LITTLE PEOPLE LOG

THE LITTLE PEOPLE LOG

Where life is beautiful all the time.

Since 6/20/06

For those of you who want to read my commentary on, well, just about anything, click here: Little People Blog

Thank you Paul W7MAG and Art W6OBB, and all you mahvalous Hamcams hams, for getting so many people to come into the tent.

KN6Z would like to welcome Little People Network announcer, Art Bell.

Click here for Art Bell’s Little People Network promo: Promo

All the different Little People Network stations that checked in on 3765 kHz the week of 12/09 – 12/15, our RECORD for one week.:

KN6Z, KD7BCW, NZ7J, N7EN, W5HO, KE3KR, NR7Q, AG7G, K6MJD, W6FE, KB5B, W7LW, K6HTM, AF7J, W7LNG, KI6U, AE6FG, WQ6I, AD5SU, KT0DD, N6NP, K6AII, KE7BBX, WJ6Q, K7PSK, VA7MJS, KG6TT, AD9DX, AA8KB, AD7HP, KF7J, KC7ZNA, WA7PZR, K6LDO, VE5ANB, K6ZSR, N7TH, W7RU, K6FEJ, WB7EUH, AF6D, KG6TT, K7PRS, WG6K, WB6GGY, KO6QK, WY8I, W7KOL, K6PIC, KF6VOM, XE1HDD/W6, AD7HP, KF7J, KB1UM, WY8I, WA7CO, KE7GET, NO5I, KC0HLX, W1VO, VE7AYQ, AF6D, WC1E, WA6DAC, W7ZCX, K6USY, KD8CFU, N7FDI (Echolink/Cross band). Sixty-three different stations, not counting the blues or non-extras, smashing the old record of forty-four.

Barney Hall of Fame: Ben KD7BCW, Eric W7ZCX, John W6FE, Cary KD7KAU, Mike VA7MJS, Mike KB1UM, Duane AG7G, Joe KO6M, Bruce W6RAT, Terry KB5B, Chuck KE3KR, Moody WQ6I, Bob AF6D, Mike AA8KB, Conrad N7EN, Randy KC7ZNA, Gary ZL3SV, Mark K6FEJ, Mark K6MJD, Larry W5HO, John K7PRS, Gregg AE6FN, RoboLon KE7BBX, Dave WA6DAC, Bruce N6THN, Gary W6FH, Kevin K7TST, Art W6OBB, Kevin AD8Q, Iain K6IAM, Bob K6MIT, Tom W7PD, Keith KD7KZV, Stan WG6K, Mike AD5SU, Phil WB6GGY, Bob K6AII, Adam AF6ME, Greg W6EZV, Buddy W7JPL.

The EGO Grid

You-Can-Count-On-Me Tier

3680 KHz	Sun 2/7/10	Mon 2/8/10	Tue 2/9/10	Wed 2/10/10	Thur 2/11/10	Fri 2/12/10	Sat 2/13/10
“Is my hair alright?” KN6Z Glenn “Messianic Cult Leader” San Diego		S9 noise
KD7BCW Ben “The Horizontal Ham” Salem, OR. Commander, Northern Alliance	B	No ego
K6AII Bob “Ready to Rumble” Rancho Cucamonga	A	+20
KB5B Terry “Hillbilly” Tucson	R
N6DQ Ryk “Yoda” San Carlos	N
N7EN Conrad “Mr. Normal” Gilbert, AZ.	E
W6EZV Greg “The Entity” Burbank	Y	+40
W6FH Gary “The Quiet One” Nevada City		+10
AG7G Duane “Mr. Sunshine” Yuppyville	F	+10
WB6GGY Phil “Yosemite Sam” Twainhart	R	+30
W5HO Larry “HO” New Mexico	E	+10
W7HW Duane “Hot Water” Silverton, Or.	E
WQ6I Moody “Moody” Claremont	B	+45
W7 JPL Buddy “Spaceman” Pearblossom, Ca.	I
WG6K Stan “Neanderthal” Aptos	E	+20
KD7KZV Keith “Psycho” Payson, Utah		+5
N6LN Jack “I Ball” Palos Verdes		+30
W6RAT Bruce “Rat” Coos Bay
N6THN Bruce Vacaville
KB1UM Mike “Music Mike” Seattle		S8
W7ZCX Eric “Mr. Reliable” Portland		S9

Barneys in purple. Miss a week and I kick your ass off. To get back to Heaven you will have to do four weeks in Purgatory.

