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“When you’ve had enough of everything and just want to kick back and do nothing, how do you spend that time?”
Every Thursday evening at 8pm the Crew of 146.985 W3GMS/R get together on air to host a weekly informal net with varying hosts and topics
Good evening, this is Jim, Alpha Fox 3 Zulu,
and it is time for the Thursday night roundtable
here on 985, Parkesburg repeater W3GMS, good
music station, Parkesburg repeater. Frequency
is 146.985 megahertz, and the PL tone we're
accessing the repeater is 100 hertz. And if
you use tone squelch on receive, you want to
set that for 94.8 Hz. It's a different tone.
100 for the PL and 94.8 for tone squelch. encourage
you to take a look at the repeater website
located at www.w3gmsrepeater.com. Besides the
round table, the repeater also hosts the 985
workbench on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. as well.
The workbench focuses on answering technical
questions as well as exploring topics. related
to setting up your station and operating it.
So questions are very welcome there. So that's
on Mondays at 8. If you're new to the repeater
or new to the roundtable here tonight, I encourage
you to check in. Everybody, newcomers are
very welcome. And that's true for the workbench
as well. If your time is short and you can't
stay real long, then join in or check in during
the short time check ins at the beginning.
We get the short time people on first so you
can make some comments and be on your way.
Our discussions are informal here and we pass
the mic around in the order in which stations
call in. So I encourage you while people are
calling in, you just jot down the call signs
or at least jot down the person who checks in
right after you. Because what we'll have you
do is when you give your comments and you can
pass it right along to that station you checked
in after you. That way it doesn't need to keep
coming back to me every time. makes things
move along a lot more smoothly. Now we usually
begin with a question as a discussion starter.
I'll give that a little bit here. You can answer
that if you wish. You don't have to. And of
course, you can also comment about other subjects
as we go along. If you have any suggestions
or questions about the roundtable, please feel
free to get in touch with me. And again, my
name is Jim Alpha Foxtrot. And you can find
me on QRZ and also Phil KC3CIB Charlie India
Bravo. And he's good on QRZ as well. One thing
you'll notice at times is that we get intermod
interference on the repeater. And often you'll
notice that some stations will have trouble
getting in or can't get in at all. sound like
they're just chugging the repeater over and
over again or something. Often one of the telltale
signs is a sort of noisier squelch tail when
somebody lifts up on the mic button. Sometimes
it has sort of a whistle to it and anyway you'll
get used to those things after a while. when
the intermod happens one of us will usually
announce that so everybody's aware of it. the
things you can do is one is run maximum power.
or be prepared to check in digitally through
Echolink or All-Star. And all those modes,
the digital modes get through a different way
and the intermod interference does not affect
them. In any event, we want to be able to hear
you, so we encourage you to try those things
to get in during those times. One thing about
Echolink and All-Star is to on 985 that way,
you need to register with us. It helps keep
out, not keep people out, but to keep us from
getting hooked up to all kinds of repeaters
around the country. And all kinds of repeaters
getting hooked in here and you get a lot of
interference and stuff going on at times. So
you need to register and you can find the directions
for doing that on the website. And that'll
get you hooked up to operate. either through
Echolink or All-Star or both.
When the intermod is present, if it's your
turn to speak, before you start a transmission,
give a short call like, I getting in okay?
And I or whoever's the host will confirm
or deny that. They might say, we don't know
who that was. Couldn't hear you. So that
way you'll know you're not getting in, but give
that short call to say, am I getting in okay?
And then we'll confirm that. Then you can go
on with your longer comments. Now don't be
too quick to talk. What I mean by that is when
it's your turn to talk, pause a couple seconds
before hitting the press the talk switch. In
other words, leave a pause between the person
before you and your comments. That is good
repeater etiquette. It allows other people
to... We had a discussion the other night on
here about making sure there's room for people
who have priority or emergency traffic they
really need to get in. And allowing those pauses
makes that possible on a regular basis. So
don't be too quick. Leave a couple seconds.
then when you do click the press to talk button,
wait again for a second or so before starting
to talk while the button is pressed because
the repeater takes a little bit time to process
your P.L. tone before it turns you on, so to
speak. And if you don't wait, we'll miss
the first bits of what you say. and wait a
second or so before starting. And also, speaking
of waiting, the repeater has a three-minute
timer on it, which is FCC required. And that
means that if you talk for longer than three
minutes with your press-to-talk switch pressed
the whole time, when it hits three minutes,
the repeater shuts down completely and you
can't get in anymore and nobody else can bring
up the repeater. It's just shut down until
you let up on your press-to-talk switch. So
it really brings everything to a halt. So every
two to three minutes just release your mic button
very briefly, just for a moment, and then
you can continue with your comments. So with
all that said, we're going to start now on
check-ins. We'll start with the short time
check-ins. And I'll give the question of
the night before we actually get to talking
about, or get people to give their comments.
So short time digital stations. using Echolink
or All-Star. Please call at this time. is
AF3Z. This is W1RC, good evening to everybody
on the round table from Marblehead, Massachusetts.
getting in over that at the moment AF3Z
Good, Jim, enter your RBN.
Thank you both. Let me see if I got it now.
Okay Mr. Mike, heard you, W1RC, welcome aboard.
Then we had a sort of ker-chunking thing going
on, almost sounded like intermod but not quite.
So I'm not sure if somebody else was trying
to check in or not. But we will continue here.
Other stations wishing to check in, short time
for the 985 roundtable by the digital means,
EchoLink or All-Star. Short time, please call
now.
Good evening Jim and all on station. Whiskey
3, Juliet, Alpha Mike, W3, JAM, all...
Okay, very good. Jeff, welcome aboard W3JAM.
So we have two, W1RC and then W3JAM. So now
anybody out there will go to RF as well as other
digital stations if you didn't get in yet.
Anybody else for the short time list, please?
