This is the current version SUNNET.TXT Disclaimer:These are NOT a complete transcript of what each person discussed. The items are a highly selective record; many topics were omitted for a variety of reasons--the person switched topics too fast, I was distracted, etc., etc. I apologize to those who feel negelected. In the early items the separator was a -. Recently I switched to a >. The stuff preceeding KB2IKC and immediately following the date are the items I mentioned. I recently looked at some items and found many whch are quite obscure. I think that 5-5-91 was when I became net control. 5-5-91 KB2IKC W2GKF N2XJ K2AGI K2SKV W2ZKE W2HSA KA2DDG WA2BUY PICNIC SAT END OF JUL OR 1ST OF AUG-SKV CARL-GROUP TO HELP WITH TEST EQUIP-ELLEN-DAUGHTER-CARL HAS KEY-VISIT ON WED NEW SPECTRUM ANAL-$800 COST-W2CIY IN GROUP, BOB VOLUNTEER, AGI ALSO CARL-PLAN ON 1:00 OR 2:00 20 WILSON AVE JOHN-FIELD DAY JUNE 22-23-VINTAGE RCVRS AT NEXT CLUB MEET- CHUCK-2 RABID RACCOONS AND 1 BEAR HAD- ANTI-RABIES SERIES WHEN KID-BITING MAY FLIES? CARL-WHAT TIME?? WHERE? 1:30-2:00 5-12-91 NAS for Laudise and Sue's advisor-alligators my VCR is 2, 4, and 6 hrs. Jazz singer, RABID RACCOONS, DIEHL'S EQUIP, KB2IKC K2AGI 2HSA k2skv kb2bbp ka2ddg KA2PUN jazz singer not sound on film??-cheap VCR-how many got to use their code-inside-out recording-paper clips-the pine barrens-john mcphee ----- 5-19-91 very good flea mkt-Warminster-Bey and Harry-milling table $15-10 MHz temp controlled xtal osc--10 F caps.-varactor diodes-Bey-VLF rcvr. and xfmr- kb2ikc w2hsa w2oko Bob Mendelson k2agi k2skv w2zke w2gkf kb2bbp wb2qoq Bill-how much damage?--good group for the computer class last Wed- start tomorrow to refurbish our bathroom- MacIntosh- ---- 5-26-91 wild week (seems like a month) with bath rebuild 6300 power supp. died-dissected 10MHz osc., traced ckt., not fixed yet kb2ikc w2zke Bill ka2egd don smith Pullman road car work k2agi John n2xj Carl w2oko Bob Mendelson no 14MHz RTTY wa2buy Louie great trip to Spain-joined Red Bank boat club- kb2bbp Tony Indy exciting wb2qoq Rick wa2dkj Andy tire balancer-40 mi on bike- w2gkf mobile w2hsa sale of Diehl's stuff-field day-parade shouldn't blame the repeater-low input-new record-- 12 on net no, repeater rcvr. is noisy- ---- 6-2-91 the worst is over on the new bathroom installation-good flea mkt in Teaneck yesterday-Dick reported bad connector in the repeater-planning to sell Geo Diehl's stuff on June 15 at Watchung Hills fl mkt-computer class seems to be doing well-most of students return kb2ikc kb2bbp k2agi w2hsa k2skv back from vacation w2zke-------v poor reception-not good enough for computer class!!! w2oko carpenter bees-15 holes-Rick's Al angle-back entrance to Rickles-bends stuff on request-Liberty Ave-Diazanon only thing for carp. bees wb2qoq also carpenter bees-hot in Houston wa2dkj-Bird wattmeter-Chlordane-source of Al and steel in Sussex- w2gkf Tony's wife will do cooking for field day- Tony cleaned gutters-use of leaf blower- Rick-truck avail for June 15 to move Diehl's stuff? QST covers for bath paper- Congrats to Bay on 40th wedding aniv. Bays prices have gone up without prior notice-litigate? ---- 6-9-91 computer class still going-car show today-trash out today- bought book at Laschen's-Solid State Design-ARRL-Warren flea market next Sat-Geo Diehls stuff-may be interviewed on Hank Key's computer show on WBAI(?) on Wed nite- kb2ikc w2hsa wa2dkj kb2bbp also look for aurora w2gkf new power supply sounds very convenient-my supply working very well- question for Chuck-why 3 wheels on roller blades? ---- much repeater problems-low rec. sens? 145.500-145.800 assigned to simplex in tri-state area 144.350-144.500 " 146.520-146.580 " 147.525-147.570 " ---- 6-16-91 everyone has about the same crackling on the repeater WBAI show-Hamfest-John get dolly back?--Taylor Rental propane kb2ikc w2zke w2oko Bob wa2dkj w2hsa k2agi $5 bought air-cond .01-.019" rain wb2qoq full quiet k2skv w2gkf sold $43 Harry sold Hallic. rcvr-I nominate Bay to write letter about hamfest--??hire model to sit on the blue tarp!-- club bus-sold 85% of vol of Diehls stuff- Bill fixed pwr supp. worked 6M- Andy-ceramic caps very lossy- Computer class on Wed. ---- 6-23-91 Dick reported that the trouble with the repeater was some output from the trans. was getting into the rcvr. ---- 6-30 Last day of June-installed 80 meg harddrive and DOS 5.0-works well 286 also working-send K2BIV to Andy for auto repairs--.32" in one blast kb2ikc wa2dkj Loss measurements on the commercial filter?? w2zke n2xj Sussex hamfest for Andy k2agi w2oko w2hsa 14 participants! only Atari modem k2jao knows auto-transmission mechanic wb2qoq kb2bbp wd4igl-Terry poor signal into repeater but good direct w2gkf ka2egd Don n2cxe Club business-Andy-higher score than last year.Floyd Harvey is recoup. well more surgery in about 2 wks-home filter 14 out of 100 watts loss. Johnson filter loses 1 or 2 watts out of 100! fixed Porche engine-good talk from Pres- Bill-Carl-simplify security at BTL-MH? Paul Freeland?? John-last SG's before Sept.--5 in RTTY net without Ernie or Louie- Bob-w2oko low modulation- Chuck- have modem? to rcv. typing tutor? DOS 3.2 Joe-enjoyed food etc. at field day-good response on the air- Rick-garage sale-Diehl's place-sicle-sled-aud. in Ocean Grove-orch concert Tony-Madison free radiograms- Bay-nest of 5 rabbits-no rain??- BTL invented silvered mica caps. during WW2 ---- 7-7-91 SPark Gaps full of fascinating stuff-let off a few firecrackers-9 on JIS BASIC prog. to calc. filters-doe + fawn-scraping noise in car another BUGS disk tomorrow night-finished new bath- Chuck-bears? Andy after net raccoon on bridge kb2ikc w2gkf go back to Lake George-hi price on boats-next Sun Sussex Flea- w2hsa Bob-Bay-Chuck keying up Philia.-needs spare car*- w2zke k2skv good sweet corn-heavy rain today k2agi deer eating plants-woodpecker on house-brake and x'mission probs ka2ddg back to normal after next surgery- wa2dkj Fri or Sat Mead. race qual.- wb2qoq Hooray for Andy-rotator meeting tomorrow night-Wampler's video of field day- NP fireworks better than last year- ---- 7-14-91 11 stat-- 13" rain in 12 hrs at the shore-firewoks Tue nite--4 wheels on roller blades?? kb2ikc w2zke good sell at flea mkt w2gkf k2agi Hypoid gear oil?--school parking lot?-painting poison ivy k2skv w2hsa kb2bbp Fornos resturant in Newark w2oko no limits on talking time- n2xj VE exams--30 members-22 applic.-6 for no code- wb2qoq lot in PA-aurora prop.on 2 meters on Sat-Wis & Mich.-also tonight- jury duty start Tue- wa2dkj got print head ---- 7-21-91 NO REPEATER-- .47" rain tonight-Rick jury duty??- kb2ikc w2hsa 6 bars-Watts?-good rain-lake 6" low-bragging about cooler-new Sable-we carried paper plates even with transfer-Al:can't get to Picnic k2agi Club Mon-Napolitano funeral-trim painted-Clorox worked-commercial for rubber stamps-ACGNJ might move to NP- w2zke kb2bbp storm ~4:30-power off last 6 hrs! fire dept. on street-trees down- just got power- wd4igl Terry storm-trip to Parsippany-trees in streets and yard- k2skv recept. all OK-storm ~6:00-~15 mins rain- wa2dkj no bike ride today-did yesterday-can't make meeting-metal stress? ---- 7-28-91 Rick-jury duty?? Big rain tomorrow nite & Tue-Chuck, AC fixed? Al fully retired?-repeater v good-DOS class going well-Chuck, still doing skating rink? Doe and fawn back twice- kb2ikc k2agi good RTTY net-bearing&dist prog.-snow tires off- w2zke TV (lightning damage) fixed with diode-start vac.- k2skv lost pwr 4 hrs on Thur-storm littered pool-3 days to go-crickets- w2hsa for DOS class->new beam tuning-72 ohm co-ax-got 1.2 SWR-Baltimore rept. into Whippany rept!(also Philia.)-2 days on AC on Sable-elec. clutch on compressor-bear gone- kb2bbp wasp nest-big swelling- w2gkf-mobile family gathering in Chester- grasshopper plague-Wichita in ~1939-anyone want turntable? end at 9:44 ---- 8-4-91 not here next Sun.-get Chuck-Sue back-stuck throttle-hummingbird- just found 1937 quarter in my pocket-no meeting tomorrow- kb2ikc wa2dkj ham fest this weekend-Bucks Co.-just back from Boston- k2agi good RTTY-bad effect of fresh air-cloudburst at Ernie's- wd4igl Terry-vac. in Myrtle Beach-7 days of rain-new beam up- k2jao HF bands open-Albania-Lebanon-Kuwait-Indian-Sudan-Sakalin Is.- w2hsa DX with scuba diver in Antarctica-brake prob. with Buick-loud night creatures w2gkf no MARS traffic-8 or 9 bluebirds in Chester-yellowjacket nest-bottomless large black wasp catches bugs in the air- w2zke ka2ddg ---- 8-18-91 Terry-no prob. with repeater-Hurricaine Bob-trip- hamfest-back issues at hamfests-meteorites bright- kb2ikc w2hsa translated Fr. book on astronomy- k2agi in one week-Andy Nord. flying to Europe- wa2dkj two Mon meet resched. Wed Oct 16, Tue, Nov. 12-Heath no ham equip-machining Ti-grease elec. connections-diddled pot- wd4igl Terry-off to Ind. next week-high sch. reunion-no meteors from submarines kb2bbp k2skv ---- 8-25-91 if Andy-grease elec. conns.-Hertz check-in-Sandia peak- new museum in Albuq.-anti-matter??? RC air show-mid-air colls. kb2ikc w2hsa 2 grandchilds `till labor day-should paint tower- k2agi a big hassle with DB files-need class for non-code liscense w2zke refurb. tower- ---- 9-1-91 10 on net-Fox hunt Sept 29--Wed. computer class still roaring kb2ikc played golf with Bay and Harry etc. Repeater quality-contact protectant-octanoic acid w2zke k2skv retired 1 mo- wd4igl Terry-retnd from Elkhart Ind 35 yr reunion- w2oko w2hsa 4 & 6 yr kids-~50 deg this AM-cheap SS pulleys?--5 on RTTY-contact pressure?!? k2agi Perkins will bring fox hunt equip next meet. TNC working- wa2buy is moving-where?--don't know-would like to go south-company in bad shape- kb2bbp Large Chatham exercize Sept 28.-needs TRS-80 software- wa2dkj 80' crank-up tower avail- ---- 9-8-91 10 last week-12 this week-installed bookcase-Pat Casey-thermodynamics??? kb2ikc Tijauna Joe's??--think about re-assessment w2zke working of tower- w2hsa 6 on RTTY-party to put lake to sleep-back to skating-low water wells and lake-timed out k2agi meeting-business-review fox hunt equip.- k2skv NG at thermo-plethora of acorns-Tijuana Joe's bad-Meyersville better- wa2dkj ARRL letter-meeting Sept 21 at Morris Co emergency cent.-share ideas about clubs- w2gkf many houses for sale on block- wd4igl pretty scratchy-Parsippany??-needs co-ax sw.- kb2irs Cameron Hall-Watchung-sore throat- wb2qoq VHF contest next Sat&Sun- kb2bbp Tony-out of battery nz2k Paul ---- 9-15-91 ?Floyd Harvey-repeater in good? shape-Mex. restur. in Millingtn.-computer class going-Rick Detroit, Canada-Terry -lo pwr?-RACES drill kb2ikc w2hsa Baltimore rep. coming in- k2agi est. taxes-what town confisticated equip? k2skv Floyd surgery tomorrow- wd4igl 10-15 M beams working-mentioned leaf raking-in submarine service many years w2zke Pennsauken flea mkt- kb2bbp timed it out- wa2dkj contact prot.- n2nkb Al wb2qoq ----- 9-22-91 Terry mentioned leaf raking-Floyd Harvey-K2SKV last week-trip to Rheinbeck Aerodrome-10 last week-8 this- Rheinbeck-120 mi-up NY Throughwy-Kingston bridge-every Sat & Sun-middle of May thru middle of Oct. $8- kb2ikc w2zke k2agi 3 on RTTY-has packet software- wd4igl met Barry Cohen-Pegasus resturant at Meadowlands, v good- w2hsa n2nkb Al-time for club meeting-Sat. Sept 28 bike race-rte. 24 kd2pq Jerry wa2dkj broke windshield on car-change keys of KBD-Freon for cars- ---- 9-29-91 Chatham disaster drill-fox hunt-rattlesnake still no better- Floyd Harvey-petrolatum or vaseline not on arcing contacts- Cherry Hill hamfest next Sun-first of 4 in Oct.- prog. to auto-set the clock on the PC-Naval Obs. kb2ikc w2zke fox hunt-equip. probs.-HF report from England about daughters wedding- too well hidden- w2\dl6cl Harry Schwill w2hsa 4 on RTTY-water in intake manifold- w2yez Fox hunt with Bay-bee stung!-batteries in both HTs-sig. too strong- k2agi Fox hunt results not known-Harry had a gamma match on a solid ant.??- Doppler quit @ 1 mi., used Harry's ant.- wd4igl bike race on Sat.-2 major accidents- ka2ddg home today after 2 weeks in Overlook- kb2bbp did not find Fox-14 hams for drill- wb2qoq Overlook Hustle-Oct. 20-Sun.-noon-same day as Bensalem ham fest- wa2dkj Oct 16, Nov 12 club meetings- 12 w2gkf Fox hunt-6 blks. away-23.5 mi.-too long, too crowded!- n2nkb Al Rooney-did bike race with Terry-wants to do fox hunt- ---- 10-6-91 cockpit error on alarm clock-pork chops at Marco Polo-Albq. IMAX film kb2ikc BAC w2zke flea mkt, better-bands open- k2agi bad back-NOT AT&T- k2skv IMAX film of Niagra Falls- wd4igl missed 3 days wrk, sick- w2hsa wild time sw. license plates- n2nkb Chatham RACES speaker-Oct 7 & Nov 4- wa2dkj back from wedding-fall colors in Ma.-dyno tomorrow- w2gkf 83 miles (one way) to flea mkt-no rain-at racetrack, very big, good spot-Social Sec. mess- ---- 10-13-91 Teaneck flea mkt. good-vol. for Hustle-COMPUTER CLASS Thur. kb2ikc ka2ddg rode Ringoes train- w2gkf good apples-great fl mkt-$15 daisy wheel-Keithley data printer-auction date?- w2hsa ribbon inking-no heat, bad oil burner-small acorns- kb2fcv vol. Hustle- k2agi vol. for Hustle-built inker-Perkins has patches- w2zke wd4igl feeling better-many kids-vol. Hustle-needs co-ax sw- wb2qoq 9 wa2dkj k2trk speech board not working YET-3rd carb on airplane- ---- 10-20-91 Garwood flea-Overlook hustle-stopwatch-anti-packet letter-Floyd at meeting Wed.-a murmuration of starlings kb2ikc Sellersville PA next Sunday-Morristown museum-shrews- w2gkf when auction?-good apples-wedding annivers.-got my amp- k2agi good day for Hustle-timed out k2skv big tree fell down-bike rides, antique-Arden here next weekend-no operators license on drivers-squirrls 3 weeks behind on acorns- wd4igl has stopwatch-34 deg.-train to Ind. this week kb2bbp see girls runners, age? wa2dkj letter?-nom. commit.-CD player $40-big oil spill-to Boston 1 week 8 ka2ddg Staten Is. zoo- ---- 10-27-91 Spk Gap deadline Fri.-interfere. on RTTY?-packet heard at Bethlehem kb2ikc 3 letters sent about packet kb2fcv Jim will bring new novice to next meet.-73 for game w2gkf good Sellersville flea mkt-auction date?- k2agi 6 on RTTY-32 not paid dues yet-new starter-hospital tomorrow** w2hsa leaf blower, gutters?-73 kb2bbp Bay directorship??-73 for ball game n2krp Joe-New Prov.-Garwood hamfest, DX-60B Heathkit, $25, works-guy at work asks about hamming, MD radiologist- ka2ddg ---- 11-3-91 finished leaf collection-enjoyed Pres' engine show at meeting-didn't enter the marathon this year, bad weather-packet on 145.75 strong as ever-computer class still-944 Porsche $8,000 on BTL swap list kb2ikc w2gkf saw Pileated woodpkr! in Chester, plovers in BH- wd4igl train to Elkhart-2 days of leaves-watched marathon, 3 ham nets-father worked at Selmer- w2hsa ruffed grouse-1st trumpet from Elkhart-wants more computer class- k2agi only carrier on RTTY-2 days of lawn motor repairs-can't read BBP's disk-Nov. meeting Tue, 12th- wa2dkj engine dyno runs- 7 kb2bbp Pileated or Red Bellied?? ka2ddg 73 ---- 11-10-91 send in dinner reservations-atypical typo in SG's-remind AGI to take floppy for Bill kb2ikc hooray for the NJ legislature results- k2agi 120 contacts on CQ-WE, only 3 on RTTY-15 meters good-needs schem. for Meas. Corp. sig. gen. model 80- kb2bbp explosion, picture fell down-no damage- w2gkf played tennis, gloves-legis. to save us from ourselves- w2hsa !on AGI's cold solder joint- w2zke wa2dkj sold VW eng.-ordered poor man's packet kit from 73- 8 k2jao kc2ki k2skv ka2ddg doing faucets- ---- 11-17-91 one prog. fooled 5 of 10 judges in the Turing test- kb2ikc DKJ-sleep during the 24-36 hrs?-kb2bbp has large box of club records w2hsa 4 on RTTY-birthday last week- wd4igl Terry-birthday yesterday-got converter of slides to video-would like to see Club history- k2agi has some film to conv. to video-25 for dinner-fixed lawn mower- k2skv new co-ax-fixed Clegg- wa2dkj poor man's packet working-Aug. `73-battery went in mid sentence ka2ddg ----- 11-24-91 good rain, 1.79" here-bring bulk eraser to meet. wild turkey explos. kb2ikc cell. acetate & nitrate- w2zke k2agi bulk eraser, 10.5 lb. cap, 12mf at 1300 VAC, ser. resonant, 1000 V across inductor, several taps for tuning-has poor man's packet software- wd4igl 8mm movie to vid. conv. working-on nuclear subs for 5 yrs.- w2hsa wa2dkj @JAO-Feb 21 resvd. at hall for auction-Mon. meeting subject? packet unanimously. 7 w2gkf tennis this morning-making ant. tuner- 12-1-91 .15" rain, good meeting last Mon. but-dinner reservats? kb2ikc usual overeating for Tnksgiv.-repeater good as usual- w2hsa 4 on RTTY-no Ernie- k2skv mic. not as clean-hearing packet- k2agi dinner reservats. closed! after tonight, now 58-packet interfer. on RTTY- wd4igl conv. movies of 25 yrs. ago (from submarines) to video-laptop comp.- Rad. Shack speaker mike ($19) on HT- kb2bbp didn't like "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard"-visited MOMA-helicopter- 18 for tnksgiv. dinner-v. good Madison Xmas parade, Walt, Pres, Storms, etc.- w2gkf no sig.??, on HT- w2zke will send class material- 9 wa2dkj high school reunion-hit a deer!, annoyed at locking brakes, broke rt. front headlight, deer ran away-poor man's packet not perfect yet- ka2ddg hosted 11 for tkgvs. dinner ---- 12-8-91 k2agi sl. distorted-basement on Pearl Harbor day-Pioneer Party kb2ikc how is steel wool made?? w2zke 6M open-PH day, soph. in HS, working on model RR, Binghampton, k2skv tnks to dinner comm.- wd4igl 3 yrs. old on PH day, w2hsa 22 on PH day, last year of college, even Clark Field, except for the Bomb, would have landed on Japan k2biv "Bill"-PH day, tool maker at Fairchild- k2agi working 15 & 20, good-PH day, in chem lab. in HS, trying to make sugar since sugar was rationed, kb2bbp Val appreciates certif.-PH day, Mother glad to get Americans in war- w2gkf $10 for dinner for juniors- 10 wa2dkj auction Feb. 21, 6P- ka2egd Don 12 w2ciy PH day, near Recyvic, already ducking German planes, in Navy communic since `40, on destroyer, USS McLiesh, 5 knot convoys, tnks to Al for Shredded Wheat analogy good for Terry for keeping stats on net fixed dust buster agree that no apology for dropping the bomb ---- 12-15-91 ostrich farming-a pair of 2-3 yr. old breeders, ~$100,000, used for leather (boots!), feathers and meat!?? ~100 farms in the East-daughter will be home on Tue.- Polyurethane failure-Man in the White Suit kb2ikc nice to be on a freq free of packet-hope AGI's other bed doesn't collapse in the middle of the night-6300 BBS for Andy-deer hit me on motorcycle-Berk. Hardware x'mas party, Dec 24-ROL from LI- Mel's 2nd car stolen-Andy, - for rubberband [ for rubber box w2zke w2hsa 47th wedding aniv. on x'mas day- k2agi needs stuff for SG's-making space for bed!-with w2wcm on packet- wd4igl saw X'mas prog. at Radio City, v. good- n2krp Joe k2biv x'mitting on output- wa2dkj mouse swapping, ProDesign-fixed deer damage on car-6300 OTD!-got Dell 486- 9 w2gkf got laptop back, repaired for $75- ka2ddg k2biv louder- ---- 12-22-91 new computer-tree up-daughter here-to Met for armour exhib.- Whip. lunch kb2ikc wa2dkj car parts cost k2agi only 2 on RTTY-Bill Ward died, much stuff- w2hsa telegraphy in China?? k2skv Carl Felt born in China, telegraphy? kb2bbp kb2kkr Bob w2gkf op. on finger on Thur. w2zke ka2ddg 11 wd4igl -=-=- 12-29-91 incredible year, death of communism-getting used to new computer, works great-Bay sounds good on 1 watt-packet still bad- w2gkf 1 watt-lost other rcvr-got finger operated on-nice treat. at Overlook- AARL ant. book for xmas, very big!- k2agi SG's next weekend- wa2dkj repeater very noisy??- w2hsa k2skv 115 days until Dayton- wa2opg ka2ddg k2jao new tech, Mike Reigel, kb2nue -=-=- 1-5-92 1st meeting Jan. 13-Carl ans. Chinese telegraphy ques.-Poor man's packet?-snow stick installed-vid. tape good idea-no fair cleaning first!!! kb2ikc club `affairs' k2skv 108 da. till Dayton-Net Thur. AM-Vail, not Morse code- k2agi SG's ready-Vol 27, no. 1-in `91, drove car 1,200 miles-vid. tape all members' shacks- wd4igl will vid. tape all-18-30,000 mi/yr!-will build poor man's packet w2hsa also(like AGI) has cold-taxi cheaper for 1,200 mi/yr- n2xj read p41 of Jan QST?, survey of unattended ops., ref. PACKET!!- w2gkf also has cold-arr. Fri. rib house dinner at Dayton-got stiches out of hand, all works well-making battery charger-repaired both Azdens- Afrin good decongestant-$100 for sheets and pillow cases??? wa2dkj still repair. deer damage on car- 9 kb2bbp has old club stuff, 25 yr. history?- ka2ddg w2yez do club history by round-robin??****ask all to send QST survey in ***** -=-=- at 10:15 1-12-92 repeater working good-agree with Harry about no clean up before video-p41 of Jan 92 QST on digital survey-earthquake? kb2ikc meet. tomorrow w2gkf sent QST survey on digital- k2agi wd4igl a little noisy-will vid. tape shacks- w2zke has flu- w2yez Dayton is Apr 24,25&26-no code book, "Look Who's Talking"- kb2ntv Bob- w2hsa kb2lud Doug-just became Tech-squirrls in walls & in attic- kb2bbp 11 wb2qoq RACES auths. came thru- wa2dkj residual from Latter to auction-gravity activ. Hava-a-heart trap not quick enough for squirrls -=-=- 1-19-92 Terry took video-good meeting last Mon-full moon-send in QST survey on digital bands-started computer class on QPRO-action on scanners! k2skv usurped Dayton chair. ann. of days to go-show on the carrier-remind of no-clean-up rule for the videos-Sandbaggers, ch. 21, Sat 10p- kb2ikc w2gkf no football today!!-finished ant. tuner-building batt. chargr.-has 4 hp Evinrude motor for sale- n2xj ARRL letter, proposal about business on ham bands-strung plastic bottles on wires to bird feeder, works good!-SCANNER LAW NOW REPEALED! wd4igl fun doing video, 5 so far- k2skv kb2kkr put up new ant.- wa2dkj no bike ride for 7 days, has cold-on walk, saw owl pellet!-poor man's packet, works fine with new & old! chip, prob. RFI from computer- k2agi studying freqs. in 2M band-timed it out- 9 w2hsa 3 deg. this AM-fixed CD player with plumbing O-ring- w2yez try Berk Hdwr for O-rings-tell Guy about Intrepid trip- ka2ddg 12 kb2bbp -=-=- 1-26-92 Chuck-recall on `92 Taurus sta. wag., tailgate pops open-Feb `92 Consumer reports, p 85.-Superbowl Sun., how many show up?-got KAM TNC working but not yet on RTTY, # of commands is staggering-sale of estate stuff tomorrow-Harry, prog. on squirril antics-1" of snow-mention to SKV about refilling toner cartridges- kb2ikc k2agi Fri. deadline for SG's-tomorrow, at Bill Ward's house, ~1 PM-got list of 66 ham clubs in NJ from ARRL for auction ad.-intent on buying photo- copy machine, k2skv also interested- w2hsa skates 5 hrs/da regularly, fell on icy steps, landed on back, crawled back to house, x-rays showed only battering, now barely walking-4 on RTTY dull first half of SupBowl-why no wb2q0q?-had a flat on both cars- k2skv also fell on ice, only sprained hand-ordered instr. mans. from ARRL- n2krp Joe will be at meeting-used to fly RC- screwdriver-good art. in QST on NiCd's -=-=- @ 21:43 2-2-92 need help on moving Ward's stuff? no word on Internet-50 foot tower avail. for the taking down-Harry, Germans did use sound Radio Shack has manuals for no-code lic.-invite to QPRO class- Tony no longer tail-end Charlie-Barry, who to RSVP for ARRL trip-using Weller sold. gun K2EFB about trip- kb2ikc w2zke k2agi 10A at Ward's tomorrow- w2hsa back to skating in a week- k2skv 440? wa2dkj kd2pq Gerry deviation a little low-20th wedding anniv. last week- w2gkf saw golfers @ 32 deg.- wd4igl 28th wedding anniv. today-2.5 hrs to ARRL- 10 kb2bbp Chatham RACES meeting tomorrow night- (n2nkb, bicycle mobile) planning bike fun ride-wants tower?- ka2egd Don-has RR car- 13 ka2ddg born Feb., 1913 in Chi.-50th anniv. last Jan. a year ago- w2ciy PK-232, struggling with manuals- k2jv a gold star to all for participation-Feb 19 to ARRL hqs., free trans- portation- 16 w2yez 17 wb2qoq -=-=-22:09 2-9-92 kb2ikc smoke detectors-Guy for ARRL trip reserv.-tax progs.- wa2dkj file from packet, about hams at olympics-!!!can send to internet via. packet!!!- ka2pun k2agi wd4igl PMP built- w2hsa tax prog. found mistake- w2ciy having fits with tax prog.- n2mlp Berk. Hts.- w2gkf 10 k2jv w2hom needs 2M equip. loan-good rye bread from machine- -=-=-@22:05 2-16-92 67 days to Dayton-rejuv. gel cell---prep. for talk to ACGNJ on MIDI kb2ikc Bay, good sugg. about mobile's- w2gkf saw robin-checking some Dayton arrangs.- wd4igl at GL high school, great sig.-will drive to ARRL- ka2dkj has mic stuck in ear, all OK. k2skv big blast of tone!!! w2hsa back to work, skating-birdies, as usual- k2agi avoid powdered sugar on donuts for the auction-paper folding mach.-copier soon- wa2buy w2yez k2efb parking for ARRL trip in west lot at MH @ 8AM, not be home for dinner, kb2nue Mike Rigal-fading badly-low batt- kb2bbp RACES meeting, got Gold certif. from state, about « of membs. from NPARC- ka2pun was sending 100 wpm on RTTY, sorry! got F2 rather than F3-ARRL Conf. date?? very detailed report on Andy's ear mic!!(??)-timed out- n2krp Joe Blank- k2jao week off-needs manual for Trio TR-7100 2M rig + crystals, or other spares ka2egd (mobile)doing murder on train, 100 passengers crew of 7 17 w2zke wb2yuu Jim-KGP very crowded but good prices- 18 a new record (prev. 2-2) 19! wb2qoq -=-=-@ 22:35 2-19-92 Trip to Newington:agi bbp cxe dkj efb fcv igl ikc jv nue oor skv yez Rob Olsen, Bob Olsen -=-=- 2-23-92 9 on RTTY net!!! kb2ikc w2zke heard New Zealand on 50 MHz w2hsa k2skv 60 days `till Dayton- wd4igl got 50'tower parts home- k2jao doing taxes on CP/M spreadsheet- k2agi a wild week- w2ciy wb2edo Jim Brown threatened by n2jv-getting ready to move- wa2dkj using mike in ear-scanner law dismissed- 11 ka2pun happy do have done RTTY correctly-timed it out- 12 kb2bbp -=-=-@ 20:07 3-1-92 5 on RTTY net-repeater working well- kb2ikc acetone?-Newington paper folder, ear protection-prog. rpt on gel cell- wa2dkj defense on Shepherd notice-Casio watch (7 yrs on 1 bat) handled leap year- w2zke great prop. on 6 M, England, So. Am etc., writing QSL's- w2gkf building another cap. checker (6 mos.?)-tennis outdoors today-wind got ant.- k2agi trouble with ink carts.-can use paper folder-where is JV?? w2yez call letters in Shep. notice?-gloves for solvents-52 days to Daytn.- using new Ringo- w2hsa computer got leap day OK- n2xj liked Shep.on WOR-winds broke ant. feed-20M ng but 15M v good n2krp mob 895 net, n2krt 10 n2nkb Al-enjoyed auction, got lots-good lunch for Willis-Casio took 6 wks to repl. bat- kb2bbp a little weak-noted NY Times article- 12 ka2pun ribbon good- wd4igl mob at GL HS-moving shack to basement- -=-=-@ 10:14 3-8-92 installed tape drive and 100 meg disk-hello invented by Tom Edison-etymology for Harry-6 deer here this week- kb2ikc w2zke also needs high power to make repeater- k2agi Ernie's rig is kaput-timed it out- w2yez n2xj has friends who are crow lovers- w2hsa wants 5" disks- w2gkf tit-mice or tit-mouses??- kb2bbp 3 day old grandchild, the 2nd- wa2dkj poor ham fest again at Denville-co-processor for $5!-pwr line failure wiped out modem but easily fixed-saw a bluebird w2/dl6cl in 10M contest- 11 k2skv needs high power to make repeater- (n2nkb repeater input sens??) prob. low ka2ddg k2jv wd4igl?? k2asm expl. probs. with repeater- -=-=-10:21 3-15-92 7 on RTTY net-tape backup working well-Barry gone for a week kb2ikc ***golf simulator ka2pun needs A or B breathing air tank- k2agi Morris club meet. in Mrstn tomorrow night, packet op.- w2zke good at 8-9 watts-sold well at Flem.- k2skv w2hsa likes "Club affairs"- wa2dkj satellite on 145.825, heard at Flemington- w2yez w2gkf working on cap tester- 10 n2krp Joe great phone patch, struggle to get wife to use mike- k2qkv bought R5 at ham fest, 10-20M vert. antenna- wb2qoq notes many robins- -=-=-20:06 3-22-92 6 on RTTY-pileated woodpecker-~ 2" of snow-w2oko worked MIR on Fri- Trenton flea mkt. poor, long bumper-to-bumper, high admission, long walks got good scope, Tec 453-did not find $100 Cs beam freq. std.- great satell. track prog.- kb2ikc w2zke 2-3" new snow- k2agi good on .5 W- ka2pun sold out 100 tables at flea-got 6300 clock fixed- w2hsa about 3" of new snow, 22 deg.-Webster sez either long or short i- k2skv has pileated which comes to feeder- w2gkf wa2dkj depileated woodpecker-ultrasonic cleaner- w2yez cold flea mkt.- kb2bbp pileated with long i- 11 wd4igl pulsing rptr., ok on input ka2ddg wb2qoq 2 «" new snow @ 20:00-20 robins on holly bushes- 14 kb2kkr k2fe Walter Lutke (sp?) out of hospital ----K2ASM came on and we tested the rptr. sens. using k2skv, he used to be able to hold the repeater with 5 W but now 15W will not do, reqs. 45 W -=-=-20:04 3-29-92 6 on rtty-Rick org. of run v. good- kb2ikc w2zke picking stuff to sell at dayton- k2skv 25 days to Dayton-v poor sig from rptr kb2kkr visitd natl archives, 1920 census data now released- wa2dkj got decode prog for microsats, can't read stuff from DOVE, wb2edo w2yez Edison mus. booked on Apr 8, new date coming-gibberish from 11th century alchemist- wd4igl Balt. hamfest very good-has 2 laptops for meeting k2agi Lin Hulin died-fox hunt date to be changed-ng sig. from EDO-tri-county tricky repeater-tax-cut not too good, sez $2700 refund- w2hsa used turbo-tax, works good-poor sig from repeater-refrig is 42 yrs old- kb2bbp worried about my being carried away in cop car- 12 ka2pun has gas Servel refrig from the 50's- wb2qoq dozed off after dinner-absorption refrigs in campers-Westfield race? ka2ddg worked with Hulin at West St. in the 30's -=-=-20:19 4-5-92 5 on RTTY(not me)- kb2ikc w2zke rev. only-BC-348 rcvr. from B-25, working good- w2hsa k2agi SG's deadline-fixed antenna and car starter- k2skv rev. only- w2gkf good sig-enjoyed trip thru MH-dinner with Caldwell- wd4igl good sig, 20W amp-vid. from top of trade centers-wants to try ATV kb2bbp good sig- n2krp good sig-doing DX phone patches nicely- wa2dkj good sig- 11 w2yez rev only- wb2qoq 2M sprint contest tomorrow 7-11 -=-=-22:02 4-12-92 repeater fixed-works well! kb2ikc great time at trenton comp fest-new fractal prog-still doing the over the air comp. class but how much longer?-still don't know why agi wanted to get to trenton at 7AM- w2zke k2agi prefers pencil to comp prog for income taxes-new vid board no better- k2skv 11 days till Dayton-14.230 at 8:30AM Mon for sked with southerners- wd4igl termite killers coming-some trouble with poor man's packet- w2/dl6cl will bring european xmit hunt rules- w2hsa taxes all done- 8 w2yez wa2dkj ear-mic working well but marginal quality- -=-=-21:43 4-19-92 6 on RTTY net-audio from rptr a little low- kb2ikc wa2dkj not ful quite-computer and PMP working well- w2gkf many playing golf on his computer today- k2agi May 2 deadline for SG's-large dia. ant. elements reduce Q, i.e., wider bandwidth w2hsa fan elements also widen bw.-timed it out w2zke 7 w2yez ka2pun mother died this week-found tennis robot at dump, restore??-timed it out- wd4igl just rtnd from Rochester,bad traffic, 7 hrs-dim lights for a few days, power line pulled off house, also very loose connections- k2jv packing for Dayton- -=-=- 4-26-92 2nd best over 60 at the TTT-6 on RTTY-.02" rain tonight-dinner last nite at Brazilia in Nwk.-repeater great kb2ikc 80 meg SCSI drive for sale $300-Big red a pain- w2zke great time at dayton, good selling, about twice as big as 2 yrs ago, over 40,000, > 12 miles on cgx's pedometer-OK on low power-2 yrs ago won an HT and a moblile VHF at 2 successive flea mkts!- w2hsa sl. flaky sig.-2nd rig now OK- k2agi thinks 10 went to Dayton-should have sent TS-930 wd4igl refinancing mortgage, ghastly proced.- wa2dkj sold $700 in car parts-wants dayton next year, by plane?? w2yez great time at dayton ex. for cold wx., monster Kenwood van, no probs with HT'ing by JV's Ringo, found Litz wire, prob. priced stuff too low- 8 w2gkf won Jesu HT!! sold ~$1,000 from NPARC van!! will go next year on Thur., -sez my BC-221 sold- ka2ddg went to circus at Mennon in Mrstn. with grandkids, n2nkb air force museum great, needs a whole day wb2qoq church sale next Sat- -=-=-21:56 5-3-92 offered to store 2KW gen-leave puzzle solution till next meeting- about to finish computer class-good to hear Bey-have 0.1 ohm std. res- Jim Brown donated generator-Terry, pay John for SG's?-leaf blower in vac. mode-use Chuck's system of not catching clippings- kb2ikc w2zke low power, good on rptr, nothing on reverse- wa2dkj full quiet-has friend who's moving, needs place to store field day MG-next hamfest? Warminster May 17, Teaneck June 15- wd4igl a little noisy-rain at Allentown- n2xj full quiet-permission from lib. to use room on Sat from Sept to Dec- k2efb noisy-2nd round, full quiet-Les has log splitter- k2skv solid sig, low power-borrow or rent a log splitter?- can store big MG-grilled cat fish!- k2agi full quite- w2hsa full quite-Taylor has log splitter- kb2bbp full quiet-involved in pro. hockey- w2ciy full quiet-free parallel AB switch- w2gkf full quiet- 13 w2yez full quiet- k2qkv full quiet wb2qoq full quiet- -=-=-20:19 5-10-92 LI repeater into Whip-meeting tomorrow nite-3 on RTTY net-fox hunt next Sunday, Bey has equip. kb2ikc ACGNJ meeting Fri. nite-Storm flying to Dayton, icing etc. w2gkf Pres Conrad back from Kansas-VLF rcvr from Warminster?--NO, Sussex w2hsa almost full quiet-got stacker,works fine- k2skv noisy on rptr.-I can't hear him on the input- wa2dkj afq- wd4igl fq-2nd round, noisy- kb2bbp fq-2nd round, noisy- 8 n2krp fq- kb2fcv fq-hallicrafters ht-32 from dayton working-Terry, more video?- -=-=-19:51 5-17-92 good flea mkt at Warminster, went with Brett and Andy. 6 on RTTY repeater perf! fine article about Carl Felt in current 73 mag.- .61" rain-Chuck, recall on Sable station wagons-got ground rods at flea- kb2ikc agree with Bey, many martins in midwest, never seen one here wa2dkj k2agi painful experience with neighbor's hard disk-free mod kit for PK-232- w2gkf good sales at Warminster, arr. 6:30, sold HT, heard Chuck, bought 1 transformer-has cold-Baltimore orieols back and nesting- w2hsa v. strong sigs. this AM on 2M!-needs well driller to get ground in more than 3"-not heard of Sable recall- wd4igl will be gone for about 1 month-9th Ave food fest on Sat- k2skv perfect on low power- 8 kb2bbp good spring for flowering stuff and birds-birthday yesterday, bought many socks-wants copy of 73 article at meeting- -=-=-20:01 5-24-92 5 on RTTY net-my computer locked up, caused by a TSR BIGBUF-Indy race a fright because of cold track-hooray for the rain-meeting Tue night, Wujak talk about packet. kb2ikc k2agi Hudson Div convention, June 6- k2skv his mail box was bashed-?kerosene lamp, `control unit'?, orange gunk in globe, or methylene chloride or paint remover or carburettor cleaner- ka2pun sugg. lacquer thinner- wa2dkj birthday yesterday-at Chris Daniels about antenna-assem. PC for Reid, Second Byte in used computer store-field day, sugg. letting new members do a bunch of the work as a learning exp.- w2yez gather at 9:30 on Central ave for parade tomorrow-got tickets for next flea mkt- kb2bbp found Star-Ledger for SKV wa2buy 9 wb2qoq working on pick-up- Sec Byte 18 N. Salem St., Dover near center of town, mostly used parts for PC's -=-=-20:02 5-31-92 got 12 LZ calls from Bulgaria for Cohen-long chat with Laudise about trip to Russia-good repeater sens.-4 on RTTY net-Bey, use live trap kb2ikc w2zke got back from England wa2dkj suggests letting younger members do a lot of field day-hydroplaning??- loaf 191 from his bread machine, will bring to field day- wb2edo 4-cyl IH tractor-mower quit- k2agi hung ceiling fan- w2hsa mink on lake!-last week of skating- kb2bbp repaired garage door-transferring 78's to cassette tape- k2efb Aug 15 for picnic- w2gkf only 3W-getting over cold- 10 ka2ddg -=-=-20:25 6-7-92 kb2ikc on trip to s. Jersey-k2agi sez 4 RTTY, 8 on `phone -=-=- 6-14-92 anyone know how many on last week?-good repeater this week kb2ikc trip report about s. Jersey-eclipse tonight-flea mkt yesterday-cleaned gutters-offer 2 wire cable to Bey-tale of cleaning 6300 kbd-what to do when no more cig. lighter outlets??-stay on for WB2QOQ-seen field of sunflowers?- wb2edo shooting in tour., lots of sunburn-tractor runs good,new points- w2gkf Andy's gopher trap tripped 3 times, nothing caught-Kern is building xmtr, offered parts-tennis today- w2zke worked VHF contest-lawnmower has scored shaft-tried logging prog. for field day, works good wd4igl been in n. carolina-repeaters at 6000', very good coverage, mountain folk talk slow-opened pool-son got bad sunburn at shore-11:57 or 12:57 for eclipse?? k2agi good sales at flea mkt- w2hsa Peg to hospital on Tue, abt 4-5 days, daughter coming- 8 wa2dkj bike race in Pt Pleasant, > 100 riders. 16 mi., with lead group- kb2bbp Fishiwak got rather frantic, lost kids, etc., good exercize for communication- n2rfa Drew-went away wb2qoq doing VHF contest- -=-=-22:07 6-21-92 4 on RTTY- repeater working fine-typical NJ weather- kb2ikc John can ask Sybil-balloon rides-Sue called- w2zke wa2dkj moonlight down 40 db from daylight?-ran in 25 mi bike race, several others wiped out at 40 mph!-fixing trolling motor, 4 transistors- wd4igl faxed order to pizza house, worked ok-ordered ATV equip.-call from Hong Kong- k2agi caught 6 mice- k2skv wants to know how a charm works-picnic Aug 15-timed it out- w2hsa xyl recovering nicely-daughter went home-mice set of burglar alarm!- kq2e (mobile)sailing in Deer lake(Boonton)-fixed compass and thermometer- kb2bbp has bought field day food- w2gkf will bring rig to meeting tomorrow- ka2pun v. long tale of fixing clothes dryer, can't get old one out of cellar- 12 n2xj Hudson div. cabinet meeting last Sat, about ARRL name change, 60% in favor of change, will go with AARL, 2200 paid admis.,- -=-=-22:21 6-28-92 keps for shuttle STS-50-LI repeater booming in-7.4 earthquake in CA-need more turtles to get geese?-repeater v. good-shuttle freqs in AMSAT J.-plovers game birds-need 50 and 5K small helipots kb2ikc thanks to Tony and Val for the good food-perf wx for field day, agi absent, correlation? w2gkf saw 2 plovers with 4 young, Berkeley School in the rear- k2agi send in field day expenses-spark gaps deadline July 3-seems like all mice gone- w2zke enjoyed field day, op., set-up, food and all- k2skv good field day-back improved by field day- w2hsa Peggy doing well-great bear brouhaha-saw one a week ago-has old funny film of ant. erection in Philia.- kb2bbp 8 wa2dkj not hearing phantom cw-made first satellite contact, neat-solar power- wd4igl -=-=-21:52 7-5-92 rlb at NP fireworks, AGI subst. as net control 3 on RTTY net, 9 on phone net. -=-=- 7-12-92 5 on RTTY-Proscar-QST letter about am. radio spectrum protection act-good hamfest-BH fireworks on the 16th-4 bar packet-repeater good kb2ikc w2kze good time at hamfest but poor sales- k2agi good sales of QST's- wd4igl ATV working well-editing video tape-confirms fireworks date- k2skv rewiring pool- w2hsa in hospital 5 days- kb2bbp recorded bird sounds- wa2dkj ques. about NiCd's- 9 w2gkf -=-=-21:56 7-19-92 5 on RTTY-1st time for doing club business between 1st and 2nd rounds great fireworks, ain't chemistry grand!-3 24 hr channels of Olympics-reptr good- kb2ikc w2gkf wants to make electric golf cart- w2zke riding mower- w2hsa Tontine on reel power mower-great var. of colored mushrooms- k2agi reel mower, no smoke, no smell-great fireworks-fancy repeater 147.255- wd4igl great fireworks-ATV working well- kb2bbp questions Bey's ident of bird call- k2skv sciatic nerve prob.- wa2dkj rescued turtle-fixed Mary Latter's TV- 10 n2efr -=-=-22:04 7-26-92 LI rptr. is 2-3 bars tonight-crow calling-what are mechanics of the 3 chan, 24hr olympic TV deal?-much hoopla on opening ceremonies-table tennis about midnight Wed. nite-two new MIDI guys, Steve and Tom- kb2ikc w2zke VSWR bridges- k2agi timed it out- k2skv installed new pool cleaner- wd4igl to Carlisle fair, car show, mucho parts, amazed!-to Myrtle Beach next week,will do ATV from car to car- 6 w2hsa talked to Baltimore ham-fest, very strong-inverted V fell down, 40' ladder work upset Peg!-down to 54 deg F- -=-=-21:40 8-2-92 Warrington hamfest next Sun.-raptor access?, Bey sez anytime- kb2ikc w2gkf saw bob-white,partridge(?)-daughter back to Denver today-K2CCN, not K2ASM w2hsa teased bob-whites by calling-quail-fixed TV ant. on roof-complete physical, all OK, back to skating- k2skv Vail Cummings visited-new glasses- wa2dkj 6 k2asm high school student waiting for ham ticket-saw Warren at computer fair QOQ on vacation in Adirondaks- -=-=-21:31 8-9-92 good hamfest in Warrington with Bey, no one else?-start jury duty tomorrow-Swede 1st, French 2nd and China 3rd in TT at Olympics-writing paper with Laudise on 30 years of lake water data-good color patterns for WD4IGL- strong repeater from LI-IBM AT $350 at hanfest kb2ikc wa2dkj making bike parts-loaf 208 from bread mach.- k2skv set-up for picnic- wd4igl good vac. in Myrtle Beach NC, lots of storms, missed AGI on 2M- w2hsa 2 hr power out today, simul. thunder and lightning, spitting outlets- back to skating, 4 tape players to fix-fecal coliform- w2gkf yawning on air!, causes epidemic and sudden low pressure- kb2bbp trip to cottage in Canada, bad rain, car busted, why??, rented car, turkey vultures under porch, big chicks, nice blue herons- n2krp vac. at Ocean City, MD, good weather, Cape May ferry, used HT, good crab eating- 9 k2agi loud storms in NC-made instant flying squirrel with 3000V- n2efr baked beans 11 w2yez baked beans- -=-=-22:15 8-16-92 good picnic yesterday, missed out on baked beans, beer VG jury duty-no RTTY, TTC phone calls-LI repeater 6 bars!- how many for license course?-Whip. repeater v. good- kb2ikc w2zke fest in Nazareth PA, good site- w2hsa skating yesterday- k2agi 3 wks. to labor day, deadline for Spark Gaps-where is Luis?- k2skv enjoyed picnic- kb2bbp Mary Latter enjoyed picnic- wa2dkj bike picnic today-recovering from dive over handlebars of mountain bike- 12V DC -> 110V AC conv., use FET's?-got 220 rig to Brown, donated by Dick Wolff, still needs TNC, either TNC1 or TNC2-timed it out- w2gkf 9 k2jv ready to leave for Bulgaria, wd4igl parents for weekend- w2yez filling data base on tubes, xfmrs and 12 k2efb 6BQ6's?-timed it out- -=-=-22:07 8-23-92 hurricane Andrew to clobber Miami, 150 mi/hr winds-Joe Painter heard K2JV, S9+, ~6:15 Fri. night, any one else?-car inspected, ~45 min wait, Morristown-Barry to return Oct. 3-Call was LZ1KAZ/K2JV, in Plovdiv-meeting tomorrow night, Jean Shephard tapes-floppy disk drive failed, cleaning fixed it-who has a tube tester?-Tom Clancy book, "The Sum of All Fears"!!!!!-3 on RTTY-got pay for jury duty, $5/day, .02 per mi., short 1 day-Chuck on price for ham car plates?-Andy:dances with deer kb2ikc w2zke Mullica Hill flea mkt., very nice- w2hsa k2skv saw 450 mi. long flea mkt, 4 days!-retired 1 yr ago-offered to lend balloon tired bike to Andy- dw4igl bought new car, Olds Sierra-got another vid. camera, old one-ATV for Fun Ride?- kb2bbp good meet. with ham class comm.- n2nkb vac. to Ocean City, some rain, very nice for kids-needs ops for 2M comm. for Fun Ride-bike log 17,000 mi- k2agi son on Marco Is. evac. for hurricane-new exhaust sys. on car- SpkGap deadline Labor Day-dup tapes backward- wa2dkj 7.3 mi time trial, 3rd-now $10/mi bike cost-also race in Bask. Ridge- wedding yesterday-Tom's packet BBS, has 220 rig, x'tals on order, bought TNC for $75 but NG, loaner?- 10 w2gkf Fawlty towers-3 days tennis -=-=-22:07 8-30-92 garage sale at Pete Holmes-enjoyed the Jean Shephard tapes at the meeting-Barry C. got FAX from K2JV, on 17M at 22:00Z and 20M at 0Z, prob. does not have access to club station in Velingrad-only at Plovdiv and Sofia.-good repeater-5! on RTTY-AGI report from Louisana? kb2ikc w2zke wa2dkj massacreed yellow jackets, half a square foot of hive-Tom Brown got 220KHz link running on packet-why a lawn??- wd4igl got new car, `92 Olds, remo'd mucho electronics from old- k2agi w2hsa w2gkf good buy on mums in Swamp- kb2oow k2skv pool is cool-how many QLS for Barry- 10 n2xj talked to John Meirick in Louisana, all OK-class Sept 16, Wed nite?? kb2bbp -=-=-22:03 9-6-92 from K2JV: both on Sept 4, @ 2217Z on 14218.7, @ 1913Z on 18130.2 installed Stacker, working fine-yesterday at Glass wedding-getting ready for trip to Canadian Rockies on Tue.-AT&T to install burglar alarm tomorrow, very short notice!-arranged for mobile cat feeder- kb2ikc w2gkf football season starts on 4 channels today-fair luck in making some PW boards-daughter's birthday party today-source of acetone?- wa2dkj novice course starts a week from Wed., Sept 16, needs more teachers- club packet running well with 220 MHz link-bear in neighborhood- wd4igl 5K race next Sun., needs help with ATV- k2agi recond. 2M rig for Jim-SG's done-good RTTY-Coby birthday tomorrow- 3 on RTTY, may have interfered with packet- w2hsa w2zke guests from Vt.- k2skv 4 el. beam-owned two Beetles- 9 kb2bbp -=-=-22:12 9-13-92 IKC gone on vac., 10 on net (AGI) -=-=- 9-20-92 4 on RTTY-back from vac. in Calgary, Lake Louise and Jasper- Barry returns Oct 3, now touring-great tool sale-Chris, test tubes?- much new MIDI software and WINDOWS, a set-back of several days- hummingbird today-Chuck:TV repair-Al:How many in class? 12 showed kb2ikc w2gkf great tool sale-tennis two days in a row- w2zke poor cond. to Europe- wd4igl ATV xmtr busted, con. bat. backwards- kb2oow new ¬ wav ground plane, got ICOM IC-2AT HT, 2 batts.-TS-520 busted, rcvr. problem, needs help- k2agi calc. log-per. antennas-W2OKO article on CMOS freq. counter-power meter article-ferrite core catalog, order?- w2hsa sold ferrites-wisdom tooth out- k2skv not rcvd Barry, only two cards-As You Like It at Drew- n2krp Wed. begin. class, good orientation by K2SKV-new baby boy last Tue.- kb2bbp 11 wa2dkj 8 hrs of wedding yesterday- Chuck, read lake water paper? kb2pdw Joel-forming a ham club at Chatham Hi- 13 kb2fcv needs HT- wb2qoq comm. again for Hustle, Oct 18- -=-=-22:36 9-27-92 ? join dinner for speaker, 6PM, Marco Polo tomorrow night, Dutch- SG deadline Oct 3-how many in novice class?-hamfest in Cherry Hill next sunday, Allaire on the 11th-ROL v. strong- kb2ikc w2zke kb2oow fixed TS-520, bad pot on AGC ckt., help from Dick Wolff-wants to build PMP, has 6300, not compatible??-station now downstairs, plexi window-got rid of braces after 5 yrs., ruined trombone playing- wd4igl back on packet- kb2pdw Joel wants hard drive, computer, etc.- w2hsa k2skv just back from Maine- kb2bbp "frostback"- 9 wa2dkj making space for large lathe and mill(?)-good class Wed. nite, Reid, some demos- Andy, PMP:6300 problem?? Chris, marching band got rained out Terry, John in Maryland Joel?? offered 20 meg. hard card to Joel -=-=-21:41 10-4-92 good hamfest at Cherry Hill with Bay, say Wadsworth and Conrad-bought Bay's Bird, he supplied article on fixing Bird slugs- kb2ikc w2zke bought Bird at hamfest- wa2dkj has bad Bird- wd4igl did bike meet on Rte. 24, tested ATV- k2agi doing SG's-getting parts for wattemeter- kb2oow worked WA state on 10 M, 50 watts- w2hsa needs schematic for Clegg PS-12A pwr supp- kb2pdw starting ham club in high school-fixed VCR- k2jv really traumatic trip, back to 1938 or 1838- 10 k2skv 2 QSL from JV's trip-street fair in Somerville- w2gkf good Hamfest-daughter got RN- Joel, dev. somewhat low- solved Bay's mystery item-diamond dicing saw blade 12 wb2qoq reminder about Overlook Hustle- -=-=-22:09 10-11-92 K2JV has returned, heard some report at Wed. lunch at BTL-good hamfest yesterday at Teaneck-1st pres. debates tonight, I think Bush will win, blaming him for the recession is perverse since it is world-wide and the Democrats have controlled congress for something like 25 years- did anyone get out to look at the meteorite shower?-Club meeting Tue. night, anyone can bring something for the door-prize-hamfest next Sat. in Scotch Plains-the Overlook Hustle race in Summit next Sun.- 2 on RTTY net- kb2ikc w2zke Sat hamfest good- wd4igl last Sun. car battery lead made much smoke in basement- kb2pdw Chat. HS ham club good 1st meeting-barely holding repeater on low power- wa2dkj license course going good-sold equip. at Porsche swap meet-will sell next Sat. w2hsa Oct 18 Bensalem PA Hamfest, also Oct 25 in PA-metal meteorite?- k2skv k2agi new color printer working-76 members renewed- w2ym George 51st wedding anniv.-new 2 meter rig good- wb2qoq race on Sun.- 11 w2gkf AGI found D: drive (8 meg) on computer- Chuck, stoney meteorite-shrink tubing with soldering iron-getting off ski lift-door prize NOT a sure thing-Chuck, my Sable recalled- -=-=-22:01 10-18-92 good hamfest yesterday-good Summit Hustle today-Schrage got home this week-my 50th wedding anniv. will be Sept. of 1995,less than 2 years- some interfer. Philia?- kb2ikc w2gkf wd4igl ATV not as good as before, back to the drawing board-has spare IBM Pro printer- kb2oow bye kb2pdw HS club approved, will put antennas up, needs 2M rig, 23 people showed interest-bought mother board- k2agi better sigs for Hustle-32 memb. at hamfest- w2hsa k2jv back from NY yesterday-exec. comm. meet. tomorrow- kb2fcv PAS kb2ocg k2skv wa2dkj broke mount. bike, main frame tube- w2zke building sw cap filter- 14 wb2qoq happy with Hustle, 13 memb. assist., tee-shirts avail. at next meet. repeater good except wierd ID-wrong spot for mile 3, bad map, first 3 men ran as a group-hamfest in PA next Sun.- -=-=-10:12 10-25-92 repeater very good-COLD ham fest in Dublin PA with Bay-bilingual countries, vast inconveniences- kb2ikc w2zke working with sw. cap. filter, works good- wa2dkj `osteoferocious'-2300 lb and 1500 lb lathe moved in, 208V 3ph converter! making up an order for plastics wd4igl leaving for IN on Thur.- k2skv k2agi big logging op next door-auto CW id'er- w2hsa kb2pdw good demo. by K2JV for high school, got Yugoslavia-modem running-rode his motorcycle- kb2bbp was in San Antone- 10 kb2oow march. band compet, got 1st place-BYE w2gkf -=-=-22:16 11-1-92 caught 1 mouse- kb2ikc feeble CW ID on the repeater w2zke good luck with sw cap filter- w2hsa k2agi firewood almost ¬ gone-getting CD rom of ham progs. tomorrow- w2gkf took family to Spanish Tavern, great-got his 728 transciever prize- is placing order to Far Circuits- wb2yuu try antennas to help packet noise- Bill, 80 meg drive running? 2nd the mention of the Spanish Tavern -=-=-21:44 11-8-92 jazz at the SAC and dinner at Hunan-~30 deg. now-not all leaves down yet-repeater quality vv good-intro. fortune cookies into China- kb2ikc k2agi Bob Crawford died this week-firewood going great-CD ROM of ham progs.- put up suet feeder-headlight ~40W- wd4igl 5 days in IN- k2skv just back from long trip south- kb2oow new duplexers and 100W on repeater, better rcvr. sens., may move ant to tower-doing SS contest, CW practice-2 days off school, to NY to tour NBC studios, top of Emp. St. building, many antennas, 2M repeater??-HS radio club, school will purch. ant., can put on roof, Principal much impressed- w2hsa w2yez amps of 12V auto headlamp??-plane reservs. for Dayton?- kb2bbp RACES drill next Sat- w2gkf 10 k2bo Ed Weed w2zke at MOMA- wb2qoq has T shirts from Summit Hustle-CQWE busier than last year on 2M -=-=-22:17 11-15-92 band compet:cheerleader compet on tv-Al mentioned Atlanta cable plant-W2WKL reports ham auction in Sussex on Nov 20- kb2ikc kb2oow has interf. with the Kenwood, all CQ-WE-listened to RACES drill on Morristown repeater-went to band competition at Giants stadium, greatly impressed, got 4th place out of best 25- wd4igl at flea mkt at Meadowlands- k2agi busy with CQWE-made cable tester, works good-house next door, fire on Wed., AGI helped- k2skv w2hsa birthday on Fri 13- w2gkf 3 msgs on air force net from Germany- w2ciy good RACES drill, simulated tornado- 9 kf2gs Molly---signed kb2pdw computer running-did RACES drill- kb2bbp Joel needs more autio- busy with CQWE, wrote logging prog. in BASIC, works OK Tony has one expl, cool weather -=-=-22:11 11-22-92 .31" rain-results of running benchmarks on BASIC-wrote contest logging prog. for field day, need beta testers-repeater only 4 bars kb2ikc kb2oow wants stranded antenna wire-report cards on Wed.-painted basement stairs- kb2pdw needs 15KHz video card- w2gkf has #18 Formvar wire for antennas-methylene chloride- wd4igl JKF death- k2skv good QSO on 10M with Bulgaria- w2hsa kf2gs n2nkb Al 10 w2zke -=-=-21:51 11-29-92 kb2ikc out to RAL's. K2AGI was net control. Had 8 sign in. -=-=- 12-6-92 ACGNJ talk on NASA photos on CD_ROM-van Slot pled guilty-Joel got his computer fully working, Phew!-Pioneer QSO party-working on logging prog. after consulting with Cohen-looking for suggestions on what to teach on Wed. nite computer class, poss. BASIC or CAD or DOS- kb2ikc kb2oow no caddying jobs due to snow-thanks for Bird loan- wd4igl working on TV- k2agi 3 on RTTY-loaded call book on computer, works fast-got radiator fixed- 82 signed up for dinner!!- w2gkf many squirrels-found mole wandering around- w2zke k2skv Mary Latter and Janie King will come to dinner- w2hsa fixing tape players for Mennan rink-got Terry's map to dinner-deer eating bushes-first aid and CPR courses- 9 kb2bbp wood burning well-will help with antenna- -=-=-22:17 12-13-92 annual dinner very good but slow in opening the bar-no storm problems here-free lunch at King's too crowded-~2" snow- kb2ikc no x'tal set in Edmund Sci.-tone on my sig.?- w2zke party well managed- k2agi storm created party last min. probs., 12 cancel, 4 additions-set up generator for neighbor-new on-air computer class, open for suggestions- k2skv party well managed-lost 1 med. tree-6 detours picking up Mrs. King for party- wd4igl got good video of party- w2hsa 13" snow, 2 trees down, 1 against house, power off 8 hrs., missed party- w2gkf kb2bbp RACES op. today, but not needed for storm damage-1/2 tree fell, no damage- 9 kb2oow Chatham Hi, leaks, gen. wouldn't start, no heat-good time at party- -=-=-22:15 12-20-92 good time at Whip. lunch-got tower taken down, with John and Bay, I got 20'+base- going to Buffalo on Tue, back on Mon-no tree this year (Benoit tower) kb2ikc kb2oow much X'mas shopping-no school Thur, power off-played trombone at church, made a buck or two-plans to buy PMP-to Williamsburgh on 26th+Wash DC- wd4igl saw Chris in church-got 20 Wamplers from call book, wrote to all- k2skv good lunch at Whip.-Whip. tone squelch, 151.4 Hz-timed it out- w2hsa doesn't like to travel-taxes of 2.8% or $8400 k2agi found Motorola disks-Ernie, software for birdwatchers- 7 w2gkf sent letter to van Slot about donated equip.-1 above in Denver- Used Computers-Second Byte in Dover(?), AGI AGI wedding anniv. on 28th award above Xerox machine Bay good crop of Holly n2nkb invite to next year's Whip. lunch- -=-=-21:55 12-27-92 jis had 6 on -=-=- 1-3-93 happy new year-freezing rain tomorrow morning?-Accidental Empires!!- hard to get home from Buffalo-new scenery for Flight Sim.- kb2ikc kb2oow back from Va-visited ham sta. at Smithsonian-studying for mid-terms- w2gkf k2agi wd4igl good New Yrs eve in Mrstn-ordered small TV camera- w2hsa w2yez 8 kf2gs Molly Chuck predictions- -=-=- 1-10-93 about 1" snow now, 2-4" predicted-repeater ID busted-big dish at BTL-MH recall repair on Sable tomorrow-***Mike Rigal passed Extra***- kb2ikc kb2oow no school last Mon., vandalism, mid-terms in 3 wks-got damaged SG's- will play tromb. in The Music Man-will order PMP from R&R-HS club waiting for antenna install.- k2agi w2hsa 12 deg this morning- w2gkf set up drill bit grinder jig, needs more practice- wa2dkj working on pharmacological project(?)-bought pulse jet airplane-Schell passed Novice- w2zke wd4igl got the small CCD camera, v. sens., works great-will take printer to Chris, has more as gifts- wb2qoq _" show now, 18 deg this morning, lowest of the year- k2jv club hats, badges, patches for meeting-going to Kennedy to meet Bulgarian, will get QSL cards, abt. 12 lbs., need to be sorted- -=-=-22:06 1-17-93 Yonker's flea mkt. with Bay today-crowded at Mon's meeting, SRO- repeater ID repaired-KA1GT, Bob Atkins now on 2M-$30MEG for inaug. party- kb2ikc wa2dkj got Cox 0.010-Kiwi Air to Chi. $120 one-way-can't harden bronze by quenching- w2gkf made reserv. for 12 at rib house in Dayton- wd4igl Accidental Empires, VG-again offered printers-NPARC video for next meeting. k2skv tone freq. on Whip. repeater??151.4 NG- w2/dl6cl move to Deming, NM??, 10 acres + house, $300 taxes- k2agi tried to temper bronze by quenching!- w2hsa still 3" snow, snowing lightly- w2yez 94 days `till Dayton-air fare now $18.50 less-total of 20 to Dayton- 10 w2ciy wb2qoq 151.4 Hz is good for Whip.- wb2edo now Tandy laptop, bad manual-house on mkt. Mar 1- 13 kb2bbp -=-=-10:07 1-25-93 repeater v. good, but crackles-remind about door prizes- 0.24" rain @ 9pm-start WP5.1 Wed nite-good exec. comm. meeting at Walt's, great cheese cake-Making of a Continent on TDC-moon bounce on 2M kb2ikc w2zke in Vt. last week- w2gkf reserved 3 tables at Flemington, Wadsworth, Harry, Bay- wa2dkj running pulse jet engine, venturi prob?- wd4igl no football today!!!-saw Phant. of Opera- k2skv pulse jet engine??-87 days to Dayton- kb2oow skiing last week-ordered PMP kit-thanks to Terry for printer-no progress on school antenna- w2hsa w2ciy windy!- k2agi SG deadline next Sat.- kb2bbp 12 kb2ocg Mike bowling- w2ym Geo. Hanchett- wb2qoq Al, Is the sum of dim greater than the whole? -=-=-22:10 1-31-93 auction Feb 19, W. Orange flea mkt. Feb 20-zero RTTY net- report SWR results on rubber ducks-writing article on solitaire statistics for ACGNJ-7 so far for the WordPerfect over-the-air class- kb2ikc kb2oow rooting for Buffalo-radio control for RC car, curious about modulation- mid-terms a real pain-packet ckt soon- k2agi Wed lunch at MH-QOQ saw AT for $100- kb2fcv about to buy 1st car, Chev Caprice, `77-looking forward to Dayton- 5 k2jv wants 12' pcs of Al tubing, «"- wb2qoq Super Bowl a big disappointment -=-=-21:40 2-7-93 now have 8 in the over-the-air class on WP-1 deg. this morning, so much for fears about global warming-Hamfest in Denville, Mar. 6th.