K5TAL NET REPORT FOR JUL 21 | The American Legion

July 30, 2021

Year 5, Week 16
July 21, 2021

The K5TAL net on 80 meters was opened at 7:00 pm (0000z) on 3.862 MHz and had 12 check-ins. Good band conditions (considering summer-80 m lousy conditions). Listening on N4DKD also, EchoLink running but only taking text messages. Next week I will also take check-ins via D-Star Reflector 58B, and any time between Wed and Fri on Winlink addresswv5q@winlink.org. Practice your Winlink skills and use the net check-in template.

WV5Q DON MS
WV1Q AL MS
KD5JII HUGH MS
KF4FMQ MIKE KY
KF5FWR BENNIE MS
KY4KD KEN KY
W5TUT ED MS
ND5V JOEY MS
KB5PCI JIM MS
WB4YTG AL LA
AJ5P LESTER MS
KB5AGW TERRI MS

Announcements:
The announcement from Jul Net Announcements concerning the TALARC net listings.
The Post 46 Wilderness Road American Legion holds a monthly D-Star net on the first Monday of every month at 8 pm EST on Ref 56C, and EchoLink Node of KY4RW-L. Early check-ins are accepted ½ hour before net starts.
Post 275, Upper Marlboro, holds a monthly Wires-X on the third Tuesday of every month on Room 21433 at 7 pm EST. The second Saturday of each month, N3TAL conducts a net starting at 1 pm ET on 14.275, and K9TAL conducts an EchoLink net at 1200 ET on *FMCA-ARC* Conference Node.
All American Legion nets and frequencies can be found at www.legion.org/hamradio.
TALARC membership is now up to 4,871 with hopeful expectations of being above 5,000 soon. Do your part: invite your ham friends to join the Legion, and TALARC.
The Department of Mississippi has authorized a TALARC Coordinating Committee to assist posts to start clubs, individuals to get licensed and posts to connect with EOCs.

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.netwebsite. 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