18:06: *** STARTED MONITORING *** RCWA Boredom Breaker (w Allstar)
17:39: *** NET OPENED *** RCWA Boredom Breaker (w Allstar)
17:39 KD8SLG-JUST NICK:
N5XQK Memorial Boredom Breaker Net
The next net will begin at 12 noon CST (1800z) on Wed.(February 04, 2026).
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
17:39 KD8SLG-JUST NICK:
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.
17:40 KD8SLG-JUST NICK:
NET Check-in Stats
Feb 03, 2026: 54
Current Month: 155
Days: 2133
Overall check in count: 127,503
Call signs on the roster: 5,194
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
Wednesday - 12pm(1800z) Dustin (KD8EPC), 1pm(1900z) Alex (K5AVF).
17:46 WD8MIU-Wade: hello gentlemen
17:46 N5GLO-WILLIAM B: howdy folks
17:46 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI BILL, HI WADE
17:47 KI5TAQ-TIMOTHY G: Hi Dustin & Just Nick
17:47 WD8MIU-Wade: can you get me on the list
17:48 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI TAQO TIM, D ISN'T HERE YET, TIM.
17:48 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: I'LL PEPPER ALL Y'ALL IN ON TEH FIRST ROUND
17:49 KI5TAQ-TIMOTHY G: That is ok
17:49 WD8MIU-Wade: thank you
17:49 KI5TAQ-TIMOTHY G: Thanks
17:50 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: WADE, IS IT WARMING UP DOWN THERE IN FLA?
17:50 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: WE'RE UP TO 20F AND IT FEELS GLORIOUS!
17:51 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI RAY
17:51 K5CFY-RAY: Hi JUST NICK
17:51 KG4OYS-KEVIN S: Please check kg4oys as in and out. Thank you, have a great net!
17:51 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI KEVIN
17:51 K5CFY-RAY: Hello to Bill Wade and Tim and Becca
17:52 K5CFY-RAY: Hi Kevin
17:52 KI5TAQ-TIMOTHY G: Hi Ray of Sunshine
17:52 WD8MIU-Wade: yes, it's in the sixties however it was 36 degress around 7 AM today
17:52 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: RR, KEVIN
17:52 KG4OYS-KEVIN S: Hey hey Ray!
17:53 K5CFY-RAY: Hello Mr Dustin
17:53 WD8MIU-Wade: hi Ray
17:54 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: Hello everyone!
17:54 KI5TAQ-TIMOTHY G: Here is one for Ray. Keep 5 Churros For Yourself
17:55 KI5TAQ-TIMOTHY G: Becca says hi to you Ray
17:58 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: D, WE'RE LIVE
17:59 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: RR
18:02 KD5AFS-GRANT: Dustin the first one was the bootlegger
18:02 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: I THOUGHT SO
18:03 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI AL. HI GRANT, HI MIKE
18:03 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: HI MIKE
18:04 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI LLOYD
18:04 KC5FM-Lloyd: Dustin, is there room in the log for me?
18:04 KD5AFS-GRANT: Howdy
18:04 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: SURE IS LLOYD
18:05 KC5FM-Lloyd: Hello Nick
18:05 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: D, I ADDED REVLKEV. LET HIM KNOW, PLZ
18:06 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: DOUBLING WITH TIM
18:06 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: I SEE NOW
18:06 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI PRESIDENT GARY!
18:06 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: DO ANY OF YOU LURKERS WANT ON THE LOG?
18:07 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI BRIAN, HI ALEX
18:07 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: ALEX, U HAVE THE SECOND HOUR TODAY, RIGHT?
18:07 AA8CS-GARY: Good Afternoon Just Nick and Everyone on the RCWA BBNet!!
18:07 K5CFY-RAY: Hi Gary
18:08 K5CFY-RAY: Hi Alex you ready for the secound hr ?
18:08: *** KC8ZBC is now offline ***
18:08 K5AVF-ALEX: Yes, I will take the 2nd hour.
18:08 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: A FRACTURED SHOULDER. THE LESSON LEARNED AT THE LAKE. LET GO OF THE ROPE.
18:09 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: LOL ALWAYS LET GO OF THE ROPE!
18:09 K5AVF-ALEX: First rule of waterskiing Nick.
18:11: *** KJ5NON is now online ***
18:12 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI MIKE
18:13 AA8CS-GARY: Hey Ray!!! Good to hear from you!!
18:13: *** KJ5NON is now offline ***
18:13 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t4gEC2bN3k THE BBN IS STREAMING ON YOUTUBE- HEAR HOW YOU SOUND ON THE RADIO. MANY THANKS TO WB8CXO!!
