GRATIOT COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO NET
Weekly, Wednesday Evenings at 1900 hrs (7:00 pm)
145.370 Repeater
Net Control Log for Net 2026-05-13
Good evening and welcome to the weekly GCARA (Gratiot County Amateur Radio
Association) Net. All amateur Radio operators are welcome to attend. This is a
directed net so please direct all traffic through the net control station, Mike, N5QYQ who
will be serving as your net control operator this evening. Emergency or Priority traffic
will take precedence. At this time, is there any station with Emergency or priority traffic,
please call now. Please give your call sign phonetically, slowly, so I can make sure I
get them correctly Nothing heard, we will now proceed with regular check-in’s for this
evening’s net. We’ll start with any Mobile check-ins. Are there any mobile check-in’s?
Please call now. Now we’ll go to fixed station check-in’s. Fixed stations please call now.
TRIVIA QUESTION:
Trivia question number 1: On what amateur bands is long path propagation most frequent?
Answer: 20 and 40 meters.
BONUS QUESTION:
Trivia Question 2: What might be indicated by a sudden rise in radio background noise across a
large portion of the HF spectrum?
Answer: A coronal mass ejection or a solar flare has
occurred.
Total Check-Ins for the net: 15
Total Echo-Link Check-Ins: 9
N5QYQ – Mike, KF8FKN – Luke, KD8DAX – Zach (GCARA President),
KD8IXV – Jason, KB8DQQ – Bob, KD8UXX – Laura (GCARA Secretary),
WD8JRI/MM – Kelly (GCARA Historian), Kf8DOI – Roger, AC8VT – Allen (GCARA Vice President) I/O
Non Echo-Link Check – Ins: 6
WD8KMW – Dick, KF8CGR – Carl, KF8DOI – Roger, KE8RNS – Rick,
KC8QLG – LEM, KD8ZEQ – Jim
Announcements:
Zach:
- Reminder to attend the weekly net on Wednesday evenings beginning at 7:00 pm on the GCARA Alma Repeater. 145.370 or via echo link. Net Control for Wednesday, May 20, is Luke, KF8FKN.
- Reminder that the Clinton County Simplex net is on Fridays at 7:00 pm on 146.440 simplex.
- Reminder that the next club meeting is Tuesday, May 19, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm at the Gratiot County EOC 1375 S County Farm Road, Ithaca, Michigan 48847
- Reminder that next Club breakfast is Saturday, May 30, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, at J. J. Ruby’s, 2862 N State Rd, Ithaca, MI 48847
- Reminder, this weekend, May 15-17 is the Dayton Hamvention! Hamvention link: https://hamvention.org/
- Reminder, Dr. John Gibson’s, NO8V, memorial service is at Alma College, Saturday May 16 at 2:00 pm
Jason:
- The Cedar Lake Repeater project is still in progress. Stay tuned for more updates!
Mike:
- A special warm welcome to all the new check-ins on the net! Hope to hear you on the net again soon! Pass the word around about the net!
- Special recognition to Kelly, WD8JRI, for being our very first Maritime Mobile station check-in!!! COOL!