-Ernie, bring RC xmtr. to listen to output- kb2ikc w2zke bought new drill press- kb2oow good results from mid-terms-went camping last night at Schiff, tents, slept in lodge, a good time, needs BBS for `computer for sale'-patching `fried' Thinsulate glove- wd4igl Pro Bowl on, 6 months till next, bad news-has PA system for auction-got packet running, too much stuff- k2skv Vail Cummings daughter operation all OK-had Pileated woodpecker- k2agi needs treas. for auction-5 on RTTY, incl. B. Campbell- 7 w2hsa 6 below, 1" snow- Chris, packet for computer sale auction not this week, is 19th ***bring door prizes -=-=-21:41 2-14-93 Happy Valentine-auction on Fri, flea mkt W. Orange on Sat.- on-the-air class on WP doing well with 8 people-meas on rub- duck-dental emergency kb2ikc kb2oow got PMP, needs cables-building sets for Music Man-week off from school-Empire Brass concert, v good- wd4igl SSTV working, help from Schrage, will order $170 kit-watching 4 hrs of submarines on TV, was on subs for 4 years- k2skv Pileated woodpecker- w2hsa wa2dkj doing prototype for Co. in Allentown- w2gkf feels unsafe in NYC-good take-out from Chens- k2agi 301 replies to list of 2100 calls of hams on Prodigy- w2ciy 10 kb2bbp kb2pdw will do antenna at high school this week- -=-=-22:27 2-21-93 v. good and profitable auction, 0 went in dumpster-about 4" new snow-meeting next Wed., subject??-really big snow next Fri.-mod. low on repeater- kb2ikc kb2oow great auction, will bring more cash next year-what is sheet about repeaters?-9V wall wart output 16V ??-hoping for snow day- w2zke setting up 486, looks good- wd4igl ~6" snow-TV effects gen. real good- w2gkf wa2dkj k2skv w2hsa k2agi still coll. money from auction-SG deadline this Fri.-~90 at auction- 10 w2ciy 31.3 deg at 22:05 n2cxe n2xj n2krp shoveling snow, now raining- 14 kb2bbp 15 wb2qoq 4.25" snow- -=-=-22:11 2-28-93 good trip with Andy and Joe to RC model show in White Plains. good door prizes at meeting, from Joe Blank, some left for next time. Great book store- Barnes and Noble near intersect. of Rte. 10 and Eisenhower Pky., mucho computer books, ~10% discount. 6 deer in backyard. kb2ikc w2gkf pine grosbeak-Austrail. wine, vinegar, dry cork-down on Clinton plan- kb2oow using EDLIN!!- k2agi promises fewer errors in SG's than the last- wd4igl built SSTV unit, testing now-train to Ind. on Wed.-will fly TV camera from balloon come summer- w2hsa w2ciy kb2bbp w2zke 10 wa2dkj wb2qoq -=-=-22:02 3-7-93 good hamfest at Denville-good turn-out at Wed. MH lunch-coyote seen in Watchung res. after Bay's sighting-meeting Tue. nite, ping-pong nite also-Flemington next Sun.-good catfish at Jolly Trolley- kb2ikc w2zke good 10M DX- w2gkf kb2oow The Music Man this week-TV ch 36 in Summit, ran x'mtr.- k2agi k2skv has jury duty- k2jv got tower up-going to Carlsbad- kb2bbp Dick Cavett at Drew Shakespere do- wb2qoq -=-=-21:45 3-14-93 the day after the `storm of the century', Fleming. hamfest cancelled, ~12" snow here, gusts up to 100 mi/hr along the coast, baro. got down to 28.57" (see BLIZZ.WQ1), NOAA weather out all day, still out at 8P, 12-19" in driveway, took 2 « hrs. to dig out (partial), cheap little Sunbeam snow thrower OK. Mike Rigal got his Extra license. Over- the-air class in WordPerfect going along, nicely, I hope, 7 people tot. Robins eating Holly berries. **can calc. baro. corr. for anyone on the roster. kb2ikc w2zke snow removal w2gkf 9 out of 10 houses used comm'l snow pushers. good luck with anodizing Al parts. kb2oow school antenna blew down, no school tomorrow. Poor man's packet working with Andy's help. k2agi Lib open on Apr 5. Used 6 horse snow thrower. timed it out. k2skv jury duty all week `til Fri. HF antenna down. w2hsa 20" snow, plow drift 6-8'. wd4igl 17" snow-did his taxes kb2bbp predicts baby boom in 9 months-28.28 10 kb2ocg Mike break-in at ~22:10: Officer Haynes, Montclair State Police, requested a call to W. Orange police for a patrol car for a chain reaction accident (no injuries) on Mt. Prospect Ave. 2 blocks from Bloomfiled St. He was involved in the accident. I called W. Or., they said that is Newark. The number they gave me for Newark was wrong. Info. gave me 201-733-6000 for Newark. They said they would send a patrol car. Also, Haynes wanted a call to Montclair State Police to inform them. They said OK. -=-=-22:17 3-21-93 repeater v. good-fair flea mkt. yesterday in W. Orange with OKO. Got several small things. 2" muffin fan, 12V and only 70 ma. Saw:Warren, Benny, Schrage, Rick Stealey, Dick Wolff and Marion, too much snow to go today to Mercer Co. College. A friend wants a spare Apple floppy drive. Meeting tomorrow night. Noticed that Radio Shack has an antenna rotator with control unit for $60. kb2ikc kb2oow PMP working v. well-doing term paper on Russia- k2agi 2 on RTTY- wa2dkj k2skv 32 days `till Dayton- wd4igl SSTV from all over at Schrage's yesterday-97 days `till field day- w2hsa sez Radio Shack rotator fine for any 2M beam. 8 kb2bbp saw Andy on his bike in his `zany' uniform- w2gkf no golf yet-will try to get on RTTY- w2zke today's flea mkt. rather small- wb2qoq asking for help with foot race -=-=-22:02 3-28-93 kb2ikc big spring flow here- kb2oow HDTV demo at MH, v. good-doing demo on ham radio at Boy Scout meetings-will help Terry on Apr 4- w2zke wd4igl shocked by damage along shore, e.g., Seabright-doing SSTV, it is slow-25 year anniv. at Celenese on Apr 1 k2skv Floyd Harvey stroke, died today, Sat Apr 17 mem. service, Calvary Ch. in Summit at 2 P-will, with John, inform ARRL about Floyd-daylight next weekend- w2gkf made some ckt. boards for SCR controller- w2hsa 3 on RTTY- w2ciy Flem. ham fest Sat, May 22- 9 wb2qoq Amazing Feet next Sun, Bill, duct tape to clean filings off mag mounts ----- 4-4-93 weekend in Reading for Pa. Sci. Acad. meeting-lib. re-opens?-NP foot race today- repeater v. good-MH lunch next Wed.- kb2ikc k2skv w2zke wd4igl ATV worked well at the race from dist. of 1 mi., collected quite a crowd-sump pump quit, 1" water on floor, bad switch-25th anniv. at work on Apr. 1-19 days `till Dayton- w2gkf working on super power supp.- wa2dkj 40M QRP CW rig, surf. mount stuff- k2agi had good trip to Phoenix, missed plane coming back, came in next day- w2hsa most of the snow gone-has prob. with reflect. ham lic. plates- 8 w2/dl6cl retired as of last Thur.- -=-=-21:58 4-11-93 kb2ikc at McCall's for dinner. K2AGI W2ZKE WD4IGL W2HSA K2SKV K2JV W2GKF WA2DKJ 9 KB2BBP -=-=- 4-18-93 Trenton Comp. Fest. yesterday, data books(MOSFETs & linear applics.) for $1 ea. Looked for 14.4 modem but prices about same as mailorder. offer making signs for Dayton. Will take MG, 500 VA at 110V AC or 8A at 12V DC. AGI found ad for GPS receiver for $600! Deer ate all crocusses-TaxCut worked very nicely- kb2ikc w2zke enjoyed Trenton- w2gkf saw ~2/3 of Trenton, 2 days next year- k2agi Van Slot at Trenton-getting a new (used) car- w4digl tried 8' kite for carrying AVT camera, broke kite- kb2oow back from Fla. band trip, 1 week, should have taken HT- w2hsa balloon for ATV??-3 on RTTY-snow now gone-flew camera with box kite- w2yez Crawford estate list to be dist. aft. Dayton- w2ciy ~20 going to Dayton- kb2bbp good Club turnout for Floyd Harvey memorial yesterday-crocusses and tulips eaten by deer- kb2pwg cactus-J working-studying for general, at 7 wpm- k2jv 13 wb2qoq trailering to Dayton on Wed.- -=-=-22:14 4-25-93 just ret. from Dayton-great weather on Fri, v good on Sat and a cloudburst most of Sun-sold about $180 worth-all-in-all a great time- thanks to Barry and Barry, Harry Kundrat and Bay and John for taxi serv.-wa2dkj, k2biv and w2wkl were there but I didn't see them at the NPARC booth-video of Dayton at tomorrow's meeting-deer ate wife's lilly buds, ready to kill-K2EK seems to have to disappeared!!!- kb2ikc wb2zke had a good time at Dayton- kb2oow weekend at Gettysberg with Boy Scouts, a good time, and much hiking- w2hsa encouraging Chris to get his Eagle Scout rating- kb2bbp checked out Chat. HS antenna, will check for damage next Tue. 10AM- k2agi got the new (used) car-working on Smithsonian display- wd4igl drove back in 8.5 hrs!, one stop for food-great time at Dayton-hadn't seen an old school chum for 34 years and bumped into him at Dayton!-heavy snow on the way out- k2jv just got back- kb2pdw just got back-"4 full days of pure ham radio"- 10 kb2fcv -=-=-21:48 5-2-93 still no K2EK!, has anyone heard packet on this freq?-pretty much over my Dayton cold- kb2ikc k2agi wild week, new granddaughter in Memphis, the 4th-new-hard-drive fits-putting SG's together-dev. meter at next meeting- wd4igl ATV beam up 40' on 440, good recept. near Creuz on ridge, will put beam on Sawyer's house- w2zke w2hsa great DX on 2M this morning, Baltimore, Philia., CT. etc.- k2skv kb2oow not making it- w2gkf kb2bbp Chat. HS antenna working- 10 wb2qoq ret. from Dayton on Wed.- -=-=-21:48 5-9-93 fixed 6300 (from Rolf)-meeting tomorrow night-a week of typical NJ weather-NIST new time std. 10X better than old one, Cs beam.-computer class on Wed. nite down to 2 for WordPerfect-still no K2EK kb2ikc w2zke kb2oow HS station: Ten-Tec Triton 4, coax a bit short, caddying this summer-home dipole fell, line frayed from rubbing on tree- wd4igl more ATV to Sawyer's-OK City 8" rain in last 12 hrs.- w2hsa no grass cutting yet, bad may flies, needs netting on head!!- k2agi poison ivy, ooze spread?-got much bamboo-hard disk still not working- n2xj wa2dkj bought spectrum anal. $90 at Dayton, works!- 9 kd2kw w2gkf on the output- k2skv 80th birthday of Vail Cummings on May 20(?)- 12 wb2qoq back to Andy? computer class -=-=-22:06 5-16-93 7 on -=-=- 5-23-93 back from Bloomigton, super motel, great weather, ret. on 757, nice and quiet-fair flea mkt. yesterday (Warren Co.)-Bob Mendelson will teach Windows starting June 16-always need door prizes for meetings-ROL is 5 bars!!- kb2ikc kb2oow v busy caddying-Chat. HS club good QSO's, permanent set-up this week- wd4igl using 913 co-ax on ATV, up to 10W, much better- w2hsa busy doing lake paper-work- k2agi has a bug, in bed all day- wa2dkj birthday (noted by Terry)- kb2bbp timed it out-getting press coverage for HS station- w2zke daughter got PhD in pharmacology- w2gkf trouble reassembling microphone on VHF transciever-10' tower section for free- n2nkb -=-=-21:51 5-30-93 lost power twice this week, ~4 hrs. ea., seems to be a planned maintenence-amazing fact of the week `90% of all the biomass in the oceans is bacteria'!!! and very little is known about these organisms-no lunch at MH this Wed., Oak room is closed-AGI helped get my tower-ladder up, works fine- kb2ikc w2zke working on antennas- k2agi 4 on RTTY-SG stuff this Wed.-Ron McConnel has CD ROMs with ham stuff-computer would not boot a few times, finally came up- w2hsa trees growing faster than his tower- kb2bbp w2gkf 7 wb2qoq Mem Day parade tomorrow, 9:30A, -=-=-21:40 6-6-93 Sue to get starling on Tue.-poor hamfest on Sat., competition from Teaneck-Crawford house sale, K&E optical level ($2)-lunch at MH on Wed.- kb2ikc w2zke a little off freq.- wd4igl wife in hosp. 1 week, immune react. to Advil, home and much better- good TV both ways to Sawyer-Rick's birthday- w2hsa 2 on RTTY-Fri last day of skating- kb2bbp kb2oow looking for pwr. supp. for field day, 13V 5A- w2gkf 8 wb2qoq is mailing SG's tomorrow- -=-=-21:35 6-13-93 Sue got the starling-week spent coll. data and anal. on the GPS rcvrs. (Sony and Magellan), will bring to meeting tomorrow night-field day 26-27-over-the-air class this Wed, `Windows' by Bob Mendleson- kb2ikc wa2dkj field day plan. going well-with Reid, took down Jim Browns Al(!) tower-good success in Pt. Pleas. bike race- wd4igl floated Lehigh River rafted ~6 hrs., much white water, water fights-wife fully recovered from react. to Advil (nearly died)- w2hsa timed it out- kb2oow finals this week- k2agi will repl. all chips in Smithsonian exhibit- n2nkb (much QRM from kids) 8 kb2bbp article in IP about Chat. HS radio club- -=-=-21:45 6-20-93 ov-air class started last Wed.-Alinco 2M HT for $229!-ICOM selling a GPS rcvr., $750-new gas meter installed-.14" rain last nite- kb2ikc wd4igl sending TV to VEV- n2vev k2skv back from 3 week trip, hot in TN and NC, even at a nite ball game- kb2bbp -=-=-21:25 6-27-93 great field day, weather, food, ATV, satellite comm., computer logging, wire broke on generator but Bay's worked fine, solar cell power(?)-meeting tomorrow nite-will do theme music via MIDI for the ACGNJ pub. access TV show-***EK is back with packet on 145.75***- kb2ikc k2skv good FD-34 days till picnic, needs to know what each is bringig-cat hanging around, stuck in tree- wd4igl perfect ATV on FD, 20-30 miles-reassembling home set-up-tree trimming to warm swimming pool-will be gone for a few weeks- n2vev good time at FD, fun ATV, will refine- k2agi good new rules on VHF- wa2dkj is recovering from FD- kb2bbp good FD, needs sleep- weather and FAX from satellites tomorrow nite- Valley Forge hamfest is all indoors, only 100 tables -=-=-21:40 7-4-93 4th of July, rlb at fireworks, W2HSA was willing to act as net control. -=-=- 7-11-93 got Johnson Smith catalog, whoopee cushions and joy buzzers still avail., slick catalog.-v. good hamfest in Sussex today, bought junk HP 5245L counter ($40), cable, HP catalog ($10), Mathcad ($20), 8MHz ovenized x'tal. osc($5, W2ZKE)--Balt. oreole here--4 bucks-cleaning fluoresc. lamps- KB2IKC W2GKF W2ZKE x'mtr. hunt in Lehigh Vall., rather hard, a real Kludge-v. good hamfest, table inside- K2SKV xmt on output-many signed up for picnic-pool 89 deg. on bottom- N2VEV fixing FAX and VCR, ejects tape- K2AGI 7 W2HSA high of 94 deg. yesterday, contin. thunder, some rain- -=-=- 7-18-93 people may have missed some great stuff at Kundrat's garage sale yesterday-picnic at Hirsches a week from next Sat.-Spanish Tavern last nite-making labels on computer and Vu-graf machine-great fireworks-collecting info on atomic beam freq stds.-new Rb std. for $650!-- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI is checking up on the 73 mag. DDS freq. synth.- W2HSA 3 on RTTY-concerned about fire hazard in woods- W2GKF mob-Spanish Tavern tonight- KB2PWG N2VEV wd4igl is back- 8 WB2QOQ N2KRP -=-=-21:43 7-25-93 meeting tomorrow nite-picnic next Sat.- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2HSA 3 on RTTY- WD4IGL wiped out new Olds, hit car broadside in downtown BH- N2VEV going to Midwest for vac., 2 weeks- K2AGI sold `65 Dodge to Joel Tompkins- W2/DL6CL fixing Lancia for trip- K2SKV picnic in good shape, ~1:30P- W2GKF Milorganite, keeps deer away- 10 N2KRP -=-=-21:48 8-1-93 got Rb osc. working-v. good picnic, Kundratt's beans v. good- KB2IKC ANOTHER AUCTION?? W2GKF plans to paint tower- W2HSA hears 4 repeaters on this freq-no RTTY-cable TV leaks into 2M band- Rb osc not good enough- K2SKV WD4IGL leaving for 2 week train trip around US- W2CIY K2TRK hole dug for tower, post is in and concreted, 8 W2ZKE N2NKB -=-=-21:30 8-8-93 v. good flea mkt.at Warrington, sw. power supp for Rb osc.- glad for 1.15" rain-Sue's bird only bird talk so far-not looking forward to $235 billion in additional taxes- the deer problem-Perseids on 11th-kites, Guiness book?-organ pipe KB2IKC K2AGI excite well like organ pipe to det. dist. to water?? W2HSA very dry, need rain for 128' deep well- W2CIY WD4IGL WB2YUU good flea mkt- W2GKF KB2OOW 2 weeks in Maine, 1 wk in Maryland(scout camp)- N2NKB has 5 video cameras for Terry- -=-=-21:55 8-15-93 Kites-alt. record, 1910 at Mt Weather, VA, 10 kites in tandem on piano wire to 23,835'. AG Bell, 1907, a 208 lb tetrahedral kite towed behind a small steamer, lifted a man to 168'- v. good hamfest today near Easton, good layout, many vendors-looking for small color TV set-MEETING ON 23RD, FREQ CALIB-house pressure washed- KB2IKC KB2OOW Great Adv. on Fri.-sore throat all week-pressure washed the deck, a big help-Yankee fan, pleased- W2GKF good hamfest, but needed more buyers, got new Ringo- WD4IGL new 2M antenna-better ATV from higher antenna-also Yankee fan- N2VEV Terry spinning-19" color TV!! K2AGI Valley Forge hamfest next weekend-new club memb. lic. Rob Olsen N2WNP-deer and 2 fawns in lawn, took pics.- W2CIY Pres talked to Andy who has sent field day scores to ARRL-2 on RTTY- K2SKV W2HSA worries about fire hazard in woods and water level in lake and wells- 10 WB2QOQ N2EFR comp. prog. for plotting hurricane track-AG Bell museum at Cape Breton -=-=-22:03 8-22-93 good flea mkt in Oakland yesterday with Harry and Bay, 10F cap. half the size of my thumb, Andy selling, Pres as a buyer!-two line voltage dips today-54 deg. at 7AM here- KB2IKC W2ZKE back from 2 wks vac. down south- WD4IGL enjoyed Valley Forge hamfest- W2GKF need to start publ. for Oct. 15 auction-Milorganite seems to be keeping deer away!- W2HSA K2SKV had to get tree man to get cat out of tree- K2AGI made new auction flyer-better hotel for Dayton?- W2CIY took hang gliding lessons at Kill Devil Hill, Wright Museum- WB2YUU fewer at Valley Forge today than yesterday, saw Icom GPS rcvr., Ross Perot on premises-complaining about EK, go to 440? 10 KB2BBP has been away in Canada, got back in on green card OK-lost power for about _ hrs.- -=-=-22:00 8-29-93 hamfest in Manville yesterday the smallest ever, ~16 outside and 8 inside-got a 10MHz volt. controlled x'tal osc. working for add. to TV freq. std. but will first try scheme in article John found-3 deer in back yard this afternoon-measd. 10F cap., it really is!- KB2IKC WA2DKJ built 30X60ft barn in Mich.-rusty 1963 Porsche 356 engine with Reid-Geo. Diehls Onan 1800 rpm 4-stroke 2-cyl generator working, very smooth, quiet, battery start-hummingbird in yard-just missed bear on rte. I-80- WD4IGL train trip this week for 2 wks, back on 18th-Steve Mendleson for meeting- K2AGI how many rooms for Dayton-SG's ready to copy-RC model meet on Thur.-timed it out- daughter caught 4' copperhead! K2SKV W2HSA W2CIY on RTTY net tonight-hummingbirds empty feeder every 2 days- N2SJJ on output-hummingbird moth- N2VEV watching Terry on AVT- 9 W2GKF tower painted, ready to go up on Tue- KB2BBP -=-=-22:15 9-12-93 Chinese `phone book ((and dictionary))?-deer in back yard tonight-.71" rain yesterday-QuattroPro for Win is $49- KB2IKC W2GKF tower up-played tennis-having PCB's made by Far- W2ZKE tuning ants.- W2CIY got kit., din. and liv. rooms painted- K2AGI SG's out, 5 pages-made 40 badges-installed `44 phone, 2 days-got Painter's packet sys. working-good Smith chart prog. W2HSA prob. with hemlocks, wooly aphids, will spray, has pressure sprayer to get to top of 30'-back to skating on Tue W2CGX likes new ICOM 737, good DX- KB2OOW back to school Wed., 10th grade, yecch-using INTERNET thru MORNET (Mrstn)- W2BHM -=-=-21:51 9-26-93 back from New England, New Bruns. and Nova Scotia-a ton of mail- meeting tomorrow night, Steve Mendleson-bring door prizes- having fits trying to get the data interface working KB2IKC K2AGI weird RTTY net-many meetings this week-got BASIC prog. driving his digital freq. synth.- KB2OOW 1st band perf. today, won, football team won big-got antenna, Telex Hi-Gain HF as a gift, needs info. on radials, etc.-High school antenna again busted-needs DB-25 computer cable- WD4IGL back from big train trip-Rooney gave him 5 TV cameras, needs lenses-has many DB-25 cables- W2ZKE W2HSA only «" rain- W2CIY N2VEV W2GKF 10 KB2BBP good RACES drill- -=-=-21:56 10-3-93 learned from trip, Fodor's NG, Mobil travel guide, ~$14, very useful. good hamfest at Warrington but fewer sellers than usual, got a GR LCR bridge for $90, a MAXIM data book- wild bunch of acorns this year, bouncing off the roof- KB2IKC W2ZKE good hamfest- W2HSA K2AGI 5 on RTTY- WA2BUY can't hold repeater W2CIY K2SKV doing yard and pool work- W2GKF did well selling at hamfest- 9 WD4IGL -=-=-21:43 10-10-93 got parallel to serial conv. working, took ~3 weeks of intensive effort, even K2AGI worked on it (his design) don't really know why it now works-meeting TUE-auction Fri- Teaneck hamfest yesterday, how was it?-John delivered chalkboard to library-VCR quit, bad motor, bought new one- KB2IKC N2TSJ Jim v weak audio, rf OK- W2CIY now 36 deg, to go to 28-moment of silence for Frank Bottholf- W2HSA now 34 deg.- N2WKS WA2UBK WA2KVV W2GKF N2SJJ got Radio Shack HT fixed- WB2QOQ Oct 17, Overlook Hustle- N2FTC Lee Storm-need operators 908-582-2069-Oct 17, 10A- 12 KB2PWG needs ride to Dayton -=-=-21:37 10-17-93 OK hamfest yesterday in Scotch Pls. (HP 241A audio osc for $15!)-good auction on Fri. nite-did Overlook Hustle today, no prob. telling women from men-Schrage is back- KB2IKC W2ZKE weak audio- W2HSA back to skating 5 days/week- WD4IGL fixed wire on mike of PA system (pooped out at the auction)-suffering from lack of football tonight- K2AGI good RTTY net-mike switch trouble-fixing BFO- W2CIY W2/DL6CL W2GKF finishing a power supply- KB2BBP K2TRK poor xmission- N2NKB sl. noise at Whippany getting into the repeater- 12 N2VSY thanks to Bay for good job Nobel prizes for physics, hams -=-=-21:48 10-24-93 club meeting tomorrow nite, sev. diff. talks incl. me-talked to Steve Mendleson- interesting surplus sale yesterday (with Bay)-Ch 7 doing very strange things- ----door prizes for meeting tomorrow nite----- KB2IKC WA2DKJ setting up 20KW gen and UPS, UPS has 24V bat. thru FET switches to pri. of xfmr.-ham class going nicely, avg about 6- W2GKF football tonight-at political meeting-nat'l. hardware week at Sears-nearly hit a deer-1N2836 5V Zeners- K2AGI new map prog. on CD ROM, v. good-timed it out- N2WKS Zev, 16, son of UBK- W2HSA W2CIY KB2BBP watched Ben Hur- W2ZKE Sellersville hamfest OK- WD4IGL did video of Bob Brown's daughter's wedding-5 people for show&tell- 11 N2KRP -=-=-22:05 10-31-93 Tue glorius opportunity to vote against $3 billion in taxes, every year-daughter has 2 Zebra finches for her starling-1.16"rain-got Flt. Sim. 5.0 running, better graphics- maybe 4 sets of trick & treaters-visited a computer controlled mill-new gimmick, trick & treat at Malls- KB2IKC W2GKF WD4IGL N2VEV radio & TV museum, 50th St. Manhattan-50th birthday surprise party- K2AGI 5 on RTTY, a record?-last SG's for the year- W2CIY W2HSA tr. of snow- N2WKS Zev his mall promotes trick & treat, ran out of candy- N2TSJ Jim barely holding the repeater-heard Sussex repeater- 10 N2VSY Herb KB2BBP K2SKV set 27 clocks- -=-=-22:07 11-7-93 repeater very clean tonight-delighted with the election results except that the school voucher proposition lost in Ca. Good talk at WH on Mon about satellite comm., DX, good way to get DXCC. Measuring perform. of 60 Hz tuning fork. Hope K2SKV has fully recovered from setting 27 clocks last weekend. Meeting tomorrow. KB2IKC W2ZKE KB2OOW many history essays-marching band finals at Giants Stad. next Fri.- WD4IGL bachelor for a week, starving-wants KZE's generator-complaining about having to hang wallpaper- WA2DKJ ?choke balun, coil of co-ax or ferrite beads on co-ax- W2HSA K2AGI 5 on RTTY-CQWE next weekend- W2CIY K2SKV 10 W2GKF N2VEV KB2BBP Terry, what ch5 and ch13 facilities in trade center?? how visit? -=-=-21:57 11-14-93 CQ-WE contest this week-end-discovered another clock, in the car, to set-had a lot of tree branches lopped off-finished the leaf project-Lonesome Dove, a great book- KB2IKC W2ZKE WD4IGL yard work today-TV with VEV- K2AGI good trip to Memphis-found 90 deg meridian in Memphis- W2HSA wild ride in plane over a volcano in Phillippines, hail stones hit plane from below- N2VEV W2CIY 8 WA2DKJ novice class going well, gave a demo of IT- -=-=-21:43 11-21-93 26 deg. here last nite-snow flurry yesterday-YEZ back from Australia- KB2IKC door prizes for meeting tomorrow nite KB2OOW band placed 2nd of 15- W2GKF tennis today, not too cold- WD4IGL Notre Dame LOST!!!- K2AGI car hit a deer on Fri., small damage- N2TSJ jury duty with 2 hams- N2KRP using repeaters in S. Jersey- K2SKV opened a VHS cassette, had springs & pieces all over the floor- KB2BBP N2WKS -=-=-22:05 11-28-93 2.77" rain today, 6"/hr this morning, a car in NP in water up to top of windows- good Thanksgiving at Lake Edge-X'mas party next Fri-big effort to fix Hubble-lunar eclipse tonight-fireworks this afternoon??- KB2IKC W2ZKE trouble holding repeater-big acorn crop- WD4IGL 8" rain in DC & Baltimore- W2GKF much trouble getting Dell on the phone-doesn't know what the fireworks were about- N2WKS tot. of 33 states worked- K2AGI 5 on RTTY-bring pictures to dinner- N2VEV heard traffic from Oscar-21, MI, SC, Canada, packet from Germany- W2HSA 9 W2CIY 10 for turkey-now 28 amateur sats., rs10 & rs12 easiest to work- -=-=-21:55 12-5-93 X'mas party v. enjoyable, no food fights or fistfights or complaints about parking or loud sobbing about having to accept the Wouff-Hong-2.38" of rain since yesterday- discovered that the thermistor from Pres Conrad makes a v. sens. thermometer, also fast- bought Rad Shack DMM with computer interface, works well, easy to program-great prog. on Benny Goodman yesterday- KB2IKC W2ZKE both enjoyed party- K2AGI strange interference with RTTY-got sp. announcement from repeater about X'mas party- WA2DKJ enjoyed party-replacing parts on mountain bike-prefers more show-tell rather than talks at meetings- K2SKV W2HSA 17 deg. ice, Zamboni the ice every 2 hrs., spiral auger cutter, applied hot water (does not reuse the shaved ice), to freeze in 5 mins., too cold is brittle- W2CIY N2WKS N2TSJ N2VEV good vid. w. sound with Terry-heard Shuttle on 146.61- 11 W2GKF WD4IGL officer's meeting yesterday, 1 hr. turned into 2- -=-=-22:07 12-12-93 important sci. achiev., Tokamak ~6 megawatts-nice snow-great talk by Max Matthews and John Pierce, Max's radio baton and the Pierce scale- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 5 on RTTY-won DB4 at Bridgewater computer club, flea mkt.- WA2DKJ sister and child went home, Andy much healthier now-class over, all 6 passed test, plans beginner club projects- WD4IGL saw Schrage's SSTV, worked good- N2VEV W2HSA years ago, bid on contract for tons of ferrites for the Tokomak- W2CIY working on 2 axis steerable 2M & 440 for satellites- W2GKF about to buy new computer-lost his TV remote controller- W2SH Charles-Galloping Hill resturant for the Tri-County party- -=-=-22:07 12-20-93 KB2IKC missing, having dinner with Gene Spangler. K2AGI W2ZKE W2GKF WA2DKJ WD4IGL W2CIY W2HSA N2VEV KB2BBP K2SKV 11 N2TSJ -=-=- 1-2-94 HNY-great snow storm in Buffalo, 20" in about 6 hrs.-new superconductor at -10 deg F (?)- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2GKF new computer working except DC-ROM- WA2DKJ got old Volvo running good-black polyurethane caulk a good adhesive-installed Hg switch, hazardous?- WD4IGL fell in creek with camcorder!, taped a fox-new ATV ant. for X'mas-got enough football this weekend (for the first time??)-dropped HT, now sometimes- N2XJ next Sat., Hudson div. meet., will discuss reducing no. of license classes- N2WKS got General class-back to school tomorrow, bummer- W2YM 1st lic. in `31- K2SKV Great blue Heron pestering neighbors fish- W2CIY traditional herring (?) on new year's eve- K2AGI proposed NJ law to fine for excess RF radiation- N2TSJ `37 Packard- 13 W2HSA N2WTI John (12 yrs) -=-=-22:25 1-9-94 6 deg. this morning-snow piled 7' hi in Syracuse, still snowing-measurements on capacitors-meeting tomorrow night, set date for auction- KB2IKC W2GKF got CD-ROM running- W2ZKE WD4IGL dying tonight, no football- K2AGI WB2YUU WA2DKJ replaced windshield in VW- W2HSA ~9" snow, ice- W2CIY N2VEV N2TSJ son's plastic ski boot split in half from the cold-used new 287 north to Thruway- K2SKV N2WKS worked 28 states on RTTY yesterday-to go for advanced in a week or so- 14 N2WTI John-Mt Pleasant middle school radio club forming- -=-=-20:23 1-16-94 9" on the level, -5 deg this morning, 2 deg now, snow tomorrow, calibrated before installation-several days spent trying to get a FAX prog. running, with OKO, EFR and AGI, partial success.-Hubble working well-ROL is 4 bars tonight-30 deer shot in Reservation-11 squirrls at one time- KB2IKC W2GKF no football, golf from Hawaii-making "freq. generator" (?)-caught 3 squirrls- KB2OOW shoveling drives-erased whole root dir. on hard disk, undeleted most of it- WD4IGL auction getting set up-sick all week- K2AGI for meetings, fundamentals like multimeter, grid-dip meter etc. ?- W2HSA 15" on ground, 0 deg, -6 at 7AM- W2CIY N2TSJ got power supp. from SKV-Macintosh problem-`92 Sable stalled for the first time today- W2/DL6CL `random access' at end of each meeting?- 10 WA2DKJ trying to filter 20KW gen. output-750V thru 100k makes squirrls fly- -=-=-20:06 1-23-94 NJ Sci. Museum one of the 10 best in the world (Discovery mag), self-supporting, lines no problem-snoring served our ancestors in warding off predators-sad news, the inventor of Burma Shave signs died, name O'Dell- door prizes-15 squirrels, war with Martha-10" wh. concrete on the level, salt not good below 20 deg, CaCl2 and urea better- KB2IKC W2GKF WD4IGL skip W2ZKE K2AGI 3 on RTTY-auction Feb 25- W2HSA no ice, 19" snow- N2VEV moving shack to new and bigger room- W2CIY Pileated woodpecker- KB2BBP 2 frozen pipes, none broke, furnace prob. fixed itself- K2SKV deer sleeping in yard- 11 N2KRP WA2DKJ K2JV WB2QOQ -=-=-22:14 1-30-94 trivia quest. of the week:Of all the well-known male stars of western type movies, who was the only one who always wore a black hat? ans., Hopalong Cassidy.-small net because of Super Bowl?? (this is Super Bowl Sunday)-got 60 kHz antenna (in the hearing range of dogs?) pre-amp working well, Q = 240, very sharp, ant. is windings on a ferrite rod from Bay-one strong sig. on RTTY is flat rel. to 1 bar sig., who?- KB2IKC K2SKV much ice still on driveway- W2CIY 4 on RTTY, KD2KW incl.- W2GKF still ice in driveway- K2AGI making heater for gutter over porch-starts teaching 3rd grade on Tue., will demo Moebius strip-timed it out- WD4IGL big party for the game-100" screen with proj. TV, ~12 people- 7 N2VEV -=-=-21:38 2-6-94 computer show yesterday, full page color scanner with v. good pic editing software for $435-Walt, 486 upgrade for 386's- KB2IKC WD4IGL W2ZKE finished 140W mobile HF amp- W2/DL6CL K2AGI mailed 32 auction notices to non-club members-req. for AGI to teach 2 more classes- W2HSA has had enough winter- W2GKF building a digital thermometer- N2VEV W2CIY 10 K2SKV no sur-charge on self-sticking stamps- N2TSJ got HT running with AGI's power supply- -=-=-22:01 2-13-94 still 23" on snow stick, dinky electric snow blower still doing a big job-wired up most of the WWVB rcvr & phase comparator-Olympics on, only watch the bob-sled event- how many have water dripping into house??? KB2IKC WD4IGL bought another!!VCR and a hand-held TV for $38-much trouble overloading the AC in the basement- W2GKF new Sears snow-thrower pooped out-got all Dayton tickets-resisting buying a transformer- N2VEV tired of shoveling snow- K2SKV English visitors, no deer vis. but 9 today- W2HSA won downhill ski race years ago-commute to Mennan's up to 2 hrs., problem on I-80- roof heaters caused more problems- N2TSJ has keyer mostly wired-leaking roof-going to Stowe for skiing next Sat- WA2DKJ back from CA, saw rain and palm trees-neighbor made $10,000 plowing-has questions about WWVB rcvr. K2AGI got roof and gutter heater running, works good- W2CIY sump pump quit, back porch roof leaking- 11 W2ZKE has rcvr which gets 60 kHz- -=-=-21:55 2-20-94 big week coming, auction and BASIC class starts on Wed., 8 signed up-water stopped dripping in house-snow level down about 8", 60 Deg F today-not all junk mail is junk, $50 savings bond from Ford for taking a test drive-GPS systems approved by FAA for landing approaches for airlines- KB2IKC W2GKF W2YEZ biopsy on Sat, found sarcoid on lung, lung collapsed, in hosp. for another day or two-sold his computer- K2AGI will miss auction, Microsoft demo of Chicago on Fri.-found: vac. unit for daughter, cross-bar switch, Wheatstone perforator- W2CIY 4 on RTTY-income tax done using Personal Tax Edge, OK for Fed, lousy for state- W2HSA got 2nd car out- WD4IGL -=-=-21:35 2-27-94 v. good auction, made about $600, Bay did his usual good job-meeting tomorrow night, I talk about the Micronta DMM with RS-232 interface-meas'd directional pattern of rod ant. for the WWVB rcvr, somewhat peculiar, but in the basement. Rcvr works as advertised, v. well engineered-started BASIC class, 7 students-monthly lunch at Labs on Wed.-hamfest in Denville next Sat.- KB2IKC WA2DKJ floor jumping up and down ~2-3 Hz-timed it out- WD4IGL to FL Sat morn. for 1 week- W2YAA Geo. from fall class, lic. arr. last Tue.- N2TSJ last week in Stowe skiing, 10" snow, v. good, took HT, Mt. Mansville repeater wide coverage-72nd birthday on Wed.- N2VEV W2GKF 8 W2ZKE -=-=-21:47 3-6-94 Barry back from a week in Jamaica, attached tower to base-went to hamfest at Denville-BASIC class moving along, still not too late to join-may put up 60 kHz antenna for WWVB tomorrow, Andy made the PVC housing for the antenna and pre-amp-Phil Finnegan bought a Micronta at Rad. Shack in Whippany (?) they have one more-meas'd freq. drift of Andy's digital synthesizer over 12 hr. period-Bob Atkins got a 486-66 Mhz mother board with co- processor for $380, works good- KB2IKC W2GKF married off 3rd daughter-no notable birds- K2AGI new FCC renewal forms- WA2DKJ a bluebird-Julie board works well, ~0 to 16 MHz-hawk eating on picnic table- W2ZKE installing a dishwasher- K2SKV N2TSJ a flat tire-Summit symphony- W2HSA wants no more snow- N2VEV 10 N2WKS -=-=-21:54 3-13-94 got WWVB rcvr. sort-of working, found best orient. of ant.- KB2IKC W2ZKE working on new ant.- W2GKF got new thermom. working- K2AGI K2SKV W2/DL6CL got computer file system in shape- W2HSA N2TSJ got all tax returns done- N2VEV spring comes next Sun.- WA2DKJ crystal oven built, taking data overnight- KB2BBP 12 WD4IGL just back from FL, lots of Canadians, -=-=-22:00 3-20-94 big rod ant. working, but not really better-recall on Sable, Chuck?- KB2IKC W2/DL6CL W2HSA 3 on RTTY- WD4IGL first day of spring-Baltimore next Sat.-40 days to Dayton N2VEV KB2BBP 7 W2GKF -=-=-21:32 4-3-94 got bacterial pneumonia about noon last Sun, 103.5 D fever-to Dr. on Mon, got erythromycin, fever down on Tue, still on pills, feeling pretty good, another week of lolling about prob. to get back to normal-used Emerg. Med. Offices in BH, works pretty good-bottom of snow stick clearly vis.-Barry Campbell reports that he has the club space at Dayton- KB2IKC W2ZKE WD4IGL put TV cam on RC car, is running it in the street while sitting in the basement- K2AGI working on SG's- WA2DKJ sev. blue birds- N2YAA Geo.- K2SKV 24 days `till Dayton-raining hard- W2GKF 15 for dinner, egg hunt- W2CIY W2HSA pouring rain there (none here)- 11 W2/DL6CL WB2QOQ 10km foot race next Sun- -=-=-21:55 4-10-94 bought Kenw. R-2000 rcvr., ever out of the box??, two manuals, nice layout for hamfest (Trenton St. Coll.), got pretty tired-0.39" rain KB2IKC W2GKF planted lettuce- K2AGI 10km race in NP, ideal weather- WA2DKJ good hamfest- W2ZKE good hamfest- K2SKV solar flares, 15m washout- W2HSA snow all gone today!- WB2QOQ -=-=-21:47 4-17-94 fully recovered from the pneumonia-19th Trenton Computer Fest. today, weather great, great show, talked to Sol Libes, went with Brett, John & Dan, got book on DesignCad- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 2 days at Trenton, everyone at banquet got a door prize- W2/DL6CL got a little wet at Trenton, nice on Sat. PM-20M beam a mess from the wind- WD4IGL got Merc. Capri- W2HSA 5 on RTTY- N2YAA got repeater 65 mi. away with new ant.- W2CIY installed new sink parts- W2GKF got very wet at Trenton-got modem- WA2DKJ 11 KB2BBP -=-=-21:58 4-24-94 Carl Felt fell off step ladder, broke leg(?)-WWVB rcvr working better, but sig/noise not good enough- KB2IKC W2GKF Carl broke leg, in Overlook for a week, then rehab.- K2SKV back from 2 weeks down south, barbeque and cat fish-electric cars talk for tomorrow night's meeting- WA2DKJ tuning old Porche engine with JAO-finished Campbell dir. conv. rcvr., works very well, club project?- W2ZKE W2HSA 3 on RTTY-took a tree down, was interfering with his beam- KB2BBP splitting AGI logs- N2TSJ to Fl on Wed for 2 weeks-got call letter plates for car, ordered in Mar.- KD2KW 10 WD4IGL -=-=-21:56 5-1-94 .21" rain today-termite problem-Sue called from Yellowstone, great day yesterday filming with Alan Alda, 18 in crew incl. a bear man armed with pepper spray, many grizzly tracks, moose, bison, Alda very interested in science and a great guy, will be reduced to about a 5 min. spot- GPS rcvr. works fine in living room- KB2IKC K2AGI Pat Casey tried to see WWV station in Ft. Collins, take only group tours W2/DL6CL back from Dayton on time, pooped, great weather except 2 showers on Fri., Sat. rain all day, Sun. 40 deg, some rain, got 80287 for $29- (5-2-94 "Three days of rain, God! it was awful!" W2YEZ) W2HSA W2CIY K2SKV wants to know when Sci Am prog. airs- N2YAA Banff & Jasper KB2BBP 9 WB2YUU -=-=-21:43 5-8-94 spent 5 or 6 hrs. working on carb. on lawn mower, complete defeat for the first time-borrowed a Toro, V. heavy!-Andy still not back from Dayton, must have been very taxing-ham lunch at MH on Wed. big turn-out, 16-1.5" rain overnight-Runnels purpose?- crashed a Messerschmidt- KB2IKC W2HSA 2 on RTTY-at ice rink every day- WD4IGL great air force museum, also to Ind. race track- W2GKF great time at Dayton- K2SKV Indigo bunting-deer ate new plants- K2AGI Felt in Runnels, much improved (great loc. for antennas, has many lightening rods), Rm E-121, will have phone on Tue-timed it out-big car wreck last night-timed it out- K2TRK getting plane ready- N2VEV 9 WB2QOQ footrace on the 30th- glad Al got sieve working, nothing worse than lumpy dirt- -=-=-21:55 5-15-94 good flea mkt. today, got 10 MHz OCXO (it works), HP osc. (NG), great weather KB2IKC W2ZKE WD4IGL Sawyer & XYL off to Europe-watching baseball- WA2DKJ getting over cold-got 5245L counter at Dayton, oven was invaded, needs new time base-claims 18 hr incubation for cold!!- K2SKV watching baseball- K2AGI 2 on RTTY-W2OKO's computer DIED DEAD!, shipping back to Gateway-teaching 3rd grade again, 2 classes this time-binoculars for proj. image of eclipse works good-BJ's, W2HSA indoor roller hockey-had to write hand-out on eclipse for the total one in Philia., spent a lot of time mapping sun spots- W2/DL6CL DX logging prog?- W2CIY N2YAA incubation period for cold 18-24 hrs.- 11 KB2BBP SMA connector??? WB2QOQ -=-=-22:05 5-22-94 good hamfest yesterday in Warren Co.-Carl on the air twice this week in the AM, may get out June 3-so far, impossible to get lawn mower back from Sears, tomorrow will be 2 weeks, promised in 1 week, had to borrow a neighbors, much black smoke, had to wire the auto choke open-ordered digital circuit simulation program from JDR, they also have the DMM with the RS-232 interface-have the name of guy who sells copies of manuals, esp. Heath, he has the tunnel dipper manual I have been looking for- KB2IKC W2ZKE found prob. with noise from Bosch alternator-good flea mkt.- WA2DKJ Porsche flea mkt. on Sat, sold a bunch-enjoyed the birds at the Raptor Trust in the swamp- W2HSA 5 on RTTY-wild turkey on lawn- K2AGI block party Sat., marionette show a hit- W2GKF sold Azden at the hamfest-Orieols back-spinach and lettuce from the garden- N2TSJ working on general-took his `37 Packard to the Edison show, got 3rd place- K2SKV electric cars in Mrstn. on Tue- W2CIY 10 WD4IGL field day planning tomorrow night-built 11 el. Quagi for ATV- -=-=-22:09 away 2 weeks to Alaska -=-=- 6-12-94 trip to Alaska, won TT tournament on ship-got Julie board, works very well-have a cold- KB2IKC K2AGI Felt is home, got fever-Dick Broduer, N1ETC died- K2SKV no more Jewett chapter-Vict. at Sea playing again- N2TSJ made reel for ant. wire for field day- W2ZKE 2M E-skip active, 6M open- W2GKF WD4IGL Fishawak ATV, 1 mi race worked pretty good, 4 mi not so hot, used my generator, had to gimmick auto choke- KB2BBP K2ASM Ed Ladd died- 10 WA2DKJ -=-=-21:55 6-19-94 good hamfest in Dunellen yesterday-meas. things with the Julie board, wrote progs. for collecting data on x'tal resistance, room acoustics- KB2IKC W2HSA 4 on rtty-done with ice rink for this summer- WA2DKJ moving good on field day- K2SKV swim. pool 84 deg.-enjoyed hamfest- N2TSJ Jul 10, cruise to Bermuda-dislikes Singapore Chinese food- W2CIY got satellite ant. at hamfest-Carl still has fever (~5 PM each eve.), leg good with cane- K2AGI having fits fixing Daisy wheel printer- N2VEV KB2BBP WB2QOQ will bring mast & rope & hardware & ice box & chairs -=-=-22:07 6-26-94 field day yesterday and today, very fine weather from Sat noon-no real problems, AGI got his kite up ~ 500 ft., vast amt. of equip. for ATV, Dave's tape of field day activities hardly any- sporadic E this week, QOQ worked Texas thru New Orleans, ~ 3 hrs, sigs 40 over S9!. KB2IKC W2GKF good field day- K2AGI 2 on RTTY- W2HSA sees two stations on TV Ch 2, (sporadic E??)- N2TSJ got good photos of field day- WD4IGL slowly recovering from field day-4 contacts on ATV, not very good (last year was very good), WB2QOQ 379 for Cw, 332 for `phone, 214 QSO's on VHF! (only a Ringo!)- KB2BBP W2ZKE Morristown field day had wind damage- -=-=-21:44 7-3-94 spectacular door prize, a laptop, from Terry, won by QOQ, Terry has promised two more computers-Mel Brooks movie on HBO last night, `Robin Hood:Men in Tights'-CL has returned-K2RWW's tower struck by lightening- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2HSA new hot water heater- K2AGI 4 on RTTY-doing Spark Gaps-bombed on the first attempt to go to PC Expo, made it fine on the 2nd try-got free chips for the printer repair- W2GKF knows of super rust-preventing paint- N2TSJ KB2BBP -=-=-21:51 7-10-94 programming the Julie board with JIS-W2CIY sold 2 rigs from SG's ad- K3RWW had a lot of lightning damage-Sue's starling back to the originator- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2GKF K2AGI finally finished printer repair- W2HSA W2CIY Carl & Ruby visited, Carl drove to NY state for ham meeting!-assembled satellite antenna, mounted both rotators & ants.- -=-=-21:45 7-17-94 great fireworks in BH last night-good fireworks on Jupiter starting yesterday-good hamfest at Sussex today-tape back-up died, prob. the controller-old 1154 picnic- KB2IKC CL enjoyed the flea mkt.- W2GKF VanSlot called, wanted to know about Club supp. communic.- K2AGI 5 on RTTY- W2ZKE sold poorly at Sussex, temp. nice indoors, saw Pres- N2TSJ ret. from Bermuda cruise, had a great time, liked steel band, a shipmate had GPS recvr.- W2HSA troubles with a bank and an IRA- W2CIY WD4IGL back from Myrtle Beach, great time- K2SKV WB2QOQ -=-=-22:07 7-24-94 dinner at Hyland Inn in Whitehouse, best resturant I ever saw, great food and service, very expensive-MIDI and tape BU parts of computer kaput, fixed it-hired guy to prep. inc. tax returns, charged only $90-73 mag. offered Loran recv. boards for $25, ordered 2 (RLB and JIS)-486 motherboards for $189 (J&R Music World), works great for Poulsen-diggings in our lawn, too(Bay)-ECAP, analog simulation prog., shareware- KB2IKC W2ZKE finishing 2M horizontal- K2AGI WD4IGL big storm on weather chan., prob. go south of us- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- W2GKF starting to build a 12-120V inverter- W2CIY working on circ. pol. satellite ant.-thermocouple from heating supply- K2SKV storm just passed-34 signed up for picnic- W2/DL6CL gel cell- N2TSJ `37 Packard go 1st place at Stirling show-wants flat bed scanner- KB2BBP 12 N2EFR -=-=-20:12 7-31-94 wrestling with a new music prog., its winning-lo rcvr. sens on repeater-many complaints about taste of tomatoes, I don't care- KB2IKC W2ZKE pulsing the repeater-working on his rig- W2GKF squirrls getting his pears & apples- W2HSA daughter (near Philia.) had some damage from tornado!- W2CIY working on satellite ant.- 6 N2TSJ pulsing the repeater- -=-=-21:34 8-7-94 great picnic-great hamfest in Warrington today-most of the week spent in trying to get a 486 motherboard running in the computer, finally sent it back for a replacement-51 deg this morning- KB2IKC K2AGI has a cold, missed picnic- W2HSA trouble with xmtr. on RTTY- K2SKV W2GKF N2TSJ W2CIY W2ZKE Repeater working normally Chuck, I would like to see an HT made with 201A tubes!! -=-=-21:37 8-14-94 happy to see Clinton to take a beating on the crime bill-good flea mkt. in Easton today, no luck on the Ge transistor (for the GR synth), Bay & Harry were selling, Pres, Bill & CL were there-6300's (no mon., for $50)-won a door prize, 1 yr. of CQ mag.-most of the week spent trying to fix the GR synth-.54" rain today-540 meg West. Digit hard drive for $299- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 5 on RTTY-got Bay's thermom. running-big complaint about battery prices-CD-ROM are in- WD4IGL taught AGI the abacus at Perdue?-has machine for taping movies on film-Sawyer fixes VCR's- W2HSA Chuck's triple by-pass now 12 yrs. old, still good- W2CIY got trees cut away from his antennas- K2SKV big storm last night-VCR busted, eats tape- 8 W2GKF sold well at flea mkt.- -=-=-21:50 8-21-94 Bears in southern New Hampshire-got 486 motherboard working in the computer, it's great-meeting tomorrow night-two flea mkts. next weekend, one in Bridgewater on Sat. and one in Matamoras PA on Sun.-repeater NG earlier today but seems fine now-got most of the LORAN rcvr. wired, will test it tomorrow- KB2IKC W2BHM KB2QNW just got on, passed tech +, will go for general on Aug 30, will be at meeting, W2HSA W2CIY K2AGI KB2BBP W2GKF W2ZKE ----no end of trouble getting everyone to go simplex on the repeater freq.!! use 145.75 if repeater not working -=-=-21:51 8-28-94 Sue to get PhD next May-nice to see repeater back to normal-fair flea mkt. yesterday in Somerville, remarkable becuase the club has only 18 members, incl. Barry Campbell-most of the week trying antennas for the loran rcvr., little improvement, have some nasty 120 cy pulses which OKO does not-new 486 motherboard has been flawless- KB2IKC W2GKF street party in Bayonne-did not sell much- K2AGI HT on fritz, using Heath-Bay won Repeater Dir. at flea mkt., collected by Campbell- timed it out- W2HSA 5 on RTTY- W2CIY N2TSJ bought used Ten-Tec Delta HF rig (with Andy's help), needs ant.- K2SKV KB2QNW to go for General on Tue-will try out for Chat. Hi tennis team- 9 W2ZKE -=-=-21:55 9-4-94 borrowed Storm's Loran rcvr and ant, tested other ants., almost anything will do- with JIS, took down Heiner's antenna-486 motherboard still working fine- KB2IKC K2AGI 6 on RTTY- W2ZKE new rig- W2HSA passport renewal $55- N2TSJ off to France- W2CIY N2KRP in Suffern- N2XYU Chris Campbell in Murray Hill-got his General- KB2BBP will have to renew his 30 yr. old green card, now $75- 10 W2GKF -=-=-22:11 9-18-94 40th wedding anniv. last Fri, good dinner at the Lake Edge with Sue, etc., she will get her PhD in May-the `noddies' story-more fiddling with loran rcvrs., AGI's works great- 0.68" rain overnight- KB2IKC W2GKF Colo. last week, Coors at Golden, good samples, Central City gambling, $5 max bet- CL 3KV, 3A power supp. for free- K2AGI WD4IGL W2HSA 5 on RTTY-50th anniv. next x'mas day- K2SKV W2ZKE -=-=-21:52 9-25-94 fishpole ant. on the loran rcvr. working well, quant. results next week-BASIC class resumes Wed. night at 8:30-Warrington flea mkt. next Sun.-fixed 5 ¬" floppy drive, fuzz in write protect optics- KB2IKC W2GKF about to buy a van-apples almost ripe- W2ZKE WD4IGL no luck getting on packet- K2AGI 3 on RTTY- K2JAO K2SKV KB2QNW Joe helped build cactus-J ant.-working 20M on new dipole, 60'- W2HSA hard at work at Mennan arena- 10 W2CIY about to put sat. ant. on roof-has 5 grandchildren- KB2OOW WB2QOQ Oct15-16 boy scouts need ham station-woman looking for ham class- -=-=-10:05 10-2-94 tale of Steve & MCI-Sue on Sci. Am Frontiers TV Wed night, Ch 13 8P-great flea mkt. today in Warrington (with Brett), spent $2, weather perfect, lots of sellers (ZKE, GKF, YEZ) and buyers-loran freq. std. working very well (JIS's board only), prob. good to a few ppb-frost warning for tonight- KB2IKC W2ZKE good flea mkt.-heard Barry Campbell with HT in hot air balloon-worked on Loran many years ago- KB2QNW W2HSA week-end in Poconos, some rain-5 on RTTY W2CIY ready to put satellite ant. up- K2AGI back from Maryland- WD4IGL KB2BBP just back from Texas- -=-=-21:50 10-9-94 Alan Alda really enjoys learning about science and works for scale ($300/day) on the Sci. Am. prog., no noddies, record hi temp. for bacteria is 112 deg C, archebacteria one of three main classes of living things, the others are bacteria and then all others like trees, worms and people, Sue does DNA sequencing to char. them, 12 in filming crew + 1 bear man, spent 1 day in lab and 1 day in Yellostone for the 10 min. segment, Sue sez she will have to learn to talk slower, IU has a free training course in how to be interviewed- great hamfest yesterday at Teaneck-no luck getting WEFAX via KAM, but CW works good-meeting Tue night- KB2IKC K2AGI patched driveway, air hammer good for tamping-deer ate the Hosta- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- W2CIY Terry & Sawyer helped but satellite ant.- N2TSJ back from France via Houston!- K2SKV W2GKF deer ate all chrysanthemums (sp?)-got 14A pwr supply at Warrington-Feb 17 is the auction- N2QNW KB2BBP WB2QOQ Sue's notebook upside down briefly!- -=-=-22:00 10-16-94 small hamfest yesterday in Scotch Pls., got nice 7" color TV, $60-making meas. on Bay's Systron-Donner counter, looks very good-auction at Boonton Elect. very interesting, meas. equip. sold too late to be there, nice Clausing milling mach. for $300, large Xerox mach. $300, Ozalid mach. $200- W2WKL is back, liked the GPS rcvr.-no luck rcv. wefax on HF, CW good- KB2IKC W2GKF K2AGI W2HSA Philia. repeater strong-no frost yet-at Mennan rink, guys looking for a place to film a spoof on the hockey strike for Conan O'Brians show, got in the film (Fri. at 6:45AM), kids vs. oldtimers, took all day to tape, paid scale-5 on RTTY- W2CIY satellite ant. good, Oscar 13, strong when over central Africa, no QSO yet- W2ZKE KB2QNW with JAO, put up ant.- WD4IGL -=-=-22:45 10-23-94 Sellersville hamfest rained out today, Bay & I got as far a Somerville-flock of 12 robins today-installed replacement tape back-up drive-Chuck on Conan O'Briens TV show?-.5" rain today-looking for 2M base station, synthesized, >5W-new repeater working good- KB2IKC W2ZKE hamfest much like Dayton during the cloud-burst- W2GKF went to Sellersville, did not get out of car, hard rain- W2CGX v. scratchy- K2AGI sandblasted car, primed, ready for paint-wookpecker making holes in house-151.4 Hz tone on repeater- K2SKV N2TSJ progress on the HF antenna- W2HSA 8-10:30 power failure today- W2CIY planted 300 bulbs- KB2QNW on crutches, sprained ankle playing tennis- W2/DL6CL 3 satellite QSO's-21 Mhz to sats., CW (does SSB also)- 12 KB2BBP art. on hamming in Times, NJ section-RACES exercize on Thur.- WB2QOQ Hustle next Sun-CQWE Nov. 12-13- -=-=-22:14 10-30-94 Pres Conrad died on Tue. of pneumonia-new repeater working very well-clocks reset- shots for pneumonia-had a bit of a problem with skunk in garage Tue night-prog. to calc. pi to 14 decimal places-Englishtown flea mkt. is alive and well, bigger than ever, the hub-cap king is still there-the Overlook Hustle went off nicely today thanks to the usual competent communications by club members-MH lunch on Wed. KB2IKC W2ZKE doing leaves- KD2KW back porch painted, doing leaves- K2AGI has lousy cold-still de-rusting & painting car- W2HSA W2CIY HF band opening- N2TSJ Pres helped start on 2M-Andy helped put up 110' antenna- W2GKF tennis today- AA2RT Staten Is. Xmas party, Fri., Dec 2, pneu shot good for how long? Walt sez 3-5 yrs. -=-=-21:50 11-6-94 Sue got to name her hot spring in Yellowstone-"Obsidian Pool", was called "Jim's Black Pool" but Park Serv. does not allow naming after people-vote for Haytian since Lautenberg's record shows him to be a flaming liberal-am on CompuServe for a 1 month free trial, e-mail from the Internet works fine-finished the leaf problem today-auction in Fairlawn next Fri nite- KB2IKC W2ZKE 2m SSB open to FL this week- K2AGI 5 on RTTY-finished painting car-teaches tomorrow- W2CIY W2GKF N2TSJ prop. taxes in BH 7% compounded over quite a few years- WD4IGL garage sale next Sat & Sun- W2HSA prop. tax 20% higher than last year- W2QNW -=-=-21:57 11-13-94 CQ-WE contest this weekend, finally re-discovered how to do RTTY-bird feeders up and filled-Terry's yard sale very nice-27 deg Sat morning-meas. steel wool as low current fuses- KB2IKC N2TSJ passed written part of general exam- not 2nd round W2GKF K2AGI got his gas meter read via closed ckt TV-teaching grade school tomorrow- W2CIY 4 on RTTY- W2HSA max. acorn crop, also doing leaves-Philia. yesterday- KB2BBP Shank's mare mobile-Chatham HS now has HF rig- K2SKV house being painted-Rudy Kerl out of hospital- 9 W2ZKE WD4IGL made $1884 on the benefit yard sale- -=-=-21:55 11-20-94 finally gave up on trying to make my Loran board work, new pre-amp no better- setting up to meas. temp. coe. of crystals- KB2IKC CL W2CIY no RTTY-got a new computer AST, N2TSJ W2HSA W2GKF WD4IGL going to Rochester for Thnksgiv.- 8KB2BBP -=-=-21:40 11-27-94 snowed about «" tonight, get snow rpts. from all over-made oven to meas. freq. vs temp. curves of crystals, wrote prgs. to collect data, got lots of data-downloaded some files from CompuServe-auction of video and audio equip. on Tue. in Boonton-progs. to create single-image random dot stereograms, very interesting- repeater sounds really good KB2IKC W2GKF working on inverter- W2ZKE W2HSA 1" snow, now melting- N2TSJ working on 13 wpm code for 10th Dec test- W2CIY house full for Thksgiv.- 7 K2AGI v. close to min. for X'mas. dinner- -=-=-21:48 12-4-94 Radio City tree has 25,000 7.5W lamps, this is nearly 200 Kw or 1600A at 120V, about $20/hr, req's solid Cu 1" dia., buss bars up the tree?-new X'mas party loc. a great success, but need PA system, I forgot to mention that Dick Eckhardt, K2CCN, recommended the place-fertilized the lawn- KB2IKC accept guesses about X'mas tree no. of lamps & power------- W2/DL6CL 10,000 10KW-liked party- W2ZKE 60kw 10,000-found party much improved- W2GKF 26,000(remembered from past), 8 kw-trouble disp. 60 Hz on `scope (?)- WD4IGL complete rebuild of ham shack- N2TSJ 30kw 4,000-much practice on code, 5 days to test-retired from 35 years at EXXON- W2CIY 20,000 150kw-2 CW QSO via satellites- W2HSA corrected house wiring-son is a ChemE with EXXON in Houston- 9 K2AGI 8,000 200kw-new stuff with QPRO-X-10 not very reliable- -=-=-21:56 12-11-94 ?Hall effect device?-new bird feeder has squirrels baffled-.68" RAIN KB2IKC hear crackling on repeater? W2ZKE K2AGI teaches tomorrow- WA2DKJ still working on house- W2HSA K2JAO W2CIY KB2QNW W2GKF inverter nearly done- WD4IGL Rod Coppola (Ch 13 xmtr) doing ATV with Terry- -=-=-21:52 12-17-94 Long article about Chuck's 50th wed. anniv. in Star-Ledger yesterday, pic. of Chuck and Peggy skating at Mennan-mutual fund strong in GPS?-will not be here next Sun., to Buffalo, another monster snow?-Whippany lunch tomorrow- KB2IKC N2TSJ bad cold-flunked 13 wpm code test- K2SKV trip to Spain & Portugal- WA2DKJ siding the house- W2CIY K2AGI fixing old Grundig rcvr.-sinus infection-grade school grad. tomorrow- W2GKF 5 football games in 2 days-Colorado 250 tape back-up, all OK, added 4 meg RAM, now 8 meg.- W2ZKE KB2QNW WD4IGL -=-=-21:57 1-1-95 back from X'mas at Buffalo, never below freezing, nice time, Sue gave me a CD player, real good, no end of complaints from the cat about being in the cat hotel-good fireworks in BH last nite- KB2IKC W2ZKE WA2DKJ W2HSA K2SKV K2AGI 2 on RTTY-having fun with my book on astronomical calcs.- -=-=-21:35 1-8-95 read "The God Particle" over x'mas holiday, fascinating, Leon Lederman, experimentalist, big physics, Fermi lab and SSC, high energy physics-discovered that WWV announces GPS satellite status (now 25 birds) and Omega status at 15 mins. after the hr., also solar activity-rabbit in back yard-***door prizes at meeting tomorrow nite KB2IKC W2HSA 4 on RTTY- WD4IGL rebuilding the shack-going to Miami tomorrow, cruise to Bahamas, gone a week-LOTS of door prizes coming up- K2AGI N2XJ Hudson div. meeting next Sat-discard Commodore computer?- W2CIY N2TSJ 6 CW contacts- W2GKF KB2BBP -=-=-22:04 1-15-95 making meas. on oven-controlled crystals oscs., new ckt. and software-3rd day of record high temp., got to 62 deg. today, v. prob. due to El Nino-scheme for discouraging geese-Chivas Regal LED ad in New Yorker-Dislexium- noise on the repeater- KB2IKC W2/DL6CL Pentium problems and Windows calc. is wrong with 2.0 - 2.01- K2AGI Britta water filter- W2HSA line voltage went to 144V!, then failed, restored to 135V!, burned out a fluorescent lamp, not ballast-good for Kitta McPherson in Star Leg.- K2JV last week in CA for big floods- K2SKV best price on Aquatreads at Sears- N2TSJ working HF- W2GKF reserve Mon eve a week from tomorrow, my talk on Loran as a freq. std. agree with Kitta Barry still talking to Bulgaria? Freq. for Sat broadcast for Click & Clack? -=-=21:49 1-22-95 constellations have been wrong, bad news for astrologers-anyone want a clarinet, needs pads?-did not find Click & Clack at 10:00 Sat on NPR- HP inkjet printer Tommy's BBS**see printout-with JIS, picked up the 27" Sony TV (from Helen Wolf) for the club- KB2IKC W2GKF doing kitchen over- W2ZKE doing 2M contest- K2AGI W2HSA 5 on RTTY-snowing ~1"/hr- W2CIY CW via Oscar 13, many contacts- N2DDZ Al-v. bad tone- WA2KDJ doing plumbing, new pressure reg., filter clogged up- W2/DL6CL struggling with CAD prog. for house layout- KB2QNW bad elec. window in car- -=-=-21:58 1-29-95 Laudise will give a talk on turning around the growing burden of environmental over-regulation, it will be at Arnold Aud., Tue., Feb 14 at 10 AM., all are invited.- whiskers grow 15 mils/day, 6"/yr, between 10,000 & 30,000 whiskers/face, "tougher than Cu wire"-Kundrat, strange results measuring voltage ratio across res. in series with an inductance-Super Bowl playing- KB2IKC KB2QNW car window needed new motor-joined dance group-redoing kitchen chairs- W2GKF football not very good, outrageous half-time show- K2AGI indexing QRZ CD-ROM- WA2DKJ hawk on picnic table again- KF2YV Rob- W2CIY 3 on RTTY-Felt at SB party & 64th wedding anniv.