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January 30, 2022
 MORNING BREW Q&A - By Michael K2SHF Thank you to all who checked in to the Morning Brew. The following are answers to some of our recent daily questions. We asked the following questions. As always, only answers with a tally of 2 or more were included below. Thanks to Derby Dan (KD2VNU) for his hard work in logging the answers and tallying the results after each net. Q: Is your fire department paid or volunteer? A: Volunteer 28 | Paid 24 | Both 10 Q: How many speeding tickets have you had? A: None 15 | One 14 | Two 12 | Three 6 | Four 5 | Five 2 | Eight 2 Q: On average, how many times a week do you go through a drive-thru? A: Zero 23 | One 19 | Three 7 | Two 6 | Four 5 | Six 2 Q: Do you have a picture of one or more of your parents displayed in your house? A: Yes 52 | No 15 Q: Do you get bored easily? A: Yes 11 | No 15 Q: How many cups of coffee do you drink per day? A: One 5 | Two 18 | Three 13 | Four 6 | Five 4 | Eight 2 | Zero 8 Q: How many holes have you drilled in your floors, walls, ceilings, etc to run feedline? A: None 9 | A Lot 8 | One 7 | Two 13 | Three 3 | Four 5 | Six 3  ECR BIRTHDAYS The following hams are celebrating a birthday over the next two weeks. Happy Birthday to you all! AE7I, Craig from Reno NV, has a birthday on January 30th VE4CRN, Mark of Manitoba Canada, has a birthday on February 3rd K9CWM, Charlie of Pleasant Lake IN, has a birthday on February 5th N6ETA, Pete of Tucson AZ, has a birthday on February 6th KO4RNM, Scott of New Market AL, has a birthday on February 6th VE3IQU, Reg of Ontario Canada, has a birthday on February 10th K8BWK, Ben of Oregon OH, has a birthday on February 11th KD2HCU, Eric of Yaphank NY, has a birthday on February 11th Would you like your birthday recognized in the Newsletter and on the air during the Tech Net? Just send an email to Michael, K2SHF, with your callsign and birthdate. Your birthday will then be added to our spreadsheet. EAST COAST REFLECTOR 40 METER HF NET - By Tom KE3GK We have a 40 meter HF net every Saturday at 10:00am ET on 7.245 plus or minus. We are also in the ECR Zoom room at the same time as the net is going. The nets were originally on Monday evenings but due to gray line and time changes, we had to move to Saturdays. This is a controlled, but relaxed net with no specific questions or topics. Please join us this coming Saturday. CALLING ALL LADIES - By Melissa KI5VCB Hi!! Its Melissa, KI5VCB from Lubbock, Texas!! I am a relatively new Ham and was wondering if there were other girls out there that enjoyed talking on the radio as much as I do! I love meeting new people and learning about where they are from, and what it is like there! Lets see if we can get more girls involved! Tell all your friends, Ham radio is not just for guys! We can have our own Zoom Room on the ECR page and even our own net!! Let me know what you think, if you would be interested, and when we could get together to discuss things relevant to us girls! I will warn the guys…we might talk about food and clothes!! 73 Melissa KI5VCB/WRVF922 [email protected] HAMCATION 2023 IS ALMOST HERE - By Michael K2SHF Yes, boys and girls. It's already that time of the year again! I always enjoy getting away from the cold weather here in the mid atlantic and heading down to Orlando, Florida for a little winter break. HamCation will be on February 10th through February 12th this year. The East Coast Reflector is doing a meet & greet on Saturday, February 11th at 11:45AM in the Outside Pavilion. If you are planning on attending the hamfest, I hope you take some time to visit with us during the meet & greet. The meet & greet will be hosted by Mike K2CMT and myself. There are door prizes, including one grand prize! Information on HamCation can be found at http://hamcation.com.  