ARES inclement weather “Check-in” Net this evening @ 6:00pm

using 145.370 MHz. Backup is 147.000 MHz (New tone 103.5).

by:K5TBN

Battleship TEXAS Amateur Radio Station

Band     QSOs     Pts   Mult   Pt/Q

7     194     386   78   2.0

14       35       70   20   2.0

Total     229     456   98   2.0

Score: 44,688 1 Mult = 2.3 Q

Operators: Mike Smith, N5TGL; Mike Monsour, AC0TX; Mike Brannan, KA5OXA

We operated from roughly 9 am to 9 pm Saturday then 9 am to 2 pm Sunday.

About 50 people stopped by during the day. Saturday night about 30 Cub Scouts visited us and a few were very interested.

We certainly had a lot of fun. Access was restricted due to ongoing critical repairs so we could not raise better antennas. The little Pac 12 did yeoman duty on 20. The 40 meter ships vertical was our big performer. It made contacts as short as 12 miles and out to about 600 miles. Ninety-eight out of 254 counties were bagged. We criss-crossed the country with contacts in Washington to Florida, Arizona to Pennsylvania, South Carolina to California. It was fun.

We definitely need more operators so we can get better breaks.

Come join us.

We are happy to report our 2 meter repeater is back up and functioning properly. We will resume using the 2 meter repeater for our weekly Net starting tomorrow evening, 5/30/17 at 8pm.  Thank you to our team of members that got it done!

KT5TX 147.200(+) MHz Repeater, PL 141.3

Last night’s KARS Net had 23 check-ins.

Check-ins were AK5AK JOHN, K5DAF DAN, KG5JBJ MICHAEL, AK5AIC JOHN, KT5BBQ CHARLIE, K5DSM DAVE, KG5ONF CASH, KJ0OW PHIL, AE5TG TOM, WB3EWP BOB, N5OSO TIM, W5ZTX JIM, AF5IT BRIAN, KD5RR RAUL, WB8JEL LARY, KG5TTS GEORGE, KG5PKW AMY, KG5IGU RICH, K5BIO CARLISLE, KG5MGS JOHN, WB5KVV JACK, KT5SR and WB4FCC (NC)

Note: Amy KG5PKW, this was her first net and first formal  message received from Scott KT5SR.

Announcements and discussion of fire alarm blitz (last weekend) – 8 KARS members assisted.

IS IT YOUR TURN?  Be sure to volunteer as KARS Net Control.  kars-net-guidelines

Finally, Thx to Phil WB4FCC for being our net control last night.    73

We had 15 check-ins tonight’s KARS NET; KG5LRP, KG5ONF, K5DAF, W5ZTX, K5DSM, KJ5OW, KG5IGU, KG5BIO, KT5BBQ, KF5GRY, AF5IT, K5TWT, WA5VBP, KF5DRN, KT5SR, WB5KVV.  Thanks to Jack WB5KVV for being the Net Control tonight.  73

Every Tuesday night at 8pm, we have a NET to discuss amateur radio and KARS club topics.

Tonight’s topics were:

What presentations should we have at our upcoming General Meetings, and what would make a good project for the KARS Build Day?  Some ideas discussed were antennas (especially home stealth antennas) as well as digital modulation for ham radio.

We had 18 check-ins: KG5TTS George, WB5KVV Jack, K5DAF Dan, KG5IGU Richard, KG5JBJ Michael, K5DSM David, KF5IYX Wanda, K5BIO Carlisle, WB3EWP Bob, KG5LRp Jeff, WB8JEL Larry, KT5BBQ Charlie, KJ5OW Phil, WA5VBP John, WD8RZA Dave, KF5TWT Darrell, KT5SR Scott, AF5IT Brian

Thank You to Brian AF5IT for being the Net Control.

Be sure to join us each Tuesday night at 8PM.  73, KG5JBJ