-DX via OSCAR-13 satellite, not crowded, ordered dual-ax rotator- N2DDZ crackly-Collins- W2ZKE 6AK6 tube?-going to FL- -=-=-21:53 2/5/95 14" snow here Fri. nite, the cheap electric snow blower handled it nicely-made gold leaf electroscope, works well, sens. ~ 100V-made Cockroft-Walton voltage multiplier, works but not as advertised-nice article about Sue's work on Yellowstone hot spring bacteria in Feb. Discover mag-Los Alamos found some of the mass missing from the universe, they have fairly good evidence that the neutrino has a small mass, about 5 ev (an electron has a mass of about 500,000 ev)-looking for 2M base station- KB2IKC K2AGI snow blower working good-meetings will now start at 7PM- W2HSA 0 deg now-had 10"-also good cat fish- WA2DKJ funny AC motor- W2CIY meas. 13"-got the 2-axis rotator for satellite ant.-bombed on RTTY- WB2YUU car just missed him at end of driveway- WD4IGL burned up snowblower-got on packet OK-81 days `till Dayton- K2SKV back from TN, FL, SC etc.- W2GKF 10 KB2BBP N2DDZ Al W2/DL6CL -=-=-22:04 2/12/95 From Guiness Book:Highest voltage transmission line is 1.33MV for 1,224 mi on the DC-Pacific Intertie (?), world's most trying golf course in Clemonton NJ, 20 mi SE of Camden.-K2AGI straightened me out on the voltage mult. and it works as advertised- KB2IKC K2AGI found tire leak (while Coby was playing bridge)- WD4IGL 28.8 modem and ProComm running- W2HSA WA2DKJ W2CIY KB2QNW Click & Clack, 1AM Sat nite, WNYC 94 FM- N2DDZ got Advanced- 9 KB2BBP mountain of oak from blown down tree- W2GKF -=-=-22:10 2/19/95 good turn-out for the auction-ice skating growing in popularity (Star-Ledger)- forward drop of a transistor as a diode very linear with temperature-11 squirrels breakfasting-bombed on Click & Clack-ad in QST looking for Collins 75A1-made deer filter for bird feeder- KB2IKC W2GKF K2AGI good profit at auction-3 new members-timed it out- W2HSA many skaters- K2SKV `eat more squirrel'-Bushnell passed general code test- W2CIY WB2YUU Warren hamfest, May 20- KB2QNW enjoyed auction- 9 N2DDZ -=-=-21:54 2/26/95 Bell Labs News:soliton tech. permits data transmission rates of 10 Gb/sec over distances of 21,000 mi. (earth is 25,000 mi. around) and wavelength division multiplexing using 17 different wavelengths gives data rates of 340 Gb/s over 150 km., glass co-ax sure beats Cu co-ax.-outstanding case of people abusing technology, in Oklahoma hog calling contest, hog callers were using microphones and PA systems! the audience seemed to see no problem with this??-sucessor to the Pentium, what to call it, I suggest sexium-went to RC model show yesterday-3" snow today- KB2IKC W2ZKE back from FL, looking at living cond., Orlando flea mkt., « as big as Dayton!, transmitter hunt, one x'mtr in police station- KA2PUN N2TSJ week at Stowe VT skiing-passed General test- W2CIY finished 3 income tax returns-getting Oscar 13, CW not very busy- W2HSA bigweek at the Mennan rink-not very happy with TurboTax-use plywood blade on table saw for Al, works good! K2SKV K2AGI likes QEX much, GTOR esp.- W2/DL6CL 160M contest, 38 states- 10 W2GKF 2 robins-Pileated woodpecker- -=-=-21:05 3/5/95 got great FFT prog., shareware, from CompServ-top quark found!, now only the Higgs boson to go-25th anniversary of the ACGNJ-the loss which sank the British bank was a loss of only 3%- KB2IKC W2GKF tennis today-DVRA hamfest Apr 2-new resturant, near Marco Polo, bring own wine, Italian- W2ZKE K2AGI 6 on RTTY!, some software probs.- W2HSA N2TSJ 73rd birthday-got general lic. only 2 weeks after test- W2CIY got inc. taxes done- WD4IGL to Texas on Tue-Sawyer in Hawaii-QSO via packet to Maine, takes about 6 hrs- KB2BBP Short Hills Hilton a monstrosity, but great food and service, chat with Dick Cavett, fund-raiser for Shaksper. theater outfit- K2SKV tomorrow is Mar 6, beware!- 11 WA2DKJ got CL's PMP working-got JAO's Baycom working- KG2BE Al-got Advanced-was N2DDZ- -=-=-22:10 3/12/95 working with AGI on ECAP, AC ckt. anal prog., pretty good- KB2IKC my sig. weak?? W2ZKE wants to try ECAP- K2AGI 6 on RTTY-2M CW net??- W2HSA social security being taxed at 85%- N2TSJ K2SKV W2CIY 8 W2GKF WA2DKJ KA2PUN Tom -=-=-21:50 3/19/95 at McCall's -=-=- 3/26/95 Trenton St. Coll. flea mkt. a week from today-ask for interest in an over-the-air class on ECAP (W2ZKE already)-Click & Clack on WNYC 830 AM Sat 1P, thanks to Kirsten- KB2IKC W2GKF a room avail. (`till Tue) at Dayton-got Microsoft WORKS- W2ZKE WA2DKJ got Collins rcvr. cleaned and running-friend getting weather FAX with a simple hardware modem, 8.08 MHz- K2AGI N2TSJ inverter not working well- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- W2/DL6CL KB2BBP KG2BE Al back from Isreal- 11 KB2QNW 16 as of last week- -=-=-22:00 4/2/95 repeater has no waterfall noise this week-the new color for M&M's is BLUE!-forgot to listen to Click & Clack yesterday-good hamfest today at Trenton State College, found a manual for HP osc., missed Bay-85% of social security went to income tax- KB2IKC W2ZKE good hamfest- W2HSA needed manual to set car clock- K2AGI doing Spark Gaps- W2CIY N2TSJ W2GKF saw a kestrel-broke his arm!, went to hamfest before finding out it is broken!-sold Colllins rcvr.- K2SKV pileated woodpecker-44th time of teaching- KB2QNW sister got Tech+ and 13 wpm code-first driving lesson next Sat!- 10 KG2BE KA2PUN IRAC Sat Apr 8 hamfest, W. Orange High Sch.- -=-=-22:08 4/9/95 NJ symphony today, from Buxtahude to Stravinsky and Bernstein, had never heard The Fire Bird live, spectacular!, also Falla's El Amor Brujo, very good-hamfest yesterday with Bay in W. Orange, small but OK-anyone have list of phone nos. for free state road maps?- again forgot Click & Clack yesterday, damn!-built freq. mult. for 1 MHz to 10 MHz, not working yet-so far, .20" rain- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2GKF 3 weeks `till Dayton-has ALL IRS forms- WD4IGL big thunderstorm coming- K2AGI sold lawn roller-doing taxes- W2HSA also complaining about tax on SS- W2CIY got tax refunds-will help Terry on RTTY- N2TSJ has the flu-dryer died, exhaust duct clogged-off to FL for 3 wks starting next Sun- WA2DKJ 10 KB2QNW sprained ankle, missed first driving lesson-on varsity volley ball team- K2SKV KG2BE did 1 mi. run- -=-=-22:13 4/16/95 Easter-full moon-typical NJ weather-got most of the HP audio osc. working-Trenton comp. fest next weekend- KB2IKC W2GKF 12 for the holiday-cast off on May 3!- W2HSA N2KRP new HF dipole, about 50' up-to Denver for 4 days at end of week-May 4 will be 1st emergency drill at VA- K2AGI family to raptor center-splicing video tape- 6 WA2DKJ running direct conv. rcvr. and Julie board to get weather FAX, good stuff, 8.078 MHz- -=-=-21:31 4/23/95 great Trenton computer fest yesterday, perfect weather, bigger than ever, got grid dip meter, guitar tuner, Maxtor hard disks 420 meg $165 and 540 meg $175, RAM prices about the same, 3 «" 1.44 formatted floppies $17/100-bought a new camera, a Minolta X-700 SLR, not autofocus, 28-105mm zoom-worked with AGI on the PC board layout prog., not an auto- router- KB2IKC W2GKF played tennis, arm in good shape- CL still remodeling W2YM squirrel shocker made a squirrel go thru a window! K2AGI simulation (ECAP) and meas. on freq. resp. of WEFAX interface agree- W2HSA W2CIY KB2QNW saw photo of Muff Mayo- K2SKV 10 W2OKO knows all about Gulfpark college in Gulfport!!- W2ZKE K2JV KG2BE -=-=-22:07 4/30/95 back from Dayton hamfest today, Fri & Sat perfect weather, rained today, great time had by all, I bought Kenwood mobile 2M rig, 25W, $100, saw ticket nos. above 49,000- .51" rain here today-won't be here next Sun, in IN for Sue's graduation- KB2IKC W2HSA 4 on RTTY-W5YI petition to elim. code practice by W1AW- K2SKV visited Triumph brewery in Princeton, a brew pub, good food- K2AGI needs stuff for SG's- KB2QNW sister won pagent- W2CIY WD4IGL left Dayton 7AM, just got home, just under 10 hrs. in solid rain- KG2BE wants info on Swedish dancing- KB2UDP -=-=-21:49 5/13/95 back from Sue's & Steve's graduation, all went well, fine weather-saw Melville's Rb osc, much smaller than mine-his Garmin GPS rcvr. also smaller and easier on batts., has RS- 232 output and differential, $350-borrowed his LORAN rcvr. to compare to my Rb osc.-helped Raul meas. distortion on his single-ended triode amp, about 6% at 1/3 max. power output!- Andy brought his direct conv. rcvr. for me to play with-laid out a PC board using the computer prog., looks OK-using new (old) Kenwood mobile rig- KB2IKC Oreols back in yard W2GKF tried 7-Up on the lawn to kill fungus-cast off, played tennis-flea mkt. next Sat in Warren Co.- K2AGI doing Mod. 15 TTY, PURPLE decoder project, no end of troubles with the ASCII-to- Baudot translation, I sent it via RTTY, etc.- WA2DKJ clobbered knee on a dirt bike, 490cc (did an inside loop), ride in Cessna- W2ZKE K2SKV remarked on Dr. Sue Barns being in NY Times 4 days after grad.- W2HSA lots of chipmunks- N2TSJ tired, back at 7:30 after drive of 550 mi. from TN, much in rain-Sarasota repeater net poorer than ours even with 15 check-in, also has wanted and for sale afterward-got a `scope-liked Clancy's latest- 9 W2/DL6CL still painting- KB2QNW-KB2EDZ Britt(?), new tech, passed gen. code, going to med. school at Mayo's KB2UDP Dustin -=-=-22:03 5/21/95 good hamfest yesterday, got magnetron to cut open, sold Konica outfit at Bay's booth-May apples in bloom, snowed maple seeds today-can't yet tune the Loran rcvr.-meeting tomorrow night, join us for dinner?- KB2IKC W2GKF good hamfest at Warren Co. fairgrounds, won subscription to World Radio- K2AGI fixed his HT-finished Purple project, all went well- W2HSA spring is busting out, deer flies bad- N2TSJ to Model A Ford get together, brake adj. exercise- 6 W2ZKE -=-=-21:50 5/28/95 on WWW first time today thru CompuServe, Spry Mosaic browser, amazing but slow- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI sold car, after getting muffler fixed at great expense- W2GKF beta of power Darlington?- WA2DKJ consulting with Bob Brown's company-knee still sore-Darlington beta may be 10,000, or maybe 400 for a power device- W2HSA got old lawn mower working- N2TSJ car ready for parade tomorrow, rain or shine- KB2QNW 9 WB2QOQ gave arrangements for parade-good time at Rochester hamfest, good weather- W2/DL6CL KB2BBP KB2BE Click & Clack -=-=-22:05 6/4/95 good hamfest at Teaneck yesterday, Bob Mellville rode with me, tuned the Loran rcvr., got some `Screw Grab', Melville sez it works good-Russ Reed, W2HXR, died last Fri.- W2/DL6CL Mac fixed-looking for EGA monitor-now, cars older than 5 years must go to state inspect. stat.- WA2DKJ car inspect. every 2 yrs- K2AGI new loc. for field day, BH HS wants $400 for use, prob. use Chatham HS- K2SKV W2HSA N2TSJ found gas cap after parade- W2CIY good dinner at Tiffany's in Summit- N2KRP lightning killed his ant. tuner & TV, hit tree next door, replaced diodes, now OK- WD4IGL nasty hurricane in FL- 10 W2GKF WA2CJP -=-=-20:25 !! 6/11/95 making meas. with Loran rcvr., uses Micronta RS-232 data link to record, takes about 4 hr avg. to get a few parts in 1e11, adjusted Rb osc. error to less than 1 in 1E11 (1 sec in 3200 years), next step to meas. long term drift, month-to-month?-hearing thunder- hearing static on the repeater-trouble getting Click & Clack on 820 AM- KB2IKC W2HSA 4 on RTTY- W2ZKE getting static, storms coming?- KB2PDW garden growing well-working on field day- W2/DL6CL ground or not the guy wires on a tower?- W2CIY storms are south of us- N2TSJ 80 yr. old neighbor fell off ladder, in intensive care-went to Dunellen hamfest, just a week early- K2AGI blue car gone!-digging in tree lawn, much rocks-Chevy alternator problem-build A-D comverter from ACGNJ, works OK- WD4IGL storms coming- 10 K2SKV WA2CJP KB2QNW -=-=-21:58 6/18/95 v. good hamfest at Dunellen yesterday, bought HP amp. (works) and Heath counter (no work)-strange problem rcv. 820 AM (Click & Clack), last week, unintelligible but good sig. at Mt. ave., this week, good enough to understand, several months ago, good sig.-Sue going to Yelleowstone Tue.-tried the WWW a few times, v.v. slow- KB2IKC W2ZKE woodchucks & wild turkeys- W2/DL6CL sold TS-180 to club member-US beat Mexico in soccer- N2TSJ Moser electronics Randolph off rte. 10-bought tubes for `scope at Dunellen- K2SKV enjoyed Dunellen- W2HSA 4 on RTTY-neighbors saw bears-neighbors petition against cell-phone tower W2CIY K2AGI got windshield wiper working, a struggle!-back trouble- W2YM Geo.- N2XJ field day site?-Hudson div. meeting Jul 8- W2GKF not avail. after Wed.-Maine fishing last week, 80 bass one day, about 1 lb., no prob. with black flies or mosquitos- KB2PDW 13 WA2DKJ PE-75 generator is working, a little hard to start- KB2QNW -=-=-21:32 6/25/95 field day went well, good weather, using a ladder and pole instead of the main tower was a good idea, congrats. to Joel for organization, PE-75 a beast to start but ran perfectly, bad luck with ATV, no contacts but elaborate set-up-story of R&D of charcoal fire starting methods-Devils won Stanley cup- KB2IKC WA2DKJ looong bike ride-a few parts left over from field day- W2/DL6CL stayed all night, very damp, a fine mist- K2SKV 15, 80, 40, 20, 2 m all good- K2AGI Bay OK but no visitors yet-35 people at one time or another- N2VEV got points for packet- W2ZKE W2HSA 5 on RTTY- W2CIY bombed on satellites, Barr's 10m transciever bad- 10 KG2BE mobile- KB2BBP -=-=-21:43 7/2/95 descendant of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree at BTL-MH, dedicated to Bill Slichter, about 4' tall, has an apple-got monster xtal. osc working good-doing election for TT club- lost power 1 hr last nite- KB2IKC W2HSA geese making a mess of his lake- K2AGI woodpecker drilling house-good news from Bay- K2SKV got story on apple tree from Schreibis- W2CIY K2JAO geese making a mess of driveway-20 yr anniv. on tower- K2JV WA2DKJ trail maintenence at S. Mount. Res.- N2TSJ 5 hr power fail- N2VEV fed up with deer- 11 W2/DL6CL KB2QNW -=-=-21:59 7/9/95 trying to meas. temp. coe. of monster x'tal. osc.-486-66 MHz now $150- KB2IKC W2ZKE replaced 30 yr. old oil tank-good DX on 6 m- W2/DL6CL saw Apollo 13, great- K2AGI 4 on RTTY- K2SKV W2HSA 10m good-jury duty, excused for > 75- W2GKF watching a lot of Wimbledon, can drive next week- N2TSJ KB2QNW went to Lashen's-fix long case clock?-starting electric guitar- 10 KA2PUN -=-=-21:55 7/16/95 Lee Storm's story:in NYC, friend with a red Beetle. Found the passenger side squashed. Found Note to see the circus manager, elephant trained to sit on red cushions sat on the Beetle, they will pay for all damage. Also broke some whiskey in the front seat. Drove home, stopped by a cop because of the damage. He smelled whiskey and was highly sceptical of the explan.!! Took her to the pokey. They called the circus who verified the story and they let her go. Her husband was also sceptical.-Bought 850 meg hard drive at Sussex hamfest, $230, $0.27/meg., also HP audio osc.-missed fireworks last night, shot early because of storm-Sue called from Gordon conf. in New Hampshire- KB2IKC K2AGI W2GKF W2HSA K2SKV N2TSJ W2CIY W2ZKE KB2BBP 10 WA2CJP N2VEV 12 W2/DL6CL -=-=-22:02 7/23/95 great picnic at Hirsches yesterday, cobbler a big hit, great ham and baked beans-X- ray showed Martha rib not cracked, just a bruise-JIS moved me 2" of lat., agrees better with GPS-repeater sens. v. good- KB2IKC K2JV on 287, returning from MA, new granddaughter- K2AGI Hiroshima, with AGI's TTY bit, next Thur. at 9:30, ABC-found his water pressure is 70 lbs, (Rick's was 90)- KA2PUN N2TSJ Packard to car show yesterday-has 90 lbs water pressure- K2SKV his salesman's sample went up in an Apollo- N2VEV can do the taping of the Hiroshima show-Apollo 13 movie v. good- W2HSA the bomb avoided his assign. to land on Japan to plant guide transmitters- W2CIY enjoyed picnic- W2ZKE W2GKF can't find chips for a counter- 12 K2TRK has good stuff for auction- KG2BE K2JAO -=-=-22:07 7/30/95 atom bomb prog. on ABC (with JIS's TTY display of Purple intercepts) last Thur., another grossly biased example of revisionist history, see the whole file of intercepts of messages between Togo (foreign minister) and Sato, the envoy to Moscow-got 2nd magnetron disassembled (hacksawed) from complete oven supplied by Al Perkins, interesting stirrer for the RF driven by the cooling fan, magnets INSIDE the cavity which has steel walls, magnets much stronger than ceramic magnets from 1st maggie-got Bay's 14A power supply in service, works great- KB2IKC ROL strong tonight W2ZKE `Hinder' deer repel., works on squirrels- W2GKF what do chipmunks eat?-installed garbage disposall in sink, now legal in BH-flea mkt. next weekend, Bay and Harry will sell-60 lbs water press.- WD4IGL using pool-painting house- N2VEV liked Terry's pool-went to Solberg balloon fest, v. interesting, about 120- W2HSA prop. tax is 1/6 of house value- -=-=-21:41 8/6/95 repeater working good-Warrington flea mkt. mostly rained out, Brett got a new Everex laptop with 20 meg drive for $300, did not work `till he got all the water out!- new GPS system, $500M contract let by FAA for country wide correction system via geosync. satellite, positions to within 20', ready in `98-Radio Shcak in New Prov. now open-hamfest in Easton next Sun.- KB2IKC W2GKF Kolb, Wadsworth, YEZ started toward hamfest, did not go-played tennis yesterday!- chipmunks grabbing apples off the tree- WD4IGL doing lots of traveling-new ant., sig. much better- W2/DL6CL N2VEV made cactus J, works good- N2TSJ got hearing aid, works fine- K2AGI Guy Brennert's wife died-triple control-line kite flew great at the beach, need lots of wind-check to ARRL for $560 for AMSAT fund- W2HSA 9 W2CIY W2ZKE full quieting- N2KHR Frank, Bask. Ridge- -=-=- 8/13/95 hamfest today at Easton, v.v. good, big!, good weather, parked in the shade-phase comparator ckt. working well, finally-walnuts for Bay-car inspect. in Westfield, zero wait- KB2IKC W2ZKE N2TSJ good news about many complaints about Jennings atom bomb prog.-6-12V inverter working well- WA2DKJ mountain biking- K2AGI sidewalks repaired-fixed gas grill- W2HSA K2SKV N2KHR Frank-saw all of Porgy & Bess-retired & enjoying it, gardening- W2GKF trapped all chipmunks, Perkins trap-timed it out- 10 CL -=-=-22:21 8/20/95 ROL very strong-Bill Bradley quits, can't stomach Clinton or the Democrats-850 meg drive working, not easy-garden expert sez spray-on repellants or electric fence only way to keep deer away, mentioned flashlight battery power supply- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 3 on RTTY-rig died, back to Heathkit- W2HSA skating twice a week-cow bell scares deer away- K2SKV sore throat, etc., back to bed- N2KHR Frank-also sore throat-used car parts store in Ringoes, Lanteni, on northbound side of 202, on network- K2JV needs balun for quad-Brennert doing fine- N2NKB black bear- 9 KG2BE Al -=-=-21:40 8/27/95 good hamfests yesterday and today (Matamoras)-fixed HP counter power switch- KB2IKC W2ZKE Mullica Hill hamfest pretty big- W2GKF 2 rooms at Dayton left-good tennis this morning- W2HSA 3 on RTTY-neighbor house burned total, fire dept. had wrong thread to connect with lake- N2IRN at Mullica hamfest, got printer, TNC- N2KHR K2AGI sold $120 stuff at Sat. (Bridgewater) hamfest- 8 N2TSJ seeing old Exxon buddies- W2OKO -=-=-21:44 9/3/95 millions of recent meas. shows that normal body temp. is 98.2 deg. not 98.6. 98.6 due to rounding orig. est. of 37 deg C., "Science" Aug 18,'95, p 992. My meas. show increase of about 1 deg from morning to night and an avg. of 54 meas. of 98.4 NJ will have 6 area codes by 1997, caused by great demand for new numbers, pagers and cell-phones finally found a use for WWW (?), http://www.hamradio.com/ gets Ham Radio Outlet stores home page, should be able to get specs., prices etc. for and item., did not work well with my Compuserve browser, a `phone call would be faster and probably better- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 3 on RTTY-60th issue of Spark Gaps- W2HSA concened about fire hazard in his woods- K2SKV over the flu, knee is better- W2/DL6CL back from northwest, Bavarian village, poor luck with repeaters- W2GKF a woodchuck- 8 N2KHR Frank-liked the China travelogue-found avg. body temp. of 98.2- -=-=-21:57 9/10/95 .23" rain last night!!!-low in the 40's tonight-got Toro electric snow blower ($110) at Warren flea mkt. today-Intel has contract to build supercomputer using 9,000 P6 chips for Los Alamos, 1 teraflop- KB2IKC K2AGI 1 on RTTY-watched a lot of tennis- W2/DL6CL K2SKV street fair in Boundbrook- N2TSJ DC to DC converter working well-`scope is broken, Tektronics no longer repairs tube types-going to Seattle and BC- W2HSA rear-ended a car, burns on arms from air bag!-got some rain- W2ZKE family get-together in S. Dakota end of Sept.- W2GKF -=-=-21:50 9/17/95 lovely 1.28" rain-yesterday our 41st anniv., neither of us remembered, Sue called from Yellowstone (at microbiology conference) to wish happy anniversary-listen for WWV on 20 MHz, here is strong carrier but no modulation, ticks etc.??-new repeater v. reliable- KB2IKC W2/DL6CL sent FAX to Germany, prog. did it 8 times, why??, other computer problems-on AOL-5 times today, heard nothing but background noise at 20 MHz- W2ZKE going th S. Dakota, back in time to go to Warrington-nothing at 20 MHz- K2AGI fixed HF ant., garage door-looking for eclipse software, friend doing astrology- W2HSA N2KHR painting house-nothing on 20 MHz- K2SKV has a cold-sez woodchuck and grits make a great breakfast!- 8 W2GKF gave up on trapping wood chuck, will try 90 lb. 6300V .5A x'fmr. from JIS- -=-=-21:58 9/24/95 putting tomorrow night's talk together-with JIS, simulating quartz resonator on ECAP-0.82" rain this week-42 deg. at 7:30 this morning-got furnace running, thermostat problem-AT&T splitting into 3 parts-heard WWV on 20 MHz twice, S9, mostly missing, 10MHz and 15MHz best with 10 MHz sl. better, day or night-will be gone a week to Martha's Vineyard- W2GKF hit a deer, hood flew up, much bent metal-watched Rider cup golf, US lost-groundhog disappeared- W2OKO looking for person who volunteered to give a talk- WD4IGL block party today-watching football- K2AGI W2HSA 6 N2KHR 260' dipole working good on 160M- -=-=-21:40 10/1/95 back from a week trip to Mystic and Martha's Vineyard, great weather, can't see the charm of MV(??), typical resort area, has nice beaches but water temp.?, Mystic good again, good trained Beluga whale and dolphin show, except $128/night compared to $80 during the week-WB2ROL 4-5 bars tonight-QOQ back from Alaska-missed Warminster flea mkt. today- KB2IKC W2GKF going to Colo. and Nev. in 2 weeks-hit a deer, $3,000 damage on van- W2ZKE drove 4,000 mi thru S. Dakota etc.- WD4IGL using 4 element beam-sad over Dallas football loss- K2SKV 7 deer yesterday-monster net in the south- N2TSJ back from 2 weeks, Seattle, Vancouver etc., natives v. friendly- K2AGI all sorts of RTTY trouble-did del *.* in root(?), cost 3 days!!- W2HSA WA2CJP 10 N2KHR WB2QOQ Overlook Hustle, Oct. 22, -=-=-22:03 10/8/95 Napoleon enjoyed greeting visiting diplomats with a joy buzzer-the Los Angeles police and their crime lab did such a poor job in collecting and handling the evidence in the Simpson case that `reasonable doubt' seemed to me to be unavoidable, e.g., how did EDTA get into the blood samples from the crime scene? and leaving the Bronco in an unguarded parking lot for a week- good hamfest yesterday in Teaneck, a little damp so not as many sellers-KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY-fun simulating 6 pole elliptical filter with QPRO and ECAP- K2SKV 100th aniv. of Marconi's first radio transmission-went to hamfest Lincroft- W2HSA Alinco 2M transmitter died- N2TSJ code rcvrs- N2KHR W2ZKE WB2QOQ -=-=-21:54 10/15/95 Ad in Atlanta paper:"For sale Cray X-MP supercomputer, 5 yrs. old., orig. cost $12 million. With all support equip., ready to use. Asking $30,000 or best offer." (From PC Mag.) this is 0.25% of cost.-managed to get hard drive out of the Compaq, p 12 of 25 page manual on disassembly-discharge curve showed battery at least 80% of nominal-Computer Renaissance, Rte 10 E. Hanover, buys and sells used computers-1.06" rain-Andy let me drive his 914 Porsche, good fun- KB2IKC W2/DL6CL W2GKF in CO last week, Embassy Suites v. nice, Las Vegas at the Luxor, pyramid, diagonal elevators- WA2DKJ replaced main breaker box- N2TSJ struggle with fixing leak at drain of bath tub- K2AGI back from MD-QST field day scores, ours in 75th percentile- W2HSA $5,000 car damage + new steering wheel caused by air bag- N2KHR Merril-Lynch seminar, nice door prizes and lunch- W2ZKE W2YM Geo.-6" snow and cold in CO last week- -=-=-22:05 10/22/95 Sue quoted in a news story in Science mag. about the conference in Yellostone, bacteria she found in Obsidian Pool may be the most primative living organisms, also a picture of her fishing for bacteria in the pool, with a hat, can't see who it is but it looks like Bella Abzug-good hamfest in Sellersville with Bay and Schwill today, some problems with navigation, got another HP AC voltmeter-making more meas. with Rb osc. and Austron Loran freq. std.-hamfest next Sun. at Bucks Co. Community Coll.- KB2IKC W2GKF WD4IGL tomorrow last day of work, 28 yrs.-pulled fed. jury duty for 2 mos.- N2KHR frost last night- K2AGI Storm over with GPS rcvr, v. small, airports in ROM- K2SKV found cold solder joint on Heath SWR meter- W2HSA WA2DKJ Overlook Hustle went well- -=-=-21:51 10/29/95 article in Sci. News:why low friction when ice skating?, pressure melting not expl., true expl. not known-Click & Clack story about the rat in the dashboard-shifting without the clutch-doing inventory of IC's-our black cat practicing for a week for Halloween-more net surfing, heavy seas, v. little interesting stuff found, suggest members keep lists of good sites and publish them in SG's-article in Thur. Star-Leg about thefts from cars in driveways in NP, Summit & BH-good rain 2.3"- KB2IKC W2ZKE Buck's Co. hamfest small but good loc.- WD4IGL got retire. gift, PK232, has it working-2 mo. jury duty starting tomorrow- CL K2AGI got battery for computer, lucked out at Rad. Shack.- W2HSA got car back, all OK-4 on RTTY- N2TSJ W2GKF good apple harvest-tennis today- N2KHR lots of applesauce from Bay's apples-3rd yr. on gutter guard, holes clogged up, now NG- 10 K2SKV good catfish- -=-=-21:12 11/5/95 found way, which costs nothing, to greatly increase accuracy of Micronta readings for noisy signals, will supply software if you have one of these-making more meas. on the Rb osc. using the Loran freq. std., new method improved std. dev. by a factor of 2- organized and inventoried all my IC's, about 1,000 of 200 different types-29 deg at 7:30 AM-Wayne Green's article in 73 Mag. wild, cold fusion, health hints, etc.- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI lunch on Wed.-SG's ready for printer-solved water in car problem, sloppy holes for upper hinge bolts- W2HSA rather scratchy, repeater sens. down somewhat- N2TSJ fixed gas gage on Packard-got piece of paper stuck in Sable dashboard- K2SKV W2CIY replacing furnace, stove, water heater with gas-KC tracker working fine with IT- N2KHR W2GKF couldn't get in at monster AT&T computer auction-homebuilt counter finished but not working??- 10 WA2DKJ thermocouple in compost pile ~135 deg- -=-=-21:11 11/12/95 letter to Click & Clack announced 50 mph car wash-CQ-WE contest this weekend, not as many as last year-1.7" rain, mucho wind-Click & Clack on `60 Minutes'- KB2IKC W2ZKE timed it out-water coming thru the wall- K2AGI WD4IGL still on Federal jury duty, copying RTTY, not perfect-$244 to replace water pump on car- N2TSJ has book on IRA's, is charting rules- W2HSA 1" snow last night-2 on RTTY- W2CIY revising heating system- N2KHR terrible job preparing for new carpet- KB2QNW -=-=-21:54 11/19/95 Peter Winkler, mathematician at BTL-MH, composed 3 rags, I did them on the MIDI system-want 24V, 2.7A power supply-8 std. cells on hand, can use some more-visited Schrage to see his GPS rcvr.- KB2IKC W2HSA 2 on RTTY-lost power for 5 hrs.- CL W2CIY still replacing furnace, air cond.- W2GKF N2KHR painted 2 of 3 rooms, getting ready for new carpet- K2JV -=-=-21:38 11/26/95 biological research missing a high-ticket opportunity, a means of synchronizing leaf dropping for various tree species-Peter Winkler here today to de-bug his piano rags, left 2 more to do- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2/DL6CL CD-ROM trouble- N2TSJ working on Packard fuel gage, hard to get at-can't fix Sable heater-BH new ordinance about tree removal- K2SKV back from TN, FL- W2HSA K2AGI W2GKF tennis today-rebuilding Lambda power supp.- W2CIY auto. satellite tracking system working, hard drive died, transciever died- N2KHR finally finished rug install.-chipmunks build nests in his car engine compartment- 11 WD4IGL (mobile)-latest Bond movie real good- -=-=-22:10 12/3/95 still doing rags with Winkler-pays to shop around, Garmin 45 GPS rcvr. is $400 at BOATUSA and $300 at EB Marine-built a div. by 13 but it divs. by 15??-15 doves-put-put boat made by YEZ-4 contacts on QSO party- KB2IKC K2AGI still has cold-(sounds like a wrestling match)- W2HSA 4 on RTTY-deer fighting- W2ZKE big acorn crop- K2SKV W2GKF also has a cold-JIS got counter running, very strange non-soldered post-tennis today- N2TSJ BIC pen in dashboard of Sable, removed for $641-got gas gage working on Packard- 8 W2CIY WA2DKJ working on microcontroller- -=-=-21:59 12/10/95 X'mas. party went well, free drinks!, parking a little skimpy, K2JV suggests a night other than Fri.-Sue won the J. Robert Oppenheimer scholership, $60,000 per yr. for 2 yrs.-doing some more rags on the MIDI system-8 deg F here this morning- KB2IKC W2HSA 4 on RTTY-6 deg. now- K2AGI cold is better- W2CIY birthday, 80!-timed out- W2GKF N2KHR enjoyed party-has Deere front-end loader!- W2/DL6CL birthday-timed out- K2JV WA2DKJ -=-=-21:58 12/17/95 7 days `till Xmas-an egg or two per day no hazard for cholesterol-Garmin 45 GPS rcvr. v. v. nice, tracks 8 sats., reasonable speed meas. at walking speed, works fine with 6' of co-ax, Andy also bought one-making mag mount for GPS ant. for Sue-top half of a molar fell off, to dentist tomorrow for a Plexiglas job-to Buffalo next Fri-Whippany xmas lunch tomorrow- KB2IKC W2GKF W2ZKE N2KHR K2AGI slipped on driveway, head bleeding, sore wrist- W2HSA N2TSJ 40 yr photo record of house on Timber- -=-=-21:58 1/7/96 thanks to Jim for C&E News article about high-temp bacteria and enzymes-Standard C508A (Stu Blank) HT, dual band, 2 AA cells, .2W, and many other features-QRS piano roll plant in Buffalo-ray tracing prog. for photo-realistic pictures via computer, one took 6 hrs. to compute-For those who were terrified by the EPA's predictions about secondhand tobacco smoke hazards, there is good news, the Congressional Research Service, "called EPA's finding of 3000 deaths/yr from secondhand tobacco smoke `junk science'. even at the greatest exposure levels the measured, risks are still subject to uncertainty, and very few or even no deaths can be attributed to environmental tobacco smoke." But don't look for rescinding the rules restricting smoking in buildings since the bureaucrats rule is "never let science get in the way of a good regulation."-~8" of new snow, show of hands for those that believe in global warming-ROL v. strong-rearranged snow with shower curtins, worked good-leaf blower moves snow pretty good- KB2IKC W2/DL6CL weather in FL cold, no swimming- N2XJ wife and daughter went to CA on Fri-Sat. 13th meeting of Hudson div. cabinet, any suggestions?- K2AGI WA2DKJ K2SKV N2TSJ son, with 4WD, driving to airport-got computer for X'mas- N2KHR KB2BBP W2GKF supermarket jammed, all bread & chickens gone, long checkout- W2HSA 2 wild turkeys frequently- N2NKB 13 WD4IGL -=-=-22:21 1/14/96 the blizzard of `96 has been big news all week, some trouble with water dripping from windows-monthly lunch at MH next Wed.,even if Oak room closed?-lots of both kinds of deer tracks in back yard-11 squirrels at one time-doing some MIDI music-6' icicle over patio door- KB2IKC W2ZKE dug out oil filler pipe- WA2DKJ Julie board microcontroller is pretty good shape-made heater cable from zip cord, Variac into x'fmr.- W2GKF birthday party for 10 yr. grand-daughter-Dr. Harold Chen, BTL, 25 GHz(?)-got rid of most of clients-made snow rake for roof, works good- K2AGI snow blower still shedding bolts, is 40 yrs old-printed NPARC logo in color-found gutter heater cable-needs spikes for shoes- K2SKV W2HSA has 44" snow-finally got to rink on Wed-has water dripping inside- N2KHR wooden shoes don't slip on snow!- 9 N2TSJ N2NKB -=-=-22:16 1/21/96 much of the missing mass in the universe has been found, now only 50% is missing- nice to be rid of most of the snow, getting 1-3" new today-Schwill's putt-putt boat working well-found v. good units conversion prog.- KB2IKC K2AGI brakes fixed in sedan, erratic, new booster unit & master cyl., $350-has many old catalogs-got badge printed in color- W2HSA about 1" snow- N2KHR little water damage- W2GKF will install water press. reg. & gage- KB2BBP unique squirrel-proof bird feeder!- -=-=-21:55 1/28/96 4 cars stolen from BTL MH this week and 2 from BH, one from Wentworth Dr.-Super Bowl Sunday-99% of snow gone- KB2IKC W2ZKE finally got all the acorns out of the gutters- WA2DKJ making casting patterns, dynomometer-wants Apollo 13- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-watched Apollo 13, v. good, Ernie & Rick want to borrow it-1.5 hr power outage last nite-ARRL pubs. special prices- K2JV basement upgrade finished, real good, much light-knows retired master pattern maker in BH- W2GKF late check-in, watching game- -=-=-21:39 2/4/96 art. in today's Times Magazine, an every day use for GPS, finding your car in a large parking lot-Sue & Steve return from England today-NPARC auction on the 16th-found favor from some people, my theory of temperature gradient causing problems if car battery stored on a concrete floor-about 8 deg F here-blow soap bubbles outdoors to see if they will freeze- KB2IKC W2GKF March flea mkt., Mar 24, Trenton State Coll.- K2AGI 3 on RTTY- N2TSJ W2HSA 0 deg F now- -=-=-21:35 2/11/96 expl. theory on batteries, see above-Deep Blue won the first of 6 games from Kasparov, $400,000 to winner, $100,000 to loser-soap bubbles at 10 deg F did not freeze, prob. evaporated first, prob. need lower temp.- KB2IKC K2JAO CL K2AGI found `69 namelist for X'mas. party, 40 names incl. Ralph Hartley- K2SKV big trouble with burst heating pipe, big flood, etc.- W2HSA N2TSJ had squirrel in flue-fed up with new computer and TurboTax- 8 N2KHR -=-=-22:04 2/18/96 only 4-5" snow this week, like falling off a log-big buck in back yard- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY- W2HSA WA2DKJ K2SKV got remotes open- W2GKF auction late Mar or early Apr.- 7 N2KHR -=-=-21:45 2/25/96 Bill Kaminsky died on Fri-spent some time this week preparing talk for tomorrow night-Laudise rented Avis car in CA with GPS system, $5/day extra, good map display and it talks, scroll thru list to set destination, will revise route if mistake made, best to have passenger to watch map display-Office Max alkaline battery prices sl. higher than Radio Shack- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY-cable core problem- W2HSA KB2VVB Morristown, Stew, ham since 1953, back on the air, 40M, 2M etc.- N2TSJ going to FL for about a month- 6 W2GKF trying for Mar 29 for auction- -=-=-21:42 3/3/96 BTL, Fujitsu & NTT announced 1 terabit transmission rate over about 100 mi. of an optical fiber, wavelength multiplexed-measd. freq. vs temp. on watch x'tal, has a turnover at about 80 degF where it ought to be, rather high slope elsewhere-rotation rate of earth declining about .1 usec/day due to dam building-set new annual snowfall record- KB2IKC W2GKF hit in the eye with a tennis ball, is getting better-has 4.7 ohm res. for AGI-redoing bathroom- W2ZKE back from FL, Orlando 3-day hamfest good but cold and windy-PIN diodes info?- K2AGI good service from Radio Shack on replace. transistor- K2TRK working on airplane, about ready to rivet skin on wings-wants GPS ant. per Andy's patch- W2HSA 7 K2SKV KB2VZV Harold in Edison, stockbroker, new ham -=-=-21:52 3/10/96 Compaq & 3-M announced a new 3.5" floppy drive, 120 megabytes, 5X read/write speed- got HP 600C printer, works fine, Bay got one, too-vast no. of grackles- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2/DL6CL painting- W2HSA 4 on RTTY, all OK-v. hi barometer-9" snow Fri.- K2AGI fitting coins in concentric circles-timed it out- W2GKF first robins-tennis next year not on Mon.- 7 N2KHR organizing basement- -=-=-21:43 3/17/96 Comet Hyuakutake is here! May be best since Comet West in 1976, best from ~Mar 23- Apr2, on Mar 24-26 below Big Dipper, ~6 moon diameters-use binoculars, need dark sky-green flap jacks for dinner-putt-putt boats arrived, mine works well, may have boat race at Club picnic-Sue arrived at Los Alamos- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 4 on RTTY- KB2VVB Stu good DX, incl. Bosnia-broken water pipe- W2HSA broken water pipe, pinhole only, soldered it OK- 6 N2KHR eye problems, flashes & floaters- -=-=-21:35 3/24/96 saw comet Hyuakutake last nite about 11P, easily vis. to naked eye, saw fuzzy blob with binocs, just standing in the street near the Green's, thanks to Al Hanzl-good hamfest at Trenton State Coll. today, spent $1.50-ROL repeater v. strong, S3, it is keying up the Whippany machine-Sue called, is about to sign a contract to buy a house for $93,000 in Los Alamos, has not seen the comet-anyone interested in building a seismograph?, Sci. Am. article Apr `96 p100, about 60$ for 3 chips for 3 axes- KB2IKC W2ZKE saw the comet's tail- K2AGI in contact with RTTY fan in St. Louis-new computer batt. from Radio Shack already dead- W2HSA 3 on RTTY- N2TSJ back from FL, cold and windy, red tide in, organisms become airborne and produces coughs!- KB2VVB put up 40M dipole- W2GKF gas co. guy, no heat since last night, bad circuit board-was at flea mkt., got osc. 6"X4"X5", freq?, OCXO, another 5.0195MHz- 9 WA2DKJ interested in seismographs!! sold a bunch at hamfest, ate up all the profits- N2WKS -=-=-21:54 3/31/96 good time had by all at the auction Fri. nite, counter I bought accurate to better than 0.1ppm, not oven controlled-more good looks at the comet-adapted BASIC prog. for Schrage's DMM-Click & Clack have Web site is cartalk.com- KB2IKC W2ZKE saw long tail on comet- W2/DL6CL K2AGI WA2DKJ W2HSA 2 wild turkeys- K2SKV 8 N2WKS -=-=-21:41 4/7/96 Easter Sunday, snowing busily-piece in NJ section of NY Times today on Edwin Howard Armstrong, inventor of FM, father of Betty Wood, 425' tower in Alpine still exists (built in 1937), the Armstrong Tower & Museum on Rte 9 in Alpine can be visited by special arrangement, 201-930-0533-may build a seismograph, have some stuff from the internet, anyone have books on this?- KB2IKC W2ZKE N2TSJ working on the fuel line on the Packard-old car show next Sun at Watchung Hills high school-impedence of undersea cable calcd. as 50.2 ohms- K2AGI avoid PKZIP300, has virus-daughter in MD reports a white unmarked van on street at 11P, went into drive of unoccupied house across street, went into house, called real estate agent, no answer, called cops, arr. in 15 secs., arrested 3 but turned out to be carpet installers- W2GKF big mob for Easter- K2SKV 7 W2HSA -=-=-21:47 4/14/96 trip yesterday with Bob Melville to Kentronics, used test equip. dealer in Allaire, a mountain of good stuff, did not buy anything-new tire to replace one with separated tread- KB2IKC K2AGI ARRL publs. order ready for distrib.-looking for acupuncturist for Coby- WD4IGL has Dayton space-retired since Oct.-fishing- K2SKV 10 deer in yard- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- W2CIY getting over a cold-lots of deer damage- W2GKF x'mas party Dec 5, first Thur- KB2VVB Stu- W2ZKE N2TSJ N2NKB -=-=-22:00 4/21/96 Trenton Comp. Fest. today and yesterday, RAM down to $12/megabyte and 4X CD-ROM drives for $38, 486-66 motherboards $15 (no RAM or CPU), VGA monitors from $50-for table tennis, 3 men and 3 women from US to the Olympics, one of each from NJTTC!, Lily Yip and David Zheung (sp?), other men are Butler & Sweeris-for TSJ, used `scopes, Gen. Calib., 201-428-2880, Cass or Bruce-good news, Sheetz will probably go home from the hospital tomorrow- KB2IKC W2/DL6CL good time at TCF- W2HSA 3 on RTTY-a bear- N2TSJ K2DKY Norm-fair sig-new ICOM, 10W, not full quiet- K2SKV W2GKF enjoyed TCF-great computer poem!!- WA2DKJ ran Porche at Lime Rock-bought computer at TCF- meeting tomorrow night RLB talk on ECAP -=-=-21:43 4/28/96 Sheetz came home from the hospital yesterday but had to go back briefly today to get a drainage tube in his back fixed. His mobility is limited so he has not been in his shack-hamfest in Budd Lake was dinky (and $6) but I got 2 useful items, can't recommend it-KB2BBP totalled his car Friday on the way home from seeing AGI in the hospital, Tony was not hurt-interesting description of spread spectrum comm. in 1996 ARRL Handbook-DOD has ruled that all military planes must be equipped with GPS recievers, (hand-held for the moment) the result of the crash in Bosnia-W2OKO sprained his back working on an antenna but is better now- KB2IKC W2HSA N2TSJ new gas line in the Packard-BH high school cost is $16,000 per student!!- W2GKF finished AC line monitor-got AT&T world net disks, installed it (20 min), registration not done, lines busy on Thru, Fri, Sat & today-has Collins equip. for sale- WA2DKJ both Andy & Reid bought Pentiums at Trenton-did LYCOS on the internet, did good search-Reid has virus on new Pentium- N2WKF W2OKO has `walking pneumonia'- -=-=-21:39 5/5/96 v. good hamfest at Warminster today (with Brett), got a crystal filter ($3), 100kHz and 10 Hz bandwidth, most remarkable, it has 5 crystals in an oven!-this is the year of the 17 yr. locusts- AGI home and doing OK, taking it easy- KB2IKC W2HSA 2 on RTTY-taught navy RT school- N2TSJ met navy RT, Bill Moody-working on Packard fuel pump-timed it out- K2SKV back from trips,good catfish, crabs- W2/DL6CL W2GKF W2ZKE 8KG2BE -=-=-21:35 5/12/96 Jasmine rice-.66" rain yesterday, very cool today and next few days-been messing around with a Hall effect device, not very sens. (~50 Gauss) but very tiny & simple, can detect an Alnico magnet at 1.5" or so-9 at last Wed's MH lunch- KB2IKC W2ZKE ready for Dayton (next weekend)- K2AGI got his Snappy, not installed yet-corned beef & cabbage- K2SKV 2M rig back from repair, worked good then NG then good then NG- WA2DKJ 3 hr. bike ride, not used to it-toroid core, 2" OD tape wound core, talked to Bill Amidon, new catalog incl. tape wounds, some Permalloy!- N2TSJ going to Dayton- W2HSA W2GKF itching to get to Dayton, booth 4686?-tennis this AM- -=-=-20:04 5/19/96 built LC meter kit, very good, will show at a meeting-v. hot and sticky today-tales from Dayton?, should have set up a sked for HF for Dayton reports-fireworks in BH Fri, why?- KB2IKC K2AGI feeling real good-building digi-brain synthesizer, looks good, needs filter-N2VEV reports weather in Dayton v.v. good-W2TW was JW Smith's call- K2SKV fireworks way down in New Bruns.-drained and cleaned pool, doing a little patching- W2HSA N2TSJ back from Dayton, tired, went to Mendelson, v. good weather, rather hot, AF museum great, got LC meter, not as big as Hershey car show-woman sideswiped Bay's rented car in Dayton, group fixed the car- WA2DKJ WB2QOQ Mem. day parade on the 27th- -=-=-21:38 5/26/96 Wayne Green now believes that the moon mission was a hoax!, see `73 Mag, June `96-4 cyl. steam engine with 7' bore and 6' stroke, 15 psi-charging bat. for parade tomorrow-club meet. Tue nite- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-made tiny Allen wrench to disassemble my LVDT, worked-washed car!!- N2TSJ fixing Model A up for parade-got CB rig working- KB2BBP vv noisy- WB2QOQ parade assem. at Lib park lot at 9:25, parade starts at 10-, #29 in lineup on Central Ave., K2JAO KB2YZY just got her call. -=-=-21:37 6/2/96 GPS on golf carts-physics now recognizes 5 fundamental forces in nature: strong, weak, electromagnetic, gravity and duct tape-monorail at Newark airport now running, Kearney connection working on the 10th, direct rail from Summit to Penn station-pkg. for Worldnet avail.-cicadas out in large nos. here, this is the 17th year- KB2IKC W2ZKE home from Dayton and Florida- K2AGI fixed Felt's PK-232, cold solder joint, unbelievable no. of components-new toy, caller ID- W2HSA a woman knocked on door last night saying that a bear was chasing her, bears getting worse-parked in lot D at Newark airport, came back to find car missing, they had changed the labels on the posts- K2SKV pool painted- W2GKF back from shore & Atl. City- 7 N2XJ 2M & 440 bands threatened by commercial interests, will appear in July QST- -=-=-21:50 6/9/96 Kearney connection should start tomorrow, property values supposed to go up by 3%-has anyone ridden the monorail at Newark airport?-cicadas screeching but not in our yard??-meeting tomorrow night-lousy hamfest yesterday in Riverdale, but not far, Dunellen next Sat.-meas'd. x'tal filter, 10 Hz wide at 100kHz-good seis. newsletters from the Princeton High School network group- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-got hospital bill, 9 days $20,000, $750 out-of- pocket-netting over the hostas-timed it out- W2ZKE VHF contesting, mostly 6M, v. busy- W2/DL6CL back from a month in Europe, poor weather, got another putt-putt boat- W2HSA all OK on RTTY- N2TSJ inverter working well-sent for putt-putt boat-`scope seems intermittant- W2CIY AGI put new ROMS in PK232, works well- 8 K2SKV -=-=-21:50 6/16/96 v. good hamfest at Dunellen yesterday, many members seen- deer ate all of Martha's day lillies-cicadas still screeching- KB2IKC W2ZKE back from NY state- K2AGI fixed leak in air conditioner, whopping big job- WA2DKJ cleaned window AC- K2SKV TV gave up, VCR messy, oven controller bad, bad elect. screwdriver- N2TSJ concert in Carnegie Hall, Brahms-added horn relay to the model A, works much better- W2HSA also AC problem- N2XJ joined RTTY net for the first time- 9 N2WKS fishing at K2ASM's-new job, software firm, for summer- W2GKF back from fishing in Maine, bad black flies & mosquitoes, good fishing, hiking, moose & bear tracks- -=-=-22:05 6/23/96 field day weekend, great weather except a little rain last night-fascinating afternoon last Tue with Bill Skolnic!-meeting tomorrow night-cicadas still screeching-Andy fixed the Honda generator, clogged carb., used at field day, ran great- KB2IKC W2HSA 6 on RTTY!-no cicadas yet!- K2SKV good time at field day-Mike Bianci with electric car, Al drove it- WA2DKJ learned some stuff at field day, 600 pts. fewer than last year (no VHF, for one thing)- K2AGI good field day-K3RWW near tornado in Flemington, out of power for 23 hrs.- N2TSJ W2CIY enjoyed field day-lots of hummingbirds- KB2BBP 9 W2GKF WWB2QOQ -=-=-21:50 6/30/96 1.29" rain-blue moon tonight-excellant article in NY Times Sun magazine about how recycling is wrong (except Al), wasteful, should use landfills and let everyone pay for disposing of their own-decided to build a Lehman seismograph, got wire from AGI, $60 from Newark, need _" Al rod and 10" X 40" X «" Al plate-AGI's motor ran 6 hrs. on a capacitor charged to 1.5V- KB2IKC W2ZKE barely making it- W2HSA not full quiet-5 on RTTY- WA2DKJ K2AGI working on medical bills- N2TSJ Packard to car show- -=-=-21:40 7/7/96 have all parts for long period horizontal seismometer, cutting metal-JIS and I have both built working models of a vertical long period- KB2IKC W2GKF sees cicada damage in oak trees-running on new power supply- hamfest next Sun, Sussex-needs band saw blade joined- W2ZKE digging up drain pipe-6 and 2 meter opening- WA2DKJ digging ditches in front yard, gutter drains-has band saw blade welder- K2AGI working on seis.- W2HSA fixing winter damage- K2SKV back from TN, good catfish- 8 K2QKV bringing books to meeting- -=-=-21:41 7/14/96 walnut tree fell on house yesterday (heavy rain left over from hurricane Bertha), looks a fright, damaged only the gutter, glad to get rid of the tree-Kundrat selling `weak tubes'!-why 2 hamfests on the same day?-got ($3) Analog Devices 310J electrometer amp., v. strange-Home Depot has no Pb!-YEZ's book of Sci. Am. projects full of good stuff, e.g., long description of v. tricky construction of Foucault pendulums-looking for 386 computer- KB2IKC W2GKF sold Collins- K2AGI 2 on RTTY- WA2DKJ drain system working well-will make my parts tonight- W2HSA N2TSJ timed it out-may have lead, will look- 7 WB2YUU a real red-neck (sun at the hamfest)- -=-=-21:53 7/21/96 fair hamfest in Harmony yesterday, got a 10 MHz OCXO (Melville $5), v. expensive construction, heart rate meter($5), strobotron tube-seismograph operating with damper and amp., floor is too flexible(?)-got quote of $175 for CF Richter's book, will not buy it- KB2IKC W2HSA 4 on RTTY- W2GKF enjoyed hamfest-needs new transmission, covered by warranty- K2AGI poison ivy from rolling up extension cord- K2SKV N2TSJ talk tomorrow night on lube oil mfg.- N2KHR all sorts of car troubles- K2JAO timed it out- WA2DKJ -=-=-20:57 7/28/96 seismograph working well, damping is good, calibrated, nearly zero amp. noise, seismic noise about 200 nanometers/sec, compares well with PEPP but basement floor is rather flexible & 2 meter rig is a killer, putting amp in shielded box, hook up to computer, need female 37 pin DB cable connector-insurance will pay for tree removal and « the roof-K2AGI on the beach in one of the Carolinas- KB2IKC W2ZKE finisherd drain pipe system-watching olympics- W2HSA N2TSJ pool party with only EXON mob-going to Oshkosh air show-liq. HF- W2GKF watching olympics-played tennis-going fishing in Ontario- WA2DKJ went swimming- -=-=-21:38 8/4/96 Chinese nuclear test on Mon., only 4.3M, 1-5 kilotons, would not have seem it anyway-Barns' Horticultural Gardens open for viewing the 16" mushroom-Sheetz home from the beach with a broken arm, tripped while walking backwards fooling with a kite-got new glasses, much better- KB2IKC N2XJ back from vacation- K2AGI leaving to watch the closing of the olympics- K2SKV W2HSA -=-=-21:20 8/11/96 seismograph caught what looks for all the world like an earthquake but can't find any mention of it on the internet??-did some programming for seis-still looking for a 386 computer-Perseids KB2IKC K2AGI end of 2nd week in cast, only 4 weeks to go- W2HSA a bear K2QKV mows every 4 days to make good mulch, transported 6 raccoons- W2IOC now a VE- N2TSJ went to Oshkosh, amazing, good weather, 800,000, 12,500 planes, many WW-2, lips sunburned- W2GKF back from great fishing in Canada, no catfish- W2ZKE 9K2SKV -=-=-21:46 8/18/96 v. good picnic yesterday, hospitality impeccable, ideal weather, good food & beer, great putt-putt boat race, no prob. with icebergs-Schwill's new (old) Alfa (Giuletta?) is gorgeous-assembling a 386 computer for the seis.-weekly puzzler:how is cast iron pipe made?- KB2IKC W2ZKE N2TSJ has video of mfg. of Boeing 777- W2/DL6CL enjoyed picnic, boat race- K2AGI K2SKV needs rules- KB2VVB Stu- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- -=-=-21:44 8/25/96 meeting tomorrow night-got 8 meg RAM $40 comp. show-Lamont obs. open house Oct 5, a Sat.- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2HSA 4 on RTTY- N3OIE K2SKV N2TSJ K2AGI W2GKF 9 W2OKO -=-=-21:50 9/1/96 hurricane missed us, going to Martha's Vineyard-got 386 working with help of Steve Cohen, seis working with custom A/D board, looks good, now can run 24hrs/day-new roof all done, looks good- KB2IKC W2HSA 3 on RTTY-bear about 10' away- K2SKV K2AGI 4 days to cast off-got car inspectd, finally after fixing brake lights-also had to replace alternator- W2YM -=-=-21:35 9/8/96 got an earthquake on the 6th, good signal-noise, my data predicted dist. as 5100 mi.-on the 7th, the internet reported a M6.6 in the Easter Is. region, dist. 5026 mi. (rather lucky agreement), first wave took 9 1/2 mins to get here and I still saw ground motion 1 hr later, my event time off by about 20 secs., good to have proof that the thing works-grand thunder during heavy rain today-used Andy's Julie board to do freq. response curve of the seis amp. from 0.01 to 15 Hz- KB2IKC W2GKF W2ZKE K2AGI cast off on Fri., doing exercises, better every day- K2SKV N2TSJ W2/DL6CL long ride in the Alpha to Lime Rock-still painting- W2HSA back to skating- WB2QOQ -=-=-21:55 9/15/96 DVRA hamfest near Trenton, dinky, great weather, got 250 meg IDE hard drive $35, not tested yet-good group, lousy food at Wed lunch at MH-computer howling, CPU fan?-caught no quakes this week but fixed the RF prob.- KB2IKC K2AGI wrist hurts after RTTY net, daisy-wheel printer kaput- W2HSA W2ZKE replacing windows- -=-=-21:26 9/22/96 Piscataway auction last Fri. OK, sold an item and bought an item-.44" rain so far today-Monitor for Chuck-Sue took MC course & bought a 250cc Honda-added 0.3Hz lo pass filter, rotated seis. 60 deg. but no quakes this week-going to Los Alamos next Wed.- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI installed new kitchen sink- W2HSA 5 KB2VVB Stu DX'ing, 40M helical ant.- -=-=-21:30 10/6/96 back from LosAlamos, good trip, suffered altitude sickness in Leadville at 10,000ft-v. good flea mkt. in Warrington today-big quake at 4:15 this PM, 3 times larger than any before and about 2500 mi. away, also got one on 10/1 at 3PM from Gulf of California, about the same dist.-good trip to Lamont yesterday, met Paul Richards, famous for recent finding that the core rotates, also deeply involved over many years in nuclear test ban verification- KB2IKC W2GKF K2AGI enjoyed Lamont trip- K2SKV went to Yale-Army game at West Point, real great- 5 KB2VVB doing helical antennas, bifilar winding broadens bandwidth- W2OKO back from 2 wks. in Hawaii, great time- -=-=-21:43 10/13/96 getting over a cold-quake of last Sun. was Vancouver Is. M6.3 2700 mi, best yet-missed the one near Cyprus, aimed wrong & hi noise from the passing tropical depression-Bay in hospital with cancer on spine-meeting next Wed- KB2IKC N3OIE back on air after moving shack- K2AGI ink cartridge failed, dissecting it-X'mas dinner Dec 5, a Thrudsay- K2SKV 5 wild turkeys- W2HSA -=-=-21:29 10/20/96 7.13" rain yesterday!!, worst flooding in basement, no damage-good Hustle today- KB2IKC W2ZKE 1 foot water, water in heating oil-4.45" rain-1st game of World Series- K2AGI 26 new exchanges in our calling area- W2HSA several power failures, no water prob.- N3OIE 18" water in basement- -=-=-21:25 10/27/96 now off daylight saving time-good hamfest in Newtown Pa., went with Mellville & friend, Schwill to take test-poor results on sw. cap. filter for seismograph-got quake from Cent. Alaska- KB2IKC K2AGI Hanchett had triple by-pass, doing OK in Mrstn.-Bay prob. at home-new car battery-Schwill passed advanced test & extra code- sorting crystals- K2SKV WA2DKJ removed tower at Conrad's- W2HSA KB2VVB back from Fl.- N3OIE WB2QOQ -=-=-21:44 -=-=- lost most of Nov. due to hard disk failure-=-=- 12/1/96 got new 1.6 gig hard drive, $200-tyring to hook up a LAN between two computers-Lorena Bobbitt's name perfectly appropriate- 1.22" rain so far-seismic noise ~ 10 times normal- KB2IKC W2ZKE putting ant. on car- K2AGI working on medical claims- K2SKV N2TSJ finished painting basement floor- KB2VVB more antenna experiments- W2HSA needs monitor- -=-=-21:30 12/8/96 good food and facilities at x'mas. dinner, bad choice of day, 1st day of Honakah(sp?)-4 quakes this week, about normal-wrote a BASIC prog. to find RMS level of seismic noise to correlate with weather-MH lunch this Wed.-Barry Cohen off to Mass. to take care of power failure-faster chip- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI no visits to Bay, low white count-2.5 on RTTY-went to HS robot contest- WA2DKJ prob. with RTTY at IF of Collins- K2SKV KB2VVB W2HSA 4" snow on Fri., 2" last nite- N2TSJ has a transit! -=-=-21:50 12/15/96 4 quakes this week, high noise due to nor'easter, much lower tonight, graphic simulation of quake wave propagation in earth-good lunch at MH, ate in cafeteria!-zinc pills for cold symptoms-Skolnic patenting zapper design for squirrels on bird feeders-John Pierce "Nature abhors a vacuum tube"-two bucks in yard last nite-WH lunch on Fri- KB2IKC W2ZKE memory err. in computer- K2AGI YEZ has ~9,000 tubes- K2SKV cleaned gutters- W2HSA lots of deer chased into yard by hunters- KB2VVB ant. work- W2GKF off chemo, feeling much better- N2XJ Walt Creuz wife fell on ice, damaged eye, will prob. be OK-ant. rotator stuck- KB2WNZ Paul-report rain ptoetc@evertech.net-does Hudson div. news URL http://members.aol.com/arrlhuddiv.htm 10 WD4IGL going to Carolinas for x'mas- KB2SNA W. Essex- N3OIE KB2VZV -=-=-22:00 12/22/96 nice x'mas party at WH-2 quakes this week, ElSalvador & cent. Am.-off to Buffalo tomorrow, back Sat.-crippling snow, ~2 feet in S. Buffalo, none in Amherst-Myna bird at MJ's- KB2IKC W2GKF WA2DKJ wood duck flew down chimney, bird OK-bread batch #399- N2TSJ car snapped power pole, power out 4 hrs.- K2SKV KB2VVB 20M hot this week- K2AGI John Sawina's wife died- N3OIE N2NKB -=-=-21:52 12/29/96 back from Buffalo, Sue came in from LosAlamos, good time, white x'mas, warm, Sue rescued female cardinal which died, watched hawk eat another bird-2 small quakes-need fine wire for Skolnic, #42 & # 46, JIS has #44- KB2IKC K2AGI went to clock museum in PA, very good-48th wedding anniv.-4 on RTTY- W2HSA monitor I gave him works fine on RTTY-52nd wedding anniv. on x'mas day- WA2DKJ needs 30 microamp meter-remove stamp?