Okay, I heard one little burst of noise, but
it was probably whoever, very brief. I'm not
sure if that was chicken or not, but you weren't
getting in at all there. you can try again
and we'll be, I'll be giving another call.
But let me give you the question for tonight.
It's a little strange, but that's usual for
me. When you've had enough, as we might. of
everything. You know, you had a crazy day at
school, day at work, just too busy, whatever.
When you've had enough of everything, you just
want to kind of kick back, veg out, do nothing,
get away from it all. How might you spend that
time when you feel like that? What might you
do? What would you do at times like that when
you just had nothing? You don't want to do
anything. It's impossible to not do something.
So what do you do? When you've had enough,
you just want to kick back, binge out, and
do nothing. What do you do at times like that?
So that's the question. One more quick call
for anybody for a short time list before we
start the sharing on that. AF3Z here.
All right, again there was a brief clicker checker
chunker, whatever you want to call it there,
heard nothing. If you're trying to check in,
can try again later on. Try a different position.
whatever you can do there. sorry at this point
if I have somebody checking in we could not
hear you. So Mr. Mike we'll go to you first
and then it goes to Jeff W3JAM. And again the
question is when you have enough you just want
to kick back, veg out, do nothing. What do
you tend to do at times like that? So Mr. Mike
up to you in Massachusetts. W1RC this is AF3.
AF3Z and the roundtable. This is W1RC here
in Marblehead up in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
That's an interesting question. I have to give
it a bit of thought, usually when I want to
escape from all that, I generally play radio.
Find something to do with the radio or with
one of my hobbies. I have a number of interests
and hobbies. and stuff, it's stuff I like.
I always enjoy doing stuff I like to do, whether
it's playing radio or fixing a radio or...
looking at my collection or trying to find
something for my collection which is fairly
easy now to do with the internet. It's just
not having to pay too much money for
paying money for stuff, rather try to trade
for it or find some way to swap something
for it, whatever. But in dollars you're in
hobby interest, is stuff we like to do and
it kind of makes everything else kind of go
away. So I hope that... Anyways, W3JAM to take
it from W1RC.
Okay, Mike, fine business. One RC.
AM. Interesting query, Jim, this evening. I've
had a lot of... can't take it anymore but
maybe not because of uh... well world events
were things that we don't get into And if
I'm out working here...
in my life truth be
just need some downtime. Not so much I can't
take it, but because I've gone through the
third t-shirt of the day and the blistering
hot can't call it climate change climate.
Then what I'll do is I'll go in and we're here
in Studio B and take a few minutes and listen
on the bands. Right now Studio B is the only
game in town from an RF perspective since I
decommissioned everything in Studio A. Ready
to sell some of it too at the upcoming Kimberton
Ham Fest. But not to worry, it'll be built
back better.
VHF, UHF, what have you. But I'll just listen,
maybe make some quick contacts, see if the
band's open. So much like Mr. Mike, play radio
in the margins to the extent that I can. And
lately, as I've been getting back into some
of my singing, I've been back into, or into,
as some of you know, I might sit down and...
run through a scale, chromatic scale or something,
just re-familiarizing myself with pitches as
we prepare for another choral season. Don't
want to come in on the wrong pitch.
more so lately getting back into guitar playing,
which I laid down about 15 years ago. Getting
back into that, looking at what sort of electric
classical or nylon string guitar that is
or steel string guitar I'm going to... with
some scales and the like, or chords I may
have forgotten how to play. So that's what
I tend to do. Or, you know, other times,
pick up the latest copy of Electric Radio.
Give it a quick read on that article I started
but didn't finish, that little nuance in there
that I didn't quite get to. The AW.
in the same boat and doing that in the air
conditioning. Again, so I don't sweat through
two or three t-shirts. So that's my story,
Jim, and I'm sticking to it. I will listen
out, 7-3 to all, and I'll be listening through
the regular part of the roundtable. AF3ZW3JAM.
Okay, very good, Jeff, and Mr. Mike both. Thank
you very much. And it's good to hear the radios
in there. I'll say later, later, but that's
pretty good. Let me get one more quick call.
Anybody else who wants to get in here for a
short time and then be able to get moving,
welcome to call now. My call is AF3Z, so please
call now for a short time for the roundtable.
not hearing anything there. So very good. And
we will now move on to long-term check-ins
meeting. You can stay around for a while. You
can obviously leave when you need to leave.
And again, I'll do the question repeat after.
We'll start with digital stations, giving
you guys plenty of time to get in there. The
delays on the digital side are daunting at
times. digital stations wanting to check in
for the roundtable, please call now. This is
AF3.
Whiskey 8, Charlie Romeo Whiskey, CR.
All right, I only heard CR, W8CRW. One last
quick chance here for any digital stations
wanting to check into the 985 roundtable.
Okay, now anybody out there, RF, you're all
welcome now and if there's other digital stations
we can take you as well. So, other check-ins
for the 985 roundtable. Alpha 3, Victor Echo
Echo WA3 VEE. W3GMS W3 Good Music Station.
NA-3ACW. W3KZG.
WA3KFKT
Using KC3OOK.
KC3SQI.
EMF, big.
All right, let me break in here.
Thank you all very much. have W8CRW, then WA3VE,
W3GMS, good to hear you in here Joe, NA3CW,
W3KZG, WA3KFT, KC300K, KC3SQI, and W3MFB.
Any other stations wishing to check in or
any I missed in there? Please call now.
That was a, I guess that was a definitive no
on others checking in at the moment. So let
me remind everybody of the question and then
I'll give one more quick call. At those times
when you kind of had enough, you just want to
kick back, do nothing, veg out, there's all
kinds of words for it. How might you spend
that kind of time or what might you do at a
time like that when you just want to get away
from it all you've had enough? What do you
do at times like that? And one more call, anybody
else wishing to check in for the 985 round
table, please call now. This is Jim, Alpha,
Foxtrot 3.
