I was going to put Mark there as a net control— WB6LPJ, Don, and then we have Smitty, WB1G, and they helped fill in the spots there. So yeah, congratulations to Brian there. Thank you for all the other net control operators, and also thank you to you for all the people that check in. And help make this net going. And I have one correction there. You had mentioned KA6FKK. That's Bill. You had called him Frank, but that was Bill. The one that gave us the motto for the net here, which is the sun is always shining, the birds are singing, and the fish are jumping. So I want to thank everyone for all that. Anyway, thank you for that, Brian. And all that you do with the repeater system here also. Alright, so I do have my check-in list here, so let me go to the top and we'll go through that as quick in and outs. And again, if you want to give us some of your fond moments of the Coffee Break Net, you're welcome to it. So this is Tom, November November 6, let's go to KG6NLW. Good morning, Frank.
Speaker D: Uh, good morning, Tom and Annette. You know, uh, with how much activity Mark has, BJN has on the net, and how much he gets to talk, uh, for the weather, he might as well be part of net control group. That's just my two cents. Congratulations on 6 years. Here's to another 6 more years, and hopefully everything expands and makes things even better. Not much else for me this morning. Back to you, Tom. You have a great day. And I think you called Orion by Brian's call sign, AI6US. Yeah, they share a call sign now. 73, have a great day.
Speaker C: Okay, very good. Thank you, Frank. Yeah, maybe I did. Yeah, yeah, Orion, uh, Orion's call sign is AI6US. JP-A6JPA. It can't be confusing with the AI6US, same prefix here. All right, thank you, Frank, and thank you for also doing the YouTube live chat too, where you stream the Coffee Break Net. Anyway, you have a great day and thank you. All right, clearing with Frank. Next, Jimmy, KA3VGM. Good morning and aloha Friday to you, Jimmy.
Speaker A: Good morning, Tom and the 6th Age Gaming Group people across the net. Well, I'll just say this for you guys and the, the Sierra Photos Club in general. Uh, even though I'm living back here in Pennsylvania, you guys made me feel very welcome. And I was happy to find an active club again, 'cause a lot of the clubs/repeaters back here don't do much anymore. So I was happy to find an active, welcoming club. And if I was closer to California, I would join a lot of you guys' stuff. That you do because I think it's a very good club. With that, I'll say 73, but I will be listening to the rest of the net. I have computer work to do today. K3VGM, back to Utah.
Speaker C: All right, very good there, Jimmy. Uh, K3VGM, VGMNN6H, for the 6th anniversary of the Coffee Break Net. Okay, very good, thank you. And yeah, that is kind of one of the reasons why, uh, I think Brian started it too, because a lot of repeaters get kind of dead, especially outside of the, the morning and maybe the evening commute hours.

JK6VZD mobile. WB6AXN repeater.

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.

KN6 SOM, Bonne Soir.

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.

N6GRG with a very strange HF band this morning. N6GRG, 36 local.

W6r h c repeater check 3.

KN6SLF, poetry.

The Gears Net will be held Tuesday night starting at 7:30pm all amateur radio operators are welcome to join in on the net W6RHC repeater check 1.

Kiyotsu, MGK. Kiyotsu, SLS.

TN6SLN and 6CRG, reportable.

KN6MGKK6SO.

K6SLN, N6GRG, copy. Ah, there you are, Mike. Okay, uh, yeah, go ahead, uh, N6GRG. We can try to go to 5A. Yeah, if you can get over there. Yeah, let's go there. We'll be there in about, uh, 2 seconds. 10-6, TRGD, copy. Nope, still over here on the other frequency. Hang on.

Speaker A: Hey John, I was over there.
Speaker B: Yeah, I didn't hear anything, Mike. I'm monitoring both channels and, uh, yeah, I did— I didn't come through.
Speaker A: Okay, double-check it and let me try it again.
Speaker B: Okay, yeah, I got it all done. So yeah, go ahead.
Speaker A: Well, John, let me get another radio.
Speaker B: Yeah, that's all right, Mike. Hey, I wanted to ask you a question, you or Steve, um, on that, uh, 105, that Koin repeater. I'm hearing a net coming out of Auburn. Uh, is that, uh, sound right?
Speaker A: I don't know. Is that state of Iowa?
Speaker B: I believe that's what it was. Uh, now that was 3 and a half months ago, um, down there in, uh, Corning. It was out there, up there by, uh, where 36 is, I believe. Uh, but now I go to that frequency with the same PL, they're saying, uh, because it's programmed in, uh, there's a net Loomis. I guess the repeaters up there at Allbirds—
Speaker A: well, it's something to do with one of the clubs, and rather than using a repeater that has wide coverage, they use one of those, so I can't tell you. Always copy the repeater wherever it is. Oh, okay.
Speaker B: Well, I was just curious because, uh, they have All-Star hooked to it. Oh, they have several, several different, uh, internet, uh, EchoLink, All-Star, and I believe, I think they have Fusion, uh, because people from Chicago and, uh, back east is coming in, um, to that repeater on that net, and they have quite a following there. They've been doing it for 6 years, they said.
Speaker A: Um, did you get any call-in from here?
Speaker B: Uh, yeah, it's supposed to be the— well, I don't know if I call those— I didn't get to call those, but it's a coffee break net out of the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club. And, uh, I mean, it's— it comes— it blasts in here, um, you know. And I'm not complaining, I'm just saying That's just something new that I heard.
Speaker A: Did you try to talk to him and ask him where the repeater actually was?
Speaker B: I did try to talk to him. I know I can talk to him, but they, they have quite a following and, you know, I have to get in line to get on the net. Um, that's the only reason I didn't break in. I was just listening to him for the last 30 minutes or so, um, and I was just wondering if that was a new, uh— obviously it's not new, but they upped their power or something.
Speaker A: Well, have you been listening to this frequency a lot, that particular frequency?
Speaker B: Uh, well, before I went to the desert, uh, like I said, 3 and a half months ago, uh, uh, yeah, yeah, I scan it and all I've heard is, uh, people around, uh, Willows and Corning, Chico, uh, maybe Sacramento and stuff like that, you know. Uh, but now, you know, like I said, I've been getting all the way up here in Auburn. I've been going What? What do you mean?
Speaker A: Something changed.
Speaker B: And I was just curious, that's all.
Speaker A: Well, it is true that things can change, and the question is, are there two computers on that net? I mean, on that big computer? and raise their power maybe, or something like that. One of the club repeaters was getting all sorts of interference at one time, and that's why they had to change the frequency for their net. So you might be hearing the repeaters at where most of their interference is coming from, a completely different frequency. Oh, okay.
Speaker B: Yeah, well, like I said, I'm, I'm, you know, I'm just curious. The frequency is 147.105, I believe, the PO 100.