- W2GKF Jim Mann installed 38k modem-some prob. with packet on `75- -=-=-21:40 1/5/97 Fairbanks from -40 to -50 3 days in a row-article from Skolnic on the Fedchenko pendulum clock, fascinating- KB2IKC W2ZKE W2VVB state standard software for fire departments- WA2DKJ N2TSJ got water softener fixed- K2AGI W2HSA back to skating 5 days/week- K2SKV no e-mail address K2JV 10 N3OIE job hunting -=-=-21:48 1/12/97 big quake from Mexico, saturated my amp-got a very peculiar one, not seen by Skolnic-a few inches of snow this week-K2JV QSO with Russian at S. Pole on 20M-10 deg this morning KB2IKC W2GKF wants TNC- W2ZKE has new grandson last Mon- WA2DKJ adding insulation to house-Tyvek coverall & hood, good against fiberglass- KB2VVB working DX- W2HSA N2TSJ putt-putt boat from Am Sci-bad water heater, bad thermocouple- enjoying new chair-runs WIN95- K2AGI YEZ getting new computer with all attachs.-finally found steam engine- 9 N3OIE 12 el. 2M YAGI- -=-=-22:00 1/19/97 -2 F at 7:30 this morning-calc. and meas. response of 0.08Hz LP filter agrees very well-green shadow fron heat lamp- KB2IKC W2GKF back after week in hospital- AB2CM back from Phoenix, 7,200 mi tot., HF rig in cap worked well- W2HSA 3 on RTTY- -4 at 7AM- N2TSJ leak in plumbing- K2SKV K2AGI K2JV W2ZKE KB2VVB 11 N2XJ W2YEZ -=-=-22:00 1/26/97 super LED-AOL disk-at Andy's to to run pulse jet- Super-bowl night-sun belched, got AT&T satellite- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-treas. job transferred to Casey-ARRL handbook on CD- ROM $50- W2GKF 2 months of chemo did no good- WA2DKJ doing more insulation- KB2VVB W2HSA AB2CM -=-=-21:38 2/2/97 Bill Lear named his daughter Chanda, rivals the Butts girls, Ima, Rosy, & Ophelia-struggling to get EUDORA working-Vectorscope for Brett-The Codebreakers-got Walt Creuz'automatic satellite tracker system working, after Andy set up the computer-Fedchenko clock oscillations- KB2IKC K2AGI losing his voice, went to see Turing break Enigma- W2ZKE did fox hunt at Oakland using Doppler, came in second- K2SKV bad cold, went to see TV WA2DKJ more insulation-cleaning up- KB2VVB worked another state- N2TSJ friend has electronics for auction-ham call on CD-ROM, great- got Bencher- W2HSA 5 hrs. of heart tests, all OK- -=-=-21:40 2/9/97 made micro-tilt adj.-ordinary quakes this week-mysterious computer prob. with Schwill, bad ARRL CD-ROM-fight with EUDORA- KB2IKC W2GKF Sharper Image for WWVB clock- WA2DKJ Summit Red Cross now working on 2 M ARIES- W2ZKE K2SKV Apr 5-6 Baltimore Hamfest Timonium-operated from Franklin Institute nicely, great station, very friendly-Al & Martha have colds- KB2VVB N2TSJ W2HSA 9 K2AGI repl. batts. in computer- AB2CM -=-=-22:04 3/2/97 back from ~2 weeks in hospital, appendicitis & partial obstruction, that all seems to be OK, may be a problem with enlarged prostate, will see tomorrow-Sue came, was here all week, a delight- amazing to feel fine fed only intravenously-several good quakes, 1 in Iran 1 in Pakistan, killed hundreds- KB2IKC W2GKF lunch last Mon with Jerry Sevick-had fun with packet, etc.- K2AGI did IT for school kids- W2IOC bad cold-sold SB100 to Bob Millar, has old Heathkit manuals, etc.-Hale-Bopp should be vis. at end of Mar.- WA2DKJ prob. with Porsche transmission- N2TSJ back from skiing in VT, a bust, too warm then froze-today 75th birthday, good dinner, gift of label printer from son (stand-alone)- AB2CM 4 hrs to get graphic on screen from ARRL CD-ROM???- W2HSA 9 KB2VVB Stu-maybe 6" snow tomorow- -=-=-21:55 3/9/97 food still doesn't taste good, back tomorrow to Overlook for an overnight to fix hernia & prostate-my birthday on Tue.-got paper from Scolnic on bubble tiltmeter as a seismometer, looks very good, he has one and may be able to get me one, needs Par lock-in amp.- little seismic stuff this week- KB2IKC K2AGI wind dumped limb on car, dented fender-got NOVA running- W2GKF sounds pretty good-maybe some snow tonight-nominated JIS for Hobbiest of the Year for ACGNJ- KB2VVB has a cold-has DSP chip for Jim- WA2DKJ W2HSA N2TSJ cold gone- -=-=-21:50 3/16/97 got 2 quakes on the 11th, Philippines & Kermadec Is.-got a paper on an electrolytic tilt meter which sounds like a good seismometer, trying to track one down- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-saw Hale-Bopp at about 19:30, very good- W2GKF went to computer show in Mrst'n, nice layout- KB2VVB still flu problem- AB2CM watched soccer & tennis- N2TSJ mic. or switch v. noisy- W2HSA WA2DKJ saw the comet- K2SKV worker W2ZKE who was mobile in Georgia-great comet, good tail- exp times for comet? 15-120 sec -=-=-22:08 3/23/97 Steve Cohen resurrected my 850 meg hard drive, magic! also fixed a nasty problem with EUDORA-v good auction on Fri night, gym is a good place, 60-70 people, sold ~$90 worth, Steve & Andy really kept things moving-saw Hale-Bopp tonight in spite of full moon & impending eclipse, max. at 11:39PM-small quake at ~3PM today, max. vel. only a few wavelengths of light/sec-meeting tomorrow night, ARES- KB2IKC W2ZKE back from FL-saw comet- W2GKF sounds real good-kudos to auction committee-Cohen fixed printer prob.-Bridgewater coin show- WA2DKJ N3OIE off to Singapore to see parents, trip to JKF ~1 hr each way- KB2VVB getting over cold-good DX this week- K2AGI got car back from new cam shaft, not running good, hard to start-went to open house on house AGI lived in 40 yrs. ago- K2SKV N2TSJ duct cleaning??-timed it out- AB2CM road rallye thru Hunterdon Co., very pretty- W2HSA wife fell on steps, had police & ambulance, damaged hand- 11 K2JAO -=-=-22:12 3/30/97 big snow tomorrow, 60 deg on Wed-Easter today-feasted on leg of lamb, browned potatos, asparagus, wine KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-got replacement coo-coo clock bellows- K2SKV Vail Cummings in hosp. with pneumonia-good comet, took photos- WA2DKJ Upgrading & Repair of PC's, Mueller-efficiency of 60 Hz x'frrs.?- KB2VVB Weather Channel no good on snow, use NOAA weather- W2HSA has Atari & Radio Shack computers, upgrade to PC???- N2TSJ ditching to reduce water is basement-Micro-Mark in BH, modelers tools catalog- 8 W2GKF to make split-pea soup-prob. get new computer, Gateway & Dell have best prices- W2ZKE got new memory in computer- -=-=-22:00 4/6/97 big snow on Mon.-Bay died this afternoon-John and I have designed a new filter for the seismograph and I may get it running this week-the electric seat adj. and electric door locks on the Sable don't work, a circuit breaker is too hot to touch-got all clocks reset for day-lt. sav. time- KB2IKC repeater sens down W2ZKE K2AGI working on taxes-trees bashing 2M antennas- K2SKV Bay sounded good on the net yesterday-good sight of comet N2TSJ old car swap meet yesterday- KB2VVB W2HSA 5 trees down, 1 at 45 deg, 48 hrs with no power, 26" heavy snow, some limbs 6" dia broke off- W2VF 10 yr old daughter getting interested in hamming- K2ASM -=-=-21:31 4/13/97 meeting tomorrow night, APRS with Keith Sproul, no door prizes-good results from the auction, net $259-did taxes, took completed forms out of the envelope from the accountant, bill $90- hawk flew over tonight- KB2IKC W2ZKE working on mobile HF rig-will bring comet pics to meeting- KB2VVB K2AGI finished taxes-hawk in back yard for 15 sec. at a time-has new book on filter design- N2TSJ to FL this week- W2HSA gasket in heater broke, flooded basement-power off 1 hr today- 7 K2SKV -=-=-21:47 4/20/97 good talk by Keith Sproul on Mon, got APRS running here, not easy, Ralph a big help-Warren Co. hamfest, Trenton comp. fest next weekend-laser speed guns illegal- KB2IKC KB2VVB DX quiet, Luxembourg new, N Dakota-bought used ICOM-738- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-APRS effort- K2SKV comet fair-copier cartridges $50 with return, $55 without- W2HSA little snow this morning, more branches down- -=-=-21:30 4/27/97 poor hamfest yesterday, got flyer yesterday-good Trenton computer show today with Dickel and Barry Cohen-Sony monitor died, where to get repair?- KB2IKC W2ZKE yard fertilized-did not go to Trenton- WA2DKJ Harrison Labs-got a Pentium 200-got color scanner- W2HSA 5 K2AGI got SCSI controller for the 850 meg hard dr.- -=-=-21:35 5/4/97 the electron is 100 yrs old this week, JJ Thomsen, etc.-good hamfest Warminster ARC-good place for monitor repair $90 1 day service in Roselle-Andy, URL for LVDT & force bal. seismometer-URL for lat & lon of any town- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI source of cheap watch batts.- K2SKV got pool pump motor fixed- AB2CM W2HSA wind damage to trees- 7 KB2BBP new dog- K2JV N2SGV Lee -=-=-21:40 5/11/97 DX on Iran quake, 7.3, killed at least 2400, v. strong here, 6500 mi., .2mm/sec, above bg for ~ 3 hrs., LQ trav. time 50 mins.- Dayton next weekend- KB2IKC N2TSJ back from 3 wks in FL, drove, planes full, bad love bugs-lost a hearing aid, $900- W2ZKE driving to Dayton- WA2DKJ Chatham RACES, poor direction finding-got Felt's beam down- doing another Porsche engine- KB2VVB back from MA- K2SKV bear in BH-NP?- K2AGI SG's ready-map of club members- W2HSA may move to PA or TX- K2JV -=-=-21:50 5/18/97 seismically quiet week-good weather at Dayton?, any great bargains?-no luck using laptop to run Julie board-good bunch of door prizes at meeting-exterminator to treat for termites tomorrow- KB2IKC N2TSJ gardening- KB2VVB good 30m DX- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- K2AGI WB2QOQ -=-=-21:33 5/25/97 big `quake started here ~19:30, still much above BG after 1 hr, Kermadec 7.5, 3.6S at date line-0.83" rain so far today-finally stumped Steve Cohen with the old Compaq laptop, parallel port- KB2IKC W2HSA 2 on RTTY- N2TSJ got repl. hearing aid- K2AGI can't march tomorrow, bad back, will ride with Jim- W2ZKE WB2QOQ parade at 10:00- -=-=-21:35 6/1/97 only 2 quakes all week-20,000 snowballs of 20 tons ea. per day!- KB2IKC W2ZKE fixed ant.- AB2CM saw NP parade w. Club on Ch 35 TV- KB2VVB back from Poconos- K2AGI 3 on RTTY- W2HSA -=-=-21:32 6/8/97 v. good hamfest at Teaneck, 50% bigger than before- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI SG's done- WA2DKJ N2TSJ has transit-contractor digging trenches- W2HSA K2SKV -=-=-21:39 6/15/97 magnetic field sensor programming, Lambda supply!-Scolnik's GPIB problem-need mobile RTTY rig-e-mail from Terry- KB2IKC W2ZKE vv noisy- KB2VVB good DX-973 area code- K2AGI replaced muffler- K2SKV new area code 732- N2TSJ new mike-trench cost $2,000, not working-CAD prog.- W2HSA 973 area code- AB2CM Lime Rock yesterday, car OK- -=-=-21:57 6/22/97 got HP5370A time interval meter, list $16,900, not working- going sideways on Bill's GPIB problem-v good hamfest in Dunellen yesterday- KB2IKC W2ZKE good sales at Dunellen- K2AGI 4 on RTTY-good sales at Dunellen-got big car jack- K2SKV cleaned garage- W2HSA many deer, no bears-done with skating-thunderstorms today- K2JV back from MA- -=-=-21:29 6/29/97 v. good weather yesterday & today for field day, big pole went up and down with a lot of yelling-food by S. Cohens v. good- finally got prog. for mag. field meas. running with all bell & whistles-WWVB clock finally lost sync. in my basement- KB2IKC K2AGI new roster- KB2VVB field day on Camelback, 6M good- WA2DKJ only person 2-7AM- W2HSA K2SKV eat more venison!- AB2CM KB2UQV -=-=-21:44 7/6/97 `totally accurate clock'-2 quakes today-MH lunch Wed.-good fireworks in NP- KB2IKC K2AGI color print of Mars pics-updating e-mail addr. and area codes- WA2DKJ W2HSA N2TSJ installed sump pump, a mess, not tested yet-water heater failed-fan in furnace burned out-car stalled, fuel pump $350??- W2ZKE has working scanner(the one he won at the ACGNJ meet.)- K2SKV Tony in hosp. 2 weeks, got a pace-maker- -=-=-21:50 7/13/97 Venezuela `quake-block party this PM, Sue and Tom leaving, Sue to Microsoft rsch.-GPIB programming this week,very difficult- turkey vulture ate dead rabbit in street- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI SG's ready to copy w. new roster-2 on RTTY- K2SKV first dip in pool- N2TSJ drier quit, hard to get at- WB2YUU running NT, req. 64 meg RAM- -=-=-21:38 7/20/97 QOQ's tower went down in Fri. wind & rain, big trace (~20 mins) on seismograph-KB2PLL, Gary Mason, near AGI, 2 trees down, one fell on the roof into his bathroom, OKO, Schwill & Steve Cohen powerless for a long time-vv good flea mkt. at Sussex, got polar planimeter ($20), hand truck-got GPIB running on plotter but inconsistent values on the (Melville) HP counter-strong `quake (6.2) from Mexico yesterday, smaller one from Alaska- KB2IKC K2AGI back from vac.- KB2VVB flagpole at fire house loads well from 180 to 10 meters- WA2DKJ W2VF -=-=-21:27 7/27/97 working on Scolnik's GPIB prog.-cat to the vet- KB2IKC W2HSA KB2VVB good DX this weekend- W2ZKE N2EFR WA2DKJ WB2QOQ -=-=-21:20 8/3/97 got Scolnik's prog. running to take data from HP counter-Dave Berry:rubber-powered airplane, rubber band weighs 90 lbs.-$6500 electric bill-SAS published my scheme for the seismometer calibrator-Hirsch, Oct speaker?-gold-leaf eletroscope dead!-ARCRON clock not sens. to power failure- KB2IKC K2AGI back from SC shore-house AC icing up-getting driveway re- surfaced- KB2GEG Adam- W2HSA 4 on RTTY- K2SKV picnic next Sat.- N2TSJ finished redecorating a bedroom-Packard to Mackungie PA, some overheating- W2ZKE I get G. Peterson for meeting Oct 27 WA2DKJ -=-=-21:52 8/10/97 article on seis-calibrator published-revived drowned laptop- KB2IKC W2ZKE enjoyed the picnic- K2AGI great picnic, lost comb:Bocce game?-driveway re-surfaced- KB2VVB week in MA- K2SKV W2HSA K2GPM Don Florham Pk. repeater failed at during Don's final--- -=-=-21:37 8/17/97 finished rotated `quake map-small `quake over dinner-fair hamfest in Oakland yesterday, no 3 «" floppy drive, got DOS 6.21 and installed it- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY- KB2VVB W2HSA N2TSJ going to CO & NM for 2 weeks next Sat.-timing problem with Packard- WA2DKJ finished 2 cars- K2SKV W2ZKE -=-=-21:56 8/24/97 quake map now avail. on psn net, via FTP-Times art. on jump starting cars-looking for 3 «" floppie drive with connector on the left (viewed from the rear)-hamfest in Bridgewater small but OK-went to Photonics Rsch. lab picnic, Alastair has enormous lab- KB2IKC W2HSA 3 on RTTY- K2AGI installed a borrowed Ringo- WA2DKJ still working on house-beware AAA etc. using 24V to jump start cars!- W2ZKE noise- K2GPM -=-=-21:38 8/31/97 much work on bearing & distance progs. with JIS-ROL on Long Is. coming in on the WH repeater-$3500 to repair HP5370A Time interval meter- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY-SG's ready-found MAPPER on CD-ROM-Kirsten assembled her computer and got it working- W2HSA WA2DKJ helping Felt with antenna- W2ZKE installed rig in `97 VW- K2SKV -=-=-21:40 9/7/97 more mapping-finished radiation treat. for prostate cancer, used 23 MEV x-rays, no side effects, PSA down to 1.5, Dr. pleased-go to Los Alamos on Thur.-MH lunch on Wed.-offer MAPPER- KB2IKC AB2CM got 2 trophies at Lime Rock concourse- W2ZKE WA2DKJ when to pick canteloupe?- KB2VVB worked several new countries from Poconos-has 48 states- K2SKV closing pool-Wed. Dec. 10 at Fields for X'mas dinner- K2AGI W2HSA 41 deg. this week-back to Mennan rink 5 days/week-bunches of deer- K2GTN -=-=-21:45 8/21/97 back from LosAlamos, AGI had a hard time finding us at the airport-seismogroaph down, did not re-boot- KB2IKC WA2DKJ K2AGI KB2VVB back from PA, worked a bunch from Scandinavia- W2HSA bad allergies from pollen now- AB2CM fixed riding mower- N2TSJ perfect weather in New Mexico-bad hum- -=-=-21:41 9/28/97 HP5370A time int. counter saga-Italy `quakes small here, aim wrong-Andy, flow meters in Mark's-can't boot 386 from hard drive- KB2IKC K2AGI got his house painted-WWVB clock running great-fixing YEZ's `scope- N2TSJ front door sticking- WA2DKJ back from Pocono raceway, had a good time- W2HSA never found a way to keep leaves out of gutters-wild turkeys- N2EFR -=-=-21:55 10/5/97 fall `Trenton' computerfest with Andy today, got AT&T Safari laptop, mint, $110!- parts for Zenith laptop-Compaq 386's, 2/$15! KB2IKC WA2DKJ saw Reid, doing well, will be out in about 36 hrs.- KB2VVB some good DX-graduated HS with Joe Reid- K2AGI up the tower 3 times, fixed ant.-more tests before operation next Thur., has moved shack to 2nd floor-Joe Reid should be home in few days- W2HSA AB2CM heard from Barry Cohen on telephone, has apartment- -=-=-21:28 10/12/97 JIS had prostate oper. on Fri., getting along well-Kirsten back for a few days from Cornell, likes it, chem. is hard, major is bio, has good roommate-going to Syracuse for MJ funeral tomorrow, back Thur.-got house elect. service inc. to 100 amps., ready for new furnace and AC- KB2IKC W2HSA 3 on RTTY- WA2DKJ K2JAO doing quite well-driving the Porsche at Lime Rock good fun-got joystick for flight sim., good stuff- KB2QNW n2rcp N2TSJ cracked a rib moving bad washing machine- -=-=-21:29 10/19/97 plane back from Syracuse, 5 hrs. late taking off, asbestos panic with air controllers at Newark, 40 min. wait for taxi-100th anniv. of JJ Thomsens discovery of the electron-car exceeded speed of sound-new furnace & AC-dinky hamfest in Newtown, PA- KB2IKC K2AGI taking it easy after getting out of hosp. Thur., prostate removal and kidney stone- K2SKV AB2CM K2JV tomorrow, 14-15:00 UTC 14.180-14.190, 14.320+/-5, e-mail not good- W2ZKE back from 2 weeks in west-Joel in town- KB2VVB back from Bahamas- W2HSA 2 on RTTY- -=-=-21:35 10/26/97 phase change of tin lost Napoleon's war against Russia-went to Sellersville hamfest, med. size, rather chilly-about 1" water in sump after a long period of dry-long trip report from K2JV via e-mail- K2AGI has phlebitis, taking pills-has a list of equip. from Rowan estate- K2SKV N2TSJ back from trip to FL, bought a small place to spend part of the winter- KB2VVB got 50th state for WAS-CW- W2HSA KB2IKC W2ZKE -=-=-21:48 11/2/97 Alinco HT either 2M or 440, $88, ad from Tech America-got IEEE-488 board and HP5370A time interval meter working together!-2.31" rain-invented new type of spirit level per a plastic cigarette lighter, will test performance- KB2IKC W2ZKE has a cold but working on antennas- K2AGI WA2DKJ bought CO detector, LCD disp. 0-900 ppm- K2SKV did not need to show up for jury duty-chasing deer out of yard- KB2VVB got QSO's from all 50 states CW- W2HSA lots of wild turkeys- N2TSJ Dover sci. book catalog-changing banks- WD4IGL here from North Carolina at Sawyer's house, going back tomorrow, son working here at AT&T- -=-=-21:45 11/9/97 CQ-WE contest-flu shots-big `quake in China, 7.8, and one tonight- KB2IKC WB2YUU Jim-moving to northern Scottsdale, small company, systems & services, KB2VVB sent off stuff for WAS-97 for DXCC, just got Greenland-kb2vvb@juno.com-getting on packet- W2HSA N2TSJ buying house in FL-bruised leg working on trailer- K2AGI big hassle about computer virus which came with CQ-WE stuff- AB2CM got packet perfected to Flemington- -=-=-21:51 11/16/97 MH lunch last Wed., big turn-out, heard a lot about Barry's trip to Ukraine-more programming for the HP5370A TI meter-1st snow & ice this week, 0.1"-great bunch of door- prizes at Club meeting-enormous flight of starlings- KB2IKC W2ZKE doing leaves- WA2DKJ KB2VVB e-mail working thru JUNO, free- K2AGI working on database of WH RC- W2VF W2HSA 4 on RTTY-snow trouble getting to Mennan on Fri.- N2TSJ leg bad, getting better-Model A meeting, battery exploding- -=-=-21:57 11/23/97 turkey day coming up-Will Rogers, piano roll, Jeepers creepers- lots of e-mail from PSN-programming the 5370A-Freq. Cont. Symp. Procs., cellular `phone system complicated- KB2IKC K2AGI replaced cord wind-up in lawnmower, all sorts of problems with spring!- W2ZKE doing leaves- KB2VVB DX'ing- W2HSA N2TSJ repl. bearings in trailer, leg better- W2VF 3 on RTTY- -=-=-21:41 11/30/97 cleaned gutters-leaves blew back by big wind on Thnksgvg.-trippped to Oakland- KB2IKC W2ZKE KB2VVB using JUNO for e-mail, software free and no connect charges- N2TSJ K2SKV K2AGI repaired ant.- W2HSA -=-=-21:46 12/7/97 a date in infamy, see who remembers about when they got the news about Pearl Harbor attack-got 11 tons of _" driveway stones, about twice too much, neighbor (Stan) took about half and even spread some around the garage-Ernie & I spent 3 hrs. trying to install EXCEL, NFG!-meas'd. Rockland adj. filter (from Scolnik), very nice when circuit card installed the right way-got Radio Shack WWVB clock working OK- KB2IKC W2ZKE at Military acad., at dinner when PH news- K2AGI doesn't remember about news of PH, did a lot of chemistry in HS-moved back to upstairs- W2HSA in a car when news of PH-still remembers the `phone nos. of all the kids in his Scout troop- K2SKV for PH, in Binghampton, working with Dad on model RR, Toscaninni, Ben Grauer- KB2VVB up & running on packet- -=-=-21:35 12/14/97 programming and massaging data for Spencer-seismically quiet-club dinner last week-WWVB clock still dead on-Joel, KB2PDW, is back for a while, may work for Lucent- KB2IKC W2ZKE KB2VVB packet working very well, incl. chat room around the world- K2AGI W2HSA 5 on RTTY- -=-=-21:25 12/21/97 root canal tomorrow-got adj. damper built and working-good X'mas party with the Whippany club-off to Buffalo on Tue.-got a great paper on the Fedchenko pendulum clock from Scolnik-1st day of winter- KB2IKC W2ZKE KB2VVB got APRS running-99 cards for DXCC- K2AGI 5 on RTTY- W2HSA X'mas day is also 53rd wedding anniv.- N2TSJ over 10" rain in Tampa- W2VF KB2QNW -=-=-21:46 12/28/97 had good X'mas. in Buffalo, Sue came, no snow there-cat home from hotel-CAT on plane back- KB2IKC K2AGI 5 on RTTY-48th wedding anniv. today-good X'mas in Maryland- W2HSA N2TSJ married in France during a general strike- W2ZKE got Radio Shack WWVB clock running OK- K2GPM Don, upgraded to General- -=-=-21:43 1/4/98 both WWVB clocks OK-anal. of Fedchenko rate data- KB2IKC K2AGI SG's ready-5 on RTTY-good effect of Zn pills on a cold?- W2HSA bad cold- N2TSJ good tarp for trailer- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:44 1/11/98 both Rad Shak & Clockit WWVB clocks still dead on in basement-more anal. of Fedchenko data-borrowed tilt meter from Scolnik-lunch at MH this Wed.-v. bad ice storm up into Canada- KB2IKC W2ZKE working on mobile rig, getting ready for trip to FL-gets 60 kHz- KB2VVB stopped at ARRL hqs. several times- N2TSJ ready to go to FL-built cactus J ant., works well- K2AGI helping Ralph produce the NPARC web page, www.qsl.net/nparc- W2HSA WA2DKJ nearly finished with Felt's ant. base-Steve will move to FL- -=-=-21:55 1/18/98 Repeater down, using club freq.-exploring Rockwell tiltmeter, v. strange, built tilt table, least count 2 arc secs.-Fedchenko clock working pretty good-seismically quiet- KB2IKC AB2CM water in back yard from snow- KB2VVB good DX-needs 1 more card for DXCC- WA2DKJ 12 bit A/D in DB-25 shell-talked to Ivy about tiltmeter- K2AGI working on web page with Ralph- W2HSA 2" snow-expects big day tomorrow at ice rink- W2ZKE 2M contest rather dead- -=-=-21:37 1/25/98 tiltmeter working well , sens. at least 0.2 arc sec with no amp.-both WWVB clocks still OK in basement-Super-Bowl in progress-got geophone-Barry to talk at club tomorrow- KB2IKC KB2VVB got cards for DXCC-good QSO's via packet-got v. small TNC, powered by serial port, neat for lap-top- K2AGI 3 on RTTY, late to get on- -=-=-21:28 2/1/98 48 robins in yard yesterday, a bunch back today-tomorrow, groundhog day, a day set aside for finding a hog to grind up-tiltmeter running along with Lehman, waiting for a `quake- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-working of SG's for home page- KB2VVB using packet with Telnet- WA2DKJ comparing GPS with KKR, same ref. geoid?- W2HSA daughter to install new computer in 2 weeks-lots of wild turkeys- K2JV mounted HF ant. on new van-likes home page- -=-=-21:30 2/8/98 got `quake on tiltmeter, OK-winter Olympics on-sumo KB2IKC W2HSA 5 on RTTY- KB2VVB had wrong e-mail addr. for K2AGI-has Juno, only e-mail-too busy to DX- WA2DKJ has a cold- K2AGI pushing the club web site- K2SKV KA2PUN worked some DX on CW-snow blower working- -=-=-21:38 2/16/98 trip to Scolnik's today, delivered the tiltmeter-discovered effect of drafts on op- amps (AMP01 on load from Andy), covered with Kleenex (put in vacuum box?)-good turnout for Wed MH lunch- KB2IKC KB2VVB cold today-got QSL card from Russia arctica- K2AGI got computer running with greatly improved video (with my help)- WA2DKJ letter from Bushnell, cleaning up his new place in FL, found some archery stuff-saw MIR come over (as predicted by Instant Track), vis. even with lots of street lights- W2HSA 20 wild turkeys- K2SKV 5 wild turkeys-QSO with Les in Germany- -=-=-21:37 2/22/98 KB2IKC KB2VVB W2HSA 4 on RTTY- K2AGI KC2RLM K2SKV Fri. seafood buffet at Fields "splendid"- WA2DKJ DOVE sat. 145.825 in 15 mins.- -=-=-21:42 2/29/98 Alan Alda = Alphonso D'Abruzzo-improving prog. to collect data with the Micronta DMM-repeater too noisy, net run on 145.75- KB2IKC K2AGI 6 on RTTY- KB2VVB a little DX, bands not real good, now has 122 countries- W2CGX got antenna up, S3 here- W2HSA W2VF setting up HO train on 4X8 plywood- K2SKV 28 acres of trains at Northland on 202 K2JV -=-=-21:36 3/8/98 measuring springs, found neg. spring const. & zero length leaf spring- .3" rain so far-Parsippany hamfest yesterday, just OK-QEX cover now in color- KB2IKC KB2VVB good DX this week- W2ZKE W2HSA 5 on RTTY- WA2DKJ sold at hamfest, good sales, bought SVGA monitor $40- K2AGI RTTY journal being revived- -=-=-21:43 xxxx 3/15/98 wrote BASIC to do letter count on a text file, good place to start on cryptanalysis-good lunch at MH on Wed, 10 (?) people-Schwill's tower got taken down- KB2IKC KB2VVB good turnout for St. Pat's day parade in Mrstn.- W2HSA skating 9:30-12:30 daily, Mennan arena-2" snow K2AGI had trouble on RTTY net, ended with only 2- K2JV 100+' crane used to take down Schwill's & Painter's towers, no problem-good QSO with Ukraine, U5WF, 14.170- W2ZKE doing taxes- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:40 3/22/98 2-3" snow last nite-Sci. Am., Philip Morrison clm. on WWVB clocks-Hedy Lamarr patent on spread-specturm-back cover of QST with hand-held SSTV-much time spent getting access to Webspan working-new power supply for Rb osc.-NPARC auction next Fri. nite- earthquakes, incl. Greenland Sea- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI 5 on RTTY, printer prob.- WA2DKJ AB2CM K2SKV KA2UZM Paul Cedar Knolls- W2ZKE W2HSA 4" snow, could not find Sun. paper- 10 KC2RLM APRS experiment with MIR, bouncing packets-son getting Eagle scout award! -=-=-21:53 3/29/98 record hi temps. several days-big week for `quakes, got 6, one was 6.9 in Antarctica, one this PM-good auction on Fri- KB2IKC KB2VVB enjoyed auction- K2AGI 3 on RTTY- W2VF worked 2 in CA on 20M RTTY, long QSO's- -=-=-21:23 4/5/98 WWVB clocks set themselves for daylite savings-Excel, v. slow on a 20 MHz 386 laptop-finished data anal. of lake water analysis- KB2IKC KB2VVB W2HSA finished taxes- WA2DKJ did taxes with Turbo-tax-using IT to get MIR predictions-helped AB2CM take tower apart, steel bolts in Al tower corroded- K2AGI got a tax form from IRS, PDF format on the internet- W2ZKE K2SKV saw MIR nicely- -=-=-21:40 4/12/98 caught a cold yesterday, Martha also, real drippy today-good group for MH lunch- read `Crystal Fire', v. good, like old home week-Joe Painter had a small stroke, seems to be doing very well, will be moving to PA area soon- KB2IKC KB2VVB got Fiji DX, 12M, hi solar index- K2AGI got (twice) bad printer driver from HP- WA2DKJ several observations of MIR using a transit- K2SKV got X'mas tree planted- W2HSA got tax forms sent off- W2ZKE has allergy problem- -=-=-21:42 4/19/98 TCF yesterday, went with Brett, perfect weather, got EXCEL V4, $10, v. different from Quattro but powerful- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 5 on RTTY-enjoyed Trenton-fixed BAS prog. for pand-pass filters from QST- K2SKV W2HSA WA2DKJ Steve Cohen will be around for a week-went to TCF both days, got non-working memory, got it replaced, has 96 meg, really great-233 machine $830|saw Bernie Getz at Trenton, about Rb oscs., www.vigilante-electronics.com| -=-=-21:34 editing help for Winquake-shopping for new computer-sent work on tiltmeter- KB2IKC W2ZKE small hamfest at Cherryville-working of a battery charger- KB2VVB put packet in camper- WA2DKJ Porsche swap meet yesterday in Hershey, prices high, fast drive- K2AGI QOQ tower spectacular- W2HSA K2SKV W2VF has QST's for Stu- K2JV back from MA- -=-=-21:46 5/3/98 potential for all cancers announced in NY Times this morning!, only tried on mice so far, suppresses cancer's ability to create blood vessels, James Watson! believes it will work-was raining here so did not go to Warminster ham fest-Barry Campbell has good clone maker in Raritan, got quote for a 300 MHz machine-v. large `quake, started here at ~19:50, ampl. still increasing 1 hr. later!!, Bill sez a 7.7 near Okinawa, about 2/yr this strong- KB2IKC K2AGI 5 on RTTY- W2HSA AB2CM still! working on tower- W2ZKE -=-=-21:28 5/10/98 got new computer, a big puzzle-Ernie in hospital, chest pains last Thur., has hi blood pressure, may have by-pass- KB2IKC W2HSA 3 on RTTY- K2AGI did SG's-working on finances- W2ZKE N2TSJ back from FL-remo. cataracts from both eyes, real good- -=-=- 5/24/98 Pentium running good, Flight Sim. very good-Bolivian `quake- KB2IKC W2ZKE returned from FL last nite- N2TSJ weeding garden, planting, got back problem-deer have eaten all day lillies, bought motion det., setting up spark coil-Model A ready for parade tomorrow-got 56k modem, son made it work- K2SKV worked ZKE on 40M yesterday in VA-cured deer problem with Milorganite- was at lunch with Betty Wood- W2HSA worked at Mennan today-Mennan planning to install a 3rd rink- K2AGI had no luck with Milorganite on Hostas- -=-=-21:44 5/31/98 {first net data typed directly into the Pentium and caps lock is behaving very strangely} [went to Oakland today to borrow NAWCC Bulletin magazines, Bill gave me Wooward's book] short meeting Mon. nite-Afghanistan `quake killed more than 1,000, got good record here even though it was off the end of my `antenna'-no records of the bomb tests in India and Pakistan- KB2IKC KB2VVB SKYWARN severe weather warning, maybe 2" hail!-133 countries confirmed-did wedding pics for a daughter-tornado in Putnam and Duchess Co., NY, hail etc.- W2ZKE weather front in Allentown, headed this way- N2TSJ resting from re-doing his deck- K2AGI no way to get Coby to go to the basement-3 on RTTY-demo of gutter guards and new gutters, $10/ft, failed on maple seeds, will try Al screen instead-Barry Goldwater died- Ernie had foot amputated, operation went well, will go to Kessler rehab for prosthesis- K2SKV lunch with Jerry Sevick-Cameron took tent- W2HSA wind has dropped off- -=-=-21:33 6/7/98 great hamfest in Teaneck yesterday, got Street Atlas 5.0, MS Office, Office hard to install, but done OK-modem on new computer works fine with CSERVE and internet but problems swapping files with AGI-got junk 2 «" hard drive, will show at meeting- KB2IKC KB2VVB doing someone else's field day- AB2CM Plainfield Ave. all torn up, resurfacing-working on tower, may try Hazer- WA2DKJ re-assembled new Corvette in Michigan-field day coming up-Hanzl & Anderson will do 2M on field day, Barr will do RTTY- N2TSJ bought motion det. for model-T spark coil to chase deer, blew circuit breaker and has sink drain problem- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-Ernie (on Fri) eating better, waiting for bed at Kessler-85 at ACGNJ meeting on Win98- W2HSA á--can't type HAS >>> W2CIY AO-10 good lately- 9 W2ZKE great hamfest at Teaneck- KA2PUN Tom pruning yard stuff- -=-=-21:58 7/14/98 Bill has Russian Shortt slave pend. running, very pretty!-found a way to swap files with JIS, prog. Came with WIN95-good lunch at MH ln Wed.-~4" rain-discovered EBAY Web auction site, remarkable way to buy and sell stuff, Bill sez it works well-got VCR at AT&T employee sale,works fine, fairly easy (also AB2CM)- KB2IKC W2KZE WA2DKJ biting flies in back yard-Ralph did APRS for Fishawak, worked well with GPS x'mit. On Andy's backpack- AB2CM needs swampbuggy to get to tower-needs 2KW dummy load-watching World Cup on TV- N2TSJ motion det. + spark coil for deer hooked up- K2AGI Ernie in St. Barnabas, was in Kessler, will go back to Kessler and then Runnels-got VCR and has it running after much study of large manual- K2SKV back from the South, 2 wks.- KB2VVB got 2 new DX- K2JV back from MA- -=-=-21:58 6/21/98 v. good hamfest in Dunellen, quite hot, got Quattro Pro for Windows for $0.50 but no serial no.-inside of garage was painted, didn't have to move the Jupiter-got thunder on the seismograph, heavy rain-Barry did not go to Dunellen-for Father's day, Martha did king crab leg (1 only)-QST article on freq. Standard using GPS rcvr.- KB2IKC W2ZKE good Dunellen- AB2CM good Dunellen, got Bird wattmeter- WA2DKJ bought Bird at Dunellen from Leslie (K3RWW), he has my Bird also, the two differ by about 12%- N2TSJ good Dunellen-will see Phantom of the Opera this week- K2SKV K2AGI last night (from June) Ernie still St. Barnabas, looking for nursing home nearby, has a bed sore-2 on RTTY-has carpenter ants- -=-=-21:50 6/28/98 hummingbird on front porch, v. briefly-great weather this weekend for field day, Andy's new method of erecting the center pole for the antennas was v. good, good to see Steve Cohen again-found 24 and 25.8 hr. gravity variation components in Bill's Fedchenko clock rate data-seismometer re-tuned, had lost a lot of sensitivity- KB2IKC W2ZKE lots on 6M for field day- KB2VVB windy in Pa for field day- WA2DKJ BBP food good-Steve Cohen has left, looks like better score than last year- K2SKV enjoyed operating, even on CW- W2HSA 2 on RTTY- K2AGI Ernie was in intensive care two days ago but is a lot better today, waiting on a nursing home vacancy- K2TRK back from Rotak engine class in Ohio- N2TSJ wife's birthday- -=-=-21:50 7/5/98 New Prov. fireworks good last nite-calorimeter prelim. experiment looks good- replaced pwr. supply on seis. but strange new prob. with seis. amp-some interesting new web sites, see SG's-devised method of meas. period on seismometer, magnetic drive and look for resonance-Joel Tompkins in jail for stealing and selling guns and parts and for child porn- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-Ernie still in St. Barnabas, eating better, doing a little phys. therapy, will be 2 mos. next Thur.-where is Kirsten?-last SG's before Sept.-property taxes have increased at a vary constant over the last 30 yrs.- W2HSA has paid more taxes on house than it cost- WA2DKJ v. busy-4,078 pts. for field day, > ever before- K2SKV first time into pool, v. chilly-needs 4' of 3-wire Romex- N2XJ disturbed about news about Joel Tompkins-Andy and Joe Reid got Carl's ant. working-has been in house 58 yrs., paid $6,000- -=-=-21:40 7/12/98 good crowd at Wed. MH ham lunch-great hamfest at Sussex today, Andy went with me, I bought only 2 dry cells-great idea from today's Times:(If you think you'll need one) A coffin which doubles as a bookshelf until you need it.-get Andy to tell raccoon story- Micro-Mark per YEZ-trip to Raptor Trust yesterday-calorieter experiments- KB2IKC KB2VVB back from week in the Poconos, got 4 new countries- K2AGI has bulls-eye on arm, Lyme disease?-new oven works good-fixed my disks of Quattro for Windows, needed serial #, also fixed one bad disk- WA2DKJ got Bird slug at hamfest- W2HSA 5 wild turkeys- AB2CM back from Alfa meeting in Santa Fe-daughter here-at hamfest with Cohen, sold a lot- N2TSJ went to Bastile Day celebration in NYC, jammed in mob for World Cup match-two shows with Model-A- -=-=-21:46 7/19/98 7.0 New Guinea, tsunami killed hundreds, my rig down but got 4 others this week-a prog. to time hops on the Internet, TRACERT-some new stuff on the club web page- KB2IKC W2ZKE building 2 balums, old ones v. tired- AB2CM v. happy with linear bought at Dayton-will prepare putt-putt boats- WA2DKJ oiling house siding- N2TSJ working on Model A- K2SKV back from Elder Hostel in Baltimore, had grand time-did TV show at Balt. train museum with Dave Garroway on the Today show- K2AGI Ernie still in St. Barnabas, still improving-daughters left today- W2HSA KA2EGD Don Smith- -=-=-22:03 7/26/98 reason for not cloning humans-guy in the Times today wants to clone Elvis-$5 for digitizing 35mm film- KB2IKC KB2VVB 4-5 new DX's- W2ZKE working on antennas- W2HSA 4 on RTTY-wife having some problems with short-term memory- K2AGI W2VF talked to Ernie who will be moving to Kessler-getting ready to go go to the NC beach, fixing marionetts- N2TSJ dishwasher leaked over shack, bought new one a Colonial, defective, will get another on Tue.-used n-methylpyrolidone to remove paint-working on Model A carbs.-going to France- -=-=-21:36 8/2/98 saw the Russian Shortt clock running today, beautiful workmanship-Chuck to do net next week?- KB2IKC W2HSA no RTTY- N2TSJ going to France on Wed. if space on stand-by, 45th anniv. next Sun.-Andy & Joe helped with Model A, found bent wheels-to auto show in Mckungie with Packard, good show, 1912 Baker electric- K2SKV using the pool- WA2DKJ W2ZKE -=-=-21:34 8/9/98 gone to Halifax, NS to see Sue who is giving a paper at the microbiology conference (~1500 attending) -=-=- 8/16/98 Halifax trip fine, cheap (CA dollar worth $0.65), v. good food, natives very friendly, wall-to-wall with Titanic stuff-putt-putt regatta at club picnic yesterday, radio-controlled boat went OK but very slow, 0.8 grams of thrust is feeble-small hamfest at Oakland on Sat.- KB2IKC KB2VVB W2ZKE enjoyed picnic-tuning an antenna- WA2DKJ replacing termite damage- K2AGI Ernie sounds good, still in St. Barnabas, infected toe-new carpet for all of 1st floor- K2SKV does not use dental forms anymore- W2HAS -=-=-21:34 8/23/98 Bob Laudise died last Thur.-good hamfest yesterday at Bridgewater, maybe 50% larger than before-Ernie may have to have some toes amputated, may have gangrene again- KB2VVB high solar index, working DX-also got Hussain's reply- W2ZKE working on beam and feed system-watching hurricane- WA2DKJ trying software for the Kachina transciever-replacing bug-damaged boards-has 40' Rhon tower for free- K2SKV 0.6" rain, only 0.09" here- K2AGI K2BIV had balloon angioplasty due to a heart attack, getting along fine in Mrstn. hospital- AB2CM got QSL from Mongolia, King Hussain on from DC yesterday, big pileup-Ryan passed his test, bought an HT- W2HAS KB2QNW BACK TO SCHOOL tomorrow- KB2CBC John -=-=- 8/30/98 KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY-Ernie had some toes amputated and has some fluid in lungs which has cleared up- W2CIY W2VF N2BWU on Ringo set up by AB2CM-Ryan's call will issue soon- AB2CM spent about 60 hrs. with Ryan, code and theory- -=-=-21:34 9/6/98 experimenting with a linear Hall sensor-making other magmetic meas.-Brett has a 0 to 2 GHZ recvr. With PC front panel- KB2IKC AB2CM working on motor drive on tower- WA2DKJ went Flemington Fair, lots to eat- KC2EAI 1st nite for Ryan-been talking on a repeater-op. HT on batts.-played golf, just beginning-working on General-has borrowed HF transceiver- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-wrapping up SG's-need club programs-got e-mail from Gary in England- K2SKV Ernie taken to Cedar Grove Kessler Inst. On Thur.- N2TSJ back from 1 mo. In France, had a great time, 45th wedding anniv., great weather, 3 day tour to Channel Is., walked all over Paris- W2ZKE working with a noise bridge- W2HSA has not found problem with RTTY rig-skating 5 days/week- K2WP -=-=-21:59 9/13/98 plotting magnetic meas.-Syracuse devastated by microburst-squirrel eating street??- KB2IKC W2ZKE had the 16 mo.grandson all weekend- K2AGI printed member. renewal- KC2EAI got power supply working- AB2CM working on tower- WA2DKJ S & T tomorrow night on rotators- N2TSJ coated drive with goo, 9 5 gal. pails, took all day with son-took Packard to Belvedere-N.Plainfield still no power yesterday- K2SKV lost 2 trees on Mon. storm, many roads blocked-closed pool-visitor from Japan- KB2BBP finally found the repeater-Val off her cane (had broken hip)- W2HSA problem with rig, audio intermittant- 11 KB2VVB DX not so good- -=-=-22:02 9/20/98 studying FFT prog.- KB2IKC KB2VVB DX not good- K2AGI struggling with a tree, finally got it down-long talk with Ernie, back in St. Barnabas, may come home- N2TSJ looking at 6-12V converter- W2HSA -=-=-21:41 9/27/98 back from Corning & Scranton, found W2ZKE & wife in lunch room-got PA `quake- hurricane week, Georges- KB2IKC K2AGI no RTTY, John killed his H-89-finished cutting up the tree- KC2EAI mounting meters in box for use as voltmeter-got paper license- N2TSJ making an end table-fixing leaky pipe- W2ZKE working on mobile rig- KA2PUN -=-=-21:35 10/4/98 hamfest at Warrington about « size, bad weather, went with Brett-visit yesterday from potential new seismologist- KB2IKC KB2VVB interested in HF RTTY- N2TSJ making end table for FL house-Hershey car show coming Wed-Sat-AT&T fund up since Jan 1- WA2DKJ Porsche swap-meet today-installing new hard drive- K2AGI working on new RTTY interface to PC-no RTTY tonight- K2SKV talked to Ernie who sounded good- -=-=-21:40 10/11/98 Teaneck hamfest rained out yesterday-setting up station data on PSN net-long article in Star Ledger on Berk. Hts.- KB2IKC W2HSA K2AGI can't do RTTY yet- N2KRP on the Parkway, shot some skeet- N2TSJ blowout 1 block from home, big bang, got rebate from Goodyear-did not go to Hershey, rained out-finished end table- KB2BBP did comm. at Archie's for a bicycle run -=-=-21:34 10/18/98 Sellersville hamfest very big this year since 2 prev. weeks rained out-Schrage home-Gary (PLL) Mason here this week from England, sez everything working well over there- Brett calc'd. force-defl. curve for an "elastica"- KB2IKC K2AGI still not working RTTY- N2TSJ ordered Art of Electronics-ESSCO to fix his Barr transit, eyepiece jammed, all fixed- WA2DKJ went biking-disecting my 6V-DC to 110V-AC converter- AB2CM Lancia meeting in Flemington, had a good time- KB2BBP -=-=-21:50 10/25/98 computer & WWVB clocks set themselves to std. time-found URL on electrostatics- KB2PLL here this week- KB2IKC W2ZKE took tower down to fix rotator, open wire- K2AGI cutting a lot of limbs off trees-net RTTY rig still not working-25 members have not yet renewed-has lots of free fire wood- W2HSA K2JAO barely making it- W2VF just got York furnace & AC- N2TSJ loose mike conn?-reading Horowitz & Hill-power washes house every year, 3000psi unit needs handling with care!- K2SKV yard work-in favor of 1 meeting/mo.- 9 WA2DKJ KB2BBP -=-=-21:55 11/1/98 Fri. at Watch Museum (very good!) in Bristol, CT, also carrousel museum-trivia-how many grooves aroung the edge of a quarter (119) and a dime (118) according to Car Talk home page-last night was Halloween, few customers-offered to be v. pres. for the coming year- KB2IKC W2HSA KB2VVB bad car wreck in Bahamas, broken nose, etc.-working DX, up to 150 countries- WA2DKJ making laser pointer device for doing toe-in of cars-my inverter runs his computer and mon. OK- W2ZKE finished working on tower- N2TSJ going to FL on Wed., back in Dec.-has a cold- W2VF had a Triumph TR-3-has RTTY going-got TR-7950 from Uncle- K2AGI RTTY still not working, a great puzzle-big national stir about RTTY pictures, rounding up software-has paid taxes totalling 3 times what the house cost- -=-=-21:53 11/8/98 Ernie on the air tonight!-helped put up QOQ's 80 ft. (!!) tower yesterday-NY Times article about the Navy tapping the Russian undersea cables, used rig by Bell Labs.- KB2IKC W2HSA no RTTY again- KA2PUN W2VF by candlelight, power out about 1 hr. so far- AB2CM working on tower (still!!)- WA2DKJ activating spot welder- K2AGI working on old RTTY pictures, may have to use old H-8 computer- KC2EAI taking TV editing class-put up 40M antenna-got Spark Gaps OK- -=-=-21:38 11/15/98 CQ-WE contest this weekend, quite a bit less activity than last year-doing mailing list for tabel tennis club-left knee, sl. twisted Tue. night, mostly better-Ernie was on this morning with a question about batteries in a laptop (for Bob White)-got book on Navy wire tapping, astonishing!!- KB2IKC KC2EAI got an HF radio, listening on 40M- W2ZKE K2AGI got an old H-89 computer working, lots to re-learn- WA2DKJ helped with RACES drill yesterday-got direct conversion rcv'r working- W2HSA 2 on RTTY (no AGI)-brother died on 12th, down to 5 of a family of 8- W2VF back from trip to Sturbridge and Mystic (now has planetarium), carrousel museum- K2JV in NYC today-still painting house- 9 K2TRK -=-=-21:46 11/22/98 JIS returns tomorrow-book on submarine espionage fascinating, sending to Terry- KB2IKC KB2VVB RS-18 satellite working, 145.812 +/- 5 KC, launched from MIR- KC2EAI 10M ant. up, several QSO's- W2VF putting up x'mas lights- K2EFB has 500' of 75 ohm «" hardline, free- -=-=-21:29 11/29/98 7.6 `quake today!-trip to Scolnik with Brett- KB2IKC KB2VVB good reception of the Russian satellite beacon- W2ZKE WA2DKJ direct conv. rcvr. working well on 40M- K2SKV back from Prague, Budapest, Vienna etc.,- K2AGI H-89 for RTTY still not working-31 signed up for X'mas. lunch- -=-=-21:37 12/6/98 helping Nick in E. Brunswick to build a seismograph-finished leaf clean-up-McCall's birthday party last night, 18 people, very nice- KB2IKC KB2VVB got award for traffic handling- K2AGI elected treasurer of ACGNJ- WA2DKJ using direct conv. rcvr, hi-fidelity, sounds good- K2SKV few heard on WE QSO party- AB2CM still working on tower, all bearings now OK, need some more cabling- KB2BBP does not get SG's- 8 W2ZKE will get new kitchen counter this week- -=-=-21:53 12/13/98 X'mas. lunch yesterday went very well, good food and good facility-Y2K problem:Canadian bank has 1,000 people working on it, $120M budget, AT&T has spent $500M, CITI Corp, $700M, GM, $900M and IRS $1B- KB2IKC KB2VVB selling x'mas trees at fire house-QSL card from Mauritius Is. came- K2AGI no no-shows at lunch, 31 present-2 on RTTY, but not AGI- WA2DKJ got a bunch of Porsche parts- K2SKV pleased with the lunch-having painting done, a mess- KB2BBP -=-=-21:34 12/20/98 not here next Sun., will be in Los Alamos-fine 90th birthday party for Felt last night-tried to make 60 kHz resonant LC ckt., got v. poor Q on the inductor, seems to be high loss in the ferrite toroid-resonance curve of 60 kHz crystal, prelim. looks OK- Burr&Burr transit on EBAY, $850-Clinton impeached, good move-guy coming for motorcycle tomorrow- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI got on RTTY finally, not perfect yet-Whippany lunch tomorrow- WA2DKJ fixed amalgamator for dentist- W2ZKE N2TSJ used car dealer in FL banged his car, ~$300 damage- K2AL new call!, was K2VF- -=-=-21:45 12/27/98 in Los Alamos -=-=- 1/3/99 2.62" rain, too warm to snow!!!, Chicago got 2 feet, a real mess-meas'd. bandwidth of the Kenwood R-2000 rcvr.-meas'd. 60 kHz crystals-set up laptop and DMM to record carrier strength of WOR for Kundrat-Executive board meeting on air tomorrow night at 8P-got replacement monitor-a mess returning from LosAlamos, sat on runway for 2 hrs. in Dallas, no landing time at Newark- KB2IKC W2ZKE going to FL in Feb.- KB2VVB was at ARRL in Ct., used station-great display of X'mas lights in Spgfld. MA- WA2DKJ did RTTY net tonight, not perfect- K2AGI 4 on RTTY, software somewhat a mystery- N2TSJ bought new car for 1st of May, Chrysler Concord- K2JV had good trip to PEI, etc., good hamming on 40M-will meas. rec'vrs.-fnally got stuff from Nick in Bulgaria- K2SKV painting done- -=-=-21:51 1/10/99 trip with JV to see digital camera, Barry Campbell-www.anywho.com-carrier strength of WOR with YEZ-total precip. this week 0.91"-33 cent postage starts tomorrow- KB2IKC KB2VVB rather poor DX this week-4 runs today at the fire house- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-OKO to Overlook tomorrow, aneurism in leg, about a week-working on treasurer's job with ACGNJ- K2SKV N2TSJ to FL on Tue or Wed-to FL on Tue or Wed- -=-=-21:39 1/17/99 ice has started to melt, total precip. 0.51"-60" snow on ground in Buffalo-a nice `quake this week, Gulf of Alaska-tried out color printing on the cheap HP ink-spitter, works very well-helped Kundrat get running on the Internet, Andy finally found the problem with slow transfers-survey of digital cameras-fried squirrel on wires today- KB2VVB chipping ice, street still 2" ice- WA2DKJ did RTTY net for the first time, all OK-fixed YEZ's computer- K2AL working some DX-tomorrow off- AB2CM K2AGI still having trouble logging the RTTY net-learning Quicken to do ACGNJ treas. business- K2JV fixed quad, broken solder joint- K2SKV sore foot, is better- -=-=-21:46 1/24/99 wiped out \WINDOWS !!, a long time to re-install, the v. recent copy on D: was no good???-1.25" rain-Barry C. to give talk at meeting tomorrow on reciever meas.- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI news about BTL Sat. lecture series- WA2DKJ on RTTY OK-helping Bea Conrad with basement water problem- KC2EAI will be at meeting-repl. co-ax on HF rig- KA2PUN gel-cell charging?- AB2CM K2JV back from MA- K2AL -=-=-21:46 1/31/99 program on submarine spying Wed. night, 8 pm, NJN, Ch 50 (our cable is 23).-got digital camera, works great!-business meeting 8PM tomorrow night-great talk by K2JV last Mon.-Super Bowl night-strange problem. With TV, varying volume on Ch. 4-a blue moon tonight- KB2IKC KB2VVB poor DX this week- K2AGI no more more marine CW-working on RTTY pictures-meas'd. Collins mechanical filters- WA2DKJ 3 on RTTY-discovered a bad attenuator-measuring receivers- KC2EAI working on packet-working on antenna- -=-=-21:36 2/7/99 trip to Sclonik today, showed him the digit. Camera, sold the gage block set ($200), he has bought another Russian-made Shortt, not arrived yet-whopping `quake yesterday, Santa Cruz Is., a 7.3-may get 3" snow overnight- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI still having trouble with RTTY software-N2AI had brain tumor surgery, more treatment- W2ZKE has bad neck vertebra, postponed trip- WA2DKJ doing response curves on filters-Drake 1A auction on ebay, funny result- KC2EAI working on antenna- K2SKV back for a week, arthritis in ankle, getting better- -=-=-21:32 2/14/99 more playing with picture software-starting to learn HTML, helps appreciate the Club home page by Ralph- KB2IKC KB2VVB uses 100W lamp for dummy load, more reliable than Bird, self-indicating W2ZKE still has sore neck, sitting bad, standing OK- WA2DKJ some problems on RTTY net, incl. Chuck-aligning Millar's Keathkit SB-100, found problem with Bird wattmeter-Apr. 23 set for club auction- K2AGI still troubles with RTTY- K2SKV ankles much better- K2GPM Don -=-=-21:36 2/21/99 light slowed to 38 mph!!, Bose-Einstein condensate at a few micro deg. K-got a primative web page working somewhat, can't find the bug, Ralph may be able to help-meeting tomorrow night, Andy on direct conv. rcv'r- KB2VVB ARRL DX contest, 7 new countries, 263 QSO's- W2ZKE still has bad neck, sitting bad- WA2DKJ has TNC for Ryan-more meas. rcvr's.-looking at EBAY, got a manual for a Collins- KC2EAI got the flu- K2AGI working on inc. taxes-got info on new RTTY mode from internet- AB2CM doing DX-doing taxes- W2HSA K2JV not well, had flu-ham fest on LI today, got up at 4:30 -=-=-21:36 2/29/99 more work on my web site, most of problems solved-0.62" rain so far today-on-the- air business meeting tomorrow night- KB2IKC KB2VVB still scoring ARRL contest- K2AGI still struggling with tax program!-problems with microphone-2M rig blew fuses, replaced power rectifier bridge- WA2DKJ was on RTTY with old laptop- K2SKV HF rig had short in antenna system- KA2PUN mostly noise- -=-=-21:42 2/7/99 got my web site up and running today, will add more of NPARC from time to time-get feedback, not all browsers act alike-HTML language forgiving of bugs, it just ignores them but gives no diagnostics-FTP program very good, required to upload HTML and pictures to the ISP-how was the hamfest yesterday?-buy `atomic' clock for Whippany?- KB2IKC N2XJ don't need 1 before area codes in NJ-encouraged Ryan to do CW- KC2EAI K2AGI no RTTY-income tax return 18 pages-signed up for cable modem, may be a problem gettin the cable to his computer- AB2CM worked Easter Is, Nauru-Palestinians now on, E4, monster pile-ups- K2AL cleaning out the basement-got video of Rick's tower-286 computer crashed, bad hard drive? -=-=-19:32 3/14/99 143 hits on my web site so far, have added a bunch recently-will get big snow tonight, maybe 6"-ebay now has 1.8 million items for sale-Ernie has prothesis and is up an around some- KB2IKC KB2VVB now has 10 countries- K2AGI much impressed by speech recog. program at ACGNJ meeting, Naturally Speaking, $199- WA2DKJ sent scanned schematic to me and AGI, looks good-had a murder in Madison- K2AL went to computer show- W2ZKE feeling better- -=-=-21:32 3/28/99 URL on lead-acid batteries www.mcnews.com/articles/battery.htm-added some to web site, not necessary to write HTML if only want a place for pictures for EBAY-small core memory card sold for $227!-seismically quiet week-deer ate crocusses-repeater clock almost 1 min. fast- KB2IKC KB2VVB 131 countries confirmed- W2ZKE shoulder better, arthritis- WA2DKJ 2 on RTTY-dug up garden, plant tomorrow- K2AL AGI not well-coaching girl's softball- -=-=-21:26 4/4/99 if stretched out, the DNA (the famous double-helix) in a single cell would be about 6 feet long-Easter, not much of a parade down Martin's La.-Blind Man's Bluff is back, avail. for loan- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI sump pump failed,got some stuff in basement wet, bought new one from Home Depot-new Pentium delivered, 19" monitor- WA2DKJ Honda generator, 1KW, $750- K2SKV K2GPM Don- K2AL grear Polish stew at his mother's- W2ZKE still improving but slowly- -=-=-21:43 4/11/99 meeting tomorrow night-MH lunch on Wed.-www.labx.com is an auction with lab and electronic equip.- KB2IKC WD4IGL loved the Blind Man's Bluff book- K2SKV going to Bridgewater baseball games- W2ZKE shoulder still not 100%- K2AL doing taxes- -=-=-21:26 4/18/99 good talk on finding dark matter in the universe by Tony Tyson at BTL on Sat-sent URL's to Ralph for the web site- KB2IKC KB2VVB weekend in the fire house, a quiet week- K2AGI getting ready for cable internet connection-good time visiting Jim Mann in AZ- AB2CM back from Phoenix-Joe Painter in rehab recovering from pneumonia-got a postcard from K2JV- W2ZKE shoulder getting better-working on ant.-not going to Dayton- WA2DKJ bike ride today-helped Ryan yesterday- K2SKV Tony Tyson works high speed CW on 20 and 40- N2KRP -=-=-21:41 4/25/99 WQXR played a concerto for piccolo and orch., what should you call the sololist-a piccoloist or a piccolist? Announcer seemed to prefer piccolist but may have been kidding. My dictionary sez piccoloist. Some of the notes may have been beyond the range of my hearing.-auction went well but small turnout because of conflict with Raritan Vall.-fair hamfest at Warren Twp. Sat., rather small- KB2IKC W2ZKE KC2EAI moved ham shack to basement- WA2DKJ got a little too much sun at Porsche flea mkt. at Hershey PA- K2AGI Frank Fallon, Hudson div. dir. at meeting tomorrow night-new computer working well on the cable- AB2CM doing more on ant.- K2JAO =-=-21:45 5/2/99 good Trenton computer fest on Sat., RAM now sometimes $1/meg-good Warminster hamfest today-made some changes to my web site, now 268 hits-lawn mower started on first pull after squirt of starting fluid-Barry returns Wed.-anal. Fedchenko clock data- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-good TCF, perfect weather, good layout-tough starting lawn mower- KC2EAI no audio- WA2DKJ enjoyed TCF- N2TSJ back from 3.5 months in FL-had pneumonia-son got appendicitis-has new Chrysler- KC2EYG Joe AB2CM wanting to get ant. up- -=-=-21:39 5/9/99 anal. of Fedchenko data showed 24 hr. (std.dev. of 5 mins) modulation, very likely gravity changes-good FFT prog. if anybody wants it-will show 60 kHz crystal at meeting-e- mail from W2KKR, he may build a seismograph- KB2IKC W2ZKE bad shoulder, won't go to Dayton- K2EFB WA2DKJ long bike ride-fixed Finnegan TV, cold solder joint-fixed Ryan's 2M amp- K2AGI power out last night for 3 hrs, house nearby burned- AB2CM -=-=-21:37 5/16/99 7.0 `quake, New Britain, strange 2nd group, proved not Rayleigh going around the long way-3 days of great weather for Dayton- KB2IKC KB2VVB back from vac. in Berkshires, good weather, good CW- K2AGI Coby at bridge tour. all day-made 44 badges in time for parade-a lot of learning on new computer- KB2EYG wants better ant. for HT- -=-=-21:25 5/23/99 clean-up day- KB2IKC W2ZKE 6m pretty good-shoulder still not fixed- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-much maple seeds in gutters- WA2DKJ working good 20m-finished keyer, works down to 80V line- K2SKV 2 weeks in New Brunswick, great weather, warm-has a bad cold- K2AL worked Bejing (sp?) on 15m, Marty- WB2QOQ -=-=-21:43 5/30/99 parade tomorrow, centennial of New Prov., bigger than usual-Long Island repeater, w2rol, first time in a long time-Indy race tomorrow-pics for Chandross, a problem-Army signal corps museum- KB2IKC N2TSJ bad back, better today-Model A ready for parade- K2SKV K2AL watching Mars and Venus in telescope- WA2DKJ K2AGI got ACCESS running, got good help from Dell-forgot how to make badges, finally got it- WB2QOQ -=-=-21:50 6/6/99 ??Chuck Snyder, last here Feb 21-good hamfest in Teaneck yesterday-Walt Creuz went with me, saw K2AL-restored my HF ant.-deer ate Martha's lillies, but not itis- KB2IKC KB2VVB new grandson- K2AGI learning Quicken- WA2DKJ helping Reid do Chatham Middle School antennas-on-air business meeting tomorrow night, 8:30- N2TSJ Model A popped gas line immed. after parade!