18:15: *** KI5TAQ is now offline ***
18:15: *** KM7BHS is now online ***
18:17 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: WS9V NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK
18:18 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: YEA I WAS UNHAPPY WITH HIM
18:20: *** AI5HV is now online ***
18:20 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Please check in AI5HV and proxy in KI5VVE
18:21 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: MY GHETTOCHRON HAS FAILED...SO SAD
18:21 K5AVF-ALEX: https://openhamclock.com
18:21 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: TY, ALEX
18:23 KC5FM-Lloyd: Thanks yâall. 73
18:23 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN FOR THE NEXT HOUR, ALEX
18:24: *** KD4YVV is now online ***
18:24 KD4YVV-Jeff Seymour: Add me to the list
18:24 K5AVF-ALEX: It's missing a few things but is a great start for brand new.
18:24 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: I GOTCHA JEFF
18:25: *** KE7WIL is now online ***
18:25 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: ALEX, I LIKED RUNNING IT ON A PI3B AND OLD MONITOR I HAD FOR FREE
18:26 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: HMM THATS PRETTY NEAT
18:26 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: HI GREG AND JUDY
18:26 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: ANY LURKERS IN HERE WANT ON THE LOG?
18:27 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: JOSH, JOHN, AL?
18:29 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Hi Nick
18:30 KE7WIL-JOSH: You can put me in the log, please.
18:31 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: SOMETIMES, I THINK ABOUT NIGEL...ANYONE REMEBER NIGEL?
18:32 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: I KINDA MISS HIM SOMETIMES
18:36: *** N5GLO is now offline ***
18:38: *** W5DXE is now online ***
18:38: *** W5DXE is now offline ***
18:39 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: WELCOME ARIZONA!
18:40: *** W3ETB is now online ***
18:40 W3ETB-EDDIE T: Hi Nick please check me in
18:40 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: GOTCHA EDDIE
18:41 W3ETB-EDDIE T: Thanks
18:41 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: CXH HAS THE SAME ACCENT AS KE8BHQ
18:43 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: JOSH, IT'S EASIER TO RUN NUMBERS WHEN YOU TEAM UP AND PRACTICE TOGETHER FOR YEARS. 
18:43 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: WEVE BEEN DOING IT A MINUTE
18:44 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: AN GNAT, AN GNAT
18:47: *** KJ5NTU is now online ***
18:47 KM7BHS-JOHN: Check me in to the log please
18:48 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: GOTCH JOHN
18:49 K5AVF-ALEX: Mister Smooth. 
18:49 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH
18:49 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: LIKE 12 YR OLD BOURBON
18:52: *** W3WIN is now online ***
18:53 W3WIN-Don: Hello, check me in from Phoenix
18:53 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: GOTCHA DON
18:55 W3ETB-EDDIE T: Oh, just to let you know I couldn't get in with Echolink on N5XQK-R
18:56 W3ETB-EDDIE T: So, I came in on Wakes. But you probably know that Nick.
18:56 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: EDDIE, OTHERS ARE LINKED. TRY AGAIN
18:58: *** KM7DWB is now online ***
18:58: *** N5KBD is now online ***
18:59 N5KBD-PETE: Ahoy & Avast ye! Please log me in for the first hour if possible. No FM for me today! I/O blue screen! :-(
18:59 KD8EPC-DUSTIN: ALMOST GOT 50 LOL
18:59: *** AA8CS is now offline ***
18:59 K5AVF-ALEX: Keep going Dustin. I don't mind
19:00 K5AVF-ALEX: Did you get Pete there Nick?
19:00: *** KM7DWB is now offline ***
19:00 K5AVF-ALEX: N5KBD
19:01: *** SWITCH TO LOGGING *** RCWA Boredom Breaker (w Allstar)
19:01: *** KF8BMY is now online ***
19:01 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: TY, ALEX
19:04 KF8BMY-Joseph: Please log me in and out 5 9 here today btw
19:04 KE7WIL-JOSH: I'd like to check in for hr 2, please
19:05 W3ETB-EDDIE T: Will do on second hour Nick
19:05 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: GOT U, JOSEPH
19:06: *** KC8QIF is now online ***
19:06 N5KBD-PETE: Tnx Alex! I might fire up EchoLink in a bit...
19:06 K5AVF-ALEX: Nick, Go ahead and add Josh and Eddie on the second hour if you want.