We're good to go. So, start off there with CR,
and I think everybody got the list, but if
you're not sure who follows you, just turn it
back to me. WHCRW, this is AF3Z.
Very good, Jim. Thanks for taking the chair
tonight. And it's good to hear the melodious
voice of the mayor, W3GMS. Welcome back. Let's
see. Time to veg out. That's not really my
style. But if I were to do that, I think, unfortunately,
you wouldn't hear me on 985 or anything else
because I disconnect from everything. Turn off
the radio, turn off the computer, test turn
everything off, find a quiet spot, and take
a quiet nap. With that, let's go to run. W-A-3-V-E-E-W-H-C-R-W.
CRW, WA3, VEE, all very good. good evening
to Joe. Great to have you back on the air,
Joe, for sure. Definitely hope you're coming
along there. And let's see, I've had enough.
Usually what I'll do, so I'll get in front of
a computer and just do mindless surfing.
I just kind of get my mind away from everything
else and do that. Or... and this is no surprise
to all you folks who know me, I'll get in a
van and just drive somewhere. And drive and
drive. And that usually does it because that
is a great stress reliever for me. So those
are the two things that I probably do if I've
just had enough. No doubt about it. So let
me turn it over to Joe. W3GMS, WA3VE.
Yeah, WA3VE. W3GMS caught me at the opposite
end of the house. I thought you were going
to make a little bit more of an old buzzer transmission
run. Stand by. I'm back here in Studio B.
Okay, now we're back here in Studio B. Okay,
first of all Jim, thank you very much for being
the host tonight. Excellent question. Very,
very good question. And with me, it's kind
of in line with most of the other responses.
And that's amateur radio. When I had time,
when I was still working for a living and all
this stuff, I just got on the air and have
an HFQSO. just totally relaxes me for whatever
reason. So amateur radio definitely.
Now, you know, like even with the two meter
repeater here, I'll just get on and...
Generally the QSOs are relaxing, anti-confrontational,
and it just does it for me. Well, short story
on where I've been the last week. I was in Chester
County Hospital with a pretty serious blood
parasite infection. And tracing it back timeline-wise
and incubation-wise. it looks like I get
bit by something at heel day. Nobody knows
what, whatever. left untreated this parasite
would have made W3 GMS and SK. Fortunately
I got to the hospital on time and had a fantastic
medical team. And they got to the bottom of
it, this side and the other. So total five
days. Treatment was excellent. My infectious
disease doctor was extremely knowledgeable.
And I'm home now. And I'm trying to get my
strength back a little bit. But other than
that, I feel very, very good. So I want to
thank all those that reached out to me while
I was in the hospital. and a visit from Ron
and a from Chuck, NA-3CW, and many phone calls
from Luke to my cell phone in the hospital and
things like that. So it's good to be back.
NA-3CW, W3GMS.
Welcome back. Welcome back. No, I'm not going
to break into song. Welcome back. Yeah, that's,
when I looked at that bug up, I thought that
could do you in. Cause it just systematically
destroys your red blood cells. You kind of need
those. I'm glad we live where we live. So
what do I do when I want to get away from it
all? Well, I'm an introvert. Introvert, the
best definition I've seen to compare introverts
to extroverts is extroverts gain their energy
from being around people. Introverts gain their
energy from locking the front door and maybe
putting a chair in front of it. So I'm an introvert.
If I'm just tired, I sleep. You might get
in a chair and I pass out. And when I wake
up, I feel better. That's usually the way
it goes. When I'm in a of a draggy mood but
don't want to sleep anymore, I may watch a
movie. If it's been a long term of stress,
then I call up Bob into HM and I say, Bob,
I'm coming. And he'd say, come ahead. And I
would sail up and down Little Egg Harbor Bay
until I forget about everything else. There's
one nice thing about sailing a small boat,
and that is you gotta pay attention to sailing
a small boat or else you have a short swim,
maybe a long swim. So it's the fresh air and
sunshine and the breeze and mastering the
boat and all that kind of good stuff. So it's
kind of the order of, guess, ordinarily just
crash with my chair, wake up, life is better.
Once in a while I come down if I have something
on the bench that's just simple minded part
assembly or whatever. Sodder spoke is good
therapy. but the ultimate one for curing long-term
stress and reconstruction is sailing. So
over to Scott, KCW3KZG, I'll get it right,
this is NA3CW.
This is W3KZG. Thanks for taking the chair
tonight, Jim. And great to hear you, Joe.
Glad to have you back. It's good to hear your
voice on here. Good to hear. Good question,
Jim. Good question. I guess you could consider
me an introvert.
on something. I pretty much do that all weekend
long. work Saturday and Sunday during the
days and then she comes home in the evening.
I'd probably eight to 10 hours during the
day, I'm by myself. content with that. I get
fresh projects to work on so I'll just step
away from one project and go try to pick something
easier to work on. And if that doesn't work
for me or whatever, I may just sit down for
a half hour and watch a YouTube video. have
lots of YouTube channels that I enjoy, a bunch
of different people. And basically, I just
sit down and watch someone else work on something
for a half hour. And that clears my mind, because
I get to watch them stress and worry about and
do things and beat themselves up. half hour
and it just makes me feel better that my job
is so much easier than what they're doing.
So that's one of my go-tos. And then that's
probably short term. Long term, kind of what
Chuck said, he goes sailing. Well, I try to
do some ATV riding trips a few times a year.
And when you spend seven to eight hours
on a trail on your four wheeler, kind of in
your own head, Just cruising along, reading
the terrain, reading the trail, seeing wild
turkeys run across the trail and deer and everything
else and just, I don't know, just enjoying
the cruise. That's the long term. This stuff
kind of builds up and then you go on a trip
where you ride for two days straight and you
camp out and kind of just all that stuff goes
away. And then when you get back home, you
kind of feel good. You're like, oh man, I got...
You're usually good for about six more months
and then you need to take another trip. yeah,
the short term I got some YouTube channels that
I really enjoy to watch. And usually it's just
people working on cars or doing other things.
