Net News
2022 Picnic
The 2022 picnic will be held on October 29, back at Beyersville, TX. Jim W5IM our, Treasurer, is now accepting reservations and the Friday night dinner location has been confirmed. Info is now on the Picnic page.
Welcome
Net elections were held on April 28. Welcome to our new Asst.Mgr., George KF5QEZ. We appreciate George giving of his time to support the net. Thanks to W5IM and N5MSE for agreeing to serve another year. Thanks to WA5VAS for being our Election Chairman.
Silent Keys
We have lost more Net Members of our Ham famly. Jay KC5ADQ, Marlin W5TVP, Johnie W5ZIN, Willard "Dub" K5QPL, Farrell N5EBH and Bill KF5CBF all have become Silent Keys. Their obituaries are on the Silent Key Page.
New Hams Help
To help new Hams learn the jargon unique to Ham Radio, a list of links has been added to the Link page.
Logo Patches & Window Decals Available
The 7290 Traffic Net patches are now available. The cost and the selling price is $2.00 each. Details along with a picture of the actual patch can be seen here. NEW - also available now are window decals for car in the same design as the patches. The cost for the decals is 2 for $1.00. Click the here above for more info.
On the air Traffic Training
Continues
The response to the on the air training has been good so it will continue until further notice. The training will be held on the first Wednesday and the following Saturday of each month at 9:30 and 12 noon. The training material that will be followed is available on this site under training.
Also on the Web Site
A new item to the Web Site is a list of first time check ins to the net and those that have been away for awhile. See the QST page for the link. Our thanks to our hard working Net Secretary, Alan N5MSE, for his work in putting this list together and the Net Controls for getting the calls to him.