Yeah, what's really curious to me is Loomis, or even Auburn, is down there on 80 going up the hill, um, on the other side of, uh, I would say, uh, Yuba City. But I'm, I'm getting, I'm getting like a blast it. I get the full signal here. I mean, a full 20 or 30, you know, full signal.

Speaker A: I'm outside with a portable and I tried to move around. I was moving around and I got into a bad spot.
Speaker B: Yeah, well, no, I, I just, uh Sitting up here, you know, scanning the radio, and that came up, and I thought, wow, you know, maybe, uh, but they said they've been, uh, doing that net for 6 years, so they've been around for a while. It's just I've never heard of them, so I don't know.
Speaker A: You almost have to ask somebody that's actually on that repeater where it is. Oh, okay.
Speaker B: Well, like I said, I'll let you go and I'll listen some more, and if they give a break, I'll, uh, I'll ask him.
Speaker C: I'll ask him.
Speaker B: I think it's up there at Auburn. I'm not sure, but they would have to link it to, uh, that Corning repeater. Uh, now that's how I have that one labeled. It may not be in Corning, it may be up there on the hill there, but that's the one that Aries out of Corning and pillows and whatnot used to transmit on. Okay, Mike, I'll let you get back to work there. I know he's pretty busy, and, uh, and we'll continue to, uh, monitor it and see what happens. But, uh, I'll talk to you later on this afternoon or something. We got to go pick up my grandkids. Oh, probably a couple hours.
Speaker A: Well, the reason I'm so hard to, uh, speak to is I'm outside by a barbecue cooking breakfast.
Speaker B: Yeah, there you go. Well, okay, uh, all right, we'll, uh, we'll talk to you later there. Whatever happened to the other radio you had, that, uh, the one you always talk on? Did it, uh, did it break or something?
Speaker A: Well, I was, uh, in the process— it was in a different building with that 70-foot, uh, connection, and, uh, I went to move it and I think I kind of messed up or or something happened when I moved it, it quit working. So I have to figure that out. Oh, okay.
Speaker B: Yeah, that kind of thing happens, that's for sure. That's what I'm always afraid of, moving these things around. Once I get them working, I like to leave them alone. But, uh, but you know, you have to move them. and, uh, hopefully everything works out. So, okay, I'll holler back at you later on this afternoon then. All right, this would be KN6SLX, um, we'll be monitoring back to 105.
Speaker A: Now, 105, the 105 that you're used to using, wasn't that that Reading receiver, Tehama County kind of thing?
Speaker B: No, no, that was, uh, I think that was 146450. That was a red block there.
Speaker A: Okay, so you're hearing people say It's in the Sierra foothills, the one you're talking about.
Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, uh, and he said that he was in, uh, the, uh, net was out of Loomis, or they're having a, uh, a ham fest over Loomis, uh, which is this side of Auburn. And that they're in Auburn. And, uh, now that's what I understand. That's when the nets— uh, I'll tell you what, um, when you get a chance, put in the Coffee Break Net, uh, Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club, and that's, that's who's doing it. I mean, they sound like really nice people. I mean, there's nothing— I'm not saying there's anything wrong with them. I'm just surprised and excited about them blasting in here with a great signal. And, uh, I mean, like I said, there's people from the East Coast checking in.
Speaker A: Well, there's a number of confusing things you told me. You're mentioning Corning, okay? You think you're hearing them on a, on a repeater that's in Corning. That's said it first.
Speaker C: Then you said Sierra Foothills and Auburn, uh, and then you mentioned maybe recording receivers in Auburn, but you haven't checked a lot because you didn't actually talk to anybody from Auburn. So maybe when you go over there, you can actually start asking questions to see if that's true.
Speaker B: All righty, I will talk See you later.
Speaker C: I'll go get my phone. Coffee, something.
Speaker B: Yeah, hold on, Met Mike. Let me clarify what I said, or what I meant to say. Maybe I didn't say—
Speaker A: I don't know.
Speaker B: Okay, I scanned 146.105 with the PL-110. That used to be recording repeating. And that would be, uh, like I said, you hear Jeremy Willows, uh, Steve, people like that on it, um, down by Willows and stuff, by Corny. Okay, that's where I scanned it. But yet with the same frequency and PL, PL, that frequency has a radio group or a club out of Auburn, Foothills, Sierra Foothills Radio Club, and it's a coffee break net that comes in on that frequency now up here and just blasts it like, like a thing is, uh, can't get a better signal. That's what I'm saying. And I just want to be clear, that's not coming out of Corning. I don't know if it's coming out of Corning or not. It's all the same frequency.
Speaker A: Okay, well, that's why I'm saying you got to— when you hear somebody that's actually in Auburn, you got to ask them some questions.
Speaker B: Yeah, absolutely. That's what I was going to do, go over there and I'll just ask the next controller. I'll say, hey, where are you at? Or where, where's the repeater located. And I was thinking along the lines— what— and now this is me thinking, and that don't mean much, that's me thinking. I was thinking maybe that Auburn Club is linked to the repeater in Corning. I don't know, but that's why I was asking you, and I was trying to get ahold of Steve to see. Steve would probably know. So, uh, so like I said, that's always out of the way.
Speaker A: Well, another thing to add to the mystery, various mysteries, is that, uh, from what I understand, Steve and a bunch of the other guys talk on a repeater that I believe is up on, uh, the same mountain is this repeater, and it's owned by a guy. W6GRC is his call. And, uh, so if you hear those people, that's, uh, and they could be linking to anything because there's internet up at St. John's. So yeah, uh, there's a lot of different possibilities for what's going on. I haven't been trying too very hard to use that repeater that is owned by a guy named Gary.
Speaker B: Yeah, I, I don't normally talk on it. I, I just, uh, you know, that's one that Steve gave me, and, uh, and so I just put it on scan and I heard them in there, and I thought it was pretty interesting. I thought, well, I've been away for a couple, 3 months I thought, well, I'll just ask you or Steve, you know, did they link together or something? I don't know what they did. But anyway, you have a good day and don't work so hard out there. You better get to doing it before it warms up. Anyway, this be KN6SLM, we'll be monitoring.
Speaker A: It's kind of tough. Uh, it, it makes me think there's more than one repeater on that frequency. All right, N6GRT, talk to you later.

