HF Net 3783KHz (N.B. VE3OSR was out of service; VE3OZW RIchard ran the VHF portion of the net on VE3GBT Paisley)
Topic: Open mic.

VA3KOT John Owen Sound NCS
VE3BQM Bernie Owen Sound
VA3MFO Jim Mount Forest
VE3RQY Greg Owen Sound
VE3WI Dave Port Elgin
VE3VCG Marvin Paisley
VE3OZW Richard Mildmay
VE3PCP Rob Tiverton
AC8IY Clair SW Michigan

Net Controller — VE3OZW Richard - South Bruce

Topic for discussion -
1. Open mic

VHF/Echolink
KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VE3WI Dave - Port Elgin
VE3KHQ Fred - Kincardine
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke
VE3PCP Rob - Inverhuron
VA3EAC Janet - Paisley
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest

73 to all

Greg VE3RQY has taken the lead in the QNI contest ... but it's early days yet!

   

I'm trying to take advantage of some of my down time to get a new tower up with a 2-element Mosley 40m beam on top.  The beam has been in a box at my front door for a few years now and I have had the tower sections in the back of my yard for almost the same amount of time.

The tower is a light duty Wade but the boom for the Yagi is 15' and the elements are 46'  long.  I am anchoring the tower with guy lines at the 30' and 40' mark.  I needed some headroom for the guy lines so the support for the lines protrude 5' out of the ground.  I used 1.7" Schedule 40 pipe with 1/4" walls and sank this 5' into the ground with lots of contrete.  Inside the 1.7" pipe is another 1-1/2" Schedule 40 pipe with 1/4" walls so the supports are very rigid.




Even though the tower is not free standing, I still used just over 1 cu. yd. of concrete and 8" of stone for drainage.  The concrete had to be hand-bombed from the street to the back of my yard.




This afternoon I started fabricating two torque arms out of 2" x 2" angle iron.  My guy lines will attach at the torque arms and prevent the tower from twisting in on itself.  The upper guy wires will be 40' which would require me to break the guy lines up so they don't couple with the antenna.  



I found I could make neat and precise work of my angle iron cuts using a 10" Dewalt mitre saw, an 80 tooth metal cutting blade and a cheap speed controller to keep the saw around 1800 rpm.

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Net Controller — VE3OZW Richard - South Bruce

Topic for discussion -
1. Resources for amateur radio: Where do you look for answers for amateur radio related questions? Do you have a favorite resource, like a book, website, online forum, net, etc?
2. Is there anything that you have had difficulty with related to amateur radio and what did you do?
3. OR OPEN MIC

VHF/Echolink

KO4DXQ Bob - Soddy Daisy, TN
VE3PAV Bobby - Lionshead
VE3BQM Bernie - Owen Sound
VA3GDZ Gary - Haliburton
VE3MIO Maureen - Wiarton
VE3RQY Greg - Brooke
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3PCP Rob - Inverhuron
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VA3EAC Janet - Paisley
VE3IXR Ron - Walkerton
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley

HF – 3.783 MHz

VE3IJD Gene - Honey Harbour
VE3XBO Bart - Mobile
VE3DDU Ray - Nottawasaga
VA3MFO Jim - Mount Forest
VE3VCG Marvin - Paisley
VA3TS Tom - Shallow Lake
VE3IXR Ron - Walkerton

We need your help by submitting ideas for topics via this forum.  This is a net for all of us.  Help out your fellow club members and net controllers by getting involved and participating by submitting topics.

Please consider being a GBARC Net Controller.  It is a positive learning experience and great fun.

Thanks to all, 73

Net report for Sept. 21st 2022
Net controller VE3RQY Greg

Subject:
             Tuners: manual vs. Automatic, favorite, etc. or any other subject.

Echo link: VE3GIO Larry, Woodstock.
               KO4DXQ Bob, soggy Daisy, Tenessee.
               VE3IXR. Ron, Walkerton.
               VE3BQM Bernie, Red Bay
VHF

VA3MFO Jim Mount Forest
VA3KOT John Georgian Bluffs
VE3MIO Maureen Wiarton
VE3OZW Richard Otter Creek(Mildmay suburb)

HF:
VE3GIO
VA3MFO
VE3BQM
VE3OZW

Breakfast is getting more complicated.  The restaurant wants a phone call by 0800 Sat at the latest with the number of people coming for breakfast.

If you're attending on 8 Oct, please reply to this post & tell me how many in your party.

I'll call them.

thanks
Dave, VE3WI

Found this list of HF emergency nets on QRZ.com:

HURRICANE WATCH NET   14.325 MHz or 7.268 MHz
SOUTH FLORIDA EMERGENCY NET   3.940 MHz or 7.242 MHz
NORTH FLORIDA EMERGENCY NET   3.950 MHz or 7.242 MHz
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA EMERGENCY NET   3.910 MHz
GEORGIA ARES NET   3.975 MHz
MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE NET   14.300 MHz
SOUTH COAST AR SERVICE NET   7.251 MHz


73
Dave, VE3WI

Net control Ve3BQM Bernie Topic Hurricane

VHF Net:
VE3BQM Bernie
KO4DXQ Bob
VE3VCG Marvin
VA3EAC Janet
VE3OZW Richard
VE3FP Adam
VE3IXR Ron
VA3KOT John
VA3TS Tom
VE3RWY Rob
VE3RQY Greg
VE3WI Dave
VE3MIO Maureen
VE3PCP ROB
VA3MFO James

HF Net:
VA3TS Tom
VE3FJN Colin
VA3MFO James
VE3PCP ROB
VE3OZW Richard
VE3IXR Ron
VE3RWY Rob
VE3WI Dave
VE3RQY Greg
VE3VCG Marvin
VA3QV Robert
VA3DPR Doug