- K2SKV friend showed bear photo attacking bird feeder in Clinton- -=-=-21:40 6/13/99 Car Talk, pepper & eggs to stop radiator leak-fawn spent last 2 days in pachysandra, still there at 20:52- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI 2 on RTTY- WA2DKJ N2YMI interested in PE-75 generator-making Ti shift knob for customer-Chuck Snyder is OK, skating as usual, not on net due to rig problems-80 lb black bear off rt. 202 near Morristown- K2SKV -=-=-21:35 6/20/99 v. good hamfest in Dunellen yesterday, Les Hopkins, Barry Cohen and Harry Schwill were selling, bought a `phone from Bob Brown- KB2IKC K2GPM Don Nathan K2AGI field day next weekend- WA2DKJ N2TSJ still a back problem, more than 2 weeks-new HT from Radio Shack, HTX-202 $107, demo model- KC2RLM 1st time on RTTY, good fun, has PK-232 from Whippany club ad- -=-=-21:38 6/27/99 v. good field day, hot and very humid but no rain, v. well organized, v. good food, lots of contacts- KB2IKC K2AL tired from field day, cooled off in pool, can't keep up with daughter's swimming- K2AGI 2 on RTTY- WA2DKJ prob. 200 pts. better than last year which was a record-QOQ saw a bear near his house yesterday- AB2CM N2TSJ -=-=-21:29 7/4/99 The Fourth of July, vv hot and steamy, NP fireworks tomorrow night, may be 105 deg in Newark-house got painted this week-we really need rain-field day pics on club web site, nice job by Ralph- KB2IKC W2ZKE had operation to remo. bone spur from spine- N2TSJ Fl. house had carpenter ants-will not take car to Plainfield parade-deer messing up garden- WA2DKJ hot pack fixed sore back- K2SKV Milorganite works well for deer-first day in pool, warm enough- K2AGI KA2PUN -=-=-21:33 7/11/99 making meas. with blood pressure device-article in QEX about modeling and 3-D display of antenna patterns, free software-6.6 `quake in Honduras about noon today, looked big here- KB2IKC W2ZKE feeling better, still wearing neck brace-worked 2M side-band- N2TSJ flew to FL to see about ants, Terminix treated house-disappointed in shops at South St. Seaport, food OK-glucosamine sulphate for back problem raised blood pressure- K2AGI 2 on RTTY-studying Windows book- K2SKV AA baseball- KC2EYG Joe- K2AL saw 15 spots on sun-5" refractor, home-made- K2TRK -=-=-21:36 7/18/99 turkey in front yard today, pics on my web site-RTTY net started 13" late-tuned up the seismograph to 24" period- KB2IKC W2ZKE went to Sussex hamfest, too hot but v. good-hi temp at home 102 today- K2AGI building electrostatic motor-0.14" rain yesterday- K2SKV last commercial CW transmission this week-to see Joe Painter with K2JV, got ant. up and running- AB2CM at Sussex, selling with K2JV, saw Les and W2ZKE- KB2VVB KA2PUN WA2DKJ -=-=-21:34 7/25/99 Art Storm checked in from car, will start rad. treat.(like mine)-stress test on next Wed.- KB2IKC KA2PUN advice on hose repair?- W2ZKE will be at meeting tomorrow night- N2TSJ French TV news had little about Lance Armstrong winning the bike race- WA2DKJ K2AGI will go to S. Carolina beach on Tue.- KC2EYG -=-=-21:37 8/1/99 bought HP612C printer, v. good, $100 from J & R Music world-2 `quakes today, Kermadec and 1 on CA-NV border, 5.6 followed by 5.2 aftershock, felt in Las Vegas, no damage reported- KB2IKC K2JV just back from Philia., 30th St. station now very nice- AB2CM WA2DKJ KC2EYG Joe K2AL bought Pres Conrad's tower- KA2PUN 8 K2SKV -=-=-21:38 8/8/99 K2JV visited Joe Painter, he can work a repeater, 147.195(?)-picnic next Sat.- KB2IKC K2AGI W2ZKE -=-=-21:16 8/15/99 set 2 world's records for putt-putt boat speed yesterday at the picnic-1 for putt- putt boats in general and 1 for a tugboat pulling a load. The speed for both was 0.1477 mph both upwind and downwind, the scale speed was about twice that of a real loaded tug- good rain (finally!) this weekend, but not for the picnic-Ernie came to picnic!- KB2IKC W2ZKE enjoyed the picnic-2.25" rain- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-K2AL sez Gary Mason will be coming home soon- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:21 8/22/99 7.4 `quake in Turkey on Mon., 12,000 dead so far, v. strong on my rig-a 5.3 in E. Idaho, 160 mi. from Bob Millar in Montana-my GPS rcv'r. works OK after the date rollover- Sue back to Yellowstone for filming with Nova-picnic pictures on club web site- KB2IKC W2ZKE getting old computer to run packet- K2AGI dumping Prodigy off the old computer-book for class is $12.66- K2EFB N2TSJ went to NE for 45th wedding anniv.-heard Boston Symph. at Tanglewood- K2AL still working a lot of overtime-got big job for McDonalds- KA2PUN 8 KC2EYG -=-=-21:39 8/29/99 Turkey `quake moved Turkey 4' closer to Greese-my digital wrist watch working good- KB2IKC K2AGI no RTTY-corresponding with woman in Israel on her RTTY book- K2SKV Phil Sproul has equip.- N2TSJ painting house- KA2PUN WA2DKJ took pics with my digit. camera, big files-rcv'd Elicraft kit, looks great- AB2CM 70' TOWER IS UP!, almost a year to get it back working, erected by 110' crane-got `phone call from Joe Painter who sounded good, looking for 2M repeater- KC2EYG Joe 9 WA2IVW Jim, in Wayne- -=-=-21:55 9/5/99 BMW touring motorcycle has heated seats and a 4-CD changer, Yucch-Gary Mason, KB2PLL, back from a year or so in England-ebay had a kidney at auction, got up to 5 mil.- www.pricescan.com worked on a book- KB2IKC WA2DKJ lic. class starts next Sat.-has co. which can replace windshield for $250 in the driveway- K2SKV has free roofing material- K2AGI broke elbow, tripped over caster on bed-0.24" rain- KC2EAI editing field day video on computer- AB2CM 70' tower and ants. up and working, finally!- -=-=-21:51 9/12/99 KB2IKC K2AGI arm painful-2 on RTTY-big book order from ARRL is here- WA2DKJ rode bike 35 mi. today-license course off to a good start last Sat.- K2SKV had windshield fixed by injection, covered by insurance, looks v. good, did not need replacement- KC2EYG Joe- K2AL AB2CM ditching for a pipe for wires to tower- -=-=-21:35 9/19/99 .com URL on the back of a fortune cookie cookie, also a lottery number-Sue sez that a gram of average soil contains 1 billion bacteria and usually about 10,000 different species-about 10" rain from Floyd- KB2IKC KB2VVB back from vac. in Poconos, got some good DX- W2ZKE some water in basement- N2TSJ no water problem-took Model A to Plainfield, next Sun. to Summit, took Packard to Basking Ridge to antique show- K2AGI broken elbow is doing a little better, still trouble sleeping-a bunch of water in basement, bad sw. on sump pump-Marconi Museum opening in Wall, NJ- K2SKV 10' water in Bound Brook, only 1.1 mi. away, a real mess-some local trees down- KC2EYG likes the novice class- WA2DKJ had some water problems- AB0GD Lumpy visiting from Ft. Collins, CO-does APRS- 10 KA2PUN no prob. with storm, son lost power, had a generator which worked good- -=-=-22:05 9/26/99 KB2IKC two hamfests this week end-Casio GPS wristwatch- W2ZKE KB2VVB WA2DKJ only 1 at license class yesterday-working on Elecraft kit, rcv'r not very sensitive- K2AGI elbow slow to recover, now 3 wks. last Fri-Don Royer died, famous RTTY guy- N2TSJ took Mod. A to big Summit Centennial parade- K2SKV closed pool- 8 AB2CM -=-=-21:46 10/3/99 good hamfest at Wrightstown PA today, perfect weather, dint buy nothin'-Jack Ivey got his Lehman running this week-GPS time be off a few secs, also baud rate only 50- my WWVB watch skipped Sept. 31 properly- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY- KC2EAI editing the field day video- KC2EYG Joe- N2TSJ -=-=-21:33 10/10/99 saw two seismoms (from Los Alamos) which Scolnik bought ($1200) via ebay, inv. pendulums, 3" period, small-NAWCC museum opens Oct. 23- KB2IKC K2AGI struggling with ACGNJ treas. work, got ~$20,000 proceeds from Trenton festival- N2TSJ KC2EYG good demo of modulation by Andy at novice class yesterday- K2SKV WA2DKJ enjoyed doing the sights in DC this week- -=-=-21:33 10/17/99 buyer for classical LP'S?-Navy dropping ball sextant on Ebay, tell K2JV-biiig `quake from CA, off scale, made glitch in Bill's Fedchenko- KB2IKC K2JV on 287 just s. of 80, coming back from MA-never heard of a dropping ball sextant- KC2EAI field day video (5 min) ready- WA2DKJ N2OIE here yesterday, helped with rcvr. kit-airless sprayer works great-has power supply board, regulator, useful with steam engine?- AB2CM K2AGI 2 on RTTY- KC2EYG -=-=-21:36 10/24/99 power line surge killed monitor, got a new Samsung for $94 incl. tax, not quite as good as the MAG-got @home cable service installed last Thur., today, Brett got it working properly, a very obscure problem-downloaded 2 meg file in 20 secs- KB2IKC KB2VVB just back from the Bahamas, got out just before the hurricane- W2ZKE 6M hot this week- WA2DKJ finished Elecraft kit, got QSO with Australia with 5W- KC2EYG K2AGI 2 on RTTY-sent new roster via e-mail-big problem with 2M antenna- -=-=-21:35 10/31/99 Halloween, few kids-leaves thundering down-business meeting tomorrow at 8:30-WWVB wrist watch changed to EST OK- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI doing SG's-no RTTY-Ernie in nursing home on Southern Blvd.-still no decision about how to fix 2M ant.- K2SKV back from Mo. about 3 weeks elder hostel, paddle boat on Mississippi, good food in Memphis- -=-=-21:18 11/14/99 good turnout for MH lunch this week-bought Curta calc. just tonight from ebay- doing CQWE contest yesterday and today, fair results, one RTTY contact-computer working fine after sw. hard drives to use the back-up copy-found another (the 4th) am. seismologist in NJ, he will visit here on Wed.-have "The Code" by Singh, pretty good-watched a watch auction in Geneva on the web, fast!, mucho bucks- KB2IKC KB2VVB good DX- K2AGI big RTTY net, 4-sorting WECo tubes- WA2DKJ Al's daughter passed the written novice test-club lunch prob. Dec 11-how about Chuck Snyder?- AB2CM bought dig. camera, Olympic 400?- K2SKV doing well on CQWe on HF-Ernie can talk a little, showing some progress- W2ZKE 6m not too good this week- -=-=-21:34 11/21/99 www.brittanica.com now working-the 4th NJ seis. visited on Wed. with his son, wants to get into digital recording- KB2IKC KB2VVB contest this weekend, lots of good DX-can get to x'mas lunch this year- K2AGI South St. now repaved, looks great, very smooth, used tape instead of painting lines- meeting tomorrow night is the last of the century!!- WA2DKJ porous road surf. are quieter- AB2CM K2SKV KC2EYG has been scuba diving in the Fl. Keys, saw huge array of beams pointing at Cuba- -=-=-21:39 11/28/99 trip to Bill's today, saw Olympus digit. camera, uses Flash cards, neat-plug in to 3 «" floppy adapter, 32 meg., outputs in .JPG, SLR etc.-CQWE data by Dec. 1-W2YEZ runs his National rcv'r. at 70V with lamp in series- KB2IKC W2ZKE got England on 6M- KB2BBP saw Ernie at St. James, got Ernie on the air with HT- WA2DKJ talked to Chuck Snyder, just gone to bed, has an ant. problem, wife in nursing home, still skating 5 days/week at Mennan Arena- KC2EYG borrowed AGI's Hammerlund, having fun listening to CW- K2AGI has a sore throat-working on membership lists of ACGNJ, a mess, needs help with Access-40 signed up for x'mas lunch- K2SKV 8 KA2PUN -=-=-21:53 12/5/99 tried to read Ed Spencer's floppy, no luck on 4 computers-autopedia.com/index.html KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI struggling to learn Access-39 for the club lunch- WA2DKJ 4 on RTTY- K2SKV got x'mas decorations up-grilled catfish for dinner- KC2EYG listening to CW on 40M on John's borrowed Hammerlund- KA2PUN -=-=-21:33 12/12/99 discovery.com to see real-time sun photos, etc., etc.-club holiday lunch last Sat. a great success, will get some photos up on the club web site, Warren got the good steak- Jim Josenhans lives next to quarry, blasting KB2IKC KB2BBP K2AGI learning Access, not easy WA2DKJ KB2KKR working on seismometer- W2ZKE KB2OWB K2SKV Ernie is progressing slowly- -=-=-21:41 12/19/99 AGI and IKC will not be here next Sun.-worked on W2CIY's computer, looks like bad modem- KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M and 10M open- N2TSJ prob. with wash. machine & computer- WA2DKJ KB2VVB 10M hot, sun active- K2AGI -=-=-21:48 1/2/00 Happy New Century!-good x'mas in Buffalo, fixed Anne's computer, bad RAM, 1" snow, no problem with airline except baggage a little slow on return, airport very crowded and John had to go around twice, Andy took us to airport-NIST F1 clock now in use-Y2K bug in Winquake-broken sig. cable in seismograph fixed- KB2IKC KB2VVB good DX recently-favors FCC restructure of ham rules- AB2CM in AZ and LasVegas around x'mas, saw enormous changes in LasVegas, big problems with airlines- K2AGI started on Spark Gaps- K2SKV Old Guard talk on clocks on Tue- N2TSJ to FL on Fri for 4 months- KA2PUN KC2EYG K2AL -=-=-21:42 1/9/00 trapped the mouse in the kitchen-change stolen out of car in driveway, this is the 2nd time in 6-7 years-car stolen from driveway across the street-discovered it is easy to make stereo pairs with dig. camera and pic editor- KB2IKC KB2VVB got a bunch of QSL's- AB2CM turned 70, puzzled about IRA distrib.- WA2DKJ fixed Ryan's ant. tuner, bad cap.- W2ZKE K2AGI Spark Gaps out- K2SKV K2JV Joe Painter is OK, needs ant. fixed-has 4 items on ebay- -=-=-21:46 1/16/00 trying IBM Via Voice, $15 from ebay, speech recog. program, remarkable but not useful, will demo here-TV repair man?- KB2IKC KB2VVB high wind-good DX, 10M yesterday morning- AB2CM K2JV KA2PUN K2AGI Ramsey prohibited by gov. from selling wireless microphone-learning new Ventura-won Office 98 at ACGNJ meeting, incl. Access-2 on RTTY- K2SKV high wind-new glasses-toured Grand Cent. Station, quite lovely!, Oyster Bar open- -=-=-21:36 1/23/00 gimmick:ask to record phone conversation with service people-saw Kundrat's steam engine, vv nice, powerful-meeting tomorrow night- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AL 10M DX, San Marino and Italy-setting up a rig for Loren-saw total lunar eclipse this week-Steve Mendelson defeated for Pres. of ARRL- WA2DKJ JAO selling teapot on ebay- KC2EAI had QSO with AB2CM on HF- K2AGI has 463 WE Co. tubes- AB2CM 8 KC2EYG on 10M, England, Italy good- -=-=-21:47 1/30/00 good demo. by Andy at the meeting-2 extraordianry events this week: 1. House call by Comcast no charge. 2. Return call by plumber, NO CHARGE!-sold 0.1 ohm std. resistor for $53 (OK) and refractometer for $307-big ice and snow due here tonight-once more over at W2YEZ to fix computer- KB2IKC KB2VVB got 2 new countries, now 170, bands fairly open-had good dinner at Charlie Brown's- snowing heavily now in Mrst'n.- WA2DKJ put Porsche parts on ebay- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-ready for x'tra class test- W2ZKE K2SKV trapped for 2 days down south by snow, 28" in Rayleigh- KA2PUN -=-=-21:41 2/6/00 Sold 2 items on ebay, have 6 still running, Kundrat has 1 running-MH lunch this Wed.- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY- AB2CM WA2DKJ sold Porsche parts on ebay- N2WKS Zev working a lot of DX- -=-=-21:31 2/13/00 sold 6 items on ebay, 9 now running-Kundrat sold 1 item, still has computer problem- KB2IKC K2AGI passed extra test on Sat. along with Cam Hall, Jim Josenhans, big crowd-went to funeral home for Joe Painter- KB2VVB try 1-800-578-7453, a hoot!-good DX contest- WA2DKJ Stu Blank bought the old generator for $50- K2SKV Gordon Hanford died- AB2CM -=-=-21:33 2/20/00 put more stuff on ebay, tot. now 20 items, shipping etc., another item up for Harry-ROL repeater clock 2 mins. fast- KB2IKC KB2VVB DX contest, got 2 new countries, now 171 tot., 10M hot-vertical is less noisy than horiz. dipole- K2AGI WA2DKJ toured several jet aircraft with a friend- AB2CM will check into beacons- K2AL -=-=-21:31 2/27/00 several free ISP's in Thru. Times, altavista and juno the best-atomic clock, nice 11 «" wall case, $30, Heartland # Q2-5901, www.heartlandamerica.com-claim local record for sale on ebay, $495-revise bidding proc. on ebay?- KB2IKC KB2VVB foggy- K2AGI trying to get 50W Alinco rig running-has trouble avoiding vibration with digital camera, best when using self-timer and tripod- WA2DKJ having fun with my Rb osc.-HF beacons interesting- KC2EYG working HF-CW using ICOM 746, good QSO to CA on 15M-wife finding Comcast cable is slowing down, slower than his ISDN, suggests not using a proxy- AB2CM -=-=-21:47 3/5/00 working on ebay stuff, added sound to an ad- KB2IKC KB2VVB got a new Gateway, now on internet, 500MHz- K2AL worked Clipperton Is. on 17m-new rig, ICOM 746 w. power supp.-sold tower to guy from CT via ad on packet- AB2CM worked Clipperton- WA2DKJ worked Clipperton on 5 W- K2SKV going to Philia. flower show tomorrow with Old Guard- K2AGI sold input x'fmr for $960 to guy in Korea- -=-=-21:40 3/12/00 If life was fair, Al Gore would be making a living asking, "Do you want fries with that?".-repeater low sens., running net on 145.75-ebay killed sale of laser pointers- consult K2JV about microscope attachs.- KB2IKC K2AGI looking at USGS aerial photos- K2SKV went to flower show in Philia.- WA2DKJ got Porsche engine running, has another to do- K2JV heard London orch. at Carnigie Hall-had root canal- K2AL trying ICON 746, works well- W2ZKE back from 5 days on Mississippi river-worked Clipperton from mobile rig-wants to sell on ebay- -=-=-21:35 3/19/00 went to hamfest yesterday, bought 6 WE Co. tubes for ebay-most of week spent on stuff for ebay-got counter for $51 (!!) on ebay-vane attached to bird feeder does not terrify squirrel when shot with air rifle-avoid AOL-repeater working very well-Kirsten KB2IKC KB2VVB new computer, e-mail all OK, attachments, etc.- K2AGI finished income tax (federal), took only one day with Turbo Tax, much better than Tax Cut- K2SKV has a bunch of WE CO. stuff in garage- W2ZKE sold OK at hamfest- AB2CM epic struggle with AOL, Harry was losing `til scandisk fixed the problem- WA2DKJ working on another Porsche engine, now running very well- K2JV classic laryngitis- -=-=-21:45 3/26/00 looked at vac. tube sellers on the web-2nd relist working well on the WECo meter- problem with printing from QPRO, not fixed- KB2IKC KB2VVB found an old friend thru the net- K2AGI 3 on RTTY- K2JV WA2DKJ going to put 40' tower on ebay, will not ship-no door prizes tomorrow night- AB2CM -=-=-21:35 4/2/00 WWVB watch corrected itself OK for day. time-WIMPS found, all the mass maybe here!- car talk worst 10 cars-Steve Cohen got a Miata-Kundrat computer not yet working good-more ebay action-trip to Scolnik with Andy, saw Bill's clock (his design) working- KB2IKC KB2VVB AB2CM K2AGI big effort on tax returns for ACGNJ- WA2DKJ starting on turbotax- W2ZKE KC2RLM back from 3 week trip, FL by car, son in college, ran APRS most of the way, not much on 2M voice, 3 weeks of e-mail too much-486 looking for good home- K2AL got ICOM 746- -=-=-21:43 4/9/00 big snow overnight, ~1.5", gone now (20:00)-cataloging tubes for ebay-weak auruora here on Thur. night- KB2IKC K2AGI got SG's out- K2GPM Don Nathan-address of demaios- K2SKV back from NC, 3" snow today-mailing state corporate regis. for NPARC- -=-=-21:26 4/16/00 v. heavy shower, big tree fell in back yard, demolished picnic table, insulator collection-WWVB analog watch working well-2% return on catalogs by Bill- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI ham license upgrade yesterday, big mob, applied for Extra, took about 2 hrs., also K2QKV, K2GLS, KB2KKR, Barry Campbell-income taxes sent off-no RTTY tonight- WA2DKJ working on `61 Porsche-letter sent to KJI-got papers from the High School for field day, new structures better than the old dugouts- AB2CM KA2PUN offer to saw tree-940 blew power supply- K2AL did taxes-sold a HF rig- 8 KC2EYG -=-=-21:38 4/23/00 big Easter dinner, leg of lamb, Chardonnay-3 baby squirrels in tree in front yard- sold Curta manuals for $76-root canal tomorrow-NPARC auction this Fri- KB2IKC K2AGI YEZ got his Dell computer running, using Dell ISP- WA2DKJ at Hershey PA yesterday with Joe Reid, Porsche swap meet-got signed permission to use high school for field day- K2JV Fri. nite 25 people for seder- AB2CM K2SKV -=-=-21:40 4/30/00 good NPARC auction Fri.- KB2IKC K2JV has had 2 grandkids for 2 days- month of June in Germany- K2AL happy with auction-several people had problems on RTTY- WA2DKJ bike ride today- K2AGI RTTY net growing, may go PSK-31-35 pages of e-mail about tax problem with ACGNJ- AB2CM W2ZKE -=-=-21:29 5/7/00 selective avail. for GPS removed, hard to believe that Clinton finally did something right-ISP speed test, greatly improved IE-big tone on repeater, having net on 145.75- KB2IKC K2AGI big problem with a flat tire yesterday at Trenton Comp. Fest.-needs air conditioner where he is in the attic, new windows will not support one- AB2CM no better prices at TCF on a printer-TCF very hot- WA2DKJ Porsche meeting in Princeton today- K2SKV has a drippy cold- W2ZKE getting ready for Dayton- -=-=-21:43 5/14/00 Sue & Steve evacuated from home 2nd time, house did not burn, they are now camping in Zuni-learning Excel, difficult because very diff. from Quattro- KB2IKC K2AGI KC2RLM on RTTY for first time, good job-cable modem seems to have died, will be fixed on Wed.-Jim Bushnell is back-painting wild onions with 24D- KB2VVB W2UH Paul-8:30 `till 12 next Sat. in Mrstn, emergency exercise,973-635-1290, -=-=-21:20 5/21/00 meeting tomorrow night, bring door prizes-anal. of Andy's GPS data, shows about what is expected without selective avail.-repeater working-big rains the last few days-Los Alamos fire got within 100 yds of Sue's house-ebay sales ~$5,300 so far- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-revising member list for ACGNJ-cable internet service off for about a week, signed on with Juno, e-mail sent to @home and delivered automatically to Juno!!??- N2TSJ back from FL, very dry and nice but with water use restriction, bad weather for flying home, arr. 12 hrs. late- WA2DKJ KC2EAI audio editing- AB2CM patched stucco on front of house, slowed by rain- KC2EYG @home problem, stopped Wed. night, same cable problem as AGI, got new modem- 8 WB2QOQ Memorial Day parade as usual, #32- -=-=-21:41 5/28/00 Mem. Day parade tomorrow, will have fine weather-borrow JIS camera?-3 more items up on ebay-repeater doing strange thing, constant recycling- KB2IKC N2TSJ doing lots of weeding and planting-Model A gotten ready for tomorrow- K2AGI will charge batt. on camera- K2AL Loren will also march- AB2CM hard to mow lawn because of rain-watched Indy 500, rain delay of 3 hrs, both ladies smashed up their cars-also going to Germany- K2SKV week in Bermuda- K2JV leaving for Germany on Wed, back June 27-Kenwood fixed his rig in one day- 8 K2BBP WB2QOQ assemble at Library at 9:25-#32- -=-=-21:43 6/4/00 big quake today around noon, 7.9 Indonesia followed by a 6.7 11 mins. later-good hamfest on Sat (Teaneck)- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY-doing SG's-tree down in windstorm-K2AL suggested doing SGs only 4 times/yr- N2TSJ repeater rcvr. sens. low-got electric anti-deer fence working- AB2CM full quieting-getting ready for trip- WA2DKJ working on lawn mowers, leaking head gasket, exhaust valve seat loose-VW running after several months off the road-field day planning going well-got sheet film for X-ray- fixed Millar's rig, mike bad-Tony & Val will do food at field day- W2ZKE mobile. got all relays fixed- -=-=-21:45 6/11/00 noticed that NPARC web site has had 21,000 hits!, mine has about 650-sold a couple more items on ebay, Kenwood HT, no bids yet at $75, 2 days to go-busy week for `quakes- something keying up the repeater about every 12-14 secs.??, like last week-Rick sez rain just started-deer ate lillies, not the iris- KB2IKC KB2VVB Sussex has 2" rain already- N2TSJ ran Packard, almost overheated-troubles with patio paint not drying-working on timer for electric fence- WA2DKJ working on `65 Speedster, running hot why?- KC2EAI doing audio editing-finals next week- K2AGI has a cold-used reflector OK- W2ZKE got computer working after lightening hit killed modem- -=-=-21:40 6/18/00 Carl Felt diagnosed as having congestive heart failure, no surgery planned, welcomes calls and visits, at Mrstn. Memorial, rm. 352, Franklin bldg., 973-971-8390 (per Ruby Felt via W2CIY)-S. Indian Ocean `quake today 7.6, big here-good hamfest in Dunellen yesterday except hot and humid-most ebay sale to Short Hills, buyer will pick up- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI WA2DKJ rewiring a Speedster-prep. for field day, looking for 6M beam-visited Carl, visit was welcome, is feeling better, disappointed that no by-pass surgery- K2SKV N2TSJ struggling with Old Guard minutes-deer ate much of flowers, electric fence off by mistake-got DIRECTV for Father's day- KB2BBP a deer broke thru a window into the Fairmount Country Club- -=-=-21:49 6/25/00 good weather for field day, food declared a great success, looks like QRP will pay off, 50% better score than last year!, N3OIE came from Fl. for the event, line broke when lowering tower, bent tower and crunched beam, JIS and I got good pics, look on NPARC web site-went to Carl Felt's service on Thur.- KB2IKC KB2VVB had a good field day-Felt was a big help when he was getting started- K2AGI got better pics using narrow spot metering- WA2DKJ can repair tower OK, QRP from batteries-CW station ran 24 hrs on 1 batt. charge, 6M ran about 12 hrs., batt. poor shape, used 2 gal. gas, 4 KWhrs for whole time-34 people on sign-up sheet- N2TSJ 2nd coat of paint on deck, looks good-got DIRECT-TV working- K2AL lots of kids operating at field day!- -=-=-21:49 7/9/00 Mart had tear duct cleaned out, may take a month to get back to normal- KB2IKC KB2VVB spent week in Poconos, great weather- N2TSJ good trip to Va-took down cactus-J, cleaned it, not very good when replaced-tripped over (anti-deer) wire, landed on hands and knees, badly sprained wrist-has sore jaw from replaced crown- WA2DKJ sprained back, but not bad- K2AGI power supply not yet fixed-signed up for NEW CAR!!!- W2ZKE good 6M conditions- AB2CM K2JV great Germany trip- -=-=-21:47 7/16/00 trip today with Kundrat to Bangor, PA for steam meet-super!, many lovely models of steam and hit-or-miss engines and full sized steam engine running a lumber mill-Honus Wagner card sold on ebay $1,100,000- KB2IKC W2ZKE good hamfest at Sussex, cool, not as many sellers as usual- N2TSJ full quieting, using my Azden, found bad connector, ordered a Mirage 35W amp. for 2M- trying to buy Berlin's 555 timer book-fireworks scheduled for tomorrow-got roster by email- NYC Circle Line had steam walking-beam engine when Jim was a kid- K2AGI 3 on RTTY-big BH fireworks cancelled?-car needs new speedo cable- K2SKV lots of rain-Westfield car inspection had no line, but didn't need inspect. until next year- K2TRK K2AL Sussex hamfest good-sees lots of sunspots- -=-=-21:37 7/23/00 Ernie died Fri. night, services at the Bourough Funeral Home in Summit, Tue. 11AM- BH fireworks last Mon. (postponed by rain) v. good, viewed from Berk. School-working simplex- KB2IKC KB2VVB K2AGI W2ZKE hot on 6M, Holland, etc.-v. good 2M on 17th, CW- N2TSJ has 2M amplifier working, pre-amp works well also, built 2.5min timer from a 555- electric fence working-can't hear AB2CM without pre-amp AB2CM -=-=-21:35 7/30/00 did not get back from anniv. dinner for McCall in time to do net. -=-=- 8/6/00 started 8 tube auctions for K2QKV-repeater has been getting some noise, wait for the beep- KB2IKC N2TSJ back from 3 days in CT, saw replica of Armistead slave shape-using new amp.-had flat on model A, had little trouble in changing it-enlarger light meter next- K2AL 3 on RTTY, JIS had problems-made 40,000 trays for McDonalds, has order for 1.6 million over 3 years- W2ZKE good 6M, 2M into Minneaplis- K2AGI airplane flutter on ZKE-great stack of hardware fell down, spoiled RTTY transmit-good time at SC shore- KC2EYG Joe good on RTTY-got RTTY from Latvia-may go for motorcycle lessons- -=-=-21:40 8/13/00 good MH lunch this Wed., ate in cafeteria-repeater audio level way down, used 145.75-14" rain in Sparta, big flood- KB2IKC N2TSJ went to Packard club yesterday in downpour, 6 cars-47th anniv., going to Nantucket- making light meter with CdS cells-lost satellite TV during downpour-email address book in Europe, one for US? K2AGI AB2CM WA2DKJ email from Millar in Montana, 10-15 mi. from him, madly clearing ground around house, avg. annual rain is 12"- K2AL 4 on RTTY, incl. K2EYG- KB2VVB KC2EAI Ryan back from 2 wks vac., Niagra etc.- W2ZKE 4.5" rain over last several days- -=-=-21:43 8/20/00 Russian sub Kursk sank, 2 explosions, see www.norsan.no, good seismograms from Norway-v. cool for Aug., into 50's tonight?-car inspection, v. quick, passed- KB2IKC KB2VVB Sony Mavica digit. 3 «" disk, 10X zoom, camera working good, nice shots of chipmunk eating from hand- K2AGI Mavica FD-91 digit. camera- KC2EYG got used motorcycle, Honda 750, dead battery- K2AL getting ready for vacation in Vt.- N2TSJ enlarger light meter working-Peddlars village, Lahaska, PA, w. of New Hope- WA2DKJ falling tree crushed his mother's pick-up in Poconos- -=-=-21:40 8/27/00 more action on ebay-intro. of ebay to Bushnell-repeater not very good- KB2IKC W2ZKE much lightening tonight, still fixing computer from last lightening-got new computer w. WIN98- K2SKV much lightening- N2KRP on Parkway, heavy rain- N2TSJ enlarger light meter working pretty well-looking around on ebay-son Mark has Explorer with Firestone tires, worn-out OK, replaced with Goodyear- K2AGI -=-=-21:22 9/3/00 more auctions for QKV-helped TSJ get started on ebay-big tree near garage taken down, $1,000-new Olympus digit. camera working fine, ordered closeup lenses and adapter- Andy nice pics of Ti muffler etc.- KB2IKC W2ZKE 4.2" rain over 2 days-phone out due to lightening- K2AGI digging out TTY equip., found 9 machines- WA2DKJ KB2KKR in Montana, fires less, got rain, found Instant Track not Y2K compliant- KC2EAI just got back from shore-working of field day video-school starts Wed.- N2TSJ preparing Model A for Plainfield show tomorrow-sent Canon A1 off for repair- registered with ebay, paypal and website-FTP works sometimes- K2SKV heavy rain this week, 0.7" again today-got 6# lobster on sale, got 3 meals out of it- AB2CM back from Canadiam rockies, beautiful- 9 KC2EYG back from 5 days in Cancun Mexico, good weather, scuba diving etc.-working on motorcycle engine, runs fine- -=-=-21:45 9/10/00 shipping and doing email for ebay auctions-windows etc. on car not working, fuse?, magic fix by filling station guy-writing some info for tabel tennis club trustees-N2TSJ got auction running after about 5 hrs. help- KB2IKC N2TSJ steam train Dunellen to High Point, son is in several steam train societies-building closet at church, lots of work-lunch at Willy's Tavern- K2AGI got Spark Gaps out, only 2 more to go- AB2CM putting up 8X10 shed for mower, etc.-watching US Open tennis, Sampras lost to a Russian-appointed nominating committee- KC2FWX Scott Alexander, v. weak sig.- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:37 9/17/00 Whip. repeater down-started 2 auction for QKV, took more pics- KB2IKC K2AGI tube auction started on ebay, more pics in hand-prog. avail. to store RTTY pics in computer rather than on paper tape-Radio Shack has new catalog and a free bar-code reader- got out-bid on a tube tester- K2AL bought some bird feed- WA2DKJ saw EYG's motorcycle, nice-Elecraft had problem, 8V supply down, found shorted MOSFET- KC2EYG fixing a few things on bike- N2TSJ took Packard to Tom's River meet, 157 mi. round trip, smooth up to 40 mph, above that surges-got A1 camera back from shutter repair from CA, dropped it today and shutter now NG- Florida house at risk from hurricane- K2JV picnic next Sat.- W2ZKE v. strong on horiz., 25W-right hand operation on Tue., carpal tunnel-use Never-Sieze on screws- -=-=-21:48 9/24/00 great picnic at Barry's yesterday in spite of the drizzle, mostly indoors, good food, good turn-out-pics sent to Ralph-several hummingbirds seen here in last two weeks- KB2IKC K2AGI enjoyed picnic, counted 28-auction of a tube ended-600 lbs of junk at curb, CIA terminals, Russian TTY, massive shielding- KC2EYG converting 8mm film to video tape of trip around the US- WA2DKJ enjoyed picnic-pruning trees today-Elecraft fixed, MOSFETs killed by EMP from distant lightening-US formula 1 race today, a team spends ~$300,000,000/yr-Ruby Felt called, DKJ and Reid took dipole down, apply for N2XJ as the Club call?- W2ZKE enjoyed picnic, arm still in a sling- AB2CM ems phone no magic hand -=-=-21:46 10/1/00 repeater working well-back yesterday from trip to watch and clock museum (Columbia, PA) and railroad museum (Strasburg, PA), both very nice, stayed in Lancaster (3 hrs. form here), v. good resturant in Lancaster, the Stockyard Inn- KB2IKC KB2VVB posted pics on internet- W2ZKE should get cast off hand tomorrow- K2AGI prep. treas. records for ACGNJ meeting next Tue.-3 on RTTY- N2TSJ back today from trip to Nantucket and Vt.-son interested in railroads- -=-=-21:36 10/8/00 repeater down-turned v. cool, leaves turning- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY- KC2EYG the impact driver (I gave him) worked great-swapped CPU in computer- WA2DKJ got dipole working for Scott Alexander-making progress on the new "Julie" board project, will produce parts kits, max. 60 MHz- N2TSJ -=-=-21:41 10/15/00 Schrage back from PEI-great weather-hellschreiber-repeater good- KB2IKC KB2VVB back from Bahamas, good time, pics at photopoint.com, kb2vvb@juno.com- N2TSJ working in darkroom, college pics for a friend-luminouslandscape.com-flaky booting of computer- WA2DKJ planting grass, dampened per Bill Schlichter- K2AGI Steve Mendelson speaks tomorrow night at TriCounty- W2ZKE getting house ready for winter-some DX on 6M- -=-=-21:52 10/22/00 Yankees up 2-1 in games over Mets in world series, net on repeater for the 2nd game-more ebay sales for Kundrat and Perkins-Sue joining MC2, search teams-basement full of bird food- KB2IKC full quiet??on low power?? KB2VVB AB2CM WA2DKJ had a garage sale this weekend with Reid's help-making wheel align. tool using solid-state lasers and a level- N2TSJ son got Nikon 990 digital camera-going to FL on Tue. for 5 months-Packard had dead battery- -=-=-21:35 10/29/00 first day of std. time-trip to Scolnic today, saw progress on his new pendulum clock, how he cuts clock gears and photos of many of the watches in the $30,000,000 sale for which he is agent and appraiser- KB2IKC KB2VVB barely readable- W2ZKE much 100% flutter- K2AGI last issue of Spark Gaps being prepared- -=-=-21:18 11/5/00 nat'l election next Tue.-cleaned chimney- KB2IKC KB2VVB can't make X'mas lunch- WA2DKJ sold Felt's speaker for $1,425!- K2AGI cable ISP dead since supper- W2ZKE doing leaves- -=-=-21:26 11/12/00 CQWE contest this weekend, few contacts-repeater dead-got flu shot-space station hiding from sun burst- KB2IKC K2AGI big tree taken down- K2SKV back from a warm south, has a cold- K2JV has house guest-AGI signal strongest ever- W2ZKE 9+ signal here-another grand child imminent- AB2CM WA2DKJ DDS working- K2AL Elecraft due at any time-can't come to meeting tomorrow- -=-=-21:33 11/19/00 AGI in NC-31 deg here-repeater OK- KB2IKC AB2CM comments on the election-10M not very good for a sunspot peak- W2ZKE 6M dead all week- -=-=-21:17 11/26/00 election still not settled-heavy rain today-auction started on piano rolls-Sue passed Tech test, call in 10 days or so- KB2IKC KB2VVB can come to lunch-10M hot for CQWW contest, most of Africa, etc.- W2ZKE CQWW contest, got some good contacts- K2AL 3 on RTTY-started Elecraft kit, needs better eyes-has X'mas lights up- K2JV 30 people in house for Thanksgiving- WA2DKJ working CQWW on CW, got 69 countries with Elecraft and < 5W- -=-=-21:37 12/3/00 very good club lunch, will put pics on web sites-Sue got call, KD5MIA- KB2IKC W2ZKE 2nd grandson now OK after 2 weeks in hosp., breathing problem- K2AGI new roster (after I spent 40 mins helping) posted- K2AL soldering on K1 kit-liked food at lunch, good time- K2SKV good party- -=-=-21:25 12/10/00 sold 49 Ampico rolls, will deliver to Monmouth Beach-busy buying stuff for x'mas. presents- KB2IKC K2AGI getting rid of treas. job with ACGNJ- N2TSJ raining sl. at 32 deg.-looked for comparision prices on MacIntosh- WA2DKJ making pics for Reid for ebay-fixing a laptop, new hard drive- AB2CM 1st time voted for Pres.- KB2BBP -=-=-21:36 12/17/00 heavy rain, 60 deg. at 17:00, now 34 and sl. snowing-delivered rolls to Ray Smith- no net next Sun., X'mas. eve-new reading glasses-ctrl>alt>del trick-notice of jury duty- KB2IKC W2ZKE sl. snow in Bridgewater- N2TSJ Jerry Bury, good plumber-had cataracts removed, has macular degen.- WA2DKJ good progress on the DDS- K2AGI credit card was `compromised', got new one quickly- K2JV was in Scarsdale baby sitting- K2AL building Elecraft K1, going well- -=-=-21:47 1/7/01 Happy Millenium-new old rig, Azden-new printer, HP 842C, great, $157 del.-bought pro. seismometer on ebay- KB2IKC W2ZKE sore back-6M rather quiet- K2AL working a lot of CW-DX on QRP-still has bad back- WA2DKJ big problem again with ice dam-worked France on 0.5 w.- K2AGI bad sinus infection, may not make the meeting-snow blower finally busted-heating cable in gutter over front porch worked fine, 9A = 185W- KC2FWX Scott-Andy helped deal with ice- N2TSJ off to FL on Wed.-new computer, son getting it running, 17" flat screen- KB2VVB -=-=-=21:48 1/14/01 BIIG quake, 7.6, in San Salvador, killed ~~100, two good aftershocks-visited Ron Henderson with YEZ-sold two items under "Buy it now" in 5 hrs.-seis bought last week now yet here- KB2IKC K2AGI still has cough-likes my pics of Henderson visit-zapper killed a squrrel- K2JV worked QOQ all the way to Hempstead- WA2DKJ has good prog. to send files between computers- K2SKV -=-=-21:31 1/21/01 4" snow last night-new Jaesu mobile rig-Jan Nielsen visited last Fri. from CA, traveling with husband in corporate jet-got Geotech seismometer, lovely!- KB2IKC K2AGI partly shoveled out, ice problem-new bird feeder set-up to avoid jumping squirrels- K2AL 4 on RTTY-clogged drain from sink and tub, a struggle to clear-still has bad back- Elecraft good on 20M, 40M still a problem- W2ZKE 6M rather poor- WA2DKJ squirrel fried on 12,400V transformer on pole, blew fuze, 6A- -=-=-21:32 1/28/01 Superbowl night-monster quake in India, 6,000 dead so far- KB2IKC KA2PUN got TS-940 working-may have old snow blower avail. when he gets a new one- WA2DKJ got an old Heathkit rcvr. working- -=-=-21:50 2/4/01 started 5 auctions- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY, nearly 60 mins.-copy machine broke, got it fixed in Summit- K2SKV snow tonight, maybe 6-12"- KC2FWX Scott-DDS of Schwill not yet working- WA2DKJ replacing termite damage- K2AL little activity on novice sub-bands of CW- -=-=-21:30 2/11/01 jury duty start Wed.-sold Speed Graphic on ebay-good talk on micro mirror optical switching device-survived two 5 hr. power outs due to snow storm on Mon.-KB2PLL out for several days, in NP!- KB2IKC KB2VVB new Bronco, `87, better than the `84-power out 17 hrs.- K2AL on Mon., left work at 4:30, got home at 9P, most delay in New Prov.-bought a 4 KW generator, Coleman used for $300-4 on RTTY- K2AGI squirrel prob. not solved- K2JV got TS-940 working, unknown reason- -=-=-21:33 2/18/01 KA2QEP, Bill DiCarlo, wants to build a seismograph-enjoyed visit by Steve Cohen- KB2IKC KB2VVB new Epson printer, 880, good color prints- K2AL got electric chain saw, works good- WA2DKJ grade school ham radio demo. all week, 4-5th grade, big success, lots of interest, not interested in digital modes- K2JV field trip to ARRL next Wed.- K2AGI W2/VK2JNA Morris Plains, from Austrailia, Dominik- W2ZKE back from Fl., good flea mkt.- kr2vr -=-=-21:53 2/25/01 raining, missed the big ice storm-info from internet about QKV's Otis King calc., may be worth $300, not $30- KB2IKC KB2VVB some ice about ¬", 5" snow on Fri.- W2ZKE has 4 KW generator, works good-hip problem still painful- KA2PUN looking for Ahrens snow blower- K2AL 4 on RTTY-11 went on trip to ARRL, enjoyed working W1AW and creating pile-ups- AB2CM -=-=-21:33 3/4/01 Bill Gates giving lecture during Olympia `quake, just plugged in his computer when the building fell apart-monster snow storm the next few days-FBI and NSA tunnel under Russian embassy is Washington revealed by spy- KB2IKC AB2CM K2AGI barely making it, even on input??-4 on RTTY- K2AL problem with ant. tuner for Elecraft K1??-got roof rake- K2JV generator in van ready for anyone who needs it- KB2BBP son bought them new VW Jetta, reading manual- KC2FWX WA2DKJ will help neighbor when he goes out plowing- KB2VVB -=-=-21:39 3/11/01 my 74th birthday, got email from Wampler- KB2IKC K2AGI K2AL 4 on RTTY-got new Sears snow blower-Elecraft tuner working better, 20M not perfect yet-70 messages/day on Elecraft reflector-Wadsworth waiting for surgery for bad hip- KB2BBP AB2CM -=-=- 3/18/01 possum again tonight-Bob Hancock visit 2 hrs. this afternoon- KB2IKC W2ZKE to hospital tomorrow for hip problem, pre-op tests, operation about the 29th- K2AGI clearing underbrush, chain saw falling apart- WA2DKJ clearing underbrush-cleaning up a Hg barometer-auction Apr. 6- K2AL KB2BBP clearing underbrush- KB2VVB 17M doing well-getting over flu- W2/VK2JNA Dominic from Austrailia, mobile, staying in Denville- -=-=-21:44 3/25/01 possum back several nights-shipped player piano rolls-car front end and rear brakes fixed-YEZ got oxy and acet. tanks from QKV- KB2IKC W2ZKE back operartion due on Thur.- K2AL may be some snow tonight-working 7 days a week-got new snow blower from Sears- MACHINEGUNNING??- WA2DKJ balancing pistons for VW-cleaning tarnish off brass with ammonia- K2AGI KB2BBP -=-=-21:35 4/1/01 article on funerals in Consumer Reports, May 2001-big aurora- KB2IKC W2ZKE back operation went well, back to normal in a week or two-all HF wiped out by aurora- K2AGI 4 on RTTY-working on income taxes-struggling to print RTTY pics on HP deskjet, no luck yet- WA2DKJ KC2EYG, Joe, on new motorcycle-restoring Hg barometer- -=-=-21:29 4/8/01 v. good auction, 51 registered, KB2IKC W2ZKE improving, working DX from bedroom- K2AGI good auction-looked for space station, overcast- K2SKV good auction-June Kolb died last night, funeral home visits on Tue- K2AL sold some stuff at the auction-aurora to Montreal on 2M today- K2JV club made ~$200 at auction, pleased with the whole thing-28 people for Passover yesterday, had a grand time-planning spring picnic in backyard- WK2I Lou-ant. work, Hustler vert. on roof, 10W-got a bunch at auction- KB2BBP had a good time at auction- WA2DKJ working on taxes-good auction, found home for a lot of Carl Felt's stuff, still has some more-got 3,000 lbs of walnut to be sawn into boards 10 KB2VVB -=-=-21:48 4/15/01 Epson printer, tracks ink useage by counting, when won't print because of low ink, remove and replace cartridges, system thinks that new ones are being used-bright yellow birds- KB2IKC K2AGI some problems on RTTY, had 4 on-getting MMTTY system running, rewiring- WK2I Lou K2AL some 2M DX over the last 2 weeks- WA2DKJ -=-=- 4/22/01 try call and name in google-Mart home tonight from LosAlamos-good battery charger in QST- KB2IKC W2ZKE up and around, no lifting yet-writing BASIC- K2AL 5 on RTTY-last Fri and tomorrow off-meteor shower tonight- N2KRP on bike, not full quiet, center of NP at Friendly's- WK2I fans going, got to 82 F today- K2AGI took down Bay Rowan's tower-netting over Hosta keeps deer off-RTTY via sound card working well- KB2BBP returned from Canada, went canoeing, sprained shoulder- WA2DKJ resurvey moved benchmarks about 10'- K2JV planting garden today, got some sunburn- -=-=-21:42 4/29/01 Sybil ill-perfect weather-grass surprisingly good-opossum still coming for dinner every night- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY, MMTTY prog. working well, still lots to learn-revising bearing-dist. prog.- WK2I Lou-lawnmower started OK- K2AL golfed on Thur., just over a little 100-Gary taking Bay's tower- W2ZKE clearing someone's estate, remo. tower next week-still wearing back brace- -=-=-21:23 5/6/01 three more search engines- KB2IKC K2AGI most of the week fixing car, speedo cable and oil press.- N2TSJ back from Fl, did major renovation on house, unpacking-brought Fl. club newsletter- has a second eye problem, befloritis(sp?)- WA2DKJ moving more logs and milling boards-fixing Fiat computer, bad corrosion on pins- WK2I KB2BBP KC2GDN Dennis-hiking near Kinnelon-Parsippany- KC2HWG Bill- -=-=-21:41 5/13/01 seismom. auction, $510!-no rain in > 20 days but grass looks great- KB2IKC N2TSJ worse pollen from trees this year?-walking ~3mi/da with wife-Westfield car inspect. slow even with 10:30 appointment, got in about 11:15, then rather slow-needs a model T spark coil- W2ZKE AB2CM meeting tomorrow on digital modes by Milnes- K2AGI new computer RTTY working well- WK2I Lou DXpedition to Sandy Hook was cancelled- -=-=-21:25 5/20/01 Dayton ended today-bear sighted on Mt. Ave., prob. New Prov.-20' of junk put on curb for annual BH trashout, incl. last of my 6300's- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 on RTTY-repaired tube tester-ebay auction of computerized tube tester $1,153 final- K2AL taking down antenna, 10M rotate. dipole-adding to house soon, bids this week-had a lot of hummingbirds on feeder last year- WK2I lives in Bask. Ridge- AB2CM talking to K2JV (on the road from Dayton) on 40M- WB2QOQ Mem. Day parade a week from tomorrow, meet in NP Lib. parking lot at 9:20 -=-=-21:26 5/27/01 Club to march in parade tomorrow-howstuffworks-got Geotech up to 24 secs.- KB2IKC K2AGI 0 on RTTY-new rain gage works well- K2AL heavy rain driving back from Montville-will march- N2TSJ cleaned out about ¬ of attic-car ready for parade- W2ZKE will rebuild front porch-may have 6M beam for field day-`66 Mustang running- WA2DKJ 1960 VW motor rebuild slow-26 mi. on bike-meeting Tue. night, DDS project-wants to run QRP at field day again- WB2QOQ meet at Lib. at 9:20, we have spot 21 KB2BBP -=-=-21:40 6/3/01 United Devices (URL ud) distributed calculation-nytimes will show articles and easy to email- KB2IKC KB2BBP gone for field day-liked parade- N2TSJ planted 300 annuals-Northern Tool & Equip. catalog, solar panels, calc. showed not economical!- WA2DKJ planted walnuts, rodents ate nearly all- K2AGI switching problem on RTTY-measuring transformer- K2SKV has a cold-meas'd. 4.5" rain- WK2I ran a cross-country 5k race- -=-=-21:41 6/10/01 KB2IKC Dunellen ham fest next Sat.-possum still eating here-1 atm. = 2100 lbs/ft. sq. N2TSJ flat on Ford at parade caused by bad seam in tube, spare tube had stem too big, got a new on for $36-antideer electric fence effective-calculated that using hydrogen from propane or methane produces more CO2 than burning it directly-lost hearing aid in grass, $1000 loss-tryng glucosamine for bad hip K2AGI taking ivy out of myrtle-used RLM's metal detector, can't find steel-took bird feeder down, birds complaining- WA2DKJ did bike ride-RLM's det. finds a quarter in the grass but not on asphalt!!??-had a ride in Honda hybrid car- WK2I Lou K2JV returned from MA place- AB2CM repaired mobile rig, new power module, but can get only hi power- 8 K2SKV pioneer picnic nice- KC2HWG -=-=-21:52 6/17/01 4" rain today-in Buffalo next Sun.-Les sold out at Dunellen-gaspricewatch works- Coleman lantern?- KB2IKC W2ZKE can't come to field day, clearing an estate-sold well at Dunellen hamfest- K2AGI got ticks pulling ivy out of the myrtle, photomicrographs of ticks-buying daughter a digital camera- N2TSJ got a Canon S-20 gift from son for Father's day, printed a picture, looks pretty good-drowned by rain while cutting the grass-electric fence keeping deer off day lillies- good hamfest- AB2CM he and Barry were are hamfest, a little rain-W2JT out, hit by lightening- WK2I Lou got some stuff at Dunellen-looking forward to field day- K2JV W2ZKE won big prize at Dunellen-ready to do food at field day-promises gourmet dining at FD- WA2DKJ Steve Cohen coming Thru.- -=-=-21:42 7/1/01 field day a great success, without me??-back (last Tue.) from Anne's wedding in Buffalo, a monster production!-why a modern hotel has loud air conditioning??-0.96" rain in thundershower today- KB2IKC K2AGI OKO without power-some problems on RTTY with KC2EYG-started auction of a tube on ebay- KC2IBB 1st try at a net- WA2DKJ will do an ant. for IBB- N2TSJ parade signs given to QOQ-doing a lot of weeding-pH of window boxes 4.5, will replace dirt-using new digital camera- AB2CM bashed knee at field day at 2AM, getting better, still on a crutch- K2SKV about 1" rain-2 fawns in yard- 8 K2AL working all weekend- -=-=-21:42 7/8/01 KB2IKC W2ZKE looking to Sussex next weekend- K2AGI KC2EYG had trouble on RTTY-tube sold on ebay $61- KB2BBP -=-=-21:24 7/15/01 QOQ saw wild turkey with 4 chicks another with 11 chicks-good hamfest at Sussex today-big BH fireworks tomorrow nite KB2IKC W2ZKE did well selling at Sussex- WA2DKJ replaced some house trim-did 50 mi. bike ride- N2TSJ has a cold-going to France later- K2SKV took a walk around Watchung lake- K2AGI getting ready to go to Myrtle Beach, going by car to avoid getting exposed to kids in an airplane- -=-=-21:31 7/2/01 0.0006 magnet wire, #54, 2.25 g winding tension-tiny reed switch- KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M pretty good- K2AL 3 on RTTY-emptied attic ready for addition to the house, HF radios all boxed up, antennas down- WA2DKJ got DDS board running- N2TSJ made a 25 min. timer, works good-wife has a gall stone, prob. need operation-in present house 45 years-has written memoirs up to 1993, interesting experience- K2AGI getting ready to go south, made movie projector run at 16 frames/sec to show old family movies- K2SKV been to 3 funerals in 2 weeks-pool now warm enough- -=-=-21:48 7/29/01 Amtrak web site unusable-antique radio swap meet-QOQ saw a fox in Summit- KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M open to Europe, good sig. from Italy, no QSO- AB2CM knee almost back to normal-486 computer in trouble- KB2BBP good sig.-meeting in Aug?, Harry sez no- -=-=-21:29 8/5/01 Sue going for 3 day cadaver camp this weekend-Hg atom clock- KB2IKC N2TSJ operation July 26, wife home from hospital, taking Cipro, some fever each nite, cancelled Europe trip-still has a cold after 3 weeks- K2SKV WA2DKJ fixed sliding door on JAO's mobile home-new small dia. fluorescent lamp, instantaneous start, works with only one lamp, filiaments not used, electronic ballast, 600 V at 53 kHz supply, dual 40 is $28 at Home Depot- K2AGI no RTTY tonight-back from SC beach yesterday, great weather, got a ticket for speeding, digital camera pooped out, caught and ate lots of crabs- -=-=-21:38 8/19/01 Sue's dog got high marks at the 3 day cadaver camp-Andy, Joe Reid and I fixed YEZ's hit and miss engine yesterday-Scolnic has daddy long legs infestation- KB2IKC AB2CM may get a speaker on AMSAT for Sept.- K2AL still doing addition to house- N2TSJ back from Annapolis Exxon reunion, visited friend in Sky Valley, GA, big hangup on NJ Tpk.-"The Bear and the Dragon" by Tom Clancy has a good message- K2SKV W2ZKE fixing up house, rearranging shack- K2AL has 2 486 laptops -=-=-21:42 8/26/01 started 4 auctions for QKV- KB2IKC N2TSJ went to Peddlar's Village, 523 to get back, lovely-will go to France Sept.5-making prints from digital camera, HP printer not too hot- K2AL 3 on RTTY-monitor problem, just a low of dust on video card in computer- K2SKV v. nice weather for walks- AB2CM 486 needed a new battery, orderded from Rad. Shack-took a ride in Alfa- 6 K2AGI watched very long golf match, 7 extra holes-new ink cartridge from BJ's- diverticulitis getting better- -=-=-21:40 9/2/01 KB2IKC N2TSJ getting ready for trip to France on Wed., return Sept.26-still writing memoirs-doing color prints from digit. camera-taking Model A to S. Plainfield parade tomorrow- K2JV back from a week at Rehoboth Beach-only 10 VHF channels in Europe- K2AL still doing addition to house- WA2DKJ finished water brake dynamometer- -=-=-21:30 9/9/01 KB2IKC KB2VVB v. happily retired, all summer in PA with daughter- K2AGI still problems with RTTY-fixed power supply-got chip from Greenbrook to fix 2036-will go to NYC to get digital camera fixed- W2ZKE got computer at rummage sale, old B&W laptop, works good on packet- WA2DKJ in NYC yesterday- KA2PUN birthday party for wife-wife broke arm 2 weeks ago, v. bad break- AB2CM meeting tomorrow night-got Dell computer, MS ME op. sys., trouble connecting with Dellnet- K2AL home addition going well, roof on, ceiling in bedroom fell in- -=-=-21:41 9/16/01 Trade Tower crash this week-could the attackers have guessed that the buildings would collapse?, ~5,000 missing out of 50,000 people in the buildings-having had prostate cancer, could not donate blood- KB2IKC WA2DKJ K2SKV just back from Munich, good trip except waited 4 days for plane, now awake for 24 hrs.- K2AGI 2 on RTTY-Sony repair in Teaneck but professional only- W2ZKE -=-=-21:28 9/23/01 good `grams of WTC collapses on LDEO website-degaussing coil for Christie? KB2IKC KB2BBP 2 « mins. to get thru customs returning from Canada after WTC- K2AL house addition going nicely-WK2I NG on repeater- K2JV mobile K2AGI printed WTC satellite pics- KC2IBB new antenna now up- -=-=-21:23 9/30/01 emergency cellphone serv. $24/yr., nytimes search on "cellphones for a song"-hello from N2TSJ, back from trip to France-Meyersville Inn w. jazz for anniv. dinner-bought Fawlty Towers from ebay, complete set-repeater louder than direct- KB2IKC KA2PUN repaired windshield washer on car- K2AGI bought WECO meter on ebay- K2AL house addition going nicely, maybe 3-4 wks. more- K2SKV -=-=-21:27 10/7/01 went with YEZ to NJ Live Steamers fall meet, had a ride with Henderson's big loco, cinders in the eye, etc.-had to replace 8 yr. old car batt.-no end of trouble getting Spark Gaps (Barry's AOL??)-attack on Afghanistan started today- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY- KC2EYG KB2BBP -=-=-21:20 bought 15" LCD monitor from J & R, works great!, full 15" area, light weight, 12V operation, YEZ off for a week cruise in Caribbean- KB2IKC N2TSJ back from France-new 27" TV, huge box, ~100 lbs.-HF antenna down, rope broke-moving to FL in a week or two-son works for Continental Air, rented an apartment in London for a week, special deal- W2ZKE Pack Rats hamfest OK-Sellersville next week- K2AGI camera sent to Sony a week ago, no reply yet-2 on RTTY- -=-=-21:32 10/21/01 meeting tomorrow nite at Lib.-cellphone works in train deep in Penn station!-moved in 400 lbs. bird seed- KB2IKC K2AGI 3 RTTY-got Club station license- K2AL painting new addition- -=-=-21:12 10/28/01 NPARC demo. at NP Child Safety Awareness yesterday, rather cold, good turnout- Kursk sub raised, marvelous engineering!, holes for attaching lifting cables cut by water jet with abrasive-Norm Pace a MacArthur fellow, $500,000, Sue's thesis adviser at IU-turned cold, 40 deg. right now-Bob Willis sez that cellphones work in tunnels (e.g., train in Penn. station) by having a series of antennas in the tunnel-repeater clock still on DS time- KB2IKC W2ZKE good 6m-putting up new 2m beam- N2TSJ leaving for FL Wed. for all of Nov.-MS Publisher good for text + pics- K2AGI 2 on RTTY- K2JV NP Child Aware. went well, will have report in SG's- KC2VR mobile -=-=-21:37 11/4/01 KB2IKC W2ZKE 6m good today and yesterday- -=-=-21:12 11/11/01 Leonid meteorite shower Nov. 18, maybe 1000/hr.-Vetrans' Day-binary date, = 61- CQWE contest yesterday and today-Wed. lunch group this Wed. at Snuffy's, 11:30-meeting tomorrow night, elections, etc., etc.- KB2IKC W2ZKE good DX in contest on 6M, got KW running good-painting house- K2AGI WA2DKJ switch to MH repeater?-fixing K2AL Elecraft rig-Holiday lunch Dec 8- K2AL house addition should be done on Fri.- K2SKV AB2CM has a cold-HF rigs dead- K2JV back from DC- 9 KA2UZM Paul, Cedar Knolls- -=-=-21:48 11/18/01 trip to see Scolnik's clock, mill, etc.-6 at Wed. lunch at Snuffy's- KB2IKC K2AGI did not see any Leonid's-new antenna- K2SKV Thanksgiving dinner today-book sale a great success- K2AL saw Leonid's, great, net with QOQ, etc., 23 in 10 mins.- KA2PUN KB2BBP W2ZKE 6M world wide contest running, 1KW helping- WA2DKJ saw Leonid's, v. good- -=-=-21:37 11/25/01 Thanksgiving dinner with Becky, et.al, petted the pig and skunk- KB2IKC W2ZKE AB2CM wants audio & RF sig. gen. to fix Icom 735- K2AGI cleaned gutters, used air compressor-4 on RTTY- K2AL field day, 8th out of many in our class- WA2DKJ busy with CQWW contest, got 87 countries in the 24 hr. period, QRP-fixing K2AL's K1 Elecraft- K2JV 21 for Thanksgiving-cleaned up shack-quad rebuilt- -=-=-21:38 12/2/01 dreading the loss of cable internet service, the issue is still pending-took pics for YEZ for his ebay sales-XB-70 Valkyrie- KB2IKC KA2PUN finished leaf removal- K2AGI going thru attic, found some good WE tubes, TTY machines about 15, found std. gage Lionel electric train-worked 4 on Pioneer party- K2SKV did Pioneer party- N2TSJ back from FL last night, flight on time-Tampa airport v. convenient-good weather in FL, warm enough for swimming-Home Depot just w. of Sears on 22-cell phone problems caused by hearing aid- K2AL 4 on RTTY-putting up X'mas lights- KB2BBP putting up X'mas lights- 8 K2JV finished antenna upkeep- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:44 12/9/01 the holiday club lunch yesterday was fine, 47 attended, pictures now avail. on Club web site-finally some rain, 0.82" and cold, now 36 deg.-Don Smith's rr car "Imperial Sands" at www.aaprco.com-bought X'mas tree, $26- KB2IKC W2ZKE enjoyed lunch-6M open again today- K2AL enjoyed junch- K2AGI fixing wiring on Lionel train to take to Memphis, crumbling rubber insulation-found RF power meter under table saw- K2EFB no phone serv. for 3 days last week, none again today- -=-=-21:24 12/16/01 dinner at Willy's with the McCalls-QST article on assy. of your own computers- KB2IKC W2ZKE DX lunch yesterday-6M pretty good-cleaning gutters- N2TSJ strange problem with cell phone and hearing aid- WA2DKJ meeting tomorrow night- AB2CM 10M contest, worked 5 hrs., 21 DX contacts- K2AL KC2FTS Ed. in Bloomfield K2SKV X'mas. lights up- -=-=-21:48 12/23/01 tree is up-raining a little- KB2IKC W2ZKE 6m v. good, tomorrow may be better- N2TSJ brunch at near Gladstone RR station-to FL Jan. 3-started skiing in `49, had first aid course- K2AL HF ant. not yet up-vanity call signs delayed by anthrax scare- WA2DKJ ski-type binding now used on bicycles-using synthesizer, very handy- -=-=-21:26 12/30/01 cold tonight, now 22-big mess with sw. to Comcast from @home mostly cleared up with Brett's help-Anne here for X'mas.