Weekly Net For April 8th, 2026

By AdminNet Report

GRATIOT COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO NET
Weekly, Wednesday Evenings at 1900 hrs (7:00 pm)

145.370 Repeater
Net Control Log for Net 2026-04-08

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.


Note: After all stations have checked in, proceed to the Trivia question(s).


TRIVIA QUESTION:
Trivia question number 1: If you have participated in an annual ARRL Field day, or another
special event, in what types of locations were they, and what location was your most
memorable?

Responses: Have not participated in FD but has helped Ingham County with their
digital communications set up; Ithaca Park with Sherriff’s communications trailer, Ranier Park;
Hops to do a bunch of stuff, including Ingham County; Likes participating in FD set-ups and
working at the EOC; GCARA Field Day at the gravel Pits at corner of Warner and Olive Roads,
campgrounds, County fairs, Lighthouse activations during International Lighthouse Lightship
Weekend, and special event stations.

We’ll begin with our first check in:


Note: After first round, announce the right answer to trivia question and then
announce the BONUS question. Use the same check-in order. At this time, pause
and ask if there are any additional check-ins to the net at this time.


BONUS QUESTION:
Trivia Question 2: What types of Amateur Radio events would you be interested in
participating:

  1. ARRL Field Day. Link to ARRL Field Day 2026 website: https://www.arrl.org/field-day
  2. Parks On The Air (POTA) – setting up an Amateur Radio station and making contacts
    from a local, State, or National Park. Link to POTA website: Parks on the Air | POTA
  3. Islands On The Air (IOTA) -Same as POTA except from an island. Link to IOTA website:
    Islands On The Air – Home
  4. International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) – Setting up an amateur radio station
    in, or near a lighthouse. Link to ILLW website: https://www.lighthouse-
    weekend.international/
  5. National Fire prevention Week – HamFire – Landing Site
  6. Simulated Emergency Test Exercise in conjunction with local, State, and Federal
    agencies
  7. Other? Responses: Disaster and Emergency Response Operations; Field Day, POTA,
    Simulated Emergency Test operations; POTA, set up Field Day in yard, Sky Warn classes;
    Would like to get carpools set up to go to Field Day or a hamfest, get a group together
    to put together and operate a Field Day, If anyone is interested in doing field day, let
    Zach know.
    Note: After all have taken a guess, provide the correct answer then move to
    Announcements.
    Total Check-Ins for the net: 6
    Total Echo-Link Check-Ins: 5
    N5QYQ – Mike (Net control)
    KD8IXV – Jason
    KD8DAX – Zach (GCARA President)
    KF8FKN – Luke
    WD8JRI – Kelly (GCARA Historian)
    Non Echo-Link Check – Ins: 1
    WD8KMW – Dick
    Announcements:
    Zach – Don’t forget Net every Wednesday at 7:00pm, Met a new ham from Fowler,
    Michigan, Sky-warn training coming up at Alma College on May 2 nd
    Kelly – Introduced the Club History page on the new Club website
    https://www.gratiotradio.club Click on club, then from the drop-down menu, click on
    “History of GCARA and Radio in Gratiot County” Well done and Thank You Kelly!
    Jason – All approvals have been received for installation of the Cedar Lake Repeater on
    top of the water tower, the antenna has been tested and will be installed soon, possibly
    within the next month or so. Stay tuned!