Radio testing, this is K7LOM.

Speaker A: Whiskey Bravo 7 Uniform Kilo X-ray, WB7UKX. I don't know, I was totally off on that. WB7UKX, okay, got you, thank you. And then I have KO6COW. All right, uh, anybody else there for, uh, uh, uh, for the log only, for the coffee break now before we shut things down.
Speaker B: KI6LOP.
Speaker C: Kilo Mike Six Echo Papa.
Speaker A: Kilo Charlie Six Sierra Lima Echo. Alpha Kilo Six Papa Echo. Okay, that was the last station was Alpha Kilo— Alpha Kilo 6 Papa Echo, is that correct?
Speaker C: Yes, that was correct. This is Jose from Tustin, California.
Speaker A: All right, got you there. Thank you, Jose. AK6 Papa Echo. Then I got KM6MM and I got Russ, KI6LOP. And Graydon, yes, I have you from before, so no problem there. All right, last call for log only for the 6th anniversary of the Coffee Break Net.
Speaker C: Kilo 6 Alpha Golf Whiskey. B7 DFP, Kennetwon Falls, Mobile.
Speaker A: Okay, very good. I got, uh, got, uh, got you there, uh, KB7DFP. And by the way, you are number 12 in all-time check-ins since for the last 6 years. You have 1189. And what is the lunch for today? P-Soup?
Speaker C: That's cool! That's neat.
Speaker A: Thanks for letting me know that. Alright, no problem. But you have to tell us what's for lunch.
Speaker C: I, oh yeah, split pea soup is what I'm thinking of.
Speaker A: All right, I'll put that in the log here. Thanks, pea soup. Yeah, and congratulations on the check-ins. And then another station I have, I didn't get the full call sign, but I got Alpha Golf Whiskey 6 Alpha Golf Whiskey. Full call and the name, please.
Speaker B: Roger, it's Kilo 6 Alpha Golf Whiskey.
Speaker C: The name here is Alan.
Speaker B: I'm in Sacramento on an HT, and for lunch is birria tacos.
Speaker A: Okay, very good there, Alan. K6AGW. You're doing pretty good. You're doing great from Sacramento with an HT. A lot of white noise, but was able to copy you there, so good job there from Sacramento. All right, that concludes the Coffee Break Net here. We definitely wanted to close down at 10. I'm sorry, Brian, that I went a little bit over. But yeah, this has been the 6th anniversary of the Coffee Break Net that Brian, AI6US, started 6 years ago. As kind of an experiment to see if you can get some activity on this repeater. So look what it's turned into. Started out locally and then because of AllStar and EchoLink and stuff, kind of branched out into the US as well as into the world there. So I want to mention that we do have the Hamfest coming up, which is going to be March 28th. Loomis train station. That's going to be a great event. If you are in the area and you want to volunteer, go to w6ek.org and you can sign up to volunteer there. We still need a few more things there. And tonight is trivia night. We have a trivia night, 7:30 PM Pacific time on this repeater, All-Star Node and Echolink. It will be a no-host trivia, so bring bring your own trivia questions, and it'll go from 7:30 to 8:30, and that will be— hopefully people can check in that. So this is a trivia night the first and third Friday. All right, I am Tom NN6H from Lincoln, California, which is up near the repeater which is in Auburn, California. We are sponsored by the Sierra Foothills Amateur Radio Club, and we do this every morning from 7:30 until 10 AM-ish. Pacific time on the repeater and on All-Star and all that. So definitely thank you everybody for your comments and your memories of the Coffee Break Net. Definitely is a nice anniversary for the Coffee Break Net. Anyway, this is Tom, NM6H, and I'm going to say 73. Wish everyone a happy Aloha Friday and have a great weekend, and we'll talk to you next week. NN6H will be clear and returning the repeater and the nodes back to normal operation. 73.
Speaker C: All right, AI6US here. Just want to thank you, Tom, for running the net today. Thank you for everybody for being part of the 6th anniversary. And just kind of a heads up, I am standing under the tower for the W6EK voter on Mountaintop, and we will be working on the equipment in here. Mountaintop may be going up and down for the next hour or so. So we will be making some announcements. Thank you everybody. Thank you, Tom. And everyone have a wonderful Friday. This is AI6US. All be clear. Tom, can you sneak me into the log please? KB6SSN.
Speaker A: All right, got you in the log there, Tom. And are you going to be at trivia night tonight?
Speaker C: I will be, uh, have some fun tonight. Hopefully some folks will show up. Uh, and yeah, that makes my 1,400th check-in. That's why I wanted to catch you before you were gone there. Thank you.
Speaker A: Uh, have a great day.
Speaker C: KB6SSN. Yes, congratulations.
Speaker A: Uh, yeah, you are, uh, well I don't know that I have you as number 8 and I have you as 11:18, 11:9, or 13:99. So this would be your, yeah, your 1400th check-in.
Speaker C: Yes, I heard Brian say that at the beginning of the net, and that tells me that I really need to get a life if I've checked in that many times. But I'm in good company. KVP6SSN73.
Speaker A: Yes, you are definitely in good company there, but Ray was number 3 at 1810. So he beat you by 410 check-ins there. And it would have been much higher though if he was still around, but unfortunately he was silent key. Anyway, 7 3s, and thanks for kind of helping to semi-host the, I guess, the trivia night tonight at 7:30. Uh, give me 6 SSN and then 6H. Yeah, that last station, you're just barely bringing up the repeater in N6H. Hey Tom, KM6LYW, copy? Yeah, that's much better, Craig.
Speaker C: Gotcha.
Speaker A: Yeah, I was just asking to be put in the log if you still got the logging software open. I didn't want to miss the 6-year anniversary.
Speaker C: Thanks, Tom.
Speaker A: All right, Craig, got you there. Yeah, a little on the scratchy side, but we will put you in the log, and thank you for being part of the coffee break, man.
Speaker B: KCFQV, I know I checked in.
Speaker A: I was going to just mention [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Yeah, I heard you in there, Mark, but there was quite a bit of noise on you. But you said something about top of the hour. I know that Brian mentioned before when we first started that he wanted to give the statistics, so he did that.
Speaker B: Yeah, just at the top of the last hour, right at like 57, 58 or 59 after the hour. Yeah, when you threw out— you were calling for more people to check in or something, and you put your call out into the call or something. The, uh, the other Something was hooked, it was hooked over the, uh, the board, RCWA board and breaker net, and he called you, and he was trying to call you, and then, then it got dropped. So, uh, I was gonna just say that, yeah, there's, um, there's things that get connected and then dropped at top of the hour and moved to another net.
Speaker C: And that this is a high six, you have to really drop them.
Speaker B: You might have been that what you have been hearing, KC. KC8FQV.
Speaker A: Okay, Mark, thanks for that. Brian, I know that you want to get the repeater working, so basically you want people to stop talking on here, is that the case?
Speaker C: Yeah, well, I appreciate everybody wanting to chat and everything. I really am going to be shutting things down for a little bit. And I do appreciate it. We have some people just kind of waiting around. So thank you so much. I appreciate it, guys. AI6US, happy 6th anniversary. 73, Tom.
Speaker A: All right, thanks, Brian, and maybe Doug there for helping on the repeater system. Okay, yeah, so the repeater system will be down for probably another hour for some maintenance. So anyway, thanks. Everybody have a great day. NN6H, clear.
Speaker C: Thank you very much, Tom. WA6E, Jerry, are you available? Yes, I'm here, WA6E. Okay, very good. I may call on you. If you're going to be around, I can coordinate offline if you want, but I just wanted to do a couple of tests of carrier with PL and without, if you have that set up. I do. I'm at your service, WA6E. Okay, so I don't keep you hanging around, I'll just go ahead and text you when I'm ready to do that test, if that's good? That's excellent. Thank you very much. This is AI6US. I'm bringing down Mountaintop, but I would just appreciate a quiet repeater for a few minutes, please. AI6US.