On-Again-Off-Again Tier

(If you don’t like it down here, then make yourself less work for the Grid Meister.)

W7YU
WJ6Q
W6RAT
KE6FAE
VA7ZD Ian
K7DAN/VR2HF		Remote
N7VR

Four weeks in a row on the lower tier gets you promoted to the upper tier. Your appearance/position in the LPL reflects your participation on 3688, not necessarily your motivation, and it certainly does not necessarily reflect the Grid Meister’s opinion of your value as a human being.

The Little People Top Thirty, geographically. Thanks Duane AG7G and Bob AF6D.

Monday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. We talked with Jack N6LN about eyes and eyeglasses and looking like an old fart with eyeglasses. Stan WG6K was enjoying the “eyeball QSO (Jack’s joke)”, but was disappointed when the QSO descended into gossip. Our QSOs can sink a LOT further than that, but we managed to arrest the downward plunge tonight. Air quality and pollution of various types was the topic of conversation for a long while. I was pretty busy on the side tonight, working on a travel protection insurance claim for my. My mom didn’t go on the Hawaii trip because of a sinus infection for which she recently had surgery, but she had travel protection for the cruise and the flight. Fifteen dog night.

Sunday night I blew you off, my darlins, and I’m terribly sorry. BZ and I often take advantage of Super Bowl Sunday to go have some fun, because crowds and traffic are light. So, that’s what happened. It was like a two-date weekend. So, anyway, I’ll be on the air Monday night to make up for my absence. Is that good enough? Is that ok? Can I GO NOW?

The EGO Grid

You-Can-Count-On-Me Tier

3680 KHz	Sun 1/31/10	Mon 2/1/10	Tue 2/2/10	Wed 2/3/10	Thur 2/4/10	Fri 2/5/10	Sat 2/6/10
“Is my hair alright?” KN6Z Glenn “Messianic Cult Leader” San Diego	S9 noise		+10 noise	+10 noise		S9 noise
KD7BCW Ben “The Horizontal Ham” Salem, OR. Commander, Northern Alliance	+20	B	+20	+20	B	No ego	B
K6AII Bob “Ready to Rumble” Rancho Cucamonga	+20	A	+25	S8	A		A
KB5B Terry “Hillbilly” Tucson		R			R		R
N6DQ Ryk “Yoda”	+15	N			N		N
N7EN Conrad “Mr. Normal” Gilbert, AZ.		E			E	S9	E
W6EZV Greg “The Entity” Burbank		Y	+40		Y		Y
W6FH Gary Nevada City	+10
AG7G Duane “Mr. Sunshine” Yuppyville	+10	F	+10	+10	F	+5	F
WB6GGY Phil “Mr. Clean” Twainhart	+25	R	+25	+20	R	+20	R
W5HO Larry “HO” New Mexico		E	+20	+20	E		E
W7HW Duane “Hot Water” Silverton, Or.		E	+20		E	+20	E
WQ6I Moody “Moody” Claremont	+40	B	+45	+20	B	S9	B
W7 JPL Buddy “Spaceman” Pearblossom, Ca.		I			I		I
WG6K Stan “The Elitist Neanderthal” Aptos	+20	E	+15	+30	E	+20	E
KD7KZV Keith “Psycho” Payson, Utah	+5
N6LN Jack “I Ball” Palos Verdes						Barely there
W6RAT Bruce “Rat” Coos Bay	S9					S9
N6THN Bruce Vacaville	+20
KB1UM Mike “Art Bell” Seattle	S8		S9	Barely there		S8
W7ZCX Eric Portland	S9		+5	S9		+5

Barneys in purple. Miss a week and I kick your ass off. To get back to Heaven you will have to do four weeks in Purgatory.

On-Again-Off-Again Tier

(If you don’t like it down here, then make yourself less work for the Grid Meister.)

W7YU	+10
WJ6Q		+45
W6RAT	S9		S9
KE6FAE			+15
W7TRO Arnie
KC6J
AD8Q Kevin
VA7ZD Ian			+10
K7DAN
N7VR	S9

Saturday night I just wasn’t here, that’s all.