There's this one guy I watch. He does machine
work with a lathe and five axis milling machines.
And I don't know, it's just really calming
to watch a milling machine sit there and mill
out steel. Or even like some of the guys do,
they have automated like routers that are on
a big router table and it'll route out wood
and it's just automated and it's kind of sit
there and watch it take shape. It's kind of
relaxing and therapeutic to me. And even watching
people dig holes with excavators on YouTube,
they'll be leveling a spot for a house or...
sitting in a foundation or something and it's
just, don't know, watching a guy run an excavator
and dig holes is kind of relaxing for me. I
don't know why, it just is the hum of the machine
and just watching the progress being made.
But that's what I do. with that said, the dog's
biting me. I guess she's gotta go outside,
so I'm gonna do that. So I'll send it over to
WA3KFT. This is W3KZG.
W-A-3 KZG W-A-3 King Fox Tango Okie doke.
Well, going back to my avocation of teaching,
I read. But nowadays it's something in electronics,
whether it's a book or a magazine or what
have you. And currently, I'm reading a Licensed
Manual Study Guide and it's quite interesting.
It's old, but hey, Ohm's Law is still Ohm's
Law. I'll say having taught that kind of stuff,
this magazine gives me a different slant on
how to teach some of those things. So, and
any of you that have checked into... my six
meter net on Sundays or my two meter net on
Tuesday night. Know that I'm not just a net
control operator that takes check-ins and says
thanks, goodbye. I add a few comments or break
into a teaching mode. So I haven't given up
teaching and I bet Ron hasn't either. have
some material and whether it's a new book
or an old book, Ohm's Law is still Ohm's Law,
and the ratio of turns to get volts in,
volts out on a transformer and so forth has
never changed. So maybe chasing some of the
cobwebs out. Okay, Bill, your turn. KC-3.
Oh, okay. WA3KFT.
WA3KST, KC300K.
me, that's kind of evolving answer. I'm really
kind of like C.R. now. I usually just keep
busy.
Even before their comments, I was thinking that
basically...
basically relaxing all day long, every day now,
being in the shop, pretty much being left
alone.
for anything.
The answer would have been just sitting and
looking at the fish town.
It has kind
Thank you, Bill. KC3, oh, okay, this is KC3SQI.
Jim for taking the wheel tonight. Good question
and so good to hear.
Joe's voice on the radio again. For me, if
I'm semi-stressed out short term, I'll just
get on the internet or come downstairs and get
involved in a project for the new antenna or
the ham radio or like tonight. I needed something
to do so I wound another new common-mode
choke for the new antenna. If I'm really long-term
stressed, I'll hook the boat up behind the
truck and take it to the lake somewhere, or
the river, and... I'll go fishing and sometimes
that fishing is go out in the middle of the
river or the lake. put the boat on electric
trolling motor anchor and just sat there and
watched the birds and watched the fish and
watched whatever else was going on. and just
totally blank everything. When I was working
and doing bunch of jobs, that's what I used
to do on a weekend, was just go to the lake
and may never even get a line wet. Got away,
so. We'll turn it over to Mike, W3MFB, this
is KC3SQI.
W3MSB. Thank you Jim for driving the bus,
sailing the ship. Great question. Joe, great
to hear your voice again. That's awesome. Glad
you're back. And like Chuck said, I'm glad
we live where we live for sure. That hospital
saved my dad's life a lot of times. So very
appreciative.
Anyway, great question. Short term, I guess
we're going, I like what everybody's doing
there, short term and long term. Introverted,
Chuck's definition, thank you for that.
I think I'm both. I think I'm both on that
respect. And a hard day at work, or even
just...
Short term I like to come home and see out of
the cat. the wife was working, it was a little
easier on her ears, let's put it this way.
I used to come home and have a snack maybe,
crack a Guinness and turn the record player
on and turn it up and listen to music because
music for me soothes the soul, you know? And
get dinner ready, you know, cooking, playing
some more records and spinning them over and...
turning the volume up, get dinner ready,
just relax, know, and just head in for a nice
weekend or something like that. Long term though,
I also like to be around people, you know.
You know, it's sometimes like just surround
yourself with strangers, make some conversations,
hello, how are you? Listen to somebody else's
problems, you know. Sometimes you don't even
have to say anything, you just gotta listen
and be there for somebody. Total strangers,
you know, doesn't matter. I kind of feel like
we can't change the world sometimes, but we
can change one person's world if we listen.
So I like being around people, socializing with
the neighbors, strangers, single-serving conversations,
know. But that's why amateur radio is so great
about that. You can just get on air and...
yourself somebody to talk to, have a little
Q-So, whether it's long or short, interact
with each other, be human, you know, and communicate.
You know, that's what we need to do. But
other than that, yeah, sometimes if it's really
bad, I'll take a nap. I've been taking naps
for a long time, even in my younger ages.
I'm still young, but I still take naps. I took
a nap before this. Roundtable. But yeah,
I liked the question. Very nice, Jim. And
I was talking to a buddy of mine on a machine,
11 meter when we were all checking in. He's
getting over sickness too, so he's back in the
air again. So that's awesome. But yeah, so
I'm not really sure who's next. So I'll pass
it back to Jim, like you said. AF3Z in the
group. W3MFP.
Okay, thank you Mike, and you are right. At
least so far, I am next. Let's see if there's
anybody else who would like to check in here
to the 985 roundtable tonight. Call now, this
is AF3Z.
and three C-U-R-E.
Hey Charlie, N3CRE, welcome aboard. I don't
know if you heard the question, I'll just repeat
it. At those times when you've had enough of
everything, you just want to kick back, out,
do nothing, get away from it all, however you
want to look at that. What kinds of stuff do
you tend to do at those times when you've just
had enough? It's time to get away. So, every
day Charlie, welcome aboard and thanks for joining
us tonight. AF3Z here.
