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PCL NET SCRIBE NOV 10 2025

N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe)
N2YEM, David, New York (Early Checkin)
VA7RBP, Rick, Canada (Courtesy Check)
NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop)
NT5R, Charley, Missouri
KX4AC, Carl, Arizona
KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma

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N5VLZ:

GE all, and welcome to the Nov 10 2025 PCL 
Net. One early checkin, David, N2YEM...not
sure if he'll make the net or not.

Net order is Daryl, Bob (NY), Charley, Carl,
Bob (OK), and whoever else shows up.

Sorry I missed last week. I had a Zoom 
meeting with the Handiham Radio Club Net 
Control Ops. I'm a substitute Net Control, 
and right now, I am only needed sparingly;
but you never know when that need will 
arise.

Happy Veterans Day to all the veterans, and 
thank you for your service to your country.

Our next net holiday is 2 weeks from tonight,
Nov. 24 for Thanksgiving week. Then, we'll 
have 3 more PCL Nets for 2025 on Dec. 1, 8, 
and 15...we'll be OFF Dec. 22 for Christmas
Week, and Dec. 29 for New Years Week, then
will resume on Jan. 5, 2026. We want to wish 
everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

I oversaw a license exam session this past
Saturday, and we got 1 upgrade to General, 
and 2 new Technicians. It's possible that 
the 40+ day government shutdown may end 
this week, which would flood the FCC ULS 
with exam results from the VEC's...I hope 
the ULS won't crash!! I'm glad I'm not 
planning any trips until spring!!

One of the things President Trump is 
talking about is a possible 1 time credit 
from the tariffs to low income folks, that 
would sure help me out, especially if it's 
$2000...where I could get some needed work 
under the house started, with an initial 
deposit, then making monthly payments for 
a time.

We had a statewide freeze last night (29 
in Little Rock), ending our growing season;
right on time for the first freeze in the
Little Rock area. While the colder weather 
makes the arthritis hurt more, it means 
colder water for drinking beverages, no heat 
illness, no lawn mowing, no insects, and 
especially no tornadoes; which are possible 
when we get back into the 70s later this 
week, with a chance of thunderstorms over 
the weekend. I'll be back on RF locally with 
Arkansas Skywarn soon, as soon as I get some 
help setting everything up. The Arkansas 
Skywarn Coordinator has taken us to lunch at 
an area Golden Corral once a week to talk 
shop, and of course, to graze. He took photos 
on his smartphone to make his YL jealous of 
all the good food (hi hi).

I had my wellness check and flu shot earlier 
today. Except for the weight, everything else 
was good. My podiatrist appointment next month 
is my last medical deal for the year. When you
are on a fixed income, you have to eat on the 
cheap. I did get a $100 credit from Simplisafe 
(my home alarm company) for answering their 
survey...and will use that on Amazon. I'll 
know in a few days if I've gone over the type 
2 diabetes threshold on the A1C, etc.

GE Bob (NY), how was your week??

**

NS2B:

GE All!

A busy week of hospital runs. They thought the 
MIL had a heart attack. Turns out it might have 
only been pneumonia. She was moved to rehab 
today, because she's still too weak to walk 
around on her own.

Still working on this weeks Hamword, I think 
I've got my last guess submitted.

Carl! Glad to see you on! I was getting worried.

I heard about that tariff credit thing. And then 
I saw one of the Washington talking heads on the 
news walking it back saying it may be in the form 
of tax credits.

It snowed here today. Supposed to get another 2-3 
inches tonight. Winter, bah humbug.

That's it for me. BTU Daryl >>>

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N5VLZ:

Bob, glad the mother-in-law didn't have a heart
attack, but pneumonia is bad enough. FB on HamWord.
On the tariffs deal, I figured as much. There were
winter storm warnings around Chicago, and in the 
lee of the Great Lakes. 

It's good to see Carl...I'll be with you shortly.

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

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NT5R: 

ge everyone

good week except no like cold weather, temp range 
here today 24.1 tp 39.0 d f

No frost on windshield, but some on hood this 
morning

Bob sending good vibes for your MIL

Re shutdown tried to help fellow in our Kimberling 
club renew license couple weeks ago. Web site not 
working and his license expires Nov 15.

Bob, snow beautiful, but hope you no need drive 
too much with that.

Carl, we are looking to be first three weeks of 
January in Phoenix area. Our friend said if we
could find a bungalo, may stay all winter. 
Hopefully, get eyeball qso with you next trip

Daryl, take care of yourself, hope all goes well 
for you. So btu>>>

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N5VLZ:

Charley, I'm afraid we'll have a bad winter here. 

As for the expired license, if it expires during 
the shutdown, they can still operate, but they have 
to contact the FCC via the ULS within 24 hours 
after they open back up to take care of it. Contact 
the ARRL/VEC at 1-860-594-0300 for details.

Hope you can do that visit to see Carl in January.

