BANDSCAN Oops, sorry about the stale month on the meeting date last

issue. Hope everybody got it figured out. BT Now that we're paying

'real money' for photocopying, the puzzles will be suspended for a

while. If you need solutions to unsolved prior ones, contact KF0MJ

or K0BJ. BT Greg N0XNL has been copying some activity on his 6M rig

acquired at the Trojan swapfest. He got beat out for a QSO with

Chicago, and also heard some activity from Oklahoma. The sporadic E

skip season will be on the rise the next couple months. BT What

ISN'T on the rise is sunspots. Bruce K0BJ hosted the 7th grade

Advanced Science class at his QTH for a ham demo. They checked the

sun in his telescope, and the sun was spot-free! Goodbye to

consistent, great DX for a couple years. BT Gerry KB0LGX and family

enjoyed a few days in the Windy City, including a Cubs game. Gerry

has KF0MJ's old trashed Alinco, now factory-refurbished and had that

toy to play with on the trip. BT David N0SEG is working on

converting an old 450 Mhz Regency rig to the 435 Mhz satellite band.

The hope is to have it, and a high-gain helix antenna, done in time

for some OSCAR 13 435/144 Mhz activity at Field Day. BT KB0JRW Jim

claims that mowing lawns -- his, his rental property, and his

parents', is 'cutting' into operating time. Better 'mow down' some

pileups too, Jim! BT Trojan wannabe Lee Strickler was in the

hospital recently with stomach and liver surgery. Happy to report

that although he's been pretty sore, he's doing well. Lee, did you

try some of those 'subliminal learning tapes' while conked out and

under the knife?? BT N0QGB and N0OXP are among the new employees at

Office Works, the new store in town with many of the old WOS

personnel. They are located just north of Colby Tire & Battery. Good

luck, Dick and Patti! BT Sounds as though Wray CO may be getting a

repeater up in the next few months. It's good to see some activity

toward populating the wilds of the High Plains with machines. BT

Nasty wx May 24 got area hams deployed on their second round of

spotting for the season. David N0SEG once again did NCS duties from

NWS. This time it was battlefield conditions, as 96 mph winds had

removed part of the NWS roof, as well as having folded WA0GBN's

tower in half. A number of Darel's antennas were beat up. To top it

off, the NEXrad Doppler radar was offline. KLBY tv carried a nice

pat-on-the-back to the club from Dennis Hull at NWS. BT K0RXT KB0MBS

and K0BJ are taking up pool after Ham Lunch. If you wanna learn how

to bounce balls off the rail, or signals off the inonsphere, stay

after HL and catch this act. (PS Minnesota Fats has nothing to worry

about) BT Not fast-breaking news, but Fred WD0EBJ claims to now be

retired from the nightclub music circuit. Fred, if you're not

heterodyning at Mr. C's, better do so all the more on the ham

bands.(and Happy Retirement)(his call has been on packet recently)

BT Kiss Goodbye to the 'Hammobile'. Mike KF0MJ traded off the

mature green station wagon for a (sorta) new Ford Ranger pickup. All

the junque he picks up at hamfests will now have to ride UNcovered

in the back. Pray for no rain, Mike. BT Gavon's bought the minimum

25 issues of the new Radio Shack mag RADIO! They sell for $1.95 and

the first quarterly issue has 3 scanner articles, 4 on SWL/BCB, 5 on

'communicating' - ham and GMRS info, equipment reviews, etc, and 7

tech. articles, mostly fairly elementary. If Gary gets most of them

pedaled he'll probably purchase the Summer '94 issue. BT N0XNL

KB0MBS K0BJ and Janice (poor girl) spent Memorial Day weekend up at

BJ's mountain condo in Dillon CO. Wx was great, and the trip home

included a stop at HRO to look at goodies.

NEXT MEETING JUNE 9 **1015 MAIZE RD. COLBY (HELEN FRAHM'S PATIO

In two weeks Field Day is here! Further discussion on remounting the

repeater antenna, the June 14 disaster drill and plans for the trip

to the Bighorn Museum in Byers are other issues.