TALARC EchoLink/IRLP Conference Net Report for July 12, 2017

TALARC EchoLink/IRLP Conference Net Report for July 12, 2017, 2100EST, 0100UTC
Net Control Station W9MNA conducted the monthly net on Crossroads EchoLink Conference Node 9735 on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The net was opened at 2100 ET [0100Z] and closed at 2145 ET [0145]. There were 17 check-ins, including Net Control.

Contact with the following radio operators was logged:
KD2JEC, Jude, NY
KF6TT, Leon, CA
N6XLS, Doug; Sunnyvale, CA
KD5AT, Bob, TX
KB8PET, Jim, OH
K9SYK, Dwight, IN
N7YUR, Jim, OR
K9DC, Dave, IN
KM6SDM, Dave, Cal
W9WMJ, Marty, IN
KC9ZAR, Jerry, IN
K9AWM, Andy, WA
KG7NTV, Charlie, OR
KD9HZI, Rick, WS
WA2VFK, Lee, NJ
WB9STA, Brian – for the Indiana Experimental Radio Bunch, Gosport, IN
W9MNA, TALARC Net Control, Mike, IN

Announcements were made regarding the following subjects:
• Arizona Post 25 is newest TALARC post station
• Is a TALARC station in your post’s future?

Discussion on the net was encouraged regarding the following:
• K9SYK, Dwight, adjutant of Post 118 out of Danville, IN, indicated that they’re in the process of setting up a post station. He indicated it would be on the air sometime this summer.
• Bob Hawkins, KD5AT, talked about Post 942 of Sugarland, Texas, which has a six-member amateur radio club he and the other members are trying to grow. Bob also mentioned that he is working with Post 490 of Houston to work a special event station coinciding with a Lone Star Flight Museum event.

The TALARC EchoLink/IRLP Net for Wednesday, July 12, 2017 closed at 2145 ET [0145Z].
Submitted by Mike, W9MNA