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November 28th 2012
We had 13 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Mobile node 8421
KD8THZ Tim Kettering, Ohio node 4523
KD8JQE DarrylBellbrook, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, OH node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8IVF Robert S. Solon, OH node 4523
KD8JZR Charles Englewood, OHnode 8421
KD8RER Larry Kettering, OH node 8421
KD8PZV Jack Beavercreek, OH node 8421
KD8OPNPaul Beavercreek, OH node 8421
KD8TIB Keith Fairborn, OH node 8421
Our net controller was David N8DCP
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November 21st 2012
We had 9 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Mobile node 8421
KD8THZ Tim Kettering, Ohio node 4523
KD8JQE DarrylBellbrook, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, OH node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
K8RLV Bob Enon, OH node 8421
Our net controller was .. W9SAM Sam ... Everyone was wishing each other a "Happy Thanksgiving" but also there was lots of talk about Echolink tonight, especially that 224.760 is now Echolink equipped. David N8DCP, Don KD8NUF, Darryl KD8JQE, Greg KD8RJS & Sam W9SAM all had experiences using Echolink this past few days chatting with locals, other parts of the USA and other countries. Tim N8NQH said he (along with other local hams) attended the Fort Wayne Hamfest last Saturday and from what they said this hamfest was great and plans are in the making for a return trip in 2013. We still had a little trouble linking up to the W8AK repeaters tonight but hope that problem will be solved by next Wednesday. Sam brought the net to a close at 8:40pm.
David N8DCP
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Nov 14th 2012
We had 10 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
N8NPT Russ Beavercreek, OH node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Mobile node 8421
KD8RER Larry Kettereing, OH node 8421
KD8PZV Jack Beavercreek, OH node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, OH node 8421
KD8NUC Steve Dayton, OH node 8421
K8RLV Bob Enon, OH node 8421
Our net controller was .. David N8DCP Our net tonight was not linked to the IRLP network due to a downed router at the Bellbrook repeater (Tim N8NQH) So we missed all those who normally checked into the 442.925 W8AK repeater. Hopefully Tim will have is new router in place for our next Beginners Net on Oct 21st. Russ N8NPT said that he now has a "new-used" tower that he plans on putting up in the spring. Greg KD8RJS said he passed his General exam over the weekend so now Greg and Larry KD8RER are both generals and we may hear them on the HF bands soon. Greg also asked about the vanity call system and how long it would take to get a vanity call from the FCC? Tim N8NQH & Bob K8RLV both said it would take about three weeks after signing up for a vanity call to finally get some results. Don KD8NUF said he was doing computer work that was giving him a head ache. ALSO a reminder of the BARC monthly meeting & auction Thursday Oct 15th at the club house 7:30pm
David N8DCP
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Nov 7th 2012
We had 13 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
KD8THZ Tim Kettereing, OH node 4523
KD8RJS Greg Mobile node 4523
W9SAM Sam Union, OH node 8421
KD8TIB Keith Kettering, OH node 4523
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8SHE BrendaDayton, OH node 4523
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, OH node 8421
K8RLV Bob Enon, OH node 8421
VA3XFT Don Toronto, Canada node 2108
W8AJN Art Beavercreek, OH node 4523
Our net controller was .. David N8DCP Joe KD8GIL says he has been chatting on 10meter and said that the propagation was just great. Don KD8NUF said he was really getting interested in HF, doing a lot of reading etc. Bob K8RLV mentioned again that the IBRO club will be testing this coming Saturday October 10th at the Enon library from 11:30am to 1:30pm then at 2pm the IBRO club will hold their monthly meeting in the same library at 2pm. Sam W9SAM said that the 220 frequency 224.760 was down for a while today but that someone was working on that problem this evening. Greg KD8RJS reminded everyone that the BARC club will be testing this coming Sunday October 11th at the Beavercreek Number #1 fire house on Dayton Xenia Road location starting at 6pm. BARC has been holding classes for a few months and now their students will have the chance to pass their exams and become a new ham and others who will be taking the General and Extra exams also. Art W8AJN said he was talking to a friend on 75meters prior to checking in who lives in Cleveland Ohio. Art said he was really busy handling claims as a result of the Super Storm Sandy.