Los Angeles, link up.

Here's 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.

Node 51018 disconnected.

Radio check. Radio check. Kilo Delta 5, Kilo Golf Charlie.

Radio check, radio check. Kilo Delta 5, Kilo Golf Charlie. Uh, last station, you're barely readable, but you're making it. Your audio is just a bit muffled. KC6BDF. Reading.

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. W6R H C Repeater Check 3.

K6SLM, local information. KSC, SLS.

Los Angeles, link up.

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.

Attention all ham radio operators, you have reached the world famous W6GRC repeater on 147.105 MHz, backslash broadcasting at least 3 watts more than necessary at all times, backslash please pause between overs, identify properly, and remember kerchunking is not a hobby.

13, link up.

System 26, Link up.

Broadcasting live from Red Mountain at an elevation of 3,673 feet, this is Sac Valley's original 105 machine, W6GRC, with a PL tone of 110.9.

The Gears Net will be held Tuesday night starting at 7:30pm all amateur radio operators are welcome to join in on the net W6 RHC repeater check 2.

System 2, Link Up.

System 11, link up.

KM6PSO, KI6BWJ.

The year's 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. W6RHC repeater checked 3.

K6LNK, System 36. Snow Mountain Range.

Here's 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 one.

K6SLN, calling you. Walmart parking lot just gets open.

Your radio is on the right frequency. This is the home of Sac Valley's original 105.5 W6GRC with a PL tone of 110.9.

