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PCL NET SCRIBE JULY 21 2025

N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop)
KX4AC, Carl, Arizona
VA7RBP, Rick, Canada
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma
K0WAV, Scott, Arkansas
N3MEL, Glenn, Pennsylvania
KC3FQF, Rosti, Pennsylvania

**

N5VLZ:

It's hard to believe it's almost August, 
which means that the fall set of holidays 
is not far off...including Labor Day on 
Sept. 1. The PCL net will take that night 
off...then, our final 3 holidays will be 
for the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, 
and New Years. The year is going by way 
too fast!!
 
I hope the hot weather folks are happy. 
All of Arkansas is under Heat Advisories 
or Extreme Heat Warnings into next week. 
I have to wonder if this steamy summer, 
means a wild winter. I hope that slightly 
cooler weather will arrive by August 9 
for the Shreveport Hamfest. Besides my
getting out of the house, I can get some 
good eatings at a catfish place nearby, 
and have a bunch of eyeball QSO's. I have 
to print up some train net tickets to go 
with my Conductor's outfit.

My first 2 new nets with QCWA did pretty 
good, including requested courtesy checks. 
I'll just run them twice a month, due to 
square dance commitments. I was working 
on items earlier in the day for the next 
square dance publication issue that I'll 
release on Sunday evening.

I'm set up on AmateurWire and HamsOverIP, 
but just for voice mail so far. But, I 
like the idea of not having to give out 
your home phone number over the air...as 
only licensed hams can contact you.

I talked to my house insurance folks today.
I raised some deductibles, and may save a 
little bit of money. But, I'll get a final 
amount when I talk to the agent on Aug. 14. 
I've been on a diet of tuna salad sandwiches 
on wheat bread, with sweet honey BBQ sauce, 
and the flavors of deli style, bacon ranch, 
lemon pepper, herb and garlic, hickory smoke, 
and honey barbecue...so that gives me variety. 
Unfortunately, it looks like I'm back to the 
PB&J regimen next month (sigh!).

I trimmed my beard and moustache last night 
with my portable razor, as I couldn't wait 
to get to Great Clips for it...plus getting 
hair with my food was not ideal. :P I need 
a haircut badly, but finances will only let 
me do that in December. I hope Santa will 
put a Shark M1KE in my Christmas stocking, 
but I may have jinxed things when I told him 
to "Define Naughty" (hi hi).

I downloaded a new version of RMS Express 
for Winlink 2000. I rarely get email in
there, but it's another contact method.

GE Bob, how was your week?? >>>

**

NS2B:

GE All.

Well it finally cooled off a little bit here.

Was down at the track Saturday flagging for 
the Porsche Club of America, actually had to 
put a jacket on for the morning session! 

No worries, heat indexes of 100 expected by 
Wednesday!

I got my IP phone switched off of Hamshack 
Hotline and over to Hams Over IP. It was 
pretty easy.

Glenn: thanks for the info on the 70cm comments.
I plagiarized your message and sent my comments 
in.

Not much new on the radio front. Waiting to hear
from the shop regarding what ailments my Alinco
might have.

And that's about it for me - BTU Daryl >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Bob, FB on the flagging at the track, and for
the HamsOverIP switch. I heard comments on the
70cm deal from another ham. I hope your Alinco
rig isn't too badly messed up.

GE, Carl, how was your week?? >>>

**

KX4AC: 

GE All.  

Sorry about the finances, Daryl. I just got back 
from Dillons KC BBQ place ... I wish I could 
squeeze the leftovers through the wire for you.

I got a FM deviation meter off Ebay that I am 
fixing up. Looks like it will be OK, but there 
is some battery leakage damage that needs fixing.  
Got it cleaned up over the weekend, and sent out 
a Digikey order for a couple of parts that I don't 
have proper replacements for in my junkbox. I want 
to get it working and see if I can optimize my 
packet station.

