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TGIF Net Transcript 2025-11-14
DIR By: VE3RD
Date: November 17, 2025, 7:48 am
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[center]TGIF Amateur Radio Net
Friday 14 November 2025 Talk Group 31665 8:30 PM Eastern
Net Control: Steve W2SHR Outer Banks, North Carolina[/center]
Opening Preamble
Good evening everyone and welcome to the TGIF Amateur Radio Net
Thank God Its Friday!
This is Steve, W2SHR, coming to you from the beautiful Outer
Banks of North Carolina, where the sand is white, the water is
cold, and the antennas are always swaying in the breeze.
Were all here on the Mothership, Talk Group 31665, the best
little corner of DMR on the planet, thanks to the hard work of
Ty, Andy, Robert the Godfather, Phil, Vic, Glenn, and a whole
army of volunteers who keep this network humming 24/7.
A few quick reminders before we get rolling:
- This net is open to everyone licensed amateurs only, please.
- Keep your transmissions short and courteous so everybody gets
a chance.
- When you check in, please give your call sign phonetically and
your first name.
- If youre short on time, well have short-time check-ins
first.
- And most important have fun! Thats what this is all about.
We usually run about an hour or a little more. Well do
check-ins by suffix groups, short-time first, then a
marketplace, a round-table topic, Q&A, late check-ins, and wrap
it up with some thank-yous.
So grab your coffee, your adult beverage, or whatever keeps you
going on a Friday night, settle in, and lets get this party
started!
K4WZV, Godfather, its all yours for announcements
or back to
net control if were ready to roll.
Network Announcement K4WZV (Robert, the Godfather)
All righty, good evening, everybody on the net.
I wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving and all that turkey day
coming up,
and appreciate you doing the net, Steve, and you always do a
fantastic job.
Important note to make note, as far as I know, the upgrade is
done and complete.
On our server, it went pretty flawlessly.
There was one time where it went down for four or five hours for
the main part of it,
and there was one other time that it went down for them doing
little final tune-ups
and little final switching of the network to the new server.
So everything should be done.
They said it's gonna be through the 14th.
So it is possible the server might pop just for a little bit
while they do some of the final stuff.
So the 14th, which is today, is supposed to be the last day,
and they should have everything 100%.
So back to net control, and everybody enjoy our new server farm.
Everything's gonna work just beautifully there.
So everything's faster, more efficient, and things are gonna
work great.
Back to net control.
This is K4WZV.
Short-Time Check-ins (3 rounds)
KA7BLB Sharon KF8CQB Michael NY2S Thomas WB3IHY Joe
KX4XR Robert AC4VT Michael K7DCE Douglas N6CZE Gary
WB3GCK Craig K9FEH Chester KA3NGT Bruce KE8PCQ David
KZ4ID Donald N3TJK Tim KB3JQQ Scott KB3PTP John KB4QCE
Paul N5ZKF Phil & Brian KE4PLC Paul KF5MG Mark K8LR
Robert W0MWI Michael KE8APO David K2OZ Daniel N4ZWR
Simon KC5LAA John NT9Q Andrew VE5RS Ron WE8M David
KE5MSQ Harold KC1LKO Miguel N8MME David KB7BYI David
AE4TC James
0-1-2-3 Suffix
KE2KL Angel N1XQX Dennis WB3GTM Mike W1GSK Glenn K4YGD
Miriam & Phil VE3RD Phil K1WMP William
4-5-6 Suffix
K4WZV Robert KA5OUG Charles WA4CLA Steven KD4BJA Kirk
KF5KHS Michael (+ proxy K5GU Leland) KC4EXO Richard NG5NJ
7-8-9 Suffix
KC8USA Fred WD8KOB Rodney KV8KES Mike W7NEE Jeff KV8DVR
Johnny NY2S Thomas WD9HGO NS8G Jeffrey KV9LIQ Ben
KV8PFL Edward KV9LOR Douglas VE7BTE Richard (Butch) KV9Q
Michael NT9Q Gary AF7FS Donald KC9EOD John N9BYO Herbert
N9PMR Richard
Marketplace
KF5MG Mark For sale or trade:
Connect Systems CS3000 UHF
Connect Systems CS710 UHF DMR/analog (Part 90)
Connect Systems CS811 VHF
Cisco SPA504G VoIP phone
Looking primarily for a Motorola remote-head VHF mobile (or
reasonable cash offers). Extra batteries & chargers included
with most items. Good on QRZ.
Round-Table Topic: Portable Operations
KC8USA Fred From hunting blind with Nextion hotspot. Now uses
SharkRF M1KE tethered to phone everywhere perfect audio, zero
problems.
K4WZV Robert Build a solid go-kit with spares. Anywhere but
the shack is fair game (backyard, porch, park, beach). QRP,
wires, push-up poles, or go big. Just have fun.
W2SHR Steve Drives onto the beach, hamsticks or sand dipoles +
Xiegu G90 + 5 Ah SLA battery. Recent road trip: hotspot +
Anytone 878 + 50 Ah power bank.
KD8DVR Johnny Hamilcan (ammo-can station) with VHF/UHF
radio, battery, charger, roll-up Slim Jim. Instant mini-shack in
hotel rooms or anywhere.
Q&A Segment
No questions asked very quiet night.
Late Check-ins
K2YED Angel KO5C Carlton KC3YGS Jeffrey KX4XR (proxy NY2S)
WA1WQC David N4HYK Doc KC9SIO Steven
Closing & Extended Thanks (Steve W2SHR)
- Ty Weaver KG5RKI core coder
- Andy Nielsen G7LRR dashboard master
- Glenn N3MEL forum founder
- Forum team: 82CH Mark, KE5CDK Doug, WB3IHY Joe
- Vic VE3JAR documentation
- Phil VE3RD recordings, Nextion work, net archive
- Robert K4WZV the Godfather, 24/7 chief engineer
- Every single station that checked in
Net closed approximately 9:45 PM Eastern with 73 and remember
Thank God Its Friday!
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