On Dec 28, 2024, at 9:28?AM, Tom McMichael via groups.io <tommc7@...> wrote:

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So, I have had this fear that one day I will wake up and realize that I missed my NCS assignment! It happens, I'm sure, and I bet it has been done by many others over the last 90 years of QMN.

I read yesterday in the NTS Methods and Practices Guidelines this great statement: "If you have not made a mistake then you have not been a Net Control Station!"?

What a relief it was to read that!?

I had wondered about Mark, K8ED. There are a bunch of bugs going around. Keep resting my friend and get well!

About the Preamble for 90 years. I am good with either suggestion. I'll probably end up doing both without realizing it (see first paragraph).?

Tom, KE8PAG

HNY!?

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