Net Topics
This information should make it easier for the net control stations to come up with a topic for the Thursday night net.
| Date | NCS Call sign | Net Description |
| 2017/04/06 | NX8Y | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Will you be attending/supporting upcoming Club events...NVIS Day 4-22; Trunkfest 6-10; Field Day 6-24-25 and M. Gilbert Special Event 7-15-16. |
| 2017/04/14 | KD8ZWI | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: "share one of your most memorable experiences involving the HAM radio hobby" |
| 2017/04/20 | N9ACC | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Participation in NVIS Day and other Club activities in support of YOUR Club. |
| 2017/04/22 | W8UCO | NVIS Day From 8am - 4pm- 8 hrs |
| 2017/06/15 | W8KWH | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: open mic |
| 2017/06/22 | W8UCO | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was:Field Day 2017 |
| 2017/06/29 | KA8LVZ | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Where & How do you get your weather Personal Weather Station or instruments, Online, TV, Radio, NOAA weather radio, etc. |
| 2017/07/06 | KD8UFE | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: How to generate earned income for the UCARC. |
| 2017/07/20 | N9ACC | 2 meter 145.350 MHz N8IG FM Repeater Regular Thursday night net 2000 hrs The Topic was: What sparked or grabbed your interest to get into Ham Radio? (E.g., FM walkie talkies.) Was there a radio (TR-2400) or a kit that you finally got, and how did that work out for you? Now that you are in Ham Radio, what is it that you now want to do (e.g., EME)? |
| 2017/07/13 | K8JWL | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Special Event Stations |
| 2017/08/10 | KE8ANU | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Birthdays, What do you do to treat yourself on your birthday, How do you give hints to family members for a present you need in the shack? |
| 2017/08/17 | KE8BDX | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Solar Eclipse |
| 2017/08/24 | KE8DME | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What was your favorite food growing up and what made it most memorable? |
| 2017/08/24 | KE8ANU | 2 Meter Simplex Net after Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Everyone tested out the range of their radios and antennas. We discussed antennas and what repeaters everyone could get into from their location. |
| 2017/08/31 | N8IG | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What did you accomplish over the summer and what is your opinion about DMR, do you use it, like it, etc ? |
| 2017/09/14 | K8JWL | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Ham Radio Streaming Video Shows & Useful Ham-radio websites. |
| 2017/10/19 | KD8TED | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What base station would you recommend for UF/VHF and HF and why?” Do you prefer separate radios or a multiband radio that includes all three? What are the basic tools or equipment beyond your radio and antenna that you couldn’t live without as a ham radio operator? |
| 2017/10/27 | NX8Y | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Hobbies/interests other than Ham Radio |
| 2017/11/02 | W8UCO | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Emergency Drill for short, concise reports for efficient Net ops. |
| 2017/11/30 | K8JWL | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Xmas Ram Radio Wish List |
| 2017/11/16 | N8IG | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Holiday family traditions |
| 2017/11/23 | KE8BDX | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: |
| 2017/12/07 | W8KWH | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Year end plans & New Years Resolutions |
| 2018/01/11 | KD8UFE | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Club activities, likes, dislikes and suggested improvements. |
| 2018/01/18 | NX8Y | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: ARRL Awards or any Ham Radio awards you are pursuing or have pursued? (Or have interests in.) |
| 2018/01/25 | KD8ZWI | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Are you chasing any paper? (DXCC, All States, Ect) Did you participate in the UHF/VHF contest recently held?? |
| 2018/02/01 | N9ACC | 2 meter N8IG Repeater 145.350 MHz FM Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What was your most memorable project or kit in Ham Radio? Or What is 'your next big thing to do in Ham Radio'? |
| 2018/02/08 | KE8ANU | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Resources for amateur radio: Where do you look for answers for amateur radio related questions? Do you have a favorite resource, like a book, website, online forum, net, etc ? |
| 2018/03/29 | KD8UFE | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: If you didn't have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time? |
| 2018/04/05 | KA8LVZ | Regular Thursday night net on the Union County VHF N8IG repeater The Topic was: What new piece of technology could you do without; but, would rather not This did not include running water, electricity or internet that are all now essentially utilities. In my case it was the DVR that allows me to watch TV on my schedule instead of someone elses's and to pause live TV to answer the telephone, etc. |
| 2018/04/19 | NX8Y | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Stories both good/bad/funny re: interaction with Public about Amateur Radio |
| 2018/04/12 | KD8UFE | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Share an Ah-Ha moment in your Ham experiences. |
| 2018/04/26 | KE8ANU | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: New Ham Advice: Do you have any advice about the hobby you would like to share with someone that is newly licensed? This could be a resource like a net, podcast, website, book, etc or advice about acquiring new and used equipment, recommend must have equipment or tools, favorite hamfests, etc. New Hams: Do you have any questions about operating, equipment/radio, tools, etc you would like answered in the 73 round? If so, please ask. |
| 2018/05/03 | W8UCO | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What activities would you like to see the Club do or teach? |
| 2018/05/10 | W8UCO | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: NC was N9ACC/8 using Club call sign W8UCO. OK, last week you got to list what you wanted the Club to do. NOW, which one(s) of those/your ideas would you be willing to Lead or at least help present to make the Club how you want it to be? |
| 2018/06/14 | K8LVZ | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: How do you program your radios and how frustrating is it? |
| 2018/06/21 | NX8Y | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Field Day Attendance/FD Memories |
| 2018/06/28 | KD8UFE | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Your favorite item of ham equipment or tool. And Why? |
| 2018/07/05 | ke8jou | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: what is your radio gear and what antennas do you use . |
| 2018/07/19 | N8IG | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Projects planned, finished? etc? Mars (planet) Do you forsee any colonization in our (or some of our) lifetime? |
| 2018/08/02 | Ke8jou | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: hobbys |
| 2018/08/23 | KE8KDF | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What's something you wish you knew when you first began in amateur radio? |
| 2018/08/30 | K8LVZ | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: what projects do you want to complete before winter &/or what/how do you winterize your equipment |
| 2018/09/06 | KD8TED | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: What was one of your greatest challenges as an amateur operator and what did you learn from it? |
| 2018/09/13 | KD8UFE | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Over The Air Events |
| 2018/09/27 | N9ACC | 2 meter N8IG Repeater FM Phone Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: How have you used knowledge learned in Ham radio in some other en devour in life? E.g., I used my knowledge of Morse Code for real as a Navy pilot to get the frequency the ship was waiting for us on. |
| 2018/10/11 | N8IG | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Batteries, uses, favorites, comments, etc. |
| 2018/10/18 | ke8jou | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: what got you into ham? |
| 2018/11/01 | K8JWL | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was:Your first outside antenna. |
| 2018/11/08 | NX8Y | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: Topics/interests for club meetings |
| 2018/11/15 | K8LVZ | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Regular Thursday night net The Topic was: "What hobbies other than Amateur Radio do you have?: |
| 2018/11/22 | K8LVZ | 2 meter N8IG Repeater Special Thursday Thanksgiving night net The Topics were: What is / was the most odd or untraditional food you’ve had for your Christmas or Thanksgiving meal. &/or What kind of topics or situations have you used where YouTube educated you or bailed you out? This net lasted only 27 minutes. |