Friday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. Stan WG6K was the first to say something, then all the snakes in the grass came out. Tonight was the Night of Unrealized Potential. We had the first stringers, but not all on freq at the same time; some were weak, and some checked out very early. In tough times like these, we have to pull out our “A” material. So Stan told us about his neighborhood power failure yesterday. Stan saw a tree branch across some power lines, which was causing the failure, and marveled at how many trucks were needed and how much time it took to saw off the branch. Hours and hours. Stan says he could have done it in five minutes. As if that wasn’t enough excitement, we next thrilled to Stan’s unbelievably good impression of a power saw. The crowd on freq demanded more, and called on Stanly to perform a lawnmower, motorcycle, jet ski, snowmobile, etc. It was too much pressure for Stan, so he clamed up with stage fright. I mentioned how much I like exhibits at fairs of old time putt-putt engines. So we started making putt-putt noises on freq, and people told tales of putt-putt engines they’ve seen. Stan gave us a little theory on those old engines. We discussed a Drudge story about American Idol’s effort to sign Howard Stern as replacement for Simon Cowell. That would mean both Stern and Ellen DeGeneres as judges. That would be enough Idol for me. Duane AG7G wanted to hear about the tunnels that Joe KE6FAE has under his property. Joe keeps his tunnels pretty much to himself, but he did talk at length with Stan about basalt. Fifteen ignorant CBer night.

Thursday night KN6Z got some sleep. Has to happen once in a while.

Wednesday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. High noise level again tonight. VERY slow night. We talked about possible pig-lung transplantation into humans (oink); an airline passenger that got high eating medical marijuana cookies and caused trouble on the plane; the link between internet use and depression; female terrorists that are having bombs sewn up in their boobs; and the sixty shotguns the IRS is buying. Duane AG7G, Stan WG6K, and I did a postmortem on last night’s “Duane Gate.” The conclusion, as Stan and Duane put it, is that people have to have a thick hide and wear their lead-lined underwear if they are going to survive out here. I think we got attacked tonight by the QRP jammer, but it’s always so hard to tell. Our buddy Ryk N6DQ checked in on HF/CW tonight, from New Zealand. I couldn’t copy him. I was about to sign off when everybody started making gross, gruesome, infantile jokes about the boob bombers. It just went on and on and on and spiraled down and down and down, until we reached the lowest of low roads. I mean we were lower than the Chunnel. I just finished reading The Hobbit, the book to which the sequel, The Lord of the Rings, which I finished reading a few weeks ago, was written. So that’s a total of about 1300 pages of dragons and dwarves, hobbits and elves; swords of power and magic rings, talking-trees and wizards and kings…and now there’s no more and I’m depressed. Ten stinking ignorant CBers.

Tuesday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. High noise level tonight, at least for the folks down south. Pretty slow night, and I wasn’t doing much to help. I blew off the net last night to get some sleep, but then couldn’t sleep. My mid-afternoon nap in the car today wasn’t much good either. So I was just wiped out tonight. I definitely will sleep tonight, and sleep-in Wed. Tonight’s rumble we will dub, “Clash of the Duanes.” Duane AG7G and Duane W7HW mixed it up a little bit over a silly misunderstanding. They cleared it up and remain friends. For the time being there IS room for two Duanes on the frequency, but definitely NOT three. Three Duanes and the net would blow. Anyway, the brief tension brought out the usual howls and jeers from the Peanut Gallery. I got some more poop from an informant tonight about the kid who was drinking a beer in the back of my astronomy class. He had the beer in a water bottle, and was slipping the bottle in and out of his back pack, sneaking little sips. But he reeked of beer, the informant told me. He was not in class tonight. And now, back by popular demand, ANOTHER Hawaii vacation youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZymVa55OCk. We were docked at a port on Maui the second day of the cruise, and shoved off for the Big Island on the third day. We rented a car and kept it overnight on Maui. Finding a place to park it overnight while we slept on the boat was a REAL bitch. Anyway, we took the car to the Old Lahaina Luau our first day on Maui. We took the car to a state park on the second day, before we sailed that night. Thirteen ignorant CBer night.

Monday night the Grid Meister slept. Early day Tuesday.