Speaker A: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The following is a QST. The Bouvet Island team declares the trip a success. YL operators around the world conclude their first major event.
Speaker B: And coming soon, a documentary about the well-loved founder of MFJ Industries. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report #2525 comes your way right now.
Speaker D: From around the world, this is Newsline, amateur radio's first independent on-the-air news and bulletin service. Now reporting from Wadsworth, Ohio, here's Stephen Kinford, N8WB.
Speaker B: If you were one of the lucky ones to contact 3Y0K on Bouvet Island, our lead story is for you.
Speaker A: Raph Squallacci, KK6ITV, tells us more.
Speaker E: The 3Y0K D-expedition to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is done. And according to the team, was a great success. A report on their Facebook page stated, quote, the whole 3Y0K team is safely back on the vessel after a successful expedition to Bouvet. We made more than 100,000 contacts and achieved our goals. It was an extraordinary undertaking involving years of planning, complex logistics, and determination needed to succeed. The team worked well together under harsh conditions, cold, snow, and severe wind. Bouvet is known for its remoteness and unpredictable weather, and while it is a beautiful island, any attempt going onshore involves a risk. Despite all the challenges we encountered, the team stayed focused on our goals, determined, and the result is due to real teamwork. We had been working with professional expedition guides, pilots, crew, and vessel, along with our off-island support team who all contributed to our success. End quote. According to the team, logs will soon be available in OQRS. If you wish to check you made a valid contact but want to verify, you can search the logs at the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewsline.org. The group's next target is, according to them, another icy rock in the Antarctic Ocean, Peter I Island, in 2027. This is Ralph Squillaci, KK6-ITB.
Speaker B: The Voice of America broadcast service, which has been shut down amid controversy last year, is headed back into service.
Speaker A: Kent Peterson, KC0-DGY, has more details.
Speaker F: Judge Roy C. Lambert of the United States District Court in the District of Columbia reversed actions taken last year by the Trump administration to shutter the Voice of America and ordered VOA's journalists to return to work and the news service to resume broadcasting. Judge Lambert had earlier ruled that the appointment of Carrie Lake was illegal, hence voiding all layoffs and shutdowns which she made. The VOA, founded in 1942 to combat Nazi propaganda in World War II, had been broadcast broadcasting in 49 languages to over 360 million people around the world when it was shut down. If Judge Royce's ruling stands, their goal is to return to that level. Newsline would like to make it clear that the Voice of America Museum and Amateur Radio Club in West Chester, Ohio, a popular attraction during Hamvention, is not connected with or affected by this current situation. This is Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
Speaker B: As National Weather Service forecast offices begin their spring education campaigns for the United States, The Skywarn Youth Net wants to bring that mission to the airwaves.
Speaker A: Randy Slye, W4XJ, fills us in.
Speaker G: This is N0A, November Zero Alpha, calling CQ, CQ. Special event station for severe weather awareness calling CQ.
Speaker D: N0A, the special event station for the Skywarn Youth Net, is back on the air for their second annual event, operating from March 15th through March 29th. This initiative aims to encourage amateur radio operators across the United States and around the world to prioritize severe weather awareness and emergency preparedness. Skywarn YouthNet Manager Caleb Speare, KE0FOE, told AR Newsline, quote, our goal with this special event station is to educate the amateur radio community about the dangers of severe weather and the importance of being prepared.
Speaker A: End quote.
Speaker D: The station will be operating single sideband and FT8 on all HF bands at various times during the day and night as time permits. In an environment where seconds save lives, the N0A event serves as a critical reminder for the ham radio community to establish situational awareness before severe weather strikes. For more information on the Skywarn YouthNet, you can visit skywarnyouth.net. This is Randy Slye, W4XJ.
Speaker B: Are the HF bands useful for long-distance communications to remote areas?
Speaker A: The U.S. military just did their own exercise to prove what hams have known for years. As we hear from Paul Brown, WD9GCO.
Speaker C: Communicating under simulated emergency conditions on HF, members of the military in Alaska demonstrated something that hams have known all along: radio carries the message. The recent activity known as Exercise Arctic Connect might well be called field day or an ARES drill for the military. According to the U.S. Army's website, over 30 operators in 28 different locations across Alaska recently took part in the exercise, a radio test to show that HF communications are vital in areas that are separated by extreme terrain, weather, and distances. The test was conducted by Alaska Organized Militia, which includes the Alaska Army and Air National Guard, the Alaska State Defense Force, members of the Civil Air Patrol, the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and representatives from the National Guard Bureau. Colonel Christie Brewer, Alaska National Guard Director of Joint Operations, said that, quote, our responsibility is to the people of Alaska. That means ensuring we can maintain command and control across a state where terrain, weather, and distance test every system. "This exercise validates the partnerships and redundant pathways that allow us to respond decisively when communities need us." You can read the full story at the link in the text version of this week's newscast at arnewslines.org.
Speaker A: The YL Worldwide Award, the first international amateur radio event dedicated exclusively to female operators, just concluded on March 16th. Neal Rapp, WB9VPG, has the details.
Speaker H: YLs, which is short for young ladies, actually describes female amateur radio operators of all ages. Across the world, YLs joined together for a single operating event called YL Worldwide Award from March 9th through 16th. Using the ham award platform, YLWWA saw 300 activators from 51 countries generate over 300,000 QSOs in one week, chased by approximately 50,000 hunters from 203 countries. Veronica Wiegand, DL4VER, one of the event organizers, told Newsline, quote, "It was awesome to see the outstanding cooperation and enthusiasm of the YLs as well as the OMs. Complete beginners who had only obtained their licenses a few months ago worked hand in hand with experienced female radio operators." The pileup was overwhelming. At the close of the event at midnight UTC March 16th, even though conditions were very difficult, there were more YLs on the air than at any time during the week. The project was coordinated by the YL unit of the German Amateur Radio Club under the leadership of Heike, DL3HD, and Veronica, DL4VER, in collaboration with the international WWA team, Max, IW1FRU, and Carlo, IK1HJS. For more information about the YLWWA, visit hamaward.cloud.
Speaker I: This is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
Speaker A: Time for you to identify your station. We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the N9IAA repeater in Valparaiso, Indiana, on 146.685, Thursdays at 8:30 PM local time.
Speaker B: A story that we have been following about aircraft avionics now includes a federal mandate.
Speaker A: Skeeter Nash, N5ASH, tells us more.