I'm coming in late. I'm getting ready for a
garage sale this Saturday. been hauling stuff
out of the house and cleaning up the garage.
going to be looking for some downtime. I haven't
figured out what I do. A lot of times if it's
not cold, I go out on my deck, hit up, the...
the fire pit up and I'll roast a couple. is
the, and then sit there and have a glass of
wine and, uh, call it an evening. But other
than that, spare time for me is, sitting around
the house and sometimes saying, well, haven't
done anything today. So anyway, I guess I'll
turn it back to Ned or whoever called me. I'm
sorry, I didn't write down this law. N3CRE.
That's really very good. No problem on that
yet, Jim. AF3Z here. Alright, one more quick
call and then I'll share some of my thoughts
here. Anybody else wanting to check into the
985 roundtable tonight, please call now.
Very good. Not hearing anything. Thank you
all for your answers. You guys are good. I
come up with these questions and you guys do
quite well. to word in my head and when I
stop to think about it then I can't talk. anyway,
all kinds of interesting ideas and strategies
so to speak for what we do when we need those
down times. And a whole bunch of them are some
of the things I do at times. But just sort of
calling some things from the list here.
Oh disconnect from everything. That was CR.
I had DISC and I couldn't figure what that
meant. Disconnecting from everything, taking
it up. Run with a computer. Getting on surfing
just sort of mindlessly. And getting in the
car and driving. Very good. Joe with getting
on the radio. Good CWQ. So and I'm like you
Joe as far as. good contact on the radio, just
really sort of settles me down, settles me in,
and very good. Chuck with the introvert,
that was interesting, and I'll get back to that
related to somebody else's comment, but I'm
on the introverted side of the scale, although
it's a, we all operate in both modes, depending,
but we have our preferences. Locking the door
at times, I'll get home and I wonder if...
You know, come into the house and now that I'm
a solo act here, I come in and I lock the
door behind me. think, why did I do that? But
I think that's some of it. It's like, don't
disturb me. I'm in my good place here. And
sleeping at times, a movie, and sailing.
I can go with that one too. Yeah, Joe. Chuck.
That's a good one to get away. And Scott was
working in the garage and being able to be
alone there working and YouTube stuff. I
got to chuckle out of watching the digger dig
a hole on YouTube. That's cool. And John
KFT reading and electronic stuff and reading
things about that you understand from years
ago but it's neat to read about it and new take
on things. And Bill would tend to keep busy
in the shop, but that's relaxing and that's
great. And I don't know if we talked about
the fish tank before. I think maybe we have,
but that's a cool one. I hear that's some of
why they put them in like waiting rooms and
stuff so people can watch the fish swim around.
That can get me tense because I think they're
trapped in that little box. How can they keep
bouncing off those walls of the tank and not
get crazy? anyway, watching a fireplace, yeah,
camping, watching the fire at night. and listening
to music with a glass of wine. That sounds
good too. All that stuff I think I do.
And Wayne, with the internet stuff and working
on projects, radio or an antenna, getting
out on the boat. And I was glad to hear you
say you might even not get the line wet.
I'm like that. We got a small boat when we moved
down near Conestoga right along the Susquehanna,
not far off. And I bought a little John boat,
had a little engine on the back, not too much.
But I'd it out occasionally. My son's the one
who actually adopted and then sold it and kept
the money. But anyway, he's the fisherman of
the family. But I'd take it out and I'd shut
the engine off and just drift out there in the
river for a while. I guess that's the sailing
side of me. I like getting out in the quiet.
Getting out in the boat is a good one. Mike,
with the music, yep, that's me listening to
music. conversations with people and that's
what triggered, and I'm not sure if it you,
I think it was, mentioned sort of introverted
and extroverted. And I find that getting out
in good relationships, conversations with people
really makes my day. But then I'm also glad
to get back home and lock the door behind me.
But talking with strangers and stuff, I do that
too at times. as introverted and shy as I can
be at times, I also get into doing that. So
cool. Charlie, yeah, thank you very much. Talking
about the radio and... getting a nap, getting
out on the deck with a fire pit. And marshmallows
and wine. I don't know if I've ever heard that
before, but that's a cool idea. So very good.
And for me, in addition to what we said, getting
out for walks, just getting outside somewhere
is always good. On a boat, sailing, whatever.
But I know at home here, YouTube is the place
I often go to, and I like to watch all kinds
of stuff. For me though, it's like physics
lectures and stuff on photography and music.
I listen to a lot of jazz by way of YouTube.
And occasionally I'll take a nap. And here's
a suggestion for all of you. You guys don't
sound like you need help in this. But a good
way to spend some time and sort of chill out
is to turn on the 985 website and listen to
one of the nerd, 985 Nerd Podcasts. They're
a good way to kind of chill out. get to hear
one of our friends here and learn some more
about them. So anyway, I throw out that as
a possible thing to do. So very good, one
more call and then we'll run around for, go
around for round two. Anybody else wishing
to check into the 985 round table, please call
now. This is Jim AF3Z.
Not hearing anything. So we'll go back up to
the top and anything else you'd like to talk
about. You don't have to stay on this subject.
WCR, W8CR, WAF3.
Very good, Jim. Well, I've noticed a couple
people mentioned that they were introverts.
And well, I'm going to join the group. I'm
an introvert also. And this is something that
came out when I was working. They had this
program or whatever you want to call it. And
they would run their employees through the Myers-Briggs
type indicator. And you'd have a better idea
of what you were and how you do things. So Myers-Briggs
has 16 different personality types. And if
you don't know what you are, it would be probably
something that you might want to consider.
And Myers-Briggs, that's the name of the type
indicator. There's 16 different of them. Ron,
over to you. W-A-3-V-E-E, W-H-C-R-W.
W-H-E-R-W-W-A-3-V-E-E, leaving just a little
bit of a pause there. All very good. And yes,
Jim, I was remiss in thanking you for taking
the chair tonight on NCSing. All very, very
good. Great question. Great question indeed.