Spent a little time on 20m over the weekend. The 
band seemed not too bad. I caught a couple of 
SSTV transmissions, and was trying to see if I 
could decode any of the other digital modes I 
heard ... but there are so many choices in fldigi 
that I get baffled. SSTV I can hear right away, 
but the others (except FT8) I just can't figure 
out.

We have a sick kitty here, and it looks like the 
diagnosis might not be good. We left her for some 
tests, and will pick here up in an hour or two.  
She is in pain, and we are bracing for the worst.  
She is 13-14 years old.

Speaking of OLD, I turn 70 on Wednesday. Not sure 
how I feel about that.

I guess that's about it for now.  Back to net >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Carl, first, Happy Birthday...we're all getting
up there. Second, sorry to hear about the sick
kitty...been there, done that, on having to have
pets put down, as they're part of your family. I
don't mess with EBay or Etsy...I just bought a
keychain light and a dozen pairs of tube socks
from Amazon...they'll be here Wednesday...my
lawn man, along with Terminix for a rodent
exclusion check, will be here tomorrow. There
are so many digital modes, it's easy to be
overwhelmed.

GE, Rick...how was your week?? >>>

**

VA7RBP: 

GE Daryl and all on the NET!

I haven't been up to much the past few weeks, 
nothing exciting to report on the radio front.

The hot weather kept me indoors, sun isn't good 
for the skin. The last couple of days have been
cooler, and today we had a bunch of rain...nice 
for a change!

40M and 20M PACTOR in the mornings has been really 
poor, so I end up shutting down around noon, and 
mostly read. 

We are getting ready to head for Kelowna this 
weekend, Arlene has knee replacment surgery next 
Monday, then the fun starts...

I'll be her slave for at least the next month... 
OH WAIT, I'm already her slave...hihi.

Well, that's about all I have so BTU Daryl >>>

**

N5VLZ: 

Rick, she's the Queen, and you're just her humble
servant.

**

VA7RBP: 

Jester is the word your looking for...

**

N5VLZ:

Rick, really. GE Rosti, you'll be after Glenn.
I hope all goes well with Arlene's surgery and
the recovery. We may not see any rain here for
another 2 weeks.

GE Bob (OK). I saw where a group from North
Texas put up the funds to keep the Heartland
Flyer going through September, 2026. The $4
million of the Texas portion actually gets
$28 million total, for all of the communities
that are served. How was your week?? >>>

**

KF5TVG: 

GE Daryl and all on the net!

Dittos on Arlene's knee surgery!

Daryl, I heard the Hearland Flyer's life had 
been extended... I need to get serious about 
taking it from here in Norman to Ft Worth and 
see son and his kids.

Thanks to the group for the heads up about 
Hams over IP; I need to look into switching 
over to that from HH.

Made some progress (finally!) in connecting 
meshtastic to a mqtt broker under ha (home 
assistant). My goal was to use ha to log/monitor
battery, external vhf/uhf transmitter heatsink 
temperature, and various other parameters from 
outside the mesh network, but use the mesh as 
the transport vehicle. An example of where this 
might be useful is where a club has a repeater 
up on somebody else's tower, with very limited 
access. It would be nice to be able to monitor
the health of the repeater on a regular basis, 
without having to put eyes on it.

Mostly an exercise for me, but perhaps others 
might find it useful down the road.

That's all for now. BTU Daryl>>>

**

N5VLZ:

Bob, if I could get some funding, I'd like to
do a weekend trip to the DFW area. I know that
there's a Subway restaurant inside the depot
at Fort Worth. The setup on HamsOverIP and
AmateurWire was easier than I thought. FB on
the meshtastic and mqtt deal...hope you can
get that to work.

GE Scott, how was your week?? >>>

**

K0WAV: 

GE Daryl and all on the net.  

Well, it has been hot here, as you noted. I 
have to go out before 8am and back in before
12noon or risked melting. hahaha. But, that 
just means afternoons are "play radio time".