YACHT NEWS for January 28, 2023 - By Ed KG8CX Young Amateurs Communications Ham Team, K8KDZ, Sailing Through Radio Waves Connecting Young Hams, Creating Friendships, Expanding the Voice of Youth in Ham Radio Inspiring Youth with Enjoyment & Technology of Ham Radio -------------------- Website https://qsl.net/yacht-arc/home.html Follow our tracks on Facebook, Echolink sessions, YACHT News, HF NET REVIEW... 22 stations in the log...youth checking in: 2W0KYH Declan, KC3RAP Walker, KC3OTG Abbi, KJ7MFU Dylan, KJ7MPQ Andrew, N8RCL Rachel, KN4VKW Ryan, KN4VKY Blake, NC8R Daniel, K0NH ZJ, KQ4CCE Jacob. CHAT SESSIONS... Monday: 13 connections with these youth ops: KO4VLV, KC3RAP, N8APR, N8RCL, KF0JFQ, KK7HEC, N8JJM, KQ4CCE, VU3EFZ. One of the check ins was Amelia from the Lake Washington radio club. Also heard from VA3GKY Matthew who is a leader of Sea Scouts in Canada. Tuesday: Following youth checked in - KE0ZNV, KF0JFQ, KF0JFQ 3rd party Joshua, KQ4CCE, N8RCL - Also joining us were K5NO, KD2ZDY, and K5KTM. YACHT BACKUPS... Keep in mind that if an issue arises that puts our YACHT server offline at any time, to go to "Meganets" . Thanks to Dave GW8SZL, Declan's dad for providing that for us. Also, Collin K0NNK has his system available at K0NNK-L. The W8PIF-R is also linked in for the Saturday youth net only. We appreciate the efforts of Dan N9MUF (YACHT server operator), Dave GW8SZL and Collin K0NNK for their support and use of their systems for backup. We sure have some dedicated supporters around us. Thank you. YOUTH NET TO CONSIDER... The Lake Washington ARC outside of Seattle has a youth on Mondays at 6pm pst, 7pm mst, 8pm cst, 9pm est. It is run by youth in that area. We have been invited to join them. It is on the K7LWH-L 4441 and on several Seattle links. Their youth net was held on Monday with several YACHT check ins. Their N.C. was Amelia who checked in with us on YACHT chat. Put this net on your schedule for Mondays at 8pm CST, 9pm EST, 7pm MST. TEXAS NET TO LINK TO YACHT... In emails with Steve NU5D, a linked repeater system in Texas will connect up to our Sat. evening youth net in hopes of raising more youth activity in that area around Waco. A system of 5 repeaters will join our youth net. They have an afternoon net at 3pm cst on the K5CRA-L #924587 which covers the 5 repeaters. A group of hams in that area thought it was a good idea to bring in more youth operators. PORTRAIT OF A BUSY YOUNG HAM... Check out this page http://www.qrz.com/db/n8jjm Now go to his brother's page http://www.qrz.com/db/k8ljm There are still two more hams in the family, Adrian N8AJM and Audrey KE8WHZ AUDREY McELROY KM4BUN... Watch this presentation by Audrey who is an Engineering student at Univ. of Georgia. Ham radio opens doors and this is a great example of how it helped her to define a possible future career https://youtu.be/QsPJa5H6UnM Audrey is a YACHT member and perhaps someday she can connect up to us and inspire a sizable crop of young hams. WINTER FIELD DAY... Another major ham event this weekend, Winter Field Day http://www.arrl.org/news/winter-field-day-2023 KC3OTG SCOUT BADGES... Abbi has earned these merit badges, very impressive  JUST KIDDING... Laugh at these antics https://www.facebook.com/JustKiddingPranks/videos/858980582111852/ YOUNG MAGICIAN PERFORMANCE... Here is one 8 year old you must see https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=739049954457276 BROTHER SISTER DANCE TEAM... These young dancers, ages 6 and 8 are remarkable https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=815273035850314 -- 73, Ed Engleman KG8CX http://yachthams.webstarts.com/index.html http://w8pif.webstarts.com/index.html http://www.qrz.com/db/k8kdz HOW CAN YOU HELP OUT WITH THE NEWSLETTER? If you have any interest in giving us a hand, please send an email to K2SHF. Send us links, articles, pictures, anything really. And if you have knowledge in a subject that you think our readers would find interesting, perhaps you could write some articles. "This is a team effort". |
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