Sunday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. Dan K7DAN in Hong Kong and Ryk N6DQ in New Zealand checked in remotely again tonight. Ryk and his ZL host are going to put up a vee beam over the next few days, and try to check in on HF. Tonight we rejoice as Bruce “Rat” W6RAT is restored to ham radio’s Sanctum Sanctorum: The Heavenly Tier, having redeemed himself by completing his sentence of four weeks hard time in the moldering sepulcher of the Lower Tier. The Little People, especially meanie-pants Duane AG7G, were on my ass tonight over some mistakes in the Little People Log. I think I have things pretty well cleaned up now. Tonight BZ and I saw Avatar, two hours and forty minutes of quality entertainment. The movie got a little draggy in the first third, after introducing the premise and the main characters, but it really takes off. I feel I got my $14.50’s worth. And you get to wear those cool looking 3D glasses. If you ax me, the story is a re-telling of Shane/The Magnificent Seven: Peaceful people under the heel of bullies get help from a small force of the bullies’ own kind, and run-off the bullies. The movie borrows many ideas from other movies, such as Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Lord of the Rings, Dune, Aliens, and others. We talked for a little while about the Grammys – a very little while: nobody watched it. At the end of the evening Duane axed Dan some questions about freedoms in Hong Kong and China, in comparison to the U.S. And Duane did some bragging about his huge, two-dollar bill collection. Seventeen dog night.

The EGO Grid

You-Can-Count-On-Me Tier

3688 KHz	Sun 1/24/09	Mon 1/25/09	Tue 1/26/09	Wed 1/27/09	Thur 1/28/09	Fri 1/29/09	Sat 1/30/09
“Is my hair alright?” KN6Z Glenn “Messianic Cult Leader” San Diego	S9 noise		S9 noise		S8 noise	S9 noise
KD7BCW Ben “The Horizontal Ham” Salem, OR. Commander, Northern Alliance	+20	B	+25	B	+15	+15	B
K6AII Bob “Ready to Rumble” Rancho Cucamonga	+10	A	+20	A		+20	A
KB5B Terry “Hillbilly” Tucson		R		R		+10	R
N6DQ Ryk “Yoda”	Remote	N	Remote/VK	N			N
N7EN Conrad “Mr. Normal” Gilbert, AZ.	+20	E		E	+20	+20	E
W6EZV Greg “The Entity” Burbank		Y		Y		+30	Y
W6FH Gary Nevada City
AG7G Duane “Mr. Sunshine” Yuppyville	+10	F	+5	F			F
WB6GGY Phil “Mr. Clean” Twainhart	+25	R	+20	R	+25	+20	R
W5HO Larry “HO” New Mexico	+20	E		E			E
W7HW Duane “Hot Water” Silverton, Or.	+20	E	+20	E	+20	+20	E
WQ6I Moody “Moody” Claremont	+40	B	+35	B	+40	+30	B
W7 JPL Buddy “Spaceman” Pearblossom, Ca.		I		I			I
WG6K Stan “Neanderthal” Aptos	+35	E	+15	E	+20	+20	E
KD7KZV Keith “Psycho” Payson, Utah					+5
N6LN Jack “I Ball” Palos Verdes	+20		+20			+20
N6THN Bruce Vacaville			+20
KB1UM Mike “Art Bell” Seattle					+10
W7ZCX Eric Portland			S9		+10	S9

Barneys in purple. Miss a week and I kick your ass off. To get back to Heaven you will have to do four weeks in Purgatory.

On-Again-Off-Again Tier

(If you don’t like it down here, then make yourself less work for the Grid Meister.)

W7YU
WJ6Q			+40
W6RAT			+15
K6EDJ
KE6FAE	+10	+10
W7TRO Arnie	No ego	+10
KC6J		Barely there
AD8Q Kevin		No ego
VA7ZD				+15

Friday night KN6Z checked in at about 12:10. Denny K1IY was back on freq tonight, after a VERY long hibiscus. He said he’d try to drop in more often. He recently participated in some kind of winter Field Day. He’s hoping it will catch on. I was sort of distracted tonight with radio problems. I’m hearing more and more RF in my headset, the CW mode on my 950SDX is inoperative, and I can only get a little over ten watts out of the 950. I may have to substitute my back up 950SDX, the one with the generous S-meter. I’m sure that will make everyone happy. All the bitching about my signal reports came after I took the old 950 out of service. A new guy checked in tonight, Ian VA7ZD, and seemed VERY pleased with us. I think we are everything he’s ever dreamed of in a net, and he’ll be back. He’ll be on the Heavenly Tier in no time. Thirteen dog night.

