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The questions are published nightly on Yahoo Groups.
The group name is "Insomniac-net"
Get Tonight's Insomniac Net Questions & Answers
The Insomniac Net is held every night of the year (including holidays) and has been very popular for over 26 years. Each night there is a different net control operator. Generally, they have three or four trivia questions with 2 multiple choice answers. Roll call of the regular night owl members is called, then a special call for visitors and guests is presented. The original frequency was 144.330 simplex, however, nowadays, all the Net Control Operators have upgraded to 70 cm and are using the K6JSI Western Intertie Network (WIN) System. With the WIN System we are getting "check-ins" from Anchorage AK to Rosarito Beach, Mexico.
The WIN System also connects us to the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) via the Lone Star Repeater in Dallas TX Reflector 9453, (Channel 3), of the North Texas Repeater Association, and regularly gets check-ins from Sydney and Perth Australia, Juneau AK, Vancouver BC, Houston TX, Phoenix AZ, Salt Lake City UT, Omaha NE and many other stations. Recently we have been hearing from stations in England, South Africa, Guam and China. With Terry, N6WI, moving to Berryville, AR, we now have our Senior Net Control Operator in Arkansas.
Terry, N6WI, -- Shorty K7JSI,-- Suzi WA6DKS -- John KO6WI
Meet the Net Control Operators
MONDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Herb N6MGW is located in Los Alamitos and is transmitting on a 50 watt Kenwood FM Dual Bander Kenwood TM-G707 with a j-pole antenna up about 30 ft. With his dual bander, Herb has upgraded to the K6JSI remote base located on Catalina Island and Santiago Peak and can be heard from Bakersfield, CA, to Rosario Beach Mexico. Herb has had a number of cats that are now silent keys because of coyotes in his area.. His new cat, Golden, is shown on the right and together they usually have a famous quote about cats just to upset the K9MUTS on frequency. In recent years, Herb has been playing his clarinet in several symphonic bands and orchestras in the southland and has 5 internet businesses including an oxygen bar that keeps him very busy.
TUESDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Big Al is our newest Net Control operator taking over for Tom on Tuesday nights. Big Al has some big shoes to fill as Tom was known for having some of the most challenging question. Big Al is located in Chula Vista, just north of Tijuana. Thus we frequently say he is in Chulajuana. In the photo, Big Al is doing the net from the his favorite seat....The Motor Home. Yep, that's what Big Al loves to do the most; hit the road in the motor home and being with the grand kids. He operates the net on his 14 year old
Kenwood 733A putting out enough watts to hit Otay repeater. Well heck, it's only 7 miles away. Most other times he will be on his Kenwood TH6 or Yaseau FT60 and you can bet he will be listening to his Uniden 396 or 996.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Shorty K6JSI and his Remote Base WIN System has been a savior for the Insomniac Net by brining in members from all over California, and more recently the IRLP. If you are in the LA Basin, San Diego, or Bakersfield, you can tune into the Insomniac Net with a 440 rig. Check out the WIN System http://www.WinSystem.org With the Win System's connection to the IRLP, we are frequently getting people checking in from Australia, England, and Canada. They have great simplex signals on 2 meters.
THURSDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Terry, N6WI, is our senior net control operator and formally located in La Habra. Terry has retired and moved to Berryville, AR and runs the net via the IRLP. Terry runs a wonderful family web site Located at http://www.thedeanfamily.com and usually has some enlightening thoughts. He would like you to visit. (TRIVIA QUESTION How come Terry is the senior Net Control Operator and doesn't have silver hair?)
FRIDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Tom, K6TAV is one of our favorite net control operators because he has some of the most interesting nets. When there is a 5th Friday in the month, we get to ask him a question. To everyone's amazement, Tom usually gets about 90% of the questions correct. It seems the only questions he misses are sports trivia questions. Tom is a graduate of Norte Dam and he usually has fun with Herb N6MGW when the USC/ND game comes to town.. Tom is located in Fountain Valley and is transmitting on a 50 watt Kenwood FM Dual Bander Kenwood TM-G707. Tom can hit most the WIN System repeaters in the LA basin.
SATURDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Steve N5ZUA is one of our newest Net Control Operators and located in Addicks, a small suburb about 20 miles west of Houston, Texas. Steve is using a Kenwood TMD700 radio which he uses to conduct the Net via his IRLP node 3486 via the Internet. Steve has been a regular net member for over 5 years, and started as a substitute net controller 3 years ago. He is a WIN System Member, and tries to make it to at least one system event in California each year when he is on vacation. Steve likes to dabble in building repeaters as well as EchoIRLP nodes. He currently owns 14 nodes, and 5 repeaters on the Saltgrass Link System, which has over one dozen repeaters in southeast Texas and is a system similar to the WIN System. Steve can frequently be found on the WIN System when he is not dispatching trains between Houston and San Antonio for the Union Pacific Railroad. He also says that everything is bigger in Texas, including the spotted owls!
