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Lightening here
Hey everyone! It is storming and lightening in my neighborhood and supposed to thru after midnight. I may not be able to do the NCS tonight. Please be prepared to step in Thank you! Tom, KE8PAG
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Severe WX Expected in Southern Michigan Sunday, March 30
Good afternoon, NWS has Branch County (and other counties) under a tornado watch until 2000 local time this evening. I may not be able to fulfill my NCS Duties this evening on Early Net. If someone could fill for me (if needed), I would appreciate it. 73, Larry, WB8R
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subs needed tonight
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I will be off the air tonight for the early and late nets. I request that someone cover my two NCS spots.
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NCS Slot April
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Hello, I will be absent from the Tuesday late NCS slot on April 1 and likely April 8. My participation for the first two weeks of the month will be very intermittent. Jeff
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subs needed
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I'll be off the air today through next Saturday. Please cover my spots.
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This report is presumably from the previous June because QMN had 90 sessions with a daily Slow Net, Fast Net, and Late Net.
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It's remarkable how much message traffic was handled back then. QMN had only an Early Net and more QTC than QNI.
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Greetings, Jim WV0SS has come up with a great looking certificate to be awarded for 90th anniversary of the Michigan Net. Thank you very much, Jim. The attached sample certificate is based on the rather obscure fact that 90 is the "granite anniversary". I asked Jim to create a certificate around this theme, recognizing our 90 years of public service, recognition for the original founders, and to provide places for signatures by our Section Manager, Section Traffic Manager, and Net Manager. Certificates will be issued later this year and awarded to those participants who achieve (on the honor system); 90 QNI (combined early/late), 90 QNN (NCS), and/or 90 QTC on the net. Some of you, perhaps many of you, will achieve all three levels of participation. If I were to study the net reports, I bet some of you have already qualified. I am also considering notifying the ARRL of a separate award for any one-time QNI into QMN during 2025, but recipients of that certificate would be charged a nominal fee for printing and handing. Thank you, Jim, for your artistic contribution to this project, and thank you all for keeping the tradition and service of the Michigan Net alive, for 90 years and beyond! What do you all think???? Tom W8MK
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Early session sub needed Tuesday
Hi folks, I’ll be out of town Monday and Tuesday and may not be back in time for the early session on Tuesday 3/18. Please consider volunteering. Tom W8MK
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W8EGI
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Thanks, Tom Don's article was great and refreshed my memory about where 3663 finally came from. It's hard to imagine how they worked crystal-controlled split frequency full break-in with the primitive equipment of that era. Finding the other station on a regenerative receiver? So moving to a single frequency net was an astounding idea! W8JTQ introduced me to QMN in 1969 and when I visited him in Flint, he said he had started in 1919 with a spark gap transmitter. But getting a vacuum tube and building a continuous wave transmitter made him a believer. Of course we all know that CW is the "ultimate speech processor" modulation.
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QMN Net Report
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Greetings, Attached is the QMN Net Report for February. Note that this issue has 4 pages of content - be sure not to miss the additional pages! 73, Tom W8MK
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QMN history
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I vaguely remember reading a history of the QMN founding, perhaps in a monthly mailing many years ago. Does anyone have a document like this? For instance, I think the net frequency was planned to be "3665 kilocycles", but the crystals that were ground and sold for a dollar each later measured at 3663 kHz. That's only .05% which was quite accurate in 1935. My first VFO dial (Heathkit HG-10B) was maybe a tenth inch per 10 kHz, so whatever frequency NCS established was what I would QNZ. QNY to pass traffic meant first tune the receiver to the other station, and then spot the transmit VFO to zero on it. Sometimes a station would forget to move the transmitter VFO off frequency and we would get a laugh listening to it on net frequency. NCS would QNE while going to QNM that station. Today's transceivers with precise digital displays are so much better.
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1969 Preambles
I recently asked Rich K8MEG if my recollection of 1969 QMN preambles was accurate and he concurred. At 6 pm, "CQ QMN SLOW SPEED TFC NET". I liked that. At 6:30 pm, "CQ QMN FAST SPEED TFC NET". And then fasten your seatbelt! Those guys were really having fun. Today's transceivers are so frequency precise that NCS and most QNI stations are indistinguishable in tone. I like hearing stations just a few Hertz up or down from NCS, like a symphony.
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What is QTR?
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So, I think I've been assuming too much about what QTR means. I've tried looking it up but can't find it. I have used it in my report submissions but mostly out of ignorance. Could anyone clarify for me what I should be reporting when I give QTR on NCS reports? Thanks. Tom KE8PAG
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January Net Report
Greetings, Attached is the QMN monthly net report for January 2025. See you on QMN Tom W8MK
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missing early net report
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Greetings, I am missing an early net report for Thursday Jan. 23. I need it to complete the January monthly report. Please email to me if you have it. Thanks, Tom W8MK
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TCC
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Last night was routine; I QNR Rockford from K8ED and NCS K8LJG QNX me. Then just as I was reaching for the power switch (yawn), VE1AQF TCC QNI (on a bug; classic) QTC Howell. So I sent DTT QSP. John sent us up 6 and it was a NX9K so I BK HAVE TEXT like K8ED taught me. He sent R NAME GLENN 73. I sent NAME MIKE 73. I was glad to help a TCC op clear his traffic; QMN means business. The NX9K was dated FEB 7 so it was less than 3 hours old. I looked up Glenn on QRZ and he's in Nova Scotia.
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QMN featured in the February NTS Letter
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Greetings, The QMN 90th Anniversary was highlighted in the February 2025 edition of the NTS Letter, published by the ARRL. https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMjQ2MTY4JnA9MSZ1PTUyMDM2ODYzNCZsaT0zNjc3ODE0NQ/index.html I’d like to ask the regular participants how they feel about creating an on-air campaign or award program around our 90th anniversary. Here’s some food for thought - award/certificate for 90 QNI into a QMN session (early, late, both, either) in 2025 - award/certificate for receiving and relaying or delivering 90 radiograms on QMN in 2025 - award/certificate for being NCS 90 times in 2025 - award/certificate to acknowledge a single QNI during our 90th anniversary (to attract new QNI) Thoughts on how to pay for said awards/certificates? Thoughts on how to publicize such an event throughout the year? I’m open to suggestions! See you on QMN! Tom W8MK
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NCS subs needed
Hello, I will be out of town Friday 1/24 and Tuesday 1/28 and unable to be NCS for the QMN early net. Please consider volunteering. Thank you very much. See you on QMN! Celebrating 90 Years Tom W8MK
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These picnic photo bring back some memories. Anyone remember Ray, KB8ZYY's bug set at 40+ WPM and asking for repeats? LOL! Call changes: Anne KB8HGM to K8AE Helene KC8ECG to WA8MEG now W8MEG If anyone wants the originals, please let me know. 73 Rich K8MEG
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