Prepper Radio Net Chat 05/17/23

[Jerry D Young]

Prepper Radio Net Chat 05/17/23








K7KBJ @guest948386 5d
The Virginia Peak repeater, 147.030, machine is back on the air!!! Thanks to our SNARS Technical team for some great work and the members of SNARS for financing the cost....





David - K7DWW @k7dww 5d
Hello everyone...





JC @JC 5d
Good evening!





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Howdy





K7KBJ @guest948386 5d
Jerry, try your radio. The Virginia Peak repeater is back on line.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Guatemala had a mag. earthquake about hours ago.





K7KBJ @guest948386 5d
mag. what?





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
magnitude 6.4 earthquake





K7KBJ @guest948386 5d
Probably because of all the people leaving caused the land to rise a bit.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Could be. I had not thought about that cause.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Where did Jerry go?





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
There he is!





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Jerry, try your radio. The Virginia Peak repeater is back on line.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I have been trying. It seems to be transmitting.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I take it you did not hear me.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Jerry, no. I guess the link is not yet up to Winemucca





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Jerry, is your repeater working there?





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
My thanks to the SNARS team and Best of the West team for getting the Virginia Peak repeater up.





K7IN - Paul @K7IN 5d
Virginia Peak is very strong here in Fallon.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
It is not sending me the return ID burst.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Jerry, perhaps your radio is not set up for your repeater there.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
146.67 -600 123.0





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
I don't know what it should be. Do you hear any traffic while you are not transmitting?





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
If the link is up, you should be hearing us.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Negative. Not hearing anything on the feed, either.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
If your radio is set on the correct frequency....





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
The feed? you mean my audio on the web?





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I checked the SNARS repeater page and got those number just to double check.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
The web audio is working great.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
The live audio feed here in chat.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Refresh the page. Always refresh the page before trying anything.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
I'm using the feed here on the chat page and it is working perfectly





K7IN - Paul @K7IN 5d
I don't hear anything on 146.67 and can't bring it you. I used to from Fallon. So, that machine is probably down.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Got the live feed.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Very smokey here in Idaho due to a number of large forest fires up in Canada around Calgary. Welcome fire season.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I sure hope the fire season is a mild one. Fingers and toes are all crossed. Well... the ones I can cross.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Watched a person see the light about prepping as we were discussing how set up shelters for people surviving a Cascadia earthquake,





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Lots of new 'experts' around, too. All kinds of training being offered, for some hefty fees.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
We were getting so sick and tired (sick, literally) from having all that smoke in the air for so long.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I sure was. I know it only helps to a degree, but I was using my mask whenever I was out.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d








K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
It is a way of life for me.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Yep, fire season can be a real downer. quite a few U.S. crews in Canada fighting their fires.





JC @JC 5d
The "experts" you talk about Jerry is what makes me nervous. As you know I'm new to this and thankful for Idaho70 to be guiding me, but a lot of my Millennial friends are falling for the courses and such with huge fees! They want to know how to prep but the internet takes advantage of those who are new





K7IN - Paul @K7IN 5d
Wildfires have certainly ruined a lot of great summer weather the last few years.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Lots of rain this year so lots of grass and other vegetation and we are heading into a heat wave next week so it could be a long dangerous fire season.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Has been for a long time. It does not keep me from doing other things, but I am always aware , ready to react to whatever might happen. Just about everything I purchase I consider how it will affect and preferably help my prepping.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Yes. Here in and around Winnemucca things are greening up.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Identifying ways to reduce the fire hazard around my place. Not in a fire district so it is up to be for the most part.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
me.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Even when I was in a high fire danger area I did many things in addition to what was recommended.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
I will be doing a lot of discing and tree cutting and trimming this year.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
List up to 212, with 22 things that the disasters can cause to happen that I prep for and another 24 of daily life stuff that can happen to me.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Excellent. Removing high energy fuels from around a place goes a long way to reduce the chances of a building catching fire.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Kilo Seven Kilo Kilo X-ray Jerry checking in via chat from Winnemucca.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Had a guy come in a chip up and take down trees last year. I now have a very nice big (about 300 feet deep) cleared area on one side of my house. Very defensible.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Well done.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Looks like a park now. Will make a big difference come deer season.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Cool





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
That sounds great, Keith.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I believe prepping makes sense, as it does for me, because it simply is an enhancement to ones weekly shopping trip to keep their pantry filled and then you wind up with plenty to handle a lengthy situation where resupply might be difficult.





JC @JC 5d
Thank you for all the advice and the website! It's filled with all the knowledge!