Speaker I: The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines flying Boeing 787 Dreamliners to inspect and repair faulty onboard transponders. According to a report at AviationAtoZ.com, The move is expected to cost U.S. airlines nearly $8 million. United Airlines, American Airlines, and Alaska Airlines, who operate from hubs including Chicago O'Hare and Los Angeles International Airports, are among those affected by the FAA airworthiness directive. It states that certain Boeing 787 transponders can fail when they are exposed to continuous wave signals, including those generated by Morse code from military transmitters and Amateur radio transmissions. Such signals, when encountered by the aircraft's Mode S transponder, may cause a failure to respond to radar interrogation. Air traffic control systems rely on those responses to track aircraft positions accurately. Without a correct reply from the transponder, controllers, quote, "may temporarily lose visibility on their radar displays," end quote. Additionally, the onboard traffic collision avoidance systems, quote, "may not generate alerts correctly." reducing a critical safety safeguard designed to prevent mid-air collisions. End quote. Tests conducted by the FAA showed a near 90% failure rate of interrogation attempts in environments with CW interference, which prompted the corrective solution order. The directive applies globally to Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with the affected transponder model. However, the FAA's financial assessment only covers aircraft registered in the US. Airlines have up to 4 years to complete the required inspections and modifications. The directive has the support of Boeing and the Airline Pilots Association. However, operational concerns were expressed by several airlines who have requested a delay. This is Peter Nash, N5AFH.
Speaker A: There is a new challenge to give more hams the chance to work Sardinia Island, as Dave Lee, M7TOB, tells us.
Speaker J: For 10 years, the Sardinia Regional Radio Group Team DX Koros, has focused on growing the community of amateur radio DXers. As its members mark the group's 10th anniversary, they have teamed up with the Porto Torres section of ARI, the national nonprofit organization representing hams in Italy, to help land Sardinia in as many logbooks as possible. The Sardinia Island DXCC 225 Challenge began earlier this month, offering gold, silver, and bronze certificates and a chance for some operators to record a new log entry. Their focus until the 1st of May is to call CQ as IR0SAR. Sardinia Island is recognized as an independent DX entity and a much sought-after one, long known and appreciated for its ancient ruins and other links to history. Sardinia can now be pursued with extra intensity for its standing amongst DXers. See the qrz.com page of IR0SAR for more details. This is Dave Lee, M7TLB.
Speaker A: Like Rip Van Winkle waking up from a very long nap, an elderly satellite just came back online. Bram Camp, VK4BB, brings us the story.
Speaker K: March 9th brought a sunlit awakening for the satellite known as Fuji Oscar 29A, veteran of the skies that was launched in August of 1996. Its batteries failed during the satellite's 30-year space journey, making it completely dependent on solar panels. AMSAT News called its recent arrival into a sunlit orbit, and I quote, "A welcome revival for one of the oldest active analog linear responders in the amateur fleet," end quote. The sunlit awakening has permitted continuous operation instead of the periodic eclipses experienced before. According to AMSAT News, SatNOGS reported CW beacon and telemetry receptions around the 12th and 13th of March, and data was logged by stations EA5WA and DL7NDR. Next came the successful QSOs on SSB and CW reported from Japan and China, with some hams making several contacts during a particularly busy pass. The AMSAT report said there was still no activity on the digital modes. There is also a DigiTalker on 435.910 MHz that is almost never used. AMSAT has been encouraging hams to monitor activity and to log contacts via the AMSAT OSCARS Status page. This is Graham Kemp, VK4BB.
Speaker A: In the world of DX operators, with the CY0SD expedition will be on the air from Sable Island, IOTA number NA0631, from the 19th through the 31st of March. There are 8 operators and as many as 6 stations on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, FT8, and radio.
Speaker B: There will also be a 6-meter operation on FT8 and EME on 23 centimeters.
Speaker A: Listen for Brian, AD8FD, using the call sign C6AFD from Eleuthera Island, IOTA number NA001. In the Bahamas. He will be on the air from the 24th through the 31st of March, operating SSB and FT8 on 40 to 10 meters. You can also find him in the CXWWWPX SSB contest on the 28th and the 29th of March. McEwell EA1BP will be active holiday style on FM/EA1BP from Martinique. IOTA number NA107 from the 25th of March through the 2nd of April. Listen for him as well during the CQWWWPX SSB contest where he will be using the call sign TO70. Listen for the call sign DA0HEL as a group of about 20 operators call QRZ from Helgoland Island, IOTA number EU127, from the 23rd of March through to the 3rd of April.
Speaker B: There will also be occasional activity from the nearby Helgoland Island as DL0IH. The operators will be using CW, SSB, and digital modes on 160 to 10 meters.
Speaker A: For QSL details and updates on any of these activities, visit qrz.com.
Speaker B: A routine job for one Mississippi documentarian turned into a 2-year passion project. Jim Davis, W2JKD, wraps up this week's newscast.
Speaker A: With that story.
Speaker L: Filmmaker Preston Booth from Starkville, Mississippi was hired to shoot a small portrait documentary about a local businessman to celebrate his 82nd birthday. And that's when he met Martin F. Jew and learned about the company he had built, MFJ Enterprises. According to a post on Reddit, Booth said, and I quote, "Once I got to meet Martin and the team, I realized that their story really deserved a 'feature-length production to best tell their story, and I've been moonlighting this project in my free time ever since,' unquote. Booth said he spent a significant amount of time with Drew and his family, friends, and staff. Booth learned about his background, how he grew up, what drew him into amateur radio, and why he started MFJ. He learned that Martin grew up in a family that owned a small grocery store, developed a love of radio at a very young age, and had to to build his own equipment from spare parts supplied by a local electronics repairman because his family was poor. After earning his master's degree from Georgia Tech, he moved back home to run the family store so his brother could take time off to travel. It was there that he learned the fundamentals of running a business, marketing, and client relations. These would go on to help him when he started MFJ. According to Booth, Jew viewed MFJ not only as a way to provide affordable products for the average ham, but also as a way to offer locals the opportunity to work. He mentioned that MFJ's first production line was actually staffed by students from Jew's classes at Mississippi State University, where he taught. They built the products in exchange for extra credit and some spending money. You can learn more about the documentary and see the trailer at Booth's website in the link in the text version of this week's newscast at ARNewsline.com. Org.
Speaker A: I'm Jim Davis, W2JKD, with thanks to Amateur Radio Daily, AMSAT News Service, army.mil, AviationAtoZ.com, David Behar, K7DB, dx-world.net, Reddit, 425DX Bulletin, qrz.com forums, shortwaveradio.de, skywarnyouth.net, Wireless Institute of Australia, and you, our listeners.
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Speaker A: Los Angeles, link off. How is it being retired?
Speaker B: WB6JKV in line for gas at Costco in San Ho. That doesn't suck. Oi, Swallow, still there? That's good.
Speaker C: Yeah, I'm just sitting here fixing radios and going through some old stuff I got from Frank that didn't work, and I think I can fix it. Had an old 40-year-old or 30-year-old Alinko dual-bander, the first dual-bander they ever made, and had all kinds of problems. Got it working, put new lights in it, converted into LEDs, make a nice garage radio. Yeah, just go through the list.
Speaker B: Sounds good. Hey, maybe you can build me a good repeater with a link, put it up on Mount Jarrah, replace my two back-to-back mobiles that are up there that something crapped out. So hey, there you go. All right, I'm hopping out, getting gas. I'll be back. System 19 link.
Speaker C: All right, yeah, I, uh, I got a spare one, uh, I gotta go pick up from the old practice site. So there you go. More on this later. KJ6K.
Speaker B: There you go, 927.4. Dope! I'll be back.