SUNDAY NIGHT Net Control Operator
Roger KF6HBU and June KG6JJM are the Net Control Operators for Sunday night and
operate from sunny San Diego using the K6JSI WIN System. With this setup Roger gets check-ins from all over Southern California and some Central California. When the IRLP is connected Roger and June hear from HAMs all over the world. Roger just joined the ranks of Retired Hams and is having a ball with the Insomniac Net. Sometimes he checks if from the Far East -- Arizona -- while visiting Chicago Bob KC9AJY.
Night Owls
The Monday Night Net roll call check in list consists of; Night Owls, Visiting and Guest Night Owls, and Spotted Owls
Night Owls are those that have checked in regularly in the last 2 or 3 weeks and are welcome to check in anytime they have insomnia. They will be on the regular roll call "check in" list until they miss 2 consecutive nets. At that point they will be dropped from the regular roll call list until they once again check in as a guest or visitor. All new Night Owls are added to the bottom of the list and move up the list as older night owls leave the nest. We do this to keep the size of the list manageable and keep the length of the net under an hour.
Visitor and Guest Night Owls are those that are not on the regular Monday Night roll call list and wish to check in with or without answers. If you are late and did not hear the questions, you are encouraged to; ask for a reading of the questions, take someone else's answers, or just ask for a check in. At this time you will be added to the regular list of Night Owls and will be called the on the next Monday Night Net.
Spotted Owls are considered endangered species and Spotted Owl Awards given to those that get all their answers wrong. It is a polite way of telling people they blew it.
MONTHLY AWARDS
Monthly awards have been discontinued for lack of time.At the end of every month those with a significant number of correct answers will receive special recognition both on the net and on this web site. Those with the most correct answers will be recognized as the Spectacled Night Owl of the month. Those that declare and strive for low answers will be recognized as the Burrowing Night Owl of the month. If you fail to get any questions correct on any night, you will get the Spotted Owl Award.
Spectacled Owl , Burrowing Owl and the hated Spotted Owl
K6JSI Western Intertie Network (WIN) System Frequencies
No.
Name
Call Sign
Freq (offset) (PL)
Comments
Node #
1 Vista, CA K6JSI 448.80 (-) (100.0) Shorty’s House 560; +53' 3500
2 Palomar, CA K6JSI 449.08 (-) (100.0) Palomar Mtn (Escondido), 5,550 ft + 50 feet 3500
3 Otay, CA K6JSI 447.64 (-) (100.0) Mt Otay (San Diego), 3,500 Ft + 100 feet 3500
4 Santiago, CA K6JSI 448.06 (-) (100.0) Santiago Peak Orange Co), 5,687 ft + 120 feet 3500
5 Frazier, CA K6JSI 447.64 (-) (123.0) Frazier Mtn (Bakersfield), 8,013 ft + 124 feet 3500
6 Cottonwood, CA K6JSI 444.25 (-) (100.0) Lone Pine, 6,058 ft 3500
7 Oat, CA K6JSI 445.88 (-) (100.0) Oat Mtn (San Fernando Valley) 3,747 ft + 100 ft 3500
8 Temecula, CA W6CDF 445.30 (-) (127.3) Temecula Fire Station, 1000 ft 3500
9 Victorville, CA K6PNG 447.02 (-) (162.2) Quartzite Mountain (Victorville) 4,622 ft 3500
10 Sunset Ridge, CA K6JSI 449.16 (-) (100.0) (Pomona) 5,210 ft + 100 feet 3500
11 Catalina, CA K6JSI 448.90 (-) (100.0) Catalina Island 1,602 ft + 45 3500
12 Santa Rita, CA K6JSI X 443.100 (+) (123.0) (Coalinga, Fresno) 5,200 ft + 20 ft
13 Tehachapi, CA W6SLZ 440.625 (+) (88.5) Bear Mountain, 6,000' elevation + 40' 3500
14 El Paso Peak, CA K6JSI 447.825 (+) (100.0) Ridgecrest, 4500' elevation 3877
15 Omaha, NE KF6SWL 443.725 (+) (No PL) Omaha, Nebraska 4120
16 Meadow Lakes, CA K6JSI 444.250 (+) (141.3) Fresno 4,580 ft + 40 Feet 3847
