K5TAL NET REPORT FOR 20190102

SEASON 2, EPISODE 40: 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 5 CHECK-INS, AND THERE WERE 2 CHECK-INS VIA N4DKD.COM, FOR A TOTAL OF 14 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
KE8GKY LARRY USAF, Post 170, Three Rivers, MI, TALARC, /P Clarksville, TX
K5DJW DAVID Post 24, Beaumont, 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
W5JGW JEFF AF Retired, Non Member, Biloxi, MS
K5BQJ NICK AF, Non Member, Vancleave, MS
KG5VXY Mike Merchant Marine, Post 1992, Gautier, MS, TALARC
KB5GUN Neil AF Retired, Non Member, Moss Point, MS

Listened via N4DKD

KD9DHX Josh HQ, Indianapolis, TALARC
AJ5P Lester Non Vet, Laurel, MS

Announcements: Availability of “American Legion Disaster Preparedness And Response for American Legion Posts” and “Post Base Station/Communications Facility Equipment List,” and where they are located on the Legion.org/hamradio web page.

DISCUSSED ALL NET TIMES AND FREQUENCIES.

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 THE 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.