Speaker A: Well, that didn't sting too badly.
Speaker B: I'm back.
Speaker A: Over you.
Speaker B: Peace.
Speaker A: It's JKV.
Speaker B: How much is the Costco over there?
Speaker A: It was $4.99. Now it's $5.17.
Speaker B: Oh, okay. I never get Costco. The one over here, it's Not as cheap as the other stations around here. I don't know why they've always got a line in front of them.
Speaker A: Probably still about the best deal going. And up in South City by the airport, uh, wife got gas there yesterday and it was $5.49.
Speaker B: Yeah, I had bad luck with Costco gas once. I got over in Vallejo and At the Etsu over there, and I filled up with their premium, and man, that thing was pinging and vapor locking all the way home.
Speaker A: Oh man, should have had some, uh, you know, tire, uh, weights, you know, lead to throw in the tank just to help that out.
Speaker B: Yeah, you know, that thing's got way too much compression anyway. Need to pull it apart, remedy that, because a new set of pistons is really cheap for that thing. But somebody put 11.8:1 compression pistons in that thing when they rebuilt it. I'm like, what were you thinking?
Speaker A: You could buy custom from, uh, Chevron and, uh, get what, 102, 103 octane, something like that.
Speaker B: There was an ARCO station in North Sacramento over here that was selling 106 for a long time, and I think they still do. I don't know why, it's kind of an oddball location for it, but yeah, it was pushing $10 a gallon.
Speaker A: Holy crap. Wow. Yeah, but it saves the engine in the long run though. Uh, now my buddy, remember Arturo, ZLD? Oh yeah, he used to use aviation fuel. I don't know what your game was on that, but it worked. It made his little, uh, little buggy go.
Speaker B: Yeah, you know, I recurved the distributor and I got it to where it'll go down the highway all right. I need to do it again, but, uh, I got Buddy over in Noah that has a, uh, one of the old Sun distributor machines. So I might head over there with it one of these days, but I need to get this— that is way too much compression. I can get a set of factory pistons that are shaved, I think it's a 10 thousandths, and put a thicker head gasket on it and drop it below 10. That'd be fine.
Speaker A: Yeah, I remember when we built my buddy's, uh, 283 punched out to a 292, put 11:1s in that and a little Isky cam, and that was pretty good for back in the day. But, uh, yeah, you get over 11:1, man, you're really, uh, struggling trying to find the, uh, the gas for that.
Speaker B: Yeah, it depends so much on the, the engine that design now. I've got my Mustangs running about 10, 10.5 to 1, and because it's a newer designed head, it's got a stroked 302 in it, and newer designed head, that thing runs fine on a regular. If it's a hot day and I'm at sea level, it's kind of better off with mid-grade, but I'll Most of the new cars are running on regular and they're running 10.5 to 1. My brand new Jeep V6 is 10.5 to 1. Couldn't believe that, but they've got cylinder designs and valve timing changes to make all that stuff work and they still make a lot of power.
Speaker A: Yeah, this Jeep's a V6 and yeah, I think it's rated for like 295 horsepower. Something like that. And man, this little fucker is pretty snappy, man.
Speaker B: Was it a Grand Cherokee? Yeah, yeah, that's what I got, the '21 Grand Cherokee. And yeah, it's, um, it, it's, it'll surprise you. But, uh, yeah, you put a 5,000-pound trailer behind it, it ain't so happy.
Speaker A: Probably not, but yeah, I just put a set of big old TAs on it a couple of weeks ago. I bought the thing, it came from Colorado and had some radical mud snow on it and it was pretty noisy on the freeway, but it picked up a huge bolt and I had to replace the one tire, but it's like, it's time to replace all the tires. 65,000 miles on them. So man, it's so quiet with these TAs and the steering is so much more responsive. It just feels nice. And, uh, oh wait a minute, let me go through my menu settings here. Let's see, tire pressure, nope. Ah, here we go, fuel mileage. I'm averaging, uh, let's see, oh, 22.2. That's not too bad.
Speaker B: No, I've had two Grand Cherokees. My first one barely got 20, and I had a V8 in it. Um, and man, that thing could pull. That thing— I looked at the torque curve on that old— was it a 4.7 V8? Um, I pulled my Edsel on an all-steel trailer to Vegas, and I started up Baker Grade figuring I'd be in second gear most of the way up there. All I had to do was take the thing out of overdrive, and it was doing 55 all the way up there without even struggling. And then I saw where people are looking for those engines because they— then the torque curve, it went to maximum torque at like 1,100 RPM and stayed there until about 3,500, and it was right at maximum torque. I'm like, wow, no wonder the thing went up that hill so good.
