Jan. 6 net report for K5TAL

Year 4, Week 40
Jan. 6, 2020

The K5TAL net on 80 meters was opened at 6:30 pm (0030z) on 3.862 MHz and had 15 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 MS POST 1992, VANCLEAVE, MS, TALARC, PUFL
N9CSW DAVE WI POST 481, MADISON, WI, TALARC
K3KZU DENNIS KY POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
K4FT JOHN KY POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
W8LAT LARRY TX POST 117, THREE RIVERS, MI PORTABLE IN TX
W4IOD ODIS KY POST 46, DANVILLE, KY TALARC
KF5FWR BENNIE MS NON VET, VOSSBURG, MS
WA5GYM ANDY MS RET MARINE, RIDGELAND, MS
KY4KD KEN KY POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
WA9EKQ MATHIAS WI UNK LEGION POST, KENNAN, WI
*K5KWG MIKE TX UNK AFFILIATION, OMAHA, TX
W9WA BILL KY POST 46, DANVILLE, KY, TALARC
KB5PCI JIM MS POST 113, GULFPORT, MS, TALARC
AJ5P LESTER MS NON VET, SWL LAUREL, MS
KB5AGW TERRI MS 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 canceled and turned over to posts and clubs to hold.

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