N5VLZ > ALL 01.02.26 021KEI5 10128 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW Subj: PCL NET SCRIBE JAN 26 2026 PCL NET SCRIBE JAN 26 2026 N5VLZ, Daryl, Arkansas (Net Control/Scribe) NT5R, Charley, Mexico (early checkin) NS2B, Bob, New York (Sysop) KX4AC, Carl, Arizona N3MEL, Glenn, Pennsylvania KF5TVG, Bob, Oklahoma WG3K, Eric, Maryland ** N5VLZ: GE All, and welcome to the Jan 26 2026 PCL Net. Early checkin from Charley, NT5R, who is in Mexico, as the world traveler. :) Net order is Daryl, Bob (NY), Carl, Glenn, Bob (OK), Eric, and whoever else shows up. Winter Storm Fern made her presence known over much of the country, and she was a mean YL, with her icy personality giving everyone more than just the cold shoulder!! Widespread snow, sleet, freezing rain, highway wrecks (mainly jack-knifed tractor trailers), power outages, damage, and more, stretched from New Mexico and Colorado, east through the Arklatex, Arklamiss, and MidSouth regions, the Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Ohio Valley regions, into the southeast US, plus the DelMarva, the MidAtlantic and New England. For Arkansas, north Arkanas got mostly snow, central Arkansas got mostly sleet, and south Arkansas got mostly freezing rain, but it looks like Louisiana and Mississippi were hard hit by the ice storm. Ahead of the cold front along the Gulf Coast, you had tornadoes. I was on the air with The Weather Watch Net for nearly 16 hours over 2 days, getting storm reports, sending them to the National Weather Service, and providing updates. Much of northern Arkansas won't get back above freezing until next month, and another winter storm may affect the Gulf Coast region this coming weekend. Many schools, businesses, government offices, and more, will likely be closed the rest of the month; and it will take a good while to repair and clean up the damage, and to restore power. I dread what the tornado season may bring down here in 6 weeks. I added some more items to the Ham Radio Humor files, off the hyperlink on my QRZ bio...most of these are from the Amateur Radio Funnies Group on Facebook. I also had to start finalizing the articles for the ham radio and square dance publications that I do, both due on February 1. If the ground hog says 6 more weeks of winter next Monday, he may be eaten by wolves, or shot by angry hunters (hi hi). GE Bob (NY), how was your week?? ** NS2B: GE All. Another week! Cold and snow - 14f and 18" of snow. I guess we got off relatively easy given the conditions in other parts of the country. Not much else going on here. Still pondering the lockup/shutdown of the node. Most recent change has been the update of the HTML stack for the node. It has been running ok since then, but now I've jinxed it! hihi Still playing Hamword. I think I'm on guess 4 today. That's it for me. BTU Daryl >>> ** N5VLZ: Bob, you did get off easy...some areas haven't seen a snow and ice storm like this in quite awhile. Mobile, Alabama had a Tornado Watch, and an Extreme Cold Watch in the same day. Yep, I'll bet the node will crash later this evening, as we have jinxed it!! FB on Hamword. GE Carl, how was your week?? >>> ** KX4AC: GE All. Well, no snow here in Phoenix, but it has gotten 5-10 degrees cooler over the last week. My sister in New Jersey got something like a foot and a half of snow, and now her dog does not want to go outside any more. On the radio front I got my GMRS license as well as a GMRS HT. There is definitely GMRS activity around; there even seems to be a monthly weather net, but the local 2m repeaters definitely have more traffic. We have a couple of pretty active nets on 2m/70cm. Glad Bob reminded me about hamword. Need to start the new week's word. That's about it for me. Back to net >>> ** N5VLZ: Carl, FB on the weather in Phoenix. As for the dog, it's like the meme where FIDO looks at the weather outside, and growls "I'm pooping in the house today". Another meme has a dachshund, noting "I'm so glad you're home!! Someone pooped in the hallway!!" (hi hi). FB on the GMRS nets... I don't know if it's worth the cost or effort to get a license and get into that...and FB on HamWord. GE Glenn, how was your week?? >>> ** N3MEL: Good evening All, can I tell you I am done with winter! 