Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (B)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Oct 06 2017 07:43 am
NETS OF NOTE: MOUNT JULIET SIMPLEX NET
JIM/ANCHOR: Our next report is part of our occasional series, Nets
of Note. This week's net meets on 2 meters, the old-school way.
Simplex! Here's Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, with more.
NEIL: On this week's Nets of Note, we take a look at a simplex net
near Nashville, Tennessee. Paul Wieloszynski (Will oh zen ski), K4PEW,
started the Mount Juliet Simplex Net, which has also become a club.
The Mount Juliet Simplex Society is one of two registered ARRL
Affiliated Clubs that focus on simplex communications. The idea for
the net came from Paul's time in New York.
PAUL: I got into ham radio, and predominantly ended up on repeaters,
just due to the nature of there weren't many places to talk on
simplex, nor did I give it much thought...that was when I was living
in Florida. I moved to New York for a couple of years, Western New
York, and there was just a whole bunch of people talking on simplex.
I asked them about it. I said, "Why don't you just get on the
repeater?" They said, Well, we kind of like the privacy. We don't
like the oversight, so to speak. It's not that they were a nasty
group of people, but it was just easier and simpler just to be on
simplex... not bothering anybody else. And, I liked that concept.
I picked it up there, and when I moved to Tennessee, I said I think
I'll do the same.
NEIL: One of the things that makes this net different, is that it
tries to give Simplextons, as they are called, more than one chance
a week to participate in a fun net, because they are often busy.
PAUL: Twice a week is when we meet. And, if they want to come in
twice a week, good. If they want to just stop in once a week, good.
And, the joke on the net is that we're the only net that I know of
that gives you chance for two opportunities to miss the net.
NEIL: Paul says that there are many ways a simplex net can better
train hams for communicating.
PAUL: Number 1... I've been saying that local simplex nets gets
hams to a) communicate properly, b) understand who can hear them,
c) understands who they can hear. It induces them to build better
stations. And, it builds a local community of hams, who are better
prepared to serve the community.
NEIL: The Mount Juliet Simplex Net meets on 146.415 MHz at 8 pm
Central time on Sundays and Wednesdays, and will soon be changing
to Saturdays and Wednesdays. You can find out more at their web
site, 146415.net. For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp,
WB9VPG.
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K2BSA SCOUTS ACTIVATE 6 STATIONS
JIM/ANCHOR: There's no rest for Radio Scouts who are busy activating
the K2BSA call sign at six locations, and counting the days until
Jamboree on the Air. Bill Stearns, NE4RD, has the details.
BILL: This week in radio scouting, we're just two weeks away from
Jamboree on the Air. We have 6 activations of the K2BSA callsign
scheduled during JOTA so far, and here they are:
Shawn Wolfe, W8SJW, will have K2BSA/3 on from Camp Potomac in Oldtown,
MD.
Elden Morris, N1MN, will have K2BSA/4 on from the Atlanta Area Council
Volunteer Service Center in Atlanta, GA.
Terry Gimble, W5TG, will have K2BSA/5 on from the East Texas Area
Council in Tyler, Tx.
Chris Clark, W6CBC, will have K2BSA/6 on from Camp Emerson in Idyllwild,
CA.
Craig Morrison, N7MHE, will have K2BSA/7 on from the LDS Stake Center
in Moses Lake, WA.
Charles Koehler, N9VJ, will have K2BSA/9 on from the Milwaukee Scout
Service Center in Milwaukee, WI.
As of October 1st, there have been almost 1,900 stations registered
internationally, and 257 of those are in the United States. Please get
your station registered, so that you can be counted, and others can
find you. Icom America has once again this year, donated an ID-51A
Plus 2, to encourage stations to file their reports, after Jamboreee
on the Air. Everyone who files a report will have their names entered
into the drawing. We'll open up the reporting system on JOTA weekend.
For more information on filing your report, see our website.
It's probably getting a little too late to be host station at this
point, however consider helping an existing station in your area,
or help by getting on the radio and working some scouts.
For more information on Jamboree on the Air, or Radio Scouting,
please visit our website at www.k2bsa.net.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, and the K2BSA Amateur Radio Association,
this is Bill Stearns, NE4RD.
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Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world, including the
NI4SR repeater in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Wednesday nights
at 8:30.
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