K5TAL Net Report for 12-16

Year 4, Week 37
Dec. 9, 2020

The K5TAL net on 80 meters was opened at 6:30 pm (0030z) on 3.862 MHz and had 16 check-ins. Conditions were noisy with lots of digital noise and intentional QRM, but overall band conditions improving, YEAH! Special thanks to Odis W4IOD for all the relays.

WV5Q DON POST 1992, VANCLEAVE, MS, TALARC, PUFL
W4IOD ODIS POST 46, DANVILLE, KY TALARC
N9CSW DAVE POST 481, MADISON, WI, TALARC (FORMERLY KD9IUB)
W5SOF BEN FL DPT, AF VET, DIAMONDHEAD, MS PUFL
K4FT JOHN POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
KF4FMQ MIKE POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
WA5GYM ANDY RET MARINE, RIDGELAND, MS
K4FNX MATT POST 24, HATTIESBURG, MS, TALARC, PUFL
W8LAT LARRY POST 117, THREE RIVERS, MI PORTABLE IN TX
K0UPW JIM POST 112 FLOWOOD, MS
KY4KD KEN POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
WA5CAM STAN NON VET, NATCHEZ, MS
K5CUB LEE POST 1992, VANCLEAVE, MS, TALARC
K3KZU DENNIS POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
AJ5P LESTER NON VET, SWL LAUREL, MS
KB5AGW TERRI POST 1992, GAUTIER, MS, TALARC, PUFL

* INDICATES FIRST-TIME CHECK-IN

Announcements: The Library of Congress has requested military stories in an attempt to record as many veterans’ stories as possible. Please go to loc.gov/vets, from that page click on “How To Participate.” The forms can be downloaded in a number of methods. This collection is just “your military stories,” recollections of your time in the military. A verbal history.
Also, the announcement from Dec Net Announcements concerning the TALARC newsletter being terminated and Special Event operations cancelled and turned over to posts and clubs to hold the special events.

Thursdays at 7 pm CST, K5TAL hosts an all-digital net via a service called Quadnet Array (www.openquad.net). This service allows any form of digital voice to be routed so DMR users can hear D-Star and C4FM Fusion, D-Star can hear everyone, as can C4FM users. It also allows DV Dongle users to communicate likewise. The net is listed on the www.openquad.net website. You can listen to the HF 80 meter by going to www.n4dkd.com and enter the frequency and LSB. If you have an Apple device, there is a box to the right to enable audio for IOS.

For God and Country
Don Rand WV5Q
President K5TAL