On Friday, December 27, 2024 at 09:26:16 PM EST, Tom Hammond W8MK <thammond@...> wrote:
Hey folks,
Sorry about missing my NCS slot tonight on the early net. I won't lie,
time simply got away from me as I was deep into preparing a presentation
for the genealogy club meeting next month. It was 6:39pm when I saw the
clock and figured the net was probably wrapping up anyway. Hopefully
someone stepped in and covered for me. Thank you.
I exchanged text messages with Mark K8ED on Tuesday after not hearing
him or seeing him on any net reports for a number of consecutive days.
Mark reported that he was down with a bad cold or something and was
trying to sleep it off. Hopefully Mark is back on the air now. If not,
please keep Mark in your thoughts and hopefully he'll be back on the air
soon.
So, apparently QMN will be celebrating 90 years on the air in 2025.
That's a huge accomplishment! I do believe that QMN is one of the
oldest, if not THE oldest traffic nets in existence. While no big
celebration or hall-of-fame induction will take place in 2025, Larry
WB8R has suggested that we commemorate our anniversary by including a
reference to the 90 years in our net preamble. Currently in the preamble
we send "QMN The Michigan Net". Larry WB8R has suggested "QMN/90 YRS The
Michigan Net". I think I prefer "QMN The Michigan Net for 90 YRS".
Please let me know which you prefer, at the risk of having a 50/50
response. I am open to other suggestions, but would like to keep it very
brief. I'd like to make a decision by the early net on January 1, 2025.
Tom W8MK