David N8DCP
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October 31st 2012
We had 19 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
KD8IVF Robert South Solon, OH node 4523
KD8THZ Tim Kettereing, OH node 4523 (new ham)
W9SAM Sam Union, OH node 8421
KD8TIB Keith Kettering, OH node 4523 (new ham 1st time checking in)
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
KD8SHE BrendaDayton, OH node 4523
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, OH node 8421
K8JTD Jeff Washington Twp node 8421 (hasn't checked in lately glad you are back)
K8RLV Bob Enon, OH node 8421
KB8STB Steve Tipp City, OH node 4523
N8ME Mark Mobile Springfield node 4523
KD8SHF Jeff Dayton, OH node 4523
KD8OPN Paul B'creek, OH node 4523
KD8SJK DeannaDayton, OH node 4523
KD8TEK Dave Dayton, OH node 4523 (new ham)
KD8RWR Tom Hamilton, OH node 4523
Our net controller was .. Sam W9SAM, Our net was very active tonight with 19 check-ins, 20 if we count Roberts KD8IVF wife Shella but I can't remember if Robert checked in for her. Keith KD8TIB, Tim KD8THZ & Dave KD8TEK all fairly new hams checked in to our net for the first time tonight. Steve KB8STB (General License) was working in his garage while checking in, said that he just completed converting his PC power supply to ham use and offered to put on a skit & show others how to do that. Steve also said that his oldest son is getting his ham license. Don KD8NUF mentioned that anyone with a computer could go to and listen to live fire & police. Tim N8NQH reminded us that the BARC club will be testing on Nov 11th at 6PM at the Dayton-Xenia Road Fire House. Jeff KD8SHF said that his oldest daughter has her ham license & that two other children are working on their ham ticket. Tom KD8RWR said that he was photographer & was in the process of taking school photos for a local school.
David N8DCP
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October 24th 2012
We had 12 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
KD8IVF Robert South Solon, OH node 4523
KD8JEU Sheila South Solon, OH node 4523
KD8THZ Tim Kettereing, OH node 4523 (new ham 1st time checking in)
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Beavercreek Twp node 4523
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
KD8NUC Steve Dayton, OH node 8421
W8AJN Art Beavercreek Twp node 4523
KC8LNO Rob Mobile node 4523
Our net controller was ... David N8DCP ... Robert KD8IVF & his wife Sheila KD8JEU checked in early mobile, both are from South Solon, Ohio. Robert is the president of the IBRO club in Enon, Ohio. Joe KD8GIL said his wind gauge has been giving him problems so he took it down from his ham tower and sent it out for repair. Darryl KD8JQE said that he made several out of the country contacts on HF this past week. Tim KD8THZ who just passed his technician exam a week ago checked in for the first time on his HT saying he read the manual of his HT and figured out how to set it up to contact repeaters and put in a PL tone so he could check in to nets. Tink KD8NUA said the chili cook-out at BARC last Thursday went well and she said she plans on joining the BARC HF contest this weekend Friday through Sunday. Atr W8AJN said he was working on the VOIP at the Greene in Beavercreek that kept him hopping the past few days. Tim KD8THZ asked if anyone could define the term "Traffic Nets" since he has heard this mentioned often on the frequencies. Rob KC8LNO came on the net and explained what that term stood for and told Tim to do a google search on the Internet and he could find out more.
David N8DCP ...
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Oct 17, 2012
We had 12 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Beavercreek Twp node 4523
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
KD8NUC Steve Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, Oh node 8421
K8KRLV Bob Enon OH node 8421
KD8SND Elliot Centerville, OH node 8421
KD8NUB Arthur Dayton, OH node 8421
Our net controller was ... David N8DCP, Steve KD8NUC was short time but mentioned the BARC Chili dinner tomorrow night at the BARC club house 6:30PM. Joe KD8GIL said he had a great day and had Sam W9SAM reprogram his new 9000 radio. Bob K8RLV said he is just about completed his move to Enon Ohio and is getting his Comet #333 antenna up and running. Of course Tink KD8NUA said that she is making her delicious chili for the BARC chili dinner tomorrow (Thursday) night. Tim N8NQH said that the BARC chili dinner is open for members, their spouses and guests so anyone (IBRO included) can come for chili. Don KD8NUF said he would be at BARC for chili. Greg KD8RJS said he and Tim N8NQH had worked on matching his radio with his new antenna (in his attic) and Greg's signal was really good tonight. Darryl KD8JQE said that he heard David N8DCP on 20meters talking to a station in Maine the other day. Arthur KD8NUB said he hasn't done much HF since he is studying all the time.
