Greetings fellow GERATOLers, welcome back, and those who have recently registered on the GERATOL Website, Welcome !! The 2nd half of our 2022/2023 50th Anniversary Season resumes this coming Friday evening, at 0100Z or 9PM Eastern on or about 3.668 Mhz.
It’s time to renew old acquaintances, and to make some new friends on the net. We have provided news flashes on several Ham Radio web pages, regarding the net starting up again in hopes of bringing on some new folks. As the GERATOL gang ALWAYS does, we will provide the new folks a warm GERATOL greeting.
We would like to welcome Jim, K8SI who recently registered on our website. Thanks for taking the time Jim, and we hope to work you on the net this upcoming season.
NET RESUMES OCT 1st 0100Z, or Friday evening September, 30th at 9PM Eastern.
Just a reminder, as summer comes to an end, it’s time to renew old acquaintances, and perhaps, make some new friends, via the GERATOL Net. Our net frequency remains at 3.668 Mhz, and our start time, based on Daylight Savings, is 9PM Eastern, starting Friday evening September 30th.
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Time remaining for net to resume operation, so get that antenna work done, the clock is ticking !!
OFFICIAL NET MEETING TO TAKE PLACE THIS OCTOBER
Per our Chairman, Frosty – W0FP, he will gavel to order, a formal GERATOL NET group board meeting over the air in October. The exact date/time is TBD, but will be announced by Frosty and the NCS ops over the net, and we will post via our website, and send out an email reminding folks as well.
If there are any topics you would like to have discussed at the upcoming meeting, feel free to fire a note off to any our our elected net officers including: Frosty – W0FP, Kenny – KE9TC, Frank – AA0ZP or Sandy – KJ8W. Or just send myself N1KL or Dave, KJ8V a note, and we will insure it’s forwarded.
SPECIAL GERATOL NET AWARD REMAINS ACTIVE
As a reminder, the special award we launched during the first half of the 2022/23 season, to commemorate our 50th Anniversary as a WAS Net, remains available for all to work, and complete throughout this season, and beyond. If interested, simply check out the details on our website for requirements to complete the award, or ask one of the ops on the net.
Example of the Anniversary Award
AWARDS MANAGER – Dave, KJ8V
Dave and Sandy once again, plan to avoid some of he harsh weather in the Upper Peninsula of MI this winter, and Dave will be notifying folks of the exact dates, as well as how he would like to handle any applications for awards/endorsements, etc. during their hiatus.
MEMBERS NO LONGER WITH US
As always, we wish to take a moment to remember those fellow GERATOLers, whom we lost this year, and in years past. We will miss them one and all, and wish to remind their friends and relatives of how much we appreciated their contributions to the net over the years.
GERATOL WEBSITE REGISTRATIONS
We would also like to thank those ops who took the time to register on our GERATOL Website. We now have 290 registered users. Feel free to pass the word to your fellow GERATOLers not yet registered, to sign up. Should they, or anyone who has registered have any questions about the website, or how to place POSTS and/or COMMENTS on our site, feel free to reach out to me at: n1kl@comcast.net
All the best, and 73 from Kevin – N1KL Website Administrator