And another personality identifier is
Wilson Learning's, Wilson Learning system,
where you divide, it's very similar. have
16 there also, and it's basically a Cartesian
coordinate, x, plot, where in the upper left-hand
corner are analyticals. Below are amiables.
The upper right-hand corner are drivers, and
the lower right-hand corner are expressive.
And there are subdivisions within those. One
of the most interesting and one of the most
useful. professional training seminars I ever
attended. It's just really, really, really good.
And I also had the Myers-Briggs as well. And
that's also very good. I really use the attributes
of Wilson Learning to interface with folks.
And John, yes, absolutely, you're absolutely
right. I'm always teaching. In fact, last night,
there was a question on the First Aid Amateur
Radio Clubnet. They operate the... 7-0 machine
in Newark, a member of that group down there.
And so their question was, how do you keep
sharp in amateur radio? And my response was,
constantly mentoring, constantly teaching,
and so on. I'll be doing that Sunday, and that
leads me into another thing here. And that
is Sunday. I'll have the pleasure of having
one of my former students joining me riding
co-pilot in the Silver Porcupine. And we will
be going up to the Kimberton Hamfest. So those
who are interested in just milling around and
looking at all the old stuff and some of the
new stuff, not necessarily buying anything or
selling anything, but the Kimberton Hamfest.
held at the Kimberton Fire Company right on
113 in Kimberton. And it's also known as the
Valley Forge Hamfest by the Mark people. But
in any event, I will be there and I'll have
Simon, who checked into the workbench the other
night, KD3BPI, he'll be joining me. So we're
going to go over various configurations of radios
and talk about mobile stations and fixed stations
and what he can do and so on. And that's all
very good. And let's see, for those who have
ordered coax from the Berry Flex coax, it is
on its way. It is right now in, I think
it's Cartwright, New Jersey at an XP, XPO
logistics warehouse or transfer station, should
say, service center on its way from Davis RF.
And I expect it'll be here either, I don't
think it'll be tomorrow, probably Monday. So
I will notify everyone. I've taken care of
all the accounting. The bill is paid. And so
we will have plenty of COACs to work on for
field day, for winter field day. And also, for
those who have ordered it, I will have it apportioned.
So I'll be able to pick it up here at the VEEQTH.
So that's, I just wanted to report on that.
Finally, photographs. I am getting the photographs
together for the Clam Bake for anyone who
is interested in that and those will be coming,
I've already given Joe a preview of the
raw footage, if you will, which consists of
still photographs and a couple videos of Luke
doing a show and tell on his loose coupler
and also of Tom's WA-3KLR. did a show and
tell on a radio that his father built, which
is pretty interesting. So those will be forthcoming
as well. So hope to see people at the Kimberton
Handfest on Sunday, and it should be pretty
good as usual. So, John, yes, have not given
up teaching in any way, shape, or form, for
sure. W3GMS is next. Joe? Your turn, W3GMS WA3
VEE. And this will be my last, but I will listen
out, 73.
Okay, very good, Ron, and all. WA3VE in the
985, Thursday night roundtable. W3GMS, Jim,
excellent question. I find it very interesting
to see the different responses to that question.
And as far as the personality type, categorization,
and classes and all that, boy, I can't tell
you how many times I've been through that. One
time they locked us into the Holiday Inn in
Exden and the classes were 10 hours a day or
five days, 50 hours. But they were all great.
The people that should have been there were
never there. But the people that could have
skipped them were always there. I just found
all that stuff really, really fascinating.
And it made it so much easier to work with other
people when you knew where you were in that
cycle and what made you tick. So it's all starts
and identifying yourself and how you take
yourself to work with other people to make a
successful outcome. And let's see, I agree
with Chuck about the sailing. I didn't say the
sailing, but our friend Bob into HM who seldom
relaxes. he sails, he's relaxed. And I think
I relax because I see him relaxing. The only
problem with me was sailing. don't like intense
heat. So it has to be one of those times where,
you know, it's just not baking out there in
the water. So, and we had a very wet spring.
put his boat in late. So we'll try to get something
coming up in the fall before he usually leaves
it in until the first week of October or something
like that. Let's see, anything else? Not too
much. Again, thanks for everybody's well wishes.
We're doing fine and they said it would take
about a week or so before I got all my stamina
back. feeling very, very good. And the lesson
to this is, if you think you have a problem
and the problem isn't going away, get immediate.
medical resolution to the problem. I kind of
credit my medical provider with kind of saving
my life on this one when she told me to get
to the ER immediately. So, you know, we all
think we have this great quality of longevity,
but man, I'll tell you, it's from us so quickly,
it makes your head spin. So that's that. know
a lot of men do not like to go to doctors.
Get over it. Go there. Unless you want to increase
your probability of becoming an SK. Let's
see. What else? Good to hear you, Charlie.
And it was good to hear all the comments.
So without further ado, this is my final. I
will be listening. And probably hit the rack
around 10 o'clock tonight. I've sleeping well.
Martha's been... feeding me well, kind of a
specialized eating plan I'm on right now. And
everything's going well. NA3CW, W3GMS, take
care and good night.
WB3GMS NA3CW. Well, amen to all of you above.
Um, yeah.
There's nothing to be added to that. can tell
you one thing, it's put the fear in people
on this repeater about ticks and, you know,
bites and that sort of thing, especially ticks.
I think there's going to be a determined anti-tick
program at Lyon Self Storage next time we
go up there. That's a group. Because it is no
joke. And as your doctor said, it's just one
of thousands of nasty diseases that ticks can
transmit. I mentioned it to somebody else.
There's a friend that I visited on Wednesday
mornings at 10 o'clock. He lives in Cochranville.
And I visited with him for a couple hours and
come home. And he's a retired veterinarian.