Thanks to all those who checked in ... we ask for your prayers for Tom WD8JFF who fell from his ham tower on Monday trying to make some adjustments on is antenna. click HERE to see the latest report that was reported on this website.
David N8DCP
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Oct 10th 2012
We had 15 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Beavercreek Twp node 4523
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
NF8S Terry Waynesville, OH node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, Oh node 8421
KD8RER Larry Kettering, OH node 8421
W8AJN Art Beavercreek, Twp node 8421
K8KRLV Bob Huber Heights, OH node 8421
KD8SND Elliot Centerville, OH node 8421
KG6NFJ Eric Centerville, OH node 8421
Our net controller was ... Sam W9SAM ... David N8DCP's volume seemed very low so Art W8AJN talked David through the menu's on his TS-2000 and brought the moderation up to MED and everything worked out just fine. Don KD8NUF relayed that Tink KD8NUA was having trouble getting into the Bellbrook repeater 444.875 so she called our back up frequency 147.045 and Don heard her and relayed that Tink wanted to check in. Bob K8RLV mentioned that IBRO's monthly meeting will be held at the Applebutter festival in Enon on Saturday Oct 13th. IBRO will have a Ham Booth displaying radios.
David N8DCP
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Oct 3rd 2012
We had 12 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8RJS Greg Beavercreek Twp node 4523
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
KD8SUG Tom Cincinnati, OH node 4523
KD8NUC Steve Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, Oh node 8421
KD8RWS Kareem E. Dayton, OH node 4523
W8AJN Art Beavercreek, Twp node 8421
Our net controller was ... David N8DCP ... I enjoyed the net tonight, everyone was in a good mood and just happy to have their radios and antenna's working properly. One announcement the BARC club will have their planners meeting Thursday Oct 4th at 7:30pm at the BARC club house. Art N8AJN mentioned that he was on the road today driving up to Columbus and back. Darryl KD8JQE said he just got back from bible study before logging into the net. Sam W9SAM said he was using his repaired microphone that Tim N8NQH repaired and it sounded great and Sam was also able to take down the reflector using this repaired microphone.
David N8DCP
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Sept 26th 2012
W9SAM Sam was the net controller for tonights net. I N8DCP David slept through the net and finally woke up at 8:37pm but too late to check in to the Beginners Net. My couch is too comfortable and if I am not careful I take a power nap without trying. Thanks Sam for taking the Net. Sam did not give me a list of check-ins so this is it?
David N8DCP
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Sept 19th 2012
We had 14 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8NUB Arthur Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
K8RLV Bob Huber Heights,OH node 8421
KD8NUC Steve Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, Oh node 8421
W8TOG Henry Mobile node 8421 (Mobile)
KD8PZV Jack Beavercreek, Oh node 8421
VA3XFT Don Toronto, Canada node 2108
W8AJN Art Beavercreek, Twp node 8421
Our net controller was ... David N8DCP Joe KD8GIL mentioned that the New Tractor Supply or Farm and Fleet store that went in where the old Kmart was in Huber Heights had open house today. Tim N8NQH said that the new Menards store opened in Centerville and also that the BARC club monthly meeting will be on Thursday Sept 20th at 7:30pm. Darryl KD8JQE said that Don KD8NUF will be presenting a presentation on Scanners at the BARC meeting on Thursday evening 7:30pm. Sam W9SAM asked for prayers for KD8IKJ who was having surgery today. Don VA3XFT from Toronto Canada said that there will be a IRLP class on reflector 9558 Thursday Sept 20th at 7PM Darryl KD8JQE said that he will bring up Tim's repeater and node 8421 on reflector 9558 if you want to listen.