-Sue and Steve going home tomorrow- KB2IKC K2AGI back yesterday from Memphis and Chapel Hill, got lots of odd jobs done, electric train worked, got Origami kit- K2SKV N2TSJ got via voice running well-will go to FL this week-Opah Grille, Lackawanna Ave. in Gladstone- KB2BBP K2AL back to work next Thur.- -=-=-21:43 1/6/02 took down X'mas tree-"decisionone.com fixed my cable software, v. entertaining, $30 and worth it-~1" snow so far this evening, big gobs, now 34 deg.-neutral buoyancy He balloon KB2IKC K2AGI RTTY strange-cable mail not working yet-2" wet snow- K2SKV K2AL watched Jupiter, with Andy, with telescope-got outside X'mas lights taken down- K2JV good day in NY today, saw HMS Pinafore- -=-=-21:24 1/13/02 everything working with the cable service except my website (the old one still works)-good lunch with the Wed. group at the Old Country Buffet in Blue Star-bought 3 stepper motors on ebay, have not arrived- KB2IKC K2SKV very windy-clothes drier quit, bought a new one, will deliver on Tue.-bought a fax machine, manual in 743 pages, needs a course- K2AGI reinstalled video monitor of gas meter-good RTTY net, 4 on- K2JV Spark Gaps distributed-in NYC yesterday and today, v. good opera(tickets $200)-made 800V power supply to test tubes, found some bad capacitors- K2AL -=-=-21:26 1/20/02 Mart's nosebleed this week-bought viavoice for $11 tot. from ebay, installed and works v. well-4" snow- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-snowblower worked well, reading the manual helped-internet serv. still a mess- K2AL KB2BBP no trouble from snow-K2JV fixing bat. for HT- W2ZKE busy on 6 M-going to FL in 2 weeks- WA2DKJ setting up TIG welder-Honda gen. (ex. me) started OK-Melville getting ready to go backpacking and hamming in Canada-direct conv. rcvr. working well, nice to listen to- 7 N2KRP snow blower worked OK-local ski slope used by many kids today- -=-=-21:49 1/27/02 NY Lotto lottery non-random???, NJ better? national scandel??- KB2IKC K2AGI email only partial still, expects new modem next Thur.-4 on RTTY-working on club badges- K2AL club donated to Heart Fund instead of flowers for Al Perkins-auction may be Apr. 26- vanity call sign still a mess, FCC lost some applications, due to anthrax scare- KB2BBP needs more firewood from AGI- K2SKV Mozart's 246th birthday today- W2ZKE good 6M- -=-=-21:34 2/3/02 Google feature Images, see equipment, try call or name, i.e., K2JV, W2ZKE, K3RWW, K2TRK, K2AL-Colin also saw non-random NY Lotto numbers, Pick 10 is random- KB2IKC K2AGI modem still NG-TurboTax installed and removed 4 times before it worked- K2SKV many commercials with SuperBowl game-read Roosevelt's Secret War, Persico- W2ZKE 6M good- K2AL painting ceiling-Patriots beating Rams, an upset-auction set for Apr.26- AB2CM KA2PUN -=-=-21:30 2/10/02 sent letter about Lotto to Times, they may require ref. to recent Times article?- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY- K2SKV K2JV rock pitted windshield- K2AL -=-=-21:22 2/17/02 meas'd. stepper motor as a a generator, good voltage, poor current-tested FL lotto, looks OK, sent letter to Times about NY Lotto-good lunch at Country Buffet on Wed.- KB2IKC K2AGI W7KSJ (www.rtty.com) in Auburn, WA, found JIS has mod. 28 TTY reperf. which outputs Braille tape!, will send it- K2SKV mute trouble with fax machine- K2JV Carnegie Hall today, Munich orch.- K2AL QOQ came over with a flying squirrel which he cought in his attic-saw Lord of the Rings, 3 hrs., v. good-486 computer problem- KB2BBP daughter and grand daughter visiting- -=-=-21:28 2/24/02 KB2IKC many complaints about Olympic judging, compare to prev. years?-new color cart. in printer- K2AL Rascal interface kits are avail. at meeting tomorrow- KB2BBP happy that Canada beat USA in Olympic hockey- KA2PUN went to Ed Weed's funeral- WA2DKJ installed satellite TV- K2JV can't make meeting- -=-=-21:32 3/3/02 1 ¬" rain today!! braille tty status? merlin hawk pestering our sparrows-got advice from Reid about Sable- K2AL 5 on RTTY, strange operations-AB2CM and K2JV helped him put up an HF ant.-saw Lord of the Rings, v. good, 3 hrs., saw it twice before- K2AGI found pot for green keys guy- KA2PUN rebuilding power saw- KB2BBP some progress in getting Canadian passports- WA2DKJ new 2M ant., works OK- -=-=-21:39 3/10/02 no luck yet in getting article about strange Lotto numbers published-Sue with certified search and rescue dog on front page of Abq. Journal (above the fold) wrt search near Grant's-became net control in May `91-replaced sump pump-Erdos giving talk next Thur. at Morris Co. Lib. on computer viruses, etc., 7:30- KB2IKC W2ZKE repl. Li batt. in computer- K2AL N2KRP on RTTY for the first time-bought DVD player, doesn't work-new comet coming, in west after sunset, may be good in April- K2AGI 5 on RTTY, all worked well-UTC transformer, rather mysterious-rewired RTTY- AB2CM 2M rig on packet not working-MAC computer not working- K2SKV worked Les in Germany-Old Guard bus trip to Philia.-ground zero lights to start tomorrow night- WK2I Lou -=-=-21:43 3/17/02 12 large turkeys in back yard on Wed.-went to Oakland to see Scolnik's clock and try to help find the vacuum leak-Steve back from 4,000 mi. trip to Daytona, 500,000 attended-good talk by Norm Erdos on Thur. on computer security-Radio Shack catalog v. big- KB2IKC W2ZKE sold OK at hamfest yesterday, full house, all indoors-snowing a little-at Ken Gordon show, saw many mother boards-would like Fox hunt- K2AL v. messy problems with RTTY, PK-232-Compaq computer, hard drive failed, took it to Radio Shack, they said to take it to Staples, NG- K2GLS got Little Rascal running, had to keep grounds separate, works on RTTY-no snow now- K2AGI 5 on RTTY-got bearing-dist. prog. updated- WA2DKJ working on a keyboard from bike shop, (leaky roof), kbd has credit card reader-jury duty tomorrow, a civil case- KB2BBP got Club notice in IP-trying to promote a Fox hunt- AB2CM -=-=-21:44 3/24/02 patent download $3, 1 hr.-Sybil put to sleep, kidney failure, 16 yrs. old-put Erdos' security paper on my web site, sent notice to many-McCall's gave me a birthday party, very nice-PSK31 instead of RTTY for one night? KB2IKC W2ZKE worked both DXpeditions-good 6M in southern hemisphere- K2AL car inspection this week, fixed loose connection on directional signal-5 on RTTY!- WK2I Lou working on Rascal kit, lost capacitor?- K2AGI doing income tax, no forms for state tax, called for them- K2GLS doing taxes-son and family arrived for Easter- KB2BBP harvesting wood from woods- 8 K2JV `50 Chevy his first car, no dir. signals-some family here for Passover- WA2DKJ bike riding-jury duty, civil case, awarded $75,000 for injury, 2 hr. deliberate-PIN does not show in magnetic stripes- -=-=-21:48 3/21/02 Easter Sun.-7.1 `quake in Taiwan last night-AGI putting mucho junk on curb- KB2IKC K2AL 3 on RTTY-starting with MMTTY-finished Rascal kit, works PSK31 OK on HF about 25W, 2M not working yet- K2AGI junk out to curb- WK2I working on Rascal kit to get on RTTY net- KB2BBP cutting lots of wood for fireplace- WA2DKJ back from Detroit, got a Ford flat-head engine for a friend, saw Jack Ivy, got water brake dynomometer running- -=-=-21:26 4/7/02 first day of daylight savings-looked for FAX program, impossible with cable-HP Cesium beam osc. sold on ebay for $850!!!- KB2IKC WA2DKJ worked on Schwill's 70' tower, broken bolts, etc.-dumped much junk at Morristown waste loc. (with JAO)- W2ZKE getting car ready to sell-brake job on another car at 112,000 mi.- K2AL repeater good-6 on RTTY-worked Greece on PSK31 with 30 watts-Steve Mendelson to talk tomorrow at club meeting- KB2BBP John Pierce obit- K2AGI redoing bearing-dist. list again- K2GLS was also on RTTY-getting good DX with PSK31 when phone is no good- WK2I finishing Rascal kit-taxes about finished- WA2UBK using PSK31 OK- -=-=-21:44 4/14/02 found out this week that Mart should have her bladder removed-X10 motion detector worked fine on a raccoon last night, got (poor) pics-working with NJTTC Trustees to get new lease, other changes-saw termites swarming again this year-great talk by Steve Mendelson about the NY Marathon last Mon.- KB2IKC W2ZKE small flea market Sat., sold pretty well-civil war battle reinactment-fixed 160M mobile rig- K2AGI new refridge. making mucho noise-fire dept. all over church, two false alarms from smoke detector-5 on RTTY- K2AL did federal taxes, had some trouble finding all the papers-PSK31 worked Russia, Greece, etc.-car blew head gasket, may scrap it- KB2BBP WK2I mailed taxes, long line at post office- -=-=-21:34 4/21/02 5.1 quake 5 km deep, near Plattsburgh, NY at 7 AM yesterday, caused some damage, felt by Schrage and others, no record on my seis, prob. because of low pass filter-writing more stuff for table tennis club trustees, bylaws, etc.-Andy seen Ramsey catalog?- KB2IKC W2ZKE doing odd jobs, gps gear for car, Rascal kit- K2AGI will bring dev. meter to club meeting tomorrow night- K2GLS sent msg. via reflector, AGI and I did not get it-Walt Creuz OK? K2AL 4 on RTTY-worldnet billed twice last month-mother-in-law felt quake in NP- WA2DKJ me see quake?-at Rose Finnegans place helping clear it out and fixing electrical problems, Fri. wind storm belew down trees-DKJ out of power for 23 hrs., 600W Honda ran freezer and 2 refrigerators, concludes 2 KW would be plenty for house- KB2BBP K2JV back from DC-printing auction tickets- auction this Fri., set-up starts at 6 -=-=-21:42 4/28/02 installed mahjong in Rita Rowan's computer, not easy, XP op. system, windows .exe hard to find-good auction Fri. night, sold a few things, good turnout-1.3" rain today- Physics Today article on GPS, pic of new birds- KB2IKC W2ZKE went to TCWA dinner- K2AL birthday today-v. busy at work- K2AGI 4 on RTTY-email prog.? quit- N2KRP T-shirts look good, Al-prob. get new HT, wants cop bands-got shirt at Target, $13- KB2BBP WA2DKJ -=-=- 5/5/02 earth tide about 3" twice a day-Milnes article about Carl Felt on web site-trip with YEZ to steam club track-got YEZ account on ebay straightened out-NJTTC lease agreement- KB2IKC K2AL 5 on RTTY-lots of painting and fixing- WK2I Lou K2JV bar mitzva in Woodbridge on Sat.-Wilbur Fulton now in MD apartment-baby sitting a 4 & 7 yr. old- K2SKV in DC, stayed in Fairfax, tornado watch-incorporation papers taken care of- K2AGI Canterbury Fair next door, biiig crowd, perfect weather-lots of birdseed left over- N2TSJ back from FL on Wed., good time, 80th birthday party-likes weather up here, lots of green-antique car show incl. `24 Rolls-lots of traffic on I-70-messy time with tile- K2GLS cleaning yard, starting garden, still getting rocks-water heater leaking- W2ZKE gardening and cleaning yard-resoldered winding on car starter motor- 10 KB2BBP cleaning yard- -=-=-21:51 5/12/02 NASA frantically looking for 8086 CPU's and 8" floppy disk drives-NYTimes article on how cars are getting too complicated-new Azden rig (from Rita Rowan)-put some equip. on curb- KB2IKC W2ZKE obs. I started at 9:00:00-getting ready for Dayton- K2AGI computer rebooted in middle of RTTY net- K2AL Kathy laid up since Tue, operation on foot-umpiring softball-3 on RTTY-old field day site not avail., prob. can use parking lot behind school- K2SKV reunion at Westminister Coll. Thur-Sat, great music-has a Sinclair computer, rarely used- KB2BBP back from Philia.- -=-=-21:35 5/19/02 weather reports show all 3 days at Dayton had no rain but cool (hi in 50's)-no trouble from deer for months!- KB2IKC K2AL 3 on RTTY-permission to use alt. field at GL for field day, has to fill out forms- umpiring for rec. dept.-our spot reserved for the parade, normal parade route- KB2BBP WK2I Lou, mobile-HT with a mag mount, solid sig.- N2TSJ more trouble with computer (I was there last night to help)-deer visited last night- still writing memoires, son helped with old photos- K2JV Dayton was terrific-will get operators for parade, need me for photos- K2AGI bad ankle, staying off it, may miss parade-never had a root canal- 8 K2SKV 1.5" rain-root canal on Fri.-black bear in yard yesterday and at living room window-has lots of deer, also a very small fawn- -=-=-21:43 5/26/02 big job getting rid of YEZ's KLEZ virus, I am still getting infected email (being caught by Norton AV) URL on request-charged HT battery for the parade tomorrow, should be perfect weather-model RC helicopters now doing inverted hover!- KB2IKC K2AGI watched MASH from 9AM to 5PM-ankle still bothering-worked on power mower carburator, hard on ankle- K2AL Kathy recovering from foot operation-Club meeting Tue at Lib- N2TSJ getting Model A ready for parade, found knock, all 4 conrod bearings rather loose, found 0.03" shims, made thinner ones, big job!, and much other fixes, too old for that job, may sell it-email from relative in France about virus, a page of addresses, how to get rid of it, this msg prob would infect- KC2EYG HT etc. ready to be net control for parade- WK2I will help with comm tomorrow-liked Spyder Man movie- K2JV ready for parade-leaving for west coast on June 3- K2EFB KB2BBP brought yacht from Conn. in 1976 tall ships show so watching Fleet Week- 10 WB2QOQ marchers meet in Lib parking lot 9:15-9:20- KA2PUN W2ZKE in Mrstn. tomorrow- -=-=-21:50 6/2/02 went thru a car wash!, wild-still getting KLEZ virus which are trapped by Norton- KB2IKC K2AL 4 on RTTY-lost power 3 « hrs on Fri, big tree fell on lines, has 2 new poles-good contact with Mayor, OK for Oakwood, no problem with curfew-has spare parts for Rascal kits- has Coleman 4KW generator- K2GLS violent storm, trees down, no problem-Rascal working well, on on QRP-has few contacts left at Whippany- K2SKV 0.5" rain-hose to grill developed a leak- K2AGI monitor on old 386 died, replaced with one found on curb, better than old one-dug out some old tubes, trying to contact Gordon Dart- N2TSJ Joe Blank will take old printer-thinking about emergency generator, saw one at Home Depot run by natural gas-saw Fantasia on son's DVD- WK2I 5K run today, another one tomorrow-field day site?- 8 AB2CM watching World Cup football-checked out Oakwood, looks fine-checked on insurance for Field Day, cost about $250-300- WA2DKJ talked to Norm Erdos, not very encouraging but will try-can use Oakwood Park for Field Day-WB2EDO has 15 KW unit with auto start-likes Honda 2 KW unit- K2JV leaving tomorrow for `till July 1, will miss Field Day- W2ZKE charging batteries bought at Dayton-160M mobile working- 12 KB2BBP will do catering for Field Day- WB2QOQ -=-=-22:08 6/9/02 Pioneer picnic last Wed., probably the last one, large turnout- KB2IKC K2AGI 4 on RTTY-meeting tomorrow night-ankle getting better but slowly- K2SKV had good time at picnic-ankle getting better- N2TSJ sold Model A Ford to a member of his club, can now put Packard in garage-Mod. A carb fixed-Stu Blank took printer, suggested that a termination is needed to make scanner work- needs new water softener- KB2BBP K2AL prob. get space at GL near parking lot for field day- WK2I 40M antenna fell down, twine rotted- WA2DKJ OK on low power- -=-=-21:44 6/16/02 saw Scolnik's Bentley and Hardinge-ground hog here- KB2IKC N2TSJ Model A is gone, had it since `42-did Old Guard bulletin on the computer-may buy Epson 2450 scanner- WA2DKJ KKR now an emergency medicaL technician-got a free 12V batt. for field day-field day next weekend, starts at 2PM, setup starts around 9AM, will have food at noon, new site: near Gov. Livingston school bldg., GOTA station for generally inactive hams in addition to 1 VHF and 2 HF, got K1 for K2AL up to specs.-Bob Melville will come to FD- K2SKV still has ostioarthritis in ankle, nearly OK after pills and heating pad and resting- K2AL happy Father's day, saw new Star Wars movie-has a lot of gold finches- N2KRP will bring to FD rig, inverted V ant., etc.- W2ZKE Dunellen was wet and muddy, not very many- KB2BBP Dunellen rather small, rain held off- -=-=-22:01 6/23/02 good field day, both days around 90 but dry!, new loc. is prob. better than the old one, sent 11 pics to Ralph-Sue back from Cortez, saw lots of smoke from the forest fires in AZ and near Durango-Mart's hip problem is bursitis, greatly helped with a cortisone shot- KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M good for field day, rather bushed- K2AGI large bunch for field day, 20 members, 6 visitors, new tents are nice- K2AL tired after FD, putting stuff away, tents worked good, new loc. good, better access, 181 contacts on VHF mostly 6M, 130 last year, good setup with tower- N2TSJ busy week, getting out Old Guard bulletin, modified garage to fit Packard, moved partition-July QST article about FCC registration- K2SKV good field day, tents v. good, new loc. better, food v. good-tried Celebrex, NG-send pic to ARRL?- KB2BBP likes new loc.- -=-=-21:43 6/30/02 KB2IKC see field day pics on web site-chromated copper arsenate treated wood- K2AGI new 2M rig working OK, the 2036 wiped out by lightening- WA2DKJ oiling baseball glove-dug out a tree stump-climbed A2CM tower to fix the slop-Kern got Elecraft kit- N2TSJ wife's birthday on Fri.-bought a scanner, works well on 35mm and larger negs.-still mod. garage to take Packard-going on cruise to Halifax- WK2I got an FM broadcast beam- W2ZKE going to sell Mustang- K2SKV some plumbing- K2AL 3 on RTTY-got new company car, Subaru station wagon-no Salt Brook for July and Aug.- -=-=-21:43 7/7/02 art. in Times magazine section, OK to eat fat but reduce carbohydrates, very persuasive-smell of smoke from forest fires near Montreal-Macy firewoks on TV v.v. fine- band at NP fireworks, amazing electronics- KB2IKC K2AL 4 days off, bad traffic getting back from the shore-did comm. at NP fireworks (me too)-no meeting tomorrow night- K2GLS got a K2 Elecraft, works v. well even to Europe- N2TSJ busy week, got scanner working with son's help, manual poor, Andy put up HF ant., got RTTY prog. running but no Rascal kit done yet, PSK31 better than RTTY-cruise to Halifax starting next Sat.-garage finished, paint floor next- K2AGI ordered chip for Heathkit 2036- AB2CM K2JV glad to be back from west coast trip, met some nice hams in British Columbia-library for both monthly meetings for July and Aug-offer to drive TSJ to pier- WA2DKJ K2FCV ordered Elecraft- W2ZKE picnics both Sat and Sun-v. good sig. tonight- K2SKV dim sun due to smoke, seen as far south as S. Carolina- 11 KB2BBP -=-=-22:03 7/14/02 Sue arrd. on Thur., drove herself and Luke- KB2IKC K2AGI leaving tomorrow for beach, maps marked, son-in-law has boat ready to go crabbing- K2GLS just back from town concert, Grand Old Opry tunes-saw a bunch at Sussex hamfest, good weather- W2ZKE sold at Sussex, fewer buyers- K2SKV good opera at Princeton- N2KRP bike mobile-BH fireworks Tue. night, 11:05- -=-=-20:20 7/21/02 Mart's operation was last Mon., op. went v. well but recovery is v. slow, she eats v. little, etc., Sue (KD5MIA) doing great job sitting with Martha-"The Bat Bomb", true story of WWII of developing the use of bats carrying incendiary devices with timers (napalm) to set fire to Japanese cities, very funny!- watermelon v. good source of lycopene- KB2IKC KB2BBP just back from CA, good fishing, weeds less in lake- K2AL not much radio activity- N2TSJ back from cruise to Halifax, enjoyable and relaxing, poor weather, chilly and windy and rainy-went to meet in Flemington with Packard, poor organization- K2SKV Vail Cummings out of hospital (bypass operation)-ankle is troubling again-read book Tukedo Park about Loomis, enjoyed it- -=-=- 7/28/02 much of this week running back and forth to Overlook, Mart came home Thur., doing OK, got nice bouquet from NPARC, Sue (KD5MIA) goes home tomorrow-went to Eastern Open Table Tennis tour. today at Rutgers, good tournament- KB2IKC K2AGI lots of email after vacation-RTTY rig not working-has a taker for a Mod. 28 TTY from Philia.- KA2PUN Sears has limited selection of Rustoleum paint-likes cordless phone- K2JV just back from MA- WA2DKJ 7,420 pts. on Field Day, 7,125 last year-got a surplus digital tire balancer-Lance Armstrong won tour de france- K2AL KB2BBP Val checked in to thank club for flowers- K2SKV saw many old cars in Somerville- W2ZKE 6M open, big sun activity-no worry about memory effect in NiCd's- -=-=-21:59 8/4/02 KB2IKC joined the semi-modern world, installed Windows Upgrade to 98, only one panic call to Brett-3/4" of rain this week- W2ZKE has the grandchildren-garden doing well-102 deg on Sat.- K2AGI 2036 not yet fixed-into attic to check fan, cleaned and oiled it- K2SKV no air cond. except in bedroom, got some new fans-big lightening on Fri. night-big classic car show in Somerville on Fri. nights- N2TSJ back from Trapp family lodge trip-email failed, no dial tone-questions about Rascal kit-wrote to JASC about bad manual for PSP- KB2BBP K2AL kids to different camps-had a Triumph Spitfire car- N2KRP -=-=-22:05 8/11/02 "hunter-gatherer" at supermkt.-Mart developed a urinary infection-v.v. dry, need rain!-Barry installed for me one of his "production" 2M antennas, sig. into Flemington much better- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI is treating bladder infection, feeling better today- K2GLS my new ant. works much better- N2TSJ cleaning out storage areas-email failed a few days, now OK for unk. reason- reupholstering sofa will be cheaper than new- WA2DKJ fixed Porsche transmission- AB2CM K2JV saw The Boys from Syracuse-wants to close club books at end of Aug.- 9 K2AL 2 on RTTY-got call and password from FCC- KB2BBP looking for meteorite shower, overcast- -=-=-21:45 8/18/02 repeater has been working v. well for months-"AS DRY AS A BEDOIN'S INSTEP":Fred Allen-big mob for the Wed. lunch-the champion government cost overrun:After FDR approved the proposal in the Einstien letter for the atomic bomb, the scientists asked for $6,000 to do the whole job. This was the start of the Manhattan Project. How much was the final bill??? I think about $2 billion. The letter is at: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/paopage/Pages/Einstn.htm am still spending time in the supermarket-Sue got a plaque and $100 from Los Alamos labs for her work on anthrax (DNA sequencing to ident. species for the FBI) after 9/11-try half.ebay.com for purch. almost anything, esp. books- KB2IKC KA2PUN revising home compressed air system- K2AL 2 on RTTY-angiogram on Fri., all normal- K2AGI finally got 2036 running, got speaker from EYG, speaker has higher impedence to preserve audio chip, still not working on RTTY- N2KRP had a good time at Wildwood-listened to RTTY net- N2TSJ Andy found that the Rascal kit diagram was wrong-fixed son's car, bad battery connector-"The Silent War", John Craven- KB2BBP his company went out of business- K2JV friend from Bulgaria coming- WA2DKJ Grand Prix 19,000 rpm (320 cy/sec) engines!- -=-=-21:59 8/25/02 Sue and Luke saved the life of a woman near White Rock this morning-Jennet Conant book about Loomis: TERRIFIC!- KB2IKC W2ZKE nice day high of 82 deg-6M open-finishing Rascal- K2AL 4 on RTTY, AGI back!-swam in pool-at Shore 3 days, 1 day windy-will loan Rig Blaster to OKO- WA2DKJ helped TSJ with Rascal kit-building EPROM burner- K2AGI gas gage on station wagon bad, found bad gage on dash board- N2TSJ AGI fixed part of PSK-31 system-up to p 73 of memoirs- K2SKV ankle still not OK-won $1.80 on a horse at Monmouth-read Tuxedo Park, great, knows about Loomis visits to Whippany- KB2BBP attended (1951) Trinity at London College- -=-=-21:50 9/1/02 about 2" rain finally, 0.32" so far today, high of 62 deg.-Raul sold WE speaker driver on ebay for $7,900!- KB2IKC K2SKV rain welcome-met Ogden Nash twice at a radio station- N2TSJ neighbor forced by court to cut lawn-after finding dirty contact, got PSK31 running with K2AL-also a Ogden Nash fan- K2AGI 3 on RTTY, some problems- K2AL KB2BBP Ogden Nash stamp, 100th birthday- -=-=-21:33 9/8/02 lunch this Wed.- KB2IKC K2AL doing yard work, has firewood for free-no RTTY- W2ZKE band opening, got SC on 2M and some in NC, Cape Cod- K2GLS big aurora-went to Martinsville, PA ham fest, very small- K2SKV magnetic storm on Wed.-breakfast at Cracker Barrell in Clinton, pretty good- N2TSJ went to Victorian day near water gap, took Packard, good time-getting ready to travel to FL, then Germany with son for 10 days, then back to FL- KB2BBP -=-=-21:29 9/15/02 48th wedding anniv. tomorrow-Schrage call back to NJ early, tree limb poked hole in roof and messed up some ants., his well may have run dry-spelt, for the bread makers?-great bunch of tutorials on picture editing and enhancement on jasc.com-0.84" rain so far today- good group, about 12, for the Wed. lunch- KB2IKC W2ZKE doing some on contest, 2M and 220- K2AGI much trouble on RTTY, finally OK- K2SKV ??ink jet printer, HP, won't print, got new cartiridge, now OK- K2GLS exploding power x'fmrs. caused by rain- N2TSJ K2AL -=-=-21:36 9/22/02 went to model train show with YEZ and his brother, Lionel company seems healthy- scitoys.com- KB2IKC WA2DKJ fall starts tomorrow-new project at meeting tomorrow- K2AL 6 members helped with BH 5k race, about 350 runners, good fun-good RTTY, 4 on, fewer problems- K2AGI N2TSJ listened to RTTY, good copy-getting ready to go to Germany on Oct. 5, back on 17th- K2JV did 5k race support-went to annual street fair in Westfield with grandchildren, v. nice- K2GLS long track for garden trains at Whipp. museum- K2SKV -=-=-21:37 9/29/02 rode in Scolnic's Bentley today, v. nice, 6.7 liters + supercharger-see http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html for marvelous astro pics and other stuff- KB2IKC the rest lost when computer froze. -=-=- 10/13/02 first net with new Pentium 4 computer, all OK, no entry for last week because of no computer-Martha pretty much fully recovered from bladder removal-4.03" rain since Fri.-2 hr. power failure last week, why?- KB2IKC W2ZKE still doing maintenence on tower- K2AL trouble with ULS on FCC- K2AGI 4 on RTTY, all OK- AB2CM club election Nov. 11- K2GLS K2JV Bill Moore will talk at meeting tomorrow- KB2BBP will be at meeting tomorrow night-new little HT working, found that there 17 repeaters in our area- -=-=-21:37 10/20/02 JIS & I watched on the web 20-30 auctions in Geneva of watches on Antiquorum, mostly pocket watches, range from $20,000 to $1M, about 1.7 mins/auction, quite different from ebay!, very good website, a desk clock which Bill bought for Berkeley about 5 yrs, ago for $100k sold for $670k-bad hard drive from old computer found to have lost a r/w head-NP library card catalog on-line, BH not yet-Hanzl->Hensel? KB2IKC W2ZKE bent tower problem, off the air- K2AL clogged drain, fixed OK- WA2DKJ with Scott got BMW bike running- AB2CM N2TSJ back from trip to Germany, too cool and rain, 1 good day out of 10-Norton Computer doctor? fix his problem- K2AGI sold WE x'fmr. for $1,500- KB2BBP will return Radio Shack HT- 9-K2JV 50th reunion for Norma's nursing school-great time at Turkish bath in NYC, coed- -=-=-21:59 10/27/02 folded pendulum for seismom., I saw it as a possible clock, Scolnik was excited about this idea- KB2IKC N2TSJ he & wife had physicals, all OK- AB2CM doing some DX contest- K2JV NY yesterday, Met and Carnegie Hall- W2ZKE doing acorns and leaves-tower on ground, will take parts to welder- KB2BBP K2AL -=-=-21:32 11/3/02 7.9 eq today at 17:12 EST 75 mi. S of Fairbanks-YEZ auctions going well- KB2IKC W2ZKE tower still at welder- K2AL Erin birthday party last night-sick cat to vet-Lorin practice driving- K2AGI cold is better-EYG doing addition to house-taking tower down will wait for warmer weather-lots of birds on feeder- N2TSJ to FL for the winter on Thur.-has 180 pages (10 chapters) of memoirs so far, not incl. photos- K2JV back from marathon, all went well-Spark Gaps in a day or two- WA2DKJ missed big quake- KB2BBP KC2IZK no copy- -=-=-21:52 11/10/02 Sue, Steve and Luke went on a cadaver search last weekend. The dogs with her group of searchers found the body in the hills near Jemez Springs. It had been there since May but was in good condition. The guy, a hermit, had comitted suicide.-Cray X-MP 1990 $20M, 132M RAM, 800MHz clock, 1G disk, water cooled, power??, would barely fit in my house if basement included.- KB2IKC K2JV back from MA-got bird feed from Agway- W2EAL Bob Craig-did CQWE, worked Ken, no luck with RTTY- K2AGI 14 RTTY for CQWE-3 on net RTTY- K2AL did some leaves, gutters- W2ZKE KB2BBP -=-=-21:30 11/17/02 heard NJ Youth Symphony orch and chorus at NJPAC today, v. good-1.6" rain, now 39 deg.-leaves mostly down-no more Radio Shack catalogs-Sue's dog will recover- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-big noise, tree limb took out steel cable which held up the bird feeder- K2AL has a bad back- W2EAL Bob copied most of the RTTY-did large amt. of leaves- K2SKV back from a month in Austraila- K2VJ weak sig.- WA2DKJ next weekend CQ contest, will try for 100 countries in 48 hrs.-some progress on seismometer- -=-=-21:34 11/24/02 Barry made bread from spelt-Mahland to have quad bypass operation tomorrow in Mrstn. Memorial-AGI's tree blew down on South St. yesterday, caused 7 hr. power outage for many-good pic on fox KB2IKC K2AL doing leaves-CQDX CW contest, worked 17 countries with 5W on a dipole, got Finland- K2AGI much wood cutting from down tree, exhausted- AB2CM W2ZKE done with leaves and gutters-squirrels make nests in gutters and clog them up- KC2KHM Eric-will come to meeting tomorrow-got J-pole ant. working-daughter got license- KC2KJK Steve, lives near K2AL, just got general- KA2UZM ??? Cedar Knolls KB2BBP cutting wood with AGI- K2JV testing old tubes-going to MA for Tksgivng-talked to Warren, is in good spirits, prob. out on Thur.- WA2DKJ (ck. in at 21:37) riding bike-gas discharge lame on bike helmet- -=-=-21:49 12/01/02 tuned my piano, sound pretty good, used the Strobotuner, of course- KB2IKC W2ZKE is building Andy's version seismograph- K2AL fell off step ladder putting up x'mas lights, hand swelling going down-hawk in yard, broad-shouldered type-4 on RTTY- K2AGI found 2" CRT for a guy on the green keys reflector-timed it out- KC2KHM Eric saw some wild turkeys- K2JV in MA, lots of family, great time, 4" snow on ground- KC2KJK Steve x'mas lights up-looking for new computer- WA2DKJ using LM324 for seis amp., gain of 1,000- -=-=-21:32 12/08/02 7" snow this week, leaf blower good to clean snow off the car- KB2IKC K2AGI restoring antique telephone for gal in ACGNJ- K2AL 2 on RTTY-lunch was great, having a lunch is better than a dinner-broad-shouldered hawk keeping birds away-NP snow plow backed up to snap off a utility pole, big fireworks, some neighbors out of power for 12 hrs.-first use of snow blower, worked great, big improvement over a shovel- KC2KMK Emily- K2JV happy with lunch-good discussion with Cameron-looking for packet via international space station at 21:35- N2TSJ back last Tue.-enjoyed lunch, beef good-replaced belts on snow blower, took 4 hrs.- computer won't display attachments-needs to renew license- KC2KHM Eric WA2DKJ got my SL-220 seismo. running along with homebrew, compare well- KB2BBP hung woofhong on the wall- 10 KA2PUN -=-=-21:44 12/15/02 predicted 1" snow tonight- KB2IKC K2AL 2 on RTTY- K2AGI when leaf pickup?- N2TSJ dermatologist removed two spots from face-needs root canal-tree is up-fixed security setting in Outlook Express- K2JV visited Wilbur Fulton in Maryland, they are fine- KC2KHM ordered 2m mobile- WA2DKJ good quakes with homebrew seismom.- W2ZKE lots of x'mas activity- K2SKV back from New Zealand and Australia-garage door relay out, but 30 yrs. old-bad battery connection on car- 10 KB2BBP playing his sax-x'mas lights up- KA2UZM Paul -=-=-21:56 1/5/03 I forgot to show up for the prev. 2 nets! too much going on with the relatives here, and my case of the shingles-diagnose possible shingles quickly!-trying the duct tape method of wart removal, should take about 1 month-echolink up and running very well, QSO with a guy from Dayton as well as W2WKL-big power outage Fri. night, NP & Summit-AGI returned from Memphis yesterday- KB2IKC W2ZKE doc will work (cataract) on eye this week- K2AL used gen. to keep mother-in-law going thru power outage, 12 hrs.-W2OLF new call for daughter- N2TSJ going to FL on Tue, back 1st of May-momentary power dip spoiled satellite TV rcvr.-had root canal & crown, all OK-looked into echolink-had both eyes cataracts done, all pretty good- KC2KHM lived on Timber for a while- K2SKV good result from cataract operation- KC2KJK back to work after 2 week vacation-Marco Polo lost power- WA2NCE K2AGI bad cold, sounds terrible- K2JV up at 4 tomorrow to go to Kennedy with grandson- KB2BBP 11 N2KRP lost power 12 hrs., big light show, heard x'formers, scary, used 12V bilge pump with sump, worked good- -=-=-22:06 1/12/03 Google `andy stillinger bridge'-QSO with Sue, etc., on echolink, also had a 3- station net, works just like a net on this repeater-my shingles better, no visable scars but still some pain and sore mouth and tongue-temp. is 26- KB2IKC K2AGI RTTY net a mess- K2AL Winstar towed away again, overheating, bought sister's Nissan-coaching basketball team- K2JV still recovering from Dec. parties-jury duty tomorrow- KC2KHM echolink working well- W2ZKE had cataract removed, no new glasses yet-maybe go to VT this weekend- K2SKV fell asleep during TV football- -=-=-21:33 2/19/03 participate in historic experiment, will be talked about for years or maybe not, my echolink is set for a max. of 5 people so foreigners can connect thru me with Ralph's link which transmits and rcvs. to the Whip. repeater, locals will operate just like they always have-went to a free swing concert with Carol, etc., band made up of mostly old guys who had played with famous old bands such as Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, etc., 20 pcs. in all, they played old favorites like Little Brown Jug, etc., great sound, just like the original, a large crowd and lots of dancing- KB2IKC K2GLS curious about compression type for echolink-power outage for whole town- K2JV working good-KRP brought scout troop to see shack- K2AL working good- KC2KJK interesting-wife not in favor of installing a tower-last Mon. meeting v. good, esp. Barry's ISS project- KC2KHM all OK- NF4X working good- K2AGI still has cold- KD5MIA ?? , Ralph phone line dropped, reconnected- N2TSJ ?? 11 K2SKV impressed- -=-=-21:45 1/26/03 Super Bowl night-link with Ralph's rig avail. for distant users, niether Jim or Sue can make it-Dr. started me on Neurontin (good for depression and epilipsy) and oxycontin, shingles slowly getting better, prob. be weeks yet-snowing lightly, 27 deg.- KB2IKC W2ZKE fixing antennas-Raiders getting killed-may make the meeting-will be in FL 3 weeks, back before end of Feb.- K2AL painted the kitchen-game on in the other room-planning trip, Sat. Feb. 15 to Ham Radio Outlet in Maryland- AB2CM auction will be a Salt Brook school Apr.4, 6P-10:30- K2AGI no RTTY- KC2KHM -=-=-21:19 2/2/03 trouble with ebay's TurboLister-shuttle blew up on reentry, little fondness for shuttle prog. but none for ISS-Rick Anderson's wife died-shingles slowly getting better, still rather dizzy-at least 19 deer went thru woods- KB2IKC K2AGI weird RTTY net, 3 on-snow flower fixed, not yet tested- K2AL shuttle and Rick's wife- K2GLS comments about shuttle-getting lots of spam thru ARRL- KC2KJK node 62116 in echolink to monitor shuttle tall- KC2KHM Yaesu 2600 in, help with running cable thru firewall- KB2BBP -=-=-21:37 2/9/03 v. nice services for Louise Anderson yesterday-4" snow tomorrow-Wed. lunch group this week-Sue's dog certified as a cadaver dog, may get called out to look for body parts in w. Texas from the shuttle disaster-Barry: asked Ron Henderson to watch for a cheap video projector, he was not optimisitc- KB2IKC K2GLS got cert. from QCWA for 50 yrs. of being a ham- K2SKV has a cold- K2AL 5 or more on RTTY!, some problems as usual-been a ham for 34 yrs.- KB2BBP KC2KHM K2AGI KC2KJK beginning on RTTY- K02W -=-=-21:37 2/16/03 expecting 2 feet snow tomorrow, temp. now 10 deg.-Washington tells us that al keida is dangerous because they don't like us and they are ruthless. So all we need to do is send them a couple of truck loads of ruth.-"atomic" wrist watch now avail. in a stainless steel case!-most inefficient engine is a house thermostat-12V battery ready for emercency service- KB2IKC K2AGI msg. from Jack McLain K2IUK(sp?)- K2AL good RTTY, 4 people-got gas and oil for snow blower- K2JV had stent installed, no residual effects!-2 KW just right for starting a furnace blower- Vince on repeater output??- KC2KHM Eric AB2CM snow blower hard to start, 20 mins.- K2SKV still has sinus infection-3 or 4" snow now- KC2KJK Steve gutter cables powered up-lots of people in stores-squeezed one car into garage-alternatives to generator, inverter powered by car??- 9 KC2IZK Vince lots of people in stores- KB2BBP -=-=-21:40 2/23/03 still 8" snow on ground-dinner at O'Connor's, now 28 deg, some black ice driving home- attempted to set up distant service thru KC2RLM, it seemed that the gain from Ralph was too high, disconnected- KB2IKC K2AGI big 3 on RTTY, no problems-can't send pics to AOL users- K2SKV busy keeping sump pumps working- K2AL new sump pump working fine- KC2KJK bad wind chill-will call JV about going to hamfest- K2GLS KB2BBP WA2DKJ wild trip to Dallas- KC2KHM -=-=-21:41 3/2/03 echolink should work today, but Sue can't make it, Jim may be late-piano tuner coming on Tue.- KB2IKC W2ZKE back from FL, worked some 20 M, much socializing-good Splitrock hamfest- K2AL 2 on RTTY, AGI couldn't-fair hamfest, group of 4- K2SKV 12 deer in yard- K2AGI on Ebay Haglebarger gadget- K2JV enjoyed hamfest, saw old friends- KC2KJK first hamfest, crowded, bought some wire- WA2DKJ Morris-Cowley car?? NF4X some static?? N2TSJ some static?? -=-=-21:43 3/9/03 tnks to Ralph-Barry brought bialys from NY, v. good-Doug Phillips did a good job tuning my piano, will wait to see how long it holds, pins can be pounded in to tighten-Jim 81st BD last Sun.- KB2IKC W2ZKE planning antenna, hard to walk around on the ice- K2AL good QRP party for Elecraft, worked Hawaii, Oregon and CA-on PKY mag mount blew off the roof-5 on RTTY- K2SKV K2AGI trouble on RTTY, software?-fight with squirrels, squirrels winning- W2TJT Tom ?? WA2UBK Shel 200 sunspots- N2TSJ somewhat muffled-warm week, 2 tornado alerts- K2JV KC2KHM repairing michrophone?-50th birthday in Feb.- 11 KC2KJK Steve near end of a cold-took David (6) to circus-Radio Shack in Gillete, big discount on 10M mobile rig- WA2DKJ Reid on QRP, good QSO's-Heath tube tester, 27's no emission??-car alternator about 60-90 amp.- 13 KB2BBP will be at meeting tomorrow-back from Philia. bat mitzva- -=-=-22:00 3/16/03 56 deg. now, 66 this afternoon, half the grass in front yard vis.-no link thru echolink this week- KB2IKC K2AL weak carrier, antenna??-will get better ant.- K2GLS good hamfest at N. Hunterdon, much room, big crowd, good selection- KB2BBP Summit Symphony v. good- KC2KJK good Cherryville hamnfest, stayed 'till 11, few left, got 60' coax for $0.50, tiny mag mount antenna for 2M- W2ZKE sold good at hamfest-visited KJI, hard to find- K2AGI problem with RTTY- -=-=-21:46 3/23/03 in Overlook with TIA -=-=- 3/30/03 Lash up for allow DX stations to join net: Who speaks Azden mic. pos Azden Echolink locals any rec. xmit me use both mics xmit xmit Jim etc. mic near spkr xmit rec tell story about my brief stroke-had dinner on Thur. at Rolf's. Fast, attentive service, very quiet, large smoking section, ad for ammunition on wall, big drinks, excellant sauerbraten and shpetsela, too much vinegar in the honey-mustard dressing, reasonable prices--my kind of resturant. Now two places I like in the area--the other is Myersville Inn. KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI 3 on RTTY-still more war with the squirrels- K2GLS taking care of granddaughter- KB2BBP K2JV N2TSJ from FL via echolink, reports good audio qual. from me and the repeater WA2DKJ N2KRP KC2KJK hail damage- N2TSJ $3000 damage to non's car from hail damage in BH- -=-=-22:03 4/6/03 good prog. about the history of the SR-71 Blackbird plane- 6-10" snow tomorrow-v. good auction last Fri.-will send pics to Ralph- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AGI income taxes done-good auction, good location- WA2DKJ glad that auction got thru all items- K2AL happy about auction- KC2KJK bought 4, sold 3 at auction, $4 profit-built v. small 40M transciever, works!-bought 12V battery- AB2CM KB2BBP refreshments made money- K2JV got rid of the tower, etc., at auction-put up ant. for son-in-law- N2TSJ from Fl. via echolink- -=-=-21:55 4/13/03 NP police v. observent, got ticket for not getting car inspected last Aug., fine is $123 which was paid over the internet-also, made appointment for inspection over internet-spent 1 1/2 hrs. helping Rita Rowan with computer- KB2IKC W2ZKE working on tower, painting etc.- K2AL installed battery in elecraft, worked Germany, CW 1.8W-3 on RTTY-NPARC is officially sponsoring a softball team- K2AGI heard Jim v. well-glad all snow gone-fooling with sump pump- K2GLS also working elecraft on batteries- KC2KHM NPARC showed ham radio to grade school in BH Mountain Park- KC2KJK Steve, cleaning shack, stashing stuff from auction-taxes done, filed electronically, fairly simple-bought HT, used ICOM- WA2DKJ pruned crab apple tree-working on seis. project, amp and filter OK- N2TSJ in FL via echolink- K2JV meeting tomorrow-sez echolink with Jim works good-ARIS application to be mailed to ARRL tomorrow- -=-=-21:55 4/20/03 started to grow a beard this week-termites seen swarming near bathroom window-got two pocket-sized musical pitch meters, for tuning piano or guitar, work quite well for aout $12 ea.-Martha did leg-of lamb, v. good- KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-big lawn clean up next door, much noise all day-income tax all done- N2TSJ great weather-finishing chest of drawers- KC2KHM putting up HF ant.- W2ZKE K2SKV back from 4 weeks down south-new concrete on sidewalks, etc.- N2FGC K2TRK mobile coming back from dinner- -=-=- 21:37 4/27/03 tooth fell out, one with a metal wire sticking out, a lateral incisor- KB2IKC W2ZKE progress in tower work- K2AL at shore on Fri.-doing yard work, real zoo at Home Depot-went to W. Orange hamfest, a small one, bought a few items-worked Russia with 2 watts on CW- K2AGI 4 on RTTY-sorting RTTY picture tapes, may have to type in 1200 items- K2SKV getting ready for junk pickup- KC2RLM not full quiet ??-back from SF visiting son-new car, installing antenna-signed up for Dayton-switched to DSL, hard to get going- N2TSJ had to get 4 tires, one had bulge- K2JV baby sitting for a while-application approved for ARISS contact, v. likely to get a spot, will need a lot of help- KB2BBP AB2CM visited battleshp in Camden, v.v. nice, operated ham station on ship-bought a cellphone, no sig. here, cancelled contract- WA2DKJ has a cold, will not be at meeting tomorrow night- -=-=-21:50 5/4/03 put a goodly bunch of junk on the curb for pickup this week, nothing worth coming over for-tooth glued in again-Pres. Bush landing on carrier, caught 4th wire out of 4-52 deg. here (for Jim's info)-FCV's car beautiful for parade-WA2DKJ house rebuilding?? KB2IKC W2ZKE tower work going well- K2AL much pollen from trees, allergy problems-doing yard work-coaching softball with kids-Jerry Sevick to talk at next meeting- WA2DKJ sold a lot stuff at Warminster with Reid & Melville, good weather-got some 'quakes very well with amp-filter boards- K2SKV went to Warren library meeting, groundbreaking, good food- K2AGI bad RTTY with EYG-good time at church festival yesterday, train and ponies for kids- N2TSJ KC2KJK Steve mobile-new windows, so home antennas not working-Radio Shack in Carteret has a lot of ham stuff- WA2NCU Summit, poor copy- KB2BBP -=-=-22:11 5/11/03 new sump and pump installed-26th day of new beard- REPEATER UNUSABLE, USING 145.75 KB2IKC K2AGI can't do RTTY- KB2BBP lots of flowers from kids for Mother's day- WA2DKJ got permission for field day at same place as last year-ordered ckt. boards for seismo. amp and filter- N2TSJ good to be back on Wed.-starting to get hot in FL-house and yard will need a lot of work, salt killed some grass-son got hail damage fixed on car-long walk went OK- K2AL Lauren passed tech. exam for Tech plus, will study for general- KC2IZK Vincent K2JV not all copied-- W2ZKE -=-=-21:50 5/18/03 just about a month on my beard, looking rather shaggy, will have to learn to trim it-cleaned out a bunch of magazines and boxes-Shel WA2UBK of WH repeater is shel@lucent.com- KB2IKC K2AGI glad repeater now good-4 on RTTY- N2WKF on side K2GLS FCC will make ham room on 60 M- N2TSJ working in garden, moving ground cover-dermatologist, dentist, audiologist visits-to get car inspected-friend has problem with via voice on MAC, must call Ireland- K2SKV back from Bermuda, poor weather, great food-car inspect. at Plainfield v. fast- K2JV returned from Dayton at 6P, rain on Sat., Fri. v. nice, had a great time- K2AL talked to W2FMI, Sevick-hail damage on roof of car- WA2NCU no copy KB2BBP -=-=-21:42 5/25/03 $30 refunded by paypal for item not delivered by seller on ebay-smallest fawn w. doe across lawn-read the daVinci Code, v.v. good-ready for parade, battery charged for HT and camera- KB2IKC W2ZKE enjoyed Dayton, got back about 5AM on Sun.- K2JV in NYC at theater today- K2AGI KC2EYG K2AL Andy helped put up antenna, a long wire, not great yet but worked Greece w. 5W- KB2BBP nightmare trip to Newark on Thur. to INS- AB2CM programming HT's, big probems- N2TSJ all annual flowers planted-drove to Coldspring, NY, met cousin, dinner at Hudson House overlooking Hudson river, heavy rain on drive back-credit card left at Hudson House, drove back up to get it today- KC2KHM making adapter for headphones to HT- N2KRP -=-=-21:45 6/1/03 Mart & I both heard three shots (?) at 1:50AM this morning, must have been semi-automatic, did anyone else hear them?-about 2" rain-Mart unhappy, deer ate iris, bought spray, good for 1 yr (??)-with Ralph's help, got RadioMobileDeLuxe running, neat!, v. good manual online by Ralph- KB2IKC W2ZKE working on tower, ready to start painting- K2AL good Bergen Co. hamfest yesterday, next on Oct. 11, bought a desktop computer, $75, got old HT for $20-Mars will be v. close in July and Aug.- WA2DKJ field day, 29th&29th, same place as last year!, need propane grill-seismograph amp/filters working v. well- K2SKV found large clutch of hams at a motel in Piscataway- K2AGI KC2KHM KC2KJK got new ham shack wired up-building 2M Yagi, wife nixed roof for it, must put it in garage attic- 9 K2GLS good hamming, big Aurora opening for 6M- N2TSJ finished planting flowers-son's BMW had bad wiring harness- KB2BBP 12 K2JV WB2QOQ 6 marched in the rain for Memorial day parade- -=-=-22:08 6/8/03 glad rain is over-amarylis headed for the ceiling again, now 22" hi, growing ~2"/day- KB2IKC N2TSJ got grass cut between rain storms-bought 2200 psi power washer, wand has a yoke with 2 plastic wheels about 2" dia. which rolls to keep nozzle at const. dist.-planted ~350 annuals-problem with Epson scanner using 828 film size, web site confusing- K2AGI terraserver no longer free- K2GLS APRS works with HT and laptop-good help with Red Cross with tests- K2SKV got 4" rain-good weather for Pioneer picnic- K2AL all plastics work with superglue- KB2BBP problem with green card- WA2DKJ has permission to use same site for field day, need tables and chairs for food area and other chairs, gas grill- K2JV back from play in NYC- 10 KC2KHM -=-=-21:56 6/15/03 solved one leak problem on the boiler thanks to Andy and Jim for glass tubing, next problem is a leakey make-up pump-amaryillis about to bloom, stalk about 34" hi, only one this time-Jim scanned 35 mm slide, v. good-good 'quake about 3 hrs. ago, a 6.4 in the Aleutians- KB2IKC W2ZKE taking care of grandkids-a little work on antennas- N2TSJ went to Peddlar's village in PA-audio faded out, carrier steady-hearing aid went bad, returned to factory, cost $160 to fix- K2AGI problem with RTTY-car hit pole, power out for 10 hours- K2JV July 5 club picnic-kid's day next Sat., 2P-Fri & Sat, did Big Onion race in Brooklyn- WK2I Lou Alexander-will do class F station for field day at fire house- K2AL Lauren has driver's permit- WA2DKJ found transmission oil has yield point in damper in seismometer, Nujol OK- 9 KC2KJK power surge blasted transmitter for dog fence, fence also had 3 shorts- -=-=-21:57 6/22/03 guys did v. good setup for Kid's day but v. rainy-did some more work on steam plant with W2YEZ, ready for field day still in doubt-this month the most rain for 100 yrs- KB2IKC W2ZKE more ant. work, ready to paint- K2AL good time at Kid's day- K2AGI daughter and 2 grand-daughters now here- N2TSJ hamfest yesterday, got SWR meter-blew power supply-discovered low audio due to thumb over microphone hole- K2GLS got certificate for being licensed for 50 yrs.- WK2I Lou hard to put antennas at fire house for F station- KC2KHM Eric- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:42 6/29/03 cricket games both yesterday and today on the Labs lawn-great weather for QRP field day, thanks to Andy for nice setups at the high school and at the fire dept. by Lou Alexander, bands in poor shape, Steve Cohen here from Fl., Jim Stekas there also Kirsten Tonnesen- KB2IKC K2AGI good field day- WK2I two TS-850s died at field day- KC2KHM 1st field day, had fun-studying for xtra-saw Bob Melville- K2GLS worked APRS on Sat.- K2JV happy about the weather- N2TSJ big family weekend-refrigerator died-got pills for congestive heart failure-HV wire protecting lilies v. well- W2ZKE KB2BBP 10 KC2KJK 1st field day, good to see-trying to get 2M-440 ant. up, needs to guy mast- -=-=-21:42 7/6/03 only fair fireworks in NP this year (Macys' great on TV) but got some good pics-lots of pics of field day on web site, look for yourself- KB2IKC W2ZKE good 2M DX-too hot to do much- K2AGI will get new pacemaker tomorrow, present one is 14 yrs. old- KC2KHM put up 2M ant. J-pole of ladder line-can have Club meeting at Labs (with prior notice)- N2TSJ busy week, new refrigerator, painted front of house, shutters up-did some dark-room work-mason will rebuild chimmny- K2AL did comm for NP fireworks-new x'fmr. at work, 1,500 KVA, power cost ~$20,000/mo (price based on peak demand- K2JV nice fireworks in Summit on the 4th-will take Sevick to Sussex hamfest-has book of QSL cards, Joe Pinter's mostly better-will be gone all week- -=-=-21:42 7/13/03 BH biig fireworks Wed. night about 11P, v. good, got some good pics- KB2IKC W2ZKE great hamfest at Sussex- KC2KHM WK2I great at Sussex- K2SKV back from 4 weeks in Switzerland rode many trains, and a week in UK, visited Bletchley Park!- K2AGI new pacemaker working well, x-rays tomorrow- KB2BBP KC2KJK great at Sussex-back from Maine- -=-=-21:32 7/27/03 on 575, repeater still down-Eric's new call is N2VI- KB2IKC K2AGI back from NC beach yesterday, great time, Fred also from FL- K2SKV regrouting shower-no copy on BBP- AB2CM good copy from all-weeding back yard-listening on new 60M band, 5 channels- KC2IZK Vince-getting boat ready to go the Maine- KB2BBP W2ZKE no copy except K2SKV and AGI -=-=-21:26 8/3/03 repeater up-BH library now v. good website, Google search Berk Heights Public library, card catalog, etc., also try reference librarian-"tubesters", 6EV7, 6EJ7, 12AX7, 12BA6, etc.- N2TSJ back from Stowe, v. nice-to leave for Europe Aug. 15 'till late Sept.,free computer desk by coming Thur.,got XP running well except scanner- K2SKV v. noisy thru repeater- K2AGI Levenbach fixed computer- WA2DKJ WK2I -=-=- 8/10/03 at meet of Live Steamers today with YEZ, good food, we did the steaming but no rain-repeater quite noisy- KB2IKC W2ZKE lawn finally dry enough to cut- K2AGI K2AL working CW at the shore with the K1-can't do RTTY- KC2KJK cut grass in pouring rain yesterday-works in Boonton-got Rascal for RTTY, does not work- K2GLS hi background local noise- N2TSJ 50th wedding anniversity this week-going to Europe on Aug. 15 'till late Sept.- AB2CM N2VI WA2DKJ -=-=-21:34 8/17/03 repeater rcvr. sens. still poor, using 145.75-good turnout for the Wed. lunch-prob. need to sell the Sable, anyone?-new front porch quite nice, work done by contractor recommended by N2TSJ-0.1" rain today-monster power outage this week, 7 states-Jim Kern good story about getting home during blackout- KB2IKC K2AGI updated roster- K2JV back from west coast 2 weeks-hello from Dave Frazier-MA house on the market- 1st meet on Sept.8 prob. in Salt Brook school, Oct. 13 1st meet in Oct., will be Steve Mendelson-x'mas lunch Dec. 13th?, O'Connors has nice private room $1 cheaper-ZKE weak- WK2I Lou-got the worm in XP, got past Norton, fixed by Norton antidote, took about 2 days- WA2DKJ bad mosquito problem-good score for field day, not as good as last year- K2SKV poor rcv. from Andy-lots of mosquitos- W2ZKE weak-can't hear me!- N2VI talked to W2FMI-avoided worm using MS-2M worked when phones did not during blackout- 9 KB2BBP -=-=-21:42 8/24/03 Got Camry on Tue--great!, with help of internet, saved $2500 over Toyota Morristown price, bought it in Flemington, will have to take it back to get ashtray installed (no charge)-anyone want a '90 SABLE?-reported bogus email (340k!) from "Comcast" to Comcast-Mars to be best on Wed., next best in ~800 yrs.-Shel Darrack reports repeater fixed- KB2IKC K2SKV great weather-Rolf's for brunch- N2VI poor sig.-backpack trip with Emily in Catskill, hit repeaters all over- KB2BBP K2AGI looking for neoprene cement- WK2I glad to hear car story- WA2DKJ 15 mi. ride-shortness of breath mostly gone-meas. Q of coils-curious stutter on audio- W2ZKE curious stutter- K2AL did not mention stutter, must be my rig??-spent some time at shore-saw polar cap on Mars on 5" refractor- -=-=- 8/31/03 3.8 'quake near Milford-saw polar cap of Mars thru Brett's telescope, got pics, v. good conditions for here which are always lousy-Drug Fair AA alk. batteries $.25, RS price $.80-Roomba, $150-power windmills for quarry near Spgfld.-high of 72 deg.-no problems with anyones signals thru repeater- KB2IKC W2ZKE full quiet- K2EZR Frank, NP, near AGI-new rig- K2AGI 23 on RTTY- K2SKV saw Mars- KC2KJK Steve-need connectors, not at RS-washed car-pressure washer removed! chrome from plastic parts!- -=-=-21:31 9/7/03 have book on electroplating-lunch this Wed.-Sue arrives on Tue.-all good signals-described balloon microgravity experiment- KB2IKC WK2I K2GLS big family dinner, 2 daughters-doing PSK31- K2AGI big problem switching over to Audora-watched tennis- AB2CM good tennis-went to Chester- WA2DKJ art show in Gladstone-big mosquito problem-talking to Melville about electronics- K2EZR will work PSK on 15M-will try balloon-would like Erdos talk on searching- K2JV much misc. stuff mostly done-contacted Creuz, is doing better- N2VI just BTL work- 10 W2ZKE making progress on tower- KB2BBP nice neighborhood picnic- -=-=-21:38 9/14/03 back from Scranton trip-our 49th anniv. tomorrow- KB2IKC W2ZKE muggy night, waiting on Isobel, 165 MPH hurricaine-almost finished with tower fixings-uses gutter guards, they work well- K2AGI good RTTY- K2AL will work on getting back on RTTY-replaced roof due to hail damage- K2EZR fools with humitidy measurements- WK2I K2SKV Bell Labs:and life in the Crown Jewel, good book- K2JV back from Baltimore bar-mitzva- KC2LSV no copy- WA2DKJ -=-=-21:46 9/21/03 trip to Rhinebeck Aerodrome (120 mi., 2 1/2 hrs., http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/) either Sept. 27 or 28, depending on weather, show starts 2P, will send email-Northlandz visit-Bell Labs:Life in the Crown Jewel, SKV- SKV John Nance "Headwind"-Culex pipiens had a bad summer--too much rain.-9 hr. power outage from Isobel- KB2IKC W2ZKE tower almost ready to put up- N2TSJ back from 1 mo. in France, great time, 50th wedding aniv., big party-free laser printer from son- K2AGI watched neighbor's tree removal from Isobel- WK2I helped with BH 5K race, may run it next year- N2VI helped with BH 5K run-at meeting tomorrow can watch ISS go over- AB2CM helped with BH run- n2krp -=-=-21:35 9/28/03 good trip to Rhinebeck with YEZ-got Kill A Watt, will show at a meeting-using Yaesu FT-1500M prior to install in the Camry-about to sw. to win XP- KB2IKC W2ZKE tower nearly ready- WA2DKJ doing direct conv. rcvr.-Scott making bio-diesel, ran diesel model airplane engine with it, got $400 diesel Rabbit to try with bio- K2AL Kid's day in NP cancelled by rain, now Oct. 5-RTTY problem not yet solved- K2AGI 1.25" rain-good RTTY, 3 on- N2TSJ son made DVD of their trip to France- K2GLS K2 works well on 40M at 5W-Jay Quimby email from son- K2JV K2EZR Frank 2M ant. ~30' high- WK2I Lou- 11 KC2LSV Scott noisy- -=-=-22:11 10/5/03 Scolnik has Bently for sale on ebay-got Windows XP installed, took some fooling around but all works OK- KB2IKC K2EZR did PSK on 15M, good DX-good crowd at NP street fair- WK2I raking leaves-QRT N2TSJ found throat mike on net, should come in Fri.-found amp at Radio Shack, $13-found place in BH to conv. from SECAM-will go to cardiologist- K2JV still fixing Mass. house to sell-brother-in-law Lenny heart problem fixed- W2ZKE did excersize with Hazmat in Bridgewater-flea mkt. next Sat. in Bergen Co.- K2SKV back from 2 wks. in NC, no damage there- KC2KJK 1st anniv. of license-building new family room, expensive but cheaper than a new house, going slowly-street fair nice- -=-=-21:36 10/12/03 good documentary on PBS by Ken Burns about 1st transcontinental auto trip in a Winton-PBS documentary on the Red Baron-good group for Wed. lunch, incl. Stu Blank and Jim Brown-Consumer Reports article on emergency generators-"Skype.com" free software for VOIP for anyone-CD of Wichita Wurlitzer, super- KB2IKC W2ZKE packrats flea mkt. v. small-more progress on ant.- K2SKV saw opera yesterday-Sheetz?- WA2DKJ K2EZR Frank has many output x'fmrs.