Dave,

I had a couple of those clocks over the years. Used them at radio stations 
to backtime to the network news at the top of the hour. They were dandy 
clocks and, like you, I'd love to get another one or two.  Lou  WA3MIX
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Net control operator


> Hi Ron!
>
> I ran some Army MARS nets largely like you described, but that was several
> years ago.
>
> Guess the fifty second clear period for tuning purposes at the beginning 
> of
> the net is probably historic by now, since tuning the modern rig doesn't
> demand so much effort. Anyway, we still had to do that back in the day, 
> and
> I was able to time that quite accurately because I had one of the Science
> Products modified braille clocks that had wheels including a seconds wheel
> that was marked every 5 seconds. When the braille Sense is working, it has 
> a
> stop watch that would serve the purpose, but making that machine work
> reliably on demand is more miss than hit now so I'm not sure how I would
> arrange that tuning period in the modern age. If that is now history that
> you can confirm, that's OK, but if it is still a part of the net preamble, 
> I
> wonder how we'd handle it now. They haven't sold that clock in several
> years, and the motor in mine finally stopped. I'd love to replace it with
> something that worked as well, but that is elusive also. I can set a timer
> on the iphone at the minute level, using Siri, but don't think it works 
> for
> seconds. Ah well, progress bites again, hi hi.
>
> 73,
> Dave
> Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ron Miller
> Sent: Saturday, 14 November 2015 6:42 a.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Net control operator
>
> Hi Linda,
> I ran an Air Force MARS net for almost a year using nothing but headphones
> to listen and a Perkins Brailler to log. It's not high-tech but it worked
> very well for me. Today, you could transcribe your brailed notes into an 
> MS
> Word file after the net so that you can create a date/time bulleted net 
> log.
>
> 73,
>
>
>
>
> Ron Miller
> N6MSA
> Tarpon Springs, FL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda C. Knight
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 10:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Net control operator
>
> Hi alleaa
>
> Since I got my license a few years ago, i've yet to try my how at net
> contro= l.
>
> Well, my goal is to do my turn as  a Net Control and not sure of the best
> wa= y to do this.  My radio is not near  a computer so was thinking  how 
> do
> you d= o this-take down the callsigns. To count checkins. Thanks.=20
> =20
>
> Sent from my iPhone=