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17:55 K5AVF-ALEX:
N5XQK Memorial Boredom Breaker Net
The next net will begin at 12 noon CST (1800z) on Thu.(November 20, 2025).
RCWA Repeater: FM frequency 147.090 positive offset (+.600) PL=88.5 (Allstar node 49562; Echolink N5XQK-R.)
Direct Connections/Links.
RCWA Allstar node 49562 (24x7)
Echolink N5XQK-R (24x7).
Echolink 657006
Hams Over IP 15018
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17:55 K5AVF-ALEX:
This net was started on April 3, 2020 by Johnny Renfro (N5XQK) and the RCWA officers. It was originally planned as a health and welfare check And also as a way to break the boredom during the restrictions of the Covid pandemic. It has evolved into a great daily net that many folks look forward to each day.
17:55 K5AVF-ALEX:
NET Check-in Stats
Nov 19, 2025: 80
Current Month: 1051
Days: 2057
Overall check in count: 123,179
Call signs on the roster: 5,010
The roster can be viewed at http://boredombreaker.myaircastles.com/roster
The net control schedule can be viewed at http://boredombreaker.myaircastles.com/NCOschedule
Net Control Schedule Today
2025/11/20 (Thu) - 12pm(1800z) Alex (K5AVF), 1pm(1900z) Grant (KD5AFS).
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17:56 KG4OYS-KEVIN S: Please check kg4oys as in and out. Thank you, have a great net!
17:57 K5AVF-ALEX: Got you Kevin
17:57 KG4OYS-KEVIN S: Thanks! Miss checking in voice wise on the net. Negotiating with management to put radios in the new truck. Hopefully it will be resolved soon
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18:01 N5GLO-WILLIAM B: Howdy, please check me in
18:01 KD4YVV-jeff seymour: Check me in the net kd4yvv
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18:04 N5SNW-EJ WAGNER: Please check me in to the net
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18:05 KI5SSR-JANET B: Can you add me, Alex?
18:06 K5AVF-ALEX: I can
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18:09 KQ4JDJ-JERE: Mandatory minimum power: Section 97.313(a) explicitly states, "An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications".
18:10 K5AVF-ALEX: There you go. Thanks
18:10 N5SNW-EJ WAGNER: I just received a lightning alert via Weather Bug. It's near Stillwater. I keep an eye on its direction
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18:16 N5SNW-EJ WAGNER: I'm showing lightning over Tulsa moving north. I'm shutting down. 73
18:16 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Hello Everyone.
18:16 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Please check in Ai5HV and proxy in Judy KI5VVE
18:18 AI5HV-DR.GREG: KD4YVV Prince George, VA
18:19 AI5HV-DR.GREG: FCC is showing the Prince George location. The previous post I did was from QRZ
18:20 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Line 16 should be AI5HV
18:21 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Thank you Alex
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18:23 KD5AFS-GRANT: My 2002 truck has the old window cranks.
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18:34 KC8FQV-MARK E: Good afternoon Alex
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18:37 KD5AFS-GRANT: Alex call me please for a quick audio check. on battery and indoor antenna
18:37 K5AVF-ALEX: Sure
18:50 K5AVF-ALEX: Lots of check ins today. Folks are inside today with bad weather I guess.
18:52 K5AVF-ALEX: I am running solar battery and indoor antenna connected to 991a. Yoda says< Working good, seems to be.
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18:56 N5VLZ-DARYL: GA Alex, and all...running late today.
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19:07 KC8FQV-MARK E: it must be getting written on paper before it gets translated
19:07 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Please check in AI5HV
19:08 N5VLZ-DARYL: AI5HV wanted a recheck
19:10 AI5HV-DR.GREG: He was talking about high speed Internet lines typically run to businesses or data centers.
19:13 AI5HV-DR.GREG: For example a T1 is 1.544 Mbps T3 is 45 Mbps OC1 is ~52 Mbps OC3 is ~155 Mbps OC12 is 622 Mbps
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19:27 N5KBD-PETE: Good afternoon Greg... Yup! Back in the house now, so I have bluescreen now. Yeah. I was a network engineer for Worldcom. MCI, Verizon (never changed my desk - just the name on the building changed, LOL) for ~10 years. We played with (Provisioned, tested, turned up copper, fiber) via a Cascade switch (generally frame relay back then).
19:31 N5KBD-PETE: Had the pleasure of working for Bell Communications Research )aka Bellcore) for a few years in the 80's (back when I could think!).Bellcore was the post-divestiture Bell Telephone Labs. Met a lot of smart people there... some great guys, some real idiots. LOL.
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