-restoring 1936 Philco-will look into talking to son in Germany using SKYPE- K2JV WK2I AB2CM watched women's soccer- -=-=-21:44 10/19/03 http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html the URL for MIT's Open Course prog., 500 courses for home study-looked into the Houdaille quarry from behind the fire house on Bonney Burn Rd., BIIIG!-AGI in Overlook for fluid drainage from pericardium, had operation on Fri., still in cardiac care section-Anne Schwill in Overlook with mini-stroke (TIA, same as mine?)-sent letters to congress about BPL, hand-writ- KB2IKC N2TSJ readied Packard (1937 Touring sedan) for Dobb's Ferry, NY, did not go due to rain-saw cardiologist, doing tests, wearing contin. cardiogram recorder-will got to FL in Nov.- K2GLS saw sleet this AM-toured NM, SantaFe to Carlsbad, went to White Sands for hard rain!- WA2DKJ did bike ride-had a physical, nothing found, will do stress test-Scott got Diesel VW on ebay-getting much spam-Millar present, working on seis-did 90 countries QRP in 2 days last year- K2EZR 80M Zepp needs fixing- WK2I Sussex auction not much- KC2KJK Steve-Rockmite working good on CW, AZ on 1/2 watt- K2SKV K2JV Fellowship Vill. ham station will go, Vail, Jerry-saw AGI, looks good in cardiac care unit, may come home on Wed.-Anne has only a small residual effect- 10 W2ZKE repeater v. good-Sellersville flea mkt., sold some stuff, chilly-has GPS and computer in car, looks good- K2AL -=-=-22:01 10/26/03 AGI still in Overlook, eating fairly well, sounds good-0-2 baseball game better than a 10-12? KB2IKC K2AL depressed by Yankee loss-inventory of ham radio gear, sees large depreciation-starting to use logging prog.-2 large sunspots- K2JV v. good Met. opera yesterday-new kosher deli on east side-3rd Ave. fair good- K2EZR 80M ant. back up-Union Co. having computer collection- N2TSJ throat mike good speech quality, sent to brother-in-law in France-doing leaves-this Thur. will go to photo plus exhibit at Javits Center-Direct TV outages-Outlook Express messing up msgs. from some friends, problem fixed by changing filter- WA2DKJ has 6M field day logs- W2ZKE working on ant. wiring-73 Mag. ceased publication- WK2I -=-=-21:49 11/02/03 might hit 80 deg. tomorrow-Gary, K2PLL saw red aurora in NP about 8pm Thur. nite, Mart and I looked (at Berk. School) for about 30 mins. and saw nothing, a little overcast-strong sig. from 6.8 Honshu Thur. nite-AGI home on Tue., rather weak, on 2M briefly Thur. nite- KB2IKC K2JV back from marathon ~6PM, all went well, stationed at end of Queensboro bridge- K2AL did ARRL Sweepstakes (CW), found code is a little rusty, ~15 states with 5W- N2TSJ will leave Tue. for FL, will return after Thanksgiving-cardiologist said all OK-photo expo at Javits, digital stuff good, got batteries cheap- K2GLS helped daughter to move to Far Hills- K2EZR restoring '38 Philco- -=-=-21:37 11/9/03 v. good total lunar eclipse last night-AGI doing OK, not on net because mike cord on rig needs fixing- KB2IKC K2AL enjoyed the eclipse-raking leaves- K2EZR raking leaves, cleaning gutters-great eclipse- K2GLS watched eclipse, v. clear-doing CQ-WE contest, 80M good- WK2I good eclipse- W2ZKE HF ants. on tower work fine, vert. and HF beam not up yet- K2SKV doing leaves-did CQ-WQ-v. good eclipse- WA2DKJ doing leaves- 9 KC2KJK back from DC, kids liked air and space, saw eclipse from Mall, got video of Pres's helicopters, several decoys-had flu in site of flu shot- KC2IZK Vinnie, insufficient signal- K2JV -=-=-21:46 11/16/03 W2ZKE K2JV WA2DKJ K2EZR -=--=- 11/23/03 10^9 bacteria/g in normal soil-K2KKR got good record of a 'quake- KB2IKC K2JV not nearly full quiet-did not hear ISS tonight- N2VI not full quiet-ISS pass tomorrow eve. ~17:55 K2GLS full quiet-did final clean of yard- W2ZKE v v noisy, no copy-OK on rev- K2EZR v noisy- K2AL noisy- K2SKV v v noisy WA2DKJ full quiet-working on FCV's 33yr. old Ford pickup- 10 WK2I estate sale in Far Hills, surveryor's tripod for $5 -=-=-21:38 11/30/03 $0.01 music CD's on ebay- KB2IKC W2ZKE tough copy-will have to take tower down again- K2AL CQ Worldwide contest, worked 42 countries with 5W on K1-putting X'mas lights up-several colds and coughs in house- WA2DKJ got 101 countries, Barr got 105, 20M yagi, 5W- KC2KJK contest CW too fast-straight key difficult-50W on HF gets into answering machine- K2AGI sending cans for cookies to daughter-remove RFI with filter- KC2LSV Scott (Hally is daughter)-in garage with car battery and mag mount-looked for ISS from Scenic overlook, no good- KC2LYJ Hally writing book, only 3 pages so far- K2JV building doll house kit- -=-=-21:39 12/07/03 15" snow Fri-Sat.-Pearl Harbor Day-seis needed centering, house tilt due to snow load??-Milnes' weather station-fixed Outlook Express for W2YEZ- KB2IKC W2ZKE 7" wet snow, hard to move- K2AGI snowblower works well-driveway icy- K2AL elections at meeting tomorrow night-Lauren driver test tomorrow- K2JV Opera yesterday, train OK-still building dollhouse!- KC2KJK fixed RFI problem with answering machine, phone line too close to coax-trying for a Elecraft K1 for x'mas- KB2BBP -=-=-21:40 12/14/03 Saddam captured today!-Rad Shack alarm clock radio controlled $15!!-6" snow then rain- KB2IKC W2ZKE K2SKV lunch at O'Connors good loc- AB2CM lunch at O'Connors good loc- K2AL Lauren got provisional driver's license- N2VI -=-=-21:19 12/21/03 Sci. Am. article made Curta calc. prices jump by a factor of ~~3 from ~~$700 to ~~$3000, so far this month, 9 Type I and 12 Type II,s, I paid $320 several years ago for a Type II-hung the Wouff-Hong-Sue KD5MIA should arr. Fri.-got new water heater- KB2IKC W2ZKE got StreetAtlas upgraded-over the stomach bug-AGI leaves tomorrow- K2SKV ice and snow mostly gone- N2TSJ wife has bad ears from airplane pressure change, Jim has bad cold which got into an eye-water softener tubing split, got water in basement-problem starting snow blower- K2GLS his 4 kids will be home for x'mas-killawatt showed pf of analog power supply ~0.5-roomate in college had a Curta, used for lessons- KC2LSV hello from son David-got water alarm from HomeDepot- KC2KJK off 'till Jan-getting K1 kit for x'mas-lights and tree up-big mob at BestBuy- K2AL WK2I KJI will be at Jan 12 meeting for Kenwood demo- 10 K2JV Warren will be Santa for Salt Brook kids tomorrow, Jim Brown and AB2CM will also come- -=-=-21:49 12/30/03 I forgot about the net. -=-=- 1/4/04 K2JV left for Egypt yesterday, to return Jan. 23-verified GLS meas. of low PF (.25) for 200W analog power supply, .76 PF when fully loaded- KB2IKC W2ZKE good holidays- N2TSJ leaving for FL Thur.-health better-lunch at Pierre's-HTX avail. free- K2EZR Frank Kid's day in BH, good turnout, no DX- K2AL Kid's day all OK, good turnout, 8 kids on the air, Cub scout leader interest, no DX on 20M-next Kid's in June- WK2I did work space center in Houston for Kid's day- AB2CM good time at Kid's day- KC2LSV KC2??? David KB2BBP was at Kid's day- -=-=- 1/11/04 down to 0 F last night, in the 40's tomorrow-has anyone connected with K2JV in Egypt?-old 286 computer for seismograph failed, video card, installed 368 and got it running OK- KB2IKC W2ZKE tower functioning- K2SKV X'mas lights taken down-had a Beetle at one time- WA2DKJ '82 VW Rabbit work, bought on ebay for $400 for use with biodiesel, needs new tires-watching Mars lander, interesting- WK2I rebuilt transmission in car works- K2GLS 2 grand kids around, keeps him busy-ISS transmitting packer again- N2KRP on HT, noisy-had 3 Beetles- K2AGI back from 20 days with daughters over X'mas-what's with the roster?-email overflowed on comcast-RTTY not working- KC2KJK new family room being painted-K1 is fun- K2AL meeting tomorrow, KJI will demo new Kenwood HF rig-club auction, early April??- 11 K2EZR KB2BBP -=-=-21:48 1/18/04 US postal service, usps.com/clickship to print labels INCLUDING postage-good turnout for Wed. lunch-3-4" addtl. snow-interesting 3D analghyph microscope pic from Mars lander- KB2IKC W2ZKE AB2CM bands in bad shape-watching the Iowa caucuses- K2GLS schools closed tomorrow-lots of slush and snow- WK2I worked on ant.- K2AL got email from K2JV in Egypt- KC2KJK clearing driveway- -=-=-21:22 1/25/04 K2JV returned from Egypt, etc.-down to about 5 deg. last night, big snow due Tue. night-good news about Mars landers- KB2IKC K2AL school meeting for tomorrow canceled-April 2 for auction??- KC2KJK mobile- K2GLS has choke for Rich- KC2LSV N2AGU Rich wants choke- KC2LYJ Halley K2JV great trip to Egypt and Jordan-flight home delayed by sandstorm- K2AGI got RTTY working!- W2ZKE about to leave for 3 weeks down south- -=-=-21:42 2/1/04 still a long dry spell on 'quakes-googleguide.com good tips on searching-two new transuranium elements, one half life of about 1 sec. KB2IKC K2SKV sl. warmer weather welcome-Sevick wants ride to Dayton- K2AGI no RTTY net, no one showed up- K2JV both now healthy-got 50 ea. speakers, batteries etc., for code practice osc. from Hudsick-making new batch of antennas- WA2DKJ with KKR at Friendship Village, helping move stuff-Mars rovers doing well, fair evidence of water in the past- K2EZR AB2CM German article on K2 performance- 8 K2AL watching SuperBowl-car is bumpy all of a sudden-RTTY not set up- -=-=-21:41 2/8/04 glad rain in stopped for forseeable future-made pics of ice cubes between crossed polars, explored some more tools in Paint Shop-finally a strong 'quake or two- KB2IKC K2AGI email problems- WK2I drove to Ham Radio Outlet, got R8 vert. antenna for 6-40M- K2AL feels achy, may not make meeting tomorrow night-Hudson sect. meeting, BPL discuss. etc., some people have done ARISS, KB2KH tomorrow will talk about digital modes-Mar. 3 to talk on BPL- WA2DKJ with W2KKR, moved Rose Finnegan's stuff, took a whole day-continuing on regen. rcvr., got the hum out-done with K1's- K2JV dinner with speaker tomorrow at 6P at Chinese rest.- KC2KJK doing Atkins' diet, easy after first few days, has lost 10 lbs.- 8 KA2PUN Tom -=-=-21:42 2/15/04 Pete Markavage big article in today's Times about manualman.com, etc.-now 17 deg. KB2IKC K2AGI 2 on RTTY-snow in Memphis- K2SKV 8 deer- K2JV busy weekend-Apr. 12 meeting will be at a new loc.- WK2I putting ant. together- K2EZR baby sitting- N2AUG Rich-wants rub-on labels- 8 KC2KJK new car ant., mini-ham sticks, 6M and down, 17M works well, talked to a Boeing 737 in Caribbean- -=-=-21:32 2/22/04 MDHUB.COM neat way to deal with your doctors, see printout, will send this info to reflector-have WEB Griffin's latest, "retreat Hell", avail. for loan- KB2IKC K2AGI troubles with RTTY- KC2RLM worked RTTY-got digital modes working with N2VI- K2EZR 3 code oscs. working- K2JV saw opera at PAC in Newark-had a Salt Brook 3rd grader over for HF demo., got 2 Europeans- WK2I WA2DKJ ran Honda gen.- -=-=-21:31 2/29/04 happy Leap Day, Sue missed being a leap year baby by only a few hours-repeater clock 50 secs. fast-repeater audio failed, switched to 145.75- KB2IKC W2ZKE got back last Mon.-did 20M a lot on the trip-had red tide in FL, spray causes cough-last year deer took down 8' steel fence around garden 5 times- K2AGI 2 on RTTY- K2JV prepared garden-selling on ebay- K2GLS having interior of house painted-can't hear ZKE or K2AL- K2EZR trip to Pittsburgh- WK2I thunderstorms may kill BPL- K2AL KC2KJK got seismograph working- -=-=-21:38 3/7/04 had annual physical, all OK-have URL (Mumford) showing errors of clocks using 60 Hz line freq.-some snow (5"??) early tomorrow, best local radar on Ralph's weather, see NPARC web site-data for Street Atlas on hard drive-tiles in bathromm replaced, good mason-thanks to Shel Derek for fixing the repeater- KB2IKC K2AGI tired from getting RTTY talk ready, 130 lbs. so far- KC2KJK hamfest in Parsippany, got sound card, etc.-got on RTTY tonight-uses MMTTY for RTTY- K2GLS upgraded K2, gets out well on 5W, incl. Japan in afternoon- K2JV painters for inside come tomorrow-saw Dumbo in NYC, good time, walked across Manhattan bridge, feet hurt- KC2LSV Scott did show at Bridgewater Children's Museum, kids thrilled- K2EZR ready to put up 80M ant.- N2VI on RTTY and PSK31 OK- 9 K2AL will go to hamfest next Sat. in Clinton- -=-=- 3/14/2004 snow on Tue & Thur?-repeater audio faded out-Clinton hamfest had fire alarm- KB2IKC W2ZKE BPL interfering with broadcast stations- K2AGI can't x'mit on RTTY-fooling with Variac's- K2JV Orange Co. hamfest v. small-good ISS pass at 21:25- K2EZR K2AL Cherryville hamfest, got Dell laptop-auction date changed to May 7-145.800 downlink from ISS- WK2I BPL in Allentown next weekend- KC2KJK got ant. tripod at hamfest- K2SKV back from N. Carolina- N2AUG -=-=-21:36 3/21/04 repeater auto-triggering(?), cleared up-both BH and NP libraries card file on-line-new stove, complicated- KB2IKC W2ZKE car to get inspection-yard is a sea of mud- K2EZR got Toro from Berk. Hardware, works well- K2SKV WK2I with Hudzik, heard BPL talk in PA, got a video of interference- AB2CM K2JV 5 code osc. kits ready to go- K2AGI Rick has new Toro snowblower, looks good- -=-=-21:26 3/28/04 truck towing a big Chipper, name on truck was Sav-A-Tree-ebay is now a buyers market, much competition for many items-CAT scan at Overlook $2,400 + contrast liquid ~$400-$700 for obituary in Star Ledger-ebay now a buyers' market- field trip--Ft. Monmouth museum of radio, Mon.-Fri., 12-4P, reservations 2 weeks in advance, free. KB2IKC W2ZKE virus big problem in computer- K2AGI K2JV Schwill's back home after ear surgery, mastoid problem-busy weekend, NY yesterday-daughter visiting, went to Great Swamp, herons are back-got QSL card from ISS contact-one student got code osc. working OK-code osc. kit avail. to club memb. $10- K2EZR rcving PSK on 40m- K2GLS painting about done-HF bands in good shape- K2AL trip to Gettysburgh, looking for College for Lauren-got packet running for ISS, got wiring diagram from web- 8 AB2CM feels fairly good, a little wobbly- -=-=-21:43 4/4/04 repeater clock still on std. time-for under your car, Pep Boys offer a neon lamp kit for only $99-ebay and paypal simplify selling by printing a mailing label which includes postage, can just hand the box to the mailman-how many on considering that DeMille's Ten Commandments is on TV ('till 24:00)?- KB2IKC K2AGI has a bunch of Variacs- N2AUG Rich-found corroded connection on AGI's car battery, all OK-good DX- K2EZR K2GLS v. windy-worked Rodriguez Is.-running HF rig mobile, bad power line noise all around even without BPL- K2AL W2ZKE got car inspected, '66 Mustang, get ready for sale- K0LBY Steve-was KC2KJK, now spells last name, Kolby-got new rig on ebay- WK2I should file comments with FCC about BPL- -=-=-21:49 4/11/04 Easter-selling a bunch of stuff on ebay:WECO can sell for incredible prices-Sue's dofg stories- KB2IKC N2AUG Rich- K0LBY kids had a great time for Easter, worn out now in bed, 7 & 3 yr. olds-FT990 v. good rcvr, phone patch-has a Bencher- K2JV meeting tomorrow in town hall, Sevick- N2VI Eric-busy at Labs.-IC735 repaired, had broken crystal- K2SKV doing yard work- K2AGI doing taxes- W2ZKE K2AL this week off-2M ant. installed on house-new car, 2004 Taurus, traded van-50th birthday party- -=-=-21:56 4/18/04 some TV ads tell you to "see our ad" in some magazine, what are those people thinking??-Hedy Lamar (what a kisser on her) and a composer patented a spread-spectrum systam in 1942, patent #2,292,387-selling more stuff on ebay, getting good money- KB2IKC W2ZKE having trees trimmed, etc.-knows Hedy Lamar story- K2AGI daughter here for a visit-did taxes finally-cleaned up twigs, etc.- K0LBY lovely weekend weather-doing landscaping, big load of top soil, 8 yds. need another 10 yds., hard to move- K2EZR 40M good, lots of PSK- WA2DKJ did taxes, long delays at post office-trip to NYC to see a play produced by a friend- KB2BBP WK2I writing comments for FCC on BPL-got v. good old Fisher FM, works great- K2AL Fri was hobby day in BH, good HF contacts-Andy has gotten GL site for field day again- K2JV group assembled 20 code practice osc. kits, some more to do Tue. night-got good meas. on beam ant. for ISS prog., about 4.5 db gain- 11 N2VI KC2MTN -=-=-21:53 4/25/04 cool again, 43-bought a scanner on ebay, $41 incl. postage-freed up drums on universal stage-Andy explained the engine room on the Camry- KB2IKC K2JV wedding in Boston on Fri., to Maine on Sat.- WA2DKJ seis. project tomorrow meeting-KB2KKR 'qaukes?- K2EZR wants to build a remote contorl ant. tuner- K2AGI K2AL got 2M coax in OK-got insurance certificates for field day OK- N2VI AB2CM WK2I 10 KB2BBP K0LBY -=-=-21:38 5/2/04 testing Epson scanner, good job on 35mm slides, 1200 dpi does well on $50 bill-1600 dpi takes forever, file 169 mb-v. good response from Epson about power switch question, next day email- KB2IKC WK2I got long study of BPL, can borrow from K2AL- K2EZR good PSK from Europe at night-leak under sink hard to fix- N2AUG wrote objections to FCC about BPL- K2SKV K2AL rented a carpet cleaner, worked well-auction this Fri, 7PM-club will provide letters of objection about BPL-Gov. Liv. site for field day all OK'ed- W2ZKE K0LBY 9 K2AGI piling up branches- -=-=-21:37 5/9/04 good auction on Fri.!-BH junkout this week-had to sw. to 145.75 due to noice on repeater input- KB2IKC W2ZKE too much pollen-getting ready to go to Dayton- K2AGI missed action-installing washing machine, fixed plumbing leaks- N2AUG liked auction, should have earlier- K2JV good money for club from auction- N2TSJ back after 4 mos. in FL, Apr. v. nice-garden needs attention-got new Camry-much lightening in FL one night-overwhelmed by grapefruit tree in FL, had it cut down, also too many oranges- K2SKV liked auction- N2VI missed auction, out of town- WK2I BPL letters tomorrow night- K2EZR 11 K2AL good auction, v. good location-ready for 1st trip to Dayton on Thur.- -=-=-21:54 5/16/04 how weather in Dayton?-good thunderstorm last night 1.1" rain- KB2IKC K2AGI tulip tree dying-got 1.4" rain- WA2DKJ N2TSJ busy week doing garden- K2EZR poplars have short life-new car, got a Camry, now 40 mi.- N2VI new car Honda Accord-took down a tree-trip to Boston, got on some repeaters incl. ARRL station-should be making base line meas. of RF noise before BPL come along- WK2I K0LBY lost an ant. during thunderstorm (wind)- -=-=- 5/23/04 gas price much lower than the $2.80 in 1980 (adj. for inflation)>Li-ion batt. killed- KB2IKC K2AGI N2TSJ grass growing fast>planned trip to old home town, museum of West Point foundry>looked at HD television, 30" LCD looked good, about $4,000, incl. converters> K2AL has man who cuts grass>liked Dayton> AB2CM got riding mower stuck in mud> N2VI K0LBY 6m good last week>got FT-920 running, learning to run it>but in good grounds for all> W2ZKE KC2MTN mobile- -=-=-21:50 5/30/04 Indy 500 today, short because of rain>Andy was here and solved a problem with the univ. stage, not yet reassembled>repeater noise, swtiched to 145.75, all OK> KB2IKC K2AGI W2ZKE making ant. controller>went to Bergen hamfest, got a few things, Dunellen next>Dayton attendance sl. higher this year> K2SKV back from Bermuda, good weather> N2VI N2TSJ did usual 3 mi. walk with wife for the first time this year, took longer than last year>will march tomorrow>outdoor grill stopped, found insect deposit, cleaned with test tube brush>liked my help with dodging photos> K2EZR new ant. 130' about 40' hi> WK21 did Bergen hamfest> K2JV will supply comm. at NP 4th of July fireworks>waiting on tree work to replace ant.>NP Board of Ed issued cert. of excelland to NPARC for community service>got check from ARRL for code oscs.> 10 AB2CM WB2QOQ WA2DKJ welding on Porsche, filling holes used for mounting>adding hard facing to mower blade> -=-=-21:49 6/6/04 think I have pneumonia, will see Doc tomorrow-Reagan died yesterday-sent Wed. lunch notice-does anyone want to store a back-up copy of this? KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AL ant.problem-next meeting to plan field day- N2TSJ Rescue Squad sign almost caused by auto accident- K2AGI exploring Weston watt meter- AB2CM WK2I got push mower at yard sale- K0LBY got cable internet, works great!, must now network the other 3 computers- K2SKV K2JV W2FMI WA2DKJ N2VI -=-=-21:55 6/13/04 got back Fri. after 4 days in Overlook for pneumonia, a v. good hospital but boring>found forms for air-bag on/off switch applic.>vote on simplex or repeater??> KB2IKC K2EZR got 80M Zepp up and working> N2TSJ washed new Camry, found rear fender paint scrape (he's upset), trip to NY state and noticed vibrtion in stearing wheel when braking??>took Acutril, caused dizzy, used Spirolactone causes chest pains, tried Inspra, expensive> WK2I K2SKV Dunellen hamfest next Sat. at Piscataway HS>Celebrex NG for arthritis, Advil much better>got CO alarm, PSE&G found no problem> K2AGI K0LBY revised antennas>can't hear K2SKV> 8 N2AUG Rich, went to Lime Rock with friend to race a Porsche> KB2BBP K2AL put up R7 ant., OK on CW QRP- WA2DKJ -=-=-22:03 6/20/04 Trip to Scolnik, he fixed the univ. stage, took 45 mins.>starting June 23, there will be a website giving info on all Doctors>Doctors' high school, college and med. school transcripts should be avail. to avoid getting one in the bottom half>repeater all OK until 21:17, sw. to 145.75> KB2IKC K2AGI power co. group cut back trees> N2AUG inspected field day site, look good> N2VI new ant. working well>enjoyed Kid's day yesterday>votes to sw. to simplex> K2GLS back from trip to Ireland>went to opening of WWII memorial in DC>poor reception from ZKE and ??>W2JT sig. way down> N2TSJ (sounds poorly) replacing carpet, big job, still choosing>can't hear ZKE> K2SKV went to Bill Schreibis' funeral>no copy on GLS>days with now get shorted> K0LBY good Father's day, doing his own chores>repl. coax>no copy on SKV> 9 K2EZR Kid's day went well> W2ZKE got tower down for repairs>Piscataway hamfest poor> WK2I repeater noise due to pagers??>fun at Kid's day> KB2BBP -=-=-22:01 6/27/04 great weather for field day this weekend,took lots of pics, will send to Ralph for inclusion in the website>repeater noise, did whole net on 145.75>Mart had wisdom tooth out, no problem>look at BH firehouse to avoid substation noise> KB2IKC K2AL storing stuff from field day, a little sunburned, band cond. phenominal, had a good time>July 3 need communicators for NP fireworks, about 4 people with HT's>no meetings in July and Aug.>good software for logging, should buy it for $10>Tom, K2EFB told thanks> K2SKV enjoyed FD>toured Delaware canal> W2ZKE 6M open this weekend> N2TSJ went to Peddlar's Village>will have colonoscopy July 2>met with Exxon club, it now has members> K2AGI food good at FD, all good>BH carpet did good job on taking out wrinkle> N2AUG great time at FD, did mostly VHF, nice equip.> WK2I v. good FD, still half-awake, 10yr. old TenTec worked well, will do statistics on logging files, MFJ tuner worked well on ladderline> K2EZR good FD, starved at firehouse, RF noise esp. Sat night, Lou provided all stuff> 10 N2KRP great time at FD, Lou did great job setting up at firehouse, good that Andy had a break, often had a pileup>hears all on simplex>W2OEL repeater rarely used, prob. in Morristown> -=-=-21:53 7/4/04 Shot 123 pics of fireworks at NP show using "continuous". Too close to get all of large bursts even with wide angle. Got 46 keepers. Went to steam track with YEZ. His grasshopper went 1 lap of big track but required too much hand pumping of water due to bad check valve on take-up pump.>repeater got noisy at 21:25---> KB2IKC WK2I enjoyed fireworks at NP> K2AL party in Sussex, went to fireworks for help with communications, big crowd, were in parking lot near pool, off tomorrow>put R7 ant. OK with K1> K2AGI did not go to fireworks> N2AUG Morris Plains fireworks good> 6M v. good, worked 17 states, Bermuda, new home-bult amp. works well> K2SKV can watch ~12 fireworks from home>good block party> K2EZR had picnic>never tried 6M, may be able to load up 80M dipole> -=-=-21:28 7/11/04 Sussex hamfest, K3RWW said it was great- KB2IKC K2AGI ready to leave for shore tomorrow, looking at maps> N2AUG Sussex was great, won repeater handbook, won an HT at Dayton one year, rather hot, watched Indian stuff, saw Willis, XKE and wife, could not find my dial> K2SKV enjoyed Sussex, saw Warren, K3RWW & several others. ICON 7800 $10,000 on display> W2ZKE sold at Sussez, did well> WK2I -=-=-21:21 a fair amt. of repeater noise 7/18/04 good BH fireworks>good Wed. lunch, 7 or 8>switched to 145.75 at ~9:15 KB2IKC N2TSJ getting ready for new carpet, big job>first half of memoirs now have pictures, many pics to sort thru> WA2DKJ busy with 2 Porsche 356's>fixed exhaust gas analyzer> W2ZKE all noise-- N2AUG up on tower for 2M array work>needs 0-5ma meter> K2JV quite noisy even with 100W!> WK2I all noise>find 145.75> K2EZR KB2BBP -=-=-21:49 7/25/04 jibjab.com funny political satire>caught a cold, first one in years>switched to 145.75 at 21:12>Kundrat's locomotive a big success this week> KB2IKC K2AGI lots of rain on vacation, got email which piled up over vacation, all read>relearning stuff on computer> N2AUG enjoyed trip to YEZ today, got 2 meters> K2AL been busy with work, etc.>used K1 at shore>will get field day scores done this week> K2JV NP kids camp 10AM on this Tue.> WA2DKJ noted Armstrong won tour de france>enjoyed trip to Live Steamers> K2SKV Jack Coriell died> WK2I 9 W2ZKE on vertical>aurora on 6m and 2m tonight>has been to Live Steamers several times> -=-=-21:40 8/1/04 hummingbird, brown, seen on front porch on Fri., stayed ~20 secs.>AUG was here to solve my mech. problem with the counting dial>all on 145.75 since several could not make the repeater> KB2IKC N2AUG 6m v. good> N2TSJ just back from relaxing trip to Vt., mostly wet, got 29 mpg on 4-cyl. Camry>ZKE v. strong on simplex> W2ZKE poor copy>no copy on AB2CM> K2AL good NP kids day> K2SKV K2AGI poor copy from most>power out last night> K2EZR got >29 mpg on 4 cyl. Camry on trip to Pittsbgh.>no copy on ZKE, SKV marginal> AB2CM no copy on ZKE>about 10 kids in NP, most prefer CW>no copy on ZKE> WK2I poor copy on ZKE> ***with K2AL, decided to wait for our Sept. meeting to decide if W2LI should be approached*** -=-=-21:41 8/8/04 at steam track with YEZ today, great weather, loco not great>Sue could not do research for about 2 weeks> KB2IKC W2ZKE very scratch.> WA2DKJ would prefer using 145.75>working with exhaust gas analyzers>did 100 mi. on bike> K2AGI K2AL waiting for new computer from Cottage Computer, ordered Comcast serv.> N2TSJ 51st wedding anniv.>thanked to AUG for poslishing finial>ready for new carpet, painting>mirror co. in BH does resilvering>got 29.5 mpg on Camry on trip to VT.> K2EZR getting rather poor serv. on DSL> N2AUG enjoyed seeing N2TSJ's Packard>6M has been good> N2VI new laptop> K2JV -=-=-21:52 8/15/04 wait 2 or more months to install SP2 for Windows, it is huge and may have bugs.>got a Canon copier for $100 ($150 list with $50 mail-in rebate) from OfficeMax, be sure to ask for the rebate form.>repeater perfect> KB2IKC W2ZKE 20w, not quite full quiet>got rid of hornets in wall of house, had to be removed from the inside, wallboard patched OK> K2EZR still battling earthlink about DSL, wet cable?> K2SKV knee still sore> N2TSJ no damage to FL place>son has DSL good performance after a lot of teething problems>v. busy painting, carpet tomorrow??> K2AL got new computer from Cottage, waiting from Comcast> K2AGI N2AUG saw parents at shore, light traffic> 9 WA2DKJ clear-coat on TJS's finial nice> -=-=-21:52 8/22/04 weather perfect for picnic at Barry's>TSJ confirmed calc. about YEZ's loco>cylinder smooth enough>v. sturdy ant. mount at K2JV> KB2IKC KA2NYB Rob in Club since 10 yrs. old> N2VWU Jocelyn, got ICOM working in car, Ryan now has Yeasu HT> K2AGI struggle with BASIC> K2SKV knee much better, walking on it again> K2EZR new roof next week>planning trip to Germany in a few weeks> N2TSJ house back to normal, resting today>found old book on steam vehicles>borrowed Schwill's genterator to keep carpet layers working> W2ZKE WA2DKJ sister and two sons visiting>3 hr. power failue today, fuse holder across the street cracked, 7200V line>little Honda gen. would not get refridge. going> N2AUG Nylon, esp. colored, not very good for RF, Delrin v. good, teflon too soft> K2JV not quite full quiet with 100W> N2VI 13 AB2CM -=-=-22:00 8/29/04 AGI was net control since I had to reapply the stoma attach. just before 9. K2AGI updating bearing and dist. prog.> K2AL repeater v. good>got Comcast running, having trouble starting email otherwise marveloulsy fast>club meet. Sept. 13, Ralph will speak>Sept. 19 is BH 5k run, NPARC to communicate> KC2EAI mobile, much flutter> W2ZKE N2AUG ant. work today> N2TSJ brunch at Old Mill Inn> KB2IKC grashopper engine run today now v. good, fire tubes need cleaning??> WA2DKJ sister and 2 kids here, left for CA today>looking at old Porsche> -=-=-21:38 9/5/04 beware of Vitamin B3 (Niacin) in large doses, 500 mg!, Mart & I both had quick reaction--hot flash, sort of>NP end of Martins Lane now v. good>this is the week the old MH mob visits MH>fuel cell methyl alc for cell phones & cameras> KB2IKC K2JV back from a week at beech in MD, great weather> K2EZR new 2M ant., a Ringo, better than a ground plane>cable serv. for computer>had Niacin reaction> N2TSJ no news about place in FL after the hurricane> WA2DKJ meas'd. peak currents of appliances> N2VI K2AGI -=-=-21:44 9/12/04 our 50th wedding anniv. this week, Sue coming on Tue.>1cc atomic clock at nist.gov>enjoyed visit to BTL MH, a lot different, Stu Blank gave complete tour of the microwave tower> KB2IKC N2VI dual 4 element vert. Yagi> N2TSJ watching Ivan hurricane>worked on Packard, greasing, oiling, coolant>Packard overheated on 78>motor on bench burned out, got one from Grainger> K2EZR made 2M mag. mount from old CB ant.>new Ringo also, works well> K2AGI W2ZKE saturn.org for hurricaine news> K2AL N2AUG repaired cars>glad to get 4" brass tubing from AGI> KB2BBP 10 K2JV namy visitors on hand> KA2UZM Paul Cedar Knolls>got ham lic. 20 yrs. ago> -=-=-21:53 9/19/04 only 56 deg. now>trip to Franklin mineral museum, weather perfect, no crowd, Sue did the driving so I got to spectate>trip with Sue to the Paterson falls and museum> KB2IKC W2ZKE few repeaters left in FL after Ivan> K2AGI still working on bearing-dist. prog.> K2SKV flooding in Pittsburgh on TV> K2EZR relative in PBGH. has no drining water>did 5k race, ~400 runners, one 90 yrs. old> N2AUG saw flooding along Delaware>worked on tower>some 6M to Canada> N2TSJ Jets and Giants won>est. $600 to remove bushes (Truesdale), found cheaper> N2VI x-band repeater worked well for 5k race> K2JV back from Canada, Easton streets under water from the Delaware> KD5MIA AB2CM good time at race> K2AL Yankees won>painted rail>6 doing comm. for 5k race, repeater good, relayed msg. from race director who liked service, got good pics> 13 WA2DKJ goofing off a lot>reflow soldering using toaster oven, may help potters, uses thermocouple using IC to linearize and amplify, may be good for cars> -=-=-21:57 9/26/04 went to track with Kundrat to run his steam loco, poor performance, no others running>this diary was posted on my website mywebpages.comcast.net/royb1/SUNNET.TXT (DON'T USE WWW.) about 500k>make pics for ebay 500 pixels high> KB2IKC W2ZKE heard ham traffic from FL> K2JV Kenwood V7A crossband repeater works well>street fair went well> N2TSJ FL property is a concern, will hear tomorrow from a friend>red cells low, on the wagon since Feb.>planted Andromedas>FL insurance covers flood, hurricaine ins. limited on house> AB2CM good time at NP street fair today, big turnout> K2AL on HT, full quiet, mag mount>spent 8 hrs at street fair, very tired, sore knee>project meeting tomorrow night> K2SKV big rain coming here on Tue> K2AGI KB2BBP crashes on sig.> 10 WA2DKJ helping with bike race in Jockey Hollow, needed ham communicators>old cat is sick, vet improved it>got AD chips to use with a thermocouple> N2VI enjoyed street fair> K0LBY went to RC glider fly-in, at NJ-NY border, towed to altitude by light plane> -=-=-21:45 10/3/04 at steam track with Kundrat and Taylor, had a good time and learned from Ron Henderson what changes necessary to make loco work>got info from BH library on-line:Remote Databases>NJ Q & A>Q and A NJ, a chat session (even Sat. night at 21:00) with a librarian, v. slick>Mart in Overlook (this is the second day), low white cell count due to chemo, feeling better> KB2IKC W2ZKE sorry to hear about Mart> K2AGI battery on station wagon, recharged, now all OK> K2JV back from VT, colors not v. good> N2AUG still a lot of damage along Deleware>had a good time at steam track>2 flea mkts. next weekend> N2VI poor luck with NY repeater> WK2I -=-=-21:25 10/10/04 Mart still in Overlook, the 9th day>N2TSJ great story in SG's!> KB2IKC W2ZKE small Pakrat hamfest>fixrd computer, reloaded windows> N2VI heard Il. on 2m fm>big pileup to ISS> WK2I K2JV K0LBY doing ant. work>30m inverted V on house added> N2TSJ cleaned some plumbing>to FL in about 3 wks.>chockolate may be good for heart> N2AUG 2 hamfests, all OK, saw RWW and ZKE> K2AGI problem with modem>daughter left today, back to NC> -=-=-21:39 10/24/04 Sue went home today>got flu shot>strange noise on 2m??>went to Whippany train museum with W2YEZ> KB2IKC WA2DKJ meeting tomorrow night>raking leaves> N2AUG ham auction in Sussex OK>Rexalite polystyrene info?> K2EZR back from 3 1/2 weeks in Germany visiting son> N2TSJ freak accident, not badly hurt, rewinding springs in mantle clock, key shot out and hit in face, some blood and bruises>got flu shots OK>went to photo show in NYC>will go to FL next Sun.> WK2I K2AL K2AGI -=-=-21:46 10/31/04 only 4 kids came for trick or treat, glad to see blackmail training deminishing>at track today to run YEZ's loco, just so-so, perfect weather, many engines running>TSJ recovered from attack by vicious clock??>amazing how a 30year pile of leaves never got higher> KB2IKC W2ZKE went to Raritan computer show, got one laptop with XP Pro, DOS all OK>mobile ant. works fine on 20 and 10> K2AGI raking much leaves> K2SKV arthritis less so took walk to see new houses in area, big ones!> K2JV Spark Gaps soon>will help with NY marathon next weekend in Brooklyn> K2EZR also likes DOS>NJ DEP now prohibits putting leaves in gutters, like NP>saw railroad cars for picking up leaves and washing track> WA2DKJ horse from a cold, just about over, still sounds bad>got windows from Home Depot>making chest of drawers with shallow drawers> N2AUG got 100 countries in today's conest, 15M open to Asia> 9 WK2I coolant and oil leak fixed in car> -=-=-21:42 11/07/04 trip to see Scolnik today>Ken Jennings' winnings (Jeopardy) now about $2 1/4 million>big discussion with DKJ and AUG about skin effect, found good plot in Terman, will send to anyone who wants it>cold weather coming this week> KB2IKC W2ZKE grinding up leaves>strange interference on 40M today, v. good 10M worldwide>uses gutter guards OK with heated gutters except squirrels get in from end and make nests> N2VI ant. work showed bad cable, even a new batch, now good to repeater with 5W, v. good> K2AL cleaning gutters, guards work?>busy at work, not much hamming>new Secret Guide to Computers helpful>trouble with spyware> K2EZR doing leaves>replace roof this week> K2JV back from NY marathon, Bed-Stuy OK, fine time with Joe Blank, left at 1:30>Sevick award this week> K2AGI sleeping a lot, raked a lot of leaves> N2AUG gutter guards OK except for maple seeds, may make ice dams worse>to antique radio flea market, pretty good> WB2QOQ CQWE next weekend, info at web site> -=-=-21:41 11/14/04 CQWE contest this weekend, got a reasonable number of contacts>1/2" snow yesterday morning, a record for the date>K2JV took my old AM/FM rcvr. to recycle> KB2IKC N2VI got HF working well> K2JV busy weekend, Hudson Div. awards dinner for Sevick, all good>saw 12 Angry Men, v. good>will emplace ants. at Salt Brook school this week> K2EZR finish roof tomorrow>putting up 20M vert., looks good on SWR>k2ezr@arrl.net for emai> K0LBY built QRP rig for 80M, it works!>QST kids day photo in Dec. issue>doing leaves> WA2DKJ Melville got HP GPS disciplined osc.>loop ant. fair on 40M> KC2LSV Scott>editing a video> -=-=-21:26 11/21/04 still drizzly>rocket plane exceeded Mach 10, last of 3>got new AM/FM rcvr. installed and will, for the first time, install 2 speakers to make a stereo system>listened to an ISS pass, all packet, got up to 9 bars> KB2IKC W2ZKE birthday party for grandchild this PM>still doing leaves>got new laptop running, v. light>may make HF loop for trips> K2JV ant. installed at Salt Brook school, will have meeting tomorrow>had a big weekend, opera and a play>free space impedence is 377 ohms>Vlad still doing fine> WA2DKJ installing some new windows>CW CQ worldwide contest next weekend, using loop ant. which works pretty well, tuning v. sharp so fussy, needs trimmer> K2EZR 80M ant. back up, works OK>new roof and gutters all done> KC2KNR Bob mobile -=-=-21:42 11/28/04 installed 2 speakers (RadShak $100 tot.), now have STEREO in the living room, sounds good>something over 1" rain>helped RWW with ECAP analysis, ECAP (do ecap circuit) in Google) seems to have a free version> KB2IKC N2AUG 15M good for the contest, now on 30M>finished leaves, snow blower ran good> K2JV last of family left yesterday, cleaned up house>went to Newark museum, v. nice>holiday lunch this week> K2AL plant ran both Sat and Sun, v. busy>x'mas lights up>20 countries in contest, 5W QRP> N2VI redid Emily's computer> K0LBY walking dog, windy, sounds a little breathless>fixing basement, almost done>ebay has 4 band board for K1>looking forward to first x'mas lunch> K2EZR lots of family for tkxgiv.> KC2IZK Vince AB2CM rode train to DC and back, went well, K2SKV 1 5/8" rain> W2ZKE good Thanksgiving with grandkids>leaves done>tree in woods came down, no damage> 12 WA2DKJ did contest, 84 countries, did 101 last year>did not use loop ant. for contest> power failed ~5 hrs. this morning, Honda gen. worked OK> -=-=-21:52 10/05/04 got CD player (cap. 300 discs), your own FM station which plays only good stuff with no commercials or talk>good holiday lunch at O'Conners yesterday, good turnout, pics now on club website>Wed. lunch this week>mention auctiondrop.com for easy selling on ebay> KB2IKC W2ZKE liked the holiday party> K2SKV Pioneer party this weekend> WA2DKJ Ruby Felt is 97 yrs. old, was at the lunch>1KW Honda runs refrig. and furnace> K2JV Spark Gaps soon> N2EZR lunch v. good> KC2IZK Vince> N2VI old HT, battery bad> K2AL O'Connors may be being sold!> N2AUG 6M opening into south> 11K0LBY worked band opening, always a surprize> -=-=-21:49 12/12/04 FanWing, new kind of airplane, centrifugal blower wind, flown as a model>WHO warns flu pandemic coming>great story about Vagi in Spark Gaps> KB2IKC W2ZKE NJDXA lunch today>new car batt.>working on a loop ant.> K2EZR worked some PSK on 40> N2TSJ returned to lousy weather>computer trouble in FL, virus??, son will build new one> K2JV gave soldering station to son (a doctor)and taught him how to solder> N2VI son home from Stanford> KC2IZK K2AL v. busy at work, 7 days a week>Allison, friend of Lauren, passed test for tech license>Lauren almost passed general>new computers, one from Cottage, one from Dell> WA2DKJ 1KW Honda gen. runs furnace and refrig.> N2AUG fixing car>got new laptop, Dell> K2SKV redoing kitchen> 12 AB2CM -=-=-22:07 12/19/04 Sheetz in Overlook, fell at home on Fri. and could not get up. Was found to have vary low red cell count. Got a transfusion of 2 pints. Tests today showed 2 small clots in lungs and is being treated with blood thinners. Room 420, no visits from 1:30 to 3:30. Probably cannot answer phone>Raining and windy at 23 deg., getting icy, to be v. cold overnght maybe low single digits, high of 23 tomorrow, now 1/4" on ground here. Snow tomorrow night also.>Interesting article on how efficient Dell is in building computers in today's Times>may not be here next Sun., Sue and husband to be here Sat.> KB2IKC W2ZKE put up x'mas lights>needs manual for Dataq>working on loop ant.> WA2DKJ got Drake 2M rigs working>stars now vis.> N2AUG 22 mph winds, 23 deg., snowing>got wife laptop for x'mas, Dell, $550 with local discounts>fueled the snow blower>likes StreetAtlas a lot for car> N2TSJ saw Firefox in Times, free, more secure than IE>to dentist, cardiologists, dermatologist>x'mas tree up>likes ferry from Weehawken> K2EZR K2AL slid all the way the driveway on foot>roads slick>KC2NQZ, Alison, new ham>club auction set for Apr.8>cat chewing on cable>uses Firefox, is good> K2SKV finished redecoration of kitchen> K2JV back from NYC by train, saw Pacific Overtures, v. good>SKV's vert. ant. works well for Saltbrook School> 10 KC2IZK refrigerator died> -=-=-20:01 1/2/05 back from x'mas in Buffalo with Sue and Steve, great trip, no problems driving>Sheetz still in Overlook, Coby has a hard time getting info. from Dr., eating poorly, can barely walk to the door, I see no improvement in the last 10 days or so, he can't leave Overlook until fever goes down (he is on antibiotics) then will move to Runnels>300 CD changer works great, <$200 inc. shipping>Presto microwave poporn popper works great, can make desired amount, ~$20>will buy XM radio for car> KB2IKC K2EZR KC2LSV Scott>went to Kid's day, son made contact with Houston> W2ZKE loop ant. working well, series tuning of link coil gets down to SWR of 1:1 at 50 ohms> N2TSJ car dented in King's lot>back to Fl. next weekend>can't find Dektol for paper developer>using FireFox, not as good as Outlook Express, may be learning prob.>will be back from FL in May> KC2IZK went to Kid's Day> K2JV good bunch of members at Kid's Day, not many kids, 20m rather dead, may not do it again> K2SKV WA2DKJ -=-=-21:36 1/9/05 Shel Darack won the 'phone section of the CQ-WE contest>lots of rain this week, 2.5"?>AGI may have moved to Runnel's> KB2IKC K2EZR putting insulation in attic, tough job> W2ZKE K2GLS lots of family doing around the holidays>landscaping back yard so ants. down> N2VI K2SKV no more driving into NYC!>red fox in yard, then a cayote following!> WA2DKJ also would not drive to NYC>has spectrum anal. for tomorrow meeting> K2JV rarely drives to NYC>will be out of town all Feb.> KC2IZK -=-=-21:38 1/16/05 AGI in Runnels, still getting worse, losing weight and mostly unresponsive>24 deg. now>K2GLS gave great talk last Mon. on meas. of FM deviation> KB2IKC K2AL been v. busy>took x'mas lights down> N2VI 20 & 40m pretty good today> W2ZKE Helena has bad cold> K2JV has tapped his maple trees in past which made great syrup> K2GLS K0LBY selling on ebay>saw demo. of mapling in the Great Swamp> KC2IZK N2AUG 20 & 15 oretty good, 6M dead> WA2DKJ -=-=-21:43 1/23/05 17" snow overnight>AGI died last Mon., will be a memorial service next Sun.>talked to Sue. tonight, hello to the net from KD5MIA> KB2IKC W2ZKE snow removal, worn out, got 12" tot.>not back to net for a month, going to Fl.> N2VI snow removal, incl. some of roof> WA2DKJ welding frame of rusty pickup for friend>regulator on supply failed, went to 50V, cooked some of Drake TR, Drake still works after repl. exploded electrolytics> K2JV last net for a month, going to Italy for about 3 wks.> KC2RLM had 2 on RTTY net tonight with K2VI>missed snow by being at shore where it rained>club website v. slow this week>helped Creuz with computer> KC2IZK K2EZR -=-=-21:44 1/30/05 nice church service for K2AGI, many club members present>RTTY net started tonight at 8PM, much variation in deviation> KB2IKC K2AL lovely service, nice to meet all the family>web site shows minutes of exec. meeting>helped Val clear out Tony's gear> KC2RLM nice service, K2AL and K2SKV and WB2QOQ said good things>OKO, GLS, LBY, EZR, DKJ all on RTTY net, next week will be PSK31, me now here> WA2DKJ good club turnout at service> K2EZR will adj. dev. on PSK31> K0LBY had a week of flu> KC2IZK nice service> N2AUG nice service>use 16V 5W Zener to protect Drake (for Andy)>exec. meeting with K2AL and K2JV> K2SKV -=-=-21:35 2/5/05 got XFM running in the car, 200 channels of satellite radio>warmer weather welcome>describe Presto Power Popper> KB2IKC K2EZR tapping maple trees, red maples> WA2DKJ good PSK net, my transmit a little strange, OKO finally discovered his prob.>Digipan works v. well on HF> K2GLS uses hot air popper, works well>heard from J2JV in Italy??> -=-=-21:35 2/13/05 good Wed. lunch, 6 present>got K2AGI's WeCo tubes cataloged so I can auction some of them on ebay, will do transformers this week>12 deer in one group thru backyard, a family reunion>KD5MIA, Sue will visit next Sun., doing business trip to collect dirt in DC (where there is plenty of it)> KB2IKC N2AUG DX bad, sunspots> KC2IZK KB2FCV did the digital net tonight, went well after adj.>good 80M QRP> WA2DKJ large digital net>likes digipan (new version)>TR-22 manual copied>house reassesd>trying to fix leak in hot tub> N2VI 8 on digit net>anyone contact K2JV?> K2EZR enjoyed digit net, how to set xmit level??>Barry back next week>has WECO transformer catalog> K2AL rvc. digital OK, can't xmit>v. busy at work>meeting on digital tomorrow night>www.nparc.org>got new HP printer, bad, returned it> K2GLS much fill in backyard> 9 K0LBY in Houston yesterday, field trial at brewery of bottle cleaning> -=-=-21:37 2/20/05 see http://www.andreas.com/faq-cell911.html for almost free emergency cell phone service. See also http://www.emergencycellphones.com/ ordered one from http://ecom2.bizland.com/store/index.html see printed invoice $76.90 tot. see http://www.andreas.com/faq-cell911.html for the explanation. WA2DKJ did well with 5W in contest, 73 countries> KB2FCV 10M open this AM, 15 in PM>collects Lionel trains> K2GLS worked 17M from car> N2AUG where to buy NiCD batts.??>digital net good> K2EZR has Lionel trains> KC2IZK K2AL had fun in the contest with K2>Mar 5 Splitrock ham fest> KB2IKC KD5MIA 10 N2VI Barry is back, had great trip to Italy> -=-=-21:45 2/27/05 more snow;3-6" Mon. plus an inch on Tue., meeting Mon. night??>to indoor model plane meet on Tue. with Storm> KB2IKC KB2FCV good digital net, 7 or 8?, SSTV next week>got electronics for model planes at show in White Plains, some turbines>maybe help LBY with op. sys. installation> N2VI show some digital at meet tomorrow> WA2DKJ gas turbines at White Plains>bought 'scope from N2AUG, volts and freq. on screen> K2GLS got mod. meter from guy on net, reasonable price, works v. well> N2AUG ham flea mkt. in LI this morning, good meet>work on 2M ant. for spring>busy week coming at work>hamfest Parsippany, Baldwin Rd. off rte. 46, Sat.>8-12" by Mon. night predicted by NOAA> K2AL meeting news on reflector and 575>busy week coming at work>having bad luck transmitting on digital net>charging all batts. for snow storm> K2JV will check school tomorrow> K0LBY tried to upgrade op. sys. which disabled all his laptops, prob. with external ROM drive>got Icom 703 back, now fixed, took only 6 wks., no charge>good ops. with qrp voice>interested in Westfield flying> K2SKV 7-12" tomorrow predicted> KC2IZK 12 AB2CM K2EZR got spectrum anal. prog. working, interesting!> -=-=-21:51 3/6/05 power failure of about 2 hrs. this morning>question of the week, will you still buy Martha Stewart's products?>good hamfest in Parsippany yesterday, went with Barry, K2AL and AB2CM>K0LBY passed extra test> KB2IKC W2ZKE back from FL, has a cold> N2VI good digital net, swapped pictures> WA2DKJ W2CIY was on digital net>NP may switch to KCl from NaCl> KB2FCV K2EZR workde PSK31 on 20 and 40> K2AL enjoyed hamfest>club auction Apr.8> KC2IZK enjoyed hamfest> N2AUG good hamfest> K2JV preparing our battery talk a week from tomorrow> 11 K0LBY good hamfest, got a few things> -=-=-21:46 3/13/05 did a lot of web surfing on batteries to prepare for the talk tomorrow>NASA decided not to maintain Hubble but continue with the ISS, they should dump the ISS! and give up the idea of sending men to Mars!> KB2IKC W2ZKE SSTV rcv. not very good, synch?> K2SKV at Cherryville hamfest, saw many friends, hamfest rather small> WA2DKJ helping with art show>found $35,000 mistake on house assesment, will save some money>transmission lube will discourage squirrels from chewing ant. support lines> K2GLS 6 on digital net, SSTV mostly good for all but all off by 1-2 Hz>NJ symphony this PM in Mrstn, good female conductor> K2EZR working on PIC processors> KC2IZK good antique radio show> K2AL saw friends at Cherryville>got repaired TS-850, works OK> AB2CM 10 N2VI Emily passed general test> -=-=-21:34 3/20/05 got RC heli, works OK, not flown yet>de Lorean died this week>7.0 'quake in Japan today> KB2IKC W2ZKE got SSTV working>heard on 20M about a guy who has a Tucker car> KC2RLM 7 on digital net on SSTV, went well>trying to learn the code, going slow, bought an HF rig last week> K2GLS spent 2 days in Boston, good weather but cold> K2EZR N2AUG saw 2 Tuckers at Hersey some years ago> N2VI 8 KC2IZK -=-=-21:27 3/27/05 Easter>2 to 2.5" rain due tonight and tomorrow>made a list of ~400 MIDI files for Baker>flying the heli in living room quite a bit, still has some problems--range ~8ft. while 100 ft. advertized>avg. US family has 8 credit cards!> KB2IKC K2AL traditional Easter at Mother's>got Orbitron sat. track prog., works well> W2ZKE N2AUG bands in good shape incl. 15M> K2SKV still has cold, won't come to meeting>got new 10 yr. license, ARRL did whole job, tot. of 50 yrs.> K2JV took some pictures for publicity> K0LBY on HT, good sig.>arranging shack> WA2DKJ K2EZR N2VI KC2IZK -=-=-21:55 4/3/05 2.5" RAIN>practicing helicopter>auction this Fri. 7PM> KB2IKC K2SKV cold much better>ready for dry weather>can't make auction, guests> W2ZKE clobbered an SUV which pulled out in front of him after meeteing last Mon., totaled Bill's 14 yr. old car>can't come to auction> K2EZR ripping up carpet>went to grandson's 7th> K2JV garage refrig. went dead, threw away contents>Passaic v. high, back yard is a lake> K2GLS cared for 2 sick grand-daughters for 2 days> N2VI back from trip>packet station now in car>digital net hellschreiber and PSK31> WK2I 9 K2AL watching opening day baseball game>no meeting on 2nd Mon. this month>busy week ahead> KC2IZK water in basement> -=-=-21:37 4/10/05 30" snow around Denver today, 65 deg. tomorrow>lunch next Wed.>Club made ~~$1,000>auction pics on web site> KB2IKC K2EZR floors refinished, wild electric staple guns>great auction> N2VI nice auction, got some stuff>participated in emergency drill, car well equipped> N2AUG Andy did great job as auctioneer, new people impressed> KC2IZK driving to Dayton> K0LBY great auction> K2AL 72 deg. today>field day this year not QRP> K2JV reinker in NP, HP cartridge, about 1/2 price of new, put in wrong colors, returned it and it was replaced with a good one, OK while you wait> -=-=-21:35 4/17/05 good lunch last Wed>near 80 deg. today>OFFER LIVING WILL FORM>autostitch.exe> KB2IKC N2VI Hellschreiber on digital net, all worked well>Emily piloting a Cessna last night, talked to me with HT> W2ZKE trip to Vt., won't be on next week>doing yard work>notes wild overdevelopement in Fl.> K2GLS got much fill spread> K2EZR doing yard work>floors refinished> K2AL helped Val Lockhart, took down ant., etc.> KC2IZK auction radio working>celebrated girfriend birthday> -=-=-21:27 4/24/05 computer clock v. consistent, about 9sec/week slow>from 12,000 ft.altitude, the horizon is about 130 mi away> KB2IKC N2AUG Meas. Corp. mod 59 grid dip meter, manual??>some TIG welding with Andy, made some thermocouples using an arc> K2SKV cleaning up the yard> K0LBY doing sci. project with 3rd grade son, electrical ckts.>put up long wire for 30M, works v. well from 6-80M> KC2IZK WA2DKJ got Milnes ebay dev. meter working well> N2VI K2AL spring clean-up in NP this week> -=-=-21:34 5/1/05 fooling around with 2nd helicopter, works pretty good, making meas. on Li Polymer batteries. need to build a portable battery charger> KB2IKC WA2DKJ packet not working on digital net, will work on it>Warminster ham fest washed out>painted fender of Mother's car>dev. meter (Ralph's) working fine> N2AUG worked some DX, UAE on 17, Africa on 15 and s. Pacific>good car show of 20's and 30's> K2GLS met riderless horse on trail, child not injured> W2ZKE worked some DX> N2VI good digital net, packet> K2EZR interior painting>doing 80M ant.> KC2IZK ham fest lightly attended> AB2CM WK2I doing yrd work> -=-=-21:47 5/8/05 Wed. lunch group this week>doing charge-discharge on Li Polymer battery>got tested and fitted for hearing aids, question measurement results>many dev. meters on ebay> KB2IKC W2ZKE got SSTV on 20M, worked well>doesn't want Sable, needs sta. wagon for wife>thanks to AUG for washers> N2VI Andy got packet running>will bring projector to meeting> WA2DKJ using Poor Man's Packet on old DOS computer>painted fender for Mother's car, replaced with much work>Milne's dev. meter working well> KC2IZK WK2I wedding yesterday w. rented tux> N2AUG 2M ant. down ready for field day>40M rotatable dipole ready> K2JV meeting tomorrow, Sevick to give his Dayton talk>lv. on 19th for Dayton> KC2MMC Terry in Orange, OR tech at St. Barnabas> -=-=-21:37 5/15/05 define: function in Google>Sable on loan to K2JV>get hearing aids this Fri.>EME article in QST> KB2IKC K2EZR video clip from Leno show, CW vs. text message> N2TSJ back from Fl last Wed.>had many visitors in Fl>weeding garden>will have porch rebuilt> K2GLS W2ZKE busy family weekend, to Dayton on Wed.>bands poor> K2JV ready to go to Dayton>Salt Brook school kids got return letter from astronaut>Tricounty fox hunt tomorrow night>2nd Yagi ant. almost done> WK2I KC2IZK going to Dayton on Wed., has room for more> WA2DKJ prob. go to Dayton>took down AGI's 40' tower> N2AUG going to Dayton> 11 N2VI digit. net moved to Thur.> K2AL found Civic, does not want the Sable> -=-=-21:57 5/22/05 DKJ and helpers got AGI's 2nd tower down>antonym for erection, derection or unrection (re balum and unun)>got hearing aids, will take some getting used to, cole slaw for lunch, now know what a horse hears when eating corn>direction of rotation of maple tree seeds??> KB2IKC N2TSJ doing gardening>Turano to rebrick front of house> K2EZR yard work>got generator ordered by DKJ, works fine> WK2I meeting tomorrow about field day F station> K0LBY Radio Shack 7AH 12V sealed $15> KC2LSV Scott K2AL could not go to Dayton, work item>Dayton weather OK?> K2SKV were in Ontario and Pickatinny Arsenal for Armed Forces Day> -=-=-21:37 5/29/05 wheelie school now, I was born 40 years too soon>popcorn pops at about 400F with an internal pressure of about 130 psi but only if the hull is undamaged>dictated Mom's autobiography to ViaVoice, worked well>watched most of the Indy 500, a woman came in 4th, perplexing because she ran about 14th and, all of a sudden, she was in 1st for a few laps, few wrecks> KB2IKC N2VI learned about amateur satellites, learning the math>digital net last Wed. OK> K2GLS daughter visited for the holiday>talked to station at Indy 500>Orbitron good for satellites> AB2CM K2JV back from NYC seeing daughter>will be some kids from Salt Book Statics at parade>Statics worked Airbus station in France> N2TSJ cookout with friends in Bridgewater>worked under Packard yesterday, new battery, ran OK, found gas hose leak, made new one not all OK yet> WK2I will march> K2AL saw new Star Wars movie, v. good>kids day June 18 at gazebo> W2ZKE spring cleaning>lots of activity on 10M contest>6M doing funny things>Live Steamers this coming Sat.>Tektronics 235 manual??> K2ZER great weather for gardening> KC2IZK hamfest yesterday> WB2QOQ about parade> -=-=-21:55 6/5/05 I'm in Chicago -=-=- 6/12/05 6/8/04 back yesterday from a great trip to Chicago. Sue met me there. I went via the Lake Shore Ltd. with a roomette. Round-trip $640. The train is in good condition, the food was OK but the service was indifferent. We arrived 2 hrs. late. A roomette is comfortable for 1 person but would be v. crowded for 2. Stayed at the Coomfort Inn& Suites Downtown (on Ohio St.). Very nice, looks new with good service. About $170/day. Saw the Acquarium (nasty mosquito attack waiting for a taxi back tho the hotel), the Museum of Science and Ind. and the Planatarium. There are Segway rentals for about $30. Sue picked a one-man stage show "Gershwin Alone" by an excellant actor-pianist-singer--really enjoyable show. Also saw the new Star Wars pic (great special effects, lousy plot) and a Nicholas Cage pic--good show. The trip out on the train was interesting but the trip home was boring and we arrived in Penn sta. 4 hours! late. Barry picked me up in Summit. I have now given up on all forms of public transport--If I can't go by car, the hell with it KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M good in contest>putting garden in>IP had pic on NPARC group> K2EZR Andy did well in taking the net last week>set up for class F at Red Cross looks good> K2JV ready to leave for CA tomorrow, back Mon. a week>got lawn mowed>on of the Statics girls has a good QSO> N2TSJ finished brick work on chimney and from porch>Mars will be close in Aug.>thanks for my note on shingles, a friend had a v. bad case>pressure washed patio, took 3 hrs.>rode the train to Ind. for 4 yrs, steam locos in 1945, usually on time but 4 hrs. late into Grand Central to meet a girl> K2GLS back from NC to see son, saw Appomatox battle ground> WA2DKJ mowing and sweating, doped carpenter ants>helped Coby dispose of chemicals at Lucent collection, many, many montiors, computers, printers, also disjointed towers>has good car damage repair guys> K2AL a little dizzy>ready for Kid's day>likes to visit Chi.> N2AUG mobile>painting rooms>got 12 chan. GPS at LI hamfest really cheap> WK2I 11 KC2IZK -=-=-22:03 6/19/05 soft water in East river? 2 helicopter crashes, no one killed>drinking bird of Miles Sullivan in 1946, patent no. 2402463>how many heard Orson Welle's "War of the Worlds" radio show in 1938?>happy Father's day>good hamfest in Piscataway, 4 chicks in Bikini's!> KB2IKC W2ZKE good hamfest, good selection of stuff>6M open yesterday> N2VI kids day OK, Emily just turned 18, not a kid anymore>repairing gutters>Ivey aero. mobile?