14f and 11" of snow yesterday 22f today but going down to 2f tonight. Finished up this months PKTNET net with 123 check-ins. It was a little down this month, but not too bad. Done with the shoveling as well, getting way too old for this stuff. Not much more from SEPA btu Daryl >>> ** N5VLZ: Glenn, you and everyone else don't want any more winter. Arkansas was overdue for a big storm. Those wanting snow now should move to either the north pole or Antarctica!! FB on the PKTNET -- I'm still checking into APRSThursday each week. GE Bob (OK), how was your week?? >>> ** KF5TVG: GE Daryl and all on the net! It has been VERY cold here in central OK, with around -6F wind chill at night, and up into the teens during the day. We got 8+ inches of snow; fortunately we got very little amount of sleet or freezing rain, so no major power outages. As a reference, that amount of snow in 48 hours is more that we receive in a whole typical winter season. I've been absent the last several weeks, with family activities as a priority. Just wanted to report an update on the Wavenode UHF-1 RF sensor I mentioned before. I've been able to connect it up and it does a nice job of providing voltages proportional to both forward and reflected rf power up to 300W. I'm using it to monitor a repeater's rf, along with some other sensors for other parameters such as voltage, current, and temperatures. That's all for now. Back to you Daryl>>> ** N5VLZ: Bob, FB on the weather...and family things are far more important. FB also on the Wavenode UHF-1 RF sensor. GE Eric, how was your week?? >>> ** WG3K: GE all. It's chilly over here in Maryland. Thermometer says 18F right now. We received ~5" of snow and sleet as of last night about this time, but then received quite a bit of freezing rain overnight. The kids have been enjoying riding their bicycles ON the ice, as it's so thick that they don't crash through to the snow. Even I'm not breaking through! The Chesapeake Bay is freezing around the edges (out about 20 or 30 feet). It appears that we won't be warming up any time soon. I just saw a WX forecast that says we might get more snow this upcoming weekend. Schools are already closed for tomorrow and I'm not going to try to make it into the office. I might be going crazy by tomorrow morning. hi hi I wonder if KX4AC made it out to Quartzfest this year. That's all from me for now. BTN >>> ** N5VLZ: Eric, I saw a meme that noted "whoever you're staying with, you had better like them, as you may be stuck with them for a few days" (hi hi). They were telling parents to keep their kids off the lakes and ponds, for the very thin ice on top. The cold weather folks should be happy now. We'll find out from Carl on round 2 shortly. That's it for round 1, back to the top for final comments. Bob, I emailed you 2 cute jokes for your enjoyment :) -- thanks again for the use of the BBS...anything else?? >>> ** NS2B: Thanks Daryl - nothing more here - everyone stay warm! Seee you next week - 73 >>> ** N5VLZ: Take care, Bob...see you next week. Carl, Anything else?? >>> ** KX4AC: Eric, I was not even aware that Quartzfest was a thing. I see the website now, though, and that camel is really cute. Sorry I missed it, I am surprised that nobody on the local repeaters mentioned it (or if they did, I missed it!). Hope everyone can stay safe and warm amidst all the snow and ice. 73s to all. Back to net >>> ** N5VLZ: Carl, I've heard mention of it on Amateur Radio Newsline in the past, but I hardly listen to that anymore. I read the script in one of the echoes on my BBS. Thanks for being here. Glenn, anything else?? >>> ** N3MEL: Not much else. Thanks to Bob NY and Eric for checking into the PKTNET net this month. Also Eric, thanks for your reports yesterday. Only problem is I receive any Winlink messages via my BBS and when I receive one with a Winlink form attached it just adds tons of overhead to the message. May need to go back to Winlink Express but don't really want to.. 73 everyone stay warm see you next week btu Daryl >>> ** N5VLZ: Glenn, I use RMS Express for my Winlink stuff, but I've found it won't take large PDF files. I was going to send a certificate from the Trains Net to a new checkin, but it wouldn't let me do it. I asked for a regular email, but haven't heard anything back. Thanks for being here. Bob (OK), anything else?? >>> ** KF5TVG: Thanks to Daryl and Bob (NY) for making this net happen! Stay Warm and 73! >>> ** N5VLZ: Thanks for being here, Bob...stay on the warm side of the door (that goes for everyone!). Eric, you get to wrap things up tonight... anything else?? >>> ** WG3K: Carl, I found Quartzfest via rabbit hole when looking into the area. A friend is camping in the long-term camping area just south of Quartzsite and I find the area facinating. Maybe I can make it out that way for next year's event. Daryl: Yeah, I was testing things. I don't really like using Winlink Express, so I'll probably stop using it. I will probably go back to using your HTML forms. That's all I've got for tonight. Hope everyone stays warm! 73 >>> ** N5VLZ: Thanks for being here, Eric. Carl, did you have a follow-up for Eric on Quartzfest?? >>> ** KX4AC: Nope, no followup other than to say I know about it now, but missed it this year. >>> ** N5VLZ: OK, thanks. Eric, Winlink Express serves my setup well...but I rarely check it and use it. That will do it for tonight's PCL Net. I will post the scribe sometime on Tuesday, as I have another net to prepare for. Stay on the warm side of the door, stay healthy, weather aware, and radio-active. 73 and GN DE N5VLZ >>> ** Daryl Stout, N5VLZ, Little Rock, Arkansas Please see my QRZ bio for more information.
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