17 Meadow Lakes, CA K6JSI 146.790 (-) (141.3) Fresno 4,580 ft + 40 feet 3847
18 Phoenix AZ KC9AJY 448.075 (-) (100.0) (Tollison) Ground Level at Bobs House 3426
19 Alva, FL KG3CXP 443.800 (+) (100.0) Dick's house 40 ft 4921
20 Sunset Ridge, CA K6JSI 224.160 (+) (71.9) Pomona 5,210' + 100 3500
21 El Paso, TX KB6I 449.075 (-) (100.0) At Steve's house, good El Paso coverage 3999
22 Lismore, AU VK2TRD 146.575 Eric's house, great Eastern Australia coverage 6442
23 Anchorage AK KB8JXX 146.79 (-) (100.0) TJ & Ralph, KL7AX Spit site 3628
24 Napa, CA WA7G 441.675 (+) (107.2) Sugarloaf, (Napa) 1,621' + 40 3351
25 San Francisco, CA K6KYA 444.850 (+) (114.8) N & E Bay Area 8730
26 Mo Oso, CA K6JSI 443.525 (+) (107.2) Modesto Stockton 3,347 feet + 30 feet 3492
27 St Helena, CA K6JSI 441.875 (+) (100.0) Napa, Santa Rosa, S.F. Bay Area 4,344 feet 28 Eden, NY WB2JPO 444.375 (+) (88.5) Near Buffalo & Niagara Falls, 1605 ft 4715
29 Shasta Bally, CA K7TVL X 444.325 (+) (100.0) 13 miles west of Redding, CA at 6230 ft 30 Mt Ashland, OR K7TVL X 442.300 (+) (123.0) 18 miles S/E of Medford, OR at 7500 ft 31 Berryville, AR N6WI 443.800 (+) (100.0) Terry's house, 1,324 ft + 25 ft 4671
32 Sunset Ridge CA K6JSI 147.210 (+) (77.0) (Pomona) 5,796 ft + 100 feet 3500
33 Chinook, WA NM7R 444.925 (+) (82.5) Long Beach, WA 1315 feet + 20 feet 3105
34 Santa Fe, NM K6EZY 442.775 (+) Santa Fe NM 5936 feet 3502
35 Indio Hills, CA W6DXX 445.640 (-) (131.8) Palm Springs - Remote RX on Edom Hill (100.0) 3540
36 Silver Peak, CA W6IY 444.600 (+) (100.0) Bishop, CA at 10,850 feet + 20 feet 3734
37 Saskatoon, SK VE5FUN 443.200 (+) (114.8) Saskatoon, Canada 1667
38 Lehigh Acres, FL KG6CXP X 145.350 (-) (136.5) Hospital roof in Lehigh Acres, Florida 4921
39 Oklahoma City, OK W5DEL 443.300 (+) (162.2_ Oklahoma City, OK 8440
40 Tucson, AZ AD7NJ 449.225 (-) (100.0) Green Valley, AZ, good Tucson coverage 3550
41 Sonora, CA K6JSI 440.850 (+) (146.2) Northridge, Tuolumne County 4,000 ft (K6DEL) 3687
42 Pilot Peak, CA K6JSI 441.725 (+) (82.5) Folsom Lake, El Dorado County, 1,733 ft, (AG6AU) 3031
43 Auburn CA K6JSI 444.950 (+) (100.0) Sugar Pine Ridge, 2,200 +50 ft, Placer County 3143
44 Prescott AZ K6JSI 445.300 (-) (100.0) Badger Mtn, 5,775 ft, coverage to Flagstaff 3727
45 Woodbridge, CA KE5JTS 446.050 (-) (123.0) 30 miles S of Sacramento, CA 3622
46 Yuma, AZ KA7LSK 447.525 (-) (100.0) Yuma AZ, 13 miles East at 350 ft + 80 ft 3177
47 Idaho Falls, ID KE7JFA 146.415 S (88.5) 3628
48 Monrovia Ca K6JSI 447.580 (-)
(100.0)N. Los Angeles, Orange County, La Cresenta 3500
49 Las Vegas NV K7IZA 447.800 (-)
(100.0)TBA 3724
50 Las Vegas NV K7IZA 448.900 (-)
(100.00TBA 3611
51 Loma Prieta CA WR6ABD 442.900 (+)
(162.2)LPRC San Jose, Santa Cruz, 3800 ft 3733
52 Richmond Hts, CA K6JSI 441.350 (+)
(100.0)Covers Marin & Sonoma Counties, 485 ft 3219
53 Sophia CA KE4QAP 444.970 (+)
(100.0)South of Greensboro, NC 3606
54 Atlantic City, NJ N2GJJ 447.575 (-)
(100.0)New Jersey, Atlantic City & Coast at 250 ft 4883
55 Juneau AK WA6AXO 146.880 (-)
(100.0)Alaska, Juneau area coverage at 270 ft 3828
56 Reno, NV KK7ECV 147.690 (-)
(88.5)Nevada, Reno/Sparks at 4,454 ft 3058
57 Reno NV KK7ECV 444.300 (-)
(88.5)Nevada, Reno at Channel 4 Tx site 5,455 ft 3058
58 Idaho Falls ID W7RUG 447.620 (-)
(100.0)Idaho Falls, ID 3754
59 Green Forest AR AD5ZX 444.900 (-)
(100.0)N/W Arkansas at 450 ft on 500 ft tower 4671
60 Sinowah-Shi Japan JS6RVK 438.450 (s)
(100.0)Okinawa, Japan Scott KL7SLM 8424
61 Springdale AR AD5ZX 442.525 (+)
(100.0)N/W Arkansas at 480 ft on 500 ft tower 4671
62 Seattle WA KE7KKA 441.975 (+)
(100.0)Dan's house 360f good city coverage 7377
63 Brookings OR K6JSI 443.00 (+)
(100.0)Costal Oregon & N CA coverage 200 ft 3416
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