Thursday night KN6Z checked in at 12:05. Fabulous band tonight. Everybody far and near were loud. Gregg “Three G’s” AE6FN checked in tonight after a long hibiscus. He’s been traveling in Asia and India on bidness. We wanted to hear some wondrous stories of far off places, but Gregg didn’t seem inspired. We promised to twist his arm for some tales exotic next time. And I don’t want to hear that you had Tandoori Chicken, or some boring shit like that, Gregg. The King of all Trailors, Bruce “Rat” W6RAT, was on freq tonight, and announced that he’s sold one of his trailers. And he’s been working on his barn. Mike KB1UM has been in Florida visiting his dad, but was back with us tonight. Mike has acquired a five inch aperture reflecting telescope, for the right price: free. It needs maintenance, but it’s a can-do. Mike is going to have some fun with it I’m sure. He just needs to get out to a dark sky. It’s amazing what modest optical aid can do, if you can just get to a dark sky. Mike has also recently finished the first quarter of his “fix it” book, and submitted it to the publisher. They love it. So Mike has got something really good going, now. I want to be one of the first to buy a copy, autographed by Art Bell. Keith “Psycho” KD7KZV checked in tonight coming off Oxycontin addiction. A so-called friend was in his home, and stole his dope. Instead of renewing his subscription, he decided to just kick it, cold turkey. Nice going, Psycho. He’s using a non-narcotic med now for his neuropathy pain. Stan WG6K pointed out that the Moon and Mars are very close together, and will be even closer tomorrow night. Keep your eyes on the sky. We talked about a huge medical marijuana-growing supply company that is starting up in Oakland: iGrow. And we talked about a couple of women who gave a guy sex for a pack of cigarettes, but then filed a false police report, accusing the man of rape. Later they said they did it because they just didn’t like the sex. Unbelievable. They got their cigarettes. And I told the gang about this punk in my astronomy class late this afternoon, who was in the back of the room, tipping back a brewski. Incredible. Another student ratted him out. Twelve ignorant CBer night.

Wednesday night KN6Z opted for bed. Sorry to blow you off, my darlings. Thursday is a very LONG, very EARLY day for me. I had my teeth cleaned today. I was much more comfortable this time around because I scored a Vicodin from my mom. My sadistic dental hygienist has a Swastika tattooed on each boob, I think. She’s really rough, but I was groovin.’ “Dos zat hurt? How eh-bout now? How eh-bout NOW?!” Are you sick of my Hawaii vacation? If the answer is yes, you are fucked in a big way. Here is my latest Hawaii youtube, of a stop we made at a scenic overlook, on our drive around Oahu on New Year’s Day, one day before boarding the cruise ship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5atVlFR398. Barney freebie.

Tuesday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. Well, we were out of the blocks fast tonight, talking about the weather. It’s been raining here in San Diego, today. Actually, we got off to a SLOW start tonight, but we gradually built momentum, and eventually had a big crowd and a good QSO. Moody WQ6I cut his Quartzite trip short, because of bad weather. I didn’t get the details. Somehow the theory of the formation of Yosemite Valley came up. There are a couple of competing theories. So, that led to talk of the old “fire fall” they used to have. A big bon fire used to be stoked-up on top of Glacier Point, then the embers pushed over the edge at night. It was really spectacular, and I saw it many times as a kid, on family vacations. There is a movement on in China, among affluent, pet lovers, to get the government to ban the eating of cats and dogs. Critics say it’s hypocritical (e.g., why not pigs and cows as well?), and there are far more important problems in China to worry about. We had an historic night on the Little People Net tonight: we had two remote check-ins on the air at the same time, and they were DX check-ins via internet: Dan K7DAN from Hong Kong via WA6LIE, and Ryk N6DQ via his home station in San Carlos. They could easily hear each other and the rest of us. I wish Art Bell could join us once in a while by checking in remotely via his Pahrump station. Wow, it would be a taste of the Golden Age again. Speaking of Art and Pahrump, Dan was in the States recently and visited holy ground: Art’s loop in Pahrump. There is a pic of Dan in front of Art’s place, on hamcams. Dan has an aura about him in the pic. Sort of a halo, maybe? It’s the look of Charlton Heston after he came down from Sinai. I had just returned from a trip to the kitchen, when I heard Dan on the radio, passing some shit about having walked the perimeter of the loop 77 times. I was just green. I was axing him all kinda details. He said he did it in 77 minutes. That’s a minute per lap around an 1800 foot loop. Well, that’s when I began to realize that I was just eating his shit and everybody was laughing at me without keying. Screw them all, I say. Screw them all to hell. So, whenever Dan is on we talk about where in his area you can get some good penis. You can get a good plate of penis in Shenzhen, for one thing. I axed him about Panda penis, and if you could get any of that, and if the Panda penis has a cute little black or white ring around the eye. Dan is usually pretty reluctant to talk much penis with us. He told us his wife offered to cook him some. “Honey, how do you like your penis?” “In the oven, dear.” Stan WG6K got on the band wagon, and started wondering out loud why many animals have a bone in their penises, but humans do not. If you’ve got a bone in your bone, you can always please your female. Returning to the subject of eating dog in China, Dan was telling us that he and a companion were recently looking at a dead dog in a shop window. “How-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window?” Earlier in the evening, Bruce N6THN and I were talking about Christmas traditions we each enjoy in our respective towns. We were alone on freq when we were doing that shit, but when the penis raised it’s ugly head, the freq came to life, as it often does when we take the low road. Sixteen ignorant CBer night.