GE Carl, hope it was your computer, and not your
health that had issues. How are things?? >>>

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KX4AC: 

GE All. Ya, last week the time change tripped me.  
I knew the time had changed by an hour, and then 
I got distracted with something, and by the time 
I realized what time it was I had missed it. I 
have an alarm set now :-)

I do have some problems on my BBS that I will have 
to debug. Bob memtioned that my WX reports are not 
going out; I did get your email, but was lazy about
responding. For some reason my Internet-server can 
reach AMPRNET, but the BBS cannot. Maybe everything 
needs a reboot.

I have definitely been a bit lazy recently. We are 
still working on getting my fluid load corrected at 
dialysis and I have also been suffering a bit of
anemia. All kind of par for the course. I'm getting 
stronger slowly.

I have been playing with one of those surplus 
rubidium frequency standards from ebay. It seems 
to work pretty good, but man does it get HOT. Seems 
to have an average power dissipation of like 10-15 
watts, and all in a fairly small area. I really just 
wanted it to double check my frequency counters, so 
I will only power it up for calibrations and what 
not.

Charley, I will definitely look forward to seeing 
you in January, nothing else planned at that time. 
First and Third Saturdays we have a club breakfast, 
so maybe you can join us there as well.

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

**

N5VLZ:

Carl, you likely weren't the only one who missed 
the time change!! As for BBS issues, some of my 
message editors have barfed, so I'm trying to fix 
that issue.

As for being lazy, I thought the suffix of my 
callsign (VLZ) was for "very lazy" (hi hi). But, 
the anti-anxiety and hypertension medications I 
take at lunch make me sleepy, so I have to get a 
power nap afterwards.

The 25 amp power supply I have with the HTX 242 
that I'll use for Arkansas Skywarn is a BRICK...
it must weigh at least 15 pounds!! Hope you and 
Charley can have tnat eyeball QSO.

Not sure what that mess was with Charley gettting 
the <ENTER> key stuck (I deleted it from the 
scribe).

GE Bob (OK), how was your week?? >>>

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KF5TVG: 

GE All!

Thanks to our veterans for your service to our 
country!!!

I talked this week with some local hams at our 
weekly "Elmer Night" and showed them an example 
of using meshtastic (you know, the solution 
looking for a problem!) to pull environment data 
(ambient temp, xmitter heatsink temp, power 
voltage and current) and pump them into the mesh 
and then into a mqtt broker and on into Home 
Assistant (HA). Once in HA, can send email if a 
parameter is out of bounds. It also provide charts 
over time, so an easy way to see if things change 
over time. There was a lot of interest in putting 
a test setup one of the club's repeaters. It's on 
a county owned tower in a gated area, so not easy 
to get eyes on it if there is a problem.

Carl, glad to year you are improving! XYL and I 
moved to Phoenix right after marriage/graduation 
in August of '74. Shortly after arriving we were 
told an extreme weather event was going to occur: 
a 6 inch rain! I was startled to hear that for such 
a "dry climate" :). Oh yeah, it's 6 inches between 
drops!

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

**

N5VLZ:

Bob, I like that deal on the Elmer Night. A ham radio
club in Ohio has a weekly Special Interest Group SIG
on a specific topic, but I like the deal on multiple
topics. FB on the Meshtastic deal. When they get heavy
rain out in the deserts, flooding can cause numerous
problems.

That's all for round 1. Back to the top for final 
comments.

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

**

NS2B:

Carl: Laziness is an acceptabe excuse. One of my 
favorite actually! hihi

Marine Corps birthday today - 250 years - and I 
attended 7 of those!

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

**

N5VLZ:

Bob, thanks for being here, and Semper Fi!!

Charley, anything else?? >>>

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NT5R: 

Thank you to all veterans for your service. Bob (OK) we 
have several local setting up Mesh network,

Nixa hamfest yesterday good presentation fellow out of 
Texas, they sell to commercial and ham

Like your idea of "Elmer Night"

Everyone have an awesome week. Always fun to type at you! 
73>>>

**

N5VLZ:

Charley, thanks for being here. I think every club should
have an Elmer Night.

Carl, anything else?? >>>

**

KX4AC: 

Guess that's about all from here. Phoenix does have some 
big rains sometimes, though nothing like the "normal" 
states. Officially we are "semi-desert" so not quite as 
dry as an official desert.  

73s to all; back to net >>>

**

Carl, thanks for being here. When those normally dry 
areas get heavy rain, it causes numerous problems.

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

**

KF5TVG: 

A comment about our "Elmer nights": Once a week, from 
6:30 to 9 and anywhere from 30-45 hams. Usually 6-8 topics 
going at the same time, so if you get bored with one, you 
can just jump over to another group.

Thanks to Bob and Daryl for making this net happen! 

73 to all. 

BTU Daryl>>>

**

N5VLZ:

Thanks for being here, Bob. I like the multiple topics 
going on.

That'll do it for tonight's PCL Net. I'll post the scribe
tomorrow, as I have to eat something before another net 
this evening.

Everyone stay warm, safe, healthy, weather aware, and 
radio-active.

73 and GN DE N5VLZ. >>>

**


Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Little Rock, Arkansas
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