K7IN - Paul @K7IN 5d
The Virginia Peak repeater is a "new" machine and should be just fine for years to come. Dave Metz mentioned last year when it went down that he had a new one lined up to replace it.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
I'm using Virginia Peak now.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Also, the same thing goes for other things you do, some that involve purchases and many that do not. Even choosing which movie to watch can incorporate one that helps with prepping and another that is simply fun, that amazingly, having watched a prepping movie a fun movie suddenly is looked at in a new way. You start trying to figure out how you might deal with the movie situation as something a prepper might run into.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
The lady who had her Jesus come to Prepping revelation Monday night had it after Judy and I related our disaster experiences and what to expect. All of a sudden she realized that she could not even properly take care of her family let alone shell shocked evacuees coming into a shelter. A convert was born Monday night.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I agree, David. Ken is right. You have a great presentation there. I have a feeling you are helping a bunch of people get into prepping, possibly just in time to keep bad things from happening to them.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
That is often how it happens. A person is exposed to something or someone that has dealt with some type of situation that during the discussion they suddenly realize they would not be able to deal with it effectively.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
And more importantly, they often realize that they could not take care of their families and people they care about.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Her first question was "What do I need, water food.....?" She was really shocked when realization hit her.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I try not to overwhelm people just getting started, though that can be difficult for me. Now adays, people are seeing things that might happen very soon. It used to be people prepped for things that might happen some time in the future. Now they prep for things that might happen literally tomorrow.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
At least she is now thinking about things.





JC @JC 5d
What about a deck of cards or something to recreate with to help your mental health with the stuff that is going on outside your area?





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
JC, do you mean like the Conflicted card game?





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
A person sees and learns lots of things about people when you are manning a evacuation shelter with about 14,000 people shoved in there.





JC @JC 5d
Good to know about pears! I have a pear tree and planned on canning this year!





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
kk7jqs





JC @JC 5d
Ohhhh, I don't know about this Conflicted Card Game, but after a quick Google I'm intrigued!





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
having a hard time getting my icom 705 to transmit





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
in apt with bug antenna.





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
lemmon valley





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Hi KK7JQS . Sorry





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
A deck of cards is a good thing to have. Jerry is talking about a card game that is a simulated disaster game





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Several of us in and around Reno used to get together and play a version of it once a month. It was a great teaching tool.





JC @JC 5d
I see that Idaho, I've added it to my Amazon list wink wink





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Ok, I get the hint.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Judy just freeze dried some apples that are great tasting.





JC @JC 5d
My mom freeze dries and it's sooo good! Freeze dry skittles!!





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Another excellent comfort food to have/





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
patriot food supply has decent prices we just buy a lot of the 72 hour kits





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
To take my mind off things at time, when I really need a break, I will use one of my selections for stress relief. Cards, dice for Yahtz and other games. A few travel size games.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
David, did Jim say he was in/out? You skipped him.





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I really need to reduce my footprint, as in storage space, so I will be bringing quite a few things that will be going onto the barter blanket.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
David, did Jim say he was in/out? You skipped him.





K7IN - Paul @K7IN 5d
Good night all, see ya next week!





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Good evening..........





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Jamie, still there?





JC @JC 5d
I am





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
did you get any good stuff tonight.





JC @JC 5d
Jerry, Yahtzee is legit the best game ever and needs to continue even after stuff hits the fan!





David - K7DWW @k7dww 5d
Ken...Yes....Jim said he was "monitoring"





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I have not been doing great the last few days so I am calling it a night. Hopefully I can talk next week.





JC @JC 5d
Lots of great info! Thank you everyone. My notebook is getting quite full





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
can anyone here me on the repeater.





David - K7DWW @k7dww 5d
Night everyone





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
JQS, no on the repeater





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
i have freq set to 147.210 tone 100 and + 600





David - K7DWW @k7dww 5d
JC...have you had an opportunity to look at any of the stuff yet?





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
I agree JC.





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Comfort stuff and foods are important. In stressful times a person must be able to relax some.





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
JQS, those are the correct settings





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
not sure what im doing wrong. my baofeng transmits..





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
Do you have Virginia Peak programmed?





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
not into the icom but i do in my anytone dmr





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
147.150 + 123.0





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
sorry... wrong one





K7KBJ @kjuenke 5d
147.030 + 123.0





KK7JQS @KK7JQS 5d
i can hear on both however both wont transmit. a setting i think





JC @JC 5d
David, I have been looking through it, thank you!





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Exactly. It is extremely important to make sure younger people, from children up through teens and young adults, have a way to get rid of some stress. That should probably include some physical things, too. I have various balls and outdoor small space games.





David - K7DWW @k7dww 5d
Great...Night everyone





K7KKX - Jerry D Young @K7KKX 5d
Well, I do need to lie down and get some more rest. See you next week.





JC @JC 5d
Thank you everyone, sweet dreams!





Idaho70 @Idaho70 5d
Have a good night Jerry. Catch next week. 73 all.