And I mentioned about the parasite that probably
a tick transmitted to Joe and it's the mesiosis.
And I mentioned this to my veterinarian, for
instance, he has medical background of sorts.
And it turns out that this was very, he perked
right up. As soon as I said that, he perked
right up and he said, it's here? I said, yeah,
it's here. And he said that was, they called
it a cattle disease, Texas cattle disease. I
said, well, and I said, it's rare here and
I think unheard of here a while back, but it's
not unheard of here anymore, it's here. And
I was kind of surprised because as soon as I
mentioned it, he jumped, know, perked right
up and said, it's here? So, you know, If you've
been following anything at all, you know that
the south is moving north and everything with
it. So, not to mention there's longhorn cattle
around here and this day and age everything
gets shipped everywhere. Bill, when you go
stomping through the boonies, keep that in
mind because we don't want that to happen to
you too. Well, let's see. got a, my shack is
basically one rack and two frames of open wire
shelving, 18 by 18 shelving. And I needed one
more and I won't go through the pain and agony
of getting one 18 by 18 shelf. But I finally
got one and I put it up and I've got my merch
newly painted and cleaned up and rebuilt merch
trans-matched tuner on it. And it looks very
nice.
I got the idea of this square open wire shelving
from Mike, AB3AP, looking at his very neat
set up, vertical set up, and the ability to
vary the shelf heights around and change
things. And around here, changing things is
a very important thing. So that was a good
addition this week to my little shack. I did
work some HF besides the PMAM net, which is
shocking. I got out 15 meters yesterday and
I heard all kinds of FTA going on so I figured
okay the band's open. So I called CQ and called
CQ and I called CQ and I called CQ.
And my phone answered. It's N2HM. Hey Bob,
I'm transmitting. Sorry. Okay. So, it's N2HM
on the phone. So, I finally had one guy call
me back, his name was Gull, KR1SNA, and he
was in Georgia. And that's all I could ever
work a 15 meter phone. It's amazing the band
was open and nobody was responding. So there
you go. So over to, I'm looking at the wrong
list. There we go. Over to Scott, W3KZG and
H3CW.
Yeah, this will be my last for the night as
well. Got one more day of work for the week
for me. 5 a.m. comes quick, but... while listening
to everyone talk. I was taking a cover off
of my Yezu FT9. swapping out the SMA connector
that I installed in the back for a panel mount
one so it's more finalized and installed because
I do believe that I might be selling this unit.
I had added a SMA. radio because I was using
a SDR on my laptop to see the spectrum scope
and then using that to control the rig to a
tune. And it worked. Trying to make myself
a waterfall display basically without buying
any radio but I ended up getting a DX10 at
Hamvention. So I'm going to move the FT950
down the road. I found the guy on think Corbin
actually found him, he sold one to him. And
the guy wants another one, because he ended
up taking the one he bought from Corbin and
gave it to a buddy of his. So now he wants
another one. So this one might be moving on
up the road, just because I know I'll probably
never use it again. With that said, I'm going
to say 7-3 to everybody. Hope everybody has
a good night and a good weekend coming up. Looks
like it's going to get warm again. These last
few days have been really nice. But 7-3 everybody.
It was good hearing everybody on here. have
a good night. This is W3KZG sending it over
to you, John. WA3KFT. It's all you, buddy.
Have a good night.
W3KZG, WA3KFT. Okay, Scott, very good. Well,
10 meters was open today. We have a net that
unfortunately has dwindled from 1 o'clock to
2 o'clock, 28, 435. And a friend of mine, George,
W3ZD, up in... Plymouth meeting and I were
on the air today and got interrupted by our
friend in Florida. He knows that we're on
10 meters between 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock
pretty much on a daily basis and he heard us
today and he gave us a shout. So I had to laugh
because I'm looking at the spectrum scope of
my 7300 and We're the only QSO. Plus or minus
10 kilohertz. There's nothing going on. And
the band is open.
I don't know if you could do an electronic
alert that scans a frequency and when it's
well occupied gives you a notice and when
it is well occupied, when it's not well occupied
gives you a different notice to tell you that,
hey, there's nobody around. Ken from down
in Florida popped in and said hello to us for
a few minutes, but he was juggling something
else so he couldn't stay. But I had to laugh.
George and I are batting the breeze back and
forth and Florida pops in on us to say hello.
And there's nobody else around. Spectrum scope
is empty. Hey, give it a whirl. You'll never
know. So with that, we'll say 7-3 for tonight.
Over to you, Bill. KC-3-O-OK. W-A-3-K-F-T.
2A3KFTKC300K Thanks, John. Yeah, really interesting.
But in the meantime, I just...
Bill? Are you OK? This is KC3SQI. Yes.
and windy common-mode chokes for my new antenna
box. find out whether... Common modes with
bifiler are better than common modes wound
with coax. Another one of my tests that will
come up shortly. Now that I've got an antenna
that I can run up and down and figure out what
I'm doing, it'll be a little bit easier. So
everybody have a good evening. And I will
turn it over to Thorndale Mike, W3MFB, this
is KC3SQI, 73.
Good to hear everybody. W3MFB. This will
be my last as well. Great hanging out with
all you nice fine gentlemen. Oh and I got
a QSL card. I got to send him one. But I got
a QSL card when Leon was in... was awesome
to see in the mailbox yesterday. worked him
on 40 meter that night after the... Oh man,
now I can't remember. But the work bench or
the round table wanted it to. And yeah, it
was neat to see in the mailbox. meter just
opened up on AM. That means 10 could be open,
just saying. So that's kind of interesting
at this time of evening anyway. mostly Kentucky.
So yes, good night. Good night. And I guess
maybe we'll see somebody at the Kimberton's
ham fest and then that's this Sunday at eight
o'clock Starting I guess and if you're a vendor
like John you might be there earlier or Jeff
So seven three for now and I'll pass it over
to Charlie and three CRE w3 msp. Good night.