Speaker A: The way they ought to build them. Oh yeah, hey, you know, speaking of them distributor machines, I remember those old old Sun machines, man. I, uh, I had a dual point Telco and I put a curve kit in it and tweaked it, you know, on the Sun machine to work with my Nova. Man, that was fun. It worked.
Speaker B: Oh yeah, well, they're easy on GM because the springs are on top. The Fords, they're all on the bottom. You gotta test it, pull the thing apart, make an adjustment, put it back together, test it again. That's an all-day ordeal with a Ford. But, um, yeah, here's a note for you. If they try and tell you that ethanol doesn't reduce your gas mileage, first of all, it's physically impossible for it not to. Um, but I drove that Jeep of mine from here to almost 40 miles from the Canadian border, and I get always like what you do, 22, 23 on the flat road going going up and down I-5. I filled up with non-ethanol gas in Klamath Falls, and from there all the way to— what was the name of that town? Something in the middle of— on the other side of the Columbia River in Washington. 26, sometimes 27. I thought, well, it's because I got a tailwind. Coming back against the headwind, still got 26.
Speaker A: Oh, Vancouver?
Speaker B: No, little Kennel Falls, Washington, way— a little town way out in eastern Washington on the Columbia.
Speaker A: Hey, Altair, yeah, we went out there and looked for a paging site for Page Flight back in the day.
Speaker B: Yeah, my uncle's got 80 acres right on the river up there, so we went up to visit him, but Yeah, I was surprised. I thought something was wrong, man. This thing, you know, the wind's always blowing over the Columbia River Valley. I thought, yeah, it's just the wind. But nope, coming back against it, got the same mileage. And as soon as I hit California and stopped, got gas at the Indian Casino down there, and, uh, on the other side of Corning, boom, back down to 22.
Speaker A: Oh yeah, yep. Not only they charge us more, you get less, less bang for the buck, literally.
Speaker B: Yeah, well, they keep saying, oh no, you might see 1 or 2% drop. I'm like, no, I'm like, every test I've seen from a Roden Track or anybody who's just tested said it's about 10%. 10 to 12% difference in fuel economy. So this whole 2% thing is a bunch of crap. But yeah, anyway, you put 10% ethanol in and burn 10% more fuel, so what good does that do?
Speaker A: There you go. But, um, yeah, one time for the hell of it, uh, there, Idaho, you know E85 in there. It really didn't like it.
Speaker B: Uh, God, does mine even take it? I don't think mine takes it. Um, oh, and it's, yeah, um, the Tahoe. Okay, yeah, I put it in my truck one time because the guy says, hey, want a free fill-up? I like this company truck. I'm like, sure, I don't care. So he filled it up and I usually get 12 That truck, man, it got 5 and 6, 4 with a headwind.
Speaker A: Yeah, and whatever else that crap does to all your, uh, fuel line components and everything else, right? Yeah, that stuff's pretty harsh on seals and hoses and you name it.
Speaker B: Yeah, all the new, uh, stuff built for it. Even when I rebuilt the Edsel, I put all new lines and gaskets and stuff, and the fuel pump and the carburetor that are all good for ethanol. And that's all— of course, that's all you can get in California. But, uh, it's just cheaper because, you know, ethanol is very high octane, and you don't have to put so many additives in the gasoline to bring the octane up like you do, uh, non-ethanol gas. So I understand it. And, you know, if you've got a turbo something or other Like my old Volvo, the light premium, you know, fine, run that, you'll get more power out of it, but you ain't going to get any better gas mileage, just for darn sure. It's just not physically possible. When you put something in that's got such low BTU and mix it with gasoline, it's going to lower the overall BTU. And well, BTU equals gas mileage, so there you go.
Speaker A: Oh, math, man, I get that. All right, I am back. Back. So, uh, about 90° here in San Jose. Back to work, Steve. Greg, peace out. Maybe get KTV. Uh, no water mobile.
Speaker B: All right, catch you later. Yeah, I just ripped my, uh, TL-922 off the desk here because I'm going to trade it for a John Deere tractor. So I got to hurry up before he changes his mind. I'll build a solid state one to replay this. Catch you later. AJ-16.
Speaker A: Ah, get to work! Oh wait, no, you don't have to do that anymore.
Speaker B: See you. Good God, it—
Speaker A: God, that it is!
Speaker B: That was a— that— I recognize that. That's a That's an RLC link timeout timer. We timed it out. It says LTO, link timeout.
Speaker A: Bye-bye. I used the timeout 52 simplex, for Christ's sake.

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