GCARA Weekly Net
Net Control Log
May 20, 2026 1900hrs-1956hrs EST
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, Luke,
KF8FKN 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.
(No traffic heard)
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 or Echolink 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.
Total Check-ins: 12
EchoLink Check-ins: 7
Repeater Check-ins: 5
Kf8FKN – Luke – Ashley,MI
WD8JRI-MM – Kelly Baltimore, MD
KB8DQQ – Bob – Dimondale, MI
N5QYQ – Mike – Westbrook, ME
KD8DAX – Zach – Rainbow Lake, MI
KD8UXX – Laura – Rainbow Lake, MI
N8QHN – Mark – St. Louis, MI
WD8KMW – Dick – Alma, MI
KF8DOI – Roger – Alma, MI
KD8IXV – Jason – Alma, MI
WB7TRF – Mike – Ithaca, MI
WK2F – Andy – Alma, MI
QUESTION 1:
BECAUSE I AM CURRENTLY COOKING DINNER FOR MY FAMILY THAT HAD
A SURPRISE LITTLE LEAGUE GAME IN ALMA TONIGHT,
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SIDE TO GO WITH HAMBURGERS?
– French fries (CHAMPION)
– Potato salad (2 way tie for 2nd) – Onion rings (2-way tie for 2nd)
– Potato chips
– Broccoli salad
– Baked beans
– Cucumber/onion salad
– Corn on cob
– Coleslaw w/horseradish
QUESTION 2:
Which of the following would cause your FM transmission audio to drop out on voice peaks?
A. Your repeater offset is inverted
B. Your FM deviation is too low
C. You are talking too loudly
D. Your transmit power is too high
ANOUNCEMENTS:
Zach:
Monthly breakfast on the last Saturday of the month (May 30th) at 11am at J J Ruby’s