David N8DCP
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Sept 12th 2012
We had 13 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8NUB Arthur Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8JQE Darryl Bellbrook, OH node 8421
K8RLV Bob Huber Heights,OH node 8421
KD8NUC Steve Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8SMD Elliot Centerville, OH node 4523 (Mobile)
W8TOG Henry Mobile node 8421 (Mobile)
KD8RJS Greg Dayton, OH node 8421
N8NPT Russ Beavercreek, OH node 8421
Our net controller was ... David N8DCP Tim N8NQH had a few problems with his repeater 444.875 PL=94.8 that caused a little delay from time to time but all in all the net went quite well. Joe KD8GIL said he spent the day fixing his bird houses and giving them a new paint job. Darryl KD8JQE said he was able to get hands on training on his HT using the IRLP and connecting to other nodes and reflectors. Tim N8NQH mentioned two testing sessions coming up DARA Huber Heights church at 5750 Shull Road at 7pm on Sept 22nd & testing at P&R on 700 East First Street in Dayton Ohio on the 26th of September at 7pm. Tink KD8NUA said she baked an "Oatmeal" cake and tried it out at work and everyone liked it so she is making another one for the upcoming BARC monthly membership meeting. Greg KD8RJS mentioned "Ham Classes" being held by BARC in the coming weekends. Bob K8RLV said that it was nice of Tink KD8NUA to test her oatmeal cake on her co-workers before bringing one to the BARC club meeting. LOL
David N8DCP
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Sept 5th 2012
We had 16 check-ins tonight on the Great Lakes Michigan Reflector 9610 channel 9 (9619)
N8DCP David Beavercreek, Ohio node 8421
KD8GIL Joe Huber Heights, OH node 8421
N8NQH Tim Bellbrook, Ohio node 8421
W9SAM Sam Union, Ohio node 8421
KD8NUA Tink Dayton, OH node 8421
KD8NUB Arthur Dayton, OH node 8421
K8RLV Bob Huber Heights,OH node 8421
VA3LIO Sunny Scarborough Ontario CA node 2108
VA3XFT Don Toronto Canada node 2108
KD8SMD Elliot Centerville, OH node 4523 (mobile)
KD8NUF Don Bellbrook, OH node 8421
KD8PZV Jack Beavercreek, OH node 8421
KD8RER Larry Kettering, OH node 8421
W8AJN Art Beavercreek Twp. node 8421
N8NPT Russ Beavercreek, OH node 8421
KD8GHR Gary Montg County, OH node 4523
Our net controller was ... Sam W9SAM The W8AK repeater was down so we only were able to link to the Bellbrook node 8421 (Tim N8NQH repeater 444.875) and reflector 9610 channel 9 owner Mike KB8ZGL Great Lakes Michigan Reflector. Russ N8NTP reminded everyone of the upcoming Sept 8th Ohio State Parks on the Air HF QSO will take place on all HF bands including 6M, the time is from 12noon to 8PM, 40 to 50 State Parks will be participating. Russ will be working out of the Paint Creek Park using his dipole inverted "V" antenna. Russ hopes to have a range of about 300 miles. David N8DCP reminded everyone of the upcoming Dayton Woodland Cemetery "Discover Woodland Days" on October 7th 2012 which is a Sunday. Last year several of our Beginners Net checkins met at Woodland for the 2011 Discover Woodland Days and all had great time. You can check out the Woodland website and get more information at click on the "Tours and Events" tab on the left of the page, then page down to the paragraph on "Discover Woodland Day". Tim N8NQH mentioned the BARC committee meeting Thursday September 6th at 7:30pm at the BARC club house. We had two Toronto - Scarborough Canada check-ins tonight, both have checked in before, both had good 9/5 connections and sounded very quiet. Don VA3XTF mentioned that he put our Beginners Net information on the Canada calendar so anyone can see and check into our net every Wednesday. Thanks Don! Arthur KD8NUB said UD is great and he is having fun his first year there. Art W8AJN said that Echolink is beginning to poke its head out and is becoming popular in the Ohio area. We discussed during the ragchew time of having IRLP and Echolink connected to a single repeater. Don VA3XFT said that their nodes 2108 & 7949 are connected via Echolink and that we could go to Yahoo Groups and search for EchoIRLP to find information about linking IRLP and Echolink on one repeater. Bob K8RLV mentioned that locally 224.000 is set up with Echolink.
David N8DCP