K5TAL Net Report Dec 26 2018

SEASON 2, EPISODE 52: THE K5TAL NET ON 80 METERS WAS OPENED AT 7 PM (0100Z) AND HAD 7 CHECK-INS. BAND ON 3.825 MHZ WAS FAIRLY QUIET AS FAR AS ATMOSPHERIC NOISE, WITH PROPAGATION FAIR. ECHOLINK WAS IN OPERATION, AS WAS D-STAR VIA REF058B. THE 2 METER NET WAS CALLED ON 145.11 REPEATER AND HAD 2 CHECK-INS, FOR A TOTAL OF 10 CHECK-INS FOR THIS DATE.

80 Meter Net 3.825 MHz

KA5DON DON NCS, Post 1992, Gautier-Vancleave, MS TALARC
KB5AGW TERRI Post 1992, Gautier-Vancleave, MS TALARC
WA5GYM ANDY US Marine, Richland, MS, TALARC
K5ATW STEVE USAF, Post 113, Vicksburg, MS, TALARC
KE8GKY LARRY USAF, Post 170, Three Rivers, MI, TALARC, /P Clarksville, TX
KB5GUN NEIL USN, Non Member, Moss Point, MS
KB5PCI JIM USAF, Post 119, Gulfport, MS, TALARC Portable from Atlanta
W5TUT ED USAF, Post 24, Hattiesburg, MS, TALARC

2 Meter Net 145.11 MHz

KG5KSA MIKE Non Vet, Ocean Springs, MS
AF5AQ RICHARD Spouse USCG RET, Non-Member, Vancleave, MS

Announcements: Read Season’s Greetings from TALARC Board Members, and a new website that was discovered. AmericanRadioHistory.com is a HUGE archive of both commercial broadcasting journals and consumer journals (Popular Electronics, BYTE, etc.) which are too numerous to list. They are in PDF format, which can be downloaded and viewed later.

DISCUSSED ALL NET TIMES AND FREQUENCIES FROM DECEMBER 2018 NET ANNOUNCEMENTS.

DISCUSSED METHODS TO CHECK INTO THE K5TAL WEDNESDAY EVENING NET AS BEING ECHOLINK BY TEXT TO KA5DON – RMS TRIMODE GATEWAY TO KA5DON@WINLINK.ORG – D-STAR VIA REFLECTOR 58 B TO KA5DON, – C4FM & DMR IN A NEAR FUTURE.

DISCUSSED N4DKD.COM WEB SDR AS A TOOL TO LISTEN TO THE NET BY INSERTING THE FREQUENCY OF 3825 LSB INTO THE APPROPRIATE BOXES, AND CHECKING IN VIA ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE CHECK-IN METHODS DISCUSSED ABOVE.