19:07: *** KC8QIF is now offline ***
19:07: *** KC8QIF is now online ***
19:07 K5AVF-ALEX: tanka easta bunni
19:07: *** KC8QIF is now offline ***
19:07 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: U HAVE THE GREEN, SER ALEX
19:07 K5AVF-ALEX: let me know on the log Nick
19:07 K5AVF-ALEX: thanks
19:09: *** KI5WDM is now online ***
19:09 KD4YVV-Jeff Seymour: Add me to the list please
19:09 N5KBD-PETE: Alex: I know you're busy but here's your geekout note for the day: I'm playing with my latest toy - A Texas Instruments Nspire IICX CAS caclulator... a little bit of overkill but... OK, a LOT of overkill, but it will do what I need, so there's that! Think runs a variant of Python. Sweet!
19:10: *** KD4YVV is now offline ***
19:10 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: PETE, YOU'RE A NERD 
19:10 N5KBD-PETE: My display on the HP48GX was starting to die (after like >20+ years, LOL
19:11 N5KBD-PETE: Nick - It's intense... always have been, always will be. A friend at work used to call me "a power geek", LOL
19:12 KM7BHS-JOHN: John please check me in and out 73
19:13 K5AVF-ALEX: Thanks John
19:13 W3WIN-Don: Same for me we are about to get back to work so I have to go in and out this hourð¥²
19:13 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: I WAS SAVING TRASH FOR 73 ROUND...YOU'LL FORGET BY THEN!
19:14 K5AVF-ALEX: Very good. 
19:15: *** W3ETB is now offline ***
19:16: *** KI5SSR is now online ***
19:17 KI5SSR-JANET B: Can you add me Alex Ty
19:17 K5AVF-ALEX: I sure can. Thanks
19:18 K5CFY-RAY: Hi Ms Janet
19:18 KI5WDM-DONALD: is this AZ. repeater in Phoenix or ???
19:19 K5AVF-ALEX: Allstar node on AZ repeaters.
19:19 KD5AFS-GRANT: Donald it says Sun City West AZ
19:23 W3WIN-Don: yes so think far west Phoenix. But covers most of the city. And all star link of course covers everywhere.
19:24 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: i miss Shawn
19:25: *** KI5SSR is now offline ***
19:25 K5CFY-RAY: ME TOO!!!!
19:25 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: k1stn looks like a new checkin
19:25: *** WD6RAY is now online ***
19:25 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: josh said wednesdays
19:26 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: KE7WIL
19:26: *** WD6RAY is now offline ***
19:26 K5AVF-ALEX: I thought so. Good deal.
19:28: *** KD4YVV is now online ***
19:30: *** WD6RAY is now online ***
19:32 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Please check in AI5HV
19:35 N5KBD-PETE: Gotta run, have a splendiferous day everyone... Cheers!
19:36 AI5HV-DR.GREG: I was going to say the Green Country Hamfest site still says registration is closed
19:36 AI5HV-DR.GREG: http://www.greencountryhamfest.org/index.php
19:37: *** N5KBD is now offline ***
19:41: *** KC8FQV is now online ***
19:41 KC8FQV-MARK E: well afternoon Alex, we can do a train wreck if we want or if you want to give me a call
19:42 K5AVF-ALEX: Got you Mark.
19:42 K5CFY-RAY: It was fine Greg
19:43 AI5HV-DR.GREG: Ok Ray thank you.
19:44 KC8FQV-MARK E: oh Alex, you down here. hear the train wrecks then
19:44 KC8FQV-MARK E: hell I'll say thanks to you Alex in advance
19:50: *** KC8FQV is now offline ***
19:50 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: close to timing it out
19:51 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: .....
19:51 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: .....
19:51 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: reset it all for a few seconds, alex, please
19:51 K5AVF-ALEX: 4 mins
19:52 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: they're probably waiting for their node to re-connect
20:00 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: I would guess monitor @ 75-120hz.
20:01 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: he can listen on youtube right now. WB8CXO is streaming and easy to playback
20:01 AI5HV-DR.GREG: The last thing that I heard about Green Country Hamfest is that they are trying to get the payment options for tables, and tickets squared away since the previous treasurer Richie W5OKL is a silent key.
20:06: *** KE4IHX is now offline ***
20:06: *** W5IZE is now online ***
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20:10: *** W5IZE is now online ***
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20:11 KD8SLG-JUST NICK: i hear u!
20:15: *** W5IZE is now online ***
20:15: *** KC8FQV is now online ***
20:17 W3WIN-Don: 73 everyone! Have a great second half of the week.
20:26: *** K5CFY is now offline ***
20:27: *** KD5AFS is now offline ***
20:28: *** W5IZE is now offline ***
20:28: *** STOPPED LOGGING *** RCWA Boredom Breaker (w Allstar)
20:28: *** NET CLOSED *** RCWA Boredom Breaker (w Allstar)