Monday night I had to get some freakin’ sleep.

Sunday night KN6Z checked in at 12:00. Slow night. Talked about rain, snow, and the weather in general. Duane AG7G read an SWL email from a guy pretty concerned about the window in my Chevy Nova, that doesn’t roll up all the way. As if all that weren’t exciting enough, people read Duane their lat-and-longs. Ryk N6DQ checked in tonight remote from Melbourne. Stan WG6K has admitted to chewing on lead wire when he was a kid. Well, make up your own jokes. Sorry, Stan. You shudda shut up. Some of the gang wanted the details on the chemistry course I am teaching this semester, so I gave ‘em the low down. Normally I teach a physics course along with my astronomy courses, but this semester they need me in Chemistry. Atoms. Oh, man. Atoms. Chemistry would be so much easier if it weren’t for all those crazy atoms. Bouncin’ ‘round, all crazy like. Jeeze. It can really be hell. You just never know what those damn things are going to do next. And ‘lectrons. You got dem ‘lectrons buzzin’ ‘round, too; they do some crazy shit too sometime. We talked a bit about different materials used for de-icing roads, and why one might be used over another. Here’s a good summery: http://www.usroads.com/journals/p/rmj/9712/rm971202.htm. Fourteen ignorant CBer night.

The EGO Grid

You-Can-Count-On-Me Tier

3688 KHz	Sun 1/17/09	Mon 1/18/09	Tue 1/19/09	Wed 1/20/09	Thur 1/21/09	Fri 1/22/09	Sat 1/23/09
“Is my hair alright?” KN6Z Glenn “Messianic Cult Leader” San Diego	S9 noise	S9 noise		S9 noise
KD7BCW Ben “The Horizontal Ham” Salem, OR. Commander, Northern Alliance	+25	+20	B	+15	B	B	B
K6AII Bob “Ready to Rumble” Rancho Cucamonga			A	+20	A	A	A
KB5B Terry “Hillbilly” Tucson		+5	R		R	R	R
N6DQ Ryk “Yoda”			N		N	N	N
N7EN Conrad “Mr. Normal” Gilbert, AZ.	+20		E		E	E	E
W6EZV Greg “The Entity” Burbank	+40		Y	+35	Y	Y	Y
W6FH Gary Nevada City
AG7G Duane “Mr. Sunshine” Yuppyville	+10	+10	F	+10	F	F	F
WB6GGY Phil “Mr. Clean” Twainhart	+35	+40	R	+25	R	R	R
W5HO Larry “HO” New Mexico	+20		E	+20	E	E	E
W7HW Duane “Hot Water” Silverton, Or.			E	+15	E	E	E
WQ6I Moody “Moody” Claremont	+35	+10	B		B	B	B
W7 JPL Buddy “Spaceman” Pearblossom, Ca.			I		I	I	I
WG6K Stan “The Elitist Neanderthal” Aptos a.k.a. “Moldy”	+30	+20	E	+10	E	E	E
KD7KZV Keith “Psycho” Payson, Utah		+5
N6LN Jack “I Ball” Palos Verdes	+30
N6THN Bruce Vacaville	+25
KB1UM Mike “Art Bell” Seattle	S9	S8
W7ZCX Eric Portland		S9		+5

Barneys in purple. Miss a week and I kick your ass off. To get back to Heaven you will have to do four weeks in Purgatory.

On-Again-Off-Again Tier

(If you don’t like it down here, then make yourself less work for the Grid Meister.)

W7YU		S9
WJ6Q	+40
W7TRO
KD6LBF