Been playing with the lates "fork" of JS8Call 
2.3.1. It was has the involvement of the creator 
so "official" just a few cosmetic changes, but 
under the hood, they removed all the old Fortran 
Code dependance; which is good, but also personally 
sad being and old IT that actually used Fortran.

Best wish on the Knee operation, and the kitty 
issues. I have a 21 year old cat that is just 
determined to hang around to spite me! hahaha 

no, he is a good cat; we just keeping a watch 
out to make sure he is not suffering any.

hope all have a great week and BTU >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Scott, best way to beat the heat is stay inside
and "play radio". FB on the KS9Call software.
There is a Facebook group called Cats And Radios.

GE Glenn...how was your week?? >>>

**

N3MEL: 

Hello all, final things appear to be working here 
this week.

I have have been having problems with BPQ since I 
had to rebuild my station a month or so ago.

I have been taking a little break from ham radio.
The silence on the local repeaters, and nothing but 
beacons on most digital modes. I had Allstar on the 
last 4 days while away camping and heard only one qso. 

Anyway did get switched over to HamsoverIp but have 
not set up the phone here yet.

Good luck with the knee replacement. I have been there,
done that x2, back in Nov.

Nothing more here from so back to you Daryl>>>

**

Glenn, most repeaters are quiet now, except for during
nets. GL on getting the BPQ issue fixed. I haven't yet
made a list of contacts for either HamsOverIP or for
AmateurWire yet. It has been nearly a year and a half
for me, since my left hip replacement surgery.

GE Rosti...how was your week?? >>>

**

KC3FQF:

GE Daryl and all on the net!

Sorry little late, and thank you Glenn for Node usage

I had fun Saturday participating in Appalachian Trail 
Golden Packet event. It was my first time, and I was 
at Port Clinton PA 1500ft up. 16 operators connected 
2200+miles using AX.25

After it was over at 2pm, I continued doing POTA, and 
got 98 CW qsos before going home. Fun Saturday.

BTU Daryl

**

Rosti, FB on the Appalachian Trail Golden Packet
event, and for 98 CW QSO's with POTA.

That's it for round 1...back to the top for final
comments.

Bob (NY), thanks for the use of the BBS...anything 
else?? >>>

**

NS2B: 

Nothing more here - everyone have a good week - 73 >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Thanks for being here, Bob (NY)...see you next week.

Carl, anything else?? >>>

**

KX4AC: 

Nothing else from me tonight.  73s to all >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Thanks for being here, Carl...catch you down the log.

Rick, anything else?? >>>

**

VA7RBP: 

That's it for me as well. Everyone have a great week, 
stay well, 73 forn. BTU Daryl >>>

**

Thanks for being here, Rick. Hope Arlene's surgery
goes well.

Bob (OK), anything else?? >>>

**

KF5TVG: 

Nothing else. Thanks to you and Bob(NY) for making 
the net happen 73! >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Thanks for being here, Bob (OK)...see you next time.

Scott, anything else?? >>>

**

K0WAV: 

Nothing further from here. Everyone have a great week! 
BTU >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Scott, thanks for being here...have a good week.

Glenn, anything else?? >>>

**

N3MEL: 

No problem, Rosti -- was glad to see the system 
being used. 

Bob(NY) for the private message mistake today! 

73 all till next week! 

**

N5VLZ:

Thanks for being here Glenn...see you next time.

Rosti, anything else?? >>>

**

KC3FQF: 

Thank you Daryl for running net

Nothing else from me tonight.  73s to all >>>

**

N5VLZ:

Thanks for being here, Rosti...have a good week.

That will do it for tonight's PCL Net. I'll post
the log either later tonight or Tuesday morning.

Everyone stay safe, healthy, weather aware, radio
active, and on the cool side of the door!!

73 and GN DE N5VLZ -- the net is now closed. >>>

**


Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Little Rock, Arkansas
Please see my QRZ bio for more information.




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