Hi folks:
Please see the note from N6DRF below:
From: Don Flint
[mailto:don@n6drf.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008
4:51 PM
To: n6kth@n6kth.com
Hello everyone,
As most of you
know, there is a net
every weekday morning called the Reg Dawe Memorial Cuckoo net in which we all
meet and rag chew, talk about weather conditions and anything else that may
come up. This net is not exclusive and everyone is welcomed.
As an extension to
that, Ken Owen (N6KTH) and Dave Milton (K6HWN) have created the Reg Dawe
Amateur Radio Association. The mission statement for the association is that we
are a group of hams dedicated to serving as "elmers" to the amateur
radio community, by guiding, assisting and supporting fellow hams, following
the example set by Reg Dawe W6HUT (sk). A website has been established after
securing Reg's call sign and can be found at http://www.w6hut.net
if you care to peruse it.
As time went on, I
felt that there was a little bit of a void, not only in the morning net, but
with the SBARC net schedule generally. In thinking of ways to fill this void,
it seemed like it might be a good idea to have an informal net, more of a
"gathering", on Thursday evenings that would be geared towards the
new ham licensee that may have a lot of "newbie" questions, questions
about repeaters, how to use their radio, what IRLP does, where exactly La Vagia
hill is, and so on.
I've discussed this
with KTH, HWN, and HUT(w7-type), and everyone has provided positive feedback.
After getting the blessings of our club president, I am putting out this email
to let you know that beginning next Thursday evening, November 13, 2008, at
7:30 P.M. we will try and kick off this net and see how it goes. This will not be
a "formal" net, but really just a time and place that people can
come, ask any question they want without feeling mic-shy, do radio tests, learn
radio etiquette and things like that. It may only be a thing where some of us
simply monitor just-in-case, or it may morph into another popular net where we
all just get together, like the A.M. net, but no one is "in charge"
and there won't be lengthy "interrogations".
In structuring this
net, it seems to me that the knowledge and experience of people in the
I think it would
add to the success of this "elmer" net to create awareness at key
events like the licensing classes offered by Bob Pizzi (AC6PZ), as well as at
the exit to the VE sessions for the new hams. Additionally, I've been told we
even have a number of HT's available to loan out at the club station in order
to help get folks on the air and involved. In addition to the personal
satisfaction of helping new hams get started, it may also benefit the club by
way of member recruitment and therefore public service involvement.
I hope to hear
everyone on TZ Thursday! If we get just one person involved, it will be a
success.