Good night
All right, I don't have a lot more to say except
that thanks to Joe for bringing back about
a lot of memories about attending those five
day classes where we found out at the end what
we were, whether we're an amiable person or
an extrovert or whatever. So thanks, Joe, for
reminding me of that. But anyway, I really don't
have anything to say. I've I chimed in here
at the end, but. nice listening to everybody
and have a good night. guess I turn it back
to net WSAM 3Z.
Hey, thank you, Charlie. AF3Z here. Let me pause
here. Is there anyone else out there who wants
to get in on the end of the roundtable here?
We'd love to hear from you. If you've been
listening and haven't said anything, we'd be
glad to hear that you've been listening or
any comments you have. So anybody else out there,
this is AF3Z. Please call now.
KC3ZLI, Kilo Charlie 3, Zulu Lima, India, Sean
at Westchester, just catching the end of this.
Just wanted to say hello. Been looking at you
guys for about 15 minutes. Nothing else, just
wanted to say hey.
Very good, Sean. Yeah, good to hear you. Thanks
for listening and thanks for chiming in here
letting us know you've been there. That's great.
Appreciate it. Anybody else out there? AF3Z?
Just a couple comments from me at the end here.
Yeah, I don't know who all is listening still,
but anyway, the MBTI, the Myers-Briggs thing,
that's where I was first introduced to that
idea. And for all you Myers-Briggs people,
I am an INFP. Indian November Foxtrot Papa,
INFP. So there you go. And one thing I didn't
mention, I was going too early, or another
way I get away from everything is playing golf.
I like it's getting outside, it's walking,
you're focused on the game, and that's good
way to get away from it all for me. And 10
meters, another guy in Iowa mentioned this quite
a few times. We get on CW together about a
30 minute thing a day these days, when we can
anyway. But we got on on Tuesday, I think
it was. Today's Thursday, so Tuesday afternoon
around 1 o'clock. And we get on 10 meters.
And so when we got finished, I tuned around.
I could hear some digital stations, but nobody
else. And I left it down around 28050, which
is straight key-centric club territory. I don't
know if I did it on purpose, but that's where
it was. Then I was off doing other stuff, but
I left the rig on and all of sudden I started
hearing CW, loud and clear. And I came in here
to the shack. We came into the shack and it
was a straight key sentry guy from Puerto Rico.
And he was booming in as I called him. had a,
he seemed to just want the, give the signal
report, give me your number kind of cue. So
that's what we had, but. Anyway, it's just
kind of funny because same kind of thing. The
band was cooking but nobody was out there
getting on much. I think he worked one other
station after me but I couldn't hear that
other station but he was calling somebody.
That was on CW there. So it's interesting.
All right, one last call. Anybody else wishing
to check into the 985 round table? Last chance
of the night anyway. AF3 is that.
Okay, well thank you all for checking in tonight.
Appreciate it. It's been fun, good conversation.
And thanks to Joe once again for being able
to have and use the 985 repeater here for
the roundtable and everything else. You are
invited to use this repeater often. It's a
great way to show that we appreciate the gift
of 985 to the amateur radio community, who
is us. So thank you, Joe. Finally hope to hear
you again on Monday evening at 8 p.m. and I'll
warn you, I think I'm the host again on Monday
night for the 985 workbench. So that's it
for the roundtable for tonight. Feel free to
stick around and have some more conversation,
whatever. And have a good night and a great
weekend ahead. This is AF3Z clear.
Thank very much, Jim. Great job. KC-300K,
W3GMS. You still there, Bill?
W3TMS, KC3, okay. Yeah, Joe, still in. Thank
you very much for coming over and getting
the bolt count. Yeah, as soon as you feel comfortable
with bolts you want in there, just send me
the bolt depot link and I'm just going to order
them. And that way we can keep moving on the
project. I think we, listening to you and
Chuck, and Chuck stopped into the hospital
to visit me. We talked a lot about the tower.
Sounds like you really, really a good plan.
Best of a lot of worlds considering the obstacle.
So get it to me, I'll get them on order and
then we'll keep watching the weather, right?
And I'll be able to help. KC3 OK W3 GMS.
Yeah, Joe, I have enjoyed this. an interesting
project. yeah, I think this will make a huge
difference. And as we know, it is somewhat.
changed it. It sounds good and you know what,
even next week it's going to be warm but it
isn't.
Yeah, we'll have weekend.
We'll be scared to die.
and I was sleeping, you know. woods there to
try to keep.
Yes. he's got. me the name of medication to
use when you leave, when I would leave the
site. now have a prescription that I can fill
for taking it when I leave exit the site.
And she says as far as clothing, you really,
really got to spray down and really dampen,
not just the spritz, but really dampen with
the proper repellent on your pants. She suggested
long socks too because that's another place
they like to get you. If you have sneakers
on and socks and the socks aren't real high,
they'll get in that band between your skin
and that and that's another vulnerable point.
Now when I came home from field day, know,
naturally it took a shower and all that kind
of stuff and I couldn't find anything and she
says, yeah, sometimes... They just leave no
symptom. There's no red mark, there's no rash,
there's no itching, there's no nothing. And
that's just the nature of the beast, I guess,
depending on what kind of bug bit me. So,
anyway, that's the scoop. And I also learned
by a PA and that physician's assistant, who
was pretty competent, in Chester County Hospital
the day I was discharged, He said, you know,
it's a fallacy in the winter that all the ticks
are gone because we don't get really cold enough
in the winter around here so a lot of ticks
or Vermits or whatever if tick is the carrier
we'll assume it is for a minute that they don't
die they just go there's this hermit state that
they get in and then soon as the weather starts
Getting warmer this pop back up and keep on
going because we don't get those long term
long duration cold spells like we used to.
So was pretty educational. Very good, you
take care, thanks as always. It's good to be
back on the wireless. KC3, OOK, W3, GMS,
now clear.
It's good for all of us to hear you back on
the wire.