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- N2