Happy Father's Day to everyone who may be joining us tonight!
This will be the 26th monthly meeting since the Northwest Cache Valley Net went on the air in May of 2021. I thank each of you who have joined us over the last 2 years.
I’ll be brief tonight before we go to roll call.
Earlier this month I made my first contact outside of North America. The timing was right - I beat the dogpile that quickly develops when distant stations call CQ on the HF bands, and I logged a verified contact with a station near Moscow, Russia. I had been wondering if my antenna could send a signal round the world and it was exciting to make this contact and know I have the capability.
I hope you have the opportunities to enjoy amateur radio the way you would like to.
If you are interested in participating in the many public service events coming up this summer, or to just monitor the events to become more familiar with event communications, visit barconline.org and go to the activities tab to see the schedule of events.