{"id":152,"date":"2016-12-02T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/?p=152"},"modified":"2016-12-02T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T16:31:35","slug":"nov-28-2016-monday-night-10-meter-net-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/2016\/12\/02\/nov-28-2016-monday-night-10-meter-net-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 28, 2016 – Monday Night 10 Meter Net Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight we had 17 check-ins.<\/p>\n

> Don\u2019t forget to sign up for the upcoming OCRA Christmas Dinner Party at the Hillsborough Exchange Club.\u00a0 If you have not already signed up send an email ASAP to w4ord@freelad.com<\/a> or call or text him at 919-455-3330 or call his home phone number 919-304-0796. Cost will stay at $18.50 and it will be held on December 12, 2016 with doors opening at 6:00pm and dinner served at 7:00pm.<\/p>\n

> The DFMA Christmas Dinner will be held on December 6 and for members only as the club picks up the tab for the dinners.<\/p>\n

Check-ins:<\/p>\n

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  1. KZ1X \u2013 Steve: Was able to fix his remote stack match today.<\/li>\n
  2. W9KHP \u2013 Ray: Also planned on using the frequency for a round table for new ham intros. Going to drop to 28.400.<\/li>\n
  3. WA4PSC \u2013 Howie: Thanks to Bruce for the time, shack and hosting the CQWW-DX contest.\u00a0 Did well \u2013 great crew \u2013 lots of fun in spite of the bands.<\/li>\n
  4. KR4UB \u2013 Dan: The OCRA Board Meeting was canceled.\u00a0 Dan fixed his G5RV today.\u00a0 He uses it mostly for RX. Did some posting on the OCRA web site \u2013 Lad\u2019s Christmas Dinner and also Bruce\u2019s last minutes from the Monday 10 mtr net.<\/li>\n
  5. NC4CX \u2013 Butch: It is quite cool at Butch\u2019s QTH tonight. Butch did some listening to try to improve his code speed.\u00a0 Only worked one Q to PJ2T in Curacao.<\/li>\n
  6. KM4NOU \u2013 Joel: Need to provision Bruce with an account on the server to publish some of the contesting info, Monday night net notes and the weekly DX notes.\u00a0 This is the first time Joel picked up a mic in about a week.\u00a0 The family and Thanksgiving were the priorities and spent some time on the coast.\u00a0 Has his boat setup for the Christmas Flotilla with a light display.\u00a0 This is the 6th<\/sup> or 7th<\/sup> year to participate in the boat parade.<\/li>\n
  7. KM4MBG \u2013 Jack: Spent Thanksgiving with his parents in Durham.\u00a0 Not happy to go back to work today but quickly getting used to it.\u00a0 Not much radio activity this past week.\u00a0 Looking forward to the DFMA December meeting for updates on everyone\u2019s resolution successes.<\/li>\n
  8. KJ4UZU \u2013 Clint: Good to hear everyone this weekend to the locals and out of state check-ins. Got 3 new ones confirmed on 80 and now up to 77. Hope propagation will help get to the magic 100. Worked French Polynesia from the mobile at lunch today.\u00a0 Also at 277 mixed mode confirmations.<\/li>\n
  9. KU4GC \u2013 Dee: Survived another Thanksgiving thanks to Jack and Lenore\u2019s food efforts. Working on getting up his 80 meter count and made two new ones over the weekend. Surinam (already confirmed) and Puerto Rico (not yet confirmed).\u00a0 The contesting CW speeds are still just a bit fast. French Polynesia may really be the Austral Islands. Will have the New Years resolutions to deal with at the DFMA meeting. Dee has made a few of his goals.<\/li>\n
  10. KF4PAB \u2013 Lenore: Did some cooking for Thanksgiving including a spiced pumpkin pie. Enjoyed having his parents come over for dinner.\u00a0 Got to check-in to the DFMA Thursday night net with her new mobile rig.<\/li>\n
  11. KM4RDH \u2013 Mike: From Utica, KY. In North Central KY.<\/li>\n
  12. W4BOH \u2013 Wilson: Coming to you from the slightly chilly Land of Magic. Trying to keep things moving forward. Fruit Cakes are in the construction process upstairs. Worked 25 \u2013 30 Qs and almost the same quantity of countries. Added some new band countries and already have 5 new confirmations. Had some requests for repeats and then found out he was running 6.5 watts. So, some of the Qs were QRP contests. One of the ZLs was quite strong. Was unable to get through the Tanzania pileup. Looking forward to the upcoming Christmas parties.<\/li>\n
  13. K4SAW \u2013 Steve: Evansville, In \u2013 Good to hear the NC group tonight.\u00a0 Got his 4 call when he lived in SC so knows where Chapel Hill is.<\/li>\n
  14. NA4VY \u2013 Dave: Using his beam tonight but getting almost 4 s-units of noise.\u00a0 Wondering if he has a bad yard light.\u00a0 Finished his biography so the next issue of the DFMA newsletter will include Dave\u2019s bio.\u00a0 Been doing lots of antenna work \u2013 focus on his 6 mtr \/ 2 mtr antenna.\u00a0 It is now moved to a new mast to make it easier to work on.<\/li>\n
  15. KK4PH \u2013 Lowell: Not much radio activity over the past week. Have a Vertex commercial rig for 6 meters and is now adding all the UK frequencies so he can catch the opening should it occur.\u00a0 Ordered an HF rig for the pickup \u2013 FT 891. Would like to get an auto-tune Tarheel screwdriver antenna.\u00a0 Got a new solder station for the shop after the only one failed. Borrowed Wilson\u2019s wood splitter so he and his adult children went to work splitting wood.\u00a0 Still working on the leaves.<\/li>\n
  16. KX4P \u2013 John: Using a KWM380 tonight.\u00a0 Wanted to make a special effort to check-in tonight. Enjoy reading the minutes every week.\u00a0 Had a wonderful Thanksgiving. His daughter hosted this year and also had some of the students over. One from China, one from Israel and one from French Guiana.\u00a0 Have a folded counter poise (K2AV design) antenna \u2013 just tested it and it will be in use this weekend in the ARRL contest.<\/li>\n
  17. N1LN \u2013 Bruce: Enjoyed the CQWW-CW contest this past weekend and looking forward to the ARRL-160 CW this coming weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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