> KC2IZK good hamfest, great weather> N2TSJ lost son's car keys, got them back from BH cops, they were found by a jogger>finishing up the new masonry>looked at tracfone, could not find my deal> WK2I good at kid's day>will be in good shape for class F sta. for field day> N2AUG good hamfest>got Alinco DR-602 2M-440 radio, cross band repater, duplexer> WA2DKJ Ivey flew in Sat.>working on a Collins>has a Hilch tube, will duplicate> K0LBY w. son, went to Great Adventure, son (9) had won free ticket> -=-=-21:52 6/24/05 busy doing fd pics and forgot to start this net> K2AL Class F station worked well, got home about 4:30AM>got about 20 contacts on 80M>not much breeze at GL today>no meeting until Sept. 12>worked NF3EMX in FEMA DC> W2ZKE a scorcher for FD>6M openings> K2SKV weather too good for FD! except temp.> K2EZR great FD, finally got a line out of a tree at Class F station>lots of PSK31> K2GLS laptops hard to use in sunlight> N2TSJ impressed with height of tower>too hot to stay very long>wife's birthday>inspection of new masonary, all OK>a mess with water on basement floor, leak in filter> KC2IZK good time at FD, drank lots of water> WK2I good FD> N2AUG FD all OK, James did good job maintaining computers>dead bat. in truck, regulator bad, not charging> N2VI v. good FD>extra points for message handling to Hudzik> K2JV v. good FD>picnic July 16, Sat., weather permitting>N5ARC when Director of Red Cross present> WA2DKJ Kern's truck died, rebuilt fuel pump dead at FD, fixed it on the spot>score will be v. good> 13 KB2IKC look at NP library instead of Salt Brook for meetings?> WB2QOQ new NP Lib. v. nice, would be good for us> repeater somewhat distorted -=-=-21:51 7/3/05 N2AUG was net control while I went to the NP fireworks. N2AUG W2ZKE K2SKV N2TSJ -=-=- 7/10/05 Wed. lunch this week>NP fireworks good> KB2IKC W2ZKE sold at Sussex hamfest, a little too hot, a good one, a lot of new building on the site>6M aurora opening to mid-west> K2GLS good at Sussex, got new CD drive>15M hot> WK2I 20 and 40 good> N2TSJ got email that aspartame not good for you>hurricane Dennis caused no damage to place in Fl>grateful for all help from the club over the years> KC2IZK good hamfest>1 3/4" rain from last few storms> K2SKV a lot of rain here recently, ~2">repeater noisy?? N2AUG good hamfest, temp. OK until noon, bought and fixed MFJ memory keyer> K2EZR helped at NP fireworks, some probs. with crowd control> K2JV 5 worked NP fireworks, Mayor and fire chief liked our operation>start summer camp on Tue., need help at 8:30>picnic on 16th>on 19th-21st summer camp in BH, worked well last year>Aug. 1 etc., station at NP recreation committee> WA2DKJ rode bike, hard to do 57 mi., had slow leak in a tire>disposed of several carloads of junk from K2AGI, wood and metal>garage sale at AGI's in future, maybe this week and/or weekend>saw K2QKV (Al Perkins) grave on bike ride> -=-=- 7/17/05 v. nice picnic at Barry's yesterday, rain in the area but none on picnic> KB2IKC W2ZKE v. good picnic> N2AUG some interior painting, and floors>packet terminal failed, found Li battery had leaked, got it fixed> AB2CM v. good picnic> N2TSJ pressure washer had defective switch>painting house>Packard gassed up, made smoke from hood on the road, EZR found him, smoke stopped, got home OK> K2SKV good picnic>big storms today> K2JV happy with picnic>Norma at a spa this week> KC2IZK WK2I will do field day scores soon> N2VI -=-=- 7/24/05 KB2IKC Lance Armstrong 7th win>look at Prius, Terry Wampler>gave up sailing at shore because of traffic>its not the heat, its the stupidity> WA2DKJ did 30 mi. bike ride>pulled up poison ivy>finishing car job>doing field day scores>father writing book on his work over the years> N2AUG endless bunch of cars for 80 mi. on Parkway northbound>New gears for rotator, ready to reassemble> K2EZR spent week at shore with grandkids> AB2CM K2JV back from NYC, street fair>busy with kids summer camp days this week, 2M repeaters and a little HF, more girls than boys, had QSO with woman in Italy, had help from AB2CM and KC2IZK> KC2IZK W2ZKE -=-=-21:38 7/31/05 new planet, no. 10, this one beyond Pluto, very elliptical and inclined>Barry seeing 4 operas this weekend, are these things habit-forming?>monsoon dumped 39" rain in 24 hrs. someplace in India> KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M open this evening, Texas, Mo> K2SKV good weather>strong sigs. from Europe on 17M>several fauns in yard> KC2IZK will go to Me for 2 weeks> -=-=-21:15 8/7/05 need rain>Wed. lunch this week> KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M open to Texas>doing watering> K2JV in NYC today, cousin now out of hospital, FAO Schwarts with kids, got teddy bear to send to send to 1st grest-grandchild in CA>Nick Esposito from Salt Brook school got his license>Yagis ready to install at Salt Brook>checked repeater access from Liberty Sci. Center for the station on Labor day> N2VI cell phone makes buzzing in computer> N2TSJ back from in New Hampshire, very relaxing>truck tire in highway>hard to receive W1AW> K2EZR fixyourownprinter.com good> WK2I WA2DKJ -=-=-21:43 8/14/05 still no rain and v. hot, golf tour. at Bastusrol had 2 rain delays>adjusting new helicopter>good turnout for the Wed. ham lunch> KB2IKC K2KSV K2AUG back from 10 day vac., good weather on shore, saw Larry Eckenrode>hamfest in PA, Port Jervis OK, large black bear crossed 206 just ahead>uses cross-band at home, works well> K2JV visited grandkids in Scarsdale>busy with Labor Day Liberty Sci. Cent. ham sta. arrangements> K2EZR 40M dipole up, needs testing>bear last week in NP>big crush in Spgfld. and Summit for golf> N2VI doing cross-band repeater, 2M and 440> WA2DKJ rebuilding Zenith carburettors> KC2KMK doing some rocket> WK2I on HT in Florham Pk.> 10 W2ZKE doing PSK-31>to hospital next Thur., will be 2 wks. in upstairs only> -=-=-21:43 8/21/05 trip to see Scolnik to day, he finished S2 (beautiful) and is playing with the 50 Hz tuning fork with a 300 tooth wheel>watering lawn tonight>old (1800) .51 cal. airgun, also one used by Lewis and Clark> KB2IKC K2EZR babysitting all week, tough duty but fun>20M good today> WK2I ARRL web site has listings from field day> K2JV Oakland hamfest yesterday good, YEZ sold a lot>went to tomato fest in Camden, v. nice, a street fair, saw USS NJ battleship>at Liberty Sci. museum again>rotors working for ISS contact> N2TSJ cleaning cellar after water leak, painted floor>Packard overheated>may lose some bushes to dought> N2AUG N2VI -=-=-21:34 8/28/05 finally got some rain, more coming, hurricane will demolish New Orleans tomorrow, 175 mph winds, higher gas prices>roof on Superdome is in danger> KB2IKC N2AUG 6M good, SW--Texas and NM>friend has very complete HF for sale>spent two weeks in Stone Harbor>in years past, enjoyed fishing in Maine> KC2IZK back from bass fishing in Maine> N2TSJ hurricane missing his place in Tampa area>rain is welcome>Exxon large refinery in Baton Rouge> K2EZR worked 20M PSK to Europe>beware rte. 78 west of Allentown> KC2ONP Nick -=-=-21:26 9/3/05 new helicopter works v. well>LANL found 10^6 species of bacteria per gram of typical soil, Sue told me some years ago that 1 g contains about a billion bacteria>I put a notice on the reflector about hot to get instructions on how to ge a free credit report>went to Lakehurst dirigible hanger to fly helicopter, v. interesting, a monster building>info on dual-band mag mount for Sue?> KB2IKC K2SKV great weather> KC2LSV Scott getting ready for school, teaching phys. in high school> KC2IZK answering phone at at Red Cross, contrib. for Katrina> N2VI ready for Sci. Center tomorrow>took Emily to MIT> K2JV back from 2 wks. at Rehoboth Beach, good weather>Sci. Center should be ready tomorrow> KC2ONP fair signal>ready for tomorrow>school starts on Wed.> N2TSJ welcome to Nick>good article in IP>saw Swiss dirigible hanger> K0BLY -=-=-21:33 9/11/05 trip to NJ Live Steamers with W2YEZ not a success, still having trouble keeping the coal fire going but I may have a fix, stay tuned>still no rain!>large solar mass ejection> KB2IKC W2ZKE surgery done, now recovering, can't drive for 2 weeks>wondering how hams did in Katrina disaster>Katrina traffic on 3935 KHz> KC2ONP will work 5K BH run> K2JV welcome to ZKE>volunteers for 5K run?>NP street fair coming up> K2GLS gas clothes dryer and water heater not working> K2EZR KC2IZK N2TSJ tomorrow will get body work on car>took Packard to car show, 1913 Stanley Steamer there>PEP-Boys generator?>knows car restorer locally, Jupiter??> N2VI great time last Mon. at Liberty Sci. Center>good work by hams with Kartina> KB2KMI Peter xtra class, new club member> 11 N2AUG worked 6M contest, poor coverage>went to Stroudsberg hamfest, rather small> K0LBY block party> K2SKV WK2I good Liberty Sci. center> -=-=-21:47 9/18/05 KB2IKC house like mine on Martins Lane sold for $525,000!> W2ZKE recouperating well>Wall Street Jour. reported hams a big help with Katrina> K0LBY was hot planting shrubs>set up weather station, solar powered, wireless, transmits on 433MHz> KC2IZK did 5K race in BH> N2TSJ bought a generator from PepBoys, $219, 1.8KW, 99lbs>dent removed from Camry, $424> K2EZR Summit car show next weekend> N2AUG was at car show in Chester>changed rig in car>Bruce and club are building all band Ten-Tek kits quite cheap, poss. NPARC project?> K2JV 5K race went well with 7 club members>NP street fair on the 25th>Sept. 26 meeting with NP OEM people> -=-=-21:51 9/25/05 Westfield armoury last Tue., helicopter pretty asy to control after practice in living room>good street fair in NP, sent pics to Barry and Ralph> KB2IKC W2ZKE recovering nicely>quite a few nets on 75M from Rita and Katrina hurricaines> WA2DKJ working on house>Ralph's dev. meter now working well, learned a lot getting it going> KC2IZK K2EZR good street fair>20M open to Europe>Union Co. has a robot for the bomb squad, demoed at the street fair> KC2ONP N2AUG used equip. for sale> K2JV street fair good> WB2QOQ next Sat., "come and get it" at Sheetz, 2-5PM> -=-=-21:34 10/02/05 Sheetz' hamfest a success, well handled>firewood gone> KB2IKC K2JV saw Polanski day parade, Lech Wolesa was there, went to pickle festival in lower east side, wild selection of pickles, also Lex. Ave street fair> N2AUG mobile>was at family meeting>good day at Sheetz> N2VI vac. cleaning smoke detector made it worked again> N2TSJ tested generator, 1.8KW, from PepBoys, ran furnace OK>drought killed a Hemlock tree> WK2I rough copy due to interference from Philia.> KC2IZK K2EZR amazed by Sheetz collection, had never been before> WA2DKJ replacing a furnace, return duct has heavy deposit, supply side was cleaner> -=-=-21:54 10/9/05 good trip with Josenhans in his airplane up the Hudson, about 140 mi. round-trip>lost partial sight in right eye, lasted about 18 hrs., prob. a small clot in the brain>next advance in clocks by NIST is the Al, shold be good to 1/10^18. The age of the Universe is 4*10^17 secs.>QOQ reported 7.4" rain in last two days>w2yez home from hospital>Coby delighted to get car in the garage> KB2IKC WA2DKJ got 7.5" rain>transfer switch for furnace $99, northerntool.com>with Rich, got sump pump plugger in> K2EZR Passaic river in Chatham up to flood stage> KC2IZK Sellersville hamfest next Sun.> KC2ONP had a good time at space sta. contact at Ridgefield Park> N2TSJ won't fix telephone until Tue.> N2AUG no water prob.>rte. 10 closed near Bell Labs>6M some openings to south>worked two stations at McMurdo, 5 by 5, on 20M so prob. will be able to contact Melville> W2ZKE starting rehab of heart valve repair> K2JV Spark Gaps soon> N2VI -=-=-21:53 10/16/05 YEZ still in hospital, maybe another day or two, no calls>a banner year for acorns, roof under heavy bombardment, sounds like golf balls>QOQ reported 12.6" rain for the whole storm> KB2IKC KC2ONP W2ZKE doing transfer sw. for top of tower>15 and 7M open> KC2IZK went to sellersvile hamfest> WK2I N2AUG saw Vince at Sellersville, got some bargins>high of 88mph winds today, calm now>should have rcvr. kit at next meeting> WA2DKJ got 14" rain>30 lbs. cold weather parka and pants for South pole issued in New Zealand to Melville>got a junk Jetta> -=-=-21:38 10/23/05 will be gone next Sun., trip to Baltimore with Sue>Melville now at south pole, sent pic of C-130, frostbit nose at -67F in 1/8 mi.>YEZ much better>AA2MF packet sigs. on .575> KB2IKC W2ZKE fixed power supp., needs diodes> KC2IZK KC2ONP looking for dual-HT> WA2DKJ doing '47 Beetle transmission for a Porsche>got 2 VW Jetta junkers>66 N2TSJ got transfer sw. installed, will test with generator>concerned about hurricaine and home in FL> K0LBY went to Sussex club auction, 1/6 the size of ours, some good v. cheap stuff>KC2OFR new member?> N2VI K2EZR got a lot of junk put on curb at K3AGI's> 10 N2TO Kevin try wireman.com for grounding sw. for ladder line> -=-=-21:51 10/30/05 back from Baltimore> net control W2ZKE working CQWW, may bet a couple of new ones> KC2IZK small accident with car>some toilet paper mischief>sent money to Dayton> K2EZR doing 80M PSK, worked well in the east>took 4 boxes of AGI's to recycle>was at B&O museum several years ago> KC2OSR Sam new guy> has sore throat>O-gage railroader KD5MIA good trip to Baltimore>B&O museum lovely> N2TSJ may be the last time on net for awhile, going to VA then to FL, back after Thanksgiving>dryer problems, cleaned lint out of pipe, v. difficult, now working better>ordered lightening arrester from Wireman>good to hear Sue rather than echolink>got sick in Baltimore several years ago>lunched at Tewkesbury Inn> K2JV opera yesterday, not home 'till 1AM>Statics ant. ready to test>marathon a week from tomorrow>X'mas lunch Dec. 10>election meeting 1st meeting in Nov.> KC2ONP will the marathon> WA2DKJ welding on neighbor's plow truck>hello to Sue>more clearing out at AGI's, with Rolf loaded a bunch of TTY for Green Keys group> -=-=-21:46 11/6/05 color cart. refilled by Cartridge World" in NP works well, <$20, or <1/2 new price> KB2IKC W2ZKE some thunder now> K2EZR WA2DKJ some rain and thunder>Ivey here in his Cherokee last Fri. to look at a Mooney> KC2IZK N2AUG getting house resided, replaced Al with Vinyl shakes also new roof>v v busy at work> KC2ONP just back from Marathon>Marathon went well, no problems> K2AL 18 new moulds, lots of work, going well>got an Icom 703, works well>Lauren at Sesquehanna U., doing well> -=-=-21:44 11/13/05 CQWE contest this weekend, unlimited excitement(?)> KB2IKC K2EZR great weather, doing leaves>snow blower started OK>repeater v. good> K2JV theater in NYC>school antennas almost done>bad noise on my sig.> KC2IZK back from Maine, gave deposit on camp on a lake, chilly up there> W2ZKE repeater stronger>doing leaves, grinds them up>repeater esp. strong> WA2DKJ HP network anal. demo tomorrow nite>Gro-lamp works?> N2VI cleaned gutters>helped YEZ with computer> -=-=-21:32 11/20/05 saw Morris Museum dispay of Guiness collection;not much, whole display awaits new building prob. late '07> KB2IKC W2ZKE parties with grandkids> KC2ONP at Barry's, used ISS packet for several QSOs> WA2DKJ at FCV's in Summit>two VW's have problems>CQWW contest next weekend>Reid at K2AL to do antenna work> K2EZR KC2IZK finishing off leaves> K0LBY installed big loop ant. in back yard, for 6M, works well>installed Yagi>220 Yagi works well. K2AL v. busy at work>long wire ant. works well> N2AUG -=-=-21:45 11/27/05 set your computer clock:google "abouttime.com">Skype>250 Gbytes hard drive $60>W2LI wb site OK but poor compared to NPARC> KB2IKC W2ZKE doing more leaves, found dirty air filter in leaf blower>160M busy>W2JT packet is going off the air> KC2ONP K2EZR will take a look at 160>was at model train layour behind Home Depot in Union> K2GLS KC2RLM was in FL for Tnksgvg.>GEICO save money on car ins!, about half!> KC2IZK N2AUG kit for meeting tomorrow night>question for GLS on regulating screen supply using Zeners>110 contacts in contest> K0LBY converted broadcast $20 FM ant. to 2M Yagi> K2AL v. busy at work, 13 injection molds for 1 project>did the contest using the end fed Zepp, 15-20 countries QRP> WA2DKJ CQWorldWide contest v. busy, 58' EasyWay tower working> 12 K2JV 16 for Tnksgvg>2M Yagis ready to put up on Salt Brook school> -=-=-21:57 Andy is net control tonight--- WA2DKJ street not salted--good!>welded Al tool box> KC2ONP went to friend bar mitzva (sp?)> K2AL surprized by the snow overnight>x'mas lights up> W2ZKE snow making mess of leaf disposal> KB2IKC Kirby Alarm, freeware, just google kirby alarm>new Netscape made a real mess> N2AUG will take names for kit> KC2IZK K2EZR 80M propatation getting better rapidly>x'mas lights up> WB2EDO will supply roster on request> N2VI K2JV back from theater in NYC>about 40 for x'mas lunch at O'Connors> -=-=-22:00 12/11/05 thanks tor Andy for doing the net last week>some stem cell research suggests that it may be possible to beef, pork or mutton in your kitchen, maybe a machine like a bread machine which could make a leg of lamb overnight>shouldn't the dose of over-the-counter be adjusted for the weight of the person?> KB2IKC W2ZKE enjoyed x'mas lunch> KC2ONP going to ham radio outlet with K2JV and K2AL>W2JT packet is closing> N2TSJ has flu or something>good time with old Esso guys>1 yr old snow blower broke down> KC2IZK K2EZR good party at O'Connors> AB2CM K2JV KC2IZK got wouff-hong at the lunch>got pickles and bialys in lower east side and best dumpling house in Chinatown> KC2RLM low modulation> K2AL O'Connors will close> -=-=-21:39 12/18/05 Andy left for Hawaii today for about a week, sked with N2AUG?>x'mas shopping easy on web>cancel net for Dec. 25?>how many regen kits ordered? ans. 25> KB2IKC KC2ONP nice trip to HRO, got a new HT> K2JV sorry to have missed the HRO trip, much family on hand> KC2IZK got stuff at HRO, also had crab cakes> K2EZR working on display for ISS contact> K2AL good trip to HRO, 125 mi. each way, flea mkt. not much> W2ZKE much family today> N2AUG ***no net on Dec 25 but will be one on Jan 1*** -=-=-21:41 1/1/06 Happy New Year!>daughter & husband and niece & husband here for X'mas., had a great time>zazzle.com will produce legal postamps with the digital pic you send in, got a set with my daughter and her dog and they look good>got infrared themometer, works well>heard yaps in the middle of the night--fox??> KB2IKC N2VI Emily home, rcvr. kit works well with goot ant. and Gnd.> K2EZR in Pittsburg most of the week>display working for Salt Brook SST contact> KC2IZK closed Maine cabin>postage increase Jan. 8> N2AUG nearly all kits distributed>working on 70 cm. amp. with several parts from members>went to first night at Mrstn., good time> W2ZKE had good holidays> -=-=-21:25 1/8/06 KB2IKC WB2EDO getting many dues>trying loop ant.>has lots of parts for power supplies> W2ZKE rcvr. kit works well> WA2DJK drew bigger schematic of kit>Bea Conrad died v. suddenly this week> KC2ONP needs to build power supply> KC2OSR N2TSJ will go to FL soon>Pres Conrad a great help when starting in ham radio> K2EZR has x'formers for Nick>building J-pole for 6M> KC2IZK N2VI refill Epson cart.?> N2AUG kit hints at meeting> 12 AB2CM K2AL big hassle at work, all night>Jan 23 meeting in Rec. Office room> K2JV good day at Kid's Day today with WK2I, big contact with Houston Space center>will try packet contact with ISS at Salt Brook tomorrow> -=-=-22:03 1/15/06 temp. now 15 deg.!> KB2IKC WA2DKJ went to Antique radio club in Princeton in Sarnoff Library> N2AUG son without power since 8 PM last night in Sucasunna (sp?), supplied generator>better box for kit> KC2IZK working on Ten-Tek kit> K2EZR also interested in Princeton stuff> N2VI read book about NSA> K2SKV big sleet storm last night and big wind> K2AL gain thru repeater low, al usual. NSA book body of secrets bamford -=-=-21:30 1/22/06 using Kenwood TM 231A mobile rig, a gift from Walt Creuz, works good>heavy rain starting tonight, big snow north of here maybe in Morristown>W2FMI strong since Barry fixed ant.>article about ARISS session in QST> KB2IKC W2ZKE 6M not good>finished the kit> WB2EDO KC2ONP portable, mostly not making it> KB2FCV at a fair, found old pocket sized meters>put up a loop, works well> KC2IZK worked on Tectec> has jury duty> K2JV 7 signed up for ham class> N2VI N2AUG low bands in good shape>will bring solder station to meeting, need extension cord> K2EZR will bring solder station and ext. cord> WA2DKJ empied more from Sheetz, got some for auction> 12 K2AL set up wireless router, works well> -=-=-21:46 1/29/06 Talked to Shel Darak and mentioned the low audio on the repeater>kit for electrical analog of Enigma, ~$130>hamfest in Parsippany Mar. 4>Barry, progress on Nick's power supply?> KB2IKC W2ZKE slowed up by a cold>had good performance from regen in college with 6AK5 tube> KC2ONP v. weak> WA2DKJ trying aux. tuned ckt. for regen rcvr>went to Sarnoff lib. in Princeton, NJ Antique rad club, session to fix old radios, nice exhibits of RCA, 2 guys playing Theremins> KC2IZK will do Red Cross net> K2JV Red Cross meeting tomorrow night>field trip to USS New Jersey in Camden??> K2EZR doing PSK on 20, 40 and 80> N2AUG AB2CM -=-=-21:49 2/5/06 Super Bowl Sunday>they use a new ball for EVERY play so a bad day for pigs>a plumber's friend should be called a plumber's enemy>plug-in hybrid car>iPods are fragile and expensive to repair if beyond 1 yr. warranty>repeater audio gain still down> KB2IKC W2ZKE grandkids visiting>head cold mostly gone>Super Bowl now 10 to 13> K2EZR kit not started yet> KC2IZK worked on kit> WA2DKJ cleaning Heathkit station monitor for auction>more work on AGI's stuff> N2AUG got Drake working for auction>two coworkers have Prius's, don't like them for commuting> -=-=-21:32 2/12/06 record snow in Central Park, 27", only 12-15" here but that's enough, now 24 deg.>audio level from repeater much better> KB2IKC KC2ONP on HT> KC2IZK sore from removing snow>15" snow> WA2DKJ a lot of shoveling>putting windshield in a Passat, hard to get out, made new mirror stalk>Peter 1 Is. not worked yet> W2ZKE meeting tomorrow night, school open???>about 8" snow>snow blower auger iced up by wet snow>much ice on roads> K2JV finished TenTec kit, v. sensitive on 40M> K2EZR bad roads this afternon>Chatham school will have late opening> N2VI poor sig. from Peter 1, 3Y0X> N2AUG 18" snow>Drake TR-3 fixed (was donated to club), will be in auction> K2AL glad TR-3 fixed>16" snow, snow blower barely adequate>v. prob. will have a meeting tomorrow> 11 KC2OSR Vance -=-=-21:55 2/19/06 cold last night, ~13 deg.>why don't all rigs have speech compressors?> KB2IKC K2JV most of today in Chinatown>Red Eye Grill across from Carnegie Hall v.good, need reservation>finished TenTek kit, works well, chnged to make superregen work well, v. high gain> N2AUG celebrated Mom's 95th birthday> K2EZR replaced toilet fittings> KC2RLM wife retired this week>glad to hear Cominick on>got long case clock running>going to FL, taking APRS equipment, K2AL will do sec. jobs until return> KC2IZK K2AL DX CW contest this weekend, worked 29 countries>Ralph did a lot of publicity about auction, flyer on the web site>vac. day tomorrow> WA2DKJ using K2 for contest, 28 countries, got 25 of them with 100mW!> KC2OBZ Dominick K0LBY no luck contacting Peter 1 Is., lots of lids causing problems> 11 N2VI high winds killed dipole> -=-=-21:46 2/26/06 to short-circuit automated 'phone answering services (wives esp.), gethuman.com gives codes for many companies, etc., e.g., credit cards, banks, go., insurance, internet like AOL and ebay, software, etc.etc.>patent search $200-300, write a patent $4,000 and up> KB2IKC W2ZKE K2AL worked 40 on 160M contest using end fed Zepp> KC2IZK TenTek finished kit> K2EZR TenTek works> N2AUG went to hamfest on Long Island, quite crowded, 40-50 tables> K2JV going to AZ, back in a week> -=-=-21:28 3/5/06 clocks improve in accuracy a factor of ten every 10 years>monthly ham lunch this week on Wed.>interesting stuff about crystal radios at crystalradio.net>google showed that there is a wide variety of Litz wire avail.>Andy--could use GR cound level meter to compare sens. of headphones> KB2IKC W2ZKE too busy to do much hamming> K2EZR shut off power on east side on NP, car hit a pole> KC2IZK went to hamfest> N2AUG flea market, lots of sellers and buyers, got 5 or 6 speakers for rcvr. project>looking for 400MHz Yagi of many elements>hamfest in Flemington next Sat.> WA2DKJ -=-=-21:25 3/12/06 had TEE test, no problem, Overlook had good performance>Windows restore saved lots of fixing>K2BIV in intensive care>snow next Fri.?> KB2IKC W2ZKE flea mkt. just OK, lost several gears in car, linkage failed> K2SKV has been busy with hospice, hospital> K2JV good hamfest>too cloudy to see ISS with Cub Scouts>NY theater today>got QSL cards from Caribean for Cub Scouts> N2AUG good hamfest> WA2DKJ near end of cleanup at K2AGI's>antique radio club flea mkt. next Sat.>will issue SparkGaps tomorrow>got sound-powered 'phone> K2EZR has crystal 'phones, not in good shape> KC2IZK good hamfest> KC2ONP rcvr. kit works well>will put up good antenna in back yard> K2AL good hamfest, got a Kenwood 2M radio with tone board, it works>Hudzick to talk at meeting tomorrow> 11 N2VI Emily doing well at MIT, rsch. on radiation shielding in space> -=-=-21:54 3/19/06 first day of spring tomorrow>stuff on Theremins on the web> KB2IKC W2ZKE wind problems with antennas> N2AUG Orange Co. NY ham fest a lot of stuff, much cheaper prices, found a commercial 432 cavity with tube just like the one built for $50>Timonium hamfest (half as big as Dayton!) next Sat and Sun> K2EZR make 6 pole antenna switch>must replace hot water heater> KC2IZK antique radio show, bought one>donated blood> K2AL was at Martha Hirsch wake, many there>bought new gas grill for natural gas>made res. for Dayton> WA2DKJ was at antique radio club, bought some stuff>Brush x'tal. headphones, one much better than the other, ear cups glued on> -=-=-21:38 3/26/06 rather than inc. gas tax, Oregon proposes a tax based on miles driven and where they were driven using GPS unit in the car, enoumous burocracy!, etc. I would like a national increase in gas tax, say, to $7, probalby politically impossible> installed Google Desktop, works well, takes hours to do first index but in bg> KB2IKC W2ZKE K2SKV many details to resolve since Martha's death> K2JV helping Nick to build power supply> KC2IZK WA2DKJ replaced front end of a 1995 Passat with 175,000mi., owned by a "cowboy"> N2VI K2EZR grandson's 8th birthday> 9 KC2ONP -=-=-21:40 4/2/06 driest March on record>quotidian>first day of daylight saving time>K2SKV is getting a computer! and taking 2 computer courses>no meeting on the 10th because of the auction>find north by obs. shadow at local noon, gotten by averaging sunrise and sunset>mention large pavement saw>Camry hybrid KB2IKC W2ZKE will use noon shadow> K2EZR 20M open>building antenna relay> KC2IZK WA2DKJ helping Rolph clean up at Sheetz, basement mostly clear, some stuff for auction>pavement saw for laying a single cable> N2VI in Princeton, used the repeater> 7 K2AL -=-=-21:32 4/9/06 v. good auction, sold old 'scopes!, negative auction?>attempt to steal Camry from my driveway?> KB2IKC WA2DKJ still a little tired from auction>pleased with it overall>may get SG out tomorrow, any contributions?>does not know Tatum> KC2IZK good money from refreshments> N2AUG good auction, many pleased, several donated, 80 registered>warmer weather my get ant. work> W2ZKE good auction, bought nothing>building amp> K2AL no complaints about auction heard>19 sellers, 49 buyers, 89 registered, tot. sales $3,012, $1,106 net, can't find one of the new signs>no meeting tomorrow night> KC2LSV Scott>enjoyed auction, 'scope works well> K2SKV in MD, missed auction>blizzard in Allentown on Fri> K2EZR -=-=-21:46 4/16/06 Sci. Am. article this month on slide rules, how many still have theirs?>Si solar energy collectors about 200 MW/yr.> Sue called, v. noisy, at southernmost pt. in USA, Hawaii, 19deg. latitude, Key West is 24 deg.>WB2HWW on 145.75 for at least 1 hr. 5 bars, this is a repeater in NYC on 440.7, v. elaborate web site, N2VI also heard it> KB2IKC W2ZKE working simplex, Philia. repeater is S9>cleaning up yard>made schematic for 440 amp. (gotten from N2AUG), will rebuild with bigger fan and add power supp.>has slide rule> K2JV back from NYC, saw Three Penny Opera>had big group for Passover>Harry Schwill still in bad shape after car crash, out of intensive care but not coherent>, after car crash>Club to do communication as Liberty Sci. center for 5K race>BH also 5K run>ARISS date set, week of May 29!!!>has own slide rule and his father's K&E which was patented in 1917> N2AUG KC2IZK has slide rule> K2EZR 1 phase of power went out, tree problem>has slide rule> N2VI moved parents in Fl. to home>has slide rule, still uses it> WA2DKJ Spark Gaps to be sent tonight, a struggle with MS Word>no slide rule -=-=-21:49 4/23/06 my fingerprints worn off>REPEATER RECEIVER V. WEAK, USING 145.75>good rain!, ~2"> KB2IKC KC2ONP KC2IZK can't hear Andy or ONP> WA2DKJ K2EZR freed feed line from tree>20M open in evenings>added mem. to omputer> K2JV bands in good shape to Europe>event at Liberty State Park a bust>AB2CM better mentally, still can't talk but still on breathing help and tube feeding>ARISS contact for after Memorial Day> W2ZKE horiz. much better than vert.>working on 440 amp., needs better blower> N2AUG will bring soldering station and tools for kit assy.> -=-=-21:37 4/30/06 smoke from microwave oven due to potpie>Harry will be cremated so no funeral but will be a reception>Ft. Monmouth museum trip? There's a new way to help the problem of high gas prices:ethanol. But not the usual way which is adding it to gasoline. Someone is selling an ethanol kit for about $1600. The kit is a still which can produce about 5 gal. of ethanol a day. I see this as a big help on the gas price problem. With 5 gal/day of 190 proof alcohol, you could keep the whole neighborhood so happy that they wouldn't worry about gas. Of course, the revenoors might complain but you could claim it was for cars. KB2IKC W2ZKE miserable from tree pollen>mowed today> K2AL v. poor copy on ZKE>sad to hear about Schwill>did communications for 5K race in NP, Mayor was grateful> KC2IZK N2AUG Monmouth Co. flea mkt. at Ft. Monmouth on Sat., saw big dish used for moon bounce of radar>finished a tuner, will help others to make one> WA2DKJ kind of droopy, intestinal bug>Coby will put house on market> KC2ONP did amp. with Barry, in use tonight>gathering parts for J-pole>jazz workshop> N2VI questions about HF dipole> K2EZR 20M good, 40 a little less> -=-=-21:44 5/7/06 Holmdel Labs probably to be demolished, about 1000 still there will be moved to MH>Wed. lunch this week>repeater still NG> KB2IKC W2ZKE Warminster hamfest, good weather, well organized>allergy problems> K2JV Statics meeting tomorrow>to Dayton on the 17th> K2EZR Schwill memorial service well attended by members>80M ant. fell down, rope broke>sorry to hear about Holmdel, was there 2 years> KC2IZK working on antique radios>good hamfest, saw AUG> WA2DKJ went to Schwill's to discuss plans for disposal of equipment>recovered from intestinal bug>meeting tomorrow night, basic radio principals, volunteers?>Spark gaps out shortly> N2VI willing to help with Schwill's stuff>all research to move into Bldg. 1 at MH> WB2QOQ Memorial Day coming, get ready to march> -=-=-21:27 5/14/06 10" rain in s. New hampshire may get 15">adjusted for inflation and MPG of avg. car, prices/mi. 15 cents in '60, 20 cents in '80 and 15 cents. now at $3/gal.> KB2IKC KC2IZK antique radios to fix> N2AUG made hi pot tester to test tubes at hamfests>v. busy at work, must do some traveling, can't got to Dayton>also likes 10M for long distance> K2EZR 20M PSK is quite good, New Zealand>to paint house in a week or two>careful of UV effect on coax> N2TSJ great weather in Fl. this year but not enough rain>lots of maintenence to do on house after 4 mos. in Fl.> K2JV just back from NY>off to Dayton on Thur.> W2ZKE much airplane flutter> N2VI most of Father's QSL cards on 10M>OK to lay coax on roof?> W2FMI -=-=-21:51 5/21/06 Daytoneers should be back tonight, weather was prob. great>speed of light is 1foot/nanosec error about 1.5%>N2AUG--what are you going to show at tomorrow's meeting?>Shel Darrack fixed the repeater, works v. well>marvelous video of indoor RC 'plane performance from N2TSJ> KB2IKC K2EZR date for ISS contact is now definite> KC2ONP N2TSJ mowed back yard and that was enough>did lots of weeding> N2VI got Spark Gaps, looks good> WB2QOQ Mem. Day parade, pos. 23> N2AUG -=-=-21:27 5/28/06 fine trip to New Engalnd Air Museum with Sue>Mem. day parade tomorrow>hkundrat on ebay, roller ind., etc.> KB2IKC W2ZKE good Dayton trip last weekend, bought some 440 stuff>lawnmower blew up, hit a tree root, will get a new one> N2AUG 6M open Fri. PM into Europe>hamfest yesterday, Bergen Co., good prices> KC2OSR Sam in Chatham--building cactus J ant.> K2SKV K2EZR 20M good at night>ARISS contact all go> N2TSJ did much planting, more to go>home blood pressure machine reading too high>lamp next to TV blew up, fireworks, socket found burned off, etc.>saw Joe Blank's daughterr on the Opera show> K2AL good trip to ballet in NYC> KC2IZK good Bergen hamfest> 10 WA2DKJ sister and son visiting>building audio matchbox for crystal set>70 mi. on bike today>put in papers for Field Day permission at High School> WB2QOQ about parade, library parking lot at 9:25, unit 23> KC2OWG John mobile -=-=-22:02 6/4/06 ARISS contact a failure! ~600 people in the aud., some tears from the kids! NASA failed to tell Barry that the upllink freq. had been changed, try again tomorrow>moose are coming>Philia. v. strong>nasa pic forbidden??> KB2IKC WA2DKJ feels bad, general, a virus?>got 2 lbs. of Litz wire, 660 strands, $211> K2EZR also got FORBIDDEN on NASA pic> K2JV also feeling poorly>76th birthday!>installed ant. for Nick> KC2OSR Sam working on Morse code on computer> W2ZKE 6M good today, Spain, Mexico> N2TSJ HT failed, is using the other one>tried HF, poor reception, ant. bad?>needs new radiator core in Packard, must get it in Maine, $800-900?> N2AUG had enough traveling> K2AL 10 N2VI -=-=-21:52 6/11/06 ARISS contact a great success!>K2JV returned home from Overlook today, admitted on Wed. with arrythmia for observation and adj. meds, will have a pacemaker installed on Thur.>Am. Sci. article, now about 6,000 prog. languages, about 1/day since Fortran> KB2IKC N2TSJ needs to do a lot of weeding>took a bunch of stuff at the electreonics recycle in Scotch Pls.>son has diabetes as of Jan. 1>chiropracter treating wife>neighbor took is Apple IIe> K2JV still unloading gear from the Salt Brook school from the car>relaxed all day on the deck> N2VI some 6M traffic, 10M dead> WA2DKJ day 12 for feeling poorly, will test for mono>meeting tomorrow night, field day planning, has singed permission form to use the High school again>aware of possible Lyme disease, Dr. sez need to have symptoms longer> N2AUG does Andy have Lyme disease?>did a bunch of yard work, went to LI flea mkt. in Bethpage, a good one>also flea mkt. in Newington>ant. and feedlines ready for field day> KC2OSR Sam>sick dog, surgery> W2ZKE heard both sides of the ARISS contact> K2AL should skip kid's day this year> 10 KC2PRX E. Hanover>has ticket for about 1 mo.> -=-=-22:03 6/18/06 v. hot, ~93 today>bear in NP, seen by K2AL?>moose reported in Westchewter Co.> KB2IKC N2AUG getting stuff ready for field day>Gary bringing generator?> WA2DKJ sore throat much better>getting ready for field day>has info on equiv. ckt. of ant>GL field day setup starts 9AM, needs chairs and card table or two, small propane grill> WK2I all OK for field day> K2EZR bear around BOC property, saw cops with a rifle>Sheetz' house sold> K2JV pacer maker all Ok but it itches, can't drive until Thur, Norma broke wrist>last Statics meeting tomorrow>has QSL cards from ARRL about ARISS contact> KC2IZK spent 2 wks. at camp in Maine>Piscataway ham fest good> N2TSJ will be a busy week>wrote 5 page letter on using the MAC computer>dinner at Red Oak Grill in Bask. Ridge, not cheap>more weeding needed>has 2 KW generator> K2SKV KC2OSR Sam off for fire call> W2ZKE Raritan Vall. flea mkt. pretty good> 12 KC2PRX Art new to hammiing>had car fire> WB2QOQ -=-=-22:02 6/25/06 wet and wild field day, good ground?>sent 8 pics to Ralph, any other pics?>QOQ reported a bear in his yard>Norma broke wrist> KB2IKC W2ZKE field day run in perfect manner, 6M very good> K2EZR tired like Andy>field day worked v. well, good ants. for class F station>Hudzik reported that K2JV has been awarded Ham of the Year>about 2" rain> WA2DKJ v. tired, thanks to all participants, both stations did v. well, all stations manned mostly around the clock, lots of contacts, has lots of help, solar panels worked even with overcast>Hudzik operated Class F station>Daily Record article "Radio Contest Brings Out Hams">Jim, cool crystal set> N2TSJ worked on Packard, messy, removed emergency brake cable>HF rig worked well>cleanup done by 3:30>may operate CW> KC2OSR move GOTO sta. nearer the entrance>working on code for test> KC2ONP KC2IZK good time at field day> -=-=-21:34 7/2/06 strong but brief thunderstorm, cloudburst>slide show feature on web site>Philia, repeater v. stong> KB2IKC K2AL got hires pics of lot from zillow.com>helped, with Andy, repair K2PLL BIG 17 element 2M antennas, hot job>pruning trees>glad field day was wet rather than hot> K2EZR zillow.com prices quite accurate, +/- 5%>WiFi for NP?> N2TSJ Packard radiator repaired, son will help install>found pulse rate 45> N2VI zillow.com pics from Microsoft Live, saw a 2M ant. on roof>made slingshot, got weight stuck in tree>ceiling light quit, chasing trouble> WA2DKJ 75 mi bike ride, rather hot> KC2KMK doing MIT research, thanks for help on leak testing>went to MIT field day> KC2OSR will be on Comcast this week>Pilican cases leak tight> K2JV will not communicte for NP fireworks>Picnic will be July 16> -=-=-21:47 7/9/06 Famous Dave's BBQ on eastbound 22 in Mountainside, good food> KB2IKC K2EZR son and wife returned from Germany with kids> W2ZKE sold at Sussex hamfest, big but not as many buyers> K2JV good time at hamfest, lightly attended, lots of good stuff to buy, v. good weather> K2AL 3 did comm. for 5K race in BH, with N2VI and Lou>enjoyed hamfest>recovering from dental work> N2TSJ went to model train show in Philia. with son, got automatic wire stripper>worked on Packard yesterday> KC2IZK good hamfest, bought some stuff> N2AUG good hamfest, saw lots of friends, sold some stuff>doing some traveling>saw Dick Wolfe, Warren doing better with broken hip> K2SKV xmit. on output> -=-=- 7/16/06 K2JV gave a great club picnic--his BBQ ribs were superb, good turnout but rather hot, ~93, good to see Terry Wampler and his son, Al Hirsch, etc.>zillow.com for those who did not get the reflector> KB2IKC K2SKV great picnic, thanks to Barry and Norma>Philia. v. strong> K2AL v. nice picnic, great ribs>meeting Aug. 14, rec. room as last week> K2EZR missed picnic, son and family back from Germany>Barry did Kids Day in BH, several kids enthusiastic> KC2IZK enjoyed picnic> fishing good in Maine> W2ZKE v. good picnic> KC2PRX Art in Hanover with HT, drinking beer>will go for General> KB2FCV enjoyed the picnic, rather hot>went to wedding in Boston>1 round fired by Constitution, got video of it> -=-=-21:26 7/23/06 no power loss>2 tress fell here years ago>scratchy throat, no cold> KB2IKC W2ZKE worked Montenegro on 20M>lost power 4-5 hrs., used generator, no big wind> K2SKV lots of weather, zapped some channels on TV set, using VCR tuner> K2JV opera concert in Westchester> K2EZR hosuse guests left>storm killed feed line to 40M ant.>storm hit a few NP sections> N2TSJ tulip tree fell and wrecked garage, some dents in Packard, killed HF ant., lost power for 24 hrs., did not use generator because power co. said it would come back soon, damaged 2 of son's cars>leaving fro Vt. tomorrow>aligned Parkard using Andy's tool> N2AUG busy at work>6M openings>built 8 element 440 ant.> KC2IZK WA2DKJ Coby will leave on Aug. 3> -=-=-21:47 7/30/06 for astronomy fans->Re:Times--SkyScout>stop print job with tiny ikon in lower rt. corner> KB2IKC K2SKV no AC, using fans>remembered that Bob Latter had a telescope> W2ZKE some rain, no big winds>taking kids to Newark for trip to England> K2JV Norma in DC>HF bands poor>watering tomatos twice a day>Hillary and Vince also went to ARRL hqs.> N2AUG painting and yard work>busy at work, trips to Pittsburgh>some 6M openings>worked on balanced feed tuner>LMR cable (Chinese) not really great--center lead is thin Cu over Al, poss. corrosion> KB2FCV worked 40M from a boat in Spruce run> KC2IZK went to ARRL hqs. with K2JV, made contacts with W1AW station> -=-=-21:32 8/6/06 Re:Ind. Press. MH labs will be corp. hqs. for Lucent-Alcatel corp. Present pop. ~ 2,500, will become ~3,400 after move of 900 from Holmdel. Campus is 192 acres, paid 18% of BH prop. taxes, ($4.4. million)>stop print job with tiny ikon in lower rt. corner>Pansonic Oxyride battteries 2 times capacity of alkalines>Wed. lunch this week>helped YEZ with new computer> KB2IKC W2ZKE motor prob. with antenna, got help on 20M, hot weather has slowed things downs>Sears coming to repair mower, no charge>some contacts on 432>Whippany wiped out by Philia., working simplex> K2EZR hot even at the shore> K2JV running the amp>went to NJ State Fair in Sussex, great time>will see about taking SaltBrook School antennas down> K2SKV N2TSJ nice vacation in Vt.>working on damage to Packard, ins. guy sez repaint, new window, etc., garage may have to be replaced>has DKJ's laser wheel aligner>no HF because of tree fall> KC2ONP got dipole up in trees, also ground plane, got SWR meter fixed> K2AL back from business trip to China, v. v. interesting, labor v. cheap, good work on mold making>next Meeting Aug. 14> WA2DKJ made a basket weave coil for crystal set, looks good>Coby left a few days ago> -=-=-21:52 8/13/06 ham lunch last Wed. good>helped W2YEZ get started with Paint Shop on his new computer>Philia. repeater 5 bars again>deer eating grass in front yard, having eaten everything else that they like>meteorites tonight>meeting tomorrow, antenna experiments> KB2IKC W2ZKE strong sig.>working on 440 beam with tower down>wireless conn. to mobile rig not good>listening on the input> K2EZR lovely weather>80M wire up, works well>40 good one night>ants. off the Salt Brook School> N2TSJ got garage damage cleaned out, needs new roof, HF ant. down>looking place to get Packard painted, looked at place (Dale's) in Hackettstown, ins. will pay $7800>lunch at the Grain House, v. nice> KC2OSR Kenwood repaired, a pain to reprogram>knows local car restorer> N2VI back from Oregon visiting family, lovely country>HF doublet ant. back up in tree>Ray's sez slingshots not legal in NJ. N2AUG will make tuner for Frank to play with, has all parts, may be done by Sept.>will replace feed lines on tower>good car restorer in Hackettstown, but expensive>went to Matamoras, PA hamfest , cheap prices>Whippany off freq.?, will measure but varies>did not get to camera show>tree guys use a slingshot 9 feet tall!, is very accurate>found expl. of microwave transformer peculiarities> -=-=-21:48 8/20/06 anyone see meteorites last week?> KB2IKC N2TSJ took Packard to a picnic, got some good tips about repainting, stalled at top of Snake Hill but the went, then quit at fire house, Mark replaced fuel pump, then all OK>computer very slow, Norton expired, switched to NOD32, scan OK> K2JV attaching power leads to a VHF rig> K2EZR no HF activity>went to Great Adventure with 2 grandsons, lots of animals>don't hear Philia.> KC2IZK was in Maine doing chores> KC2OSR Sam. made several Power Pole connectors>saw meteorites> W2ZKE -=-=-21:34 8/27/06 ~1 1/4" rain so far>Sue called from the bottom of Valle Caldera>Whip. repeater relicensed>Warren Mahland returning to this area>Philia. 7 bars> KB2IKC W2ZKE replacing light on 746>6M open this morning> KC2OSR G5RD is assembled, needs Andy's help> K2EZR S. America coming in on 20M> N2TSJ Packard electric fuel pump quit, company quit making them, another company has them> N2VI joined the Log Book of the World> WA2DKJ doing crystal set>topic for Sept. meeting?> N2AUG almost finished with tuner, thorough testing shows it looks good>hospitals good for gel cell batteries> -=-=-21:47 9/2/06 95% of the mass of the universe is missing. Pretty good evidence that the so-called "dark matter" has been found>how NOT to make a hv supply--hv battery story 1100V Edelson & McAfee>2.4" rain from Ernesto>just discovered that Google will find funny stuff using "xxx quotes", e.g., Fred Allen, Mae West and WC Fields>Philia. about 6 bars>confess falling down stairs> KB2IKC W2ZKE changing tower stuff>bout 1" rain> K2AL organizing paper work at home>took Lauren back to school> K2EZR anyone have Sevick's book?> K2JV at Rehoboth Beach all week, saw Victrola Museum, mostly good weather except Fri.>has both of Sevick's books> N2TSJ got twin-lead for new ant.>red tape in fixing garage after tree fell on it>repaired Packard fuel pump> -=-=-21:36 9/10/06 monthly ham lunch this Wed.>article in Physics Today showing why a bicycle is stable and how to make one that is rather unstable>is Warren Mahland back yet?>was at steam track with Kundrat> KB2IKC W2ZKE more antenna work>poor thru repeater>Whip. repeater is 5 kc low> K2EZR big participation in the 24 hr.VHF contest in Lucent parking lot>verifies repeater is low in freq.> N2AUG repairing antenna system, may take 3-4 weeks>tuner done and ready for Frank>mesd. repeater last month as being 2-2.5 kc low> KC2IZK not full quiet>had a good time in Maine, will return> WA2DKJ helped with VHF contest>meeting tomorrow night>Spark Gaps out soon> Shel Darack was on to report that he is aware of the low repeater freq. and it will be difficult to imporve it. -=-=-21:34 9/17/06 KB2IKC W2ZKE tower back up, full quieting>using 5 kc lower, no prob. now from Philia.> K2ERZ trying AUG's tuner, not better on 80M>20 and 40 better in last few days>likes flashearth.com N2TSJ 4 yards of topsoil for back yard>no permit yet to fix garage>fixed leak in pipe under kitchen sink>personal info web site, partly free>enjoying football> -=-=-21:24 9/24/06 Rb oscs in GPS birds to be replaced by Hydrogen masers>pill-cam for esophagus damage> KB2IKC KC2ONP getting up early to obs. ISS passes>will start to study for general class lic.>put up ant., works well with 100W amp.> K2EZR used ant. tuner made by Rich> N2TSJ ordered ant. wire from antennaman>still no BH permit after 2 mos.) to fix garage, may get it on tomorrow> W2ZKE repeater is 6 KC low, tuning to it solves Philia. problem> WA2DKJ meeting tomorrow night> -=-=-21:33 10/1/06 yellow street-eater gobbled up Martins Lane on Thur, repaved in less than 2 hrs. on Fri.>got new digital camera, Panasonic w. image stabilizer, $150 refurb. on ebay, 1 GB memory card addt'l $40, about the size of a postage stamp!>1.1" rain>Barry leaving for Malta on Fri.>flushovision??> KB2IKC KC2OSR Sam>new ant. works well> K2EZR wife's father SK yesterday> KC2IZK hamfest Sat rained out>will return to Maine> N2TSJ garage repairs started>got a part cast in SS for the Packard, reasonable price>will got to Hersey car show> N2AUG maintenance on classic car>all antennas now in good shape>has RG-8 for free, short pieces> K0LBY in hot tub which was bought at NPARC auction>got AA batts. I suggested, good deal> W2ZKE busy week working on a sequencer for 440>'66 car need spec. oil?> KC2ONP ant. now installed> N2VI busy at work> WA2DKJ -=-=-21:50 10/8/06 read "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck--quite wonderful>any word from K2JV?>Philia. repeater v. strong, 7 bars>anyone see the comet?>The Black Hole in Los Alamos> KB2IKC WA2DKJ back from a wedding, took all day, too long>Spark Gaps out shortly>meeting tomorrow night> K2EZR father-in-law funeral in PA.>done with AUG's tuner> N2AUG flea mkt. in Monmouth Co., rather small, at old moon radar site, huge dish>Got a Boonton modulation meter, digital>new ant. up, 12 element beam for side band, works well to Tuckerton> K2AL HF ant. down>may have auction on Mar. 23> W2ZKE Philia. may have increased power> -=-=-21:41 10/15/06 Andy had to 'phone to get me on the net> W2ZKE ham fest today, started early, rather small, saw N2AUG> N2TSJ clogged drain-line to curb, plumber made big mess, rotorooter finally opened it> from street end>town chipper 3 wks behind sked.>son got 37" LCD TV> KB2IKC Hawaii 'quake 6.6, power interruptions, no one hurt>NiMH batteries> WA2DKJ cleaning 20M Yagi>Nov. 3 for trip to Alpine tower> K2AL could not see the comet> KC2OSR Sam:needs help in putting up ant.> K0LBY put 2M/440 rig in car> -=-=-21:37 10/22/06 Sue has a Canon A530 digital camera, great specs., works well, $137 at Beach>one circuit in house is dead, not the breaker>Jupiter steering broke in Aspen> KB2IKC WA2DKJ steering job almost done>holiday lunch Dec. 9 Charlie Brown's>Alpine Tower, will visit Fri. Nov. 3> K2EZR back from PA. about 650 mi. roundtrip>40M active to Europe> N2TSJ leave for FL in early Nov.>garage being repaired, rather messy>19" TV for free>house next door declared uninhabitable by town, mold etc.> N2AUG got 432 11 element quaggi up and ready>put car away for winter> KC2OSR got Diamond A200, will put it up this week> W2ZKE -=-=-21:46 10/29/06 one ckt. in house dead, some outlets in living room and basement, Andy traced BX wiring to junction box in basement and fixed it! a neat piece of detective work!>3" rain>"atomic" clock reset properly, as usual>Philia. about 5 bars> KB2IKC K2EZR >3" rain>wind cot an ant. feeder>40M dead> KC2ONP Barry is back> N2AUG tii much wind for full tower and the contest>6M open on Fri., AZ and UT, about 1/2 hr.>got a pumpkin> N2TSJ may go to Fl. on Nov. 12>dentist said see oncologist about spot on tongue> KC2IZK back from Me.> WA2DKJ trip at 10AM on Fri. to Armstrong Tower, meet at NP Library> K2AL stereolithography meeting> N2BVM Brian Parsippany -=-=-21:30 11/05/06 v. good trip to Armstrong antenna in Alpine Fri., 13 went, rode with Ralph in his new Lexus hybrid, v. interesting car and navigation system>Hybrid lawn mowers??> KB2IKC K0LBY friend was hamming while running the NY marathon today, sponsored by ICOM> KC2IZK tickets for K2JV dinner?> N2AUG lots of time at work>10M and 15M good>ZKE lost is 2M antenna>Diamond ant. very poor, won't handle power, poor caps.> K2EZR got S. Africa on 40M>20M good during day>doing leaves again> WA2DKJ fixing small motors>Jason at tower glad to get visitors>Spark Gaps out>about 150 antennas on Armstrong tower, some repeaters, about 60% full> K2JV running 5W, almost full quiet>brought 1200 QSL cards from Malta>marathon went well, lots of badly adjusted HTs, at 6mi. loc, runners tightly grouped> KB2FCV fixed serial link on K2, solder splash>has complete QST collection back to 1937> 9 K2AL doing leaves> -=-=-21:49 11/11/06 CQWE contest this weekend, v. few on>web cam at south pole, gives current weather, -42F and windchill of -72 even tho it's spring>2.6" rain last week, more tonight and tomorrow>vanilla vine interesting orchid>Brennert has slate of officers (with a little bit of help from me)> KB2IKC W2ZKE on Ringo, 25 yrs. old>dinner for Barry's ham of the year award went off v. well> K2AL has cold and sore throat>parents weekend at daughter's college>lost computer cable>election on 27th> K2JV on HT>thanks to all about dinner, had several relatives incl. wife!>Summit Red Cross and Madison merging> KC2OSR Sam using Diamond ant.> KC2IZK enjoyed dinner>will do refreshments tomorrow night> K2EZR N2VI good time at banquet>will put ant. higher in trees> WA2DKJ good time at dinner>has a cold and sore throat>word from Melville in New Zealand!, here next Mon.> -=-=-21:37 11/19/06 can heat a plate in the microwave, just get it wet and heat ~~30 sec.>Melville was on 575 this evening briefly>XM radio quite>need $5/gal gas tax> KB2IKC K2AL finished the leaves>gas price now about $2.09 in Mrstwn.>TriCounty auction tomorrow night>our auction loc. not yet fixed> K2EZR Boy Scout food drive went v. well> WA2DKJ WD3EFT Melville here, waiting for 'phone installation>debugging a power supply for FCV>Worldwide CQ contest next weekend>may get tower put up this week> KC2IZK antique radio show yesterday, saw AUG> N2AUG found bargins at antique radio show, lots of buyers>20M v. good, incl. Libya> W2ZKE 2M amp. on tower working>lawnmower quit before all leaves done> KC2RLM putting rig in Lexus hybrid, dealer would have to call in an outside firm>see reflector about buying video projector>son will be here from Frisco for Thanksgiving, he is also getting married> 9 KC2OSR WA2IVW Jim just to say hello -=-=-21:44 11/26/06 XM radio down, not fixed yet>Philia. 4-5 bars> KB2IKC W2ZKE interference from Phlia.>leaves not done yet>2M sideband strong> KB2FCV CQworldwide contest went well, 14 countries yesterday on attic loop> WA2DKJ did CQ contest using wire ant., got 76 countries> K2EZR K2JV 23 for Thanksgiving>opera last night> KC2IZK Philia. wiped up out> N2AUG did contest, 4-5 hrs., got 41 countries, 20 and 40m>went to ham auction in Fairfield, got a few items and fixed one>finished leaves>much work at work> KC2OSR 10 K2AL at Radio City, good show>x'mas lights up>only some contesting>Feb 23 for club auction, borough hall gym> -=-=-21:46 12/3/06 much discussion of how to reform electrolytic capacitors>"trading assistants" on ebay>X'mas lunch next Sat.>Aug bought digital camera yet?>my shingles never painful but v. ugly>Schrage may come to lunch> KB2IKC W2ZKE finished with leaves>440 ant. ready to put up>ants will form a nest at the top of a tower!> N2AUG stuff from Fairlawn auction fixed>microwave oven x'fmr. power supply working well>won ARRL shirt at KJI open house>no damage from winds> K2AL getting ready with presentations for next Sat. lunch> KC2ONP will learn Morse code for gen. exam.> WA2DKJ old Hallicrafters rcvr., chasing hum>getting tower up> K2EZR wife has shingles> KC2IZK prob. with Philia. sigs.> K2JV shack cleaned up>repeater still a little low in freq.>Sun. Jan 7 is kid's day at BH community center, 2-6PM> 10 KC2RLM Rutgers lost!!!>golfed this week>got mobile installed by pros> N2VI WB2QOQ -=-=-22:03 12/10/06 the X'mas club lunch last Sat. was good fun, good turnout>lunch this Wed>NY TImes Sun Magazine section sez best to start auctions low. THey tested ebay and found low starting prices resulted in much higher final prices. A large no. of bids entice more bidders. Many bids lead bidders to think the object is worth more.> KB2IKC W2ZKE Philia. interferes>great X'mas. lunch and liked his award> K2AL good time at lunch>working in attic, bringing x'mas stuff down>Lauren will be home this week>need proj. for Melville's talk tomorrow>37 at lunch> K2JV hung up Wouff Hong>in NY to see Apple Tree today, enjoyed, got pickles and bialys>operated 3 hrs. of 10M contest, pretty good> WB2EDO quiet day, enjoyed Sat lunch>updated roster will come out after first of year> KC2OSR K2EZR fine lunch, service a little slow>tuning 40M ant.> N2AUG working on 6M round-table>had to work on Sat.> KC2IZK good party on Sat> 10 KC2QER Bill -=-=-21:50 12/17/06 more bottled water than beer, dumb>Philia. clock 5 mins. fast>no net next Sun.> KB2IKC W2ZKE measuring SWR, found some bad cable and bad connector>does not like no code> KC2QER mobile Bill> W2EZR 80M PSK coming alive> K2AL FCC dropped all code requirements, does not like it, Club should encourage CW>Kid's day coming up>looking for talks for next year> WA2DKJ cleaning up>QST articles on crystal sets uses MOSFET detector>any articles for next Spark Gaps?> N2AUG Aurora this week effected 6M>hopes CW will continue as a v. efficient mode> WB2EDO does not like no code change>got a 751A on ebay, a good buy> KC2IZK glad that there is no more code> KB2FCV still likes CW> KC2OSR Happy Holidays>losing code requirement is sad but will continue to improve> WA2IVW Jim from Wayne, lic. since 1973>does not like no code> -=-=-22:01 1/7/07 good to be back for the net--we had a good time in Buffalo over x'mas.>good Spark Gaps, esp. the graph about the ionosphere>popcorn at nest kid's day??>kid's gave me a real workout at Bob the Astronaut>K2EZR remembers 1st class commercial test difficult, did'nt seem that way to me> KB2IKC W2ZKE raining pretty good>clearing out the x'mas paper and trash>still has high SWR of 432 ant.>may try Bluetooth for the mobile rigs> K2EZR different parking at Salt Brook school>will raise CW speed>kids had a good time talking to Bob the Astronaut> K2AL kids day went v. well, best ever>Jets and Giants both lost>believes no code test rule will help the hobby> KC2RLM passed General exam, studying Extra manual>got satellite radio for car for x'mas.>got new projector> KC2IZK good show at kid's day> N2VI in Oregon over x'mas used ham radio skiing>will bring neighbor to meeting> N2AUG cudos to Astronaut Bob>2M band active today, 4-500 mi.>low bands fairly good during the day> KC2ONP best kid's day ever, prob. due to good newspaper articles>ready to take General test> 10 WA2DKJ saw lots of people at kid's day>Mother had bad flu or something, called 911, better now> -=-=-22:10 1/14/07 KB2IKC WA2DKJ working on crystal set, contest next weekend>Scott Alexander passed Gen and Extra> K2EZR busy week at work, worked PSK contest, 23 stations, 14 states>wife's car tramission died> KB2FCV a little with PSK> KC2IZK studying for general> K2JV back from Westchester Co.>was at Hudson Div. meeting, about 50>doing Malta talk at TCRA meeting tomorrow night>will talk at Dayton on ARISS project> N2VI demoed ham radio to neighbor>on side-band a little, e.g., Colorado at -8 deg.> W2ZKE amp. up on tower has a problem> K2YG Dave -=-=-21:41 O2 cyl. Andy??? contest, wire length got the patent search on my idea of a microwave source in each resturant table, v. little prior art seen> Idea:for emergency power for a whole town, use diesel-electric locomotives> ***kill echolink before net starts***