SK - - - We have received word of the passing of W7LEA  Leigh Ann Nelson who passed away on January 11th.   Her battle with ALS is over.

Great turnout for QRP Saturday with ~70% of the stations reporting QRP in the formal session.

The lowest power successful check in was AA7EE with 100 mw (David Richards, Oakland CA)

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of WA6TPF  Fran of Ran Rafael CA.   He has been checking into the NTN for over 10 years.

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of W7TVA  Jere Felten on Aug 8th.  He was the founder of the Noontime Net. 

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of W6FHZ Jimmy Hughes of Sun Valley, NV.   More to follow.

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of W6DEN Dennis Polito of Auburn, CA.

Art AI7JJ will be doing the Saturday Formal in conjunction with Jeff NG6X. Art will be NC on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday's and Jeff will continue doing the 2nd and 4th Saturday's.

Welcome aboard Art.

SK -- - We have received word of the passing of AC6FU, Jack Ruckman of Carson City, NV.    Jack has been checking into the net for years.   He will be missed.

Congratulations to Dave, AA7EE of Oakland, CA.  He ran the lowest power to check in on QRP Saturday.  He reported he was running 10mw.

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of W5KAV, Chuck Verdon of Rochester, WA.  9/16/23

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of N6GJM, Tom Patton of Lucerne, CA. 

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of K7RFO, Ruth Schorr of Klamath Falls, OR.   She will be missed.

Chris Watson, AI6U has been voted to the Board of Directors

SK - - - We have received word of the passing of  Bob, KF6OCS of Spring Valley.  He has been checking in back to 2014. 

QRP Saturday Results - - -  Total Checkins   488     QRP - 242   Lowest Power recorded KE7SYZ running 200 mw

Family in dire need of help  - - - - -  https://gofund.me/dcf83fac

SK - -  We have received word of the passing of Chad N2ATZ. 

QRP Saturday will be on November 26th. 

Please welcome Rick K6AMU to the NTN.   He will be holding down the Sunday Early.

Please welcome Doug NT7IM to the NTN.   He will be holding down the Thursday Early.

SK - - We have received word of K7BUS, Keith passing away. 

SK - -  We have received word of K7NNV, Gordy passing away.   Gordy has been checking into the net for years.  He will be missed.

Please welcome April  W7ANC to the NTN.   She will be holding down the Saturday Formal. 

Ladies Day is February 14th.   Ava, WB7NMZ  and Christine, AF7OK, will be working along with any other women who wish to help.

We have a few announcements: 

1. 1A Board of Directors has been formed to oversee the Net and its operations. The members of the Board are Lynn KV7L,  Jon KB6TAZ, W6IO Dar and Wayne KK7TT
   

2. 2The Noontime Net is moving from our current operating frequency of 7283.5 to 7284.  This move will allow some operators that have restored older marine commercial or military equipment that can only tune in 1khz steps, be able to check in. This also moves us .5 khz further away from another Net.  
   

3. 3The Noontime Net will no longer call specifically for QRP stations. They can check in at any time like everyone else. The main reason for this change is that many of the regulars check in as a QRP so they don’t have to wait for the normal check in time. This results in long delays of up to 30 minutes for everyone else to check in. The Net will still ask for early check ins from mobile and portable stations.
   

SK -- We have received word of KC7GFL  John Lanier passing away 12/11/21.

We have received word of W6FHZ  Jimmy Huges’ wife Sue has passed away. 

SK -- We have received word of the passing of John Adams, K7DGU of Westport, WA.

SK -- We have received word of the passing of Ron Keeling, W6RLK  of Beaverton OR.

SK -- We have received word of the passing of Dave Padrick, W6ANR of Browns Valley.  Dave has been a NTN member for many years and checked in almost every day. 

SK -- We have received word of the passing of Ed Smith, W6WRL of  Pine Grove, CA.   Ed made a point to check in often.  He will be missed.

SK --  We have received word of the passing of Ralph Matthews, NA6D of Lincoln, CA.   Ralph was a AM net control station for awhile some years ago.

New record for contacts for one day set on March 8th.    807 contacts for the early and formal.

SK --  We have received word of the passing of Marv Zitting W7MR of Salt Lake City, UT.  Marv worked for a few years as a Relay Station for the NTN. 

SK --- We have received word of the passing of Dave Du Bois N7LIY of Yakima, WA

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Mac Magee N6LRG of Fredonia, AZ

November 28th is QRP Saturday

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Jim Mc Keown WA6IO of Redding, CA.

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Clark Murphy KE6KXO of Alviso, CA.

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Brian Swadener WA7PRC of Everett, WA.

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Don Englund WA6YRL of Sacramento, CA.   Don passed away this morning, May 21st.   He checked into the NTN for 15 years.

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Ben Salsedo  KI6VLC  of Union City, CA.  He was affectionally known as Bravo Ben.   Ben was a NTN member since 2014.  He passed away on April 28, 2020.

M6.7 Quake from Turkey effects 40 m Net in North America

The RF-Seismograph has picked up the strong earth quake 4 km ENE of Doganyol, Turkey. The quake was reported by USGS at 2020-01-24 17:55 UTC. It created a strong attenuation of the shortwave radio bands, especially on 40 m, in advance of the quake. In North America the popular 40 m net on 7.2835 MHz was severely disrupted. The RF-Seismograph recorded the eminent quake more than 1 h earlier at 16:30 UTC! The ionosphere is still very weak, but it is recovering now.

SK - -  We have received word of the passing of  Elora Gaidrich  KB7EQW.

SK - - It’s with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Diane Murdock  W7LQV of Tacoma WA.   She was a longtime Net Control operator for the 75 meter net.   She was also very active in handling the nets traffic.

Nov 30th    QRP Saturday was a huge success! .......  There were 630 contacts, of which 432 were qrp......... Special  congratulations to Jeremiah Randall, KE7SYZ of Onlaska, WA., who recorded a check-in with 1mw. .............  Also special recognition to WB4ZIF, Allan Gilreath in Calhoun, Ga. checked in running 10 watts. That's quite a haul on ten watts, thanks Allan.

SK ---  We have received word of the passing of Phil Cooper  AL7KV  in Olympia, WA.